As a follow-up to the ‘Make in India’ initiative launched by the Prime Minister, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy ( MNRE) has announced organisation of the First Renewable Energy Global Investors Meet & Expo (RE – INVEST) on 15-17 February, 2015 in New Delhi. The central theme of the meet is to attract ...

National Smart Cities Mission is an urban renewal and retrofitting program by the Government of India with the mission to develop smart cities across the country, making them citizen friendly and sustainable. The Union Ministry of Urban Development is responsible for implementing the mission in collaboration with the state governments of the respective cities. While the mission initially included only 100 cities, the government ...

Make in India, a type of Swadeshi movement covering 25 sectors of the Indian economy, was launched by the Government of India on 25 September 2014 to encourage companies to manufacture their products in India and enthuse with dedicated investments into manufacturing. After the launch, India gave investment commitments worth ₹16.40 lakh crore (US$230 billion) and investment inquiries worth of ₹1.5 lakh crore (US$21 billion) ...

The River Ganga is important not only for its cultural and spiritual significance but also because it hosts more than 40% of the country’s population. Addressing the Indian community at Madison Square Garden in New York in 2014, the Prime Minister had said, “If we are able to clean it, it will be a huge ...

Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao (translation: Save the daughter, educate the daughter) is a campaign of the Government of India that aims to generate awareness and improve the efficiency of welfare services intended for girls in India. The scheme was launched with an initial funding of ₹100 crore (US$14 million)

Obtaining a quality education and giving access it underpins a range of fundamental development drivers including empowerment of poor, women and girls from poor strata of society . Education makes country progressive. Launched in 2014 by the HRD Minister of India, Smriti Irani, Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat can be regarded as a countrywide programme being ...

Zero Hunger -SDG 2 does not mean give food to fill the stomach. It also means providing right nutrition . Earlier Prime Minister Dr. Man Mohan Singh called India’s very high incidence of malnutrition among children as ‘national shame’. The Prime Minister Modi took up the challenge and initated Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nutrition or ...

Financial inclusion ensures well-being of all i.e. SDG-3. ‘No one should left behind’ is uphill task but needs to be achieved. Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), is financial inclusion program of Government of India open to Indian citizen (minor of age more than 10 can also open account with guardian to manage it) , that aims to expand and ...

Skilling gives empowerment which in turn makes the communities to deal with emergencies that may threatens wellbeing ( SDG3) of the community. Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana or DAY is a Government of India scheme for helping the poor by providing skill training. It replaces Aajeevika. The Government of India has provisioned ₹500 crore (US$70 million) for the scheme. The objective of the scheme is to ...

More than 82 percent of the workforce in India is employed in the unorganised sector, as noted by the International Labour Union in its India Labour Market Update of 2016.To bring them in the mainstream with intent of their wellbeing is SDG-3. Atal Pension Yojana (or APY, previously known as Swavalamban Yojana) is a government-backed pension scheme in India, ...