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NATIONAL HEALTH MISSION

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NATIONAL HEALTH MISSION The National Health Mission (NHM) encompasses its two Sub-Missions, The National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) and The National Urban Health Mission (NUHM). The main programmatic components include health system strengthening, Reproductive-Maternal- Neonatal-Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCH+A) and communicable and non-communicable diseases. Its emblem is a pictorial with a red colour segment of an oval serving as a shelter, in which the icons of a family - a man, a girl child and a woman are shown. Above them a yellow sun is shining. The name of the mission is written above the oval in English and at the bottom in Devanagari.

KARNATAKA GRAMIN BANK

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KARNATAKA GRAMIN BANK Karnataka Gramin Bank with its head office at Ballari under the sponsorship of Canara Bank came to existence on April 1, 2019 as per the gazette Notification of Government of India No.852 dated February 22, 2019 with amalgamation of two RRBs namely Pragathi Krishna Gramin Bank (Sponsored by Canara Bank with Head Office at Ballari) and Kaveri Grameena Bank (Sponsored by State Bank of India with Head Office at Mysuru). The logo of this bank is in the form of a circle and its components - Leaves represent agriculture and signifies prosperity; Diverging leaves signify our expanding base and growing support to agriculture and clean environment; The circle formed signifies the wholeness and inclusive growth; Blue colour represents trust, loyalty, integrity and responsibility and Yellow colour represents optimism, success, confidence, youthfulness and fresh energy”. Its motto is ‘Vishwasada Pratheeka, meaning ‘Symbol for the Faith/Trust’.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND PANCHAYATI RAJ

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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND PANCHAYATI RAJ The National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRD&PR), an autonomous organisation under the Union Ministry of Rural Development, is a premier national centre of excellence in rural development and Panchayati Raj. Recognized internationally as one of the UN-ESCAP Centres of Excellence, it builds capacities of rural development functionaries, elected representatives of PRIs, bankers, NGOs and other stakeholders through interrelated activities of training, research and consultancy. Its emblem is a monogram of its acronym in Hindi and English placed inside a hut-like outline.

PRADHAN MANTRI MUDRA YOJANA

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PRADHAN MANTRI MUDRA YOJANA Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) was announced by Finance Minister while presenting the Union Budget for the financial year 2016. A flagship scheme of the Government of India, PMMY was launched by the Prime Minister on April 8, 2015. The scheme aims to create a formal financial system and enable small borrowers to borrow from all the public sector banks such as PSU banks, Regional Rural Banks and cooperative banks, private sector banks, foreign banks, Micro Finance Institutions (MFI) and Non-Banking Finance Companies (NBFC). Loans for up to INR 10 lakh can be taken for non-farm income generating activities. The PMMY is an Iconic Logotype comprising different elements such as the graphical element, the ₹ symbol inscribed on the circular shape and the text matter ‘mudra’ in Samarkan font with ‘r’ being replaced by Rupee symbol. Vivid colours are used in the logo to express the identity of the organisation including the tricolour of the India

BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED

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BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) was incorporated on September 15, 2000. It took over the business of providing of telecom services and network management from the erstwhile Government of India’s Departments of Telecom Services (DTS) (DoT) and Telecom Operations (DTO), with effect from October 1, 2000 on going concern basis. It is one of the largest and leading public sector units providing comprehensive range of telecom services in India. Its logo has a grey coloured globe circumnavigated by red and blue arrows in opposite directions. Below this is the acronym BSNL in blue colour and at the bottom is its motto ‘Connecting India’ is written in black. https://portal.bsnl.in/myportal/ http://www.bsnl.co.in:9080/opencms/bsnl/BSNL/about_us/company/about_bsnl.html https://www.scribd.com/doc/298953769/Swamy-s-Symbols-of-India-Volume-1  

RURAL POSTAL LIFE INSURANCE

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RURAL POSTAL LIFE INSURANCE Rural Postal Life Insurance (RPLI) came into being as a sequel to the recommendations of the  Official Committee for Reforms in the Insurance Sector (Malhotra Committee). The Committee had observed in 1993 that only 22percent of the insurable population in this country had been insured; life insurance funds accounted for only 10 percent of the gross household savings.  The Committee had observed that Rural Branch Postmasters who enjoy a position of trust  in the community  have the capacity to canvass life insurance business within their respective areas. The Government accepted the recommendations of Malhotra Committee  and allowed Postal Life Insurance to extend its coverage to the rural areas to transact life insurance business with effect from March 24, 1995, mainly because of the vast network of Post Offices in the rural areas and low cost of operations. The prime objective of the scheme is to provide insurance cover to the rural public in general and t