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3 YEAR GRANT AGREEMENT INKED BETWN INDIA AND GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS,TB AND MALARIA(GFATM) TO SUPPORT NACO PROGRMS IS PEGGED AT
 US 128.4 MILLION.






Govt to revisit Watershed management guidelines
The guidelines provided for Integrated Watershed Management Programme to be revised as State Governments found
the current guidelines rigid and inflexible to their requirement.
 The States have demanded that the cost of Rs 15,000 per hectare allocated for Naxal affected areas to
implement watershed management programme should also be extended to areas with special problems.
 It is also recommended that the money for the programme on rural development tol be released on NREGA
model twice a year based on the yearly action plan of the state government with the first installment of 60% of
the amount and the second installment of 40% following the completion of phase-I.
 Ministry of Rural Development also felt the need for authentic data to satellite imagery for efficient programme
implementation.






Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana coverage extended
 The Cabinet reviewed the implementation of the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana.

 The scheme has been extended to a few segments of unorganised workers.
 RSBY was launched in 2007 as the health insurance scheme for families living below the poverty line (BPL).
 The scheme is implemented by Ministry of Labour.







PFC pacts with NLM to Accelerate Saakshar Bharat Programme
 An MOU has been signed between public sector Power Finance Company, PFC with the National Literacy Mission
Authority to accelerate the Saakshar Bharat Programme.
 Via this MOU, PFC has agreed to extend assistance to the Saakshar Bharat Programme, under the Corporate
Social Responsibility initiative, to upgrade 120 Adult Education Centres at a cost of Rs. 6.6 crore.
 These centres will be upgraded in Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Manipur, Nagaland and Himachal Pradesh.








6000 Indira Awas to be constructed in Saranda Forests

 Union Rural Development Ministry permits to construct 6000 ‘Indira Awas’ in six panchayats of Saranda forest
range in south west Jharkhand
 Saranda forest was in grip of Naxalites and it was freed by security forces via Operation Anaconda.