S.

N
Rural Development Programme
o

Year

Objective/Description

Community Development Programme

(CDP)

1952

Over-all development of rural areas with people's participation.

Rural Electrification Corporation

1969

Electrification in rural areas

Accelerated Rural Water Supply

Programme(ARWSP)

1972-73

For providing drinking water in villages

Crash Scheme for Rural Employment

1972-73

For rural employment

National Institution for Rural

Development

1977

Training, investigation and advisory organization for rural development

National Rural Employment Programme

1980
(NREP)

Development of Women and Children in

1982
Rural Areas (DWCRA)

Rural Landless Employment Guarantee

1983
Programme (RLEGP)

For providing employment to landless farmers and laborers

National Fund for Rural Development

(NFRD)

1984

To grant 100% tax rebate to donors and also to provide financial assistance for rural development projects.

10

Council for Advancement of People's

Actions and Rural Technology
(CAPART)

1986

To provide assistance for rural prosperity.

11

Service Area Account (SAA)

1988

A new credit policy for rural areas

12

Jawahar Rozgar Yojana

1989

For providing employment to rural unemployed.

13

Agriculture and Rural Debt Relief

Scheme (ARDRS)

1990

To exempt bank loans upto Rs. 10,000 of rural artisans and weavers.

14

Supply of Improved Toolkits to Rural

Artisans

1992

To supply modern toolkits to the rural craftsmen except the weavers , tailors , embroiders and tobacco
laborers who are living below the poverty line.

15

District Rural Development Agency

(DRDA)

1993

To provide financial assistance for rural development.

16

Mahila Samridhi Yojana

1993

To encourage the rural women to deposit in Post Office Saving Account.

17

Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana 1999

For eliminating rural poverty and unemployment and promoting self-employment.

18

Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana

2000

To fulfil basic requirements in rural areas.

19

Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

(PMGSY)

2000

To line all vilages with pakka road

To provide profitable employment opportunities to the rural poor

To provide suitable opportunities of self-employment to the women belonging to the rural families who are
living below the poverty line.

20

Bharat Nirman Program

2005

Development of Rural Infrastructure including six components : irrigation, Water supply, Housing, Road,
Telephone and Electricity.

21

National Rural Employment Guarantee

Scheme (NREGA)

2006

To provide atleast 100 days wage employment in rural areas.

22

Indira Awaas Yojana

1999

To help construction of new dwelling units as well as conversion of unserviceable kutcha houses into
pucca/semi-pucca by members of SC/STs, freed bonded labourers and also non-SC/ST rural poor below the
poverty line by extending them grant-in-aid.

23

National Livelihood Mission

2009-10

To reduce poverty among rural BPL by promoting diversified and gainful self-employment and wage
employment opportunities which would lead to an appreciable increase in income on sustainable basis.

24

Pradhanmantri Adarsh Gram Yojana

(PMAGY)

2010

Integrated development of scheduled castes dominated villages in the country.

25

Sampoorna Gramin Rozgar Yojana

2001

To provide additional wage employment in the rural areas as also food security, along with the creation of
durable community, social and economic infrastructure in rural areas.

26

Twenty Point Program

1975

Poverty eradication and and raising the standard of living.

27

Draught Prone Areas Programme

(DPAP)

1973-74

To minimise the adverse effects of drought on production of crops and livestock and productivity of land,
water and human resources ultimately leading to drought proofing of the affected areas.

28

Annapurna Scheme

2000

To ensure food security for all create a hunger free India in the next five years and to reform and improve
the Public Distribution System so as to serve the poorest of the poor in rural and urban areas.

S.N Agricultural Development

o. Programme

Year of
Objective/Description
Beginning

Intensive Agriculture Development

Program (IADP)

1960

To provide loan , seeds , fertilizer tools to the farmers.

Intensive Agriculture Area Program

(IAAP)

1964

To develop the special harvest.

High Yielding Variety Program (HYVP) 1966

To increase productivity of foodgrains by adopting latest varieties of inputs for crops.

Green Revolution

1966

To increase the foodrains , specially food production.

Nationalization of 4 banks

1969

To provide loans for agriculture , rural development and other priority sector.

Marginal Farmer and Agriculture Labor

1973
Agency (MFALA)

For technical and financial assistance to marginal and small farmer and agricultural labor.

Small Farmer Development Agency

(SFDA)

1974

For technical and financial assistance to small farmers.

Farmer Agriculture Service Centres

(FASC)

1983

To popularize the use of improved agricultural instruments and tool kits.

Comprehensive Crop Insurance Scheme 1985

For insurance of agricultural crops.

10

Agricultural and Rural Debt Relief

To exempt bank loans upto Rs. 10,000 of rural artisans and weaver.

1990

Scheme (ARDRS)
11

Intensive Cotton Development

Programme (ICDP)

2000

To enhance the production, per unit area through (a) technology transfer, (b) supply of quality seeds, (c)
elevating IPM activities/ and (d) providing adequate and timely supply of inputs to the farmers .

12

Minikit Programme for Rice, Wheat &

Coarse Cereals

1974

To increase the productivity by popularising the use of newly released hybrid/high yielding varieties and
spread the area coverage under location specific high yielding varieties/hybrids.

13

Accelerated Maize Development

Programme (AMDP)

1995

To increase maize production and productivity in the country from 10 million tonnes to 11.44 million
tonnes and from 1.5 tonnes/hectare to 1.80 tonnes/hectare respectively upto the terminal year of 9th Plan
i.e. 2001-2002 (revised).

14

National Pulses Development Project

(NPDP)

1986

To increase the production of pulses in the country to achieve self sufficiency.

15

Oil Palm Development Programme

(OPDP)

1992

To promote oil palm cultivation in the country.

16

National Oilseeds and Vegetable Oils

development Board (NOVOD)

1984

The main functions of the NOVOD Board are very comprehensive and cover the entire gamut of activities
associated with the oil seeds and vegetable oil industry including production, marketing, trade, storage,
processing, research and development, financing and advisory role to the formulation of integrated policy
and programme of development of oil seeds and vegetable oil.

1981

To increase production and productivity of coconut

To bring additional area under coconut in potential non-traditional areas
To develop new technologies for product diversification and by-product utilisation
To strengthen mechanism for transfer of technologies
To elevate the income level of small and marginal farmers engaged in coconut cultivation.
To build up sound information basis for coconut industry and market information
To generate ample employment opportunities in the rural sector.

17

Coconut Development Board

18

Watershed Development Council (WDC) 1983

S.N
o.

Anti Poverty Programmes

Year of
Beginning

Objective/Description

Antodaya Yojana

Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana

1999
(SGSY)

Assistance is given to the poor families living below the poverty line in rural areas for taking up self
employment.

Sampoorna Gramin Rozgar Yojana

(SGRY)

2001

Providing gainful employment for the rural poor.

Employment Assurance Scheme

1993

To provide gainful employment during the lean agricultural season in manual work to all able bodied adults
in rural areas who are in need and desirous of work, but can not find it..

Pradhanmantri Gramodaya Yojana

(PMGY)

2000

Focus on village level development in 5 critical areas, i.e. primary health, primary education, housing, rural
roads and drinking water and nutrition with the overall objective of improving the quality of life of people
in rural areas.

1977

Central Sector Scheme(HQ Scheme)

National Rural Employment Guarantee 2006

Scheme (NREGS)

To make the poorest families of the village economically independent (only in Rajasthan)

To provide legal guarantee for 100 days of wage employment to every household in the rural areas of the
country each year, To combine the twin goals of providing employment and

asset creation in rural areas

9

Swarnajayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana

(SJRY)

1997

It seeks to provide employment to the urban unemployed lying below poverty line and educate upto IX
standard through encouraging the setting up of self employment ventures or provision of wage
employment.

10

Antidaya Anna Yojana

2000

It aims at providing food securities to poor families.

11

National Housing Bank Voluntary

Deposit Scheme

1991

To utilize black money for constructing low cost housing for the poor.

12

Integrated Rural Development

Programme (IRDP)

1980

All Round development of the rural poor through a program of asset endowment for self employment.

13

Development of Women and Chidren in

Rural Areas (DWCRA)

1982

To provide suitable opportunities of self employment to the women belonging to the rural families who are
living below the poverty line.

14

National Social Assistance Programme

1995

To assist people living below the poverty line.

15

Jan Shree Bima Yojana

2000

Providing insurance security to people below poverty line.

16

Jai Prakash Narayan Rojgar Guarantee Proposed in

Employment Guarantee in most poor districts.
Yojana
2002-03 budget

17

Shiksha Sahyog Yojana

S.N
o.

Child Welfare Programmes

2001

Year of
Beginning

Education of Children below poverty line.

Objectives/Description

Integrated Child Development Services

(ICDS)

1975

It is aimed at enhancing the health, nutrition and learning opportunities of infants, young children (O-6
years) and their mothers.

Creche Scheme for the children of

working mothers

2006

Overall development of children, childhood protection, complete immunisation, awareness generation

among parents on malnutrition, health and education.

Reproductive and Child Health

Programme

1951

To provide quality Integrated and sustainable Primary Health Care services to the women in the
reproductive age group and young children and special focus on family planning and Immunisation.

Pulse Polio Immunization Programme

1995

To eradicate poliomyelitis (polio) in India by vaccinating all children under the age of five years against
polio virus.

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

2001

All children in school, Education Guarantee Centre, Alternate School, ' Back-to-School' camp by 2003; all
children complete five years of primary schooling by 2007 ; all children complete eight years of elementary
schooling by 2010 ; focus on elementary education of satisfactory quality with emphasis on education for
life ; bridge all gender and social category gaps at primary stage by 2007 and at elementary education level
by 2010 ; universal retention by 2010

Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya

2004

To ensure access and quality education to the girls of disadvantaged groups of society by setting up
residential schools with boarding facilities at elementary level.

Mid-day meal Scheme

1995

Improving the nutritional status of children in classes I VIII in Government, Local Body and Government
aided schools, and EGS and AIE centres.Encouraging poor children, belonging to disadvantaged sections,
to attend school more regularly and help them concentrate on classroom activities.
Providing nutritional support to children of primary stage in drought-affected areas during summer

vacation.
8

Integrated programme for Street

Children

1993

The National Rural Health Mission

2005

S.N
o.

Employment Generation
Programme

Provisions for shelter, nutrition, health care, sanitation and hygiene, safe drinking water, education and
recreational facilities and protection against abuse and exploitation to destitute and neglected street
children.
Reduction in child and maternal mortality, universal access to public services for food and nutrition ,
sanitation and hygiene and universal access to public health care services with emphasis on services
addressing women's and children's health universal immunization, etc.

Year of
Beginning

Objective/Description

Employment Guarantee Scheme of

Maharashtra

Crash Scheme for Rural Employmement

1972
(CSRE)

For rural employment

Training Rural Youth for SelfEmployment (TRYSEM)

1979

Program for Trainingrural youth for self employment.

Integrated Rural Development

Programme (IRDP)

1980

All-round development of the rural poor through a program of asset endowment for self employment.

National Rural Employment Program

(NREP)

1980

To provide profitable employment opportunities to the rural poor.

Rural Landless Employment Guarantee

1983
Program (RLEGP)

For providing employment to landless farmers and laborers.

Self-employment to the Educated

Unemployed Youth (SEEUY)

To provide financial and technical assistance for self-employment.

Self-Employment programme for Urban

1986
Poor (SEPUP)

To provide self employment to urban poor through provision of subsidy and bank credit.

Jawahar Rozgar Yojana

1989

For providing employment to rural unemployed.

10

Nehru Rozgar Yojana

1989

For providing employment to urban unemployed.

11

Scheme of Urban Wage Employment

(SUWE)

1990

To provide wages employment after arranging the basic facilities for poor people in the urban areas where
population is less than one lakh.

12

Employment Assurance Scheme (EAS)

1993

To provide employment of at least 100 days in a year in village.

13

Swarnajayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana

(SJSRY)

1997

To provide gainful employment to urban unemployed and under employed poor through self employment
or wage employment.

14

Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana

1999
(SYGSY)

15

Jai Prakash Narayan Rojgar Guarantee Proposed in

Employment guarantee in most poor distt.
Yojana (JPNRGY)
2002-03 budget

1972

1983

To assist the economically weaker sections of the rural society.

For eliminating rural poverty and unemployment and promoting self employment.

16

National Rural Employment Guarantee

2006
Scheme

To provide atleast 100 days wage employment in rural areas.

17

Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana

2001

To provide wage employment and food security in rural areas and also to create durable economic ans
social assets.

18

Food for Work Programme

2001

To give food thrugh wage employment in the drought affected areas in eight states. Wages are paid by the
state governments partly in cash and partly in foodgrains.

19

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural

Employment Guarantee Act
(MGNREGA)

2005

To create a right based framework for wage employment programmes and makes the government legally
bound to provide employment to those who seek it.

20

Prime Ministers Employment

Generation Programme (PMEGP)

2008

To generate employment opportunities in rural as well as urban areas through setting up of new selfemployment ventures/projects/micro

S.N
o.

Women Empowerment
Programmes

Location

Year Of Estb.

Support to Training and employment

Programme for Women (STEP)

2003-04

To increase the self-reliance and autonomy of women by enhancing their productivity and enabling them to
take up income generaion activities.

Rashtriya Mahila Kosh (RMK)

1993

To promote or undertake activities for the promotion of or to provide credit as an instrument of socioeconomic change and development through the provision of a package of financial and social development
services for the development of women.

1993

To facilitate credit support or micro-finance to poor

women to start income generating activities such
as dairy, agriculture, shop-keeping, vending,
handicrafts etc.

Rashtriya Mahila Kosh

Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment

2010
of Adolescent Girls (RGSEAG) Sabla

It aims at empowering Adolescent girls of 11 to 18 years by improving their nutritional and health status, up
gradation of home skills, life skills and vocational skills.

Central Social Welfare Board (CSWB)

To promote social welfare activities and implementing welfare programmes for women and children
through voluntary organizations.

Rashtriya Mahila Kosh - (National Credit 1993

Fund for Women)

1953

It extends micro-finance services through a client friendly and hassle-free loaning mechanism for livelihood
activities, housing, micro-enterprises, family needs, etc to bring about the socio-economic upliftment of
poor women.

Indira
Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana (IGMS
Y)

----

To improve the health and

nutrition status of pregnant, lactating women and infants

SwayamSiddha

2001

At organizing women into Self-Help Groups to form a strong institutional base.

Short Stay Home for Women and Girls

(SSH)

1969

To provide
temporary shelter to women and girls who are in social and moral danger due to family problems,
mental strain, violence at home, social ostracism, exploitation and other causes.

10

Swadhar

1995

To support women to become independent in spirit, in thought, in action and have full control over their
lives rather than be the victim of others actions.

11

Support to Training and Employment

Programme for Women (STEP)

12

Development of Women and Children in

1982
Rural Areas (DWCRA)

To improve the socio-economic status of the poor women in

the rural areas through creation of groups of women for income-generating activities on a self-sustaining
basis. The

13

Tamil Nadu Corporation for

Development of Women

Aims at the socio-economic empowerment of women

S.N
o.

Child Labor Programme

1986

1983

Year of
Beginning

Objective/Description

Child Labor Eradication Programme

National Authority for the Elimination of

1994
Child Labour (NAECL)

Laying down the policies and programs for the elimination of child labour, especially in the hazardous
industries, etc.

National Child Labour Project Scheme

(NCLP)

1998

Establishment of special schools for child labour who are withdrawn from work.

Education Department and District

Primary Education Program (DPEP)

1994

To revitalise the primary education system and to achieve the objective of universalisation of primary
education for young children.

International Programme for

Elimination of Child Labor (IPEC)

1991

To contribute to the effective abolition of child labor in India

National Commission for the Protection

of Child Rights (NCPCR)

2007

To protect, promote and defend child rights in the country.

1987

General development programmes benefiting

children wherever possible. Project-based
approach in the areas of high concentration
of child labourers.

S.N
o.

National Policy on Child Labour

National Health Programmes

1994

To mobilise women in small viable groups and make facililies available through training and access to
credit, to plovide training for skill upgradation, etc.

Year of
Beginning
1975

To shift child labor from hazardous industried to schools.

Objective/Description
Primary prevention of cancers by health education regarding
hazards of tobacco consumption and necessity of genital hygiene for prevention of cervical cancer, etc.

National Cancer Control Programme

National Program of Health Care for the

2010
Elderly (NPHCE)

To provide preventive, curative and rehabilitative services to the elderly persons at various level of health
care delivery system of the country, etc.

National Program for Prevention and

Control of Deafness (NPPCD)

----

To prevent the avoidable hearing loss on account of disease or injury, etc.

District Mental Health Program

(NMHP)

1982

To ensure availability and accessibility of minimum mental health care for all in the foreseeable future,
particularly to the most vulnerable and underprivileged sections of population.

National Cancer Registry Programme

1982

To provide true information on cancer prevalence and incidence.

National Tobacco Control Program

2007

Preventing the initiation of smoking among young people, educating, motivating and assisting smokers to
quit smoking, etc.

started in 1955,
launched in
To arrest the disease activity in all the known cases of leprosy.
1983

National Leprosy Eradication Program

Universal Immunization Program (UIP) 1985

To achieve self-sufficiency in vaccine production and the manufacture of cold-chain equipment for storage
purpose, etc.

National Vector Borne Disease Control

Program

For the prevention and control of vector borne diseases

----

Year of
Popular and important schemes Beginning

Objective/Description
Objective- provide life and accident insurance to people without land living in rural aeas money paid to
insurance beneficiary

Aam Aadmi Bima Yojna

02-10-2007

In case of natural death - Rs 30,000

In case death due to accident or permanent disability - Rs 75,000
In case of permanent disability due to any accident - Rs 37,500

Both State government and National government contributes Rs 200 each towards
insurance one family member of age 18-59

Started - 2010 Goal - To encourage workers working in unorganized sector to save for their retirement
(Will be closed Working - Workers must invest contribute minimum Rs.1000 to maximum Rs.12000 per year into their
on 2017)
NPS account. Government will contribute Rs 1000 per year to NPS account per year.

Swavalamban

Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana 1 Apr 1999

Objective - SGSY provide assistance to rural people living below poverty line to take up self employment.

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

2001

Aim - Provide useful and free education to children in the age group of 6 -14 years under RTE act 2009
Funds allocated - Rs 61,734 crores allocated in 2011-12

Swabhiman

10 Feb 2011

Aim - To provide banking facilitates in rural areas with banking services. Goal of this scheme is to start
banking services in 20,000 villages without banking services with a population of 2000 by March 2012

25 Aug 2005

Objective - To provide 100 days employment guarantee per year to unskilled labourers
Working - Government provides 100 days employment guarantee per year to unskilled labourer to do
public works for which he is paid Rs 120 per day. In case Government is unable to provide employment to
labourers then it need pay labourers for 100 days at their home. Budget aloocated for MNREGA - Rs
45000 crores ( 2012-2013)

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural

Employment Guarantee Act

Midday Meal Scheme

Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

5 Dec 2000

Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana

August 2007

Objectives - Providing free lunch on working days to primary and upper primary students of government
schools in India. This scheme aims at promoting education and removal malnutrition in children.
Started on different dates in various states in India. It was first introduced in Uttar Pradesh
Objective - To provide roads in villages with population of 1000+
Objective - This scheme aims at achieving 4% annual growth in agriculture sector.
Working - Rs 5875 crores will be in agricultural sector in 11th five year plan to improve agricultural

productivity
10

11

Doodh Ganga
Ladli Scheme

Goal - Provide interest free loan and capital subsidies to diary farmers
20 Aug 2008

Aim- Objective of this scheme was to raise the status of girl child and change the social mindset of people
towards girls in Haryana. (Separate scheme for Delhi)
Working - Financial assistance of Rs 5000 per family per year is given by state government on the birth of
second girl child. This scheme is available for parents who are domiciles of Haryana.
Objective - Prociding financial assistance to rural and urban poor for construction of houses

12

Indira Awaaz Yojna

1985
Working - Financial assistance of Rs 70,000 in plain areas and Rs 75,000 in difficult areas is provided.
Objective - JSY aims at reducing maternal deaths by promoting deliveries in public and private health
institutions.Working - Mother should be at least 19 year old and belong to BPL or SC/ST category.

13

Janani Suraksha Yojana

12 Apr 2005

14

15

Aim- Objective of this scheme was to raise the status of girl child and change the social mindset of people
towards girls in Madhya Pradesh.
Working - Government purchases National saving certificate worth Rs 6000 per year for four years for
every girl child born after 01-04-2008 and whose parents are domicile of Madhya Pradesh. Additional
money paid on following events : At the time of admission in 4th standard - Rs 2000
At the time of admission in 9th standard - Rs 4000
At the time of admission 11th standard - Rs 7500
During higher secondary education - Rs 200 each month
On the completion of 21 years she could receive even Rs 1 lac

Ladli Laxmi Yojna

Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana

RS 500 in case of home delivery.

Rs 600 in case of mother from municipal/corporation area delivering baby in private or public
health care center.
700 in case of mother from rural area delivering baby in private or public health care center

25 Sep 2001

Aim - Started by cobining two ongoing schemes namely Jawahar Gram Smridhi Yojana and employment
Assurance Scheme. This scheme was started to provide supplementary employment so that labourers in
rural areas can earn extra and thus providing food security to them.
Working - Budget of Rs 10,000 crores has been alloted which is to be provided in ratio of ratio of 75:25 by
Center and State and government.

2014 schemes
1

Pradhanmantri Jan-Dhan Yojana

To provide bank accounts, insurance cover and a debit card to all the citizens of the country.

Pradhan Mantri Gram Sinchai Yojana

To boost agricultual yield, Govt launched "Pradhan Mantri Gram Sinchai Yojana".

Krishi Amdani Beema Yojana

To help the farmers dont bear any financial burden if their produce gets destroyed due to unexpected
weather or for any other reason.

Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha

Yojana (MGPSY)

This schem eis a pension and life insurance scheme and is recoghnised by th eIndian governement. This
scheme was launched in the UAE. A leading Indian financial and health care service player has tied up with

the UAE Exchange to offer MGPSY in the Gulf country.

5

Free CFL bulb Scheme (Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu governement launched free CFL bulb scheme under this scheme state government will provide
free compact fluorescent light bulbs to over 14 lakh hut dwellers in the state, an energy saving measure
aimed at saving 40 mw of power.

e-inclusion project

Centre recently launched e-inclusion project to spread e literacy. 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 and women will receive IT training.

Project Uddan

The project, an initiative of the Prime Minsiter, the National Skills Development Corporation and the
Ministry of Home Affairs and industry, was startyed with the aim of providing skills to 40,000 youth over a
period of five years.

Rani Laxmi Bai Pension Scheme

'Special pension' would be given to Muzaffarnagar riot victims by U.P. Govt. The pension, which would be
anywhere between Rs. 400 and Rs. 500, would be givne under this scheme.

Bhagat Puran Singh Sehat Beema Yojana

(BPSSBY)

Health care scheme for BPL families launched in Punjab.

10

'Roshini' Scheme

Centre launched this scheme for skill development and job placement for rural youth and women in maoist
affected 24 districts in 9 states.

11

Rajiv Gandhi Jeevandayee Arogya

Yojana:

This is a Health Insurance scheme. This was launched in Maharashtra.

12

The Vikram Unyogpuri (Delhi-Mumbai

industrial Corridor) project

This was launched in Madhya Pradesh

13

Golden Girl (Bangaru Talli) Scheme

A unique scheme, launched in Andhra Pradesh, to protect girl child and ensure her education.

14

Anna Bhagya

: A programme launched in Karnataka. The programme entitles distribution of 30 kg rice at one rupee per
Kg to over 98 lakh BPL and Antyodaya card holders in the state.

15

Annapurna

: Under this scheme. 10 kg of food grains are provided to BPL households free of cost every month

16

Amma Cement Scheme

: Tamil Nadu Government launched this scheme. Under this scheme, it will procure cement from private
manufacturers and sell them at Rs 190 per bag in the wake of possible increase in rates of the key
construction component.

17

Swavlamban Abhiyan

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched 11 welfare schems of Gujarat government under the title of
Swavlamban Abhiyan. The schemes are;

Aid to milk producing cattle and equipments to tribal women,

Distribution of milking machines and chaff cutters among cooperative rural milk producing women
groups,
Assistance to cooperative milk producing women groups to build dudh ghar,
Mukhyamantri Amrutam Maa Vatsalya Yojana,
Assistance for health care to construction labors suffering from occupational health diseases,
Interest benefit to farmers to build warehouse in farm, tablet distribution to ITI apprentice studying
computer courses,

18

19

20

21

22

BHARAT NIRMAN:

(2005 - 2009)
(2009 - 2012)
(2012- 2014)

Pandit Dindayal Upadhyaya young entrepreneurs scheme,

Benefit in interest on self employment loan to ITI passed apprentice,
Shri Nanaji Deshmukh housing scheme,
Dattopant Thengdi labor interest assistance scheme for construction laborers,
Impex-Bs formation to expand employment oriented services and middle class oriented schemes.

It is centrally sponsored scheme for the rural development of India started in September 2005.
There are 6 objectives in this scheme
Objectives:
a) To provide all weather road connectivity to the village which have more than 1000 population in plain
areas and 500 population in hilly areas.
b) To bring 10 million hectares of land under irrigation facility and to make 1.4 million hectares of
additional land for arable land (for the use of agriculture).
c) To provide clean drinking water to all villages by the end of 2012 under Rajiv Gandhi payjal yojana.
d) To electrify 1, 76,000 villages by the end of 2012 under Rajiv Gandhi Vidyutikaran yojna.
e) To construct Pakka houses for BPL house- holds under Indira Awas Yojana (Now from April 1 st 2013
cash assistance Rs. 70000 for plain areas and Rs. 75000 for hilly areas) previously it was Rs. 40000 for
plain areas and Rs. 45000 for hilly areas.
f) To provide telephone connectivity to all villages and all BPL holders by 2012.
Note: All these objectives are extended till 2014.

JNNURM: Jawaharlal Nehru National

Urban Renewal Mission

It was implemented and extended in two phases i.e., (2005 - 2012), (2012 - 2014)
Started in the year 2005 to make million plus cities squatter (Slam area) free.
There are 2 components
a) To construct pakka houses for urban poor dwelling in squatter under Rajiv Awas yojana.
b) To make transportation system faster and greener.

NRHM: National Rural Health Mission

It was started on 12th April 2005 to enhance the health facilities in rural areas.
The appointment of ASHA workers (Accredited social health activist) in Angonwadi Kendra to provide
basic information on health and hygiene conditions as well as to guide people regarding conservation of
water

MGNREGA: Mahatma Gandhi National

Rural Employment Guarantee Act

It was on started on 2nd Feb 2006 to provide minimum 150 days from 1st April 2013 (previously its is 100
days) of employment to BPL house hold.
This scheme is both for Urban and Rural areas.
The old name of this scheme is NREGA and it was changed to MGNREGA on 2 nd Oct 2009.
The wages under the scheme is fixed on the basis of CPI-AL (Consumer Price Index for Agricultural
Labourers) which is calculated by the state government on the basis of their Per capita Income.

UIDAI: Unique Identification Authority

of India.

It was started in the year 2010 to provide multipurpose national identity card (MNIC) to every citizen aged
above 5 years.
Its name has been changed to Aadhar.
Its model state was Karnataka (started)
The retinal identification is taken from the age group of 14 and above.
Scheme has 7 components like address, PAN no., Passport no., retinal identity etc, It consists of 12 digit

number.
Chairman: Nandan Nilkani
NFSM: National Food Security Mission

This scheme is to reduce the poverty in India under national social assistance programme.
Under Public Distribution System (PDS), government will provide rice @ Rs. 3/kg, wheat @ Rs. 2/kg to
the BPL households.

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IGNOAPS: Indira Gandhi National Old

age Pension Scheme

This Scheme is for the people who aged above 65 years.

The amount of Rs. 400 per month (Central govt + State govt = Rs. 200 + Rs. 200) will be provided by both
Central government and State government who aged between 65 80 years.
Rs. 500 per month (Central govt + State govt = Rs. 250 + Rs. 250) for the people who aged more than 80
years.

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IGNWPS: Indira Gandhi National

Widow Pension Scheme

The beneficiary is in between age group of 40-64 years in this scheme.

Assistance of Rs. 400 per month (Central govt + State govt = Rs. 200 + Rs. 200) will be given to particular
person.

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NFBS: National Family Benefit Scheme

Under this scheme a grant of Rs. 10000 is given in case of natural and accidental death of the
primarily breadwinner of the family (he/she) of BPL households.

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Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana

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National Pension Scheme India

April 1, 2008

1 January
2004

Started - Objective - Providing health insurance to poor people living below poverty line and holding
yellow card
Working - Anybody holding yellow card need to register for this scheme and get a smart card. Family get
insurance of Rs 30,000 per family. This is cashless facility to get treatment in public as well as private
hospitals.
Objectives - Provides social security to Government employees on retirement
Working - 10% of basic salary is deducted from basic salary and DA and contributed to pension
fund. Central government makes equal contribution to the fund.