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TABLE OF CONTENTS A. MINISTRY: HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION ______5 A.1. Street Vendors Act ______5 A.2. Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) ______5 A.3. National Urban Livelihoods Mission ______6 A.4. Smart Cities ______6 B.1. National Pension Scheme ______8 B.2. Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana ______8 B.3. Jan Suraksha Yojana: Atal Pension Yojana ______9 B.4. Jan Suraksha Yojana-Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana ______9 B.5. Jan Suraksha Yojana-Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana ______9 B.6. Krishi Kalyan Cess-Proposed in Budget 2016 ______10 C.1. Mid-Day Meal Scheme ______11 C.2. Right to Education ______11 C.3. Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) ______11 C.4. Digital Gender Atlas for Advancing Girl’s Education In India ______12 C.5. Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan ______12 C.6. ASMITA (All School Monitoring Individual Tracing Analysis) ______13 C.7. Ishan Vikas and Ishan Uday ______13 C.8. Saraansh ______13 C.9. Unnat Bharat ______14 D. MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT ______15 D.1. Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAANJHI) ______15 D.2. Backward Region Grant Fund ______15 D.3. Startup Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP) ______16 D.4. Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana ______16 D.5. Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) ______16 D.6. Rurban Mission ______17 D.7. MGNREGA-Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act ______17 D.8. DDU Grameen Kaushal yojana ______18 E. MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT ______19 E.1. Manual Scavenging Act ______19 E.2. National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK) ______19 E.3. Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme (DDRS) ______19 E.4. Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan ______20 F. MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT ______21 F.1. National Policy for Children ______21
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F.2. Integrated Child Development Services ______21 F.3. Gender Budgeting Scheme ______22 F.4. Digitial Gudda Guddi Board ______22 F.5. Sukanya Samruddhi Yojana ______22 F.6. Ujjawala Scheme ______23 F.7. National Mission For Empowerment of Women (NMEW)/ Mission Poorna Shakti ______23 F.8. Priyadarshini Scheme ______23 F.9. SABLA ______24 F.10. Kudumbashree Project ______24 F.11. Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana ______25 G.1. National Rural Health Mission ______26 G.2. National Urban Health Mission ______27 G.3. Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) ______27 G.4. Mission Indradhanush ______28 G.5. Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) ______28 G.6. Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) ______29 G.7. Janani Suraksha Yojana ______29 G.8. Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram ______29 G.9. Soil Transmitted Helminthes (STH) Infections ______30 G.10. Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN) ______30 H. MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATION AND IT ______31 H.1. National Optical Fibre Network ______31 H.2. National Scholarships Portal ______31 H.3. Jeevan Pramaan ______32 I. MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT ______33 I.1. PM Fasal Bima Yojana ______33 I.2. Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana ______33 I.3. Neeranchal Watershed Program ______34 I.4. Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana ______35 I.5. National Agricultural Market (NAM) ______36 I.6. Krishi Vigyan Kendras ______36 I.7. Other Major Agricultural Extension Programmes ______37 I.8. Mera Gaon-Mera Gaurav ______37 I.9. National Gokul Mission ______38 J.1. Beti Bachao Beti Padhao ______39 J.2. Stand up India scheme ______39 J.3. Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana ______40
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J.4. Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana ______40 J.5. PAHAL ______41 J.6. Forest Rights Act, 2006 ______41 J.7. National Child Labour Project______42 J.8. deendayal upadhyay shramev jayate karyakram ______42 J.9. Mega Food Park ______43 J.10. National Ayush Mission ______43 J.11. Namami Ganga Yojana ______44 J.12. Jan Aushadi Stores ______45 K. MISCELLANEOUS PROGRAMMES ______45 K.1. PRAGATI ______46 K.2. Atal Innovation Mission ______46 K.3. UDAY (Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana) ______47 K.4. Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana ______47 K.5. Nai Manzil Scheme ______48 K.6. Ustad ______48 K.7. INSPIRE (Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research) ______48 K.8. Senior Citizen Welfare Fund ______49 K.9. Project Mausam ______49 K.10. Setu Bharatam ______49 K.11. Sagarmala ______50 K.12. Garib Kalyan Yojana ______50 K.13. Ministry of Mines ______51 K.14. Sports Talent Search Scheme ______51 K.15. Mobile App: Himmat ______52 K.16. Unified Payment interface (UPI) Project ______52 L. REPORTS ______53 L.1. Elderly in India 2016 ______53 L.2. Gender Parity Index (GPI)______53 L.3. Gender Inequality Index (GII) - UNDP ______54 L.4. Multidimensional Poverty Index - UNDP ______55 L.5. Human Development Index (HDI) - UNDP ______55
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A. MINISTRY: HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION A.1. STREET VENDORS ACT
Objective Intended Salient features beneficiary
Protection of Street A town vending authority in each local authority, for livelihoods rights, vendors in implementing the provisions of the bill. Social security of general Town vending committee (TVC) to ensure participatory decision street vendors, Urban making. Regulation of population TVC urban street in o Comprises of comprises of the municipal commissioner, vending in the particular representatives of street vendors, local authority, planning country authority, local police, resident welfare association and other o Through traders associations. demarcation of o Is required to have representation of officials and non- vending zones, officials and street vendors. It has been provided that 40% conditions for members of the TVC will be from amongst street vendors to and restrictions be selected through election, on street o Any person intending to undertake street vending needs to vending. register with the town vending committee (TVC). The local authority shall, in consultation with the planning authority, frame a street vending plan once every five years.
A.2. PRADHAN MANTRI AWAS YOJANA (PMAY)
PMAY & PMAY (Gramin) are launched to achieve Housing for All by 2022 Mission
Objective Intended Salient features beneficiary
Construct two Poor people Ownership of houses will be in the name of woman or jointly crore houses across (BPL) and with husband the nation. People living Flexibility to States for choosing best options to meet the Covers the entire under EWS demand of housing in their states urban area and LIG Central grant of Rs. one lakhs per house, on an average, will consisting of 4041 categories in be available under the slum rehabilitation programme statutory towns urban Implemented in three phases as follows, viz. with initial focus on establishment a. Phase-I (April 2015 - March 2017) to cover 100 Cities to be 500 Class I cities s of the selected from States/UTs as per their willingness; country. b. Phase - II (April 2017 - March 2019) to cover additional 200 Cities and c. Phase-III (April 2019 - March 2022) to cover all other remaining Cities.
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A.3. NATIONAL URBAN LIVELIHOODS MISSION
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features
Focus on the primary issues Urban poor It replaces the existing Swarna Jayanti Shahari pertaining to urban poverty o Street Rozgar Yojana such as imparting skill training, Vendors NULM is now renamed as Deen Dayal enabling entrepreneurship o Slum Antyodaya Yojana develop, providing wage dwellers Organizing urban poor in Self Help Groups employment and self- o Homeless (SHGs) employment opportunities to o Rag pickers Creating opportunities for skill development for the urban poor. Unemployed urban poor leading to market based Providing shelter equipped Differently abled employment with essential services in Helping urban poor to set up self-employment phased manner to urban poor ventures by ensuring easy access to credit. including urban homeless All the states and union territories have been Addressing the livelihood empowered to implement day-NULM in all the concerns of urban poor remaining 3,250 statutory urban local bodies including urban homeless. even if they have a population of less than one lakhs each
A.4. SMART CITIES
Ministry of Urban Development
Objective Intended Salient features beneficiary
To drive Urban Current plan is to select 20 cities this year followed by 40 economic growth population(for each in the next two years. States are asked to nominate To create sites of improved civic names of cities for a ‘City Challenge Competition’ and the o Production amenities, chosen ones will get Central fund of Rs 100 crore each year o Efficiency participation) for 5 years. o Consumption o Sustainable ULBs Smart city plans will be implemented by a special purpose living vehicle States/UTs and Urban local bodies will have 50:50 Urban spaces(Wast equity in SPV. Governance e Area-based development managemen Urban planners Basic services provided: t etc.,) due to holistic Remove regional planning i. adequate water supply, disparities ii. Assured electricity supply, Promoting mixed iii. sanitation, including solid waste management land use in area based Replicability and Scalability of model smart cities. developments Localized and moulded for specific needs: Developed along Housing and inclusiveness DMIC for boosting employment, manufacturing sector; a GIFT city for financial services etc., Kochi Smart city – IT city; Sustainability: Renewable energy; Efficient and intelligent
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transportation for ex: Janmarg by Ahmedabad Municipality and GJ govt. People participatory approach in Maza Swapna, Pune. PPP: Expertise, private players + efficiency Improvement in Urban Governance – Multi channel citizen services(Common service centres, e-governance, m- governance etc.,); Integrated asset mngmt., planning etc., Vulnerability reduction: Climate Change action plans + Adaptation strategies
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B. MINISTRY OF FINANCE
B.1. NATIONAL PENSION SCHEME
Objective Intended Salient features beneficiary
To provide All citizens All citizens of India between the age of 18 and 60 years can join this retirement of India plan. income to all between Administered by pfrda the citizens the age of Defined contributions scheme. To institute 18 and 60 3 types: pension Government o Tier 1 NPS account reforms and employees o Tier 2 NPS account to inculcate for Tier – I o NPS - Swavalamban scheme the habit of All citizens All existing members of the government's 'Swavalamban yojana NPS saving for i.e., private lite' will automatically be migrated to the atal pension yojana. It will retirement employees now replace the Swavalamban scheme amongst the and Simple- opening an account with nps provides a permanent citizens. unorganized retirement account number (pran), which is a unique number and it sector remains with the subscriber throughout his lifetime. workers. Portable- nps provides seamless portability across jobs and across locations, unlike all current pension plans, including that of the epfo. Flexible- nps offers a range of investment options and choice of pension fund manager (pfms) Investor can choose overall risk by diversifying into different asset classes, called as asset allocation, (e=equity, c=credit risk, securities other than government, g=government securities)
B.2. PRADHAN MANTRI MUDRA YOJANA
Objective Intended Salient features beneficiary
To make youth job Any Indian It enables a small borrower to borrow from all public creators and not job citizen who has sector banks such as PSU banks, regional rural banks seekers a business plan and cooperative banks, private sector banks, foreign To “fund the unfunded” for a non-farm banks, micro finance institutions (MFI) and non by bringing such sector banking finance companies (NBFC) for loans up to Rs enterprises to the 10 lakhs for non-farm income generating activities. formal financial system 3 types of loans to be allotted by micro units and extending development and refinance agency bank. affordable credit to o Shishu : covering loans upto 50,000/- them o Kishor : covering loans above 50,000/- and upto 5 Development and lakhs refinancing activities o Tarun : covering loans above 5 lakhs and upto 10 relating to micro units lakhs and mfis. There is no subsidy for the loan given under PMMY.
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B.3. JAN SURAKSHA YOJANA: ATAL PENSION YOJANA
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features
The subscribers would Open to all Indians The central government would also co- receive the fixed between the age of 18 contribute 50% of the total contribution or minimum pension at and 40 Rs. 1000 per annum, whichever is lower, to the age of 60 years, any bank account holder each eligible subscriber, for a period of 5 depending on their who is not a member of years. contributions any statutory social The minimum age of joining APY is 18 years security scheme can avail and maximum age is 40 years of the scheme It will now replace the Swavalamban scheme, All existing members of which did not gain much popularity across the government’s the country ‘Swavalamban Yojana NPS will not be able to exit the scheme before Lite’ will automatically be the age of 60 migrated to the Atal 2,405,268 people have already registered for pension Yojana. the scheme as on April 16, 2016
B.4. JAN SURAKSHA YOJANA-PRADHAN MANTRI SURAKSHA BIMA YOJANA
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features Aimed at covering Available to people in the Risk coverage available will be Rs. 2 lakhs for the population not age group 18 to 70 years accidental death and permanent total disability covered under any Having a savings bank Rs. 1 lakhs for permanent partial disability accidental account Individuals who exit the scheme at any point may insurance cover at Who give their consent to re-join the scheme in future years by paying the an highly join and enable auto-debit annual premium affordable on or before 31st may for Between the date of commencement of premium of just the coverage period 1st enrolment on 01st may till the date of launch of Rs.12 per year June to 31st may on an the scheme by the pm on 9th may, 4.42 crore annual renewal basis subscribers were enrolled in the PMJJBY scheme.
B.5. JAN SURAKSHA YOJANA-PRADHAN MANTRI JEEVAN JYOTI BIMA YOJANA
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features
A one year life Available to people in the The risk cover on the lives of the enrolled insurance scheme age group of 18 to 50 years persons has commenced from 1st June 2015 Renewable from year Life cover up to age of 55 Life cover of Rs. 2 lakhs is available for a one to year To those having a savings year period stretching from 1st June to 31st Offering coverage for bank account who gives may at a premium of Rs.330/- per annum death due to any their consent to join and per member. reason enable auto-debit.
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B.6. KRISHI KALYAN CESS-PROPOSED IN BUDGET 2016
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features
Proceeds from this would be Farmers and Krishi Kalyan Cess @ 0.5% on all exclusively used for financing Population dependent taxable services w.e.f. 1st June initiatives for improvement of on agriculture 2016. agriculture and welfare of farmers.
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C. MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE AND DEVELOPMENT
C.1. MID-DAY MEAL SCHEME
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features 1. To enhance Every child in every Minimum content of 300 calories of energy and enrolment, government and government 8-12 gram protein per day for a minimum of 200 retention and aided primary school days. attendance Scheme also available in For upper primary stage was fixed at 700 calories 2. Improve government aided and local and 20 grams of protein. nutritional body schools, schools under Planning commission study: levels among education guarantee scheme a. Successful in addressing classroom hunger in children, (EGS) and alternative & sample schools. innovative education (AIE) b. Created a platform for children of all social centres, recognized as well as and economic backgrounds to take meals unrecognized madarsas / together, thereby facilitating achieving the maqtabs supported under objective of social equity. SSA. ASER report says: improved retention rates
C.2. RIGHT TO EDUCATION
Objective Intended Salient features beneficiary Universalisation of Every child They are entitled for free and compulsory education. elementary in the age RTE ensures compulsory admission, attendance and education in the group of 6 completion of elementary education country to 14 To narrow down years. to improve the standard of elementary education in the country gender and social It includes improvement in infrastructural facilities gaps in elementary Sanctioning of new teacher posts in government schools. education. Free textbooks are being provided To provide Rte provides for rational deployment of appropriately trained increasingaccess to teachers, appropriate pupil –teacher rations learning Rte provides for development of curriculum in consonance opportunities at with the values enshrined in the constitution secondary, technical Rte prohibits (a) physical punishment and mental harassment and higher levels. (b) screening procedures for admission of children; (c) capitation fee; (d) private tuition by teachers and (e) running of schools without recognition,
C.3. RASHTRIYA UCHCHATAR SHIKSHA ABHIYAN (RUSA)
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features
To improve access, Higher education or It is proposed to improve the gross enrolment equity and quality in college going ratio from 19% at present to 30% by 2020. higher education students. through planned Eligible state higher TRANSFORMATIVE REFORMS IN THE STATE HIGHER
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development of higher educational education system by: education at the state institutions.
level. a) Norms and standards and adopt accreditation as a mandatory quality assurance framework. Providing strategic b) Promoting autonomy in state universities and funding to eligible state improving governance in institutions. higher educational c) Ensure reforms in the affiliation, academic and institutions examination systems. Improve the overall d) Ensure adequate availability of quality faculty quality of state e) Improve research and innovations. institutions
C.4. DIGITAL GENDER ATLAS FOR ADVANCING GIRL’S EDUCATION IN INDIA
Objective Intended Salient features beneficiary
Help identify low Girls from The main components of the gender atlas are : performing marginalised o (i) composite gender ranking geographic pockets groups such o (ii) trend analysis of gender indicators for girls, particularly as scheduled o (iii) vulnerabilities based on educational indicators . from marginalised castes, Atlas is placed on the MoHRD website and available and groups such as schedule ready to use by states/districts/blocks-education scheduled castes, tribes and administrators or any other interested. schedule tribes and Muslim Atlas provides a comparative composite index based on Muslim minorities, minorities quartile ranking of gender related indicators at national, on specific gender Girls with state, district and block levels. related education disabilities The atlas enables a trend analysis and tracking of indicators. etc., performance of individual gender related parameters Help identify and across periods of time. focus on vulnerable Visualization is based on the map management girls, including girls information system (MMIS) technology that enables with disabilities. innovative visualization of data on maps.
C.5. RASHTRIYA AVISHKAR ABHIYAN
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features connecting school based knowledge Students in the Inside classroom and outside to life outside the school and making age group of 6 - classroom activities. learning of science mathematics a 18 years Mentoring by institutes like IITs/ IIMs/ joyful and meaningful activity, to bring Government IISERs and other central universities focus on innovation and use of schools, KVs, and reputed organisations through technology special schools, innovative programmes, student To inculcate a spirit of inquiry, special training exchanges, demonstrations, student experimentation, creativity. centres visits, etc to develop a natural sense of To leverage the potential for science, passion towards learning of science and mathematics and technology learning maths. in non-classroom settings.
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C.6. ASMITA (ALL SCHOOL MONITORING INDIVIDUAL TRACING ANALYSIS)
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features To track the educational School students Launched under Shala Asmita Yojana (SAY). journey of close to 25 benefitted by ASMITA will be an online database which will carry crore school students increased learning information of student attendance and enrolment, from Class I to Class XII outcomes learning outcomes, mid-day meal service and across the 15 lakhss Governments due infrastructural facilities among others. private to reduced Students will be tracked through their Aadhaar and government schools corruption numbers and incase those not having unique in the country. number will be provided with it. ASMITA will help track The success of the programme hinges on states’ leakages and corruption participation as local authorities will have to feed in mid-day meals. data on a daily basis in the online tracking system.
C.7. ISHAN VIKAS AND ISHAN UDAY
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features Ishan Uday -- ten thousand College going students Ishan Uday - scholarships are provided fresh scholarships in the 8 states of North in general degree course, technical and Ishan Vikas -- Select East professional courses including medical Engineering college students and para-medical courses. from northeast to be taken We also have RUSA complementing Premier institutes for ISHAN schemes, to improve higher internships. educational institutions o Visit of Class IX and Class XI Ishan Vikas gives exposure to students in students to 22 premier premier institutes such as- [IITs, National institutes Institutes of Technology (NITs) and Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs)]
C.8. SARAANSH
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features
To analyze Students under Self Review: a tool for comprehensive self-review and analysis students' CBSE schools in for CBSE affiliated schools and parents. performance class IX, X, XI or XII Performance and take decisions: It helps the schools to look in order to CBSE schools, at their performance in scholastic and co-scholastic areas at take remedial teachers and an aggregate level, and at the level of each student in the measures parents closer school. and monitor Communication with parents: All the performance metrics the progress are presented through numbers as well as in charts/ graphs of student for easy understanding. Saransh helps schools compare their performance vis-à-vis other schools under various categories i.e., All India, Regional, State and within their school category
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C.9. UNNAT BHARAT
Objective Intended Salient features beneficiary
Building institutional Villages and Connecting institutions of higher education, including capacity in Institutes of their IITs, NITs and Indian Institutes of Science Education & higher education in population Research (IISERs) etc. with local communities to research & training address the development challenges through relevant to the needs of rural India. appropriate technologies. Provide rural India with professional resource support from institutes of higher education.
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D. MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT D.1. SAANSAD ADARSH GRAM YOJANA (SAANJHI)
Objective Intended Salient features beneficiary To develop Villagers Members of parliament (mps) are the pivots this scheme will run on. three Adarsh of adarsh Gram Panchayat would be the basic unit for development. It will have a grams (model grams/ population of 3000-5000 in plain areas and 1000-3000 in hilly, tribal and villages) by Model difficult areas. march 2019, villages The MP will identify one gram Panchayat to be taken up immediately, by each mp, in and two others to be taken up a little later. of which one particular Inspired by the principles and values of Mahatma Gandhi, the scheme would be And all places equal stress on : achieved by the rural o Nurturing values of national pride, patriotism, 2016. populace o Community spirit, self-confidence and on Thereafter, in o Developing infrastructure. five such general. SAANJHI aims at instilling certain values, such as Adarsh grams o People’s participation, (one per o Antyodaya, year) will be o gender equality, dignity of women, selected and o Social justice, spirit of community service, developed by o Cleanliness, eco-friendliness, maintaining ecological balance, 2024. o Peace and harmony, mutual cooperation, o Self-reliance, local self-government, o Transparency and accountability in public life, etc. In the villages and their people so that they get transformed into models for others. The scheme will be implemented through a village development plan that would be prepared for every identified gram Panchayat
D.2. BACKWARD REGION GRANT FUND
Objective Intended Salient features beneficiary Backward To address regional imbalances BRGF development grants villages in development, by way of Panchayati . No central funding stream is as ‘untied’ as providing financial resources for the BRGF - the funds can be applied to any supplementing and converging raj institutions preference of the Panchayat/ municipality, so existing developmental inflows long as it fills a development gap into the identified backward districts, so as to: Major shift in approach from top-down plans to Bridge critical gaps in local participative plans prepared from the grassroots infrastructure level upwards. Strengthen, to this end, The guidelines of the programme entrust the Panchayat and municipality level central role in planning and implementation of governance with more the programme to Panchayats in rural areas, appropriate capacity building, to municipalities in urban areas and district planning facilitate participatory planning, committees decision making, BRGF capacity building grants: no other implementation and monitoring, programme spends as much funds, nearly 11 to reflect local felt needs, percent of the total allocation, for capacity building and staff provisioning.
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D.3. STARTUP VILLAGE ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMME (SVEP)
SVEP is under NRLM
Objective Intended Salient features beneficiary
To create an ecosystem Rural This programme is worth an estimated $72 mn (inr for rural population to be entrepreneurs 484 cr.). able start their own To be launched on the lines of the Deen Dayal enterprises for sustainable Upadhyay Grameen Kaushal Yojana livelihood Generate livelihood through self-employment Foster 1.82 lakhs Will be a sub scheme under the national rural entrepreneurs over a livelihood mission period of four years, in 40 Loans will be made available through Self Help blocks across 14 states. Groups for starting the enterprise
D.4. PRADHAN MANTRI GRAM SADAK YOJANA
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features
Provide all All habitations with a A fully funded centrally sponsored scheme weather road population of 500 Launched on 25 December, 2000 connectivity in persons and above in the 75 paise per liter has been earmarked for this rural areas of the plain areas and 250 scheme out of cess levied on high speed diesel country persons and above in hill Up gradation work is not central to the scheme states, the tribal and the The unit for this program is habitation and not desert areas revenue village
D.5. INDIRA AWAAS YOJANA (IAY)
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features
Aim of Indira Bpl rural households of In June, 1985 Indira Awaas Yojana was launched as a Awaas Yojana scheduled castes, sub scheme of RLEGP is to provide scheduled tribes, non- Indira awaas Yojana was made an independent financial scheduled castes & non- scheme with effect from 1st January, 1996 assistance to scheduled tribes, ex- Funding of IAY is shared between the centre & state in the rural poor servicemen of the armed the ratio of 75:25. In case of uts, entire fund of iay is living below & paramilitary forces provided by the centre the poverty killed in action, physically Rs.35,000/- per unit for the plain areas & Rs.38,500/- line (BPL) for & mentally challenged for the hilly/difficult areas construction persons, freed bonded The assistance for up gradation of unserviceable of a house laborers & minorities are kutcha house to pucca/semi pucca house is eligible to get assistance Rs.15,000/- for all areas under indira awaas The assistance for credit-cum-subsidy scheme is also Yojana. Rs.12,500/- per unit
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D.6. RURBAN MISSION
Objective Intended Salient features beneficiary Aims to spur social, Coastal and Shyama prasad mukherjee rurban mission (SPMRM) a economic and plain villages successor of PURA. infrastructure development having a SPMRM was announced in the union budget 2014-15 in rural areas by developing population of Smart village is an area which possesses the a cluster of 300 smart about 25000 economic characteristics and lifestyles of an urban villages by 2019-20 across to 50000 area while retaining its essential rural area features the country Hilly, desert It is a cluster based approach Providing citizen service or tribal State Governments would identify ‘clusters’ centres- for electronic areas with a These clusters would be developed by provisioning of delivery population of economic activities, developing skills & local of citizen centric services 5000 to entrepreneurship and providing infrastructure and e-gram connectivity, 15000 amenities. public transport, LPG gas The Rurban Mission will thus develop a cluster of connections, agro Smart Villages. processing, agri The scheme will function with 14 mandatory services including storage components to ensure an optimum level of and warehousing, development of a cluster, which include skill sanitation, provision of development training linked to economic activities, piped water supply, solid digital literacy, fully equipped mobile health unit and and liquid waste inter-village road connectivity. management and The funding for rurban clusters will be through upgrading education various schemes of the government converged into facilities. the cluster, while preferred mode is PPP.
Clusters: geographically contiguous Gram Panchayats with a population of about 25000 to 50000 in plain and coastal areas and a population of 5000 to 15000 in desert, hilly or tribal areas.
D.7. MGNREGA-MAHATMA GANDHI NATIONAL RURAL EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE ACT
Objective Intended Salient features beneficiary
To enhance Rural At the statutory minimum wages. livelihood population Strong social safety net for the vulnerable groups security in rural Unskilled Sustainable development of an agricultural economy- areas by manual employment on works that address drought, deforestation and providing at least labourers 100 days of Seasonal soil erosion, water and soil conservation, afforestation and land guaranteed wage unemployed development works employment in a A 60:40 wage and material ratio has to be maintained. No financial year to contractors and machinery is allowed every household The central government bears the 100 percent wage cost of whose adult unskilled manual labour and 75 percent of the material cost members volunteer to do including the wages of skilled and semi-skilled workers unskilled manual At least one-third beneficiaries shall be women work. Social audit has to be done by the gram sabha.
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D.8. DDU GRAMEEN KAUSHAL YOJANA
Objective Intended Salient features beneficiary To bridge the Rural Enable Poor and Marginalized to Access Benefits skill gap that Youth:1 Demand led skill training at no cost to the rural poor prevents 5 - 35 o Inclusive Program Design India’s rural Yrs o Shifting Emphasis from Training to Career Progression job retention poor from o Proactive Approach to Build Placement Partnerships competing in SC/ST/ Regional Focus the modern Women o Greater emphasis on projects for poor rural youth in Jammu and market, such /PCTG/ Kashmir (HIMAYAT), as the lack of PWD: o The North-East region and 27 Left-Wing Extremist (LWE) districts formal upto 45 (ROSHINI) education and Yrs 3-tier implementation model. marketable skills. o The DDU-GKY National Unit at MoRD functions as the policy- making, technical support and facilitation agency. o The DDU-GKY State Missions provide implementation support; and o the Project Implementing Agencies (PIAs) implement the programme through skilling and placement projects.
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E. MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT E.1. MANUAL SCAVENGING ACT
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features
Eliminate the Safai Definitions of manual scavengers and insanitary latrines insanitary latrines. Karmacharis widened to cover not only dry latrines but other insanitary Health benefits latrines as well. Prohibit:- to general Offences under the act are cognizable and non-bailable o Employment population due and attract stringent penalties. as manual to better Vigilance/monitoring committee at sub-division, district, scavengers sanitation state and central govt. Levels. o Hazardous practices National commission for Safai karamcharis (NCSK) would, manual inter alia, monitor implementation of the act and enquire cleaning of into complaints regarding contravention of the provisions sewer and of the act. septic tanks. Provision of construction of adequate number of sanitary community latrines in urban areas, within three years Survey of manual from the date of commencement of this act to eliminate scavengers and the practice of open defecation. their rehabilitation
E.2. NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR SAFAI KARAMCHARIS (NCSK)
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features
To monitor the Safai Karmacharis It follows a Camp approach implementation of the act; Health benefits Can take suo motu notice of matter relating to To enquire into complaints to general non-implementation of the act. regarding contravention of population due Advises the central and the state governments the provisions of the act, to better for effective implementation of the provisions of and to convey its findings sanitation the act. to the concerned practices National Safai karamcharis finance and authorities with development corporation, nodal agency for recommendations requiring rehabilitation of the identified manual scavengers further action; and and their dependents.
E.3. DEENDAYAL DISABLED REHABILITATION SCHEME (DDRS)
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features
To create an enabling Promoting voluntary action: parents/guardians and environment to ensure "Disability" means- voluntary organisations are encouraged to provide equal opportunities, rehabilitation services.
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equity, social justice Blindness; To provide financial assistance to facilitate delivery and empowerment of Low vision; of various services to voluntary organizations’ persons with Leprosy-cured; grants-in-aid to NGOS disabilities. Hearing to make available the whole range of services To encourage voluntary impairment; necessary for rehabilitation of persons with action for ensuring Loco motor disabilities effective disability; o Including early intervention, implementation of the Mental o Development of daily living skills, education, people with disabilities retardation; o Skill-development oriented towards (equal opportunities Mental illness; employability, and protection of o training and awareness generation. rights) act of 1995.
E.4. SUGAMYA BHARAT ABHIYAN
Department of Empowerment of Persons With Disabilities
Objective Intended Salient features beneficiary
A nation- "Disability" means- Part a: built environment accessibility wide An accessible government building is one, where persons with campaign Blindness; disabilities have no barrier in entering it and using all the facilities for Low vision; therein. achieving Leprosy-cured; B: transportation system accessibility universal Hearing Conducting accessibility audit of all the international airports, accessibilit impairment; domestic airports, major railway stations. y for Loco motor Part c: information and communication eco-system accessibility persons disability; Daily captioning and sign-language interpretation. with Mental Accessible police stations”, “accessible hospitals”, “accessible disabilities retardation; tourism”, and “accessible digital India” etc. (pwds). Mental illness; Organisations, both public and private are encouraged to use their csr funds for building accessible infrastructure.
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F. MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT F.1. NATIONAL POLICY FOR CHILDREN
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features
To secure the All children – Childhood is an integral part of life with a value of its own rights of defined in policy Children are not a homogenous group and their different children. as every person needs need different responses, and approach should be in a To track and below the age of multi-sectoral and multidimensional fashion to secure the monitor the eighteen years rights of children. progress of and covers all As children’s needs are multi-sectoral, interconnected and what is children within require collective action, the policy calls for purposeful already being the territory and convergence and coordination across different sectors and done for jurisdiction of the levels of governance. children country. across The policy has identified four key priority areas: ministries Survival, and sectoRs. Health and nutrition; Education and development; Protection and participation, for focused attention.
F.2. INTEGRATED CHILD DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features
Holistic development of the child Children under A centrally sponsored scheme To prevent and reduce young child six years age, The engagement of the anganwadi under-nutrition (% underweight Pregnant and worker and helper from the same children 0-3 years) by 10 percentage Lactating village points, motheRs. Package of six services i.e. Enhance early development and o SNP, learning outcomes in all children 0-6 o pre-school education, years of age, o Health and nutrition education, improve care and nutrition of girls and o Immunization, women and o Health check up and Reduce anaemia prevalence in young o Referral services to the children, girls and women by one fifth beneficiaries by the end of 12th five year plan. AEC-cum-crèche, AWC-cum- counselor
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F.3. GENDER BUDGETING SCHEME
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features Achieving Women To initiate an integrated approach and guide the gender gender budgeting cells (GBCS) setup by different central mainstreaming ministries/departments by disseminating the concept, tools so as to ensure and strategy of gb that benefits of To organize workshops, encourage state governments and development pris and provide assistance reach women as Grants under the scheme will include: 1. Grants for research much as men. & documentation 2. Grants for training 3. Grants for sustained and combined research and training activities
F.4. DIGITIAL GUDDA GUDDI BOARD
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features To work as a platform Female gender in The Digital Guddi-Gudda Board is an innovation of for dissemination of general District Jalgaon in Maharashtra. Information, Sensitization of The digital board displays audio video material as well Education and society as still frames for disseminating information. Communication (IEC) Girl children, This Board is being displayed at important state offices Material on BBBP. Infants in including that of the Chief Minister, district level To update monthly particular offices, birth statistics. Zila Panchayat offices, primary health centers and other public places frequently visited by the common man.
The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development on 1 July 2015 adopted the ‘Digital Guddi-Gudda Board’ as a Best Practice under Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) scheme.
F.5. SUKANYA SAMRUDDHI YOJANA
Ministry of Women and Child Development and Ministry of Finance
Objective Intended Salient features beneficiary To motivate For girls below A small savings scheme, parents to open an age of 10 The Sukanya Samriddhi Account facilitating their education account in the years and marriage expenses. name of a girl child A parent or legal guardian can open an account in the name and for her welfare of the girl child until she attains the age of ten yeaRs. to deposit She can withdraw 50% of the money after reaching age of 18 maximum of their e.g. For higher education. 18 years deadline will also help savings upto the preventing child-marriages. prescribed limits, Interest rate: 9.1% compounded annually. No income tax for To meet the this year. requirement of Account can be opened via post office or commercial banks, higher education account will remain operative until she reaches 21 age. expense
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F.6. UJJAWALA SCHEME
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features Comprehensive scheme Victims of for prevention of commercial sexual Rehabilitative centres are given financial support for trafficking and rescue, exploitation providing shelter and basic amenities such as: rehabilitation, re- Food, clothing, medical care, legal aid; integration and Education in the case the victims are children, repatriation of victims Vocational training and income generation of trafficking for activities to provide the victims with alternate commercial sexual livelihood option. exploitation
F.7. NATIONAL MISSION FOR EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN (NMEW)/ MISSION POORNA SHAKTI
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features To ensure economic empowerment Women The mission aims to provide a single of women. Villagers in window service for all programmes run to ensure that violence against general due to by the government for women under women is eliminated progressively. empowerment of aegis of various central ministries. To ensure social empowerment of women Poorna Shakti Kendra (PSK) at every women with emphasis on health and Girl children and village. education. Infants due to Coordinators at the Kendras would To oversee gender mainstreaming women receiving reach out to the women with the of programmes, policies, better services motto “hum sunenge naari ki baat!” institutional arrangements and Facilitating inter-sector convergence of processes of participating ministries, scheme being tried out using institutions and organizations. convergence model. To undertake awareness generation commission research, strengthen as well as advocacy activities to fuel institutional framework, enhance demand for benefits under various economic empowerment of girls schemes and programme through skill development, micro credit
F.8. PRIYADARSHINI SCHEME
Women’s Empowerment and Livelihoods Programme in the Mid Gangetic Plains
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features
Livelihood enhancement Women 4745 self-help groups (SHGS) formed in up and Envisages holistic Villagers in bihar empowerment of general due to Community service centres (CSCS) 1,08,000 poor women empowerment of National bank for agriculture and rural and adolescent girls women development (NABARD) is the lead programme through formation of Girl children and agency for the implementation 7200 SHGs. Infants due to Training to the SHG members on topics such as Address women’s women receiving income generation and allied activities, marketing political, legal and better services of products and social issues etc.
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health problem issues Women industrialists are offered comprehensive through rigorous loan services at liberal conditions & at capacity building. concessional fee of interest, for financial actions
F.9. SABLA
Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls (RGSEAG)
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features Enable the adolescent Adolescent girls Nutrition provision girls for self- (11–18 years old Iron and folic acid (IFA) supplementation development and under Health check-up and referral services empowerment all icds projects Nutrition & health education (NHE) Improve their nutrition in selected 200 Counseling/guidance on family welfare, ARSH, and health status. districts in all child care practices and home management. Promote awareness states/uts in the about health, hygiene, country.) Upgrade home-based skills, life skills and nutrition, adolescent integrate with the national skill development reproductive and sexual program (NSDP) for vocational skills. health (arsh) and family Mainstream out of school adolescent girls into and child care. formal/non formal education. To educate, skill and Provide information/guidance about existing make them ready for public services such as PHC, CHC, post office, bank, life’s challenges. police station, etc.
F.10. KUDUMBASHREE PROJECT
Government of Kerala
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features
For wiping out Women Kudumbashree is built around three critical-components, absolute poverty Villagers in o Microcredit, from the state of general due to o Entrepreneurship and kerala through empowerment of o Empowerment concerted women Unique three-tier structure of kudumbashree.: the community action Girl children and grassroots of kudumbashree are neighbourhood groups under the Infants due to (NHG in short) that send representatives to the ward leadership of local women receiving level area development societies (ads). The ADS sends its self-governments better services representatives to the community development society reaching out family (CDS). through women, Poverty is seen as the deprivation of money, and also as and community the deprivation of basic rights. through family, is Formation of women collectives the ultimate target Skill-upgrade training: to facilitate economic of kudumbashree. development, suitable skill upgrades training will be given to women. Thrift - credit operations and 24-hour banking system
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F.11. INDIRA GANDHI MATRITVA SAHYOG YOJANA
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features
Short term income support Pregnant and Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) -- providing objective lactating (P & L) cash incentives upon fulfilment of certain Encouraging the women to women of 19 health and nutrition conditions. follow (optimal) nutrition years of age or Conditional Maternity Benefit (CMB) for and feeding practices, above for first two pregnant and lactating women to improve their including early and exclusive live births in 53 health and breastfeeding for the first selected districts nutrition status to better enabling environment six months by providing cash incentives to pregnant and Promoting appropriate nursing mother. practice, care and The beneficiaries are paid Rs.6000/ in two institutional service instalments through bank accounts or post utilization during pregnancy, office accounts. delivery and lactation. Partly compensate for wage loss to P&L women both prior to and after delivery of the child.
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G. MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
G.1. NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH MISSION
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features
To improve the healthcare Neo-natal Initiatives under NRHM: services, particularly in rural children areas. Infants Accredited social health activists To provide accessible, affordable, Children Janani Suraksha Yojana accountable and effective primary Adolescents Mobile medical units healthcare facilities, especially to the Mothers Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK) poor and vulnerable sections of the And general Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) population. population Mother and child health wings (MCH Establishing a fully functional, wings) community owned, decentralized Free drugs and free diagnostic service health delivery system with inter- District hospital and knowledge center sectoral convergence at all levels, (DHKC) Ensures simultaneous action on a Mainstreaming AYUSH – revitalizing local wide range of determinants of health traditions. health such as water, sanitation, Strengthening existing PHCs and CHCs, education, nutrition, social and and provision of 30- 50 bedded gender equality Promoting non-profit sector
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Components of NRHM
G.2. NATIONAL URBAN HEALTH MISSION
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features
To meet health care needs of Neo-natal Need based city specific urban health care the urban population with the children system focus on urban poor, slum Infants Partnership with community and local bodies dwellers, by making available Children and ngos to them essential primary Adolescents District health action plan health care services and Mothers Entre-state funding pattern will be 75:25 for Reducing their out of pocket And general all the states and 90:10 for Special Category s expenses for treatment population States.
G.3. ACCREDITED SOCIAL HEALTH ACTIVIST (ASHA)
It is a Part of NRHM
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features
To work as an interface Neo-natal Key components of the national rural health between the community children mission is to provide every village in the country and the public health Infants with a trained female community health activist system. Children ASHA To be a fountainhead of Adolescents be the first port of call for any health related community participation in Mothers demands of deprived sections of the population, public health programmes And general especially women and children, who find it in her village. population difficult to access health services. To help villagers and Create awareness on health and its social mothers access determinants promoter of good health practices immunisation, ante natal Provide information to the community on check-up (anc), post natal determinants of health such as nutrition, basic check-up supplementary sanitation & hygienic practices nutrition, sanitation
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G.4. MISSION INDRADHANUSH
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features
Full immunization All children All vaccines are available free of cost under ‘universal coverage from under the age of immunization programme’ present 65% to two years and 7 vaccine preventable diseases which include diphtheria, 90% for all children pregnant whooping cough, tetanus, polio, tuberculosis, measles by 2020 women and hepatitis b. All children under “catch-up” campaign mode where the aim is to cover all the age of two the children who have been left out or missed out for years and pregnant immunization. women are fully first phase of mission has identified and targeted 201 immunized with all high focus districts in the country that have the highest available vaccines. number of partially immunized and unimmunized children.
G.5. RASHTRIYA SWASTHYA BIMA YOJANA (RSBY)
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features
To recognise the Any Below Poverty Government- run health insurance scheme for diversity with regard to Line (BPL) family, the BPL family. public health whose information It-enabled and smart–card-based cashless healthy infrastructure, their is included in the insurance cover, up to Rs. 30,000/- per annum on a socio -economic district BPL list family floater basis conditions and the prepared by the RSBY was revamped in October 2014 as a part of administrative State government Shramevajayantey event and links RSBY’s network. and who has beneficiary’s bank account with Aadhaar card. The health insurance enrolled for RSBY. Single central smart card to be issued to include scheme aims to other welfare schemes Like Aam Aadmi Bima facilitate launching of Yojana and national old age pension scheme. health insurance RSBY was revamped in October 2014 as a part of projects in all the Shramevajayantey event districts of the states in Revamped RSBY to be merged with national health a phased manner for assurance mission: ( universal insurance is key to bpl workers the concept of health assurance)
States can add to both by paying for the additional coverage. Health ministry is also looking at developing an it platform where health-related schemes not just of this ministry but also those of other ministries that have a bearing on health - for example, the janani shishu suraksha yojana of the women and child development ministry - can be managed from the same platform and a common registration system, ensuring there is neither duplication nor wastage of resources.
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G.6. RASHTRIYA BAL SWASTHYA KARYAKRAM (RBSK)
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features a. Health screening for 4 The services aim to cover Part of (child health screening and early ds -defects at birth, all children of 0-6 years of intervention services under NRHM) -- diseases, deficiencies age group in rural areas reproductive and child health initiatives and development and urban slums, Children diagnosed with illnesses shall delays including Children up to 18 years of receive follow up including surgeries at disability. age enrolled in classes 1st tertiary level, free-of-cost under NRHM. b. Equitable child health, to 12th in government Community based newborn screening by care and early and government-aided ASHAs (age 0-6 weeks) for birth defect detection and schools. From 6 week to 18 years, screening by treatment. Reach and benefit of mobile health teams (consists of two about 27 crore children in doctors (AYUSH) one male and one female, a phased manner. one ANM/staff nurse and one pharmacist)
G.7. JANANI SURAKSHA YOJANA
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features Reducing maternal and Pregnant woman Eligible pregnant women are entitled for cash infant mortality by New born babies assistance irrespective of the age of mother and promoting institutional (neonates) number of children for giving birth in a delivery among pregnant government or accredited private health facility. women. Focuses on poor pregnant woman with a special Part of rmncha+ of nrhm dispensation for low performing states. To new born babies from Performance based incentives to women health pregnancy related volunteers known as Asha (accredited social complications and deaths. health activist) for promoting institutional delivery among pregnant women.
Low performing states: states that have low institutional delivery rates, namely, the states of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Rajasthan, Orissa, And Jammu And Kashmir.
G.8. JANANI SHISHU SURAKSHA KARYAKRAM
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features To mitigate the Pregnant woman The scheme emphasizes utmost importance on “free problem of out of New born babies entitlements”. The idea is to eliminate out-of-pocket pocket expenses (neonates) expenses for both pregnant women and sick which prevents neonates. institutional Zero expense deliveries: pregnant women are entitled attendance of for free drugs and consumables, free diagnostics, free pregnant women. blood whenever required, and free diet up to 3 days for To provide better normal delivery and 7 days for c-section. health facilities for Free transport from home to institution, pregnant women It supplements the cash assistance given to a pregnant and sick neonates. woman under Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY).
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G.9. SOIL TRANSMITTED HELMINTHES (STH) INFECTIONS
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features
To prioritize Special emphasis Union minister for health and family welfare launched the investment in on children national deworming day control of soil Administering albendazole tablets transmitted Behavior change practices in terms of cleanliness, hygiene, helminthes (sth) use of toilets, wearing shoes/chappals, washing hands infections The de-worming initiative was implemented in 277 Aims to create districts and 9.49 lakhs frontline workers were trained for mass awareness NDD 2015 about the most India is now launching national de-worming day 2016 to effective and low- cover the whole country, aiming towards a massive target cost sth treatment of 27 crore children in 536 districts of the country
G.10. RASHTRIYA AROGYA NIDHI (RAN)
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features
To provide for financial Patients, living Assistance in RAN is not directly provided to the assistance to patients, living below poverty Patient but is given to the Superintendent of below poverty line who are line who are the hospital in which treatment is being taken. suffering from major life suffering from Assistance admissible for treatment in threatening diseases, major life Government Hospital only To receive medical treatment threatening The state government can grant up to Rs 1.5 at any of the super specialty diseases, lakhs, beyond which needs centre’s sanction hospitals/institutes or other govt.
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H. MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATION AND IT H.1. NATIONAL OPTICAL FIBRE NETWORK
Department of Electronics and IT
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features
To provide broadband Link 600 million Landmark initiative in taking forward the vision of connectivity to over rural citizens of Digital India two lakhs Gram India across 2.5 A digitally empowered society and knowledge Panchayats through lakhs Gram economy. optical fibre network. Panchayats of India. 100 Mbps bandwidth to every GP, thereby To provide a minimum facilitating delivery of e-governance, e-health, e- bandwidth of 100 education, e-banking, public internet access, G2C, Mbps to each of the B2B, P2P, B2C etc., weather, agricultural and other 2.5 lakhs GPs. services to rural India.
H.2. NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS PORTAL
Department of Electronics & Information Technology
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features
To ease scholarship Students Simplified process for process right from Institutions submission of State government The students common application form for all student departments scholarships Onetime registration of students based on eligibility
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application, Central ministries criteria, verification, /departments System itself suggests the schemes for which a student sanction and is eligible disbursal to end Improved transparency beneficiary Elimination of duplicate applications A platform for Release of scholarship amount directly to bank disbursal for all the accounts of students through DBT scholarships SMS and e-mail alerts at every step of scholarship provided by the process government of Serve as a decision support system (DSS) as up-to India. date information is available on demand Scalable and configurable platform
H.3. JEEVAN PRAMAAN
Department of Electronics and IT
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features
To facilitate on-line Pensioners AADHAR Biometric Authentication based digital submission of Life life certificates for Pensioners. Certificate by pensioners It will do away with the requirement of a To streamline the process pensioner having to submit a physical Life of getting Life certificate Certificate in November each year, in order to and making it hassle free ensure continuity of pension being credited into and much easier for their account. the pensioneRs. Submission of Digital Life Certificate also ensures authenticity of pension payments.
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I. MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT I.1. PM FASAL BIMA YOJANA
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features To provide All farmers One crop one rate insurance growing notified A uniform premium of only 2% to be paid by farmers for all coverage and crops in a Kharif crops and 1.5% for all Rabi crops. notified area financial support In case of annual commercial and horticultural crops, the during the to the farmers in premium to be paid by farmers will be only 5%. season who have the event of insurable interest There is no upper limit on Government subsidy so farmers natural in the crop are will get claim against full sum insured without any calamities, pests eligible. reduction. & diseases. The premium rates to be paid by farmers are very low and To stabilise the Landless balance premium will be paid by the Government labourers with income of Yield Losses: due to non-preventable risks, such as Natural more jobs farmers to ensure Fire and Lightning, Storm, Hailstorm, Cyclone, Typhoon, their continuance Rural economy Tempest, Hurricane, Tornado. Risks due to Flood, in farming. Inundation and Landslide, Drought, Dry spells, Pests/ To encourage Diseases also will be covered. farmers to adopt Post harvest losses are also covered. innovative and The use of technology: Smart phones will be used to modern capture and upload data of crop cutting to reduce the agricultural delays in claim payment to farmers. Remote sensing will be practices. used to reduce the number of crop cutting experiments. To ensure flow of The Scheme shall be implemented on an ‘Area Approach credit to the basis’ agriculture Defined Area (i.e., unit area of insurance) is Village or above sector. it can be a Geo-Fenced/Geo-mapped region having homogenous Risk Profile for the notified crop
I.2. PRADHAN MANTRI KRISHI SINCHAYEE YOJANA
Objective Intended Salient features beneficiary
To achieve convergence Small and An outlay of Rs. 50,000 crore over a period of five years of investments in middle (2015-16 to 2019-20) to bring 140 lakh hectares of irrigation at the field farmers additional area under irrigation. level, who Decentralized State level planning and execution' structure, Expand cultivable area cannot in order to allow States to draw up a District Irrigation Plan under assured irrigation afford (DIP) and a State Irrigation Plan (SIP) (har khet ko pani). pump-set Administration: Inter-Ministerial National Steering 28.5 lakh hectares is irrigation Committee (NSC) under PM with Union Ministers of all target for year 2016-17. Ecological concerned Ministries. A National Executive Committee
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Improve on-farm water sustainab (NEC) is to be constituted under the Chairmanship of the use efficiency to reduce ility i.e., Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog to oversee programme wastage of water, ecology implementation. Enhance the adoption of as a PMKSY has been formulated amalgamating ongoing precision-irrigation and whole schemes viz. Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme other water saving Farmers (AIBP) of Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & technologies (More crop of Ganga Rejuvenation; Integrated Watershed Management per drop), Drought Programme (IWMP) of Department of Land Resources; and Enhance recharge of prone On Farm Water Management (OFWM) component of aquifers and introduce areas National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) of sustainable water Department of Agriculture and Cooperation. conservation practices Water budgeting: is done for all sectors namely, household, agriculture and industries.
I.3. NEERANCHAL WATERSHED PROGRAM
Objective Intended Salient features beneficiary
To further strengthen Small and World Bank assisted National Watershed Management and provide technical middle Project. assistance to the farmers who Bring about institutional changes in watershed and rainfed Watershed cannot afford agricultural management practices in India Component of PMKSY pump-set Build systems that ensure watershed programmes and Access to irrigation irrigation rainfed irrigation management practices are better
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to every farm (Har Ecological focussed, and more coordinated, and have quantifiable Khet Ko Pani) and sustainability results efficient use of water Farmers of Devise strategies for the sustainability of improved (Per Drop More Crop) Drought watershed. Management practices in programme areas, prone areas even after the withdrawal of project support Through the watershed plus approach, support improved equity, livelihoods, and incomes through forward linkages, on a platform of inclusiveness and local participation.
I.4. PARAMPARAGAT KRISHI VIKAS YOJANA
Objective Intended Salient features beneficiary
To support and promote Farmers “Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana” is an elaborated organic farming and doing component of Soil Health Management (SHM) of major thereby improving soil organic project National Mission of Sustainable Agriculture health. farming (NMSA). Reduce farmer’s Farmers Cluster Approach: cluster approach. Fifty or more farmers dependence on from NE form a cluster having 50 acre land to take organic fertilizers and india such as farming. Each farmer will be provided Rs. 20000 per acre agricultural chemicals to Sikkim in three years for seed to harvesting crops and to improve yields Food transport them to market. motivate the farmers for processing Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) and Quality control natural resource industries Training and Online Registration of farmer mobilization for input Organic Soil sample collection and testing production. foods – Process documentation of conversion into government plans to export organic methods, inputs used, cropping pattern form around 10 industry followed, organic manures and fertilizer used thousand clusters in etc., for PGS certification three years and cover an Inspection of fields of cluster member area of 5 Lakh hectares Adoption of organic village for manure management and under organic farming biological nitrogen harvesting Integrated Manure Management Packing, Labeling and Branding of organic products of cluster
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I.5. NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL MARKET (NAM)
Objective Intended Salient features beneficiary To promote 585 NAM is a pan-india electronic trading portal which seeks to network genuine price regulated the existing apmcs and other market yards to create a unified discovery wholesale national market for agricultural commodities. Nam is a “virtual” Increases markets in market but it has a physical market (mandi) at the back end. farmers’ states/union Small farmers agribusiness consortium (sfac) has been selected as options for territories the lead agency to implement the national e-platform. sale and (UTs). Central government will provide the software free of cost to the access to Farmers states and in addition, a grant of up to rs. 30 lakhs per mandi or markets Local traders market or private mandis will be given for related equipment and Part of the Bulk buyers, infrastructure requirements various processors 21 mandis from 8 states have been linked to national agriculture schemes Farm market, 200 mandis will be linked within five months and 585 initiated to produce mandis by march, 2018. double exporters For the local trader in the mandi / market, nam offers the farmers Overall opportunity to access a larger national market for secondary income in economy of trading. next five the nation Bulk buyers, processors, exporters etc. Benefit from being able to years. participate directly in trading at the local mandi / market level through the nam platform, thereby reducing their intermediation costs. The gradual integration of all the major mandis in the states into NAM will ensure common procedures for issue of licences, levy of fee and movement of produce.
I.6. KRISHI VIGYAN KENDRAS
Objective Intended Salient features beneficiary To be a frontline Rural Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has created a extension in youth, network of 642 Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) in the country agriculture, and to Farm Directorate of Extension in State Agriculture Universities also serve as a single women helps KVKs in its activities. window mechanism and KVKs lay strong emphasis on skill development training of rural for addressing the Farmers youth, farm women and farmers technology needs of (skill KVKs provide latest technological inputs like seeds, planting farmers developm materials and bio-products. To Demonstrate of ent KVKs advise farmers on timely crop/enterprise related location specific training) recommendations, including climate resilient technologies u technologies. KVKs diagnose and solve problems emerging from district To serve as links agro-ecosystems and are perfectly located to lead adoption of between research innovations. and extension and also with farmers.
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I.7. OTHER MAJOR AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION PROGRAMMES
1. Agri-Clinic and Agri-Business Centres: Two months’ training is imparted to eligible selected candidates through Nodal Training Institutes identifiedacross the country. 2. Kisan Call Centres (KCCs): Provides agriculture related information through toll free telephone lines. Replies to the farmer’s queries are given in 22 local languages. 3. Exhibitions and Fairs: Regional Agricultural Fairs are organized by the State Agricultural Universities/ICAR Institutes with the support of DAC to disseminate information on development of agriculture. 4. Agriculture Technology Management Agency (ATMA) 5. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Interventions: The important portals include SEEDNET, DACNET, AGMARKNET, RKVY, ATMA, NHM, INTRADAC, NFSM andAPY.
I.8. MERA GAON-MERA GAURAV
Objective Intended Salient features beneficiary
Scientists to “select Scientists This scheme involves 6,000 scientists functioning at the villages as per their with various centres and institutes of the Indian Council of convenience and ground Agriculture Research (ICAR) and over 15,000 scientists remain in touch with level working with state agricultural universities. the selected villages experience Groups of four multidisciplinary scientists each will be and provide Farmers constituted at these institutes and universities. Each group information to the with ‘lab to will “adopt” five villages within a radius of maximum 100 farmers on technical land’ km. and other related extension Scientists may perform the functions with the help of Krishi aspects in a time services. Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) and Agriculture Technology frame through Management Agency (ATMA): personal visits or on telephone.
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I.9. NATIONAL GOKUL MISSION
Objective Intended Salient features beneficiary
To Conserve and Develop, and Indian livestock Rashtriya Gokul Mission is a focussed enhance the productivity of with upgraded project under National Programme for Indigenous Breeds genetics Bovine Breeding and Dairy Development To undertake breed improvement Farmers with Establishment of Integrated Indigenous programme for indigenous cattle additional Cattle Centres or Gokul Grams in the native breeds so as to improve the genetic income breeding tracts of indigenous breeds. makeup and increase the stock; Enhance the productivity of the indigenous Enhance milk production and breeds of India through professional farm productivity; management and superior nutrition Upgrade nondescript cattle using Distribution of disease free high genetic elite indigenous breeds like Gir, merit bulls for natural service. Sahiwal, Rathi, Deoni, Tharparkar, Red Sindhi
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J. OTHERS
J.1. BETI BACHAO BETI PADHAO
Joint Initiative of Ministry of Women and Child Development, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Ministry of Human Resource Development
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features
Prevent Pre-natal girl 100% central assistance. gender biased child New Kasturba Gandhi Bal Vidhyalay ~50 more by 2015. sex selective Infant girls and Celebrate girl child day on 24th January elimination girl children Panchayat Gudda-Guddi boards Ensure Enforcement of ( PC&PNDT) act, awareness and advocacy survival & campaign and multi-sectoral action in select 100 districts protection of which are low on child sex-ratio (CSR). the girl child A sustained social mobilization and communication campaign Ensure to create equal value for the girl child & promote her education of education. the girl child Enable inter-sectoral and inter-institutional convergence at district/block/grassroot levels.
Sukanya samruddi Yojana is a sub-component of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao. Implemented under the overall guidance and supervision of concerned District Magistrate/Deputy Commission Rs.
J.2. STAND UP INDIA SCHEME
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features
To leverage the Entrepreneurs Composite loan between Rs. 10 lakhs and upto institutional credit from sc and st Rs.100 lakhs, inclusive of working capital component structure to reach out backgrounds and for setting up any new enterprise. to these underserved Women Ii. Debit card (RUPAY) for drawal of working capital. sectors of the entrepreneurs Iii. Credit history of borrower to be developed. population by Iv. Refinance window through small industries facilitating bank loans development bank of India (SIDBI) with an initial in the non-farm sector. amount of Rs.10,000 crore. To facilitate at least V. Creation of a corpus of Rs. 5,000 crore for credit two such projects per guarantee through NCGTC. bank branch (scheduled Vi. Handholding support for borrowers with commercial bank) on comprehensive support for pre loan training needs, an average one for facilitating loan, factoring, marketing etc. each category of Vii. Web portal for online registration and support entrepreneur. services.
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J.3. PRADHAN MANTRI KAUSHAL VIKAS YOJANA
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Objective Intended Salient features beneficiary
Imparting skill training to Any Implemented through the national skill development youth, focussing on candidate corporation (NSDC). Public private partnership (PPP) improved curricula, better of Indian entity, pedagogy and trained nationality Skill training would be done based on the national skill instructors. The training who qualification framework (NSQF) and industry led includes soft skills, personal undergoes standards. grooming, behavioural a skill A monetary reward is given to trainees on assessment change developme and certification by third party assessment bodies. to cover 24 lakhs persons nt training The average monetary reward would be around with training of 14 lakhs in an Rs.8000 per trainee. fresh entrants and eligible Mobilization would be done through skill Melas certification of 10 lakhs sector by organized at the local level with participation of the persons under recognition of an eligible state governments, municipal bodies, Pachayati Rai prior learning (rpl). training institutions and community based organizations. To make industrial training provider. The target for skilling would be aligned to demand institutes (itis) to start skill from other flagship programmes launched in recent development training under times such as make in India, digital India, national solar the scheme mission and Swachh Bharat abhiyan.
J.4. PRADHAN MANTRI UJJWALA YOJANA
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features
Providing Any Below Financial support of Rs 1600 for each LPG connection to the BPL free LPG Poverty Line households. connections (BPL) family, The poor have limited access to cooking gas (LPG). to women whose According to who estimates about 5 lakhs deaths in India alone from BPL information is due to unclean cooking fuels. households included in the Most of these premature deaths were due to non- district BPL list communicable diseases such as heart disease, stroke, chronic prepared by the obstructive pulmonary disease and lung cancer. Indoor air State pollution is also responsible for a significant number of acute government. respiratory illnesses in young children. According to experts, having an open fire in the kitchen is like burning 400 cigarettes an hour.
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J.5. PAHAL
Ministry of Petroleum
Objective Intended Salient features beneficiary
To reduce Consumers It is the world’s largest cash subsidy under the Direct Benefit diversion and using LPG Transfer Scheme eliminate cylinders. In the PAHAL (DBTL) district(s), domestic LPG cylinders will be duplicate or Government sold to CTC domestic LPG consumers at Market Determined bogus LPG due to reduced Price (does not include subsidy) from the date of launch of the connections. leakages scheme. Introduce Direct Oil marketing Amount transferred to consumer : The total cash applicable cash transfer for companies – as on LPG cylinder will then be transferred to the CTC (Cash subsidies. intermediaries Transfer Compliant) consumer for each subsidized cylinder are eliminated. delivered (up to the cap) as per his entitlement. Consumers needs to have a bank account to receive his subsidy. This is facilitated by Jan Dhan. Also seeding with AADHAAR is expected to bring better monitoring.
J.6. FOREST RIGHTS ACT, 2006
Implemented by Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features
To recognize Forest dwelling Titles distributed to forest dwelling scheduled tribes/other forest rights of scheduled tribes traditional forest dwellers beneficiaries and other Implement FRA in a “campaign mode” and states have been And vest the traditional forest given detailed advisory to complete the process of forest rights dwellers recognition and vesting of forest rights in a time bound and manner. Occupation of Forest rights committee by the gram sabha forest l Conflicting claims adjudicated by the gram sabha, sub- divisional level committee and the district level committee
Forest rights
Rights to hold and live in the forest land under the individual or common occupation for habitation or for self-cultivation for livelihood, Rights to ensure their control over forest resources which, inter-alia, include right of ownership, access to collect, use and dispose of minor forest produce, Community rights such as nistar; Habitat rights for primitive tribal groups and pre-agricultural communities; right to protect, regenerate or conserve or manage any community forest resource which they have been traditionally protecting and conserving for sustainable use
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J.7. NATIONAL CHILD LABOUR PROJECT
Ministry of Labour and Employment
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features
To rehabilitate Children who Rescued child labour to be enrolled in special schools, the children have been where they are provided education, vocational training, withdrawn from working as child nutrition, stipend, health care. work labour Project societies at the district level are to be fully funded Enforcement of for opening up of special school/rehabilitation centers for child labour laws the rehabilitation of child labour. and protect Creating awareness of the harmful effects of child labour children rights Linking child labour elimination with sarva shiksha abhiyan to ensure child's right to education.
J.8. DEENDAYAL UPADHYAY SHRAMEV JAYATE KARYAKRAM
Ministry of Labour & Employment
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features
To improve the Organised Labour A dedicated Shram Suvidha Portal: labour laws, force o To allot Labour Identification Number (LIN) to improve Apprentices nearly 6 lakhs units and allow them to file online compliance compliance for 16 out of 44 labour laws Organized Improve condition An all-new Random Inspection Scheme: of labour in India manufacturing units o Utilizing technology to eliminate human discretion To harness India’s Economy in general in selection of units for Inspection demographic Universal Account Number: dividend, and o Provident Fund account is portable and universally facilitate ease of accessible doing business in Apprentice Protsahan Yojana: the country. o Reimbursing 50% of the stipend paid to apprentices during first two years of their training Revamped Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana: o Introducing a Smart Card for the workers in the unorganized sector seeded with details of two more social security schemes.
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J.9. MEGA FOOD PARK
Ministry of Food processing Industries
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features
To reduce Around 5 Lakh Government provides Financial Assistance up to Rs. 50 Crore wastage of farmers. to set up modern infrastructure facilities for food processing perishables; Employment called Mega Food Parks. To raise through the Hub and spoke architecture comprising Collection Centers processing of value chains (CCs) and Primary Processing Centers (PPCs) as spokes linked food items to a Central Processing Centre as hub. from 6% to Cluster based approach. 20% Demand driven with focus on strong backward and forward To raise India’s integration share in Food Enabling Infrastructure Creation along the supply chain and Processing technology Industry from Implementation through Stakeholder participation with 1.5% to 3%. private led initiative through Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV)
J.10. NATIONAL AYUSH MISSION
Ministry of AYUSH
Objective Intended Salient features beneficiary
To provide cost effective Patients Components of the Mission and equitable AYUSH due to low o Mandatory Components (80% of the Resource pool) health care. cost . AYUSH Services To revitalize and medicine . AYUSH Educational Institutions strengthen the AYUSH
systems and . Quality Control of ASU &H Drugs To improve educational increased . Medicinal Plants institutions capable of access. o Flexible Components (20% of resource pool) imparting quality AYUSH . AYUSH Wellness Centres including Yoga &
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education Naturopathy To promote the adoption . IEC activities, of Quality standards of . Tele-medicine AYUSH drugs and making available the sustained Monitoring and Evaluation supply of AYUSH raw- materials. o Dedicated MIS monitoring and evaluation cell would be established at Centre/ State level.
J.11. NAMAMI GANGA YOJANA
Water Resources Ministry
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features To clean and protect Ecology and Will cover 8 states, 47 towns & 12 rivers under the the Ganga river in a Aquatic life- project. comprehensive forms of Ganga Establishment of Clean Ganga Fund. manner. river. Under the aegis of National Mission for Clean Ganga Watershed (NMCG) & State Programme Management Groups management of Livelihoods for (SPMGs) States and ULBs and PRIs will be involved in Ganga river basin and fishermen and reducing runoff and others directly this project. pollution dependent on Setting river centric urban planning process to facilitate To develop the river better citizen connects, through interventions at Ghats villages located along Economy of local and River fronts. the main stem of area due to Entry-level activities : river surface cleaning to address river Ganga which Increase in the floating solid wastes; rural sanitation to arrest the have historic, tourism pollution (solid & liquid) entering through rural sewage cultural, and religious and/or tourist Cultural benefits drains and construction of toilets importance Medium-term activities: River Front Management o Expansion of coverage of sewerage infrastructure Conservation of in 118 urban habitations on banks of Ganga. Aquatic life o Pollution will be checked through Treatment of Creating co- waste water in drains by applying bio- ordination between remediation method, in-situ treatment, municipal different ministries sewage & effluent treatment plants involved o Managing the industrial pollution. o Biodiversity conservation, Afforestation, and water quality monitoring Long term activities: determination of ecological-flow, increased water-use efficiency, and improved efficiency of surface irrigation.
Recognizing the multi-sectoral, multi-dimensional and multi-stakeholder nature of the Ganga Rejuvenation challenge, the key Ministries comprising of (a) WR, RD&GR, (b) Environment, Forests & Climate Change, (c) Shipping, (d) Tourism, (e) Urban Development, (f) Drinking Water and Sanitation and Rural Development have been working together since June, 2014 to arrive at an action plan.
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J.12. JAN AUSHADI STORES
Department of Pharma, ministry of chemicals and fertilizers
Objective Intended Salient features beneficiary
Make low priced Poor : due to Bureau of Pharma PSUs of India (BPPI) is the quality medicines reduced out implementation agency for Jan Aushadhi. available for all of pocket Affordability, quality and easy availability of generic through dedicated expenditure medicines at affordable prices to all, especially the poor, stores. and throughout the country, through outlets known as Jan Reduce unit cost of indebtedness. Aushadhi Stores (JASs). treatment per person Any NGO/Charitable Society/Institution/Self Help Group Encourage doctors, with experience of minimum 3 years of successful more specifically in operation in welfare activities, can also open the Jan government Aushadhi store outside the hospital premises. hospitals, to Will provide a stimulus to the generic pharma in specific prescribe generic and pharmaceutical industry as a whole medicines.
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K. MISCELLANEOUS PROGRAMMES K.1. PRAGATI
Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation by Prime Minister’s Office (PMO)
Objective Intended Salient features beneficiary
Aimed at starting a Common A multi-purpose and multi-modal platform culture of Pro-Active people due PRAGATI platform uniquely bundles three latest Governance and Timely to better technologies: Implementation. governance o Digital data management, Aimed at addressing and o video-conferencing and common man’s Beneficiaries o geo-spatial technology. grievances, and of various A three-tier system: It also offers a unique combination simultaneously social in the direction of cooperative federalism since it brings monitoring and schemes due on one stage the Secretaries of Government of India reviewing important to better and the Chief Secretaries of the States. programmes and implementati Prime Minister will hold a monthly programme where projects of the on he will interact with the Government of India Government of India as Citizens with Secretaries, and Chief Secretaries through Video- well as projects flagged Public conferencing enabled by data and geo-informatics by State Governments grievances visuals
K.2. ATAL INNOVATION MISSION
Niti Aayog
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features
To give substantial boost to the Startup An initial sum of Rs. 500 crore and Rs. innovation ecosystem and to entrepreneurs 1000 crore respectively for AIM and catalyze the entrepreneurial spirit in Innovators SETU. the country Entrepreneurs in Entrepreneurship promotion through Aim will be an innovation promotion non-farm sector Self-Employment and Talent platform involving academics, As R&D is Utilization(SETU), is techno-financial, entrepreneurs, and researchers strengthened, incubation and facilitation programme drawing upon national and economy in to give support and encouragement to international experiences to foster a general. young start-ups and other self- culture of innovation, R&D in India. employment technology-intensive The platform will also promote a ideas. network of world-class innovation o SETU aims to create around hubs Grand Challenges, Start-up 100,000 jobs through start-ups businesses and other self- Innovation promotion: to provide a employment platform where innovative ideas are activities, particularly in technology generated. driven areas.
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K.3. UDAY (UJWAL DISCOM ASSURANCE YOJANA)
Ministry of Power
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features For the DISCOMs Ambitious target of making all DISCOMs profitable by 2018-19. financial Power Sector as This is through four initiatives turnaround a whole o (i) improving operational efficiencies of DISCOMs; and revival of Through o (ii) reduction of cost of power; Power Renewable o (iii) reduction in interest cost of DISCOMs; Distribution Purchase (iv) enforcing financial discipline on DISCOMs through companies Obligations alignment with state finances. (DISCOMs), Renewable States shall take over 75% of DISCOM debt as on 30 To ensure a Energy will also September 2015 over two years i.e 50% of DISCOM debt shall sustainable get a boost. be taken over in 2015-16 and 25% in 2016-17. permanent Government of India will not include the debt taken over by solution to the states as per the above scheme in the calculation of fiscal the problem. deficit (for FRBM) of respective states in the financial years In long term - 2015-16 and 2016-17. affordable States will issue non-SLR including SDL bonds in the market or and directly to the respective banks / financial institutions (FIs) accessible holding the DISCOM debt to the appropriate extent. 24x7 Power DISCOM debt not taken over by the state shall be converted for All. by the banks / FIs into loans or bonds.
K.4. DEENDAYAL UPADHYAYA GRAM JYOTI YOJANA
Ministry of Power
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features Electrifying all Rural population Components of DDUGY: villages and Agricultural and o Feeder separation (rural households & habitations as per irrigation agricultural) and strengthening of sub- new definition transmission & distribution infrastructure; activities Providing access to o Metering at all levels (input points, feeders and electricity to all rural DISCOMs-as distribution transformers); households there losses are o Micro grid and off grid distribution network. Providing electricity prevented due to o Rural electrification Connection to Below metering This will help in providing round the clock power to Poverty Line (BPL) Economy as a rural households and adequate power to agricultural families free of whole consumers charge Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) has been subsumed in the new scheme as its rural electrification component. As many as 96% of un-electrified villages have been electrified across the country as on May 2014 and intensive electrification of 80% villages has been completed while free electricity connections have been provided to 77% BPL households under the flagship programme, RGGVY.
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K.5. NAI MANZIL SCHEME
Ministry of Minority Affairs
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features Employment All out of school / dropped out The scheme would provide ‘bridge courses’ generation students and those studying in to the trainees and get them Certificates for of the Madrasas. It is so because they will Class XII and X through ‘distance medium youths and not be getting formal Class XII and educational system’ and at the same time also Class X Certificates rendering them also provides them trade basis skill training extending largely unemployed in organised in 4 courses – Manufacturing, Engineering, loans for sector. Services, Soft skills. opening The scheme is intended to cover This scheme will provide avenues for enterprises. people in between 17 to 35 age continuing higher education and also open group from all minority communities up employment opportunities in the as well as Madrasa students. organised sector.
K.6. USTAD
Ministry of Minority Affairs
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features At upgrading Skills and 6 minorities as Establish linkages of traditional arts/crafts with Training in preservation notified by Govt. the national and international market and of traditional Ancestral Applicable in ensure dignity of labour. Arts/Crafts of minorities. entire India
Hamari Darohar:
The Scheme aims to preserve rich heritage of minority communities in context of Indian culture.
K.7. INSPIRE (INNOVATION IN SCIENCE PURSUIT FOR INSPIRED RESEARCH)
Department of Science & Technology (MoS&T)
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features To attract talent to Science. Young children into It does not believe in conducting To communicate to the youth developed and competitive exams for identification of of the country the skilled scientific talent at any level. It believes in and relies excitements of creative Human Resource on the efficacy of the existing educational pursuit of science, attract Strengthened R&D structure for identification of talent. talent to the study of science foundation of the INSPIRE has three components: at an early age and thus build country i. Scheme for Early Attraction of Talent the required critical human (SEATS) resource pool for ii. Scholarship for Higher Education strengthening and expanding (SHE) the Science & Technology iii. Assured Opportunity for Research system and R&D base. Careers (AORC)
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K.8. SENIOR CITIZEN WELFARE FUND
Proposed by Finance Minister during Budget
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features Sole Old aged Money in accounts which have been inoperative (about Rs. 3,000 motive of pensioners crore in the PPF, and approximately Rs. 6,000 crore in the EPF welfare of BPL population corpus )for more than seven years will be diverted in this fund. senior and marginal Huge benefit to the beneficiaries as the amount will be used to citizens. farmers subsidise the premiums of aged pensioners, BPL population and marginal farmeRs.
K.9. PROJECT MAUSAM
Ministry of Culture
Objective Intended Salient features beneficiary To establish cross cultural The people It is to be implemented by the Archaeological Survey of linkages and to revive of 39 Indian India (ASI) as the nodal agency historic maritime cultural ocean ASI will get research support of the Indira Gandhi and economic ties under countries National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) and National ‘Project Mausam’ with 39 with Museum as associate bodies. Indian Ocean countries. enhanced The Government has identified 39 countries to bring on At the macro level, it culture, board for trans-national nomination for World aims to re-connect and Friendship Heritage. re-establish leading to This project aims to explore the multi-faceted Indian communications commercial Ocean ‘world’ – collating archaeological and historical between countries of the and research in order to document the diversity of cultural, Indian Ocean religious commercial and religious interactions in the Indian world, which would lead interactions Ocean – extending from East Africa, the Arabian to an enhanced Peninsula, the Indian Subcontinent and Sri Lanka to the understanding of cultural Southeast Asian archipelago. values and concerns; A joint Sail Voyage by Indian Navy Sail Training Ship while at the micro level, Tarangini and Royal Navy of Oman Sail Training Ship the Shabab Oman was conducted from 24 November to 03 focus is on understanding December 2015 to commemorate 60 years of national cultures in their diplomatic relationship regional maritime milieu.
K.10. SETU BHARATAM
Ministry of Road, Transport and Highway
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features Development of Nation and This is being done to prevent the frequent accidents bridges for safe and Economy - and loss of lives at level crossings. seamless travel on infrastructure 208 Railway Over Bridges (ROB)/Railway Under Bridges National Highways network is vital (RUB) will be built at the level crossings at a cost of Rs. to make all National for the growth 20,800 crore as part of the programme
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Highways free of and development Also about 1500 old and worn down bridges will also be railway level of a nation. improved by replacement/widening/strengthening in a crossings by 2019 phased manner at a cost of about Rs. 30,000 crore.
K.11. SAGARMALA
Ministry of Shipping
Objective Intended Salient features beneficiary
To enhance the Ports and labour Focusing on three pillars of development, namely capacity of major and involved in port o (i) Supporting and enabling Port-led Development non-major ports and sector o Port Infrastructure Enhancement, including modernizing them to Population in modernization and setting up of new ports, and make them efficient Coastal regions o Efficient Evacuation to and from hinterland. To provide which will be An integrated planning for “Sagarmala” with a infrastructure to developed in National Perspective Plan (NPP) is being prepared for transport goods to CEZs. the entire coastline, which will identify potential and from ports Jobs from geographical regions to be called Coastal Economic quickly, efficiently and transportation Zones (CEZs). cost-effectively sector NPP would ensure synergy and integration with To develop access to And finally the planned Industrial Corridors, Dedicated Freight new development nation as a Corridors, National Highway Development regions with whole due to Programme, Industrial Clusters and sezs intermodal solutions increased Also strive to ensure sustainable development of the and promotion of the economic population living in the Coastal Economic Zone (CEZ). optimum modal split, growth National Sagarmala Apex Committee (NSAC) is enhanced connectivity increasing envisaged for overall policy guidance and high level with main economic exports. coordination centers and beyond.
Another closely linked Programme is Project Sethusamudram: To link Palk Bay with Gulf of Mannar and facilitate maritime trade through it.
K.12. GARIB KALYAN YOJANA
Objective Intended Salient features beneficiary
To eliminate poverty Benefeciaries Pay-and-attend workshop To Take Pro-Poor of various o Revisit the government’s pro-poor welfare Schemes to Grassroots poverty programmes and ideate ways to effectively Level alleviation implement them and maximise their outreach. schemes. o To “motivate and appraise” the mps for effective
implementation of government-run schemes Improve the co-ordination between senior ministers, local mps, district administration etc.,
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K.13. MINISTRY OF MINES
Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana (PMKKKY)
Objective Intended Salient features beneficiary
To implement various Affected To provide for the welfare of areas and people developmental and people affected by mining related operations, using the welfare &‘Displaced funds generated by District Mineral Foundations projects/programs in family as (DMFs). mining affected areas defined under Mines and Minerals (Development & Regulation) that complement the Land Amendment Act, 2015, mandated the setting up existing ongoing Acquisition Act of DMFs in all districts in the country affected by schemes/projects of People living in mining related operations. State and Central Directly High priority areas – at least 60% of PMKKKY funds Government; affected to be utilized under these heads: To minimize/mitigate the areas – where Drinking water supply adverse impacts, during direct mining- Environment preservation and and after mining, on the related pollution control measures environment, health and operations Health care socio-economics of such as Education people in mining districts; excavation, Welfare of Women and Children and mining, Skill development To ensure long-term blasting, Sanitation sustainable livelihoods beneficiation Up to 40% of the PMKKKY to be utilized under for the affected people in and waste these heads mining areas. disposal are Physical infrastructure located. Irrigation Energy and Watershed Development
K.14. SPORTS TALENT SEARCH SCHEME
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features
Development of Indian All schools in different Identification of talented sportspersons in sports, States / uts throughout the age group of 8 – 12 years in schools all Honour to the country the country (both rural over the country through a battery of tests by success in and urban) Nurturing of identified talented National/International Talented sportspersons sportspersons in sports schools will help sports events in the age group of 8 – 12 broaden the pool of sportspersons in the years country.
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K.15. MOBILE APP: HIMMAT
Ministry of Home Affairs
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features
Prompt Women in distress Emergency call application for women in distress response Launched by Delhi police from Uttar Pradesh Police is planning a similar app called Nirbhaya policemen (Mobile App) Installation of a physical panic button and Global Positioning System in Mobile Phone Handsets Rules 2016’ notified .
K.16. UNIFIED PAYMENT INTERFACE (UPI) PROJECT
Launched by RBI
Objective Intended beneficiary Salient features
To move the country Economy-- Developed by the national payment corporation of towards a more reduced tax india (NPCI). cashless model evasion and black Simple -- an account holder should be able to send and Financial inclusion receive money from their mobile phone with just "pay marketing To offer an to" or "collect from" a “payment address” (such as architecture to Economic growth aadhaar number, mobile number, rupay card, virtual facilitate next – increased payment address, etc.) With a single click. generation online velocity of Innovative immediate money Easy to adopt payments leveraging Indian financial Secure -- upi has a single click-two factor authentication trends such as markets – now system which means that with one click the transaction increasing become more is authenticated at two levels. The user will need a smartphone mobile phone with a mobile pin called mpin and a mature, flexible adoption, indian virtual id offered by the provider. With a click the and adaptive language interfaces, transaction is checked if the mobile pin matches with and universal access E-commerce the virtual address only then does the transaction goes to internet and data. Consumers in through. general Cheap transactional cost – mobile phone as authentication device, use of virtual payment addresses, and use of third party portable authentication schemes such as aadhaar should allow both acquiring side and issuing side cost to be driven down.
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L. REPORTS L.1. ELDERLY IN INDIA 2016
A report by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
Summary:
Both the share and size of elderly population is increasing over time. From 5.6% in 1961 the proportion has increased to 8.6% in 2011 Rural – urban: 71 per cent of elderly population resides in villages while 29 per cent is in cities. 66 per cent of elderly men and 28 per cent of elderly women were working, while in urban areas only 46 per cent of elderly men about 11 per cent of elderly women were working. Disease susceptibility/ disabilities: Prevalence of heart diseases among elderly population was much higher in urban areas than in rural parts Urinary problems were more common among aged men while more aged women reported to suffer from problem of joints Most common disability among the aged persons was locomotor disability and visual disability as per census 2011. Sex ratio among elderly people was as high as is 1033 in 2011. Old-age dependency ratio climbed from 10.9 per cent in 1961 to 14.2 per cent in 2011 for India as a whole The life expectancy at birth during 2009-13 was 69.3 for females as against 65.8 years for males. The percent of literates among elderly persons increased from 27% in 1991 to 44% in 2011.the literacy rates among elderly females (28%) is less than half of the literacy rate among elderly males (59%).
L.2. GENDER PARITY INDEX (GPI)
Gender parity index usually designed to measure the relative access to education of males and females. this index is released by UNESCO. For education: it is calculated as the quotient of the number of females by the number of males enrolled in a given stage of education (primary, secondary, etc.). The same methodology can be used for calculating any value. In McKinsey global institute’s report, the Power Of Parity: Advancing Women’s Equality in India or India’s global gender parity score or GPS is 0.48, where a score of 1 would be ideal. India’s score represents an “extremely high” level of gender inequality, which compares poorly with 0.71 for western EUROPE and 0.74 for north AMERICA and OCEANIA. “India could boost its GDP by $ 0.7 trillion in 2025, i.e., GDP can incrementally increase by 1.4%. At 0.67, even the average FEMDEX of the five best states in India in terms of gender parity — Mizoram, Kerala, Meghalaya, Goa, And Sikkim - is comparable with the GPS for only china and Indonesia.
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L.3. GENDER INEQUALITY INDEX (GII) - UNDP
Summary:
GII is introduced in the 2010 human development report 20th anniversary edition by the united nations development programme (UNDP). Gender inequality index (GII) is an index for measurement of gender disparity GII is a composite measure which captures the loss of achievement within a country due to gender inequality. It uses three dimensions to do so: o Reproductive health for women (maternal mortality rate + adolescent birth rate), o Empowerment (based on the share of parliamentary seats held by them + the per cent of 25 year plus population with secondary education) and o Economic status (labour force participation). To remedy the shortcomings of the previous indicators, the Gender Development Index (GDI) and the Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM). In the entire south Asia, only war-torn Afghanistan has a worse ranking than India. India ranks 130 of 155 countries on GII. In India, merely 12.2 percent of the seats are held by women as against 27.6 percent in Afghanistan with a record of violations against women’s rights. In India work participation rate is at a dismal figure of 27 percent for women versus 79.9 percent for men.
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L.4. MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY INDEX - UNDP
What is it?
It is an international measure of acute poverty covering over 100 developing countries
The MPI assesses poverty at the individual level.
Who is MPI poor?
If someone is deprived in a third or more of ten (weighted) indicators, the global index identifies them as ‘MPI poor’, and the extent – or intensity - of their poverty is measured by the number of deprivations they are experiencing.
L.5. HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX (HDI) - UNDP
What is it?
HDI is a composite statistic of used to rank countries into four tiers of human development.
It is a summary measure for assessing long-term progress in three basic dimensions of human development - a long and healthy life, access to knowledge and a decent standard of living. How is INDIA faring?
India is ranked in the medium human development category. The country continued to rank low in the HDI, but has climbed five notches to the 130th rank in the latest UNDP report on account of rise in life expectancy and per capita income. Between 1980 and 2014, India’s HDI value increased from 0.362 to 0.609, an increase of 68.1 percent However expected years of schooling is stagnant at 11.7 since 2011. Also, mean years of schooling at 5.4 has not changed since 2010. Life expectancy at birth: it increased to 68 years in 2014 from 67.6 in the previous year and 53.9 in 1980. Gross national income (GNI) per capita: it was 5,497 us dollars in 2014. Gender development index (GDI): female HDI value/ male HDI value: On India’s GDI, the report said the 2014 female HDI value for India is 0.525 in contrast to 0.660 for males, resulting in a GDI value of 0.795 in the year 2014.
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