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■ NATIONAL PENSION SYSTEM :- The National Pension System (NPS) will no longer compel investors to convert 40% of their accumulated retirement corpus into an annuity. □ WHY SUCH A DECISION ? ◇ Poor yields on annuities and high inflation are translating into negative returns. ◇ Annuities are taxable, deducting the tax and factoring in inflation means annuities are yielding negative returns. □ ABOUT NATIONAL PENSION SYSTEM :- ◇ NPS is a government-sponsored pension scheme.  ◇ Launched in January 2004 for government employees. ◇ It was extended to all citizens of Indian on a voluntary basis from May 2009 and to corporates in December 2011 and to Non-Resident Indians in October 2015. ◇ PFRDA is the statutory authority established by an enactment of the Parliament, to regulate, promote and ensure orderly growth of the NPS. ◇ The scheme allows subscribers to contribute regularly in a pension account during their working life. □ WHO CAN JOIN NPS ? ◇ Any Indian citizen between 18 and 60 yea...

SAAMAR CAMPAIGN:- The Jharkhand government has announced the launch of the SAAMAR campaign to tackle malnutrition in the state. □ ABOUT :- ◇ SAAMAR is acronym for Strategic Action for Alleviation of Malnutrition and Anemia Reduction. ◇ Aims to identify anaemic women and malnourished children and converge various departments to deal with the problem in a state where malnutrition has been a major problem. □ PRELIMS FACTS :- ◇ The current situation, required intervention with a ‘different approach to reduce malnutrition. ◇ SAAMAR has been launched with a 1000 days target, under which annual surveys will be conducted to track the progress. ◇ Convergence of various departments such as the Rural Development Department and Food and Civil Supplies and engagement with school management committees, gram sabhas and making them aware of nutritional behaviour. ◇ The campaign,also tries to target Primarily Vulnerable Tribal Groups.

  SWAMITVA SCHEME :- □ ABOUT :- ◇ SWAMITVA stands for Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas. ◇ Under the scheme, the latest surveying technology such as drones will be used for measuring the inhabited land in villages and rural areas. ◇ The mapping and survey will be conducted in collaboration with the Survey of India, State Revenue Department and State Panchayati Raj Department under the Ministry of Panchayati Raj. ◇ Property Cards will be prepared and given to the respective owners. □ BENEFITS :- ◇ The scheme will create records of land ownership in villages and these records will further facilitate tax collection, new building plan and issuance of permits. □ E-GRAMSWARAJ PORTAL E Gram Swaraj portal is the official portal of central govt for the implementation of Swamitva scheme. By visiting this portal people can check their Panchayat profile easily.