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Background Information on Major Initiatives & Announcements for Rural Development Sector in the General Budget 2018-19 Posted On: 01 FEB 2018 2:09PM The Department of Rural Development has been continuously trying to improve the quality of lives of rural poor households. From Budget provision of Rs. 50,162 crore in 2012-13 the allocation for DoRD went up to Rs. 109042.45 crores in 2017-18. Besides this, higher Finance Commission grant and larger State share in PMGSY and PMAY (G) was also available for programmes of DoRD during 2017-18. All together it amounts to almost three times the total funds available in 2012-13. Besides increased financial provision, the Department of Rural Development has undertaken far reaching governance reforms for promoting transparency, using the Socio-Economic Caste Census- 2011 (SECC 2011), IT/DBT payment system, transaction-based programme MISs and space technology for geo-tagging of assets.        ...

Background Information on Major Initiatives & Announcements for Agriculture Sector in the General Budget 2018-19 Posted On: 01 FEB 2018 2:20PM Creation of Blue Revolution Infrastructure Development Fund             The Union Government in its Budget in its Budget 2018 has set aside Rs. 8000 crore for setting up of a dedicated Blue Revolution Infrastructure Development Fund (BRIDF). BRIDF will provide concessional finance to the State Governments/Union Territories, Sate entities, cooperatives, individual entrepreneurs, etc. for development of fisheries infrastructure facilities both in marine and inland fisheries sector. The infrastructure facilities to be funded under the BRIDF will broadly cover development of fishing harbours and fish landing centres, creation of cold chain infrastructure facilities such as ice plants cold storage, fish transport facilities, fish processing units, fish markets; fish seed farms, fis...

Background Information on Major Initiatives & Announcements for Health Sector in the General Budget 2018-19 Posted On: 01 FEB 2018 2:22PM In keeping with the guiding principle of our Government,  Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah, Sarve Santu Niramaya , Health is at the heart of human development. Against this backdrop, Government today has announced as a part of  Ayushman Bharat , two path breaking interventions that address health holistically, impacting primary, secondary and tertiary care system as well as prevention and health promotion. In keeping with last year's decision to transform sub health centres into  Health and Wellness Centres, the National Health Policy 2017  has envisioned Health and Wellness Centres as the foundation of India's health system. The Government is now committed to building a strong and people centric comprehensive primary health care system closer to the homes of people. These centres will provide healthcare including for non ...

Fifteenth Finance Commission constitutes an Advisory Council to advise on the matters related to its Terms of Reference Posted On: 09 MAY 2018 4:08PM by PIB Delhi The Fifteenth Finance Commission has constituted an Advisory Council to advise and assist the Commission. The role and functions of the Advisory Council will be: To advise the Commission on any issue or subject related to the Terms of Reference (ToR) of the Commission, which may be of relevance; To assist in the preparation of any paper or research study which would enhance the Commission's understanding on the issues containing in its ToR; and To help in broadening the Commission's ambit and understanding to seek best national and international practices on matters pertaining to fiscal devolution and improving the quality and reach and enforcement of its recommendations.   Advisory Council will have following members: Arvind Virmani, President, Forum for Strategic Initiatives Surjit S. Bhalla, Par...

Cabinet approves continuation of Umbrella Scheme ‘Green Revolution — Krishonnati Yojana’ in Agriculture Sector Posted On: 02 MAY 2018 3:21PM by PIB Delhi The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for the Umbrella Scheme, "Green Revolution – Krishonnati Yojana" in agriculture sector beyond 12 th  Five Year Plan for the period from 2017-18 to 2019-20 with the Central Share of Rs. 33,269.976 crore.         The Umbrella scheme comprises of 11 Schemes/Missions. These schemes look to develop the agriculture and allied sector in a holistic and scientific manner to increase the income of farmers by enhancing production, productivity andbetter returns on produce. The Schemes will be continued with an expenditure of Rs.33,269.976 crore for three financial years, i.e., 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20. 3.       The Schemes that are part of t...