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New Delhi, In a reprieve for many people seeking to resume travel through public transport, <keyword id="2835665" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="The-Ministry-of-Home-Affairs">the Ministry of Home Affairs</keyword> (<keyword id="65491" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="MHA">MHA</keyword>) on Saturday decided to allow the resumption of metro operations from September 7 in a graded manner. The MHA has issued new guidelines for opening up of more activities in areas outside the containment Zones. Unlock 4, will come into effect from September 1. "Metro rail will be allowed to operate with effect from 7th September 2020 in a graded manner, by <keyword id="9255332" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="the-ministry-of-housing-and-urban-affairs">the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs</keyword> (MOHUA)/ Ministry of Railways (MOR), in consultation with MHA. In this regard, Standard Operating Procedure (<keyword id="50548" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Sop">SOP</keyword>) will be issued by MOHUA", said a statement issued by MHA. The new guidelines, issued today, are based on feedback received from states and UTs, and extensive consultations held with related central ministries and departments. However, schools, colleges, educational and coaching institutions will continue to remain closed for students and regular class activity upto September 30. The Centre has also permitted social/ academic/ sports/ entertainment/ cultural/ religious/ political functions and other congregations with a ceiling of 100 persons, with effect from September 21. However, such limited gatherings can be held with mandatory directives like wearing of face masks, social distancing, provision for thermal scanning and hand washing or use of sanitiser. Open air theatres will also be permitted from September 21.

MHA allows metro operations in graded manner from Sept 7

Mumbai, Jun 19 () Small Industries Development Bank of India (Sidbi) on Friday said it has signed a pact with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs for implementation of the PM Street Vendor's AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi). PM SVANidhi is a central scheme fully funded by the ministry with the objective to facilitate working capital loan to street vendors, thus enabling them to emerge self-reliant after the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and revive their livelihood activity through formal access to credit. Sidbi will be the implementation partner for the scheme and will set up a project management unit, a release said. It will give access to the scheme through a customised digital platform and will integrate the institutional ecosystem and build capacity value chain. The development finance institution will facilitate credit guarantee to lending institutions through Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises (CGTMSE). Microfinance institutions (MFIs) shall be on-boarded on the CGTMSE platform for the first time for the scheme, Sidbi said. The platform shall also be integrated with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to enable the processes envisaged in the scheme, it said. "We are pleased to play a role in this important national endeavour to help millions of street vendors across the country whose livelihood activities have been disrupted due to the coronavirus outbreak. "We shall carry out deep engagement with the entire lending community and urge them to actively participate to make this scheme a success," Sidbi Chairman and Managing Director Mohammad Mustafa said. The scheme includes an initial working capital of up to Rs 10,000, interest subsidy on timely/early repayment at the rate of 7 per cent, monthly cashback incentive on digital transactions and higher loan eligibility on timely repayment of the first loan. Under this scheme, commercial banks, regional rural banks, small finance banks, co-operative banks, non-banking financial companies, MFIs and self-help groups will be able to provide credit. This scheme will target street vendors/hawkers vending in urban areas, as on or before March 24, 2020, including the vendors of surrounding peri-urban and rural areas. HV HRS

Sidbi signs pact with urban affairs ministry for implementation of PM SVANidhi

New Delhi, Mar 5 () E-commerce giant Amazon has tied-up with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs under the National Urban Livelihoods Mission to train, support and provide market access to artisans and self-help groups (SHGs) with the aim of helping small businesses in exploring wide markets through the platform.In the first phase, 2,500 products will be on sale from March 28, said Durga Shankar Mishra, Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. In phase one, 24 states, 40 clusters and 350 self help groups have been enrolled which have the potential to generate around Rs 45 crore in the next one year."The agreement will help promote around four lakh women in self help groups which represent all urban local bodies across the country. E-commerce has become extremely significant and it also means that the products have to be of high quality, should be timely and should be packaged well. The SHG will be trained in all this and once that's done, the sky is the limit. In the next three years, we will aim for a Rs 500 crore turnover," Mishra said.Earlier, the mission had signed an MoU with another e-commerce platform Flipkart in January, 2020. With deeper internet penetration, the e-commerce sector has become a vital tool of businesses and the market is pegged to grow to 200 billion by 2026 from 4.5 billion in 2018. ASG ASG RDMRDM

Amazon partners with NULM to empower self-help groups

New Delhi, Feb 18 () As many as 13 members, including representatives of the Union housing and urban affairs ministry and a municipal corporation, will be part of Sebi's committee on 'muni bonds' to suggest the markets regulator on policy matters pertaining to development of such debt securities. The regulator, on Friday, said it constituted a municipal bonds development committee headed by its Executive Director Sujit Prasad. The panel will suggest Sebi on policy matters pertaining to the development of municipal debt securities and facilitate municipalities for issuance of such bonds. The committee comprises representatives from Sebi, municipal corporations, lawyers, professionals and market practitioners. D Thara, joint secretary at the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs; Shekhar Gaikwad, municipal commissioner of Pune Municipal Corporation; and G Mathi Vathanan prinicipal secretary at housing and urban development department in the Odisha government will be part of the committee. Other members of the panel include NSE Chief Business Officer Ravi Varanasi, SBI Capital Markets Head (Capital Markets) Rakesh Joshi, Crisil Ratings President Gurpreet Chhatwal and BSE Chief Trading Operations and Listing Cell Girish Joshi. The committee has been tasked to suggest the regulator on matters required to be taken up for changes in legal framework to introduce simplification and transparency in systems and procedures in the primary and secondary market. Also, the panel would recommend on matters related to regulation of intermediaries for ensuring investor protection in the primary and secondary markets as well as on measures to facilitate issuers, municipalities, for issuance of municipal debt securities. In September, Sebi had relaxed norms for the 'muni bonds' issuance to help smart cities as well as entities working in areas of city planning and urban development work, including municipalities, raise funds through debt securities. Nearly five years ago, the regulator had come out with the Issue and Listing of Debt Securities by Municipalities Regulations and since then, seven municipalities have raised nearly Rs 1,400 crore by issuing their debt securities, which are commonly known as 'muni bonds'. SP HRS

Representative of municipal corp part of Sebi's muni bonds development panel

<ul><li>Prime Minister Narendra Modi may expand his pet project for affordable housing. </li><li>Government plans to rent out single room houses to migrant labourers in cities with income less than ₹300,000 a year.</li><li>The new proposal in consideration before the upcoming budget may be linked to an ongoing housing scheme. </li></ul>The Modi government is coming up with a new housing plan to provide rented single room tenements to families of migrant labourers, in big urban centres. This can help address the issue of burgeoning slums in urban centres. For this, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs and the Ministry of Labour will work jointly, as <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/rented-houses-for-migrant-labourers-in-metros-soon/articleshow/69834563.cms?utm_source=ETMyNews&amp;utm_medium=HPMN&amp;utm_campaign=AL1&amp;utm_content=20">reported by the Economic Times (ET)</a>, weeks before the upcoming Union Budget for 2019-20. The scheme would address the problem of growing slum settlements and the aspirations of lower income groups to live in a ‘pucca’ house with basic life living facilities. Beneficiaries of the scheme would be families with income of ₹300, 000 or less. Pushing forward its ‘Housing for all’ scheme, the government has planned to link the new housing plan with the existing one that is called the <keyword id="2910604" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Pradhan-Mantri-Awas-Yojana">Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana</keyword> (PMAY). The scheme is designed such that urban local bodies will first register families with an annual income of ₹300,000 or less and then distribute rent vouchers to them. The tenant would then give those vouchers to the owner of the house, which in this case would be the housing board. A labour cess fund may also be used as capital to initiate the project. “The scheme would be driven by our ministry and housing boards would be roped in to construct economical houses,” the <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/rented-houses-for-migrant-labourers-in-metros-soon/articleshow/69834563.cms?utm_source=ETMyNews&amp;utm_medium=HPMN&amp;utm_campaign=AL1&amp;utm_content=20">Economic Times</a> reported citing sources. There is another model which allows private sector firms to construct these houses and use a percentage of area given to them for commercial purpose. But rental policy in housing for all would primarily be working through housing boards. In case of a private developer, the rent vouchers would be redeemable at any citizen service bureau, the ET report said. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/union-budget-and-triple-talaq-are-among-key-bills-as-the-first-session-of-indias-new-parliament-rolls-on/articleshow/69821460.cms">Union Budget and Triple Talaq are among key bills as the first session of India's new Parliament rolls on</a>

Indian government may offer homes on rent to migrant labourers in metro cities

New Delhi, <keyword id="4742614" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="ministry-of-housing-and-urban-affairs">Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs</keyword> (MoHUA) has joined hands with <keyword id="830092" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Zomato">Zomato</keyword> for home delivery of <keyword id="6361952" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Street-Food">street food</keyword> in six cities. As a part of Prime Minister <keyword id="456744" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="street-vendor">Street Vendor</keyword>'s AtmaNibhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) Scheme, the MoHUA entered into MoU with Zomato, to bring <keyword id="6770639" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="street-food-vendors">street food vendors</keyword> on its food-tech platform. In a statement MoHUA said that initially MoHUA and Zomato will run a pilot program by on-boarding 300 vendors across six cities namely - Bhopal, Ludhiana, Nagpur, Patna, Raipur, Vadodara. "The street vendors will be helped with PAN and fssai registration, training on technology/ partner app usage, menu digitization and pricing, hygiene and packaging best practices. Upon the successful completion of the pilot, MoHUA and Zomato plan to expand this initiative across the country in phases," it said. As per the MoHUA, this will give street food vendors online access to thousands of consumers and help these vendors grow their businesses. The MoHUA also launched the Mobile Application for PMSVANidhi se Samriddhi- Socio-economic profiling of PM SVANidhi beneficiaries and their families to link them to various Central government Schemes. "Covid-19 pandemic has restricted consumers from stepping out and forced them to follow physical distancing norms. In the given scenario it is important to connect Street Food Vendors with technology-enabled platforms to help them grow their business, thus helping them gain financially," said the ministry. In a first of its kind initiative, MoHUA entered into an MoU with Swiggy on October 5 last year and it is now joining hands with Zomato to empower street food vendors with digital technology. The MoHUA has coordinated with the key stakeholders including <keyword id="6414396" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="municipal-corporations">Municipal Corporations</keyword>, fssai, Zomato and GST officials to ensure that street food vendors are facilitated in completing the necessary prerequisites for this initiative. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/policy/economy/news/how-big-is-indias-debt-and-should-it-be-a-worry/articleshow/80688623.cms">How big is India's debt and should it be a worry?</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/heres-why-you-arent-being-able-to-apply-for-brookfield-reit-ipo-through-zerodha-groww-angel-broking-and-other-stockbroking-apps/articleshow/80686457.cms">Here's why you aren't being able to apply for Brookfield REIT IPO through Zerodha, Groww and other stockbroking apps</a>

Zomato joins hands with the Indian government to deliver street food in Bhopal, Ludhiana, Nagpur, Patna, Raipur, and Vadodara

New Delhi, Mar 6 () The government has reconstituted the National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (NPDRR) with Union Home Minister Amit Shah as its chairperson and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, among others, as its members.The NPDRR is a multi-stakeholder and multi-sectoral decision making body on disaster management. In a notification, the home ministry said the functions of the NPDRR will be to review the progress made in the field of disaster management from time to time, appraise the extent and manner in which the disaster management policy has been implemented by the central and state governments, and other agencies concerned, and advise on coordination between the central and state governments.The minister of state in-charge of disaster management in the home ministry and the vice-chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority will be the NPDRR's vice chairpersons.External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank', Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri are among its members.The minister of each state government and union territory dealing with disaster management, a member of the state disaster management authority, mayors of Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad, and municipal commissioners of these cities will also be its members.Ten chairpersons of urban local bodies, to be nominated by the urban development ministry, 10 representatives of Panchayat Raj Institutions, to be nominated by the panchayat raj ministry, four Lok Sabha members, two Rajya Sabha members, and the Union home secretary and secretaries of departments concerned will be the NPDRR's ex-officio members, the notification said. The Lok Sabha members will be nominated by the speaker and those from the Rajya Sabha by the chairman. ACB ACB ANBANB

Govt reconstitutes National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction with Amit Shah as head

<ul><li><keyword id="151350" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Hardeep-Singh-Puri">Hardeep Singh Puri</keyword> will be in charge of civil aviation and housing &amp; urban affairs.</li><li>Two career diplomats, S Jaishankar and Hardeep Singh Puri, have found space in Narendra Modi's new cabinet.</li><li>Puri was India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations between 2009 and 2013.</li><li>Puri, a former member of the India's Foreign Service, joined the BJP in 2014.</li></ul>Going into his second term, Narendra Modi has roped in two career diplomats into ministerial roles, S Jaishankar and Hardeep Singh Puri. Puri has been vested with two very important ministries - civil aviation, and housing &amp; urban affairs. He is also the junior minister in commerce and industry, which is headed by Piyush Goyal. The portfolio signals the amount of trust Modi has vested in Puri who joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) only in 2014, and lost his debut in electoral politics from Amritsar this year. Ailing exports has been unresolved issue for the Indian economy for a few years now. The country's civil aviation sector has fallen from grace, and the most recent crisis in Jet Airways has been a sign of the many woes that hound the sector. With the reduction in number of planes operating, airfares have spiked in recent months bringing the growth in passenger traffic to a grinding halt. Aside from these two ministries, Puri will be spearheading two of Modi's pet projects- housing and smart cities. The government has promised 'housing for all' by 2022 and Puri will be responsible in picking up the programme's pace. The Urban Affairs department will be responsible for rolling out smart city projects, which have also been one of Modi govenrment's flagship programmes in the first term. Puri, a former member of the India's Foreign Service, served as India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) between 2009 and 2013. He joined the BJP in 2014 and his wife Lakshmi Puri is the Assistant Secretary General at the UN. In his time at the foreign service, Puri served in key countries like Brazil, Japan, Sri Lanka, and United Kingdom. He was also the coordinator for the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Negotiations. However, his attempt to garner votes as a politician did not pay off. He lost the 2019 elections when he fought from Amritsar. In 2014, former finance minister Arun Jaitley fought from the constituency but he also lost. In both cases, the Modi wave did not help. Even as the party swept a majority of the seats in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Indian Parliament, the candidates from Amritsar failed. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/new-cabinet-ministers-smriti-irani-gets-women-child-development-and-textiles-ministry/articleshow/69594920.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink" target="_blank">Smriti Irani gets two portfolios – Women &amp; Child Development and Textiles</a>

India's former representative to UN is the country's new minister for civil aviation and two of Modi's pet projects

Inventors and designers in <keyword id="3658" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="India">India</keyword> could have a <a href="http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-in-school/niti-to-open-applications-for-atal-new-india-challenge-tomorrow/article23676243.ece">chance</a> to win upto Rs 1 crore if they win the <keyword id="2746648" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Atal-Innovation-Mission">Atal Innovation Mission</keyword> (AIM) challenge. The Atal New India Challenge is part of <keyword id="2665691" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Niti-Aayog">NITI Aayog</keyword>, and will not only offer money, but provide mentorship for the winning ideas. Participants have been invited to present their design-ready products, that will be assessed on three verticals - capability, intent and potential to productise technologies. The prospective innovators will have the option of applying their product to any of the 17 identified focus areas that include smart mobility, predictive maintenance of rolling stock and waste management. Once an idea has been shortlisted for AIM, the person responsible will be supplemented with mentorship and incubation facilities as per the requirements of the project. The end goal is to ensure wider deployment for the product. The mission is being implemented in cooperation with five other ministries, including <keyword id="2290680" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ministry-of-Agriculture-and-Farmers-Welfare">Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare</keyword> as well as the <keyword id="6472060" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="ministry-of-housing-and-urban">Ministry of Housing and Urban</keyword> Affairs. Some of the people at the event will be SS Ahluwalia, Minister of State and <keyword id="125928" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Rajiv-Kumar">Rajiv Kumar</keyword>, Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog. This seems to be a step forward in an attempt to turn India from an <a href="http://pubdocs.worldbank.org/en/476891464698315724/Philippe-Aghion-PAPER.pdf">imitating</a> nation into an innovating country.

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MHA allows metro operations in graded manner from Sept 7

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Sidbi signs pact with urban affairs ministry for implementation of PM SVANidhi

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Amazon partners with NULM to empower self-help groups

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Representative of municipal corp part of Sebi's muni bonds development panel

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Indian government may offer homes on rent to migrant labourers in metro cities

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Zomato joins hands with the Indian government to deliver street food in Bhopal, Ludhiana, Nagpur, Patna, Raipur, and Vadodara

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Govt reconstitutes National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction with Amit Shah as head

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India's former representative to UN is the country's new minister for civil aviation and two of Modi's pet projects

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