[GKmojo] Recent Major Government Schemes

Memorise the objective of each scheme

1. Government launches Intensified Mission Indradhanush

Through this programme, Government aims to reach each and every child under
two years of age and all those pregnant women who have been left uncovered
under the routine immunisation programme

Intensified Mission Indradhanush: - IMI programme aims at reducing

maternal and child mortality by reaching out to each and every child under two
years of age and all pregnant women who have been left uncovered under routine
immunisation programme. Its focus is on improving immunization coverage in
select districts and cities to ensure full immunization to more than 90% by
December 2018

2. Government launches Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana

Ministry of Power launched Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana –
“Saubhagya” with an aim at providing last mile electricity connectivity to all rural
and urban households. Under the scheme, government will provide free electricity
to all households identified under Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC) data
2011.
Electricity connections will be given to APL families for Rs 500, which will be
payable in 10 equal monthly instalments. The BPL cardholders will get free
electricity connections. The total outlay of scheme is Rs. 16, 320 crore while Gross
Budgetary Support (GBS) is Rs. 12,320 crore. The Central Government will
provide largely funds for the Scheme to all States/UTs.

3. Cabinet approves revamped Khelo India Programme

The Union Cabinet approved revamped Khelo India programme that aims at
mainstreaming sport as tool for individual development, community development ,
economic development and national development.

The revamped programme for period 2017-18 to 2019-20 aims to impact entire
sports ecosystem, including infrastructure, talent identification, community sports,
coaching, competition structure and sports economy.

Salient features of programme:

Pan Indian Sports Scholarship scheme: It will cover 1,000 most talented
young athletes each year across select sports disciplines. Each athlete selected under
scheme will receive annual scholarship worth Rs.5.00 lakh for 8 consecutive years.

Sports Universities: 20 universities across country will be promoted as hubs of

sporting excellence, which will enable talented sports persons to pursue dual
pathway of education and competitive sports. It also aims at creating an active
population with healthy life-style
 National physical fitness drive: Under it, programme will cover about 200
million children in age group of 10-18. It will not only measure physical fitness of all
children in age group, but also support their fitness related activities.

4. Government launches Diksha Portal for teachers

The Union Ministry of Human Resource and Development (HRD) has launched
Diksha Portal (diksha.gov.in) for providing digital platform to teacher to make their
lifestyle more digital. It will serve as National Digital Infrastructure for Teachers.
Through this portal, all teachers across nation will be equipped with advanced digital
technology

Diksha portal will enable, accelerate and amplify solutions in realm of teacher
education. It will aid teachers to learn and train themselves for which assessment
resources will be available. It will help teachers to create training content profile, in-
class resources, assessment aids, news and announcement and connect with teacher
community.

The portal will record complete work and accomplishment of teachers in educational
institutes from start to end point till their retirement. It will cover entire life cycle of
teacher– from time they were enrolled as student teachers in Teacher Education
Institutes (TEIs) to after they retire as teachers

5. UDAN Scheme
Govt Scheme for Cheap Air Travel at 2500/- Per Hour
Prime Minister Narendra Modi led NDA government has launched a new scheme
named as UDAN (Udey Desh ka Aam Nagrik) to make the air travel cheaper.
Under the new UDAN scheme, people in tier 2 and tier 3 cities can fly at just Rs.
2500/- per hour.

The main objective of the UDAN scheme is to provide the cheaper air travel
opportunity to all the people in the country. The scheme also aims to make
operational almost 50 underutilized airports across the nation.

Under the UDAN scheme, the fare for regional domestic flights will be capped at
Rs.
2500/- per hour of flight for a fixed wing aircraft. One hour of flight can cover about 500
Kilometers, hence, the fare will be about Rs. 5 per kilometer, way cheaper than most
cab services in the country.
For journey on a helicopter, the fare will be capped at Rs. 2500/- for every 30
minutes, i.e. Rs. 5000 per hour

Under the UDAN scheme, the airline operator will have to provide a minimum of 9
and a maximum of 40 UDAN seats in each flight to domestic regions. While, in case of
flights through helicopter, a minimum of 5 and maximum 13 UDAN seats to be provided
by the operator.
Under UDAN scheme, fare for 50% of the seats of flights will be capped at Rs
2,500 while the rest will be sold on the basis of current market price.

The selected operators will also need to operate at least 3 UDAN flights and a
maximum of 7 departures every week.

6. BHIM
• BHIM (Bharat Interface for Money) is a Mobile App developed by
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), based on the Unified
Payment Interface (UPI)

• It has been named after Bhim Rao Ambedkar and is intended to facilitate
e- payments directly through banks and as part of the 2016 Indian
banknote demonetisation and drive towards cashless transactions

• This UPI app supports all Indian banks which use that platform, which is
built over the Immediate Payment Service infrastructure and allows the
user to instantly transfer money between the bank accounts of any two parties

• During the Union Budget 2017, Union Finance minister Arun Jaitley said that
BHIM is currently being used by over 125 lakh Indian citizens. He said that
Government will launch two new schemes to promote the use of the BHIM
app. One will be referral payments for individuals, and the other will cashback
for merchants who accept payments from BHIM.

• PM Modi has launched two schemes under BHIM App namely BHIM Referral
Bonus Scheme and BHIM Merchant Cashback Scheme

7. Government to launch Aajeevika Grameen Express Yojana under DAY-

NRLM

The Union Ministry of Rural Development is going to launch Aajeevika Grameen

Express Yojana (AGEY), a sub-scheme under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National
Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM).
The scheme aims at providing an alternative source of livelihood to members of Self
Help Groups (SHGs) by facilitating them to operate public transport services in
backward rural areas.
8. Government launches Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana for
senior citizens

The Union Finance Ministry has launched Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana
(PMVVY), a pension scheme exclusively for senior citizens aged 60 years and above.
Under this scheme, senior citizens will get a guaranteed interest of 8% for 10 years
depending upon the investment made by them....

9. “JIGYASA” – Student-Scientist connect Programme...

Jigyasa, a student- scientist connect programme has been launched by the

government in New Delhi. The programme would be implemented by the Council of
Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
in collaboration with Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS).

The main focus of the programme is to connect school students and scientists as
well as to extend student’s classroom learning to a very well-planned research
laboratory based learning....

10. Union Government launches National Biopharma Mission

The Union Ministry of Science & Technology has launched National Biopharma
Mission, a first ever Industry-Academia mission to accelerate biopharmaceutical
development in India.
Under this mission, the ministry also launched Innovate in India (i3) program to
create an enabling ecosystem to promote entrepreneurship and indigenous
manufacturing in the sector.
i3 is a flagship program of the Government of India in collaboration with World
Bank. It is committed to make India a hub for design and development of novel,
affordable and effective biopharmaceutical products and solutions.

11. Government launches VAJRA Scheme

Department of Science and Technology has launched VAJRA (Visiting Advanced

Joint Research) Faculty scheme that enables NRIs and overseas scientific
community to participate and contribute to research and development in India.
12. SAMPADA Scheme

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved re-structuring the

schemes of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) under new Central
Sector Scheme called as SAMPADA (Scheme for Agro-Marine Processing and
Development of Agro-Processing Clusters) for the time period 2016-20.

SAMPADA is an umbrella scheme incorporating ongoing schemes of the Ministry of

Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) such as Mega Food Parks, Integrated Cold
Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure, Food Safety and Quality Assurance
Infrastructure, etc.

13. Power Tex India Scheme

Power Tex India is a new scheme launched by the Narendra Modi Government in
2017 for the Powerloom sector. The scheme is an effective move to push the
Powerloom sector across the country and to spread it globally. The ministry of textile
launched
Power Tex India Scheme in Bhiwandi in Maharashtra and Erode in Tamil Nadu and
also in all Powerloom centers across the country.
Components of Power Tex India scheme:
Below are main components of the Power Tex India scheme under which the
Powerloom sector would be benefited.
• In-situ up-gradation of plain power looms
• Group Workshed Scheme (GWS)
• Yarn bank scheme
• Common Facility Centre (CFC)
• Pradhan Mantri Credit Scheme for powerloom weavers;
• Solar Energy Scheme for powerloom
• Facilitation, IT, awareness, market development and publicity for
powerloom schemes
• Grant-in-Aid and modernization and Upgradation of powerloom service centers
(PSCs).
• Pradhan Mantri Credit Scheme – A facility of loan will be provided under
Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) to powerloom units/weavers which
are decentralized.
• Solar Energy Scheme – Financial assistance/capital subsidy will be
provided for the installation of solar plants under this component of Power Tex
India scheme.
• Yarn Bank Scheme – Small weavers will be provided an interest-free corpus
fund to special purpose vehicle (SPV)/consortium which will further help them
in purchasing yarn at the wholesale rate and selling further to small weavers at
the reasonable price. The main purpose of this component is to cut-off middle
man/local supplier’s brokerage charge on sales of yarn.
14. Bharat Ke Veer Portal & App for Helping Families of Martyrs

bharatkeveer.gov.in or Bharat Ke Veer is a new web Portal launched by

the central government for the general public to make donations to the families of
martyrs and soldiers of Indian Armed forces. Using the bharatkeveer.gov.in portal,
anyone who wish to support the families of martyrs can donate online.
The web portal and app has been launched by the Ministry of Home Affairs in order to
pay homage to the brave-hearts who have laid down their lives in order to protect their
country and citizens.
The main objective of the Bharat Ke Veer portal is to enable general public help the
families of martyrs by donating money online directly to the individual braveheart’s
account or to Bharat Ke Veer corpus. Braveheart’s from the following armed forces
are among the major forces included in the Bharat Ke Veer Portal for contribution.
1. Assam Rifiles
2. Border Security Force (BSF)
3. Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)
4. Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
5. Indo – Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBP)
6. National Disaster Response Force (NDRF – India)
7. National Security Guards (NSG)
8. Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)

15. Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awaas Yojana (PMGAY)

Previously Indira Awaas Yojana
(IAY)

• is a social welfare flagship programme, created by the Indian Government,

to provide housing for the rural poor in India.
• A similar scheme for urban poor was launched in 2015 as Housing for All by
2022.
• The broad purpose of the scheme is to provide financial assistance to some of
the weakest sections of society for them to upgrade or construct a house of
respectable quality for their personal living. The vision of the government is to
replace all temporary (kutchcha) houses from Indian villages by 2017

16. Rs. 6000 Pregnancy Aid Scheme for Pregnant Women in

India
Narendra Modi On 31 December 2016 announced new schemes for poor, senior
citizens and women including the Rs. 6000 pregnancy aid scheme. The scheme was
announced by the Prime Minister as an effort to bring down the maternal mortality
rate. Under the scheme, a financial Aid of Rs. 6000 would be provided to pregnant
women who undergo institutional delivery for hospital admission.
Rs. 6000 Pregnancy Aid Scheme – Objective

The main objective of the scheme is to bring down the maternal mortality rate by
increasing the number of institutional deliveries across the nation. The scheme is
aimed at encouraging institutional deliveries in order to reduce maternal as well as
infant mortality. The scheme would be implemented across all the 650 districts of the
country.
The financial aid amount of Rs. 6000 will be directly transferred to the saving bank
account of pregnant women through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT).
17% of all maternal deaths in the world occur in India with maternal mortality rate
is pegged at 167 per 100,000 live births, whereas infant mortality is estimated at 43
per
1,000 live births. However, these numbers may not sound too high but when
comparing to other nations, these are significant. The primary causes of high maternal
and infant mortality rate are inadequate medical care during pregnancy and child birth
and poor nutrition. The Rs. 6000 being provided under the scheme also sums up for
the vaccination and nutritious food during
pregnancy.

The pregnancy aid scheme is being implemented in 53 districts on pilot basis where
financial assistance is Rs. 4000. Initially launched in 2010, this was the first scheme
under Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana (IGMSY) to provide conditional financial
assistance to pregnant women above the age of 18 years for birth of up to 2 live births.
In the new scheme, the cash benefit has been increased to Rs. 6000 which will
be directly transferred to the bank account of the beneficiary pregnant women.

17. Vrishtha Pension Bima Yojana 2017 ( The Old Age Pension
Scheme)

• The Old Age Pension Scheme would be implemented by LIC (Life Insurance
Corporation of India) for current financial year, however the launch of VPBY
2017 has not been declared yet.
• From launch date, the scheme will be opened for the subscription period of one year.
• The scheme will provide income security to old persons aged 60 years and above
against uncertain market falls.
• VPBY will provide an assured pension based on a guaranteed interest rate of 8%
for 10 years.
• The scheme will come up with an option of monthly/quarterly/half-yearly or
annual basis benefits so that the beneficiary can choose any of the options
under Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana 2017.
• The maximum amount to deposit under Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana 2017
has not been mentioned, however PM had addressed in his New Year Eve speech
that upto Rs. 7.5 lakh could be invested in Old Age Pension Scheme.
 18.Start Up India (Ministry of Finance)

• Main Objective: To provide support to all start-up businesses in all

aspects of doing business in India.
• Self-certification
• Rs. 10,000 crore Start-up fund
• No capital gains tax on venture capital investments
• No Income tax for three years
• Atal Innovation Mission
• Faster exit.
• A mobile app to enable registration in a day which was launched on 1st April
2016

19. UDAY (Ujjawal Discom Assurance Yojana) Ministry of

Power

• Objective- financial turnaround of Power Distribution Companies

• The weakest link in the value chain is distribution, wherein DISCOMs in the
country have accumulated losses of approximately Rs. 3.8 lakh crore and
outstanding debt of approximately Rs. 4.3 lakh crore

• Four initiatives (i) Improving operational efficiencies of DISCOMs; (ii) Reduction

of cost of power; (iii) Reduction in interest cost of DISCOMs; (iv) Enforcing
financial discipline on DISCOMs through alignment with State finances.

• States shall take over 75% of DISCOM debt as on 30 September 2015 over two
years - 50% of DISCOM debt shall be taken over in 2015-16 and 25% in 2016-17.
(This debt taken by states will not be calculated as a part of state fiscal deficit for
2015-16 and 2016-17 years

• UDAY is optional for all States

20. PM Ujjawala Yojana

(Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas)

• Launched: 1 May 2016

• Providing free LPG connections to women from BPL households

• This is the first ever welfare scheme by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural
Gas which would benefit crores of women belonging to the poorest households.

• Financial support of Rs. 1600 for each LPG connection for BPL
• Earmarked Rs. 8000 crore for providing 5 crore LPG connections to BPL
households.

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

• Budgetary provision of Rs. 2000 crore for 2016-17 to provide deposit free LPG
connections to 1.5 crore women belonging to the Below Poverty Line (BPL) families.

21. Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan

• Main Objective: To help Panchayat Raj Institutions deliver Sustainable

Development Goals.
• This scheme was announced in the union financial budget 2016-17 by the Finance
Minister Mr. Arun Jaitley.
• Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan has been proposed with allocation of Rs. 655
crore.

22. Setu Bharatam Project

Ministry of Road and Transport and Highways

• To make all the national highways railway crossings free by 2019

• 208 Railway Over Bridges (ROB)/Railway Under Bridges (RUB) will be built at
the level crossings at a cost of Rs. 20,800 crore as part of the programme.

• Setu Bharatam is an ambitious programme with an investment of Rs. 50,000

crore to build bridges for safe and seamless travel on National Highways.

23. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee National Rurban Mission

Ministry of Rural Development

• Rurban clusters will be developed to create over 300 smart villages in the next 3
years

• Analysis of demography, economy, tourism and pilgrimage significance and

transportation corridor

• outlay of Rs. 5142.08 crores (remember 5000 crores)

• The clusters will be geographically contiguous Gram Panchayats with a population

of about 25000 to 50000 in plain and coastal areas and a population of 5000 to
15000 in desert, hilly or tribal areas.
24. Stand up India

• To boost entrepreneurship among SC/ST women,

• Refinance window through SIDBI with initial corpus of Rs. 10,000 crore
• Creation of credit guarantee through National Credit Guarantee Trustee
Company (NCGTC)

25. PRAGATI (pro active governance and timely implementation)

• The platform is aimed at addressing common man’s grievances, and simultaneously

monitoring and reviewing important programmes and projects of the Government
of India as well as projects flagged by State Governments

• ICT based multi-modal mechanism to track key projects and policy outcomes

• Uses digital data management, geo-spatial technology and video-conferencing

• Three tier system: PMO, Union Government Secretaries and Chief State
Secretaries

26. Housing for All

• 2.95 crore houses in rural areas to be built by 2022

• Socio economic and caste census (SECC) will be used to identify beneficiaries

• Central government to state government ratio will be 60:40 for plain area states
and 90:10 for north eastern and hilly states

• Houses constructed under the mission would be allotted in the name of the
female head of the households or in the joint name of the male head of the
household and his wife

27. Make in India

DIPP — Ministry of Commerce & Industry

• Body named “Invest India” created in partnership with FICCI and State
governments
• Ease of Doing Business
• E-Biz Portal
 28. AMRUT (Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation)
and
Smart Cities Mission
Ministry of Housing

• Main Objective: Providing basic services (e.g. water supply, sewerage, urban
transport) to households and build amenities in cities which will improve the
quality of life for all, especially the poor and the disadvantaged.
o Clean drinking Water
o Sanitation
o Solid Waste management
o Efficient urban mobility and public transportation
o Affordable housing for the poor
o IT connectivity
o E-governance

29. Swaachh Bharat Mission

Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation

1. ODF Free India

2. Build 48000 toilets per day
3. Solid & Liquid Waste Management
4. Water pipeline sin villages to enable tap connections
5. Toilets for boys and girls in the schools
6. PPP and CSR funds through SPVs
7. Cadres of Sanitation Coordinators and Swatcchhta Doots
8. Convergence with various ministries including Panchayati Raj Ministry, Women and
Child Welfare, MPLADS program, schemes such as MNREGA, BRGF, National Rural
Drinking Water program etc.

30. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Grameen Kaushal Yojana

Ministry of Rural Development

• Demand led skill training at no cost to the rural poor

• Mandatory coverage for SC/ST, minorities and women

• Greater emphasis on rural poor youth of J&K (HIMAYAT) and NE (ROSHINI)

 31. Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana
Ministry of Finance

• Personal Accident Insurance Scheme (for death and disability due to accident)

• Rs. 2 lakh accident coverage

• Public Sector General Insurance Companies to administer and offer, and others
also allowed if agreed to the terms

• Savings bank holders of Age: 18-70 years (must have a bank account)

• Rs. 12 per annum premium

32. Atal Pension Yojana (Ministry of Finance)

• Unorganized sector old age pension scheme

• Will be under National Pension Scheme run by the PFRDA

• Receive Rs. 1k, 2k, 3k, 4k or 5k per month depending on their contributions after
• age of 60 years

33. Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana

Ministry of Finance

• Rs. 2 lakh life insurance

• Administered through LIC

• 18-50 years age

• Covers death due to any reason

• Rs. 330 per annum premium

• Savings bank holders only

 34. Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao
Ministry of Women and Child Development

1. Activate School Management Committees to ensure universal enrollment of girls

2. Balika manch in schools
3. Construction of toilets in schools
4. Completion of Kasturba Gandhi Bal Vidhyalayas
5. Girl Hostels

35. Skill India

Skill India is a campaign launched by Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas
Modi on 15 July 2015 which aim to train over 40 crore (400 million) people
in India in different skills by 2022

It includes various initiatives of the government like "National Skill Development

Mission", "National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, 2015",
"Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)" and the "Skill Loan scheme".

In the budget of fiscal year 2017 - 18 the government of India has decided to set
aside Rs. 17,000 crore, the highest ever allocation to this sector, in order to boost
the Skill India Mission

The government has invested Rs. 4000 crore in the launch of SANKALP (Skill
Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion Programme),
 another big initiative under the Skill India Mission. Through this it aims at
providing market relevant training to 350 million young Indians. Apart from this,
the government would set up 100 India International Skills Centres that will
conduct advanced courses in foreign languages to help youngsters prepare for
overseas jobs

36. Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana

Ministry of Power

1. Rural electrification
2. Strengthening of transmission and distribution infra.
3. Separation of agri and non-agro feeders to enable judicious supply of electricity to
agro and non-agro users respectively.
4. This used to be RG Gram Vidyutikaran Yojana

37. Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana

Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

1. under National Skill Development Corporation

2. Standards: Standardize certification process
3. Mobilize youth for skill development and training
4. Monetary awards for skill development
5. Increase employability
6. Rs. 8000 award for skill undergoing training
7. Under NSDC — PPP organization

38. MUDRA SIDBI

• It’s a regulatory institution to provide impetus to micro-unit credit and financing.

• Set-up as a subsidiary of SIDBI
• It cannot take demand deposits
• Its primary work would be to register, regulate, refinance and rate MFIs and help
them in refinancing MSMEs
• MUDRA bank will get 20000 crore from RBI from funds of PSL not used by
banks and given to NABARD or SIDBI

39. PAHAL-Direct Benefits Transfer for LPG (DBTL) Consumers Scheme

Launched: 01 January 2015

Main Objective: To send the subsidy money of LPG cylinders directly into the bank
accounts of the consumers and increase efficiency & transparency in the whole system.
Under the scheme, the LPG consumer can now receive subsidy in his bank account by
two methods. Such a consumer will be called CTC (Cash Transfer Compliant) once he
joins the scheme and is ready to receive subsidy in the bank account.

40. Sagarmala Project

Launched: 31 July 2015

Main Objective: To transform the existing ports into modern world class ports.
The prime objective of the Sagarmala project is to promote port-led direct and indirect
development and to provide infrastructure to transport goods to and from ports quickly,
efficiently and cost-effectively.
The Sagarmala Project, aimed at port-led development in coastal areas, is bound to
boost the country’s economy and the government has lined up about Rs 70,000 crore
for its 12 major ports only

41. PM Jan Dhan Yojana

Dept. of Financial Services — Ministry of Finance

1. RuPay Card — payment gateway

2. Inbuilt accident insurance of Rs. 1 lakh
3. Inbuilt life insurance of Rs. 30,000
4. RuPay by National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)
5. opening of jan dhan accounts
6. linking of other services like insurance, investments (MF etc) with Jan Dhan Accounts
in phase 2 of the scheme
 42. National Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana

(HRIDAY) Launched: 21 January 2015

Main Objective: Bringing together urban planning, economic growth and heritage
conservation in an inclusive manner to preserve the heritage character of each Heritage
City.
With a duration of 27 months (completed in March 2017) and a total outlay of INR 500
Crores, the Scheme is being implemented in 12 identified Cities namely, Ajmer,
Amaravati, Amritsar, Badami, Dwarka, Gaya, Kanchipuram, Mathura, Puri, Varanasi,
Velankanni and Warangal. The scheme is implemented in a mission mode.

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