A Gram Panchayat Development Plan is a comprehensive document outlining a village’s development goals and their strategies, focusing on economic, social and physical development. It is a bottom-up approach and is a participatory process where villagers, along with their elected representatives, identify their needs and priorities aiming for a more efficient use of their available resources.
The National Housing Bank (NHB), through its Refinance Scheme for Construction Finance for Affordable Housing, aims to enhance the supply of affordable housing across India. This initiative provides concessional refinance support to Primary Lending Institutions (PLIs) like Scheduled Commercial Banks and Housing Finance Companies, enabling them to extend construction finance to agencies engaged in affordable housing projects (NHB, n.d.).
Mission Vatsalya is a flagship child welfare and protection initiative launched by the Government of India in the year 2021 which was implemented by the Ministry of Women and Child Development aimed at ensuring the safety, protection and holistic development of children, especially those in the vulnerable situations for instance the orphans, abandoned kids and distressed children.
India's strategic engagement in Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with the European Union (EU), the United Kingdom (UK), and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) reflects its commitment to integrating into the global economy and enhancing trade relations. These agreements aim to reduce tariffs, eliminate trade barriers, and foster investment, promoting economic growth and development.
The negotiations for the India and European Union Free Trade Agreement were initiated in 2007 were stopped in 2013 due to differences in market access and regulatory standards. The discussions were again resumed in June 2022, where both India and the European Union were aiming to finalise the FTA by the end of 2025. The European Union is India’s third-largest Trading Partner, and the FTA is aimed at strengthening this trade relationship and taking it further while also addressing key issues related to trade and investment.
PRAYAS is a data driven framework that enables the government to visualize progress of its flagship schemes on a single platform and monitor their progress through identified Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). PRAYAS electronically captures aggregated anonymous data from IT systems of respective schemes in a predefined format at an agreed frequency and granularity through APIs.
In order to combat these issues and reinforce women as an equally capable labour force, the “Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana” (MKSP) was introduced. It is a sub-component of the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission, which is under implementation since 2011 through State Rural Livelihoods Mission as Project Implementation Agencies (PIA).
The National Achievement Survey (NAS) is a very big scale assessment to assess the learning outcomes for the student in classes 3,5,8 and 10. It was intended to evaluate the children's progress and learning competencies across various subjects.