Financial Inclusion
Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana:
- Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) is a national mission with an aim to provide access to various financial services in an affordable manner.
- It is a financial inclusion campaign which provides universal access to banking facilities.
JAM Trinity:
- JAM stands for Jan Dhan Yojana, Aadhaar and Mobile number. JAM trinity enables the Indian government to make payments more effectively and inclusively.
Aadhaar enabled payment system (AEPS):
- AEPS can be used for all the following banking transactions such as balance enquiries, cash withdrawal, cash deposit, aadhaar to aadhaar fund transfers.
Healthcare:
National Digital Health Ecosystem (NDHE):
- The rollout of an open platform for the National Digital Health Ecosystem (NDHE) was announced.
- The platform aims at creating digital registries of health providers, health facilities, unique health identities and universal access to health facilities.
National Tele Mental Health Programme:
- In her 2022-23 budget speech, the Finance Minister of India recognized the necessity, requirement and importance of Mental Health.
- For mental health counselling, a National Tele Mental Health Program will be launched.
Jeevan Pramaan (Digital Life Certificate):
- Digital Life Certificate is a biometric-enabled digital service for pensioners. Pensioners of central or state government, Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation or any other government organisation whose pension disbursing agency is live for DLC can take benefit from this facility.
Education:
PM DISHA:
- Through the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA) programme the government is implementing the world’s largest digital literacy scheme.
- This has helped bridge the digital divide and enabled people to more easily access digital benefits.
Governance:
Digital Government Mission:
- The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology launched the Digital Government Mission. The mission will provide citizens with government services.
UMANG:
- UMANG stands for Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance.
- It is a mobile application launched to provide secured access to the citizens to multiple government services on one platform.
DigiLocker:
- Digital Locker (DigiLocker) is one of the key initiatives under the Digital India initiative.
- This initiative is aimed at eliminating the usage of physical documents and enabling sharing of e-documents across government agencies.
Agriculture:
Kisan Drones:
- The Kisan drone is an unmanned tank filled with insecticides and nutrients.
- The government is promoting the use of the ‘Kisan Drone’ for crop assessment, land record digitization, and pesticide and nutrient spraying.
Skill development:
DESH STACK:
- DESH Stack e Portal aims to provide API-based platforms for skilling, upskilling, and reskilling. Citizens will be trained through this portal so that they can earn a living.