Table of Contents
CONTENTS
• EKLAVYA SCHOOLS
• RISE
• PMRF
• AYUSHMAN BHARAT PROGRAMME
• OPERATION GREENS
Ekalavya Schools : Ministry of Tribal Affairs
• Eklavya schools will be established for schedule tribe students by 2022 on the lines of Navodaya schools. They will be model residential schools set up in each Block. It will in areas with more than 50% tribal population and 20,000 tribal people. These schools will be part of Navodaya Vidyalayas. It will provide training in sports and skill development. It has special facilities for preserving local art and culture.
• The Ekalavya Residential School Scheme isn’t new. It has been around for many years now.
However, the government has signalled in Budget 2018 that it wants to expand the sc
• Ekalavya Model Residential Schools (EMRSs), with the capacity of 480 students in each school, are set up in the States/ UTs under Grants under Article 275(1) of the Constitution of India.
• The capital cost for setting up the school complex, including hostels and staff quarters etc. has been earmarked as Rs. 12.00 crore with a provision to go up to Rs.16.00 crore in hill areas, deserts and islands.
Objectives of EMRS
• Comprehensive physical, mental and socially relevant development of all students enrolled in each and every EMRS. Students will be empowered to be change agent, beginning in their school, in their homes, in their village and finally in a larger context.
• Focus differentially on the educational support to be made available to those in Standards XI and XII, and those in standards VI to X, so that their distinctive needs can be met.
• Support the annual running expenses in a manner that offers reasonable remuneration to the staff and upkeep of the facilities.
• Support the construction of infrastructure that provides education, physical, environmental and cultural needs of student life
Revitalising Infrastructure and Systems in Education (RISE) Scheme
• RISE scheme aims to lend low-cost funds to government higher educational institutions. It
will be launched with a total investment of Rs . 1 lakh crore in the next four years. It will be
financed via restructured higher education financing agency (HEFA), a non-banking
financial company.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Revitalising Infrastructure and Systems in Education (RISE) scheme, was launched to revitalize the infrastructure of higher educational institutions.
• RISE scheme will be financed via a restructured “Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA) that has been constituted as a non-bank finance company.
• HEFA was created to infuse fiscal discipline among government higher educational ins
• Its purpose is to lend low-cost funds to government higher educational institutions, and
will rise Rs1 trillion for the purpose.
• While HEFA was granted a budgetary allocation of Rs250 crores in the current budget, for FY19, an allocation of Rs2,750 crores is envisioned.
• Significantly, the mechanism by which HEFA raises funds and the capacity of institutions to
repay loans (taken from HEFA) needs to be closely watched.
(PMRF) Scheme
• Ministry of Human Resource Development
• 1,000 best students who have completed (or are in the final year of) B. Tech or Integrated M.Tech or M.Sc. in Science and Technology streams from IISc/IITs/NITs/IISERs/IIITs under this cheme will be offered direct admission in PhD programme in the IITs/IISc.
• Those students will be offered a fellowship of Rs.70, 000/- per month for the first two years, Rs.75, 000/- per month for the 3rd year, and Rs.80, 000/- per month in the 4th and 5th years
• Apart from this, a research grant of Rs.2.00 lakh will be provided to each of the Fellows for a period of 5 years to enable them to participate in international research conferences and present research papers. A maximum of 3,000 Fellows would be selected in a three year period beginning 2018-19.
Significance
• The scheme will help tapping talent pool of country for carrying out research indigenously in cutting edge science and technology domains. The research undertaken by fellows under this scheme will address national priorities at one hand and shortage of quality faculty in premier educational institutions of country on the other.
Ayushman Bharat Programme
• The Government has announced two major initiatives in health sector, as part of newly
announced Ayushman Bharat programme.
Provisions
• The programme is aimed at making interventions to address health holistically, in primary, secondary and tertiary care systems.
• The initiatives under the programme are:
• Health and Wellness Centre
• National Health Protection Scheme
Health and Wellness Centre
• National Health Policy, 2017 envisioned Health and Wellness Centres as the foundation of India’s health system.
• Under this, 1.5 lakh centres will bring health care system closer to the homes of people.
• The centres will provide comprehensive health care, including for non-communicable diseases and maternal and child health services.
• These will also provide free essential drugs and diagnostic services.
• Contribution of private sector through CSR and philanthropic institutions in adopting these centres is also envisaged.
National Health Protection Scheme
• This will cover over 10 crore poor and vulnerable families.
• This would translate to around 50 crore beneficiaries.
• The scheme provides coverage of upto Rs. 5 lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization.
• This is said to be the world’s largest government funded health care programme.
• Besides, 24 new Government Medical Colleges and Hospitals will be set up, by up-grading
existing district hospitals in the country.
• This would ensure that there is at least 1 Medical College for every 3 Parliamentary Constituencies.
• Also, at least 1 Government Medical College in each State of the country.
• This is to further enhance accessibility of quality medical education and health care.
Significance
• Lakhs of families, at present, borrow or sell assets to receive inpatient treatment.
• The concern of the consequent impoverishment of poor and vulnerable families is a continuing one.
• Under the existing Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY), poor families get an annual
coverage of Rs. 30,000.
• Several State governments have implemented or supplemented health protection schemes that provide varying coverage.
• The present initiatives will supplement these in taking health care to a larger mass.
• Higher health insurance cover is also seen as leading to a higher life expectancy.
• The scheme could potentially ensure enhanced productivity and well being,
averting wage loss and impoverishment.
Operation Greens
• The goal of the scheme is to double the farmers’ income by end of the year 2022. With
the budget allocation of Rs. 500 Cr, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has announced about
the Operation Green in Union Budget 2018. This scheme will facilitate the farmers of the
nation. This will be in line with the operation flood. To reduce the fluctuation in the pricing
of Onion, Tomatoes and Potatoes the scheme has been launched.
Key features
• For wellbeing of farmers – The main objective behind the implementation of this scheme is to offer respite to the farmers from any loss that they incur due to low price. If the government can regulate the price, the farmers will not be forced to sell crops at low rates.
• Preventing crop cost fluctuations – A greater percentage of farmers are associated with the
cultivation of onions, tomatoes and potatoes. With this scheme, the authority will be able to prevent too much price deviations.
• Doubling the farmer’s income – Another point, highlighted under the scheme is that
the central government wants to help the farmers bring home more revenue by 2022. All
agriculture related aspects of this scheme will assist in doubling the income of agricultural
labors.
• Step towards price fixation – The central government wants to take firm decision
towards fixing the cost of crops. As of now, the FM announced that MSP of any crop needs to
be at least 1.5 times the cultivation cost.
• Construction of agricultural markets – It has also been pointed out in the scheme that the
central government will work towards the development of around 22,000 Gramin agrarian markets.
• Linking agricultural markets online – The central government will make sure that
around 470 APMC endorsed markets will also come up soon, and these will also get online
representation for more exposure.
Q 1 Ayushman Bharat programme will build a New India 2022. The NHPS is innovative and path-breaking in the history of public health in India, and may have a transformative impact if implemented in an effective and coordinated manner. Comment Critically?
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