SAMARTH Centres: The Smart Advanced Manufacturing and Rapid Transformation Hub (SAMARTH) centres are set up under the Scheme for “Enhancement of Competitiveness in the Indian Capital Goods Sector. These centres have been providing assistance to the MSMEs to train the workforce and make them aware of Industry 4.0 technologies in the following ways:
Organizing Seminars/ Workshops and knowledge-sharing events on Industry 4.0;
Training industries to create awareness about Industry 4.0;
Providing consultancy (in areas such as IOT Hardware, Software development, and data analytics) and incubation support to start-ups including MSMEs.
Vidyanjali Scholarship Programme: The Union Minister of Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship recently launched the EdCIL Vidyanjali Scholarship Programme. This initiative guarantees access to high-quality learning systems by facilitating a seamless transition from secondary to higher education and extending financial support for the meritorious Navodaya Vidyalaya students who lack means.The Vidyanjali programme intends to garner assistance and funding from non-government partners and private sources such as CSR grants etc. The beneficiaries of the Vidyanjali programme in its initial phase will be students of grades XI and XII studying in Navodaya Vidyalayas across the country. The sponsorship will be disbursed to students through this platform as Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT). This platform will be instrumental in capturing data, receiving, hosting, and viewing student applications, tracking student progress, tracking grant disbursement, monitoring fund utilisation, generating impact reports towards SDG realisation, individual mentions of notable student achievement, and publicly acknowledging the support of the funders, among other platform utilities.
Vaccine Safety Net: It is a global network of websites, established by the World Health Organization that provides reliable information on vaccine safety. It is a network of a diverse group of digital information resources (websites and social media), VSN members, located in countries around the world and providing scientifically based information on vaccine safety in various languages. A key player in the Project is the Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS), established by WHO in 1999, to respond promptly, efficiently, and with scientific rigour to vaccine safety issues of potential global importance. At the outset of the Project, GACVS developed three categories of criteria for good information practices – regarding credibility, content, accessibility and design to which digital resources providing information on vaccine safety should adhere. It is continuously expanding and to date, 110 websites from 45 countries provide vaccine safety information in 43 languages
Particular Vulnerable Tribal Group: According to the Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA), India has 75 PVTGs, who are characterized by – Pre-agriculture level of technology, Stagnant or declining population, Extremely low literacy, and Subsistence level of economy. PVTGs were recognised as a separate category based on the findings of the 1961 Dhebar Commission.In 1975, there were 52 PVTGs and the list had been expanded to 75 across 18 states and Union Territories. Data from the MoTA and the 2011 Census shows that Odisha has the largest population of PVTGs at 8.66 lakh, followed by MP at 6.09 lakh and Andhra Pradesh.The total PVTG population is more than 40 lakh and the largest PVTG is Odisha’s Saura community, numbering 5.35 lakh.
