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Cabinet Decisions
EMPOWERING STUDENTS,
WOMEN AND
FARMERS
From increasing scholarship amount of SC students to
revising guidelines for DTH services to creating more jobs
with various measures, here’s a look at some important
decisions taken by the Union Cabinet
DECISION: Five time increase in the share of the the period of license may be renewed by 10
Centre in the post-matric scholarship approved years at a time. License fee has been revised
BENEFITS: from 10% of GR to 8% of AGR
l Rs 59,048 Crore worth scholarship has been l The cap of 49% FDl in the existing DTH
approved to benefit over 4 Crore SC students guidelines to be aligned with DPIIT’s policy on
l This will help reducing dropouts. Over 1.36 Crore FDl as amended from time to time
extremely poor students will be made part of this DECISION: Expansion of interest subvention
scheme by launching a special drive scheme to provide financial assistance for
l Scholarship’s 60 per cent (Rs 35,534) share enhancement of ethanol distillation capacity from
provided by the Centre to be transferred directly grain-based distilleries along with molasses-
into the beneficiary account based distilleries approved
BENEFITS:
DECISION: Industrial Corridor nodes at l The expanded interest subvention scheme will
Krishnapatnam and Tumakuru under CBIC fuel investment of about Rs 40,120 Crore in the
approved ethanol value chain, encouraging 'Urja Kheti'
BENEFITS:
which will augment farmer’s income, transform
l The approved proposals have a total
‘Annadatas’ into ‘Urjadatas’ and contribute to the
estimated cost of Rs 7,725 Crore and an
overall vision of AatmaNirbhar Bharat
estimated employment generation of more
l The price of ethanol procurement has also
than 2.8 Lakh persons
gone up from around Rs 39 per litre in sugar
l This will facilitate manufacturing investments
year 2013-14 to an average price of Rs 58 per
into the country by providing quality, reliable,
litre in sugar year 2020-21
sustainable and resilient infrastructure to
DECISION: Deepening and Optimisation of Inner
industries
Harbour Facilities including Development of
l This will also position India as a strong player
Western Dock on BOT basis under PPP mode
in Global Value Chains with developed land
to handle cape size vessels at Paradip Port
parcels in cities for immediate allotment for
attracting investments approved
BENEFITS:
DECISION: Revision in guidelines for providing l The project will facilitate (i) de-congestion of
DTH Services in India approved the Port, (ii) reduce Sea freight making coal
BENEFITS: imports cheaper, and (iii) boost the industrial
l License for the DTH to be issued for a period of economy in the hinterland of the port leading
20 years in place of present 10 years. Further to creation of job opportunities.
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