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Stree Manoraksha Project ✓Launched by: National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, with support and funding from the Ministry of Women and Child Development. ✓Aim: To provide training and supervision in psychosocial and mental health care for staff and counsellors of all One Stop Centres (OSCs) across the country to support women facing […]

SAATHI (Sustainable and Accelerated Adoption of efficient Textile technologies to Help small Industries) : Key Facts about the scheme :  Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a public sector entity under the administrative control of Ministry of Power, would procure energy efficient Powerlooms, motors and rapier kits in bulk and provide them to the small and

KANNADA LITERATURE. ◇ Earliest Kannada inscriptions date from the 5th/6th century onwards, but the oldest surviving piece of literature in this language is the Kavirajamarga (The Royal Road of the Poets), a 9th century work on poetics.  ◇ The best known poets of the 10th century were Pampa, Ponna, and Ranna, all of whom wrote

NIPUN Project •Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has launched the ‘National Initiative for Promotion of Upskilling of Nirman workers’ (NIPUN) project to train  100,000 construction workers. •Project NIPUN is an initiative under MoHUA’s flagship  scheme, Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM). • Its implementation is divided into three parts: Training through Recognition

Startup SETU ✅SETU or Supporting Entrepreneurs in Transformation and Upskilling is an Indian government initiative under Ministry of Commerce & Industry. ✅The initiative would connect start-ups in India to US-based investors and start-up ecosystem leaders with mentorship and assistance in various areas including funding, market access and commercialization. ✅Significance: •To break the geographical barriers between

Scholarship and Fellowship Scheme to protect folk song artists ✅The Ministry of Culture is implementing a Scheme by the name of ‘Scheme of Scholarship and Fellowship for Promotion of Art and Culture’ to protect all genres of artists including folk song artists.  The scheme has three components: ✅Award of Scholarships to Young Artists (SYA) (a

Some of the government initiatives to transform rural healthcare: ✅Under Ayushman Bharat, the existing SCs and PHCs are being transformed into AB-Health and Wellness Centres (HWCs) to deliver preventive, curative, palliative and rehabilitative services which are universal, free and close to the community. ✅PM Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM) envisages increased investments in public

PADMANABHA SWAMY TEMPLE o It is a Hindu temple. o The temple is built in an intricate fusion of the Chera style and the Dravidian style of architecture, featuring high walls, and a 16th-century gopura. o The principal deity Padmanabhaswamy (Vishnu) is enshrined in the “Anantha Shayana” posture, the eternal yogic sleep on the serpent

Scheme: Digital India Key Facts about the scheme : It is a flagship programme of the Government of India with a vision to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy. The vision of Digital India programme is to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy. Broad Objective : To

Indradanush scheme : •Key Facts about the scheme : The Mission Indradhanush, depicting seven colours of the rainbow, aims to cover all those children by 2020 who are either unvaccinated, or are partially vaccinated against seven vaccine preventable diseases which include diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, polio, tuberculosis, measles and hepatitis B. Broad Objective : It