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Khel Ratna Award will hereby be called the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award: PM
- The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has said that he has been getting many requests from citizens across India to name the Khel Ratna Award after Major Dhyan Chand. He said respecting their sentiment, the Khel Ratna Award will hereby be called the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award.
Ministry of Textiles Celebrates 7th National Handloom Day on August 07, 2021
In the 75th year of independence, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has urged all of us as a nation to buy Indian Handloom products and showcase their grandeur by associating with #MyHandloomMyPride.
- Three Handloom Craft Villages at Kovalam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala , Mohpara Village, District Golaghat, Assam and Kanihama, Budgam, Srinagar are being set up by Ministry of Textiles in collaboration with the respective State governments.
- On the clarion call of the Prime Minister, National level – “My Handloom My Pride Expo” is being organized at DilliHaat, INA, New Delhi from 1st August to 15th August 2021 by National Handloom Development Corporation (NHDC) to celebrate the 7th National Handloom Day.
Importance of Handloom : A symbol of our country’s rich and varied cultural heritage, Handloom is an important sector providing livelihood in rural and semi-rural parts of our country.
- It is a sector that directly addresses women’s empowerment with over 70% of all weavers and allied workers being female.
- One of the defining movements in our struggle for freedom was Swadeshi Movement. Launched on 7th August, 1905, the movement encouraged indigenous industries and the spirit of Swadeshi, which included handloom weavers as well.
- In 2015, the Government of India decided to designate the 7th August every year, as the National Handloom Day (NHD.)
Scheme for Women Handloom Workers
Under various schematic interventions for handloom workers including women workers throughout the country, financial assistance is provided to the eligible handloom agencies/weavers for raw materials, purchase of upgraded looms & accessories, design innovation & product diversification, infrastructure development, marketing of handloom products in domestic as well as overseas markets, Mudra loans at concessional rates, etc.
Further, 100% subsidy is given to women weavers for construction of individual workshed.
- Kamladevi Chattopadhyay Award has been instituted specifically for women weavers.
To overcome the challenges being faced by handloom workers, the Government has taken following steps for their welfare and to promote handloom: -
- To support the handloom sector and to enable wider market for handloom weavers, steps have been taken to on-board weavers on Government e-Market place (GeM) to enable them to sell their products directly to various Government Departments and organizations. So far about 1.50 Lakh weavers have been on-boarded on the GeM portal.
- To enhance productivity, marketing capabilities and ensure better incomes, 125 Handloom Producer companies have been formed in different States.
- Under Concessional Credit/Weaver MUDRA Scheme, margin money assistance at 20% of the loan amount subject to a maximum of Rs. 10,000/- per weaver, interest subvention upto 7% and credit guarantee fees on loans for a period of three (3) years are given.
Design Resource Centres (DRCs) have been set up in Weavers’ Service Centres (WSCs) at Delhi, Mumbai, Varanasi, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Bhubaneswar and Guwahati, through NIFT with the objective to build and create design-oriented excellence in the Handloom Sector and to facilitate weavers, exporters, manufacturers and designers access design repositories for sample/product improvisation and development.
- To promote marketing of handloom products, Handloom Export Promotion Council (HEPC) has been organizing International Fairs in virtual mode. During the year 2020-21, 12 handloom fairs were organized in virtual mode.
Sankalp Programme
Skills Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion (SANKALP) Scheme is a World Bank loan assisted programme of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) with three key Result Areas (RA), namely
- Institutional Strengthening at Central, State, and District level;
- Quality Assurance of skill development programmes; and
- Inclusion of marginalized population in skill development programmes.
The implementation period of SANKALP is till March, 2023, and the positive outcome so far is seen in the following areas:
- Strengthening of the District Skill Committees leading to demand-driven approach for the implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)
- District-level skill planning through District Skill Development Plans.
- Focus on improving access to skill training for Women, SC/ST and other marginalized weaker sections of the society.
SANKALP is a supporting programme to skill training schemes which focuses inter-alia on improvement of quality, strengthening of institutions and inclusion of weaker sections in skill training.
SANKALP has undertaken several initiatives to contribute to improvement in employability, some of which are as under:
- Strengthening of District Skill Committees for improved access to and demand driven skill trainings for employment.
- Emphasis on skill certification in Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) at Gram Panchayat level for improving employment qualitatively.
- Funded development of an IT system namely “Skill India Portal” to capture the data for skilling related activities across the country.
- Global Skill Gap study was conducted to identify the global gaps in demand and supply of skilled manpower as well as overseas employment opportunities for skilled workers from India.
- The Report helped in identifying important countries of interest as destination and job roles of interest.
- Released Rs. 273.49 Crore as State Incentive Grants to 30 States/ UTs and Rs. 13.91 Crore to aspirational districts for implementation of SANKALP Scheme in the States/UTs.
- A Gender Action Plan (GAP) has been prepared for promoting inclusion of women in Short term skilling and livelihood opportunities.
Dr. Virendra Kumar to launch ‘PM-DAKSH’ Portal and ‘PM-DAKSH’ Mobile App
Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Dr. Virendra Kumar will launch ‘PM-DAKSH’ Portal and ‘PM-DAKSH’ Mobile App on 7th August, 2021
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, in collaboration with NeGD, has developed this portal and app to make the skill development schemes accessible to the target groups of Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Safai Karamcharis
- The Pradhan Mantri Dakshta Aur Kushalta Sampann Hitgrahi (PM-DAKSH) Yojana is being implemented by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment from the year 2020-21.
Under this Yojana, eligible target group are being provided skill development training programmes on
- Up-skilling/Re-skilling
- Short Term Training Programme
- Long Term Training Programme and
- Entrepreneurship Development Program (EDP).
More than Rs. 14,000 crore of Community Investment Support Funds have been provided to SHGs and their federations
Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), one of the flagship programmes of the Union Government, has a provision for providing Community Investment Support Fund (CISF) to the Self Help Groups (SHGs) in the form of Revolving Fund (RF) at the rate of Rs.10,000-15,000 and Community Investment Fund (CIF) to the extent of Rs.2,50,000 per SHG.
- Till 30th June 2021, 7.63 crore rural households have been mobilized into 69.92 lakh women Self Help Groups (SHGs) under the mission. As on 30th June, 2021, a total of Rs.14,071.02 crore of Community Investment Support Funds have been provided to SHGs and their federations.
87 Mobilization camps organized by Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETI) across the country as part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav
- As part of the ‘Amrit Mahotsav’ celebrations, Rural Self Employment Training Institutes organized around 87 ‘mobilization camps’ across the country between 30th July and 5th August, 2021.
- Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav is a series of events to be organised by the Government of India to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of India’s Independence.
A total of 37.81 lakh candidates have been trained under RSETIs in 64 courses (59 National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) aligned and 5 MoRD approved) and 26.65 lakh candidates have been settled into self-employment.
The programme is currently being implemented in 28 States and 7 UTs with 585 functioning RSETIs sponsored by 23 leading Banks (both public and private sector as well as a few grameen Banks).
About RSETI:
- RSETI (Rural Self Employment Training Institutes) programme is a three-way partnership between Ministry of Rural Development, State Governments and Sponsor Banks.
- The Banks are mandated to open at least one RSETI in their lead district to provide training to rural youth to take up self-employment/ entrepreneurship ventures.
- RSETI program runs with an approach of short-term training & long-term hand holding of entrepreneurs.
- Rural poor youth between the age group of 18-45 years are eligible to join trainings.
- The RSETIs have become established as pioneers in capturing the aspirations of the rural poor youth and turning them into profitable entrepreneurs by training them in domain and entrepreneurial skills.
Steps taken by Government for the successful implementation of the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) in adopted Gram Panchayats
The Ministry has brought out a compilation of 127 Central Sector and Centrally Sponsored and 1806 State Schemes for convergence under SAGY
- SAGY is reviewed periodically by the National Level Committee (NLC) on Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) headed by Secretary, Rural Development with representatives from 20 Ministries/Departments
- At the national level, a separate web-based MIS is available at SAGY website (http://saanjhi.gov.in). The website has been revamped with more pertinent information related to the scheme for comprehensive view by the public.
1,040 Kisan Rail services operated over 72 routes across the country
- Potential circuits for Kisan Rail services for movement of vegetables, fruits and other perishable are being identified in consultation with Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, State Governments (including Departments of Agriculture/ Horticulture/Fisheries, etc) and local bodies and agencies, Mandis, etc.
Implementation of SVAMITVA and e-panchayat programmes
SVAMITVA Scheme aims to provide the ‘Record of Rights’ to village household owners possessing houses in inhabited areas in villages with issuance of legal ownership rights (Property cards/Title deeds).
- The pilot phase of the Scheme was launched on 24th April 2020 for implementation during 2020-21 in 6 states namely Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand
- Later on, villages of one border district of Punjab and Rajasthan and few villages of Andhra Pradesh were also added in the pilot phase of implementation.
- During 2021-2025, the Scheme is to be implemented across the country in phased manner and would eventually cover all the villages of the country.
- States/Union Territories need to sign Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Survey of India (SoI) for implementation of the scheme
The Scheme also envisages the establishment of a network of 567 Continuously Operating Referencing System (CORS) stations across the country for determining accurate locations. Out of this, 210 CORS stations are being established in the States of Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab and Rajasthan as part of the Pilot phase.
With the aim to transform functioning of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs), Ministry is implementing e-Panchayat Mission Mode Project (MMP) under Digital India Programme.
- This is expected to make them more transparent, accountable and effective organs of local self-governing institutions
- Further, eGramSwaraj (egramswaraj.gov.in), a Simplified Work Based Accounting Application for Panchayati Raj has been developed amalgamating functionalities of planning, monitoring, accounting and online payment
Establishment of Mega Food Parks (MFPs)
Ministry of Food Processing Industries has been implementing Mega Food Park Scheme (MFPS) since year 2008, which is now a component scheme of Central Sector Umbrella Scheme – Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY). The primary objective of this scheme is to provide modern infrastructure facilities for the food processing along the value chain from farm to market.
- Ministry has accorded final approval to 38 Mega Food Parks and in-principle approval to three Mega Food Parks in the country. Out of these, 22 Mega Food Park projects have been made operational and 19 projects are under various stages of implementation.
- Each approved Mega Food Park involves an average total project cost of Rs.110.92 Crore in setting up the Park
GDP Expenditure on Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairy Sector
As per Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), the State-wise percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) share of animal husbandry, dairying and fishery sector during the last four years is at Annexure I.
The details of the various schemes being implemented by the Government for development of animal husbandry, dairy and poultry in various States including Karnataka during the last three years and the current year are as under:
- Rashtriya Gokul Mission(RGM)
- National Programme for Dairy Development(NPDD)
- Supporting Dairy Cooperatives and Farmer Producer Organizations engaged in dairy activities (SDC&FPO)
- Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund(DIDF)
- National Livestock Mission(NLM)
- Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund(AHIDF)
- Livestock Health & Disease Control (LH&DC)
- National Animal Disease Control Programme(NADCP)
NITI Aayog evaluated the schemes of the Department. While evaluating all the Centrally Sponsored and Central Sector component, it was observed that some of the schemes have made the difference at ground level in terms of increase in productivity, conservation of indigenous breeds and also income generation in the small, medium and landless farmers.
Based on evaluation done by NITI Aayog, the Government has revised and realigned some of the components of the existing schemes in order to have focused development of animal husbandry and dairying across the country in the next 5 years starting 2021-22.
Government announced additional funds of Rs.14,775/- Crore for DAP and P&K Fertilizers
Recently there was an increase in the international prices of raw materials for manufacturing P&K fertilizers and finished P&K fertilizers.
- To avoid any distress arising out of this increase, the Govt. announced additional funds of Rs.14,775/- Crore for DAP and P&K fertilizers.
- MRP of Urea is statutorily fixed by the Government of India. MRP of 45 kg of bag of urea is Rs. 242 per bag (exclusive of charges towards neem coating and taxes as applicable).
Apart from the above, DA&FW has informed that the Govt. has adopted several developmental programmes, schemes, reform and policies that focus on higher income for the farmers.
All these policies and programmes are being supported by higher budgetary allocation, non-budgetary financial resources by way of creating Corpus Funds like Micro Irrigation Fund and Agri-marketing schemes to strengthen eNAM and GrAMs, as also in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying to promote dairy and fisheries sectors.
There have been several reforms to unleash the potential and these include
- Market Reforms like model APLMC (Promotions and Facilitations) Act, 2017;
- Establishment of Gramin Agriculture markets (GrAMs);
- Agri Export Policy, 2018;
- The Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020;
- The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020;
- Amendments to Essential Commodity Act, 1955;
- Promotion of 10,000 FPOs
- PM-KISAN;
- Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna (PMFBY);
- Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojna (PMKSY);
- Increase in Minimum Support Price (MSPs);
- Har Med Par Ped;
- Bee-Keeping;
- Rashtriya Gokul Mission;
- Blue Revolution;
- Interest Subvention Scheme;
- Kisan Credit Card (KCC)
Potential for Agroforestry
To tap the potential of agroforestry, Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare is implementing the Sub-Mission on Agroforestry (SMAF) Scheme since 2016-17.
There is a provision of financial assistance to farmers under the Scheme for plantation activities along with development of various types of nurseries for producing quality planting materials like seeds, seedlings, clones, improved varieties to meet the requirement of quality planting materials/seeds for the farmers.
Further, initiatives have been taken for formation of 15 Farmer Producers Organization (FPOs) in the Agroforestry Sector to link the farmers with market and industry in an organized manner.
Upto 5% of allocated funds is utilized for capacity building and training activities like training of farmers/field workers, skill development, awareness campaign, publications, seminars/workshops, conference etc. to raise awareness of the scheme among the farmers.
National Innovation on Climate Resilient Agriculture
Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India launched a flagship network project ‘National Innovations in Climate Resilient Agriculture’ (NICRA) in 2011.
In the strategic research, the main thrust areas covered are (i) identifying most vulnerable districts/regions, (ii) evolving crop varieties and management practices for adaptation and mitigation, (iii) assessing climate change impacts on livestock, fisheries and poultry and identifying adaptation strategies.
- So far, 7 climate resilient varieties and 650 district agricultural contingency plans have been developed besides assessing the risk and vulnerability of Indian agriculture to climate change.
- State-of-the-art infrastructure facilities have been established by ICAR in the National Agricultural Research and Education System (NARES) across the country to facilitate the climate change research.
Development of Horticulture Cluster
Cluster Development Programme (CDP) has been designed to leverage geographical specialization of horticulture clusters to make them Globally Competitive
Address the concerns of the horticulture value chain from pre-production, production, post-harvest management and value addition to logistics, marketing and branding in an integrated manner for accelerating competitiveness in the domestic and export market.
- Reduce harvest and post-harvest losses by developing/ expanding/upgrading the infrastructure for post-harvest handling of produce, value addition and market linkages.
- Facilitate the introduction of innovative technologies and practices to help enhance the global competitiveness of focus cluster crops.
- Facilitate the dovetailing of resources, including convergence of various government schemes in order to entrench stakeholders in the global value chains.
- Build the capacity of stakeholders and enhance farmers’ income through cluster-specific interventions including brand promotion.
MoA&FW has selected 12 clusters for the pilot phase of the programme. So far, Government has appointed Cluster Development Agencies (CDAs) in 11 clusters of the pilot phase.
The formation of FPOs is an integral part of Horticulture Cluster Development Programme which will help farmers with small land holding and help them in achieving economies of scale in an integrated manner by addressing concerns of entire value chain in the selected clusters.
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