Economic & Social Issues Schemes For Rbi Grade B - Sebi Grade A - Ibps Afo 2019

ECONOMIC & SOCIAL ISSUES
SCHEMES FOR
RBI GRADE B|SEBI GRADE A|IBPS AFO
2019
PART 3
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Contents
1 Atal Jai Anusandhan Biotech Mission – Undertaking Nationally Relevant Technology Innovation (UNATI) ...... 6
2 Minimum Support Price for Minor Forest Produce ......................................................................................... 6
3 TRIFOOD ........................................................................................................................................................ 6
4 “Friends of Tribes” Initiative ........................................................................................................................... 6
5 Web Wonder Women Campaign .................................................................................................................... 7
6 Fit India Movement........................................................................................................................................ 7
7 Seva Bhoj Scheme .......................................................................................................................................... 7
8 Van Dhan Yojana ............................................................................................................................................ 8
9 e-Samvaad Portal ........................................................................................................................................... 8
10 NARI Portal ................................................................................................................................................ 8
11 National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction (2018-23) ...................................................................... 8
12 Stree Swabhiman ....................................................................................................................................... 9
13 Sexual Harassment Electronic Box (She-Box) .............................................................................................. 9
14 Mahila Shakti Kendra Scheme .................................................................................................................. 10
15 Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana ........................................................................................................................ 10
16 Jan Sampark Programme .......................................................................................................................... 11
17 Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana (PMVVY) ....................................................................................... 11
18 Janaushadhi Suvidha Scheme ................................................................................................................... 12
19 Inclusive India Initiatives .......................................................................................................................... 12
20 Mahila e-Haat .......................................................................................................................................... 13
21 Mahila Police Volunteer Scheme .............................................................................................................. 14
22 Sugamya Pustakalaya ............................................................................................................................... 14
23 ‘Pharma Sahi Daam’ Mobile App .............................................................................................................. 15
24 Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao (BBBP) .............................................................................................................. 15
25 Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana ....................................................................................................................... 16
26 Swadhar Greh Scheme ............................................................................................................................. 16
27 Khoya Paya Portal .................................................................................................................................... 17
28 One Stop Centre Scheme.......................................................................................................................... 17
29 Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan (Accessible India Campaign).............................................................................. 19
30 Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana .......................................................................................... 20
31 Pharma Jan Samadhan ............................................................................................................................. 20
32 Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS).................................................................................................... 20
33 Digital Gender Atlas for Advancing Girl’s Education in India ...................................................................... 21
34 Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Boys (SAKSHAM) ................................................. 22
35 Swachhta Udyami Yojana - Swachhta Se Sampannta Ki Aur ..................................................................... 22
36 Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana (VKY) ............................................................................................................... 23

37 Rashtriya Kishore Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK) ......................................................................................... 23
38 Know India Programme (KIP) – for Young Persons of Indian Origin ........................................................... 24
39 Hamari Dharohar ..................................................................................................................................... 24
40 Seekho aur Kamao (Learn and Earn) ......................................................................................................... 25
41 Jiyo Parsi .................................................................................................................................................. 25
42 Nai Roshni – For Leadership Development of Minority Women ................................................................ 25
43 Dr.Ambedkar Scheme for Social Integration through Inter-caste Marriages .............................................. 26
44 Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) ................................................................................................ 26
45 Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK) ................................................................................................. 27
46 Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana ....................................................................................................... 27
47 Self-Employment Scheme for Rehabilitation of Manual Scavangers .......................................................... 28
48 Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) ............................................... 29
49 UJJAWALA Scheme ................................................................................................................................... 29
50 Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme............................................................................. 30
50.1 Anganwadi Services Scheme ................................................................................................................. 30
50.2 Integrated Child Protection Scheme ..................................................................................................... 30
50.3 National Creche Scheme....................................................................................................................... 31
50.4 Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana ................................................................................................ 31
50.5 Poshan Abhiyaan .................................................................................................................................. 31

Budget Estimates 2019-20 (In Crores) for the above-mentioned schemes:
Scheme Budget Estimates 2019-20 (In Crores)

Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS)
Core of the Core Schemes
National Social Assistance Program 9200.00
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural 60000.00
Employment Guarantee Program
Umbrella Scheme for Development of 5445
Schedule Castes
Umbrella Programme for Development of 3810
Scheduled Tribes
Minorities
Other Vulnerable Groups
Core Schemes
Green Revolution 12561
White Revolution 2240
Blue Revolution 560
Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojna (PMKSY) 9682
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) 19000
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna (PMAY) 25853
National Rural Drinking Water Mission 10001
Swachh Bharat Mission 12644
National Health Mission 33651
National Education Mission 38547
National Programme of Mid-Day Meal in 11000
Schools
Umbrella ICDS 27584
Mission for Protection and Empowerment 1330
for Women
National Livelihood Mission - Ajeevika 9774
Jobs and Skill Development 7260
Environment, Forestry and Wildlife 886
Urban Rejuvenation Mission: AMRUT and 13750
Smart Cities Mission
Modernization of Police Forces 3462
Infrastructure Facilities for Judiciary 720
Border Area Development Programme 825
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission 800
Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) 822
Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna (RSBY) 6556

Note: In this document, we shall be covering the Government schemes which are related to the
sectors forming a part of the ESI Syllabus. We shall also cover those schemes which might be not
directly linked to the syllabus but stand a chance to appear in the examination.
The schemes pertaining to the Agriculture and Rural Sectors have been covered in a separate
document. Some of the schemes maybe common, like they may be coming under a ministry
concerned with the topic mentioned in the ESI syllabus and also catering to the Rural sector. So,
they have been included in both the documents to avoid confusion.
We shall be covering the schemes grouped into 5 parts:
Part 1- Schemes related to Employment Generation (including social security schemes), Skill
Development, Financial Inclusion and Information Technology (IT)
Part 2- Schemes related to Health and Education
Part 3- Women, Child Development and Social Justice (SC, ST, Senior Citizens, Divyang and Minority)
Part 4- Drinking Water & Sanitation, Urbanization and Poverty Alleviation
Part 5- Schemes launched by different state/UTs in 2018 and 2019

1 Atal Jai Anusandhan Biotech Mission – Undertaking Nationally Relevant Technology
Innovation (UNATI)
Launch Year: 2019
• Department of Biotechnology has launched the programme, which is expected to transform
Health, Agriculture and Energy sectors during the next 5 years.
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Science & Technology
Component:
• GARBH-ini - A Mission to promote Maternal and Child Health and develop prediction tools for
pre-term berth.
• IndCEPI - A Mission to develop affordable vaccines for endemic diseases, Development of
Biofortified and Protein Rich wheat - contributing to POSHAN Abhiyan.
• Mission on Anti-Microbial Resistance for Affordable Diagnostics and Therapeutics.
• Clean Energy Mission - Innovative Technology interventions for Swachh Bharat.
2 Minimum Support Price for Minor Forest Produce

Launch Year: 2019
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Key Features:
• Under the scheme, remunerative MSP will be increased from 30% to 40% for 50 commercially
viable items to the tribals.
• Further, approximately 6000 Van Dan Vikas Kendras are proposed to be set up.
• Each Kendra will comprise 300 tribal gatherers.
• These Kendras are intended to provide employment to almost 45 lakh tribals.
3 TRIFOOD
Launch Year: 2019
• It is a joint initiative of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, the Ministry of Tribal Affairs
and the Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED).
Key Features:
• Under this scheme a tertiary value addition center will be set up in Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh and
Raigad in Maharashtra at a cost of approximately Rs.11 crores.
• A highlight of this is the production of “Heritage Mahua” drink.
• The traditional Mahua tribal drink will be mainstreamed and marketed all over the Country
under this project.
4 “Friends of Tribes” Initiative

Launch Year: 2019
Purpose: TRIFED has tied up CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) funds to promote tribal
livelihoods.

5 Web Wonder Women Campaign
Launch Year: 2019
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Women and Child Development
Aim: It aims to discover and celebrate the exceptional achievements of women, who have been
driving positive agenda of social change via social media.
Key Features:
• It is an online campaign.
• This Campaign will recognize and acknowledge the efforts of meritorious women.
6 Fit India Movement

Launch Year: 2019
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs
Launched By: It was launched by PM Modi at Indira Gandhi Stadium in New Delhi on 29 th August,
2019 (National Sports Day)
Aim: It aimed at encouraging people to include physical activity and sports in their everyday lives.
Committee:
• A committee headed by Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju and comprising government officials,
members of Indian Olympic Association (IOA), national sports federation, private bodies and
fitness promoters, has been formed to make the movement forward.
• The 28-member committee features secretaries of Sports, Secondary Education, Ayush, Youth
Affairs among others.
7 Seva Bhoj Scheme

Launch Year: 2018
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Culture
Aim: To provide financial assistance on purchase of specific food items by Charitable Religious
Institutions (CRIs) for free distribution among people.
Eligibility:
• The Charitable religious institutions which have been in existence for at least 5 years before
applying for financial assistance/grant.
• Charitable religious institution who serve free food to at least 5000 people in a month.
• Institutions need to be covered under Section 10 of the Income Tax Act or are registered as a
society under the Societies Registration Act or as a Public Trust under any law for the time being
in force of statuary religious bodies constituted under any Act or institutions registered
under Section 12AA of Income Tax Act.
Key Feature:
• The scheme envisages to reimburse the Central Government share of Central Goods and
Services Tax (CGST) and Integrated Goods and Service Tax (IGST) so as to lessen the financial
burden of such Charitable Religious Institutions who provide Food/Prasad/Langar (Community
Kitchen)/Bhandara free of cost without any discrimination to Public/Devotees.

8 Van Dhan Yojana
Launch Year: 2018
Launched By: Ministry of Tribal Affairs and TRIFED
Aim: It seeks to improve tribal incomes through value addition of tribal products.
Process/Implementation:
• The scheme will be implemented through Ministry of Tribal Affairs as Nodal Department at the
Central Level and TRIFED as Nodal Agency at the National Level.
• At State level, the State Nodal Agency for Minor Forest Produce (MFPs) and the District
collectors are envisaged to play a pivot role in scheme implementation at grassroot level.
• Locally the Van Dhan Vikas Kendras are proposed to be managed by a Managing Committee (an
SHG) consisting of representatives of Van Dhan SHGs in the cluster.
• Composition: As per the plan, TRIFED will facilitate establishment of MFP-led multi-purpose Van
Dhan Vikas Kendras, a cluster of 10 SHGs comprising of 30 tribal MFP gatherers each, in the
tribal areas.
9 e-Samvaad Portal
Launch Year: 2018
Aim: To provide a platform for NGOs and civil society to interact with the Ministry on relevant
subjects
Key Features:
• Through e-Samvad portal, NGOs and civil society can provide their feedback, suggestions, put up
grievances, share best practices etc.
• Empowerment and welfare of women and children is top priority of the government, e-Samvad
portal is an initiatives in this direction.
10 NARI Portal
Launch Year: 2018
Key Features:
• The portal will provide women citizens with easy access to information on government
schemes and initiatives for women.
• The portal contains information about schemes being run by both Central as well as the States
Governments.
11 National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction (2018-23)

Launch Year: 2018
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
Aim: Reduction of adverse consequences of drug abuse through a multi-pronged strategy involving
education, de-addiction and rehabilitation of affected individuals and their families.

Objectives:
• Create awareness and educate people about the ill-effects of drugs abuse on the individual,
family, workplace and the society at large.
• Develop human resources and build capacity for working towards these objectives
• Facilitate research, training, documentation, innovation and collection of relevant information
• Provide for a whole range of community-based services for the identification, motivation,
counselling, de-addiction of addicts
• Formulate and implement comprehensive guidelines, schemes, and programmes using a
multiagency approach for drug demand reduction
• Alleviate the consequences of drug dependence amongst individuals, family and society at
large.
12 Stree Swabhiman
Launch Year: 2018
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)
Aim:
• It aims to create sustainable model for providing adolescent girls and women an access to
affordable sanitary products by leveraging Common Service Centres (CSCs).
• To ensure and maintain perfect health for women and maintain health hygiene.
• To improve awareness on menstrual health and hygiene of women, thus help to protect dignity
and rights of women.
Key Features:
• CSCs will provide access to affordable, reliable and eco-friendly sanitary napkins to adolescent
girls and women in rural areas.
• Semi-automatic and manual sanitary napkin manufacturing units will be set up at CSC for
producing affordable and eco-friendly sanitary napkins.
• These micro manufacturing units will be operated by women entrepreneurs and generate
employment for 8-10 women.
13 Sexual Harassment Electronic Box (She-Box)

Launch Year: 2017
Aim: To ensure the effective implementation of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace
(Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.
Key Features:
• It is an effort of Government of India to provide a single window access to every woman,
irrespective of her work status, whether working in organised or unorganised, private or public
sector, to facilitate the registration of complaint related to sexual harassment.
• Any woman facing sexual harassment at workplace can register their complaint through this
portal.
• Once a complaint is submitted to the ‘SHe-Box’, it will be directly sent to the concerned
authority having jurisdiction to take action into the matter.
14 Mahila Shakti Kendra Scheme
Launch Year: 2017
• It was announced in the Budget speech 2017-18 and approved for implementation during 2017-
18 upto 2019-20.
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Women and Child Development.
Aim:
• To provide an interface for rural women to approach the government for availing their
entitlements and for empowering them through awareness generation, training and capacity
building.
• To empower rural women through community participation and to create an environment in
which they realize their full potential.
What is it?
• Mahila Shakti Kendras are being set up at the village level to provide one stop convergent
support services for empowering rural women with opportunities for skill development,
employment, digital literacy, health and nutrition.
Funding:
• MSK will be implemented with a cost sharing pattern between the Central Government and the
States as 60:40, except in respect of North Eastern and Special Category States where the cost
sharing ratio shall be 90:10.
• In the UTs the scheme will be implemented with 100% central funds.
• All payments made under the scheme must be through PFMS under DBT mode.
Process and Mechanism:

• National level: Domain based experts will provide support in implementation of all women
centric schemes/programmes of the Government.
• State level: At the state level, the State Resource Centre for Women (SRCW) will provide
technical assistance towards implementing programmes, laws and schemes meant for women
through effective coordination at the State/UT level.
• District level: District Level Centre for Women (DLCW) have been envisaged which will collate
information on government programmes, schemes and services meant for women
empowerment to cover all districts in a phased manner and will serve as a link between
village/block and state level.
• Block Level: Activities under MSK will be implemented at the Gram Panchayat level and will be
facilitated through Block/Taluk level centres, which will serve as the focal points and will be
called Mahila Shakti Kendras.
15 Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana

Launch Year: 2017
Implementing Agency: Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation (ALIMCO)
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Aim: It aims at providing Senior Citizens, belonging to BPL category and suffering from any of the
age related disability/infirmity viz. Low vision, Hearing impairment, Loss of teeth and Locomotor
disability, with such assisted-living devices which can restore near normalcy in their bodily
functions, overcoming the disability/infirmity manifested.
Target Beneficiary: Senior citizens of BPL category
Salient Features:
• It is a scheme for providing Physical Aids and Assisted-living Devices for Senior citizens
belonging to BPL category.
• Free of cost distribution of the devices, commensurate with the extent of disability/infirmity
that is manifested among the eligible senior citizens.
• In case of multiple disabilities/infirmities manifested in the same person, the assistive devices
will be given in respect of each disability/impairment.
• The devices will help the Senior Citizens to overcome their age related physical impairment
and to lead a dignified and productive life with minimal dependence on care givers or other
members of the family.
• ALIMCO will undertake one year free maintenance of the aids & assisted living devices.
• Beneficiaries in each district will be identified by the State Governments/UT Administrations
through a Committee chaired by the Deputy Commissioner/District Collector.
• The State Government/UT Administration/District Level Committee can also utilize the data of
BPL beneficiaries receiving Old Age Pension under the NSAP or any other Scheme of the
State/UT for identification of senior citizens belonging to BPL category.
• As far as possible, 30% of the beneficiaries in each district shall be women.
• The devices will be distributed in Camp mode.
16 Jan Sampark Programme

Launch Year: 2017
Key Features:
• It is a monthly programme launched by the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) to
enable the public to have interaction with its officials and staff for seeking information related
to Adoption as well as flagging their concerns.
• It will serve as platform for counselling and motivating Prospective Adoptive Parents (PAPs) to
go for adopting older children.
17 Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana (PMVVY)

Launch Year: 2017
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Aim: To provide social security during old age and to protect elderly persons aged 60 and above
against a future fall in their interest income due to uncertain market conditions.
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What is it?
The scheme enables old age income security for senior citizens through provision of assured
pension/return linked to the subscription amount based on government guarantee to Life
Insurance Corporation of India (LIC).
Key benefits of the scheme:

• The scheme provides an assured return of 8% per annum for 10 years.
• The differential return, i.e. the difference between return generated by LIC and the assured
return of 8% per annum would be borne by Government of India as subsidy on an annual basis.
• Pension is payable at the end of each period during the policy tenure of 10 years as per the
frequency of monthly/quarterly/ half-yearly/yearly as chosen by the subscriber at the time of
purchase.
• Minimum purchase price under the scheme is Rs.1,50,000/- for a minimum pension of Rs.
1,000/- per month.
• The scheme is exempted from Goods and Services Tax (GST).
In the Union Budget 2018-19, the following changes were made to the scheme:
• It has been proposed to extend the Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana up to March, 2020.
• The current investment limit is also proposed to be increased to Rs. 15 lakh from the existing
limit of Rs. 7.5 lakh per senior citizen.
18 Janaushadhi Suvidha Scheme

Launch Year: 2017
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Aim: It aims to provide women with oxo-biodegradable sanitary napkins at a meagre cost of Rs
2.5/pad across 3,600 Janaushadhi Kendras in the country.
Key Features:
• The scheme was launched under the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojna (PMBJP).
• It was launched under government’s vision of providing Affordable and Quality Healthcare for
All.
• It will ensure ‘Swachhta, Swasthya and Suvidha’ for underprivileged women.
• It will ensure affordability, hygiene as well as ease of use and disposal of sanitary napkins.
19 Inclusive India Initiatives

Launch Year: 2017
Launched By: National Trust
Aim: It aims to cater to the persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Key Features:
• The objective is to include people in the mainstream and in all important aspects of social life,
namely education, employment and community ‘Inclusive India’ in about changing the attitudes.
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• The initiative attempts to bring about change in attitudes, and attempt to facilitate the
realization of equal opportunities, protection of rights and full participation of people with
disabilities.
• The three core focus areas of the initiative are:
1. Inclusive Education
2. Inclusive Employment
3. Inclusive Community Life.
20 Mahila e-Haat
Launch Year: 2016
Aim: It is aimed at providing a marketing platform by leveraging technology for showcasing products
made/manufactured/sold by women entrepreneurs/ SHGs/ NGOs as also showcasing services
reflecting their creative potential.
Key Features:
• It is an initiative for meeting aspirations and needs of women.
• It is an online marketing platform for women, where participants can display their products.
• It is an initiative for women across the country as a part of ‘Digital India’ and ‘Stand Up India’
initiatives.
• The platform has been set up by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of
India under Rashtriya Mahila Kosh (RMK).
• It facilitates direct contact between the vendors and buyers.
• Women need to be majorly involved in the value chain and have to be 18 years of age to display
their products/ services.
• Being web based, it has unlimited reach and it is also very simple to join Mahila e-haat i.e.
through the portal itself as the entire business of e-haat can be handled through a mobile.
Rashtriya Mahila Kosh

Launch Year: 1993
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Women & Child Development
Objectives:
• Socio-economic empowerment through multi-pronged effort
• Providing micro-credit facilities.
• Capacity building of IMOs and women beneficiaries
• To promote and support experiments in the voluntary and formal sector using innovative
methodologies to reach poor women with credit and other social services.
• To promote and support the expansion of entrepreneurship skills among women.
• To sensitize existing government delivery mechanisms and increase the visibility of poor women
as a vital and viable clientele with the conventional institutions.
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21 Mahila Police Volunteer Scheme
Launch Year: 2016
• It is a joint initiative of Ministry of Women and Child Development and Ministry of Home Affairs
Vision: Mahila Police Volunteers (MPVs) are envisaged as empowered, responsible, socially aware
women for fostering leadership in local settings to facilitate police outreach on gender concerns.
They will be an interface between society and the police.
Objective:
• An MPV will serve as a public-police interface in order to fight crime against women.
• The broad mandate of MPVs is to report incidences of violence against women such as
domestic violence, child marriage, dowry harassment and violence faced by women in public
spaces.
• She will act as a role model for the community.
Eligibility Criteria:
• MPV should be a female.
• She should not be less than 21 years of age.
• The incumbent must possess at least 12th pass certificate.
• She should be from the same geographical area and conversant with the local dialects.
• She must not have been convicted or imprisoned for the violation of any criminal law.
• No criminal proceedings must have been instituted against her.
• She should not be a member of any political party.

• An MPV could be any woman who is socially and voluntarily committed towards
empowerment of women and girls, willing to raise her voice against gender-based violence
and support the police in creating a gender just society free from violence.
• The MPVs will be chosen by the Home Department of the concerned State/UT through the
Superintendent of Police of the district. The MPV will directly report to the Circle Inspector in
the Police Thana.
22 Sugamya Pustakalaya
Launch Year: 2016
Developed By: It has been developed by Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities
in collaboration with member organizations of Daisy Forum of India (DFI) and powered by TCS
Access.
Key Features:
• It is an online platform that makes accessible content available to print-disabled people.
• The library houses publications across diverse subjects and languages and multiple accessible
formats.
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• Books are available in Accessible formats for people with visual impairment and other print
disabilities.
23 ‘Pharma Sahi Daam’ Mobile App

Launch Year: 2016
Developed By: National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA)
Key Features:
• The app shows the MRP fixed by NPPA for various scheduled drugs on real time basis.
• Instead of just authorities being tasked with monitoring medicine prices, the mobile phone app
empowers customers to keep a check on prices.
24 Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao (BBBP)

Launch Year: 2015
• It is a joint initiative of the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Ministry of Health and
Family Welfare and Ministry of Human Resource Development.
Aim: Celebrate the girl child and enable her education
Objectives:
• To prevent gender biased sex selective elimination.
• To ensure survival and protection of the girl child.
• To ensure education and participation of the girl child.
Target Beneficiary:
• Primary: Young and newly married couples; Pregnant and Lactating mothers; parents.
• Secondary: Youth, adolescents (girls and boys), in-laws, medical doctors/ practitioners, private
hospitals, nursing homes and diagnostic centres.
• Tertiary: Officials, PRIs; frontline workers, women SHGs/Collectives, religious leaders, voluntary
organizations, media, medical associations, industry associations, general public as a whole.
Funding: It is being implemented on an all India basis with 100% assistance from Central
Government.
Components:
• Advocacy and Media Campaign on Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao
• Multi-Sectoral intervention in selected Gender Critical Districts worse on Child Sex Ratio (CSR)
Monitorable Targets:
• Improve the Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB) in selected gender critical districts by 2 points in a year.
• Reduce Gender differentials in Under Five Child Mortality Rate from 7 points in 2014 to 1.5
points per year.
• At least 1.5 % increase per year of Institutional Deliveries.
• Increase enrolment of girls in secondary education to 82% by 2018-19.
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• Provide functional toilet for girls in every school in selected districts.
• Improve the nutrition status of girls - by reducing number of underweight and anemic girls
under 5 years of age.
• Ensure universalization of ICDS.
• Promote a protective environment for Girl Children through implementation of Protection of
Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act 2012.
• Train Elected Representatives/ Grassroot functionaries as Community Champions to mobilize
communities to improve CSR and promote Girl’s education.
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Launch Year: 2015
Aim: To ensure a bright future for the girl children by facilitating their education and marriage
expenses
What is it? It is a small savings scheme which is a part of BBBP that has the potential to have a
phenomenal impact on the lives and self-esteem of young girls in the country.
Key Features:
• Minimum and maximum amount that can be deposited in a year is Rs.250 (initially it was
Rs.1000) and Rs. 1.5 lakhs respectively.
• The account will be valid for 21 years from the date of opening, after which it will mature, and
the money will be paid to the girl child in whose name the account had been opened.
• The account will also automatically close if the girl child gets married before the completion of
the tenure of 21 years.
• Deposits can be made up to 14 years from the date of opening of the account.
• Premature withdrawal can only be made by the girl child in whose name the account has been
opened after she attains the age of 18 years. This withdrawal will also be limited to 50 per cent
of the balance standing at the end of the preceding financial year and will only be allowed for
the purpose of higher education or if the girl intends to get married.
• A parent or guardian can open only one account per girl child.
• The deposits made to the account, and also the proceeds and maturity amount would be fully
exempted from tax under section 80C of the Income Tax Act.
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Launch Year: 2015
Aim:
• To rehabilitate women victims of difficult circumstances so that they can lead their life with
dignity.
• The Scheme envisages providing shelter, food, clothing and health as well as economic and
social security for these women.
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Objectives:
• To cater to the primary need of shelter, food, clothing, medical treatment and care of the
women in distress and who are without any social and economic support.
• To enable them to regain their emotional strength that gets hampered due to their encounter
with unfortunate circumstances.
• To provide them with legal aid and guidance to enable them to take steps for their
readjustment in family/society.
• To rehabilitate them economically and emotionally.
• To act as a support system that understands and meets various requirements of women in
distress.
• To enable them to start their life afresh with dignity and conviction.
Target Beneficiaries: The benefits of the scheme can be availed by women above 18 years of age of
the following categories:
• Women who are deserted and are without any social and economic support.
• Women survivors of natural disasters who have been rendered homeless and are without any
social and economic support.
• Women prisoners released from jail and are without family, social and economic support.
• Women victims of domestic violence, family tension or discord, who are made to leave their
homes without any means of subsistence.
• Trafficked women/girls rescued or runaway from brothels or other places where they face
exploitation and Women affected by HIV/AIDS who do not have any social or economic support.
27 Khoya Paya Portal

Launch Year: 2015
Developed By: It has been developed by the Ministry of Women and Child Development and the
Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY)
Key Features:
• The Khoya Paya portal is a citizen-based website to exchange information on missing and found
children.
• The portal establishes citizen to citizen contact and allows everybody to take part in search for
missing children.
• The ‘Found’ children can also be reported on this web portal.
• The reporting can be done through text, photographs, videos and other means of transmitting
and uploading information to the Khoya-Paya site.
28 One Stop Centre Scheme

• This scheme is also known as Sakhi.
• It is a sub-scheme of umbrella scheme for National Mission for Empowerment of Women.
Launch Year: 2015
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Objectives:
• To provide integrated support and assistance to women affected by violence, both in private
and public spaces under one roof.
• To facilitate immediate, emergency and non-emergency access to a range of services including
medical, legal, psychological and counselling support under one roof to fight against any forms
of violence against women.
Target Beneficiaries:
• The OSC will support all women including girls below 18 years of age affected by violence,
irrespective of caste, class, religion, region, sexual orientation or marital status.
• For girls below 18 years of age, institutions and authorities established under Juvenile Justice
(Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 and the Protection of Children from Sexual
Offences Act, 2012 will be linked with the OSC.
Funding: The scheme will be funded through Nirbhaya Fund. The Central Government will provide
100% financial assistance to the State Government /UT Administrations under the Scheme.
Implementation:
The Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) will provide support to the State
Governments/UT Administrations for the establishment of OSC.
Services: One stop centres will be integrated with women helplines to provide following services:
• Emergency response and rescue services
• Medical assistance
• Assistance to women in lodging the FIR
• Psycho- social support and counselling
• Legal aid and counselling
• Shelter
• Video conferencing facility
Nirbhaya Fund
• The Nirbhaya Fund Framework provides for a non-lapsable corpus fund for safety and security of
women.
• It is administered by the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) of the Ministry of Finance (MoF)
of the Government of India.
• It is a dedicated fund which can be utilized for projects specifically designed to improve the
safety and security of women.
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Universalization of Women Helpline Scheme
• Women Helpline (WHL) will be integrated with One Stop Centre Scheme (OSC) under which one
OSC shall be established in every State/UT to provide integrated support and assistance to
women affected by violence, both in private and public spaces under one roof.
• Women affected by violence and in need of redressal services will be referred to OSC through
WHL.
Aim:
• To provide toll-free 24-hours telecom service to women affected by violence seeking support
and information.
• To facilitate crisis and non-crisis intervention through referral to the appropriate agencies.
• To provide information about the appropriate support services, government schemes and
programmes available to the woman affected by violence.
Target Beneficiary: Any woman or girl facing violence within public or private sphere of life or
seeking information about women related programmes or schemes.
29 Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan (Accessible India Campaign)

Launch Year: 2015
Aim: It aims to serve Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) in country and create an accessible physical
environment that benefits everyone, not just PwDs.
Objectives:
• Enhancing the proportion of accessible government buildings
• Enhancing proportion of accessible airports
• Enhancing the proportion of accessible railway stations
• Enhancing the proportion of accessible Public Transport
• Enhancing proportion of accessible and usable public documents and websites that meet
internationally recognized accessibility standards
• Enhancing the pool of sign language interpreters
• Enhancing the proportion of daily captioning and sign-language interpretation of public
television news programmes
Components:
• Built Environment Accessibility
• Transportation System Accessibility
• Information and Communication Eco-System Accessibility
Other Initiatives under the scheme:

• Organizations, both public and private are encouraged to use their CSR funds for building
accessible infrastructure.
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• Inclusiveness and Accessibility Index: It would help the industries and corporates to participate
in the Accessible India Campaign (AIC) by voluntarily evaluating their readiness for making the
workplace accessible for Persons with Disabilities.
• Sugamya Pustakalaya is an online library for Persons with print disabilities as part of the
Accessible India (Sugamya Bharat) Campaign.
• Divyang Sarathi Mobile App: For easy information dissemination to Divyangjans (Persons with
disabilities) pertaining to the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities
(DEPwD), including its various acts, rules, regulations and guidelines, etc.
30 Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana

Launch Year: 2015
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Mines
Aim: It aims to provide for the welfare of areas and people affected by mining related operations,
using the funds generated by District Mineral Foundations (DMFs)
Objectives:
• To implement various developmental and welfare projects/programs in mining affected areas,
and these projects/ programs will be complementing the existing ongoing schemes/projects of
State and Central Government;
• To minimize/mitigate the adverse impacts, during and after mining, on the environment, health
and socio-economics of people in mining districts; and
• To ensure long-term sustainable livelihoods for the affected people in mining areas.
31 Pharma Jan Samadhan

Launch Year: 2015
Aim: To address the grievances of consumers with respect to the prices of drugs and their
availability.
Key Features:
• It is a part of Government of India's Digital India initiative, which aims at empowering the citizen
through a transparent, accountable and responsive governance system.
• It provides the consumer with an effective and time bound online grievance redressal system to
effectively deal with complaints related to pricing, shortage and non-availability of medicines.
32 Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS)

Launch Year: 2015
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Aim: To identify and support potential medal prospects for upcoming Olympic Games
Key Features:
• The scheme has been implemented within overall ambit of National Sports Development Fund
(NSDF) for providing financial assistance to elite athletes included in TOPS for their customized
training in world class training institutes/academies within the country and abroad.
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• Under it, Sports Authority of India (SAI) and federations, which are members of Mission Olympic
Cell (MOC), will be nodal agencies for disbursal for fund. They will make payments directly to
beneficiary person and institution concerned on behalf of athletes.
National Sports Development Fund (NSDF)

• The National Sports Development Fund (NSDF) was established in November, 1998 under
Charitable Endowments Act, 1890 with the aim of promotion of sports and game in the Country.
Important Points:
• The Fund is managed by a Council constituted by the Central Government.
• Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports is the Chairperson of the council.
• The Members of the Council include senior officers in the Department of Sports/Sports Authority
of India
• The representatives of the Apex industry organizations namely, FICCI, CII and ASSOCHAM have
been included in the Council as members.
• The representatives of Sports Promotion Boards of reputed organizations are also members of
the Council.
• Joint Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports is the ex-
officio Member Secretary of the Council.
33 Digital Gender Atlas for Advancing Girl’s Education in India

Launch Year: 2015
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Human Resource and Development
Developed By: Department of School Education and Literacy with support from UNICEF
Aim: To help identify and ensure equitable education with a focus on vulnerable girls, including girls
with disabilities
Objectives
• To identify low performing geographic pockets for girls, particularly from marginalized groups
such as Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Muslim minorities, on specific gender related
education indicators.
• To ensure equitable education with a focus on vulnerable girls, including girls with disabilities,
the Gender Atlas has been developed as a hands on management tool to enable critical
decisions and action in pockets where performances are below par.
Key Features:
• The architecture of the Atlas enables dynamic navigation between geographical representation
and numeric data that presents State, District and Block level status on key parameters for girls'
education at primary, upper primary and secondary levels.
• The Atlas provides a comparative composite index based on quartile ranking of gender related
indicators at National, State, District and Block levels.
• The Atlas enables a trend analysis and tracking of performance of individual gender related
parameters across periods of time.
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• The Atlas is constructed on an open source platform with an in-built scope of updating data by
authorized persons to retain its dynamic character.
34 Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Boys (SAKSHAM)

Launch Year: 2014
Aim: All-round development of Adolescent Boys (11-18 years) to make them self-reliant, gender
sensitive and aware citizens.
Key Features:
• Address the health needs- physical, mental and emotional- of boys and promote awareness of
hygiene, nutrition and sexual and reproductive health.
• Provide vocational skills to those aged above 16 years through the National Skill Development
Program (NSDP).
• The structures under the Integrated Child Development Services Scheme (ICDS) will be utilised
as a platform. This will be supported by a dedicated Saksham unit/cell created at the Centre
and in the State, district and block levels.
35 Swachhta Udyami Yojana - Swachhta Se Sampannta Ki Aur

Launch Year: 2014
Implementing Agency: National Safai Karamcharis Finance and Development Corporation (NSKFDC)
What is it?
The “Swachhta Udyami Yojana” is for extending financial assistance for Construction, Operation &
Maintenance of Pay and Use Community Toilets in Public Private Partnership (PPP) Mode and
Procurement & Operation of Sanitation related Vehicles.
Objective: This Scheme has twin objective of cleanliness and providing livelihood to Safai
Karamcharis and liberate Manual Scavengers to achieve the overall goal of “Swachh Bharat
Abhiyan”.
• Individual beneficiaries/ self-help groups, through State Channelizing Agencies (SCAs), in
collaboration with reputed organizations.
• Target group of Manual scavengers / Safai Karamcharis.

• Concessional loan for viable community toilet projects and sanitation related vehicles to
collect the garbage, to consolidate the ongoing efforts for realising the objectives of the ‘Swachh
Bharat Abhiyan’
• Entrepreneurs among safai karmacharis and identified manual scavengers can avail loan upto
defined ceiling at concessional rate of interest @ 4% per annum. In case of women
beneficiaries, there is a rebate of 1% in the rate of interest charged.
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36 Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana (VKY)
Launch Year: 2014
Aim: It aims at creating enabling environment for need based and outcome oriented holistic
development of the tribal people.
Component
• Qualitative & Sustainable Employment.
• Quality Education & Higher Education.
• Accelerated Economic Development of tribal areas.
• Health for all.
• Housing for all.
• Safe Drinking Water for all at doorsteps.
• Irrigation facilities suited to the terrain.
• All Weather Roads with connectivity to the nearby town/cities.
• Universal Availability of Electricity.
• Urban Development.
• Robust institutional mechanism (ITDAs/ITDPs)
• Promotion and conservation of Tribal Cultural Heritage
• Promotion of Sports in Tribal Areas.
37 Rashtriya Kishore Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK)

Launch Year: 2014
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Aim: To reach out to 253 million adolescents - male and female, rural and urban, married and
unmarried, in and out-of-school adolescents with special focus on marginalized and undeserved
groups.
Vision:
• It envisions that all adolescents in India are able to realize their full potential by making
informed and responsible decisions related to their health and well-being, and by accessing the
services and support they need to do so.
• The implementation of this vision requires support from the government and other institutions,
including the health, education and labour sectors as well as adolescents’ own families and
communities.
Objectives:
1. Improve nutrition
• Reduce the prevalence of malnutrition among adolescent girls and boys
• Reduce the prevalence of iron-deficiency anaemia (IDA) among adolescent girls and
boys
2. Improve sexual and reproductive health

• Improve knowledge, attitudes and behaviour
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• Reduce teenage pregnancies
• Improve birth preparedness, complication readiness and provide early parenting
support for adolescent parents
3. Enhance mental health

• Address mental health concerns of adolescents
4. Prevent injuries and violence

• Promote favourable attitudes for preventing injuries and violence (including GBV)
among adolescents
5. Prevent substance misuse

• Increase adolescents’ awareness of the adverse effects and consequences of
substance misuse
6. Address Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs)

• Promote behaviour change in adolescents to prevent NCDs such as hypertension,
stroke, cardio-vascular diseases and diabetes
38 Know India Programme (KIP) – for Young Persons of Indian Origin

Launch Year: 2014
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of External Affairs
Aim: To engage with Indian origin youth (between 18 to 30 years) to enhance their awareness about
India, its cultural heritage, art and to familiarize them with various aspects of contemporary India.
Eligibility:
• Minimum qualification required for participating in KIP is graduation from a recognized
University /Institute or enrolled for graduation and ability to speak in English.
• The applicant should not have visited India through any previous Programme of Government of
India. Those who have not visited India before will be given preference.
Key Features:
• It is a 3-week orientation programme.
• It offers a platform for the young Persons of Indian Origins (PIOs) to visit India share their views,
expectations and experiences and forge closer bonds with the India of present times.
39 Hamari Dharohar
Launch Year: 2014
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Minority Affairs
Objectives:
• To curate rich heritage of minorities under overall concept of Indian Culture.
• Curating exhibitions.
• Preservation of literature/ documents etc.
• Support and promotion of calligraphy etc.
• Research and Development.
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Implementation: Ministry of Minority Affairs will implement this scheme in consultation with
Ministry of Culture.
40 Seekho aur Kamao (Learn and Earn)

Launch Year: 2013
Aim: To upgrade the skills of the minority youth in various modern or traditional skills depending on
the qualification of the candidate, present economic trends and market potential, which can help
them earn a decent and respectable livelihood.
Objectives: The main objectives of the scheme are:

• Conserve and update traditional skills of minorities and establish their linkages with the market.
• Reduce the unemployment rate of minorities during 12th Plan period (2012-17).
• Improve employability of existing workers, school dropouts etc. and ensure their placement.
• Generate means of better livelihood for marginalized minorities and bring them in the
mainstream.
• Facilitate minorities to avail opportunities in the growing market.
• Develop potential human resource for the nation.
41 Jiyo Parsi
Launch Year: 2013
Aim: It aims to contain the declining trend of population of the Parsi community and reverses it to
bring their population above the threshold level.
Component: The scheme has three components:

1. Advocacy Component that includes workshops, advertisement campaigns to create
awareness, etc.
2. Health of the Community Component which covers Childcare and Creche support,
assistance to elderly, etc.
3. Medical Component includes financial assistance for the detection and treatment of
infertility, fertility treatment, etc.
Key Features:
• The scheme offers cash assistance to encourage Parsi couples to have children.
• The scheme is applicable to all couples, irrespective of their financial status.
42 Nai Roshni – For Leadership Development of Minority Women

Launch Year: 2013
Aim: It aims to empower and instill confidence in women by providing knowledge, tools and
techniques for interacting with Government systems, banks and intermediaries at all levels.
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Key Features:
• The scheme is implemented through Non -Governmental Organizations (NGOs) all over the
country.
• The scheme provides one week training programmes followed by handholding for a period of
one year.
• The scheme also permits a mix of women from non-minority communities not exceeding 25% of
a project proposal to further strengthen the solidarity and unity in the society.
• The training is provided on various training modules covering issues relating to women.
43 Dr.Ambedkar Scheme for Social Integration through Inter-caste Marriages

Launch Year: 2013
Objective: To appreciate the socially bold step, of an inter-caste marriage, taken by the newly
married couple and to extend financial incentive to the couple to enable them to settle down in the
initial phase of their married life.
Eligibility Criteria:
• An Inter-caste marriage means a marriage in which one of the spouses belongs to Scheduled
Caste and the other belongs to a Non-Scheduled Caste.
• The marriage should be valid as per the law and duly registered under the Hindu Marriage Act,
1955.
• No incentive is available on second or subsequent marriage.
• Proposal would be treated as valid if submitted within one year of marriage.
Benefit: Each couple gets Rs 2.5 lakh, of which Rs 1.5 lakh is paid upfront. The balance amount is
kept as a fixed deposit and released to the couple after three years.

• Under the scheme, 500 couples can apply annually.
• It shall be the discretion of the Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment & Chairman of Dr.
Ambedkar Foundation to sanction the incentive to the Couple.
• Submission of false/ fabricated information to the competent authority would be punishable as
per law in force.
44 Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK)

Launch Year: 2013
Aim: It aimed at early identification and intervention for children from birth to 18 years to cover
4 ‘D’s viz. Defects at birth, Deficiencies, Diseases, Development delays including disability.

• 0 - 6 years age group will be specifically managed at District Early Intervention Center ( DEIC )
level while for 6 -18 years age group, management of conditions will be done through
existing public health facilities.
• DEIC will act as referral linkages for both the age groups.
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45 Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK)
Launch Year: 2011
Aim:
• It aims to ensure better facilities for women and child health services.
• To provide completely free and cashless services to pregnant women including normal deliveries
and caesarean operations and sick newborn (up to 30 days after birth) in government health
institutions in both rural and urban areas.
Key Features:
• The initiative entitles all pregnant women delivering in public health institutions to absolutely
free and no expense delivery, including caesarean section.
• The entitlements include free drugs and consumables, free diet up to 3 days during normal
delivery and up to 7 days for C-section, free diagnostics, and free blood wherever required.
• This initiative also provides for free transport from home to institution, between facilities in case
of a referral and drop back home. Similar entitlements have been put in place for all sick
newborns accessing public health institutions for treatment till 30 days after birth. This has now
been expanded to cover sick infants.
• The scheme aims to eliminate out of pocket expenses incurred by the pregnant women and sick
new borne while accessing services at Government health facilities.
• The scheme is estimated to benefit more than 12 million pregnant women who access
Government health facilities for their delivery. Moreover it will motivate those who still choose
to deliver at their homes to opt for institutional deliveries.
46 Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana

Launch Year: 2010
What are Adarsh Grams?

• An ‘Adarsh Gram’ is one wherein people have access to various basic services so that the
minimum needs of all the sections of the society are fully met and disparities are reduced to a
minimum.
• These villages would have all such infrastructure and its residents will have access to all such
basic services that are necessary for a dignified living, creating thereby an environment in
which everyone is enabled to utilize her/his potential to the fullest.
Objectives:
• The objective of this Scheme is to ensure integrated development of the selected villages with
more than 50% SC population so that, inter alia, there is:
• Adequate Infrastructure: All requisite infrastructure necessary for the socio-economic
development needs are to be provided under the Scheme.
• Improvement in Socio-Economic Indicators: The identified socio-economic indicators, known as
Monitorable Indicators, are to be improved so that the disparity between SC and non-SC
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population is eliminated and the level of indicators is raised to at least that of the National
average.
While the proposed scheme will generally cover all sections of society living in the selected villages
with more than 50% SC population, special focus will be on development of weaker sections like:
• Scheduled Castes
• Scheduled Tribes
• Women and children
• Persons with disability
• The destitute
Process and Mechanism/Components:

• Convergence of Schemes: The twin objectives of providing adequate infrastructure and
improving socio-economic indicators will be sought to be achieved by convergence of Schemes.
• ‘Gap-filling’: The specifically identified developmental requirements of the selected villages
which cannot be met under any of the existing schemes of the Central and State Governments
would be undertaken from ‘Gap-filling’ fund under this Scheme.
47 Self-Employment Scheme for Rehabilitation of Manual Scavangers

Launch Year: It was launched in 2007 and was revised in 2013 under the “Prohibition of
Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013”

Objective: The objective of the scheme is to assist the manual scavengers, identified during various
surveys, for their rehabilitation in alternative occupations.
Target Beneficiaries: Manual Scavengers, as defined under the “Prohibition of Employment as

Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013” and their dependents, irrespective of their
income, are eligible for assistance under the Scheme.
Definition of Manual Scavengers and their dependents:

• “Manual Scavenger” means a person engaged or employed by an individual or a local authority
or a public or private agency, for manually cleaning, carrying, disposing of, or otherwise
handling in any manner, human excreta in an insanitary latrine or in an open drain or pit into
which human excreta from insanitary latrines is disposed of, or on a railway track, before the
excreta fully decomposes.
• The dependent of manual scavengers is one who is a member of their family or is dependent
on them.
Benefits:
• Onetime cash assistance of Rs.40,000.
• Loans upto Rs. 15.00 lakh at concessional rate of interest.
• Credit linked back end capital subsidy upto Rs. 3,25,000.
• Skill Development Training upto two years with stipend of Rs.3,000 per month.
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48 Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS)
Launch Year: 2007
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Developed By: National Informatics Centre (NIC) in association with Directorate of Public
Grievances (DPG) and Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG)
Aim: To enable the citizen virtually to reach the concerned office to lodge a complaint.
49 UJJAWALA Scheme
Launch Year: 2007
What is it? It is a comprehensive scheme for prevention of trafficking and rescue, rehabilitation and
re-integration of victims of trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation.
Objectives:
• To prevent trafficking of women and children for commercial sexual exploitation through social
mobilization and involvement of local communities, awareness generation programmes etc.
• To facilitate rescue of victims from the place of their exploitation and place them in safe
custody.
• To provide rehabilitation services both immediate and long-term to the victims.
• To facilitate reintegration of the victims into the family and society at large.
• To facilitate repatriation of cross-border victims to their country of origin.
• Women and children who are vulnerable to trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation.
• Women and children who are victims of trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation.
Components of the Scheme:

• Prevention
• Rescue
• Rehabilitation
• Re-integration
• Repatriation
Implementing Agencies:
• The implementing agencies can be the Social Welfare/Women and Child Welfare Department
of State Government, Women’s Development Corporations, Women’s Development Centres,
Urban Local Bodies, reputed Public/Private Trust or Voluntary Organizations.
• The organization must have adequate experience in the field of trafficking, social defense,
dealing with women and children in need of care and protection, children in conflict with law,
etc.
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50 Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme
Launch Year: 1975
Objectives:
• To improve the nutritional and health status of children in the age-group 0-6 years
• To lay the foundation for proper psychological, physical and social development of the child
• To reduce the incidence of mortality, morbidity, malnutrition and school dropout
• To achieve effective co-ordination of policy and implementation amongst the various
departments to promote child development
• To enhance the capability of the mother to look after the normal health and nutritional needs
of the child through proper nutrition and health education
Target Beneficiaries: The beneficiaries under the Scheme are children in the age group of 0-6 years,
pregnant women and lactating mothers.
Services under ICDS:
The ICDS Scheme offers a package of six services:

• Supplementary Nutrition
• Pre-school non-formal education
• Nutrition & health education
• Immunization
• Health check-up
• Referral services
Sub-schemes under ICDS:

• Anganwadi Services Scheme
• Integrated Child Protection Scheme
• National Creche Scheme
• Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana
• Poshan Abhiyaan
50.1 Anganwadi Services Scheme

Note: Covered in the Government Schemes Part 2 document.
50.2 Integrated Child Protection Scheme

Launch Year: 2009
Aim: It is a centrally sponsored scheme aimed at building a protective environment for children in
difficult circumstances, as well as other vulnerable children, through Government-Civil Society
Partnership.
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Objectives:
• Institutionalize essential services and strengthen structures, enhance capacities at all levels,
create database and knowledge base for child protection services.
• Strengthen child protection at family and community level.
• Ensure appropriate inter-sectoral response at all levels.
• Set up a child protection data management system to formulate and implement effective
intervention strategies and monitor their outcomes.
50.3 National Creche Scheme

Launch Year: 2017
Aim: It aims at providing a safe place for mothers to leave their children while they are at work, and
thus, is a measure for empowering women as it enables them to take up employment.
Objectives:
• To provide day-care facilities for children (6 months to 6 years) of working mothers in the
community.
• To improve nutrition and health status of children.
• To promote physical, cognitive, social and emotional development (holistic development) of
children.
• To educate and empower parents /caregivers for better childcare.
Target Beneficiary: The scheme focuses on children of 6 months to 6 years, of working women in
rural and urban areas who are employed for a minimum period of 15 days in a month, or six months
in a year.
50.4 Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana

50.5 Poshan Abhiyaan

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We shall be covering the schemes grouped into 5 parts:

Part 2- Schemes related to Health and Education

Part 4- Drinking Water & Sanitation, Urbanization and Poverty Alleviation

Part 5- Schemes launched by different state/UTs in 2018 and 2019

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2 Minimum Support Price for Minor Forest Produce

4 “Friends of Tribes” Initiative

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6 Fit India Movement

7 Seva Bhoj Scheme

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11 National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction (2018-23)

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13 Sexual Harassment Electronic Box (She-Box)

Process and Mechanism:

15 Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana

Target Beneficiary: Senior citizens of BPL category

16 Jan Sampark Programme

17 Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana (PMVVY)

Key benefits of the scheme:

18 Janaushadhi Suvidha Scheme

19 Inclusive India Initiatives

Rashtriya Mahila Kosh

Process and Mechanism:

23 ‘Pharma Sahi Daam’ Mobile App

24 Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao (BBBP)

25 Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana

26 Swadhar Greh Scheme

27 Khoya Paya Portal

28 One Stop Centre Scheme

29 Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan (Accessible India Campaign)

Other Initiatives under the scheme:

30 Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana

31 Pharma Jan Samadhan

32 Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS)

National Sports Development Fund (NSDF)

33 Digital Gender Atlas for Advancing Girl’s Education in India

34 Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Boys (SAKSHAM)

35 Swachhta Udyami Yojana - Swachhta Se Sampannta Ki Aur

Process and Mechanism:

37 Rashtriya Kishore Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK)

2. Improve sexual and reproductive health

3. Enhance mental health

4. Prevent injuries and violence

5. Prevent substance misuse

6. Address Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs)

38 Know India Programme (KIP) – for Young Persons of Indian Origin

40 Seekho aur Kamao (Learn and Earn)

Objectives: The main objectives of the scheme are:

Component: The scheme has three components:

42 Nai Roshni – For Leadership Development of Minority Women

43 Dr.Ambedkar Scheme for Social Integration through Inter-caste Marriages

Process and Mechanism:

44 Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK)

Process and Mechanism:

46 Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana