CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -List of a few important adoptions : Under the scheme, Narendra Modi has adopted Jayapur village his constituency Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh.

Detailed explanation-2: -How to select a village for Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana? A Gram panchayat would be the basic unit. It will have a population of 3000-5000 in plain areas and 1000-3000 in the hilly, tribal and difficult area.

Detailed explanation-3: -To enable an area based development approach, a new scheme called the Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY) was launched on a Pilot basis during 2009-10, following the Finance Minister’s declaration in his Budget Speech delivered on 6.7.

Detailed explanation-4: -These domains are: i) Drinking water and Sanitation ii) Education iii) Health and Nutrition iv) Social Security v) Rural Roads and Housing vi) Electricity and Clean Fuel vii) Agricultural Practices etc. viii) Financial Inclusion ix) Digitization x) Livelihood and Skill Development.

Detailed explanation-5: -Hiware Bazar is a village in the Ahmednagar District of Maharashtra, India.