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A Civil Services Exam Preparation Initiatuve by IIT,IIM alumni & Ex IAS Officers Government Welfare Schemes Prelims 2018 and Mains 2018 www.jigyasaias.com www.facebook.com/jigyasaias 9650294824 Welfare Schemes Empowerment of Women NARI (National Repository of Information for Women) . Ministry – Ministry of Women and Child Development . Purpose – It is in the direction of empowerment and welfare of women and children. The portal will provide easy access to information on government schemes and initiatives for women. It will provide information to women on issues affecting their lives. There are tips on good nutrition, suggestions for health check-ups, information on major diseases, tips for job search and interview, investment and savings advice, information on crimes and against women and reporting procedures, contacts of legal aid cells, simplified adoption procedures and much more. It will endow women with the power of information to build their life skills and facilitates them in taking full advantage of the services provided by the Government for them. E-Samvad portal- Launched by Ministry of Women and Child Development. In this portal NGOs and civil society can provide their feedback, suggestions, put up grievances, share best practices etc. This will help in formulation of effective policies and measures for welfare of women and children. Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) Scheme . Ministry – It is a joint initiative of Ministry of Women and Child Development, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Ministry of Human Resource Development . Purpose – Survival, protection & education of the girl child. It aims to address the issue of declining Child Sex Ratio (CSR) through a mass campaign across the country targeted at changing societal mindsets & creating awareness about the criticality of the issue. The Scheme will have focussed intervention & multi-sectoral action in 100 districts with low Child Sex Ratio. Objective – www.jigyasaias.com www.facebook.com/jigyasaias 9650294824 - Prevention of gender biased sex selective elimination - Ensuring survival & protection of the girl child - Ensuring education and participation of the girl child . Schemes launched to encourage Beti Bachao Beti Padhao - - To encourage the participation of girls at elementary level, the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) provides for the opening of schools in the neighborhood to make access easier for girls, the appointment of additional teachers including women teachers, free textbooks, free uniforms, separate toilets for girls, teachers’ sensitization programmes to promote girls participation, gender-sensitive teaching learning materials including textbooks. - Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas as residential upper primary schools for girls belonging to SC/ST/Minority Communities, BPL families and girls in difficult circumstances. - Under the Rashtriya Madyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) interventions to promote girls participation in secondary schools include opening of new schools, strengthening of existing schools, appointment of teachers, construction of residential quarters for teachers in remote/hilly areas, hostel facilities for girls, teacher sensitization programmes, separate toilet blocks for girls, stipend for girls with disability and vocationalization of secondary education which provides for choice of courses by the girls in such a manner that gender stereotyping is avoided. - In addition, the National Scheme of Incentive to Girls for Secondary Education (NSIGSE), exemption from paying tuition fee in Kendriya Vidyalayas, and 33% reservation for girls in Navodaya Vidyalayas, are also being implemented. National Nutrition Mission . Ministry – Ministry of Women and Child Development Malnutrition is not a direct cause of death but contributes to mortality . Objective – It aims to improve the nutritional and morbidity by reducing resistance indicators of children and pregnant women and to infections. There are a number of causes of death of children such as lactating mothers. prematurity, low birth weight, pneumonia, diarrhoeal diseases, . The Mission aims non-communicable diseases, birth asphyxia & birth trauma. www.jigyasaias.com www.facebook.com/jigyasaias 9650294824 - to prevent and reduce prevalence of stunting among children (0-6 years) in the country by 6%, - under-nutrition (underweight) prevalence among children (0-6 years) by 6%, - prevalence of anaemia among children (6-59 m) by 9%, - prevalence of anaemia among women (15-49 years) by 9% and - reduction in prevalence of low birth weight by 6%. One Stop Centre Scheme . Ministry – Ministry of Women and Child Development . Objective – It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme for setting up One Stop Centres (OSC), to be funded from the Nirbhaya Fund. These Centres will be established across the country to provide integrated support and assistance under one roof to women affected by violence, both in private and public spaces in a phased manner. Ujjawala . Ministry – Ministry of Women and Child Development . Objective – It is a comprehensive Scheme for Prevention of Trafficking and Rescue, Rehabilitation, Re-integration and Repatriation of Victims of Trafficking for Commercial Sexual Exploitation. Features – - These rehabilitative centers are given financial support for providing shelter and basic amenities such as food, clothing, medical care, legal aid; education in the case the victims are children, as well as for undertaking vocational training and income generation activities to provide the victims with alternate livelihood option. - The Government receives performance reports from the State Government/Union Territory Administration from time to time and after considering the reports, further grants are released to the Implementing Agencies. Further, each sanctioned project is reviewed after three years of implementation. www.jigyasaias.com www.facebook.com/jigyasaias 9650294824 Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) . Ministry – Ministry of Women and Child Development . Objectives - - providing partial compensation for the wage loss in terms of cash incentives so that the woman can take adequate rest before and after delivery of the first living child; and - the cash incentives provided would lead to improved health seeking behaviour amongst the Pregnant Women and Lactating Mothers (PW&LM). The maternity benefits under Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) are available to all Pregnant Women & Lactating Mothers (PW&LM) except those in regular employment with the Central Government or State Government or Public Sector Undertaking or those who are in receipt of similar benefits under any law for the time being in force, for first living child of the family as normally, the first pregnancy of a woman exposes her to new kind of challenges and stress factors. Pradhan Mantri Mahila Shakti Kendra scheme, promote community participation through involvement of Student Volunteers for empowerment of rural women. National Creche Scheme to provide day care facilities to children of age group of 6 months to 6 years of working women who are employed. Rastriya Mahila Kosh (RMK) to provide micro-credit to poor women for various livelihood support and income generating activities at concessional terms in a client-friendly procedure to bring about their socio-economic development. Swadhar Greh to provide relief and rehabilitation to destitute women and women in distress. Sukanya Samridhi Yojana . Features - It is a small deposit scheme Sukanya Samridhi Yojana for girl child under the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) campaign. - The scheme will ensure equitable share to a girl child in resources and savings of a family in which she is generally discriminated against a male child. www.jigyasaias.com www.facebook.com/jigyasaias 9650294824 - It will enable parents to open bank accounts of girls who are under 10 years of age. Who is eligible under this scheme? - Gender: Girl child only - Citizenship: Child should be Indian citizen - Age limit: On the date of opening the account, the child’s age should 10 years or younger. Who can Invest: - Parent, or Legal Guardian of the eligible Girl child. Investment limit: - In 1 year, minimum Rs 1000/- needs to be invested, thereafter in multiples of 100/- - Maximum of Rs 1, 50,000/- can be invested. - Deposits can be made in lump-sum or spread out manner. - No limit on number of deposits either in a month or in a financial year. Mode of Deposit/Investment: - Cash, Cheque or Demand draft, currently no online payment method is available. Operation of the account: - The account will be opened and operated by the guardian of a girl child till the girl child, in whose name the account has been opened, attains the age of 10 years. - On attaining age of 10 years, the girl child may herself operate the account. Tenure of the Scheme: - Deposit needs to made until 14 years from opening of account. - Deposit under scheme will mature 21 year after opening of the account. Withdrawal under the scheme: - No Premature Withdrawal is permitted. - However, maximum up to 50% of deposit amount can be withdrawn for marriage or higher education of girl child, once she reaches 18 years of age. www.jigyasaias.com www.facebook.com/jigyasaias 9650294824 . Termination of the Scheme: - Scheme Tenure is 21 years from date of opening, or when the marriage of the girl child happens; whichever happens earlier. - Account will compulsorily have to be closed after marriage of the girl child. Rate of Interest under the Scheme: - For this year (F.Y 2016-17) interest rate has remain unchanged at 9.2%p.a,