Programmes

Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu launched the following Initiatives:- 1. RAIL CLOUD PROJECT. 2. NIVARAN-Grievance Portal (First IT Application on Rail Cloud). 3. Cashless treatment Scheme...

Union Minister of Health has launched the National Strategic Plan for Malaria Elimination (2017-22). The Strategic Plan gives year wise elimination targets in various parts...

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by the Prime Minister has given its approval for upgradation and widening of 65 kms of Imphal-Moreh...

The Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) was announced in 2003 with objectives of correcting regional imbalances in the availability of affordable/ reliable tertiary...

Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister, Shri Radha Mohan Singh presided over the second General Council meeting of the National Livestock Mission (NLM). Department of...

Mission Parivar Vikas is a new initiative conceived by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare with a strategic focus on improving access through...

Taking forward the National Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy 2016, a ‘Scheme for IPR Awareness – Creative India; Innovative India’ has been launched by...

President of India Pranab Mukherjee launched the SWAYAM, the portal that takes high quality education to the doorstep of everyone. Along with this, he has...

Jigyasa, a student- scientist connect programme was launched by the Indian government. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), has joined hands with Kendriya Vidyalaya...

Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) is being implemented across the country, particularly, in States having historical deficit of rural roads (Assam, West Bengal,...

In a bid to create a globally competitive biopharmaceutical industry that addresses the country’s major concerns around barriers to affordable healthcare, 'Innovate in India...

The Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions Dr. Jitendra Singh launched a new training programme Comprehensive Online Modified Modules on Induction...

The first ever Industry-Academia mission to accelerate biopharmaceutical development in India was formally launched by the Cabinet Minister for Science and Technology, Earth Sciences, Environment,...

Union Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences and Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Dr. Harsh Vardhan and Minister for Petroleum and Natural...

Union Minister for MSME Shri Kalraj Mishra launched ‘Digital MSME Scheme’ and handed over three Memorandums of Understandings to SAP India, Intel and HMT...

Piyush Goyal Union Minister for Power, launched Weather Portal for Power Sector in association with POSOCO and IMD. Day to day weather variations have an...

1. PRADHAN MANTRI FASAL BIMA YOJANA: After through review of erstwhile scheme of Modified National Agriculture Insurance Scheme (MNAIS), the Government launched PMFBY in...

The Union Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India has initiated a novel scheme VAJRA (Visiting Advanced Joint Research), Faculty Scheme of Science...

The Commerce & Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched the Startup India Virtual Hub. It is an online platform for all stakeholders of the entrepreneurial ecosystem...

In the year of commemoration of the birth centenary of Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay, who hailed from Mathura district in Uttar Pradesh, the Ministry...

Soil Health Card, a revolutionary scheme, was initiated for farmers. It has helped in increasing the productivity and reduced the cost of production. Prime Minister...

2383 Aids and Assisted Living Devices were distributed to 1266 Senior Citizens during a Camp on “RASHTRIYA VAYOSHRI YOJANA” of Ministry of Social Justice...

Union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region Dr Jitendra Singh launched “Hill Area Development Programme” (HADP) for Northeast in Imphal (Manipur). The hilly areas...

The National Trust under Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment in collaboration with key partners organised the conference “Inclusive India Initiative: Towards an Inclusive...

Shri J P Nadda, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare launched the ‘Skill for Life, Save a Life’ initiative. ‘Skills for Life, Save a...

As part of multi-pronged strategy to address rural poverty, Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) is undertaking two initiatives in skill development under the National...

Secretary (Health and Family Welfare) inaugurated the ‘Vatsalya – Maatri Amrit Kosh’, a National Human Milk Bank and Lactation Counselling Centre at the Lady...

NITI Aayog has launched 'SATH', a program providing ‘Sustainable Action for Transforming Human capital’ with the State Governments. The vision of the program is to...

In its effort to make legal aid easily accessible to the marginalized communities and citizens living in rural areas, the Government of India has...

Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports,  Vijay Goel announced “Adopt a Slum” - a new campaign to mark completion of three years of the...

Government of India has launched various schemes for financial inclusion & social security for Indians. Following are the initiatives & programmes in this regard: 1....

Union Minister of State for Power Piyush Goyal on Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) informed that, out of the 18,452 un-electrified census villages in...

Argentina, Burkina-Faso, Chad, France, India, Ivory Coast, Mali, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Sénégal, Uganda and Yemen have jointly supported commissioning of a study to define...

The Ministry of Electronics and IT has notified phased manufacturing programme to boost indigenous production of mobile phones by providing tax relief and other...

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has introduced new More Transparent Coal Allocation Policy for Power Sector and 2017 SHAKTI (Scheme for Harnessing and...

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has given its approval for Industry-Academia Collaborative Mission for accelerating discovery research to early development for biopharmaceuticals -...

The Union Cabinet has approved the Pan-India implementation of Maternity Benefit Program which now has been extended to all districts of the country w.e.f. 01.01.2017. The...

The Union Minister of Finance Arun Jaitley officially launched the Portal of Operation Clean Money (https://www.cleanmoney.gov.in) in New Delhi. The Operation Clean Money was initiated...

J P Nadda, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare introduced the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) in the Universal Immunization Programme (UIP) of the...

Union Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers Ananthkumar informed that the scheme 'Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP)' is creating a Silent Revolution in achieving...

The government has reduced the number of centrally sponsored schemes (CSS) to 28 umbrella schemes from 66. Based on the recommendation of the sub-group of...

Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Radha Mohan Singh launched e-Krishi Samvad, an online interface, which will provide direct and effective solutions to the...

The SMARTGRAM initiative of Rashtrapati Bhavan was inaugurated for five villages of Haryana i.e. Tajnagar, Dhaula, Alipur, Harchandpur and Rojka Meo by the President...

Representatives from Philippines, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Nepal and Thailand paid visit to India to study the eVIN (electronic vaccine intelligence network) project of Indian Health Ministry. Members...

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Modi has given its approval for re-structuring the schemes of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries...

The Minister of Communications launched 'Tarang Sanchar' a web portal for Information sharing on Mobile Towers and EMF Emission Compliances. The portal will empower common...

The second quarterly review meeting on the Swachh Iconic Places (SIP), an initiative of Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation under Swachh Bharat Mission,...

With a view to digitally empower the Atal Pension Yojana (APY) subscribers and improve the quality of service, the facility of online viewing of...

The Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries has supported the National Dairy Development Board(NDDB) developed initiative of “Quality Mark” Award Scheme for dairy...

The government will soon launch a scheme ‘Scheme for Agro-Marine Produce Processing and Development of Agro-Processing Clusters' (SAMPADA) for food processing sector to integrate...

The Niti Aayog is gearing up to launch the three-year action plan from April 2017. The 12th five years plan is coming to an...

Antimicrobial resistance is an important concern for the public health authorities at global level. However, in developing countries like India, recent hospital and some...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the BHIM Aadhaar platform for merchants, Cash back and Referral bonus schemes for BHIM and declared about 75 townships...

India Meteorological Department (IMD), Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) is implementing Agrometeorological Advisory Services (AAS) under the scheme “Gramin Krishi Mausam Seva (GKMS)” in...

The University Grants Commission (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of M.Phil./ Ph.D Degrees), Regulation, 2016 mandates that after successful completion of the evaluation...

The Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana–National Rural Livelihood Mission (DAY-NRLM) is making a difference to the lives and livelihoods of over 3.6 crore households from...

Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Chattisgarh are ahead of other States in addressing urban poverty during the last three years...

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has formulated the Special Accelerated Road Development Programme for North East (SARDP-NE) for North Eastern Region and Sikkim. The...

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Home Affairs for...

The Union Cabinet has approved closure of the Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana (MGPSY) which was set up in 2012 to address the social...

Google and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on Thursday announced a ‘Digital Payment Security Alliance’ initiative that aims to create community...

Commonwealth of Nations has conducted a number of programmes, most recently on 8th March 2017, on woman’s day they launched ‘Peace in the Home’...

Union Government started the Regional Air Connectivity Scheme (RCS) by awarding 128 regional routes to five airlines — Alliance Air, SpiceJet, Turbo Megha, Air...

Gujarat is far ahead of other States in construction of affordable houses for urban poor under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) launched by the...

Government of India has notified FAME India Scheme for implementation with effect from 1st April 2015, with the objective to support hybrid/electric vehicles...

Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) was launched during the year 2015-16, with an aim to enhance physical access of water on farm and...

Information & Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu launched the online film certification system, 'e-cinepramaan', with an aim to censor corruption and promote clean cinema. The...

The ‘Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat’ programme, aims to actively enhance interaction between people of diverse cultures living in different States and UTs in India,...

India has the largest collection of Manuscripts as per the estimates. For documentation, conservation /preservation and digitization of Manuscripts project, National Mission for Manuscripts...

The scheme ‘Ujjawala’ was launched on 4th December, 2007 by the Ministry of Women & Child Development. The scheme has specific components for Prevention of...

The Swadhar Greh Scheme is under implementation w.e.f. 01.01.2016 after merger of the two earlier schemes viz. Swadhar and Short Stay Home. Swadhar Greh...

Government is implementing the following schemes and measures to support the jute manufacturing units and to strengthen the jute sector: (i) Under the Jute Packaging...

“Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana”, a ‘Scheme for providing Physical Aids and Assisted-living Devices for Senior citizens belonging to BPL category’ will be launched in District...

Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY) aims for integrated development of selected villages having more than 50% Scheduled Caste (SC) population through implementation of...

Union Ministry of Power has taken several measures to provide 24X7 affordable and environment friendly ‘Power for All’ by 2019. The measures inter-alia, include...

YEAR : 2014-15 Initiatives Impact Creation of a Special Fund of Rs. 2000 crore in NABARD Availability of affordable credit to Mega Food Parks and food processing units...

PRASAD Scheme was launched in 2014-15. Twelve cities namely Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh), Gaya(Bihar), Dwaraka(Gujarat), Amritsar(Punjab), Ajmer(Rajasthan), Kanchipuram(Tamil Nadu), Vellankani(Tamil Nadu), Puri(Odisha), Varanasi(Uttar Prasesh), Mathura(Uttar...

Automotive Mission Plan 2026 has been finalized jointly by the Government of India and Indian Automotive Industry. The objective of the Automotive Mission Plan...

National Filaria Control Programme (NFCP), Launched in 1955 has operational, training and research components. The strategies include: a) Vector Control b) Detection and treatment of filarial...

The aims of the National Framework for Malaria Elimination in India 2016-2030 are: 1. To Eliminate malaria (zero indigenous cases) throughout the entire country by...

The Ministry of Minority Affairs implements Free Coaching and Allied Scheme under which freecoaching is given to the minority students through empanelled coaching institutions/...

The window of fulfilling the aspiration of owning a pucca house for the tax paying large middle class population, announced by Prime Minister Narendra...

Arsenic contamination in groundwater in the Ganga- Brahmaputra fluvial plains in India and Padma-Meghna fluvial plains in Bangladesh and its consequences to the human...

The National Health Mission (NHM) aims for attainment of universal access to equitable, affordable and quality health care services, accountable and responsive to people’s...

Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram was launched in 2014 with Peer Education Programme as one of the component. Under this, Peer Educators are selected and trained...

The Ministry of Minority Affairs has targeted to cover 70 thousand minority school drop outs under the Nai Manzil scheme during 2016-17. For this the...

Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched the Trade Infrastructure for Export Scheme (TIES). The Scheme is focussed on addressing the needs of the exporters....

The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has revised/restructured a number of schemes related to youth affairs, with effect from 01.04.2016, as follows: S. No. Names...

Recognizing the potential and scope of ornamental fisheries, the Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, has...

Family Planning has been a key priority area of the Government and it has been vigorously pursued through the National Rural Health Mission launched...

Recognizing the potential and possibilities in the fisheries sector, Government of India has envisaged a program named ‘’Blue Revolution’’ to unlock the country’s latent...

Union Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharti inaugurated a National conference on Jal Kranti Abhiyan in New Delhi. The conference...

Artists Shri Subodh Gupta and Smt. Bharti Kher will commence their stay in Rashtrapati Bhavan as Artists In-Residence tomorrow (March 2, 2017). They will...

BharatQR code, the world's first interoperable payment acceptance solution, was launched as part of efforts to move towards less-cash economy at an "insignificant cost". Developed...

The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (SDE) and Wadhwani Operating Foundation (WOF) signed two Agreements for effectuating an earlier understanding of jointly developing...

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the enhancement of capacity from 20,000 MW to 40,000 MW of the Scheme for Development of Solar...

The Prime Minister Narendra Modi, chaired his seventeenth interaction through PRAGATI - the ICT-based, multi-modal platform for Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation. The Prime Minister...

Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation approved construction of 90,095 more affordable houses for the benefit of urban poor under Pradhan Mantri Awas...

Secretary, Health and Family Welfare launched the SAATHIYA Resource Kit including ‘Saathiya Salah’ Mobile App for adolescents as part of the Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya...

J P Nadda, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare announced the expansion of the Rotavirus vaccine under its Universal Immunization Programme in five...