Government schemes, persons in news and important days (India and Rajasthan)

Key Points at a Glance

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   CET Senior Secondary current affairs must stay within the 2026 official scope: state and national contemporary events, famous personalities, programs and policies, civic duties, moral values, and the 2022 Rajasthan recruitment-exam unfair-means law.

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   A scheme is exam-ready only when its name, year, target group and benefit type fit together; avoid fragile dashboard counts unless an official source is being used.

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   MGNREGA, under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005, gives a legal guarantee of 100 days of wage employment in a financial year to a rural household whose adult members demand unskilled manual work.

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   PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana was approved in 2024 with Rs.75,021 crore for rooftop solar in one crore households and up to 300 units of free electricity every month.

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   PM Vishwakarma was launched on 17 September 2023 with an outlay of Rs.13,000 crore and covers artisans and craftspeople in 18 traditional trades.

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   PM JANMAN focuses on Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups and has a total budgetary outlay of Rs.24,104 crore for basic facilities such as housing, roads, water, education, health, electricity and livelihoods.

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   Rajasthan scheme hooks should be tied to state syllabus heads such as welfare schemes and Acts, development institutions, unemployment, drought, handicrafts, small enterprises and Panchayati Raj institutions in rural development.

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   Important days are useful only when date, day and reason are linked: 25 January is National Voters' Day, 28 February is National Science Day, 24 April is National Panchayati Raj Day and 29 August is National Sports Day.