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The Cabinet has announced to give subsidy of Rs 3850 crore to the companies manufacturing DAP fertilizer.
The central government has taken big decisions for the farmers on the first day of the year. In the cabinet meeting held on Wednesday, approval has been given to continue the Prime Minister Crop Insurance Scheme and Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme till 2025-26.
Along with this, subsidy on fertilizer will continue. A 50 kg bag of DAP fertilizer will continue to be available for Rs 1350 as before.
The Cabinet has announced to give additional subsidy of Rs 3850 crore to the companies manufacturing DAP fertilizer. The allocation for crop insurance scheme has been increased to Rs 69516 crore. No penalty will be imposed for not paying crop insurance.
Apart from this, the Union Cabinet has also allocated a budget of Rs 824.77 crore to expand innovation and technology in the agriculture sector.
Work will also be done on weather information and network data system. The Cabinet has also approved projects related to weather information. Weather Information and Network Data System (WINDS) will have Automatic Weather System (AWS) installed at block level and Automatic Rain Gauge (ARG) at Panchayat level.
9 major states are in the process of implementing WINDS (which includes Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Puducherry, Assam, Odisha, Karnataka, Uttarakhand and Rajasthan), with other states also expressing willingness to implement it.
Now read the decisions of the Central Government in the last cabinet meeting…
December 6: 85 central and 28 Navodaya Vidyalayas will be opened in the country. The Union Cabinet met in Delhi on Friday. In this, approval was given for the construction of 85 Kendriya Vidyalayas (KV), 28 Navodaya Vidyalayas (NV) and Rithala-Kundli corridor of Delhi Metro.
Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said- 85 new Kendriya Vidyalayas and 28 Navodaya Vidyalayas will be built in the country. Navodaya Vidyalayas will be built in those districts which were not yet included in the Navodaya Vidyalaya Scheme.
Vaishnav said- PM Shri School Scheme has been brought to implement the new education policy. All Kendriya Vidyalayas (KV) and Navodaya Vidyalayas have been designed as PM Shri Schools. So that they can be made model schools for other schools. Read the full news…
26 November: Union Cabinet’s decision – ‘One Nation One Subscription’ to students The PAN 2.0 project was approved in the Modi cabinet meeting on November 26. Union Minister Ashvi Vaishnav said that the government will spend Rs 1435 crore for this. The cards will be advanced without changing the existing PAN number.
Vaishnav had said that the new PAN cards will have QR code. For this, paperlane i.e. online process will be adopted. People will not need to spend separately for PAN with QR code. The data will be completely safe in the new PAN. Read the full news…
6 November: 75% credit approved on higher education loans The PM Vidyalakshmi scheme was approved in the November 6 meeting of the Modi cabinet. In this, the Government of India will give 75% credit guarantee on loans up to Rs 7.5 lakh for higher education.
Children from families with annual income of Rs 8 lakh will also be given 3% interest subsidy on loans up to Rs 10 lakh. Students with annual income up to Rs 4.5 lakh are already getting full interest subsidy. Read the full news…
October 24: Government will spend Rs 1,000 crore on startups in space sector Union Minister Ashwin Vaishnav had said on October 24 that the Indian government will spend Rs 1,000 crore to promote startups in the space sector. It will be spent in five years.
Rs 150 crore will be spent in 2025-26, Rs 250 crore each in 2026-27, 2027-28 and 2028-29, Rs 100 crore will be spent in 2029-30. Read the full news…
The picture is of March 3, the meeting of the Union Council of Ministers was held at Sushma Swaraj Bhawan in Chanakyapuri Diplomatic Enclave, Delhi.
9 October: Free food grains to the poor till December 2028 In the Union Cabinet meeting held on October 9, approval was given for construction of 2280 KM roads with an investment of Rs 4406 crore in the border areas of Rajasthan and Punjab.
Approval was also given to continue the supply of free fortified rice under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PM-GKAY) and other welfare schemes from July 2024 to December 2028. Read the full news…
3 October: 78 days bonus announced for railway employees
In the Union Cabinet meeting held on October 3, 78 days bonus was announced for railway employees. Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav had said that the government has approved a productivity linked bonus of Rs 2029 crore for railway employees. Read the full news…
12 August: Modi Cabinet approves 12 industrial cities
The first meeting of the Council of Ministers of the third term of the Modi government was held on 28 August at Sushma Swaraj Bhawan in Delhi. In this, the Union Cabinet of Economic Affairs approved 12 new industrial smart cities in 9 states.
These 12 industrial smart cities spread across 10 states and adjacent to six major corridors will prove to be an important leap in promoting manufacturing. The government will invest Rs 28,602 crore on these under the National Industrial Corridor Development Programme. Read the full news…
August 9: 3 crore new houses under Modi government’s housing scheme, approval for 8 railway projects
The Union Cabinet had approved the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban 2.0 scheme on August 9. Under the scheme, three crore houses are to be built at a cost of Rs 3,60,000 crore.
Eight railway projects were approved to improve connectivity. Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnav had informed about the decisions of the cabinet.Read the full news…
June 10: First cabinet meeting of Modi 3.0
When PM Modi reached office on June 10, he was welcomed. After this he signed the first file.
After taking oath as Prime Minister for the third time, the PM held the first meeting of the Council of Ministers on the very next day i.e. on June 10. In this, approval was given to build three crore new houses for the poor. A total of 4.21 crore houses have been built under this scheme in the last 10 years. Under the scheme, financial assistance is given from the Central and State Government to build houses. Read the full news…
