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BY- Gobind Rawat

15New government schemes

2020-21

On 12 May 2020, Prime Minister Modi announced a relief package of Rs 20 lakh crore to ease the coronavirus distress

It will help India in reviving the economy focus on land, labour, liquidity and laws and will benefit farmers, workers, taxpayers, MSMEs and cottage industry.

1- Atmanirbhar Bharat Scheme-

On 12 November 2020, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharamanalong with Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Anurag Thakur launched Atmanirbhar Bharat 3.0 to boost Covid-hit economy.

On 12 November 2020, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched AtmanirbharBharat Rozgar Yojana to incentivise the creation of new employment opportunities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The scheme aims to benefit any new employee joining employment in EPFO registered establishments on monthly wages less than Rs 15,000 and those who left their jobs between 1 March-30 September 2020 and are employed from 1 October 2020.

2- Atmanirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana-

Eligibility for establishmentsThe establishments registered with EPFO will benefit from the scheme if they add new employees compares to the reference base of employees as in September 2020 as under:1. Minimum two new employees if reference base is 50 employees or less.2. Minimum five new employees if reference base is more than 50 employeesThe establishments registering with EPFO after launch of the scheme to get subsidy for all new employees.

On 20 June 2020, Prime Minister Modi launched Garib Kalyan RojgarAbhiyan for the returnee migrant workers and rural citizens to empower them and provide livelihood opportunities.

The campaign was of 125 days.

3- Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan

A total of 116 Districts with more than 25,000 returnee migrant workers across six Indian states including Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand and Odisha.

It provided employment to the migrant workers by focusing on the implementation of 25 different types of work and created an infrastructure in the rural areas of India with a resource envelope of Rs 50,000 crore.

On April 1, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) introduced PLI or Production Linked Incentive Scheme, as a part of the National Policy on Electronics.

The scheme will give incentives between 4-6% to the electronic companies, provided that they manufacture mobile phones and other electronic and nanoelectronic systems in India.

4- Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme-

On the occasion of National Panchayati Raj Day (April 24), SVAMITVA scheme was launched. It stands for Survey of villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas.

It aims to provide rural people with the right to document their residential properties so that they can use their property for economic purposes.

5- SVAMITVA Scheme-

On 10 October 2020, Prime Minister Modi launched the physical distribution of property cards under the SVAMITVA (ownership) Scheme through video conferencing.

On the occasion of the World Environment Day (June 5), Minister of Environment PrakashJavadekar launched the Nagar Van Scheme or Urban Forests Scheme with 200 corporations and cities across India.

6- Nagar Van Scheme

The Nagar Van or Urban Forests aims at developing 200 Urban Forests pan India in the coming five years.

the Warje Urban Forest situated in Maharashtra's Pune will be considered as a role model.

On 13 August 2020, Prime Minister Modi launched the Transparent Taxation- Honoring the Honest to benefit the honest taxpayers of the country, whose hard work powers the progress of the nation.

This will reform and simplify the tax system in India.

The main aim of the tax reforms is the reduction rates of the taxes and on the simplification of direct tax laws to bring more transparency with the newly introduced Document Identification Number (DIN).

7- Transparent Taxation- Honoring the Honest Scheme-

On the occasion of International Literacy Day (September 8), Prime Minister

Modi launched Padhna Likhna Abhiyan to tackle the literacy-related challenges in the post-COVID-19 world. The scheme was launched to educate adults in the country.Under this scheme, massive literacy projects will be launched in the tribal and forests areas, prisons, slums, etc. with the technology as a facilitator. By driving the technology in, quality education will be imparted in the backward areas with the creation of e-materials, mobile apps and more.

However, the country is still lagging behind in achieving 100% literacy rate by the year 2023.

8- Padhna Likhna Abhiyan-

On 1 February 2020, Finance Minister Sitharaman announced Vivad se Vishwas Scheme to settle the huge number of pending direct tax cases.

It will resolve 483,000 direct tax-related disputes pending in various appellate forums.

9- Vivad se Vishwas Yojna-

On the occasion of 74th Independence Day (15th August), Prime Minister Modilaunched the National Digital Health Mission from the ramparts of Red Fort to create a national digital health ecosystem, providing affordable and safe healthcare to the citizens of the country.

The mission is purely technology-based and will play a major role in bringing a new revolution in the health sector in the country.

10 National Digital Health Mission

Technology will also be roped in to reduce the challenges faced in the treatment. For this, a Health ID card will be issued to every Indian.

The move will transform rural India and empower millions of Indians.Each card will get a unique identification number which will be similar to the Aadhar Card.

It will also pave the way for villagers to use the property as a financial asset for taking loans and other financial benefits.

On 11 November 2020, the Central Government launched Operation Greens Scheme to provide 50 % subsidy to the Himalayan and North-Eastern states for air transportation of 41 notified fruits and vegetables to any place in the country.

11- Operation Greens Scheme-

Under the scheme,21 Fruits-Around 20 Vegetables-

Under the scheme, 21 Fruits-- Mango, Banana, Guava, Orange, Mousambi, Litchi, Kiwi, Lime, Lemon, Pineapple, Pomegranate, Papaya, Apple, Almond, Pear, Sweet Potato, Chikoo, Passion fruit, Jackfruit, Kinnow and Aonla-- are eligible for the subsidy.

Around 20 Vegetables-- Onion, Potato, Tomato, French beans, Garlic, Brinjal, Capsicum, Carrot, Cauliflower, Bitter Gourd, Green Chillies, Cucumber, Peas, Large Cardamom, Okra, Ginger, Cabbage, Squash and dry Turmeric-- are eligible for the air subsidy.

On 9 December 2020, Union Cabinet passed PM Wi-Fi Access Network Interface (PM-WANI) Scheme which aims to revolutionize the tech sphere and will substantially improve the wireless connectivity of the country.

It will boost the 'Ease of Doing Business' and 'Ease of Living.'

12- Public Wi-Fi Access Network Interface (PM-WANI)

On 24 October 2020, Prime Minister Modilaunched Kisan Suryodaya Yojana to provide day-time power supply for irrigation to the farmers of Gujarat.

Under the scheme, farmers of 1055 villages from the 3 districts will have access to electricity from 5 am to 9 pm for irrigation.

The Gujarat State Government has allocated Rs. 3,500 crores for installing the transmission infrastructure by the year 2023.

13- Kisan Suryodaya Yojana-

On 25 June 2020, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel launched GodhanNyay Yojana to procure cow dung from cattle owners.

The scheme aims to promote animal husbandry and make it a profitable practice.

It is in line with the efforts made by the state government to strengthen the rural economy.

14- Godhan Nyay Yojana-

Chhattisgarh Government launched 'Godhan Nyay Yojana'• Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on June 25, 2020 launched 'Godhan Nyay Yojana' in the state to promote animal husbandry and make it profitable.• The scheme aims to prevent open grazing by cattle and deal with the problem of stray animals in the state.• Under the scheme, the state government will procure cow dung at a fixed procurement rate from the livestock owners.• The procurement rate will be decided by a five-member sub-committee that will be chaired by Agriculture & Water Resource Minister Ravindra Choubey.

On 21 May 2020, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel launched Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana to purchase maize, paddy, and sugarcane at MSP and to give incentives to the farmers.

The 5,700 crore scheme is expected to benefit over 1.87 million farmers in the state. Rs. 10,000 per acre to paddy and maize growing farmers and Rs. 13,000 per acre to sugarcane growing farmers will be provided by the State Government.

15- Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana-

Rajasthan Government launched ‘Indira Rasoi Yojana’• Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot launched the ‘IndiraRasoi Yojana’ on August 20, 2020 to provide quality food to poor in the state.

• Under the scheme, the quality nutritious food will be provided at just Rs. 8 to poor people in 213 urban local bodies of the state.

• This nutritious meal will contain 250 gm chapatti, 100 gm of pulses, 100 gms of vegetables and pickle.

16.‘Indira Rasoi Yojana’

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BY- Gobind Rawat

15New government schemes

2020-21