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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 Sikkim Important

India's first Organic Fisheries Cluster launched in Soreng district, Sikkim

Fisheries Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh also opened 50 PMMSY projects worth ₹50 crore for the Northeast in Guwahati.

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📋 Central Schemes 📍 India Important

H.D. Kumaraswamy launches PLI Scheme 1.1 for specialty steel

The second round covers five product categories within the original ₹6,322 crore outlay.

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📋 State Schemes 📍 Odisha Important

Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi launches Shahid Madho Singh Haath Kharcha Scheme for ST students

Scheduled Tribe students entering Class IX or XI get a one-time ₹5,000 to curb dropouts.

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📋 Central Schemes 📍 India Important

EPFO's Centralized Pension Payments System fully rolled out in all regional offices

About ₹1,570 crore was paid to more than 68 lakh EPS pensioners for December 2024 through all 122 pension-disbursing regional offices.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 India Must know

Cabinet continues PMFBY and RWBCIS till 2025-26; creates ₹824.77 crore technology fund

The overall outlay is ₹69,515.71 crore for 2021-22 to 2025-26.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 India Must know

Cabinet extends one-time special package on DAP at ₹3,500 per tonne beyond NBS subsidy

The extension from 1 January 2025 till further orders will cost up to about ₹3,850 crore.

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🌿 Disasters 📍 Kerala Important

Kerala Cabinet approves two model townships for Wayanad landslide survivors

Townships will come up on 58.50 hectares of Elstone Estate and 48.96 hectares of Nedumpala Estate.

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💹 Economy 📍 Odisha

Odisha's 133rd SLSWCA meeting approves 25 projects worth ₹4,222.24 crore

The projects across 16 sectors and 11 districts are expected to create 14,497 jobs.

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🌿 Environment & Ecology 📍 Uttar Pradesh Important

NMCG's 59th Executive Committee approves sewerage projects for Chandauli, Buxar and Uttarpara-Kotrung

Projects worth ₹272 crore in Uttar Pradesh, ₹257 crore in Bihar and ₹8 crore in West Bengal were approved.

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🎓 Education 📍 Odisha Important

Odisha gets ₹676.70 crore under PM-USHA; four universities to get ₹100 crore each as MERUs

Higher Education Minister Suryabanshi Suraj announced the sanction in Bhubaneswar on 31 December 2024.

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📋 State Schemes 📍 Haryana

Haryana doubles ex gratia for battle casualties to ₹1 crore, raises gratuity ceiling to ₹25 lakh

The Haryana cabinet approved revised ex gratia, pension and gratuity limits on 28 December 2024.

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📋 State Schemes 📍 Haryana Important

Haryana CM transfers ₹144.73 crore to 3,882 families under DAYALU-I scheme

Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini transferred ₹144.73 crore to 3,882 beneficiaries under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Antyodaya Parivar Suraksha Yojana (DAYALU-I) on 27 December 2024.

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📅 Important Days & Themes 📍 India Important

PM marks 3rd Veer Baal Diwas at Bharat Mandapam, launches Suposhit Gram Panchayat Abhiyan

Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the 3rd Veer Baal Diwas at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, on 26 December 2024 and launched the Suposhit Gram Panchayat Abhiyan.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 Odisha Important

Odisha CM Mohan Majhi launches 1,542 new MPACS, taking State's PACS to 4,253

Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi launched 1,542 new Multipurpose Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies at Lok Seva Bhavan, Bhubaneswar, on 25 December 2024.

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📋 State Schemes 📍 Rajasthan Important

Rajasthan to open Atal Gyan Kendra in every gram panchayat, announces CM Bhajanlal Sharma

Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma announced on Good Governance Day, 25 December 2024, that an Atal Gyan Kendra will be set up in every gram panchayat of the State.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 India Important

Amit Shah inaugurates 10,000 new M-PACS, dairy and fisheries cooperatives

Union Cooperation Minister Amit Shah inaugurated 10,000 newly established Multipurpose Primary Agricultural Credit Societies, along with dairy and fisheries cooperatives, in New Delhi on 25 December 2024.

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📋 State Schemes 📍 Maharashtra Important

Maharashtra CM Fadnavis launches solar projects under Mukhyamantri Saur Krishi Vahini Yojana 2.0

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis inaugurated solar projects at Umbartha (Washim) and Narangwadi (Dharashiv) under the Mukhyamantri Saur Krishi Vahini Yojana 2.0 on 24 December 2024.

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📋 State Schemes 📍 Assam Important

Assam cabinet approves Assam International Skill Centre, declares 2025 'Year of Reading'

The Assam cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma from Dibrugarh on 23 December 2024, also approved ₹9,000 a month for Gaon Pradhans of forest and FRA villages.

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💹 Economy 📍 Karnataka Important

Karnataka clears 9 projects worth ₹9,823 crore; state's first semiconductor project to come up near Mysuru

The 64th State High-Level Clearance Committee, chaired by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, approved projects expected to create about 5,605 jobs.

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🔬 Health & Medicine 📍 Karnataka Important

Karnataka opens 371-bed Kalaburagi building of Jayadeva heart institute, marking a decade of Article 371(J)

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah inaugurated the ₹327.17 crore building of the Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research in Kalaburagi on 22 December 2024.

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📋 State Schemes 📍 Tripura Important

Tripura: eight cooperative initiatives launched, including NCOL MoU on organic farming; ₹668 crore projects in Dhalai

Union Cooperation Minister Amit Shah launched cooperative initiatives in Tripura and inaugurated or laid foundation stones for projects worth over ₹668 crore in Dhalai on 22 December 2024.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 Gujarat Important

Climate Smart Agro-Textile Demonstration Centre opens in Navsari, Gujarat, under the National Technical Textiles Mission

The Ministry of Textiles and SASMIRA launched a 15,000 sq m demonstration centre for agro-textiles in Navsari, Gujarat, on 21 December 2024 in the presence of Jal Shakti Minister C. R. Patil.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 India Must know

CCEA fixes copra MSP for 2025 season: ₹11,582 per quintal for milling copra, ₹12,100 for ball copra

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the Minimum Support Price for copra for the 2025 season on 20 December 2024.

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📋 State Schemes 📍 Andhra Pradesh Must know

Andhra Pradesh Cabinet clears 45 Amaravati works, KfW loan for CRDA and mid-day meal for Intermediate students

The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on 19 December 2024 approved 45 engineering works in Amaravati and restored the mid-day meal for Intermediate students.

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📋 State Schemes 📍 Tamil Nadu Must know

Tamil Nadu releases additional ₹400 crore for Kalaignar Kanavu Illam housing scheme

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin announced an additional ₹400 crore for the Kalaignarin Kanavu Illam housing scheme on 18 December 2024.

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📋 Central Schemes 📍 India Must know

Credit Guarantee Scheme for e-NWR based Pledge Financing (CGS-NPF) launched

Union Minister Pralhad Joshi launched the Credit Guarantee Scheme for e-NWR based Pledge Financing (CGS-NPF) with a ₹1,000 crore corpus on 16 December 2024.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 Chhattisgarh Important

Chhattisgarh signs agreements with NCOL and NDDB to boost forest produce and dairy cooperatives

Two agreements to boost the minor forest produce and dairy sectors in Chhattisgarh were signed in the presence of Union Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on 16 December 2024.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 West Bengal Must know

'Jalvahak' scheme unveiled to boost cargo on National Waterways 1, 2 and 16

Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal unveiled 'Jalvahak', a cargo promotion scheme for National Waterways 1, 2 and 16, and flagged off scheduled cargo services from Kolkata on 15 December 2024.

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🎓 Education 📍 India

STRIVE project raised women's share in ITI training to 20%

The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship said on 13 December 2024 that its World Bank-supported STRIVE project raised female participation in vocational training from 12% to 20% over its seven-year run.

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🚄 Energy & Power 📍 India Important

Coal Ministry issues awards under ₹8,500 crore coal gasification scheme

The Ministry of Coal issued Letters of Award to selected applicants under Categories I and III of the ₹8,500 crore Coal Gasification Incentive Scheme on 12 December 2024.

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