COMMITTEE IN NEWS
1. Committee Set Up On Uttarakhand Floods: The committee will be headed by AK Ganju (Chairman, Ganga Flood Control Commission, Patna) 2. JS Mathur committee : to revise Newspaper Advertisement Rates. 3. K. Ratna Prabha : Committee on indecent depiction of women in media 4. Mukul Mudgal Committee: looking into US giant Walmart's lobbying activities to enter India 5.Mukul Mudgal Committee: to look at process of film clearance 6. MBN Rao Committee: to prepare the blueprint of Indias first womens bank 7. SK Srivastava Committee: to formulate a policy on public-private partnership model to raise coal output 8. K M Chandrasekhar Committee for rationalization of foreign investment norms 9. Arvind Mayaram Committee for giving clear definitions to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Foreign Institutional Investment (FII), 10. Janakiraman Committee - To investigate the security transactions of the bank 11. MS Ahluwalia committee - to evaluate aspects related to set up of Nalanda University 12. Sitakant Mahapatra committee - for inclusion of Bhojpuri language in eighth schedule of constitution 13. N R Narayana Murthy committee - for evaluation of corporate sector participation in Higher Education. 14. C Rangarajan committee - for poverty scale estimates in the country 15. MB Shah committee - for inspection of illegal mining activities 16. N Rangachary committee - to examine taxation policies for I.T. sector 17. Parthasarathi Shome committee - implementation of GAAR (General Anti Avoidance Rule). 18. Deepak Parekh committee for Financing Infrastructure sector 19. Naresh Chandra committee - 14 member task force on security issues 20. Bhandari Committee - Reconstruction of RRBs 21. RS Gujral Committee - suggest measures to boost MSME exports. 21. RS Gujral Committee - suggest measures to boost MSME exports.
GOVERNMENT SCHEMES IN INDIA
1. Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Surakhsa Yojana :- MGPSY A pension scheme for blue-collar Indian workers would be launched in the Gulf next month. Under the scheme, Government contributes Rs.1,000 per annum for men and Rs. 2000 for women subscribers of MGPSY who save between Rs.1,000 and Rs.12,000 per year in NPS-Lite. 2. Centre launches skill development and job placement scheme 'Roshini' for rural youth and women in maoist affected 24 districts in 9 states. 3. Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna for BPL families in Assam: BPL families are availing medical benefits under this scheme. 4. Mukhyamantri Yuva Swarozgar Yojana launched in Madhya Pradesh. For assisting youths of Madhya Pradesh to
start their own industries and businesses. Under the scheme, time-limit of one month has been fixed for disposal of loan cases by banks. 5. Umeed a central social welfare scheme for poor rural women launched in Jammu and Kashmir by Rahul Gandhi 6. Govt launches schemes for free generic drugs at health centres: The initiatives, called 'Free Drug Service' and 'Free Diagnostics Service' under the National Health Mission: Gujarat Info Petro Ltd, a subsidiary of Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation, has signed an agreement with Cason Engineering Plc, Hungary, in pursuant to the MoU signed during the Vibrant Gujarat Summit-2013, for a gas monitoring system. 7. Golden Girl Scheme Launched in Andhra Pradesh to protect girl child and ensure her education. The sheme is limited to two children of each BPL family. 8. Andhra Pradesh Launched Amma Hastham Scheme, a welfare scheme named after Indira Gandhi Amma Hastham as a Ugadi gift to the poor. This scheme is for supplying specified quantities of 9 essential commodities in a packet just for Rs.185 to white card households. 9. Dhanwantari Yojana in the healthcare sector - Madhya Pradesh 10. Priyadarshni Awaas Yojna in Haryana state at Karnal to provide affordable housing facility to the people living in rural areas. 11. Nitaqat scheme: India and Saudi Arabia for migrant labourers 12. National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM), aiming to eradicate poverty in villages by empowering women in the country. 13. National Cyber Security Policy that aims to create a secure computing environment in the country. 14. Government has revised wages under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS) from April 1 to factor in inflation. The maximum wage of Rs. 214 has been fixed for Haryana, and a minimum of Rs. 135 for the north eastern States. 15. The Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme for the LPG consumers, putting subsidy cash directly into the account of beneficiaries, would be launched in 20 districts with high Aadhaar card penetration from June 1. The scheme is likely to be extended to the entire country from October this year. 16. Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY), which provides financial assistance to mothers for institutional deliveries. 17. U.P started Ashirwad Bal Swasthya Guarantee Yojna NRHM. 18. UP govt. launched unemployment allowance scheme. 19. Madya Pradesh starts new scheme Sampark Setu. 20. UP Government launched the Samajwadi Swasthya Seva in the state. 21. Haryana Govt. decides to implement e-pension scheme system 22. Uttarakhand govt to strictly implement 'no work no pay' rule. 23. Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav launched free laptop scheme for intermediate pass. 24. Rajiv Gandhi Jeevandayee Arogya Yojana (health insurance scheme) was launched in Maharashtra 25. Nirmal Bharat Campaign had started in Sevagram, Maharashtra.
26. In Haryana, to ensure that all the health facilities and services provided by Health Department are accessible to the people, a programme called Rapid Appraisal of Programme Implementation in District. 27. Atal Jyoti scheme in Bhopal (MP) Under the scheme 24 hour power is supplied in the rural areas
