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- Anant Jeet Singh Naruka and Maheshwari Chauhan
- Deepak Kumar and Saurabh Chaudhary
- Manu Bhaker and Yashaswini Deswal
- Abhinav Bindra and Gagan Narang
Advent of Europeans in India
Advent of Europeans in India
Government Schemes and Initiatives
Aadhaar-based Payment System (ABPS) for MGNREGS Workers
- Mandatory for MGNREGS workers.
- MGNREGS: Legal guarantee of 100 days of wage employment per year.
- Launched on 23 August 2005 and implemented in February 2006.
- Targets adult members of rural households willing for unskilled manual work.
Related Initiatives:
- Project “UNNATI” to upgrade the skill base of MGNREGS workers.
- National Mobile Monitoring System (NMMS) app tracks MGNREGA worker attendance.
- SECURE app for MGNREGS work estimation and approval.
- Geo-MGNREGA for geo-tagging completed MGNREGS works.
Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana (SSY) Interest Rate Increase
- Interest rate raised by 20 basis points to 8.2% from the existing 8%.
- Launched in 2015 as part of the “Beti Bachao Beti Padhao” campaign.
- Aims to promote the education of girl children.
- Small-deposit scheme with minimum deposit of ₹250 and maximum deposit of ₹1.5 lakh.
- Scheme matures after 21 years, with a deposit period of 15 years.
Mukhyamantri Kanyadan Yojana
- Started on 1st September 2022.
- Nodal Department: Social Justice and Empowerment Department.
- Objective: To provide financial assistance for the marriage of girls from economically weak families.
- Eligibility:
- Minimum age: 18 years.
- Only two girls per family are eligible.
- Provision for Financial Assistance:
- Marriage after 18 years: ₹31,000.
- Marriage after 10th pass: ₹41,000.
- Marriage after graduation: ₹51,000.
10th Phase of Sagar Parikrama
- Date: 5th March, 2022. First phase started in Mandvi, Gujarat.
- Objective: Promote responsible fisheries for sustainable balance.
- 2nd leading country in the world in fish production.
- 4th largest fish exporter in the world.
- Ranks 1st in the world in inland fish production.
- Pak Bay scheme: Launched in 2017 as part of a Centrally Sponsored Scheme.
Fisheries Sector in India:
Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund:
Deep-Ocean Mission
- Led by the Ministry of Earth Sciences.
- Aims to explore the marine diversity in India.
