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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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

B. MINISTRY OF FINANCE
B.1. NATIONAL PENSION SCHEME
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

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.

B.3. JAN SURAKSHA YOJANA: ATAL PENSION YOJANA
 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
 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
 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.

B.6. KRISHI KALYAN CESS-PROPOSED IN BUDGET 2016
 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.

C. MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE AND
DEVELOPMENT
C.1. MID-DAY MEAL SCHEME
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

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)
 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

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

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

 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.

C.6. ASMITA (ALL SCHOOL MONITORING INDIVIDUAL TRACING
ANALYSIS)
 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

 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
 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

C.9. UNNAT BHARAT

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.

D. MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
D.1. SAANSAD ADARSH GRAM YOJANA (SAANJHI)
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

beneficiary
 Backward
 To address regional imbalances  BRGF development grants
villages
in development, by way of 
providing financial resources for  Panchayati No central funding stream is as ‘untied’ as
raj the BRGF - the funds can be applied to any
supplementing and converging preference of the Panchayat/ municipality, so
existing developmental inflows institutions
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.

D.3. STARTUP VILLAGE ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMME (SVEP)
SVEP is under NRLM

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
 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)
 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

D.6. RURBAN MISSION
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
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.

D.8. DDU GRAMEEN KAUSHAL YOJANA
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.

E. MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND
EMPOWERMENT
E.1. MANUAL SCAVENGING ACT
 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)
 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)
 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.

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

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.

F. MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD
DEVELOPMENT
F.1. NATIONAL POLICY FOR CHILDREN
 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
 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

F.3. GENDER BUDGETING SCHEME
 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

 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

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

F.6. UJJAWALA SCHEME
 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
 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
 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.

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)

 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
 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

F.11. INDIRA GANDHI MATRITVA SAHYOG YOJANA
 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.

G. MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
G.1. NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH MISSION
 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

Components of NRHM
G.2. NATIONAL URBAN HEALTH MISSION
 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
 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

G.4. MISSION INDRADHANUSH
 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)
 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.

G.6. RASHTRIYA BAL SWASTHYA KARYAKRAM (RBSK)
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

 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

 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).

G.9. SOIL TRANSMITTED HELMINTHES (STH) INFECTIONS
 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)
 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.

H. MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATION AND IT
H.1. NATIONAL OPTICAL FIBRE NETWORK
Department of Electronics and IT
 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
 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

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
 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.

I. MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL
DEVELOPMENT
I.1. PM FASAL BIMA YOJANA
 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

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

 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

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

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

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

I.5. NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL MARKET (NAM)
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

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.

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

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.

I.9. NATIONAL GOKUL MISSION

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

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
 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
 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.

J.3. PRADHAN MANTRI KAUSHAL VIKAS YOJANA
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

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
 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.

J.5. PAHAL
Ministry of Petroleum

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
 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

J.7. NATIONAL CHILD LABOUR PROJECT
Ministry of Labour and Employment
 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.

J.9. MEGA FOOD PARK
Ministry of Food processing Industries
 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

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
and  Quality Control of ASU &H Drugs
systems
 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 &

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

 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.  Under the aegis of National Mission for Clean Ganga
river.
 Watershed (NMCG) & State Programme Management Groups
 Livelihoods for
management of
fishermen and (SPMGs) States and ULBs and PRIs will be involved in
Ganga river basin 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 the floating solid wastes; rural sanitation to arrest the
Increase in
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.

J.12. JAN AUSHADI STORES
Department of Pharma, ministry of chemicals and fertilizers

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.

K. MISCELLANEOUS PROGRAMMES
K.1. PRAGATI
Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation by Prime Minister’s Office (PMO)

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
 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.

K.3. UDAY (UJWAL DISCOM ASSURANCE YOJANA)
Ministry of Power

 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

 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
 DISCOMs-as
electricity to all rural 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.

K.5. NAI MANZIL SCHEME
Ministry of Minority Affairs

 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

 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)

 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)

K.8. SENIOR CITIZEN WELFARE FUND
Proposed by Finance Minister during Budget

 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

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

 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

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

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

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.,

K.13. MINISTRY OF MINES
Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana (PMKKKY)

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
 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.

K.15. MOBILE APP: HIMMAT
Ministry of Home Affairs
 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
 Economic growth
architecture to 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.

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.

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.

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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