NABARD Development Assistant exam - 2018

Swachh Survekshan 2020 USEFUL FOR NABARD GR A 2020 EXAM

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has announced the results of the first (April-June) and second (July- September) quarters of Swachh Survekshan 2020.

Swachh Survekshan 2020 is the 5th edition of the annual urban cleanliness survey conducted by the Ministry.

Format/ Method of Assessment

Swachh Survekshan 2020 is evaluated for each quarter on the basis of monthly updation of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U) online Management Information System (MIS) by cities along with citizen’s validation on the 12 service level progress indicators.

Swachh Survekshan 2020 has been conducted in 3 quarters:

April – June

July – September

October – December 2019

These quarterly assessments will hold 25% weightage in the annual survey which is scheduled to commence from 4th January 2020 across India.

Ranks for Swachh Survekshan 2020 have been assigned based on the population in two categories of the cities :

1 lakh and above with sub-categories of

1-10 lakh

10 lakhs and above.

Less than 1 lakh (under this category, the rankings are given zone and population-wise).

It includes five zones namely, North, East, Northeast, South and West.

Key Points

Indore (Madhya Pradesh) and Jamshedpur (Jharkhand) have topped the cleanliness charts for two consecutive quarters among cities with over 10 lakh population and with 1 lakh to 10 lakh population respectively.

Kolkata ranked at the bottom of the ranking of 49 major cities across both quarters as West Bengal did not participate in the nationwide exercise.

Among cantonment boards, Tamil Nadu's St.Thomas Mount Cantt was ranked 1st in quarter 1 whereas Delhi Cantt ranked first in the 2nd quarter.

Secunderabad Cantonment Board in Hyderabad is the worst performer among other cantonment boards.

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Key Highlights of Indian Budget 2019-20 for Agriculture and Allied Sectors:

• For the welfare of farmers and for doubling their income, historic decision was taken to increase MSP by 1.5 times the production cost for all 22 crops -as per the Finance Minister

• To provide assured income support for small and marginal farmers, Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme has been approved. Farmers owning upto 2 hectares to get Rs 6,000 per year in 3 instalments. The program will be effective December 1, 2018, and the money will be directly transferred into their account. Expect spend of Rs 75.000 crore on this scheme. About 12 crore farmers will benefit from it.

• Have increased allocation for Rashtriya Gokul Mission scheme to Rs 750 crore for protection of cows

• Rs 20,000 crore to be spent on PM Kisan Scheme in FY19.
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• Instead of rescheduling of crop loans, those farmers severely affected by natural calamities will get 2% interest subvention and additional 3% interest subvention upon timely repayment.

• 2% interest subvention to farmers pursuing animal husbandry and fisheries

•More than 7,000 beneficiaries of PM Mudra Yojana are women. 15.56 crore loans of 7.23 lakh crore disbursed under MUDRA Yojana.

• In the last 5 years under all categories of workers, minimum wages increased by 42% which is the highest ever.

• 34 crore Jan Dhan Yojana accounts opened in last five years..

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