Scheme Current Affairs February 3rd Week 2020
Soil health card Scheme completes 5 years as on 19 February:
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare reported that so far 6954 villages have been identified by the States/UTs in which against the target of 26.83 lakh samples, 20.18 lakh samples have been collected, 14.65 lakh samples have been analyzed and 13.54 lakh cards have been distributed to farmers. The Soil health card scheme completes 5 years on 19 February 2019.
Soil health card scheme:
♦ Soil health card scheme was launched by PM Modi on 19 February 2015.
♦ The scheme aims to assess the nutrient status of every farm holding in the country.
♦ So far, a total of Rs.751.42 crore has been released under the scheme.
♦ The scheme aims to issue soil health cards to farmers every 2 years so as to provide a basis to address nutritional deficiencies in fertilization practices.
♦ Soil testing is developed to promote soil test based on nutrient management.
♦ The scheme will assist State Governments to issue soil health cards to all farmers in the country.
♦ Soil health will lead to Sustainable Farming.
♦ Soil health card provides information to farmers on nutrient status of their soil along with recommendation on appropriate dosage of nutrients to be applied for improving soil health and its fertility.
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Schemes Current Affairs February 2nd Week 2020
UP to introduce Internship scheme for students:
Uttar Pradesh state government is to introduce an internship scheme for students of class 10th and 12th and those pursuing graduation. The announcement was made by the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on 9 February at a job fair organized by the Department of Labour and Employment Exchange at Gorakhpur University
Internship scheme:
♦ Under the scheme, the students will be linked to various technical institutes and industries.
♦ The students who do an internship for 6 months and 1 year will be given Rs.2,500 as honorarium every month, out of which Rs.1,500 will be given by the central government and Rs.1,000 by the state government.
♦ After the completion of the internship, the government will help the youth in getting jobs.
♦ An HR cell will be created for this purpose.
♦ The state government announced that 20% of girls will be compulsorily recruited in the police department in the state so that they can contribute towards the state`s security.
♦ Also, the UP government is taking various measures to open an ITI and skill development centre in each tehsil. The centre will give a platform to the youth for their skills.
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