Contents

Integrated Watershed Management Programme .................................................................................. 1

National Rural Drinking Water Programme ............................................................................................ 2
MNREGA.................................................................................................................................................. 2
National Rural Livelihood Mission .......................................................................................................... 2
Green India Mission ................................................................................................................................ 2

Flagship Programmes
Bharat Nirman: The objective of the Bharat Nirman Programme is to give top priority to rural
infrastructure by setting time-bound goals under various schemes to develop rural housing, rural
roads, irrigation, rural drinking water and rural electrification. The Programme imposes a
responsibility on sub-national governments to create these facilities in a transparent and
accountable manner.
National Rural Health Mission: The main aim of NRHM is to provide accessible, affordable,
accountable, effective, and reliable primary health care, especially to poor and vulnerable sections of
the population. The programme sets standards for rural health care and provides financial resources
from the Union Government to meet these standards.
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme: The Act was notified on 7
September 2005 and is aimed at providing livelihood security through employment for the rural
poor.
Sarva Siksha Abhigyan: This programme was started with the objective of providing elementary
education for all children in the age group of 614 years by 2010.
Mid-day meal Scheme: The MDM Scheme launched in 1995 aims to give a boost to
universalization of primary education by increasing enrolment, retention, and attendance and
simultaneously impacting upon nutritional status of students in primary classes.

Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP)

ool to address problems of the rain-fed or degraded areas in the country.

Integrated Watershed Management Programme

National Rural Drinking Water Programme
MNREGA
National Rural Livelihood Mission
Green India Mission
ICDS Systems Strengthening and Nutrition Improvement Project
(ISSNIP)

National Cyber Security Policy

manpower training
indigenous capabilities
broad coverage by including home as well as small users, medium and large enterprises and
government and non-government entities.
intelligence as its integral component and help in anticipating attacks and adopt, countermeasures.

Menstrual Hygiene Scheme

aim to improve menstrual health among adolescent girls
increase access to and use of high quality sanitary napkins to adolescent girls in rural areas in an
environmentally friendly manner.
Below Poverty Line (BPL) girls to get a pack of six sanitary napkins at a nominal cost of Re. 1 per pack.
Above Poverty Line (APL) category will be charged Rs. 5 per pack of Sanitary napkins (or the final
determined cost in the state).
At the community level, ASHA will be responsible for ensuring an adequate supply of Sanitary
napkins for adolescent girls who require them. ASHA will get Rs 1 as incentive for every pack she
sells.

Dinesh Thakur to get Rs 244 crore for exposing dubious manufacturing practices of
Ranbaxy
former director of research information at Ranbaxy, who is a whistleblower on the deficient
manufacturing practices of Ranbaxy
Ranbaxy
violated good management practices,
produced falsifying drug data and
manufactured and distributed certain adulterated drugs manufactured at Indian production sites
pleaded guilty on account of three violations to USs Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDCA

penalty
$500-million
under the False Claims Act - Lincoln Law imposes liability on persons and companies
(typically federal contractors) who defraud governmental programs
includes a qui tam provision that allows people who are not affiliated with the government to
file actions on behalf of the government (informally called whistleblowing)
stand to receive a portion (usually about 1525 %) of any recovered damages