List of Schemes/Programmes

Education through broadband facilities:

Under this mission more than 700 courses in various
engineering and science are available online under National
Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL). E-content for 8
subjects has also been generated by the Consortium
Communication (CEC) in collaboration with its media centers.

disciplines in
Programme on
undergraduate
of Education

Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya National Mission on Teachers and

Teaching:
The Mission envisages to address comprehensively all issue related to
teachers, teaching, teacher preparation, professional development
curriculum design, designing and development assessment. It is also
envisaged that the mission would pursue long term goals of building a strong
professional cadre of teachers by setting performance standards and
creating top class institutional facilities for innovative teaching and
professional development of teachers.
Higher Education for persons with special needs (HEPSN)The University Grant Commission (UGC) implemented scheme is basically
meant for creating an environment at the higher education institutions to
enrich higher education learning experiences for differently abled persons.
Creating awareness about the capabilities of differently abled persons,
constructions aimed at improving accessibility, purchase of equipments to
enrich learning etc. are the broad categories of assistance under the scheme.
Enhancing Access to Higher Education in unreserved or underserved
areas:
Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) is enhancing access to higher
education in unserved or underserved areas by setting up new institutions,
and improving infrastructure and facilities in existing institutions. However,
specific locations of these institutions are identified by the State Government
based on their need assessment and requirements.
Launch of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan connecting higher education and society
to enable technology and its use for development of rural areas.
Launch of Global Initiative for Academics Network (GIAN), an initiative to
attract the best foreign academics to Indian Universities of Excellence.

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)

The framework has been revised and reimbursement towards expenditure
incurred for at least 25 percent admissions of children belonging to
disadvantaged group and weaker section in private unaided schools would
be supported from the academic year 2014-15.
The Government in association with corporate sector has taken up for
construction of toilets in all schools with a separate girls toilets before 15th
August, 2015.
Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat has been planned to improve language
development by creating an enduring interest in reading and writing with
comprehension.
Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA)
The RMSA aims at enhancing access to secondary education and improving
its quality to ensure GER more than 90 per cent by 2017 and universal
retention by 2020. Revision of Certain Norms of the Scheme:
To permit State/UT Governments to use State Schedule of Rates(SSOR) or
CPWD Rate, (whichever is lower) for construction of civil works permissible
under the RMSA.
To increase the Management, Monitoring Evaluation and Research (MMER)
from 2.2 percent to 4 percent of the total outlay under the programme, with
0.5 percent of the 4 percent earmarked for national level and the rest of the
3.5 percent as part of the State allocation.
To authorize the RMSA Project Approval Board (PAB) of the Ministry of
Human Resource Development to consider for approval Integrated Plan of
the umbrella scheme of RMSA,
To authorize the release of funds to the RMSA State Implementation
Society directly for all components of the RMSA umbrella scheme
Teacher Education (TE):
The Centrally Sponsored Scheme for TE has been revised for the XII Plan with
an approved outlay of Rs. 6308.45 crore to be shared between the Centre
and the States in the ratio of 75:25 (90:10 for NER) to strengthen SCERTs,
establish DIETs, Institutes of Advanced Studies in Education (IASEs) and
strengthen the existing Colleges of Teacher Education (CTEs) and up-grade
existing Government secondary teacher education institutions into CTEs and
Departments of Education in Universities as IASEs; and establish Block
Institutes of Teacher Education (BITE) in identified 196 SC/ST/Minority
Concentration Districts.
Saakshar Bharat (SB):
SB/ Adult Education: The focus of SB is female literacy. By the end of
November 2014, the programme was sanctioned in 1.56 lakh gram

panchayats of 396 low female literacy districts in 26 states and 1 UT. Over
1.52 lakh adult education centres have been set up, manned by 2.67 lakh
village coordinators. Up to November 2014, about 3.13 million learners, of
which around three-fourths are women, have successfully passed the
assessment tests for basic literacy conducted by the National Institute of
Open Schooling.
Schemes to encourage education among SC students and other
schemes:
i. Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme for SC Students studying in Classes IX and
X
ii. Pre-Matric scholarships to students, whose parents are engaged in
unclean occupations
iii. Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship Scheme aims at providing financial
assistance to SC students pursuing M.Phil and Ph.D. courses.
iv. National Overseas Scholarship Scheme: A financial support to students
pursuing Masters level courses and PhD/Post-Doctoral courses abroad,
maximum 60 awards are to be given from the year 2013-14 onwards.
v. Scheme of Top Class Education: Eligible students who secure admission in
notified premier institutions like the IITs, IIMs, and NITs, are provided full
financial support for meeting the requirements of tuition fees, living
expenses, books, and computers.
Educational schemes for OBCs:
The Pre-Matric scholarship scheme aims to motivate children of OBCs
studying at Pre-Matric
stage and Post-Matric scholarship intends to promote higher education by
providing financial support leading to their earning Ph.D. Degrees.
Scheme for Economic Development:
Under Assistance to Voluntary Organizations Working for Welfare of OBCs,
grants-in-aid is provided to voluntary organizations to involve the nonGovernment sector by providing skill up-gradation amongst OBCs in various
trades. Under the Scheme, financial assistance is provided to NonGovernmental Organizations for imparting various vocational trainings to
OBCs.
II Employment/Training Related Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen
Koushalya Yojana
(DDU-GKY) is a placement linked skill development scheme for rural poor
youth. This initiative is part of NRLM. The skilling program for rural youth has
now been refocused and reprioritized to build the capacity of rural poor

youth to address the needs of the domestic and global skill requirements. A
total of 51,956 candidates have been skilled under DDU-GKY out of which
28,995 candidates have been placed till November 2014 during 2014-15.
Mahatma Gandhi NREGA:
Intensive and Participatory Planning Exercise (IPPE) to prepare the labour
budget for financial year 2015-16 in selected 2500 backward Blocks has
been initiated.
Emphasis on Agriculture and Allied Activities to ensure that at least 60
percent of the works in a district in terms of cost shall be for creation of
productive assets linked to agriculture and allied activities through
development of land, water and trees.
Provision for Payment of Technical Assistants/ Barefoot Engineers from the
Material Component of the Work
Special Financial Assistance of Rs. 147 crore for Staffing of Social Audit
Units.
Use of Machines for works where speed of execution is most critical (like
the works in a flood prone area).

National Livelihoods Mission (NRLM):

This was launched after restructuring Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana
(SGSY). It
aims at organizing all rural poor households and continuously nurturing and
supporting them till they come out of abject poverty, by organizing one
woman member from each household into affinity-based.
National Urban Livelihood Mission (NULM):
Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) which has been restructured
into
NULM, aims at organizing urban poor in self help groups, imparting skill
training to urban poor for self and wage employment and helping them to set
up self-employment venture by providing credit on subsidized rate of
interest. In addition, shelters for urban homeless and infrastructure for street
vendors can also be taken up under this Mission.
Support to Training and Employment Programme (STEP):
The Scheme is intended to benefit women who are in the age group of 16
years and above by providing skills to them for their employability. The
Scheme covers any sector for imparting skills related to employability and
entrepreneurship, including but not limited to Agriculture, Horticulture, Food

Processing, Handlooms etc. and skills for the work place such as spoken
English, Gems & Jewellery, Travel & Tourism and Hospitality.
Special Central Assistance (SCA) to the Scheduled Castes Sub Plan
(SCSP):
This is a major initiative for uplifting the SCs above the poverty line through
self-employment or training. The amount of subsidy admissible is 50 per cent
of the project cost.
NaiManzil for education and skill development of drop outs with a corpus
fund of Rs. 1023 Crore during 2014-15.
USTTAD (Upgrading the Skills and Training in Traditional Arts/Crafts for
Development) aims to conserve traditional arts/crafts of minorities and for
building capacity of traditional artisans and craftsmen belonging to minority
communities.
MANAS for upgrading entrepreneurial skills of minority youth. and Cyber
Gram to impart training for Digital Literacy. Training of 1,70,005 minority
students has been sanctioned upto 31.12.2014.
III Finance, Insurance and Social Welfare Related Pradhan Mantri Jan
Dhan Yojna (PMJDY) was launched on 28th August, 2014 with a revised
target of 10 crore bank accounts
by 26th January 2015. The scheme has yielded deposits of 836905.5 lakh
with 1063.9 lakh new bank accounts as on 03.01.2015. Payment solutions
are an important part of financial inclusion for which a new card payment
scheme known as RuPay Card has been in operation since 8th May, 2014.
Banks have further been asked to provide universal coverage across all the
six lakh villages of the country by providing at least one Basic Banking
Account, per household, with indigenous RuPay Debit Card having inbuilt
accident insurance of 1.00 lakh and life insurance cover of 30,000. The
RuPay Card is on par with other debit cards. These two schemes are
complementary and will enable achievement of multiple objectives such as
financial inclusion, insurance penetration and digitalization.
Credit Risk Guarantee Fund (CRGF):
This Fund has been created to guarantee the lending agencies for loans to
new EWS/LIG borrowers in urban areas seeking individual housing loans not
exceeding a sum of Rs. 8 lakh (earlier Rs.5 Lakh) for a housing unit of size
upto 430 sqft (40 sqm) carpet areas without any third party guarantee or
collateral security.
Rajiv Rinn Yojana (RRY):

RRY is a Central Sector Scheme applicable in all the urban areas of the
Country and provides for
interest subsidy of 5% (500 basis points) on loans granted to Economically
Weaker Sections and Low Income Groups to construct their houses or extend
the existing ones.
Aam Aadmi Bima Yojana (AABY):
The AABY extends life and disability cover to persons between the age of 18
years to 59 years, living below and marginally above the poverty line in 47
identified vocational / occupational groups, including rural landless
households. The Scheme is also available to all RSBY beneficiaries. The AABY
provides insurance cover on natural death, death due to accident,
permanent and total permanent disability due to accident. It also provides an
add-on-benefit of Scholarship of Rs 100 per month per child to a maximum of
two children.
National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP):
Schemes under NSAP are social security/welfare scheme for the persons
living Below Poverty Line (BPL) and pension/assistance is provided to the BPL
household in both rural as well as urban areas.
Venture Capital Fund for Scheduled Castes:
This was announced in Interim Budget Speech for FY 2014-15 and
accordingly, the Government has allocated Rs.200 crore for the fund.
Scheme of Equity Support to the National Safai Karamcharis Finance
and Development Corporation (NSKFDC) and National Scheduled
Castes Finance and Development Corporation (NSFDC):
These corporations implement various loan Schemes and skill development
programmes for the development of the target group.

Tribal Sub Plan and Special Area Programmes:

There are two special area programmes,
(i)
Special Central Assistance to States to supplement their TSP (SCA to
TSP) for income generating schemes, creation of incidental
infrastructure, community based activities and development of
forest villages, and

(ii)

grants under Article 275(I) of the Constitution for development and

upgradation of administration in tribal areas. The latter is also used
for setting up of Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) in States
for providing quality education in remote areas.

National Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation

(NSTFDC) provides loans and micro-credit at concessional rates of interest
for income-generating activities.
IV Health Related Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin):
This was launched on 2nd October, 2014, which aims at attaining an Open
Defecation Free India by 2nd October, 2019, by providing access to toilet
facilities to all rural households and initiating Solid and Liquid Waste
Management activities in all Gram Panchayats to promote cleanliness. Under
SBM(G), the incentives for Individual Household latrines (IHHLs) have been
enhanced from Rs.10,000/- to Rs. 12,000/- to provide for water availability.
The part funding from Mahatma Gandhi NREGA for the payment of incentives
for the construction of Individual House Hold Latrines (IHHLs) is now paid
from the Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin). Initiatives by the Government in
this regard include media campaigns, provisioning for incentivizing ASHAs
and Anganwadi workers for promoting sanitation, guidelines to involve
Corporates in Sanitation sector through Corporate Social Responsibilities,
strengthening online monitoring system for entering households level data
gathered from the Baseline Survey.
National Health Mission (NHM):
The NHM came into being in 2013 to enable universal access to equitable,
affordable, and quality health care services. It subsumes the NRHM and
National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) as sub-missions. The NUHM was
initiated in 2013 to cover all cities/ towns with a population of more than
50,000 and all district headquarters with a population above 30,000. Other
towns would continue to be covered under the NRHM. Additionally services of
nearly 9 lakh Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) have contributed to
healthcare service delivery.
Rural Drinking Water - National Rural Drinking Water Programme
(NRDWP):
20,000 number of Solar Power Based Water Supply Schemes have been
approved across all the States for their habitations located in far flung / hilly
areas or where availability of electricity is a constraint.
During the massive floods in Jammu & Kashmir , mobile water treatment
plant and drinking water bottles / pouches were airlifted for the flood
affected inhabitants.
Guidelines with regard to Community Water Purification Plants

 For identifying ground water sources, the Ministry prepared Hydro GeoMorphological Maps and gave them to the States.
Move for Certification of ISO-9001 for the Ministry - The Ministry of
Drinking Water and Sanitation is working towards obtaining ISO 9001
Certification
Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY):
Under the PMSSY, six All India Institute for Medical Sciences (AIIMS) - in the
first phase have become functional. Besides, up-gradation of total 58
medical colleges, 13 medical colleges in the first phase, 6 in the second
phase and 39 in the third phase has been envisaged. Further, under phase-IV
of PMSSY, 12 more medical colleges are proposed to be upgraded and four
AIIMS like institutes each at Andhra Pradesh, Vidarbha region (Maharashtra),
West Bengal and Poorvanchal are proposed to be established.
Human Resources, Infrastructure Development/ Upgradation in
Tertiary Health Care:
With a view to strengthening the medical education infrastructure in the
country, the Government has initiated two new Centrally Sponsored
Schemes, i.e., the Establishment of New Medical Colleges attached with
District/ Referral hospitals with a corpus of Rs. 10,971.1 crore and the
Upgradation of existing State Government/ Central Government medical
colleges to increase MBBS seats in the country with a corpus of Rs. 10,000
crore.
Scheme of Assistance for
Substance (Drugs) Abuse:

the

Prevention

of

Alcoholism

and

The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment coordinates and monitors all
aspects of drug abuse prevention which include assessment of the extent of
the problem, preventive action, treatment and rehabilitation of addicts and
public awareness. Under this scheme, financial assistance up to 90% of the
approved expenditure is given to the voluntary organizations and other
eligible agencies for setting up/running Integrated Rehabilitation Centre for
Addicts (IRCAs).
V Housing/Infrastructure Related Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY):
Priority is to be given to families of the manual scavengers, including those
rehabilitated and rehabilitated bonded labourers. Transgenders are also
included now. Priority is given to households with single girl child, households
where a member is suffering from Leprosy/cancer and people living with HIV
(PLHIV). Apart from NE States, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and J&K, the

hilly States, other State Governments can also identify difficult areas,
keeping the unit as Gram Panchayat.
Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY):
10% of the RAY allocation is kept for the innovative projects and the projects
for slum development/ relocation for the slums on Central Government land
or land owned by its agencies; autonomous bodies etc. To increase affordable
housing stock, as part of the preventive strategy, the Affordable Housing in
Partnership (AHP) Scheme is in place under RAY.
External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) has been allowed for affordable
housing projects from 2012. It has been extended for Slum Rehabilitation
Projects from 2013-14. Borrowings to the tune of US $ 1.834 Billion have
been channeled in the past 3 years.
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY):
This is a fully funded centrally sponsored scheme with the objective of
providing all-weather road connectivity and also permits upgradation of
existing rural roads.
Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM):
This was launched to implement reform-driven, planned development of
cities in a Mission mode with four components of which two, viz., the SubMission for Urban Infrastructure and Governance and the Sub-Mission for
Basic Services to the Urban Poor are implemented in 65 select cities. The
other two components, namely, Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme
for Small and Medium Towns and Integrated Housing and Slum Development
Programme are implemented in other cities/towns.
VI Women and Children Related Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP)
Programme:
The programme was launched on 22nd January, 2015 at Panipat, Haryana for
promoting survival, protection and education of girl child. It aims to address
the issue of declining Child Sex Ratio (CSR) through a mass campaign
targeted at changing social mind set and creating awareness about the
criticality of the issue. The overall goal of the BBBP programme is to prevent
gender biased sex selective elimination, ensure survival and protection of
the girl child and to ensure education and participation of the girl child.
Nai Roshni a leadership development training programme has been
extended to 24 States for 66,350 women in 2014-15 and trainings have been
imparted on Government Mechanisms, Involvement in decision making
process, Health & Hygiene, Sanitation, Violence against women and their

rights, Banking Systems,

confidence among women.

etc.,

to

generate

awareness

and

develop

Reproductive and Child Health (RCH):

Two RCH programmes, i.e. Janani Suraksha Yojna (JSY) and Janani Shishu
Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK), aim to bring about a change in three critical
health indicators, maternal mortality rate (MMR), infant mortality rate (IMR),
and total fertility rate (TFR).
Mid-Day Meal (MDM):
Under the MOM Scheme, hot cooked mid-day meals are provided to all
children attending elementary classes (I-VIII) in Government, Government
aided, Local body, Special Training Centers as well as Madrasas / Maqtabs
supported under SSA across the country. At present, a midday meal provides
an energy content of 450 calories and protein content of 12 grams at
primary stage and an energy content of 700 calories and protein content of
20 grams at upper primary stage. Adequate quantity of micro-nutrients like
Iron, Folic acid, and Vitamin A are also provided in convergence with the
National Rural Health Mission (NHRM).
Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme:
ICDS Scheme represents one of the worlds largest and most unique
programmes for early childhood (below 6 years) development. It aims to
reduce the incidence of mortality, morbidity, malnutrition and school
dropout; to enhance the capability of the mother to look after the health and
nutritional needs of the child through proper nutrition and health education.
Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS):
ICPS provides preventive, statutory care and rehabilitation services to
children who are in need of care and protection and children in conflict with
law as defined under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children)
Act, 2000 and its Amendment Act, 2006 and any other vulnerable child. 36
States/UTs have signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for
implementation of this Centrally Sponsored scheme.
Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for empowerment of adolescent girls Sabla:
The scheme is operational in 205 selected districts across the country since
2010. It aims at all-round development of adolescent girls of 11-18 years
(with a focus on all out-of-school AGs). The scheme has two major
components Nutrition and Non Nutrition Component. While the former aims

at improving the health and nutrition status of the adolescent girls, the nonnutrition component addresses their developmental needs.
Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana (IGMSY):
It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme which is in turn, a Conditional Cash
Transfer scheme covered under Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) programme for
pregnant and lactating women aged 19 years and above for first two live
births in 53 districts. The scheme has been renamed as Matritva Sahyog
Yojana (MSY), 2014. As per the provision of the National Food Security Act
(NFSA), 2013, the Ministry has reviewed the entitlement of maternity
benefits of IGMSY beneficiaries in 53 districts from Rs. 4000 to Rs. 6000.
Rajiv Gandhi National Creche Scheme for Children of Working
Mothers:
Objective of the scheme is to provide day care services to children (in the
age group of 0-6 years) of working and other deserving women belonging to
families whose monthly income is not more than Rs. 12,000/-. The Scheme
provides supplementary nutrition, health care inputs like immunization, polio
drops, basic health monitoring, pre-school education (03-06), recreation,
emergency medicine and contingencies.
Rajya Mahila Samman and Zila Mahila Samman to be given to one
woman from each State/UT and one women from each District respectively,
for advocacy and awareness creation, motivation, community mobilisation,
womens empowerment, skill development training and capacity building
and enterprise promotion in conjunction with tangible activities.
VII Scheme of Integrated Programme for Older Persons
Under the Scheme, financial assistance is given to implementing agencies
for the following major activities provided for the welfare of Senior Citizens:
a. Maintenance of Old Age homes, Respite Care Homes and Continuous Care
Homes
b. Running of Multi Service Centres for Older Persons
c. Maintenance of Mobile Medicare Units
d. Running of Day Care Centres for Alzheimers Disease/Dementia Patients
e. Physiotherapy clinics for older persons
f. Disability and hearing aids for older persons
VIII Sansad Aadarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY):
This was launched and its guidelines released on 11th October, 2014, for
bringing convergence in the implementation of existing Government

schemes and programmes without allocating additional funds or starting new

infrastructure or construction schemes.
IX Unique Identification Development Authority of India (UIDAI)
The Aadhaar Payment Bridge (APB) is also providing a hassle free
mechanism for, amongst other uses, transfer of direct benefits under
government schemes including Modified Direct Benefits Transfer for LPG
(MDBTL). Aadhaar based verification is being utilized for opening new bank
accounts under PMJDY, Biometric Attendance System for Central Government
departments, Jeewan Pramaan scheme for central government pensioners,
passport application system of Ministry of External Affairs, subscriber
management system of Employee Provident Fund Scheme etc.
X Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana (VKY):
In the current year 2014-15, a new Central Sector Scheme for STs, namely,
Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana (VKY) has been introduced with a budgetary
provision of Rs. 100 Crore. VKY is a strategic process which envisages to
ensure that all intended benefits of goods and services under various
programmes/schemes of Central as well as State Governments actually
reach the target groups by convergence of resources through appropriate
institutional mechanism. During the current year, the Scheme is being
implemented in one Block each of the ten States having schedule V areas.
XI Hamari Dharohar to preserve rich heritage of minority communities of
India under the overall concept of Indian culture