50 + Schemes 2014-2016 (NAMO Government and other states schemes)

MODI

Make in India

It was Launched on 25th September 2014

To make India a manufacturing hub.

Make in India is an initiative of the Government of India to encourage multinational, as well as domestic, companies to manufacture their products in India.

The major objective behind the initiative is to focus on job creation and skill enhancement in twenty-five sectors of the economy

India must become a manufacturing powerhouse in order to gainfully employ its demographic dividend & Big labour pool and a large domestic market. In addition, with China’s competitive advantage in manufacturing eroding

India has the opportunity to take some share of global manufacturing away from China.

stop tax terrorism & improve infrastructure

reform labour laws & invest in skills development

make it easier to acquire land & implement Goods and Services Tax (GST)

Digital India

Launched on 1st July 2015

To transform India’s economy

Digital India has three core components.

These include:

The creation of digital infrastructure

Delivering services digitally

Digital literacy

Digital infrastructure-to support national optic fiber

INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT)-essential building of smart cities

Foreign ICT investments -- make in india policy

Main Point :

1.Broadband Highways

2.Universal Access to Mobile Connectivity

3.Public Internet Access Programme

4.E-Governance –Reforming government through Technology

5.eKranti – Electronic delivery of services

6.Information for All

7.Electronics Manufacturing –Target NET ZERO Imports

8.IT for Jobs

9.Early Harvest Programmes

Skill India

Launched on 15th July 2015)

To create jobs for youth of the Country

Skill Development in Youth

Making Skill available to All Youth of India

focus on creating jobs for youth, the government has decided to revamp the antiquated industrial training centres that will skill over 20 lakh youth annually and devise special courses based on industry needs.

will set up 1,500 new ITIs across the country and another 100-odd such centres in North East and Left Wing Extremism affected states.

Creating 500 Million jobs by 2020

World Youth Skills Day on 15th July*

Smart Cities

Launched on 29th April 2015

In first Government of india Will Develop 100 Smart cities in India

Under this Scheme Cities from all States Are Selected

A smart city should be able to respond faster to city and global challenges than one with a simple 'transactional' relationship with its citizens

Key 'smart' sectors which includes--Transport, Energy , Health care& Water and waste100 PROPOSED SMART CITIESSMART CITIES - Assistance from other countries

SINGAPORE --100 smart cities across the country, USA--AJMER, AHEMEBAD, VISHAPATNAM , JAPAN—

VARANASI, FRANCE --Pondicherry and Nagpur & gujarat ,SPAIN ---DELHI, ISREAL -- Maharastra , CHINA -PUNE , CHINA - Andhrapradesh

JAPAN --MUMBAI, AUSTRALIA-- ATAL scheme, AUSTRIA – JNNURM

GERMANY --3 more smart cities

CANADA -- Wooden multi-storey housing technology in urban cities

NOTE -- first smart city -- puducherry

Budget intiative -- 100 crores

Corpus --48000 crores & each smart city will get 100 crores for next 5 years

Unearthen Black Money

Bill Passed on 14th May 2015

Disclosing Black Money

Punishment for The Black Money holders

Namami Gange

Namami Gange Project or Namami Ganga Yojana is an ambitious Union Government Project which integrates the efforts to clean and protect the Ganga river in a comprehensive manner.

It its maiden budget, the government announced Rs. 2037 Crore towards this mission.

The project is officially known as Integrated Ganga Conservation Mission project or ‘Namami Ganga Yojana’.

This project aims at Ganga Rejuvenation by combining the existing ongoing efforts and planning under it to create a concrete action plan for future.

•Ganga action plan (GAP)sarted in -1986

•Stated by rajiv gandhi PM in 1985 with $ 226 million aid

•From 1985 -2014 -- 4500 crores by govt of india

•Ganga conservation mission --2000 cr & Budget -2014-15 -- 2037crores

Recent -- 20000 crores for "NAMAMI GANGA PROJECT "

• 5- states uttarkhand , jharkahand , uttarpradesh, westbengal , bihar•

10 -piligrim places , HARIDWAR , VARANASI, ALLAHBAD, KANPUR , VRIRDAM, GORIMUKESHU, PATNA, KOLKATTA, SAHIBANGJ, NABODWIP

18 - years project duration Which covers 23- Small cities & 29 - Big cities

26% -- Ganga covers india land mass & 37% - ganga covers india •

48-towns & 118 --ghats & 2500 km- project coverage•

Authority --NGRBA -- National Ganga River Basin Authourity & min. of water resources river devl. & Mission - - NMCG -- National Mission for Clean Ganga

•JAPAN - External aided project , Australia -- cleaning project , germany -- water management & rejvuation ,

Netherlands -- flood control assistance

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

Launched on 2nd October 2014)

To have clean India by 2nd October 2019

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is started by the government to make India a completely clean India

This mission has to be completed by 150th birth anniversary of Bapu (2nd October of 2019) in next five years

The costs of programmes are set like Rs 7,366 crore on solid waste management, Rs 1,828 crore on public awareness, Rs 655 crore on community toilets, Rs 4,165 crore on individual household toilets.

Eliminate open defecation by constructing toilets for households, communities

Eradicate manual scavenging

Introduce modern and scientific municipal solid waste management practices

Enable private sector participation in the sanitation sector

Change people’s attitudes to sanitation and create awareness

swachh bharat mission of urban areas aims to cover almost 1.04 crore households in order to provide them 2.6 lakhs of public toilets, 2.5 lakhs of community toilets together with the solid wastes management in every town.

Swadesh Darshan

Integrated Development of Theme Based Buddhist tourist circuit

develop tourist circuits potential

develop intergrated infrastrcuture theme based circuit

promote cultrual and heritage value of the country

provide complete tourism facility in common based circuit

follow commuinity based devlopment and pro-poor tourism approach

promote local arts , culture , heritage to generate livelihood in the identified region

Under Swadesh Darshan, the following five circuits have been identified for development:-

North East Circuit

Buddhist Circuit

Himalayan Circuit

Coastal Circuit

Krishna Circuit

Sukanya Samridhi Account

launched - 22 January 2015, location --Haryana, panipat ,Brand ambasdor -- Madhuri dixit

Sukanya Samriddhi Account, Govt is trying to give a social message that Girl Child is not a financial burden if parents of a Girl child secure their future through proper financial planning.

The scheme was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 22 January 2015 as a part of the Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao campaign.

Initial deposit of Rs 1000 and thereafter any amount in multiple of Rs 100 can be deposited subject to max limit of 1.5 lakh & Age of 10 years, a girl child can operate her account

The maturity of account is 21 years from the date of opening of the account or Marriage of the Girl Child

The scheme currently provides an interest rate of 9.2% and tax benefits.

The account can be opened at any India Post office or a branch of some authorised commercial banks

Bal swachta mission

Launched on 14th November 2014)

Awareness about the cleanliness of the children

Bal Swachhta Mission Was Launched on 14 November 2014 on The Birth Anniversary of Late Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru .

On this Day We celebrate – National Bal Diwas

The six main themes chosen for the Bal Swachhta Mission are,

Clean school and anganwadis

Clean surroundings like playgrounds

Clean self (personal hygiene/ child health)

Clean food

Clean drinking water

Clean toilets.

Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana

Launched on 28th August 2014

AIM: Financial inclusion

National Mission for Financial Inclusion to ensure access to financial services, namely, Banking Savings & Deposit Accounts, Remittance, Credit, Insurance, Pension in an affordable manner

Under the scheme Account holders will be provided zero-balance bank account with RuPay debit card, in addition to accidental insurance cover of Rs 1 lakh.

Those who open accounts by January 26, 2015 over and above the Rs1 lakh accident, they will be given life insurance cover of Rs 30,000.

After Six months of opening of the bank account, holders can avail Rs 5,000 loan from the bank.

With the introduction of new technology introduced by National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), a person can transfer funds, check balance through a normal phone which was earlier limited only to smart phones so far.

Mobile banking for the poor would be available through National Unified USSD Platform (NUUP) for which all banks and mobile companies have come together

Documents required for opening account

By 28 January 2015, 12.58 crore accounts were opened, with around Rs.10590 crore

Launched on –15 August 2014

location –vigyan bhavan , new delhi

Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana

Launched on 9th May 2015

Eligibility: Available to people in age group 18 to 70 years with bank account.

Premium: Rs.12 per annum.

Payment Mode: The premium will be directly auto-debited by the bank from the subscribers account. This is the only mode available.

Risk Coverage: For accidental death and full disability – Rs.2 Lakh and for partial disability – Rs.1 Lakh.

Eligibility: Any person having a bank account and Aadhaar number linked to the bank account can give a simple form to the bank every year before 1st of June in order to join the scheme. Name of nominee to be given in the form.

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Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Yojana

It was Launched on 22nd January 2015

Main aim -To generate awareness of welfare service meants for girl child and women

Multiple deprivations faced by girls and women is critical for more inclusive and sustainable growth adverse sex ratio in young children in the 0-6 years age group in Nutrition from different States & UTs and districts

•To enable inter state sharing and learning from these models through thematic presentations,dialogue, state poster sessions and cluster/interest group interactions.

•To evolve a strategy framework that synthesizes learning from these models for adaptation/replication and enables innovation and new approaches.

•To encourage mentoring support between states and continued learning, through the formation of state interest

groups, field based learning hubs and thematic e- networks.•Care and Protection of the Girl Child - Beti Bachao Beti Padhao•Brand ambassdor -- parneethi chopra & started -- haryana

Atal Pension Scheme

Atal Pension yojana was Launched on 9th May 2015 , kolkata

It was Launched for unorganised sector ‘s workers

Minimum age of joining APY is 18 years and maximum age is 40 years

Would receive the fixed monthly pension of Rs. 1000 to Rs 5000 at the age of 60 years

Pension of Rs 1000 he would contribute Rs 181 a month. On his death his wife would get Rs 1000 per month and after her death the nominees will get 1.7 lakh.

HRIDAY (National Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana) scheme

HRIDAY was Launched on 21st January 2015

Main objective – To develop heritage cities

With a duration of 27 months (completing in March 2017) and a total outlay of INR 500 Crores, the Scheme is being

implemented in 12 identified Cities .

list of HRIDAY selected places

Warangal--Telangana, Amritsar -- Punjab, Varanasi--up, puri--bhubneswar , kanchipuram --tamilnadu, gaya -bihar, mathura -up dwaraka--gujarat, badami--karnataka, amaravathi --andhraparadesh, ajmer--

rajsthan, velankanni--tamilnadu

Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana

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It was Launched on 9th May 2015 , kolkata

Life insurance scheme by Government

Eligibility: Available to people in the age group of 18 to 50/70 and having a bank account. People who join the scheme before completing 50 years can, however, continue to have the risk of life cover up to the age of 55 years subject to payment of premium.

Premium: Rs.330 per annum. It will be auto-debited in one instalment.

Payment Mode: The payment of premium will be directly auto-debited by the bank from the subscribers account.

Risk Coverage: Rs.2 Lakh in case of death for any reason.

Terms of Risk Coverage: A person has to opt for the scheme every year. He can also prefer to give a long-term option of continuing, in which case his account will be auto-debited every year by the bank.

Who will implement this Scheme?: The scheme will be offered by Life Insurance Corporation and all other life insurers who are willing to join the scheme and tie-up with banks for this purpose.

MUDRA Bank Yojana

Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency Ltd (MUDRA) Bank on 8 April, 2015 in new delhi with a corpus of Rs 20,000 crore and a credit guarantee corpus of Rs 3,000 crore.

Main objective is to provide loan to small businesses

Mudra bank Extend finance and credit support to Microfinance Institutions (MFI) and agencies that lend money to small businesses, retailers, self-help groups and individuals& SC& STs & BCs

MUDRA Bank has launched three loan instruments:

Shishu: covers loans upto Rs 50,000/-

Kishor: covers loans above Rs 50,000/- and upto Rs 5 lakh

Tarun: covers loans above Rs 5 lakh and upto Rs 10 lakh

Krishi Amdani Bima Yojana

To give an impetus to the dying agricultural practice

There is 14 crore hectares of agricultural land in India, of which only 44 per cent in under irrigation

Pradhan Mantri Gram Sinchai Yojana would be introduced so that more agricultural land is irrigated.

Talking about the plight of small and marginal farmers he said that most of them were leaving the agricultural practice because of the uncertainty over the produce and returns.

Krishi Amdani Beema Yojana so that the farmers don’t bear any financial burden if their produce gets destroyed due to unexpected weather or for any other reason.

Pradhan Mantri Gram Sinchai Yojana

To provide water to all field in the Country.

Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) has been formulated amalgamating ongoing schemes viz.

Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP) of Ministry of Water Resources,

River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation;

Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) of Department of Land Resources;

On Farm Water Management (OFWM) component of National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) of Department of Agriculture and Cooperation.

PMKSY is to be implemented in an area development approach, adopting decentralized state level planning and

projectised execution, allowing the states to draw their irrigation development plans based on district/blocks plans

with a horizon of 5 to 7 years.

States can take up projects based on the District/State Irrigation Plan.

Pradhan Mantri Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana

Launched on 11th October 2014

Each MP to develop three villages by 2019.

Objectives

Key objectives of the Yojana include:

The development of model villages, called Adarsh Grams, through the implementation of existing schemes, and certain new initiatives to be designed for the local context, which may vary from village to village.

Creating models of local development which can be replicated in other villages.

Identification of Village –

MPs Can Select and Village .

There is no Criteria to Choose any Village

Funding

No Funds has Been allotted for This Scheme

MP has to Use MPLADS Fund for Development of Village

Funds from existing schemes, such as the Indira Awas Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, Mahatma Gandhi National

Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, and Backward Regions Grant Fund, etc.,

The Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS),

The gram panchayat’s own revenue,

Central and State Finance Commission Grants, and

Corporate Social Responsibility funds.

Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana

Launched on 25th September 2014

To provide employment to youth residing in rural area.

Enable Poor and Marginalized to Access Benefits

Demand led skill training at no cost to the rural poor , Inclusive Program Design

Mandatory coverage of socially disadvantaged groups (SC/ST 50%; Minority 15%; Women 33%)

Shifting Emphasis from Training to Career Progression

Pioneers in providing incentives for job retention, career progression and foreign placements

Greater Support for Placed Candidates

Proactive Approach to Build Placement Partnerships

Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana

To provide power(electricity) to rural area of the country.

strengthening of sub-transmission and distribution network, feeder separation, Metering at all levels includingat input points, feeders and distribution transformers.

It also seeks to strengthen Micro grid and off grid distribution network of rural electrification.

The scheme has budgetary outlay of 76,000 crore rupees for implementation of the projects of which Union

Government will provide grant of 63,000 crore rupees.

It should be noted that, this scheme replaces Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY), which waslaunched by previous UPA government led by then PM Manmohan Singh.

Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana

Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana is a special social security scheme which includes Pension and Life Insurance, introduced by Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs for the overseas Indian workers in possession of Emigration Check Required (ECR) passports.

It is a voluntary scheme designed to help workers to meet their three financial needs: saving for retirement, saving for their return and resettlement, and providing free life insurance offering coverage for death from natural causes.

Obtain a Life Insurance cover against natural death during the period of coverage for five years or till the

return of subscribed worker back to India, whichever is earlier.

Government contribution of Rs.1,000 per annum in line with Swavalamban platform for all MGPSY

subscriber who save between Rs.1,000 and Rs.12,000 per year in NPS-Lite.

Indradanush Scheme

Mission Indradhanush was launched by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India on December 25, 2014.

The Mission Indradhanush, depicting seven colours of the rainbow, aims to cover all those children by 2020 who are either unvaccinated, or are partially vaccinated against seven vaccine preventable diseases which include diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, polio, tuberculosis, measles and hepatitis B.

To achieve full immunization coverage for all children in the country by 2020•The Union Health & Family Welfare Ministry will be supported by UNICEF, WHO, Rotary International and other donor partners

•The plan aims at providing immunization for seven diseases which can be prevented by vaccination:Whooping cough ,Hepatitis B, Diphtheria, Tetanus, Polio, Tuberculosis

•Around 201 districts will be covered in the first phase and 297 will be targeted in the second phase& around 82 districts are in the States of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.

Soil Health Card Scheme

Soil Health Card Scheme is a scheme launched by the Government of India in February 2015.

Under the scheme, the government plans to issue soil cards to farmers which will carry crop-wise recommendations of nutrients and fertilisers required for the individual farms to help farmers to improve productivity through judicious use of inputs.

All soil samples are to be tested in various soil testing labs across the country.

Thereafter the experts will analyse the strength and weaknesses (micro-nutrients deficiency) of the soil and suggest measures to deal with it.

The result and suggestion will be displayed in the cards.

The government plans to issue the cards to 14 crore farmers

Rani Laxmi Bai Pension scheme

For victims of Muzazafar nagar riot. This is a 'Special pension' pension program it would be given to Muzaffarnagar riot victims by U.P. Govt. there will be help of Rs. 400 and Rs. 500, would be given under this scheme.

Udaan Scheme

To provide skill to youth of India. In this project the National Skills Development Corporation and the Ministry of Home Affairs and industry

will provide skills to 40,000 youth over a period of five years.

Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission

The Mission aims at development of rural growth clusters which have latent potential for growth, in all States and UTs, which would trigger overall development in the region.

These clusters would be developed by provisioning of economic activities, developing skills & local entrepreneurship and providing infrastructure amenities.

The Rurban Mission will thus develop a cluster of Smart Villages.

Budgetary provision for the Pooled Municipal Debt Obligation Facility has been enhanced from Rs 5000 crore to Rs

50,000 crore with extension of the facility by five years to March 31, 2019

scheme covers _

urban renewal of cities and towns, four fundamental activities

safe drinking water and sewerage management

use of recycled water for growing organic fruits and vegetables

solid waste management

digital connectivity

Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Shramev Jayate Karyakram

(Launched on 16th October 2014)

That would allot Labour Identification Number (LIN) to nearly 6 lakhs units and allow them to file online

compliance for 16 out of 44 labour laws

An all-new Random Inspection Scheme: Utilizing technology to eliminate human discretion in selection of units for Inspection, and uploading of Inspection Reports within 72 hours of inspection mandatory

Universal Account Number: Enables 4.17 crore employees to have their Provident Fund account portable,hassle-free and universally accessible

Apprentice Protsahan Yojana: Will support manufacturing units mainly and other establishments by

reimbursing 50% of the stipend paid to apprentices during first two years of their training

Revamped Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana: Introducing a Smart Card for the workers in the unorganized sector seeded with details of two more social security schemes

Kisan Vikas Patra

(Relaunched in 2014) – Saving certificate Scheme

The scheme provided facility of unlimited investment by way of purchase of certificates from post offices in various denominations

denomination of Rs. 1000, 5000, 10,000 and 50,000, with no upper

lock-in period of 2 years and 6 months

Double in 100 months

Maturity period of 8 years 4 months

Interest rate--8.7%

AMRUT

Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Development (earlier name JNNURM)

AMRUT mission aimed at transforming 500 cities and towns into efficient urban living spaces, with special focus on a

healthy and green environment for children.

The National Priority is to create infrastructure to provide basic services to households, and build amenities

This will improve the quality of life of all especially the poor and the disadvantaged.

The infrastructure should lead to provision of better services to people.

The Cabinet approved Rs 50,000 crore for this mission which is to be spent over the next five years

AMRUT -- upgraded vesrsion of JNNURM -- also called as -JNNURM-2

PRASAD

Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual Augmentation-To improve the infrastructure at pilgrimage places.

Under PRASAD, initially twelve cities have been identified namely Ajmer, Amritsar, Amravati, Dwarka, Gaya, Kedarnath, Kamakhaya, Kanchipuram, Mathura, Puri, Varanasi and Velankanni.

Both of these Prasad and Swadesh Darshan Schemes Were launched together to promote tourism and Develop cultural places.Budget : 15.60Rs Crore

Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana

The Union Cabinet has approved Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana

It is a new crop insurance scheme to boost farming sector in the country.

It is farmers’ welfare scheme

The Scheme aims to reduce the premium burden on farmers and ensure early settlement of crop Insurance claim for the full insured sum.

Atal Innovation Mission and SETU In NITI AAYOG

The Union Cabinet as given its approval for establishment of Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) and Self Employment and Talent Utilisation (SETU) in NITI Aayog.

This move seeks to give substantial boost to the innovation ecosystem and to catalyse the entrepreneurial spirit in the country.

AIM and AIM Directorate will be established that will help in implementation of mission activities in a focussed manner.

Its headquarters will be in New Delhi.

NITI Aayog will hire Mission Director and other appropriate manpower. Mission High Level Committee (MHLC) will guide the Mission.

It will take all decisions related to approval of requisite guidelines and implementation of various elements of AIM and SETU.

National RU URBAN Mission

This Is The Latest Scheme Launched By PM Narendra Modi

National RU URBAN Mission Was Launched In Chhattisgarh

The mission also dubbed as Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban mission (SPMRM) aims to spur social, economic and infrastructure development in rural areas by developing a cluster of 300 Smart Villages over the next 3 years across the country.

Utkarsh Bangla Scheme – West Bengal

West Bengal government has launched the Utkarsh Bangla Scheme with an aim of providing vocational training to school dropouts.

The scheme was launched by the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata.

On this occasion, she also released a book on Utkarsh Bangla.

Key features of scheme Objective of the scheme is to give vocational training to school dropouts by providing training ranging from 400 to 1200 hours free of charge.

Jyotigram Yojana scheme

Jyotigram Yojana is an initiative of the Government of Gujarat to ensure availability of 24-hour three phase quality power supply to rural areas of the state and to supply power to farmers residing in scattered farm houses through feeders having specially designed transformers.

The scheme was dedicated to the nation by President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam in 2006.

Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) has commended the scheme saying Jyotigram scheme has radically improved the quality of village life, spurred non-farm economic enterprises, and halved the powersubsidy in agriculture.

Government of India is set to accept Gujarat's Jyotigram project as a flagship scheme for the 12th five yearplan.

Stand up India scheme

The Stand up India Scheme is being launched to promote entrepreneurship among people from schedule caste/schedule tribe and woman who will be provided loans starting from Rs 10 lakhs to Rs 100 lakhs.

Composite loan between Rs 10 lakh and upto Rs 1 crore will be provided to entrepreneurs for setting up new enterprise.

Debit Card (RuPay) for withdrawal of working capital.

Gram Uday Se Bharat Uday Abhiyan

The ‘Gram Uday Se Bharat Uday Abhiyan’ began on April 14 from Mhow in Madhya Pradesh, on the occasion of 125th birth anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.

Gram Uday Se Bharat Uday Abhiyan aims toIndian Government Schemes pdf 2015,2016 - Indian govt yojana

Improve rural livelihoods and promote rural development

Strengthen the Panchayati Raj across the country

Increase ‘social harmony’

Create Awareness – information regarding agriculture schemes will be shared

Foster farmers’ progress

Key Facts:

Bhimrao Ambedkar’s 125th Birth Anniversary on 14th April 2016

Panchayati Raj Day on 24th April 2016

Mhow, Madhya Pradesh is Dr. Ambedkar’s birthplace.

Highest proportion of Dalits among Indian States

1st – Punjab (32 per cent)

2nd – Uttar Pradesh (21 per cent)

Dalits constitute 16 per cent of India’s population.

Pradhan Mantri ujjawala yojana

Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana

Is is a Scheme for Providing Free LPG connections to Women from BPL Households.

Under the scheme, Rs 8000 crore has been earmarked for providing five crore LPG connections to BPL households.

The Scheme provides a financial support of Rs 1600 for each LPG connection to the BPL households.

The identification of eligible BPL families will be made in consultation with the State Governments and the Union Territories.

This Scheme would be implemented over three years, namely, the FY 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19.

This is the first time in the history of the country that the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas would implement a welfare scheme benefitting crores of women belonging to the poorest households.

DBT Scheme for Kerosene from April 1, 2016

The government will unveil Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme for kerosene from 1st April 2016, where the users will buy the cooking fuel at market rate but will get financial support directly in their bank accounts.

The scheme will be implemented in selected 26 districts of 8 states.

In this regard, states be given cash incentive of 75% of subsidy savings during the first two years, 50% in the third year and 25% in the fourth year.

Eight States – Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya

Pradesh,Maharashtra, Punjab and Rajasthan

Ganga Gram Yojana launched

The Union Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharti launched Ganga Gram Yojana at Village Puth in Hapur district of Uttar Pradesh (UP).

Under the scheme, 1600 villages of UP situated along the banks of river Ganga will be developed.

Highlights of the Ganga Gram Yojana

In the first phase of the programme, 200 villages have been selected initially.

n these villages, open drains falling into river Ganga will be diverted and alternative arrangements for sewage treatment will be made.

The villages will have toilets in every house hold.

It is proposed to incur the expenditure of 1 crore rupees on every village.

Mission Indradhanush added Four new vaccines

Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Jagat Prakash Nadda has announced that a set of four new vaccines will be added soon under “Mission Indradhanush”.

As a part of India’s newborn action plan,inactivated polio vaccine, adult Japanese Encephalitis vaccine, Rotavirus vaccine and Measles Rubella vaccine will be added.

Union Government announced extension of Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao scheme in 61 more

districts

Union Government has decided to extend the Scheme Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao to 61 more districts in 2016 to improve the declining girl child sex ratio.

Objectives of initiatives

Prevention of gender biased sex selective elimination.

Ensuring survival and protection of the girl child.

Ensuring education and participation of the Girl child

The Scheme was launched in 100 districts with poor sex ratio across the country in January 2015.

SEEMA DARSHAN an initiative by the Ministry of Human Resource Development

SEEMA DARSHAN an initiative to provide an opportunity for the children to experience the border environment and to encourage patriotism and nationalism among the students.

It aims to provide the students the experience of the current security environment in the border areas.

This Initiative Will Help in Developing Patriotic Feeling In Children .

“Start up India, Stand up India”

The ambitious flagship programme, “Start Up India, Stand Up India” has been launched in Thane by Deepak Ghaisas, who was the first Indian to receive the CFO Asia Award in 2001.

The programme was initiated at the campus of Vidya Prasarak Mandal, which is an eminent city-based educational institution.

Ghaisas, currently serving as the Chairman of Gencoval Strategic Services.

About “Start-up India, Stand up India”:

To create a strong ecosystem for enhancing innovation and startups in India, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) has organised Startup India, Standup India initiative along with other key Indian startup ecosystem players. Here are some key features:

Financing & Incentives – It is basically to promote bank financing for start-ups and offer incentives to boost entrepreneurship and job creation. Government will set up a fund with an initial corpus of Rs 2,500 crore and a total corpus of Rs 10,000

crore over a period of 4 years.

Simplification – A startup will be able to set up by just filling up a short form through a mobile app and online portal that will be launched in April.

Patent protection – Patent applications of the startups shall be fast tracked for examination and disposal. The government will make IPR procedure transparent for startups.

Self-certification – Start-ups can self-certify their compliance with environment and labour laws. There will be no inspection for three years.

Patent rebate – Startups will also be given 80% rebate in filing patents, however, this

is a pilot launch for one year.

Tax exemption – Starting April 1, 2016, startups will be exempted from income-tax for

three years.

Capital gain tax exemption – Exemptions shall be given in case capital gains are invested in the fund of funds recognised by the government.

Pharma Jan Samadhan Scheme

Implementation and enforcement of the provisions of the Drugs (Prices Control) Order and also Deal with all legal matters arising out of the decisions of the Authority

Provide assistance to the Central Government in the parliamentary matters relating to the drug pricing.

Monitoring the availability of drugs, identify shortages, if any, and to take remedial steps and Maintaining data on production, exports and imports, market share of individual companies, profitability of companies etc, for bulk drugs and formulations

Rendering advice to the Central Government on changes/ revisions in the drug policy

Housing for All by 2022 scheme

Slum rehabilitation of Slum Dwellers with participation of private developers using land as a resource;

Promotion of affordable housing for weaker section through credit linked subsidy;

Affordable housing in partnership with Public & Private sectors and

Subsidy for beneficiary-led individual house construction or enhancement.

TARGET -- 2 lakh houses in urban & 4 lakh houses in rural

PAHAL scheme Pratyaksh Hanstantrit Labh _ LPG debt scheme

The Direct Benefit transfer of LPG (DBTL) scheme PAHAL (Pratyaksh Hanstantrit Labh) has been re-launchedin 54 districts on 15 November 2014

In the 1st Phase and will be launched in the rest of the 622 districts of the country on 1 January 2015.

The scheme will cover over 15.3 crore consumers across 676 districts of the country. Currently over 6.5 crore consumers i.e. 43% have already joined the scheme and will receive subsidy in their bank account.

USTTAD (Upgrading the Skills and Training in Traditional Arts/Crafts for Development)

The Scheme aims at upgrading Skills and Training in preservation of traditional Ancestral Arts/Crafts of

minorities.

4 Components of the scheme:

Up-gradation of Skills and Training in Traditional Arts/Crafts through Institutions.

USTTAD Fellowship for Research and Development.

Support to Craft museum for curating traditional arts/ crafts.

Support to minority craftsmen/artisans for marketing Nationally/ Internationally through Export Promotion Councils

Launched in May 2015, in Varanasi by Ministry of Minority Affairs

Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana

Announced in Budget 2015-16

Nodal Agency: Ministry of Agriculture

The scheme is aimed at irrigating the field of every farmer and improving water use efficiency to provide `Per Drop More Crop’.

Traditional methods of farming such as Organic farming will be encouraged so as to improve soil health.

Soil Health Card Scheme has also been launched to improve soil fertility on a sustainable basis.

Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching (PMMMNMTT)

Under the scheme Government will set up 50 Centres of Excellence for Curriculum and Pedagogy with

necessary emphasis on Maths and Science.

setting up 30 Schools of Education,

50 Centres of Excellence for Curriculum and Pedagogy,

Two Inter University Centres,

National Resource Centre,

Five Centres of Academic Leadership and Educational Management,

Subject Based Networks and Workshops and Seminars

Launched in March 2015 by Ministry of Human Resource Development

E-inclusion project

In the e-inclusion project to spread e literacy the people will receive IT training.

This project is an initiative to make at least one individual in every household e-literate, under the project.

economically weaker sections of the society including rural SC, ST.

Bhagat Puran Singh Sehat Beema Yojana (BPSSBY)

This is a health care scheme for BPL families launched in Punjab

Roshini Scheme

This scheme is released by the Centre government for skill development and job placement for rural youth and women in most affected 24 districts in 9 states.

Nai Roshini

leadership development scheme for minority women by Ministry of Minority Affairs.

More Schemes

Jaya launches ‘Amma seeds’ scheme for farmers TN Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has launched the scheme ‘Amma Seeds’ available through ‘Amma Service Centres’ across the state, executing an announcement made in the Tamil Nadu Assembly in 2014 for farmers’ welfare.

Aim:

To provide quality seeds and to encourage farmers to use certified seeds.

Earlier schemes:

Amma Canteens providing subsidised food and Amma mineral water.

Nodal Body:

Tamil Nadu State Seeds Development Agency

Fund of Rs 5.37 crore towards expanding a scheme for urban citizens to grow vegetables at home to Tiruchirappalli and Madurai.

Jayalalithaa launches ‘Amma Call Centre’ for grievance redressal Tamil Nadu Chief J Jayalalithaa launched a round-the-clock call centre for ensuring fast response to grievances.

Aim:

Ensuring quick response to people’s grievances wherein they can dial toll-free number ‘1100’ at any point of time in the day.

“Nai Manzil” Scheme Launched in Jammu and Kashmir Nai Manzil Scheme is an integrated Education and Livelihood Initiative for the Minority Communities.

Key highlights

It was announced by the Union Budget 2015-16.

Girls from minority communities will be imparted three month skill development training in seven identified sectors relevant to the region under the scheme.

These include training in saffron processing, food processing, embroidery, computers IT, Tourism/hospitality, electronics and plumbing.