1 | Name of the scheme | Objectives | Salient Features | Nodal Ministry |
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2 | Sankalp se Siddhi | For making a new India, which would be free from corruption, Terrorism-, Communalism, Casteism, poverty and all other negative aspects | Sankalp se Siddhi (Attainment through Resolve) scheme, which aims at good governance, is a five year plan under which new India movement 2017-2022 would take place. The New India Movement 2017-2022 envisages India free from poverty, corruption, terrorism, communalism, casteism and uncleanliness and unite the entire country by adopting good governance and using technology. | Ministry of Culture |
3 | Sanitation | |||
4 | Swachh Bharat | The objectives are as follows: 1. Eliminate open defecation, 2. Conversion of insanitary toilets to pour flush toilets, 3. Eradication of manual scavenging, 4. 100% collection and scientific processing/disposal reuse/recycle of Municipal Solid Waste, 5. To bring about a behavioral change in people regarding healthy sanitation practices, 6. Generate awareness among the citizens about sanitation and its linkages with public health. 7. Strengthening of urban local bodies to design, execute and operate systems, 8. To create enabling environment for private sector participation in Capital Expenditure and Operation & Maintenance (O&M) costs. | The Mission has following components:- 1. Construction of Household Toilets, 2. Community and Public Toilets, 3. Solid Waste Management, 4. Information, Education & Communication (IEC) and Public Awareness, 5. Capacity Building and Administrative & Office Expenses (A&OE) | Ministry of Urban Development |
5 | Gobar-Dhan Yojna (Galvanizing Organic Bio-Agro Resource Fund Scheme) | To positively impact village cleanliness and generate wealth and energy from cattle and organic waste | In an effort to make the villages open defecation free and improving the lives of villagers Solid waste of dung and fields will be changed into compost, biogas and bio-CNG. He said that under the vision of inclusive society formation, the government has identified 115 districts for development. | Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation |
6 | Rashtriya Swachhata Kosh | To facilitate and channelize individual philanthropic contributions and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds to achieve the objective of Clean India (Swachh Bharat) by the year 2019 | been set up to facilitate and channelize individual philanthropic contributions and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds to achieve the objective of Clean India (Swachh Bharat) by the year 2019 | Ministry of Finance |
7 | Swachh Iconic Places (SIP) | To take iconic places and their surroundings to higher standards of Swachhata, so that all visitors benefit and also take away home the message of cleanliness | The Swachh Iconic Places is an initiative under the Swachh Bharat Mission. It is a special clean-up initiative focused on select iconic heritage, spiritual and cultural places in the country. The initiative is being coordinated by the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation in association with the Ministry of Urban Development, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Tourism and the concerned State governments | Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation in association with the Ministry of Urban Development, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Tourism and the concerned State governments |
8 | Swachhta Action Plan (SAP) - April 2017 | To incorporate Swachhta as an integral element in the various schemes and acvies of Ministries/Departments of Government of India, as well as in the organisaons under them | SAP is inter-ministerial programme for Swachhta All Union Ministries/Departments have to work for its realization in a significant manner with appropriate budget provisions. | Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation |
9 | Darwaza Bandh Media Campaigns | To promote toilet use and freedom from open defecation across the country's villages | Aiming at Behavior Change, an aggressive mass media campaign titled 'Darwaza Band' featuring Amitabh Bachchan to promote continued toilet use especially by men has been launched. | Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation |
10 | Swachhata Hi Seva (SHS), Sep 16-Oct 2, 2017 | To accelerate the Jan-Andolan for realizing the vision of a Clean India, further reinforcing the belief that 'Sanitation is everyone's business | Directly involve in performing cleanliness activities also termed as Shramdan. PM led the campaign by performing shramdan for twin pit toilet construction in Shahanshahpur village, Varanasi. | Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation |
11 | Swachh Sankalp se Swachh Siddhi Competition (Aug 17-Sep 8) | To generate mass involvement in Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) and related issues. | MoDWS organised countrywide Film, Essay and Painting Competition between 17 August and 8 September 2017 as another major step towards making Swachhta a people’s movement. | Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation |
12 | Freedom from Open Defecation (FOD) week (Aug 9 – Aug 15) | To make aware the importance of open defecation free India | IEC activities like door to door IPC, Swachhata Raths, Rallies, Marathons, Felicitation of Champions, Quiz/painting competitions for Awareness generation and mass mobilization of communities across the rural hinterland was carried out for triggering Behaviour Change. | Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation |
13 | Swachh Shakti March 8th, 2017 | Aims to bring in to focus the leadership role played by rural women in Swachh Bharat Mission | International Women’s Day, at Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar. Women sarpanches, grassroots workers from across the country attended the event. Swachhta Champions were honoured for their outstanding contribution towards making Swachh Bharat a reality in rural India. | Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation |
14 | Swachhata Pakwada | Mandates to State and City Governments to undertake extensive audit of toilets in urban areas under ‘Swachh Pakhwada’, to ensure that they are functional and fully used. | - As a part of behavioral change communication, hoardings and posters of ‘Asli Tarakki’ campaign, prioritizing construction of toilets over other needs like owning a scooter or a TV set, are to be prominently and widely displayed during the fortnight. - Google Toilet Locator to be launched for the benefit of the people of National Capital Region which helps in locating the nearest toilet for use. | Ministry of Urban Development |
15 | Swachh Swasth Sarvatra | To achieve better health outcomes through improved sanitation and increased awareness and healthy lifestyles | 1. ‘SwasthBaccheSwasth Bharat’ are pictoral books prepared by Central Health Education Bureau (CHEB) 2. Health messages shall be brought out that will educate the children and youth about healthy living habits and activities 3. The Ministry has distributed these books on healthy living across schools in India | Ministry of Health & Family Welfare |
16 | The Swachh Vidyalaya | To improve the curriculum and teaching methods while promoting hygiene practices and community ownership of water and sanitation facilities within schools. | Initiative was a collaborative effort of all the Central Government which provided funding through Centrally sponsored schemes of Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan, Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan, Swachh Bharat Kosh, and the States and Union Territories in partnership with 64 Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) and 11 Private Corporate. | Ministry of HRD |
17 | ‘SWACHHTA’ Ranking of Higher Educational Institutions | To get the attention of students, faculty, and institutions towards the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan | Help them realize how they can reduce the consumption and exploitation of natural resources such as paper, water, energy by the deployment of digital technology | Ministry of HRD |
18 | Swachhathon | To crowd source ideas for some of the pressing problems related to Sanitation and Hygiene | Swachh Bharat Hackathon which invites innovative technology based solutions to some of the most challenging questions being face by SBM – G. | Ministry of HRD Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation |
19 | Cyber Swachhta Kendra - Botnet Cleaning and Malware Analysis Centre by MeitY | To create a secure cyber space by detecting botnet infections in India and to notify, enable cleaning and securing systems of end users so as to prevent further infections. | It is a part of the Government of India's Digital India initiative. It envisages creating a secure cyber eco system in the country. | Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology |
20 | Swachh Yug Campaign | As part of its efforts to make villages located along Ganga open defecation-free, Government has launched a campaign ‘SwachhYug’, a collaborative effort of three Union Ministries, to bring about behavioural change among people staying in villages along the holy river | 1.Youth agencies under the Union Ministry of Youth Affaris such as the Bharat Scouts and Guides, Nehru Yuva Kendras and National Service Scheme will be deployed for the campaign. 2.These organizations will be called upon to provide a large number of local youth volunteers to support a behaviour change campaign in the 52 districts under the Swachh Bharat Mission. 3. A nodal officer has been identified for each district to work on making their district Open Defecation Free (ODF) in mission mode. 4.The focus will be on ‘Swachhta’ at the village through proper Solid and Liquid Waste Management and maintaining general cleanliness with the involvement of local bodies, NGOs, private sector organisations, etc. | Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, in partnership with Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, and Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation. |
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22 | SWAJAL yojana | 90% of the project cost will be taken care of by the government while the rest 10% of the project cost which will be contributed by the community | -It is a community owned drinking water programme which will not only ensure round-the-year availability of clean drinking water but also generate employment. - Besides ensuring the availability of clean drinking water to every household round the year, the project would also generate employment. - It is the second project under the Swajal Yojana. Prior to this, it has been launched in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand. | Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation |
23 | ATAL BHUJAL YOJNA | To improve ground water management in priority areas in the country through community participation. | Central sector scheme The priority areas identified under the scheme fall in the states of Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. Also cover two major types of groundwater systems found in India. Facilitate convergence of ongoing Government schemes in the states by incentivizing their focussed implementation in identified priority areas. | Ministry of Jal Shakti |
24 | JAL KRANTI ABHIYAN | Strengthening grass root involvement of all stakeholders including Panchayati Raj Institutions and local bodies in the water security | Involves use of modern technologies along with traditional wisdom for devising area/region specific innovative measures for increasing water security. Development of Model Command Area. Central Water Commission (CWC) and Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) are the nodal agencies for implementation. | Ministy of Jal Shakti |
25 | NATIONAL HYDROLOGY PROJECT | To set up a system for timely and reliable water resources data acquisition, storage, collation and management | Central sector scheme. Supported by World Bank. NHP will gather Hydro-meteorological data which will be stored and analysed and can be assessed by any user. | Ministry of Jal Shakti |
26 | DAM REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (DRIP) 2.0 | To improve the safety and operational performance of selected existing dams and associated appurtenances in a sustainable manner. | It is an externally-aided project as 80% of the total project is provided by the World Bank as loan/credit and remaining 20% is borne by the States / Central Government in which repair and Rehabilitation of dams will be done. | Ministry of Jal Shakti |
27 | JAL JEEVAN MISSION (JJM) | Aims at providing Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) to every rural household by 2024. | JJM is an upgraded version of the National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) that was launched in 2009. Community driven approach. Fund sharing pattern: 90:10 for Himalayan and North-Eastern States; 50:50 for other States and 100% for UTs. | Ministry of Jal Shakti |
28 | Digital India | |||
29 | Digital India | To transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy | The Digital India programme is centred on three key vision areas: - Digital Infrastructure as a Utility to Every Citizen -Governance & Services on Demand -Digital Empowerment of Citizens It aims to provide the much needed thrust to the nine pillars of growth areas, namely : -Broadband Highways, -Universal Access to Mobile Connectivity, - Public Internet Access Programme, -e-Governance: Reforming Government through Technology, -e-Kranti - Electronic Delivery of Services, -Information for All, Electronics Manufacturing, -IT for Jobs and -Early Harvest Programmes | The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) |
30 | DigiShala | To promote cashless transactions | 1.DigiShala is dedicated 24*7 and 365 days free-to-air TV channel to inform citizens about digital payment ecosystem, benefits and processes. 2.It is a satellite channel managed by Doordarshan (DD). It will be broadcasted nationally on DD Free Dish DTH service. 3.It will be available through GSAT15 (DD Direct DTH), 93.5 degree East, Receive frequency: 11590 Mhz. Through it, citizens will be informed and educated about various digital payment options through step by step demos of digital payments using e-wallets, UPI, USSD, Aadhaar-enabled payment systems and cards. | The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) |
31 | DigiLocker | To provide a secure dedicated personal electronic space for storing the documents of resident Indian citizens | 1.It is a part of Digital India programme, Digital Locker has been designed to reduce the administrative overhead of government departments and agencies created due to paper work. 2.It will also make it easy for the residents to receive services by saving time and effort as their documents will now be available anytime, anywhere and can be shared electronically. | The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) |
32 | Jeevan Pramaan | Digitized initiative eliminates the need for pensioners to be physically present at a certification authority or disbursement agency. | It is an Aadhaar based Biometric Authentication System for Pensioners. The system provides authenticity to Digital Life Certificate without the necessity of the pensioner being present in person before his/ her Pension Dispensing Authority (PDA). | The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) |
33 | Vittiya Saksharata Abhiyan (VISAKA) | To make people aware about cashless economic system. | Financial literacy | Ministry for Human Resource Development (MHRD) |
34 | Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan(PMDISHA) | To make 6 crore rural households digitally literate | 1.It is expected to be one of the largest digital literacy programmes in the world. 2.Under the scheme, 25 lakh candidates will be trained in the FY 2016-17; 275 lakh in the FY 2017-18; and 300 lakh in the FY 2018-19. 3.To ensure equitable geographical reach, each of the 250,000 Gram Panchayats would be expected to register an average of 200-300 candidates. | The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) |
35 | MY GOV.IN | It is aimed at creating a common platform for Indian citizens to "crowdsource governance ideas from citizens" | -MyGov is a citizen engagement platform founded by the Government of India to promote the active participation of Indian citizens in their country's governance and development. -It is also aimed at creating a common platform for Indian citizens to "crowdsource governance ideas from citizens".The users shall be allowed to discuss and to contribute on various government projects and plans. -It also allows users to upload documents in various formats. -It was announced that a mobile phone application on 'MyGov' is also under development. The website is hosted and managed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC). | National Informatics Centre (NIC) |
36 | National Scholarship Portal | To ensure that the scholarships are distributed to the students from time to time. | This initiative aims at making the scholarship process easy. From submitting the application, verification, sanction and disbursal to end beneficiary, everything related to government scholarships can be done on this single portal online. | Ministry Of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India |
37 | INDIA BPO PROMOTION SCHEME | Creation of employment opportunities for the youth, by promoting the IT/ IT Enabled Services (ITES) Industry particularly by setting up the BPO/ITES operations. | It aims to incentivize establishment of 48,300 seats distributed among each State in proportion of State’s population, with financial support up to Rs. 1lakh/seat in the form of Viability Gap Funding (VGF). It also involves encouragement of local entrepreneurs and special consideration for Hilly areas and rural areas. Implementing Agency - Software Technology Park of India (STPI), an autonomous society under the MeitY. | Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India |
38 | NATIONAL SUPERCOMPUTING MISSION | To make India one of the world leaders in Supercomputing and to build capacity of the country to develop the next generation of supercomputer experts. | The mission would be implemented jointly by Department of Science and Technology (DST) and Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) through two organizations the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. The Mission envisages empowering our national academic and R&D institutions spread over the country by installing a vast supercomputing grid comprising of more than 70 high-performance computing facilities. The Mission also includes development of highly professional High Performance Computing (HPC) aware human resource. | Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India |
39 | ELECTRONICS DEVELOPMENT FUND (EDF) | To achieve “Net Zero Imports” by 2020 as envisaged in digital india scheme. | It is set up as a “Fund of Funds” to participate in professionally managed “Daughter Funds” which in turn will provide risk capital to companies developing new technologies in the area of electronics, nano-electronics and Information Technology (IT). The EDF will also help attract venture funds, angel funds and seed funds towards R&D and innovation in the specified areas. It will help create a battery of Daughter funds and Fund Managers who will be seeking good start-ups (potential winners) and selecting them based on professional considerations. CANBANK Venture Capital Funds Ltd. (CVCFL) is the Fund Manager for EDF. | Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India |
40 | NATIONAL POLICY ON SOFTWARE PRODUCTS | To create a robust software product ecosystem, which aims to develop India as a Software Product Nation and the global software product hub | In order to evolve and monitor scheme & programmes for the implementation of this policy, National Software Products Mission will be set up with participation from Government, Academia and Industry. National Software Product Mission (NSPM) is to be housed in Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) under a Joint Secretary, with participation from Government, Academia and Industry. An outlay of Rs.1500 crore is involved to implement the programmes/ schemes envisaged under this policy over the period of next 7 years. | Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India |
41 | SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY PARK SCHEME | For the development and export of computer software, including export of professional services using communication links or physical media. | The first Software policy came up in 1986. It resulted into Software Technology Park (STP) scheme in 1991. It is a 100% export-oriented scheme which integrates concept of 100 percent Export Oriented Units (EOU) and Export Processing Zones (EPZ) and the concept of Science Parks / Technology Parks. It is unique in its nature as it focuses on one product / sector, i.e. computer software. | Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India |
42 | MODIFIED ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING CLUSTERS (EMC 2.0) SCHEME | For development of world class infrastructure along with common facilities and amenities through Electronics Manufacturing Clusters (EMCs). | It is in line with National Policy for electronics (NPE) 2019. EMC 2.0 Scheme would support setting up of both Electronics Manufacturing Clusters (EMCs) and Common Facility Centers (CFCs). Financial assistance will be provided over a period of 8 years. It will act as a pull for large companies to come to India bringing along their entire components manufacturing ecosystem. | Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India |
43 | SCHEME FOR PROMOTION OF MANUFACTURING OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AND SEMICONDUCTORS (SPECS) | Development of electronic components manufacturing ecosystem. | This will cater to all segments of electronics manufacturing such as Mobile, Consumer electronics, Industrial Electronics, Automotive, Medical Electronics, Telecom Equipment, Computer Hardware etc. financial incentive of 25% of capital expenditure on plant, machinery, equipment, associated utilities and technology, including for R&D to the industrial units making investment for manufacturing of capital goods, electronic components, semiconductors etc. | Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India |
44 | PRODUCTION LINKED INCENTIVE SCHEME (PLI) | Boost domestic manufacturing and attract large investments in the electronics value chain. | Electronic manufacturing companies will get an incentive of 4 to 6% on incremental sales (over base year) of goods manufactured in India and covered under target segments, to eligible companies over a period of next 5 years. The scheme shall only be applicable for target segments namely mobile phones and specified electronic components. The scheme will also help in creating 2-4 "champion Indian companies”. | Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India |
45 | CYBER SURAKSHIT BHARAT INITIATIVE | To strengthen cybersecurity ecosystem in India in line Government’s vision for a ‘Digital India". | It is first public-private partnership of its kind and will leverage the expertise of the IT industry in cybersecurity. The founding partners include leading IT companies such as Microsoft, Intel, WIPRO. Its knowledge partners include Cert-In, NIC, NASSCOM and consultancy firms Deloitte and EY. It will be operated on three principles of Awareness, Education and Enablement. | Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India |
46 | Secure, Scalable & Sugamya Website as a Service (S3WAAS) | It is a website generating and deployment product hosted on the National Cloud of National Informatics Centre. | It leverages technology to generate secure websites using templates which are highly customizable and can seamlessly be deployed on a scalable software defined infrastructure. | Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India |
47 | GI Cloud – MeghRaj | It is aimed at utilizing and harnessing the benefits of Cloud Computing with focus on accelerating delivery of e-services in the country while optimizing ICT spending of the Government. | The architectural vision of GI Cloud consists of a set of discrete cloud computing environments spread across multiple locations, built on existing or new (augmented) infrastructure, following a set of common protocols, guidelines and standards issued by the Government of India. | Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India |
48 | UMANG | To provide major services offered by Central and State Government departments, Local bodies and other utility services from private organizations. | It provides a unified approach where citizens can install one application to avail multiple government services. Its service has been made available on multiple channels like mobile application, web, IVR and SMS which can be accessed through smartphones, feature phones, tablets and desktops. | Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India |
49 | Build for Digital India' programme | The programme will offer a platform to engineering students to develop market-ready, technology-based solutions that address key social problems in areas like healthcare, agriculture, education, smart cities and infrastructure, women safety etc. | It will be rolled out by Google and MeitY. Google will also offer mentorship sessions in product design, strategy and technology to the most promising products and prototypes. | Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India |
50 | Skill India | |||
51 | National Skill Development Mission | NSDM will provide a strong institutional framework at the Centre and States for implementation of skilling activities in the country. | The Mission will have a three-tiered, high powered decision making structure: 1. At its apex, the Mission’s Governing Council, chaired by the Prime Minister, will provide overall guidance and policy direction. 2. The Steering Committee, chaired by Minister in Charge of Skill Development, will review the Mission’s activities in line with the direction set by the Governing Council. 3. The Mission Directorate, with Secretary, Skill Development as Mission Director, will ensure implementation, coordination and convergence of skilling activities across Central Ministries/Departments and State Governments. | Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship |
52 | Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) | To provide skills training for the youth. Focus on Class 10 and 12th dropouts | -Skill training would be done based on the National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) and industry led standards. -Under the scheme, a monetary reward is given to trainees on assessment and certification by third party assessment bodies. The average monetary reward would be around Rs.8000 per trainee. -Special emphasis has been given to recognition of prior learning. -Awareness building and mobilization efforts would be focused for attention. -Mobilization would be done through skill melas organized at the local level with participation of the State Governments, Municipal Bodies, Pachayati Rai Institutions and community based organizations. | Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (through the National Skill Development Corporation). |
53 | National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) | The scheme aims to provide apprenticeship training to over 50 lakh youngsters in order to create more jobs. It has budgetary outlay of Rs 10000 crore. | 1. NAPS is implemented by Director General of Training (DGT) under the aegis of Union Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE). 2. Under it, Central Government for the first time will provide financial incentives to the employers to engage actively in apprenticeship training 3. Central Government will also directly share 25% of the total stipend (maximum of 1,500 rupees per month per apprentice) payable to an apprentice with employers. In addition, it will support basic training which is considered an essential component of apprenticeship training | Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship |
54 | PM Yuva Yojana | To build an ecosystem of entrepreneurship for youngsters | -PMYY is MSDE’s flagship scheme on entrepreneurship education and training. -The scheme spans over five years (2016-17 to 2020-21) with a project cost of 499.94 crore rupees. -It will provide entrepreneurship education and training to over 7 lakh students in 5 years through 3,050 institutes. -It will provide easy access to information and mentor network, incubator, credit and accelerator and advocacy to create a pathway for the youth. -The institutes under the PMYY include 2,200 institutes of higher learning (colleges, universities, and premier institutes), 500 ITIs, 300 schools and 50 entrepreneurship development centres through Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). | Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship |
55 | Pravasi Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PKVY) | To enable a large number of Indian youth to take up industry-relevant skill training that will help them in securing a better livelihood. | -PKVY will provide training and certify Indians who are seeking overseas employment in selected sectors that have high demand in the global labour market in line with international standards. -PKVY is launched as a means of showing respect to the contributions made by Indians overseas by ensuring their welfare and safety -PKVY is launched to address the brain drain challenge into brain gain -PKVY will help keep a track record of the Indian youth going abroad after getting trained in the skill development program -PKVY will aid in making India the World’s Skill capital | National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) Ministry of External Affairs Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurshi |
56 | Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana | The Vision of DDU-GKY is to "Transform rural poor youth into an economically independent and globally relevant workforce". It aims to target youth, under the age group of 15–35 years. DDU-GKY is a part of the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), tasked with the dual objectives of adding diversity to the incomes of rural poor families and cater to the career aspirations of rural youth | -Enable Poor and Marginalized to Access Benefits -Demand led skill training at no cost to the rural poor -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 -Post-placement support, migration support and alumni network -Guaranteed Placement for at least 75% trained candidates | Ministry of Rural development |
57 | SANKALP (Skills Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion) | Strengthened institutional mechanisms at National and State levels to guide planning, delivery and monitoring of market relevant training. | -These are outcome focused projects marking a shift in government’s implementation strategy in vocational education and training from inputs to results. -SANKALP, a centrally sponsored scheme (funded directly by Central Ministries and implemented by States or their agencies), addresses this need by setting up national bodies for accreditation and certification. -The bodies shall regulate assessment and certification in both long and short term vocational education and training (VET). | Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Supported by World bank |
58 | STRIVE (Skill Strengthening for Industrial Value Enhancement) | To improve the relevance and efficiency of skills training provided through Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) and apprenticeship. | -STRIVE, a central sector scheme (funded and implemented by the Central Government machinery), aims to modernize 500+ ITIs through outcomes and reform linked funding. -The architecture shall help to converge the efforts of various central, state and private sector institutions thereby avoiding duplication of activities and bringing about uniformity in vocational training. -The schemes aim to strengthen institutions such as State Skill Development Missions (SSDMs), National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), Sector Skill Councils (SSCs), ITIs and National Skill Development Agency (NSDA) etc. and ensure greater decentralization in skill planning. | Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Supported by World bank |
59 | Himayat | Aims to train youths from both rural and urban areas of J&K in various job-intensive vocational courses over the next three years | -Himayat is a placement linked skill development initiative for training and placement of 1 lakh youths from J&K in next 5 years. -Youths enrolled for this scheme will be given training for six-months, nine-months and one year job-oriented courses. -They will be trained in and outside the state. -A provision has been also kept for foreign placements as well -The scheme is part of the Skill Empowerment and Employment scheme of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). | Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship |
60 | Roshni scheme | To provide placement linked skill development for rural youth in 24 Left Wing Extremist (LWE) affected districts in India. | -ROSHNI is a special initiative under, Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (Formerly Ajeevika Skills), launched in June 2013 for training and placement of rural poor youth from 27 LWE affected districts in 09 States (Andhra Pradesh-01, Bihar-02, Chhattisgarh-08, Jharkhand-06, Madhya Pradesh-01, Maharashtra-01, Odisha-06, Uttar Pradesh-01 and West Bengal-01). -As per the Ministry 50 per cent of the beneficiaries of the scheme will be women only. -The Scheme Roshni which is a 100-crore Rupees project that will be mutually funded by the Union and State Governments, with the Centre providing 75 per cent of the funding. -The scheme will be implemented on a public-private basis, with private agencies providing job training and employment. | Ministry of Skill development |
61 | JAN SHIKSHAN SANTHANS (JSS) | To provide vocational training to non-literate, neo-literate, as well as school drop outs. | Decentralization of powers for JSSs- giving more accountability and independence to district administration. To identify and promote traditional skills in the district through skilling / upskilling. Linking JSS to PFMS (Public Finance Management system) maintaining transparency and accountability of the ecosystem. Creating livelihood linkages. | Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship |
62 | SkillsBuild Platform | To create a job-ready workforce and to build the next generation of skills needed for new collar careers. | It is a two-year advanced diploma in IT, networking and cloud computing, co-created and designed by IBM, will be offered at the Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) &National Skill Training Institutes (NSTIs). The platform will be extended to train ITI &NSTI faculty on building skills in Artificial Intelligence (AI). SkillsBuild offers digital learning content from IBM and partners such as CodeDoor, Coorpacademy and Skillsoft. | Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship |
63 | Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship Programme (MGNF) | To boost skill development at the district level. | It is a two year academic programme with an in-built component of on-ground practical experience with the district administration. Upon completion of these components, the Fellows will be awarded a Certificate of Public Policy and Management. | Minisrty of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship |
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65 | Nirbhaya Fund | To support initiatives by the government and NGOs working towards protecting the dignity and ensuring safety of women in India. | -Nirbhaya Fund is an Indian rupee 10 billion corpus announced by Government of India in its 2013 Union Budget. -According to the then Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, this fund is expected to support initiatives by the government and NGOs working towards protecting the dignity and ensuring safety of women in India. -Nirbhaya (fearless) was the pseudonym given to the 2012 Delhi gang rape victim to hide her actual identity. | Earlier Ministry of Home Ministry, Now Ministry of Women & Child |
66 | ICDS | -To prevent and reduce young child under-nutrition (% underweight children 0- 3 years) by 10 percentage points, -Enhance early development and learning outcomes in all children 0-6 years of age, -improve care and nutrition of girls and women and reduce anaemia prevalence in young children, girls and women by one fifth by the end of 12th five year plan. | -It is a centrally sponsored scheme -The engagement of the anganwadi worker and helper from the same village -It is a universal and self-selecting scheme i.e. anyone can visit to the Aanganwadi centre and enroll these services. -Package of six services i.e. o SNP – supplementary nutrition programme o Pre-school education oHealth and nutrition education, oImmunization, oHealth check up and oReferral services to the beneficiaries AEC-cum-crèche, AWC-cum counselor. | Ministry of Women & Child |
67 | Mahila Police Volunteer | To report incidences of violence against women such as domestic violence, child marriage, dowry harassment and violence faced by women in public spaces. | It envisages creation of a link between the police authorities and the local communities in villages through police volunteers who will be women specially trained for this purpose. Under this scheme it is expected to have at least one such volunteer in every village whose primary job will be to keep an eye on situations where women in the village are harassed or their rights and entitlements are denied or their development is prevented. Joint initiative b/w Min. of WCD and Home Min. | Ministry of Women & Child and Home Ministry |
68 | UJJAWALA Yojana | For Prevention of Trafficking and Rescue, Rehabilitation and Re-Integration of Victims of Trafficking for Commercial Sexual Exploitation. | Comprehensive scheme for prevention of trafficking and rescue, rehabilitation and reintegration of victims of trafficing and commercial sexual exploitation | Ministry of Women & Child |
69 | One Stop centre scheme | 1.To provide integrated support and assistance to women affected by violence, both in private and public spaces under one roof. 2.To facilitate immediate, emergency and non-emergency access to a range of ... support under one roof to fight against any forms of violence against women | 1.These centres will provide immediate access to a range of services including medical, legal, psychological and counselling support to the victims. 2.The OSC will support all women including girls below 18 years of age affected by violence ,also for girls below 18 years of age, institutions and authorities established under Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 will be linked with the OSC. 3.In addition to this, a single uniform number -181 will provide 24-hour emergency response to all women affected by violence, through referral (linking with appropriate authorities such as Police, OSC or hospital); funding thru' Nirbhaya fund | Ministry of Women & Child |
70 | Swadhar Grehs | To cater to the primary need of shelter, food, clothing, medical treatment and care of the women in distress and who are without any social and economic support. | Homes for relief and rehabilitation of women in difficult circumstances including survivors of rape/assault etc. Provision for food clothing, councelling. training, clinical and legal aid ; long term | Ministry of Women & Child |
71 | She-Box | To create a safe and secure workplace for women free from sexual harassment. | Online complaint Management System for women working in both public and private organizations to ensure effective implementation of the Sexual Harassment of Women at workplace Act | Ministry of Women & Child |
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73 | Mission for Protection and Empowerment for Women | To achieve holistic empowerment of women through convergence of schemes/programmes of different Ministries/ Department of Government of India as well as State Governments | -It aimed at improving the declining Child Sex Ratio; ensuring survival. & protection of the girl child; ensuring her education, and empowering her to fulfill her potential.s a social sector welfare schemes for care, protection and development of women. -It will provide an interface for rural women to approach the government for availing their entitlements and for empowering them through training and capacity building. | Ministry of Women & Child |
74 | Mahila Shakti Kendra | To empower rural women through community participation and to create an environment in which they realize their full potential. | -Mahila Shakti Kendras will converge all Govt. Schemes for women at National, State, District and Block level Skill Development, Employment, Digital Literacy, Health and Nutrition. -Through this scheme, government plans to reach 115 most backward districts in the country with 920 Mahila Shakti Kendra... | Ministry of Women & Child |
75 | PRIYADARSHINI SCHEME(discontinued in 2016) | To develop Adarsh (model) SHGs by providing training in all aspects of SHGs. | Women’s Empowerment and Livelihoods Programme in the Mid Gangetic Plains | Ministry of Women & Child |
76 | Sabla | -Enable the adolescent girls for self development and empowerment -Improve their nutrition and health status. -Promote awareness about health, hygiene, nutrition, adolescent reproductive and sexual health (ARSH) and family and child care. -To educate, skill and make them ready for life’s challenges | Nutrition provision - Iron and folic acid (IFA) supplementation - Health check-up and referral services - Nutrition & health education (NHE) -Counseling/guidance on family welfare, ARSH, child care practices and home management. -Upgrade home-based skills, life skills and integrate with the national skill development program (NSDP) for vocational skills. -Mainstream out of school adolescent girls into formal/non formal education. -Provide information/guidance about existing public services such as PHC, CHC, post office, bank, police station, etc. | Ministry of Women & Child |
77 | Saksham | To give more and more job opportunities for the candidates who are unemployed and graduate. This will help their family and for better income. | Under this scheme, if a candidate works 100 hours in one month then the family will get Rs.9000/- per month as well as Rs.3000/- for the unemployment support. The candidate who will get selected will get training based on their choice as well as the selected department. | Ministry of Women & Child |
78 | Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana | -Empower women in agriculture by making systematic investments to enhance their participation and productivity, -Create and sustain agriculture based livelihoods of rural women. | -a sub component of the Deendayal Antodaya Yojana-NRLM (DAY-NRLM) - Under the Pariyojana, projects are conceived in such a manner that the skill base of the women in agriculture is enhanced to enable them to pursue their livelihoods on a sustainable basis. -Under MKSP sustainable agriculture, 58 projects from 14 States have been sanctioned which will benefit 24.5 lakhs Mahila Kisans during the period. | Ministry of Rural Development |
79 | Beti Bachao Beti Padhao | Focus on the prevention of gender-biased sex-selective elimination. Protecting the girl child. Promoting women education and participation of the girl child. | 1.Prevent Female infanticide 2.Ensure Every Girl Child is Protected 3.Ensure every Girl Child is educated Enforcement of PC & PNDT Act, nation-wide awareness and advocacy campaign and multi-sectoral action in select 100 districts (low on Child Sex Ratio) in the first phase. -Under this scheme there is a strong emphasis on mindset change through training, sensitization, awareness raising and community mobilization on ground. | It is a tri-ministerial effort of Ministries of Women and Child Development, Health & Family Welfare and Human Resource Development. |
80 | Sukanya samriddhi yojana | To ensure the financial independence of women by encouraging them to invest in a savings scheme that would enable them to fulfil their long-term life goals and dreams like higher education, marriage, etc. and ensure financial stability. | 1.(Minor) bank account for girl child below the age of 10. 2.She can withdraw 50% of the money after reaching age of 18 e.g. for higher education. 18 years deadline will also help preventing child-marriages. For initial account opening, minimum deposit Rs.1000 required. Later, any amount in multiple of 100 can be deposited, but maximum Rs. 1.5 lakh per year. Interest rate: 9.1% compounded annually. | Ministry of Women & Child |
81 | Pocso-e Box | For easy and direct reporting of sexual offences against children and timely action against offenders under POCSO Act, 2012. | 1,POCSO e-box is a unique endeavour by NCPCR for receiving online complaint of Child Sexual Abuse directly from the victim. 2.Through a well defined procedure complaints are directly followed up by a team which counsels the victim, providing further guidance for required legal action. Through a short animation film embedded in the e-box it assures the victim not to feel bad, helpless or confused as it’s not her fault. With the e-box, it is easy to register complaint through a step-by-step guided process. | The Ministry of Women & Child It is an initiative of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), for Direct online Reporting of Child Sexual Abuse. |
82 | NARI | To achieve the holistic empowerment of women through convergence of schemes/programmes of different Ministries/Department of Government of India as well as State Governments. | Due to scattered information on various women centric schemes/legislations there is a lack of awareness among people regarding the same. To address this problem government launched NARI portal as a single window access to information and services | Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology |
83 | e-samvaad Portal | To help in formulation of effective policies and measures for welfare of women and children. | It is a platform for NGOs and civil society to interact with the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) by providing their feedback, suggestions, put up grievances, share best practices etc. • This will help in formulation of effective policies and measures for welfare of women and children. | Ministry of Women & Child |
84 | Stree swabhiman | To create sustainable model for providing adolescent girls and women an access to affordable sanitary products by leveraging Common Service Centres (CSCs). | -It aims to create a sustainable model for providing adolescent girls and women an access to affordable sanitary products in rural areas. -Under this project, sanitary napkin micro manufacturing units (semi-automatic and manual process production unit) are being set up at CSCs across India, particularly those operated by women entrepreneurs. -The product will be sold under local brand name and marketed by village level entrepreneurs. -Each facility will employ 8-10 women and educate women of their society to overcome this social taboo. -It also has a menstrual hygiene related awareness generation component and is also expected reduce dropped out rates in girls on reaching puberty. | Ministry of Electronics and Information technology (MeITY) |
85 | PROGRAM TO TRAIN ELECTED WOMEN REPRESENTATIVES OF PANCHAYATI RAJ INSTITUTIONS | For women empowerment and proper representation. | -The program aimed at capacity building of EWRs is being organized by National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development (NIPCCD) of the MoWCD. -It is the first ever initiative which will train approximately twenty thousand EWRs covering nearly 50 EWRs from each district (by March, 2018) who will go out and administer the villages professionally. - It will help in creating model villages, ensure their effective participation in governance process and help preparing women as political leaders of the future. | Ministry of women and Child |
86 | Support to Training and Employment Programme for Women (STEP) | To provide skills that give employability to women and to provide competencies and skill that enable women to become self-employed/entrepreneurs. | -To provide competencies and skill that enable women to become self-employed/entrepreneurs. -The scheme is intended to benefit women who are in the age group of 16 years and above across the country. | Ministry of women and Child |
87 | Rashtriya Mahila Kosh | To provide socio-economic development through multi-pronged effort. | -RMK is a national credit fund for women under the aegis of the Ministry of Women and Child Development. -It was established in 1993 for socio-economic empowerment of women. -It aims to provide financial services with backward and forward linkages for women in the unorganized sector through Intermediary Micro Finance Organizations (IMOs) and Women Self Help Groups (SHGs) and to augment their capacities through multi-pronged efforts. -RMK also extends micro-credit to the women in the informal sector through a client friendly, without collateral and in a hassle-free manner for income generation activities | Ministry of women and child |
88 | GENDER CHAMPIONS SCHEME | To make young boys and girls gender sensitive and create positive social norms which value the rights of women and girls. | Gender Champions are envisaged as responsible leaders who will facilitate an enabling environment within their schools/colleges/ academic institutions where girls are treated with dignity and respect. Scheme will strengthen the potential of young girls and boys to advocate for gender equality and monitor progress towards gender justice. | Ministry of Women and Child Ministry of HRD |
89 | SAKHI ONE STOP CENTRES | To provide integrated support and assistance to women affected by violence, in private and public spaces, within the family, community and at the workplace under one roof. | It’s funded through Nirbhaya Fund. The Central Government provide 100% financial assistance to the State Government /UT Administrations under the Scheme. Implementing Agency: State Government/ UT Administration. These are 24×7 centres and any woman in an adverse situation or someone on her behalf can seek help from the Sakhi Centre by dialling Women’s toll-free helpline 181. | Ministry of Women and Child Development |
90 | Mahila E-Haat | It’s an online marketing platform for women. | It’s an initiative for meeting aspirations and need of women entrepreneurs which will leverage technology for showcasing products made/manufactured/sold by women entrepreneurs.It has been set up with an investment of under Rs.10 lakh from the Rashtriya Mahila Kosh—an autonomous body under the WCD ministry, registered under the Societies Registration Act 1860 for the socio-economic empowerment of women. | Ministry of Women and Child Development |
91 | Pradhan Mantri Mahila Shakti Kendra (PMMSK) | To provides an interface for rural women to approach the government for availing their entitlements and for empowering them through training and capacity building. | Community engagement is envisioned in 117 most backward districts through Student Volunteers. It will provide an opportunity to Student Volunteers to participate in the nation development process and bring gender equality in backward district. | Ministry of Women and Child Development |
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93 | Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana previously PM Matritva Sahyog Yojana | Providing partial compensation for the wage loss in terms of cash incentive s so that the woman can take adequate res t before and after delivery of the first living child.
The cash incentive provided would lead to improved health seeking behaviour amongst the Pregnant Women and Lactating Mothers (PW& LM). | The eligible beneficiaries would receive the incentive given under the Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) for Institutional delivery and the incentive received under JSY would be accounted towards maternity benefits so that on an average a woman gets Rs 6000 / - . | Ministry of Women and Child Development |
94 | Janani Suraksha Yojana(JSY) | It is being implemented with the objective of reducing maternal and neonatal mortality by promoting institutional delivery among poor pregnant women. | -It is a 100% centrally sponsored scheme it integrates cash assistance with delivery and post-delivery care. The success of the scheme would be determined by the increase in institutional delivery among the poor families -The women who deliver in Government hospitals, health centres or even in accredited private hospitals are eligible for the cash assistance, if she is above 19 years | Ministry of Women and Child Development |
95 | Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram(JSSK) | to provide better health facilities for pregnant women and sick neonates and eliminating “out-of-pocket” expenses. | -Under this scheme, pregnant women are entitled for free drugs and consumables, free diagnostics, free blood whenever required, and free diet up to 3 days for normal delivery and 7 days for C-section -This initiative also provides for free transport from home to institution, between facilities in case of a referral and drop back home -Similar entitlements have been put in place for all sick new borns accessing public health institutions for treatment till 30 days after birth | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
96 | MAA-Mother’s Absolute Affection | A nationwide programme launched in an attempt to bring undiluted focus on promotion of breastfeeding and provision of counselling services for supporting breastfeeding through health systems. | 1. The programme has been named ‘MAA’ to signify the support a lactating mother requires from family members and at health facilities to breastfeed successfully. 2. The chief components of the MAA Programme are Community awareness generation, Strengthening inter personal communication through ASHA, Skilled support for breastfeeding at delivery points in public health facilities, and monitoring and award/recognition. | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
97 | Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram(RBSK) | To aim at early identification and early intervention for children from birth to 18 years. | Under this, support is being provided to States/UTs for Child Health Screening and Early Intervention Services through early detection and early management of common health conditions classified into 4 Ds i.e Defects at birth, Diseases, Deficiencies, Development delays including disability. Treatment including surgeries at tertiary level is free of cost under this initiative | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
98 | Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram | To ensure holistic development of adolescent population. | This initiative goes beyond addressing sexual and reproductive health and introduces focus on nutrition, sexual & reproductive health, injuries and violence (including gender based violence), non-communicable diseases, mental health and substance misuse | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
99 | Ayushman Bharat Scheme | To provide free health coverage at the secondary and tertiary level to its bottom 40% poor and vulnerable population. | National Health Protection Scheme will be launched to cover 10 crore poor and vulnerable families. Under this, up to Rs 5 lakh will be provided to each family per year in secondary and tertiary care institutions. This scheme will have 50 crore beneficiaries. So far under the National Health Insurance Scheme, insurance cover of Rs 30,000 was available only. This is a big increase in this regard. | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
100 | RASHTRIYA AROGYA NIDHI (RAN) | To provide financial assistance to patients, living below poverty line and who are suffering from major life threatening diseases. | financial assistance to patients, living below poverty line and who are suffering from major life threatening diseases, to receive medical treatment at any of the super speciality Hospitals/Institutes or other Government hospitals | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
101 | AMRIT Pharmacies | To reduce expenditure incurred by patients on treatment of cancer and cardio vascular (heart) diseases to make health care affordable for poor. | Retail outlets in the name of AMRIT pharmacy are opened to sell drugs for cancer and heart diseases at highly discounted rates on market rates. The project is implemented by government-owned HLL Lifecare Ltd (HLL) which is deputed to establish and run AMRIT chain of pharmacies across the count. | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
102 | Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) | The primary objective of PMSSY is to correct the region imbalances in availability of affordable/reliable tertiary level healthcare in the country in general, and, to augment facilities for quality medical education in under-served or backward States, in particular. | 1.The PMSSY project was to be implemented across the country by the centre for which two major components of implementation was decided.• The first was to set up bigger medical institutions like that of AIIMS located in New Delhi. A total of six such AIIMS like medical units were brought up in the country spread across various regions. 2.The second component of the PMSSY scheme was to improve and upgrade all the medical colleges and institutions. There were a total of 13 such medical colleges spread across the country which needed up gradation and introduction to improved medical facilities and technologies. The PMSSY scheme will be implemented in three work phases. | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
103 | Mission Madhumeha | Effective management of Diabetes through Ayurveda. | 1. It was Launched on National Ayurvedic Day . 2.The Mission will be implemented throughout the country through a specially designed National Treatment Protocol. 3.The guidelines in the protocol will be sent to various state governments, which will further circulate them across various medical institutions. 4.The Madhumeha Assessment Tool (MAT) based on Ayurvedic philosophy has also been developed for the self-assessment of the people with regards to possibilities of diabetes. 5. The government is set to launch a mobile app which will suggest Ayurvedic medicines for diabetic patients. 6.The app will be meant for use by both practitioners of Ayurveda as well patients. 7.It will help in identifying the type of diabetes a patient is suffering from as well as recommend which Ayurvedic medicines can be administered to a patient. 8.The app is based on a set of guidelines issued by AYUSH. | Ministry of AYUSH |
104 | MISSION INDRADHANUSH | It aims to immunize all children under the age of 2 years, as well as all pregnant women, against seven vaccine preventable diseases. | 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. | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
105 | National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS) | Prevent and control common NCDs through behaviour and life style changes.
Provide early diagnosis and management of common NCDs. | NPCDCS has a focus on awareness generation for behaviour and life-style changes, screening and early diagnosis of persons with high level of risk factors and there treatment and referral (if required) to higher facilities for appropriate management for those Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) including diabetes and hypertension. | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
106 | Test and Treat Policy for HIV | As soon as a person is tested and found to be positive, he will be provided with Antiretroviral Therapy irrespective of his CD count or clinical stage. | 1. The ART will be for all men, women, adolescents and children who have been diagnosed as a HIV + case. 2. This will improve longevity, improve quality of life of those infected and will save them from many opportunistic infections, especially TB | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
107 | Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme | 1. Strengthening and improving quality of basic TB services addressing TB HIV co-infection, other co-morbidities and MDR-TB 2. Engaging with care providers both in the public and the private sector 3. Targeted intervention in the vulnerable population and strengthening urban TB control along with active case finding activities 4. Integrating newer molecular diagnostics for TB in the health system (CBNAAT) for early diagnosis of MDR TB 5. Leveraging of Information Communication Technology for enhancing TB notification and strengthening of monitoring | 1. Under the RNTCP, Government is committed to end tuberculosis by 2025. 2. The strategies adopted for this purpose include strengthening and improving quality of basic TB services, engaging with providers other than public, addressing TB HIV co-infection, other co-morbidities and programmatic management of drug resistant TB. | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
108 | National Leprosy Eradication Programme (NLEP) | To eliminate leprosy from the country | With a view to eliminating leprosy from the country, a three-pronged strategy has been adopted for early detection of leprosy cases in the community during 2016-17: 1.Leprosy Case Detection Campaign for high endemic districts. 2. Focused Leprosy Campaign for hot spots. 3. Specific plan for Case Detection in Hard to reach areas. | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
109 | Menstrual Hygiene for Adolescent Girls Scheme | To address the need of menstrual hygiene among adolescent girls residing primarily in rural areas, Government of India is supporting the Menstrual Hygiene Scheme.
Under the scheme, funds are provided to States/UTs through National Health Mission for decentralized procurement of sanitary napkins packs. It would thus make its provision to rural adolescent girls at subsidized rates as per proposals received from the States and UTs in their Programme Implementation Plans | Increasing awareness among adolescent girls on Menstrual Hygiene
Improving access to and use of high quality sanitary napkins by adolescent girls in rural areas. Ensuring safe disposal of Sanitary Napkins in an environmentally friendly manner. Provision of funds to ASHAs to hold monthly meeting with adolescents to discuss issues related to menstrual hygiene | Ministry of Health and Family Welfre |
110 | National Framework for Malaria Elimination | The aims of the National Framework for Malaria Elimination in India 2016-2030 are: 1. To Eliminate malaria (zero indigenous cases) throughout the entire country by 2030; and 2. Maintain malaria-free status in areas where malaria transmission has been interrupted and prevent re-introduction of malaria. | 1. Eliminate malaria from all 26 States including 15 low (Category 1) and 11 moderate (Category 2) transmission States/Union Territories (UTs) by 2022; 2. Reduce the incidence of malaria to less than 1 case per 1000 population per year in all States and UTs and their districts by 2024; 3. Interrupt indigenous transmission of malaria throughout the entire country, including all 10 high transmission States and Union Territories (Category 3) by 2027; and 4. Prevent the re-establishment of local transmission of malaria in areas where it has been eliminated and maintain national malaria-free status by 2030 and beyond. | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
111 | Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis (ELF) Programme | For prevention, control and management of lymphatic filariasis disease as
well as strategies for vector control. | National Health Policy (2002) has laid down the goal for elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis by 2015, which has now been revised to 2017, though global goal is 2020 | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
112 | LAQSHYA scheme | Aimed at improving quality of care in labour room and maternity operation theatre. | The programme aims at implementing ‘fast-track’ interventions for achieving tangible results within 18 months. Under the initiative, a multipronged strategy has been adopted, including improving infrastructure upgradation, ensuring availability of essential equipment, providing adequate human resources, capacity building of healthcare workers and improving quality processes in the labour room. A healthcare facility achieving 70% score on NQAS will be declared ‘LaQshya’ certified. Facilities scoring over 90, 80 and 70% will get platinum, gold and silver badges respectively. Facilities achieving NQAS certification and having 80% satisfied beneficiaries will be given monetary incentive with medical college hospitals getting Rs 6 lakh and Rs 3 lakh for district hospitals. | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
113 | Suvidha | To make sanitary schemes available at affordable prices. | The government has launched biodegradable sanitary napkins, priced at ₹2.50 per pad. The name is Suvidha | Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers |
114 | SATH Programme | NITI Aayog has launched SATH, a program providing ‘Sustainable Action for Transforming Human capital’ with the State Governments. | The vision of the program is to initiate transformation in the education and health sectors. -The program addresses the need expressed by many states for technical support from NITI aayog. -SATH aims to identify and build three future ‘role model’ states for health systems. -NITI Aayog will work in close collaboration with their state machinery to design a robust roadmap of intervention, develop a program governance structure, set up monitoring and tracking mechanisms, handhold state institutions through the execution stage and provide support on a range of institutional measuresto achieve the end objectives. -The program will be implemented by NITI along with McKinsey & Company and IPE Global consortium, who were selected through a competitive bidding process. | Niti aayog |
115 | National Health mission | The broad objectives of this mission are as follows: -Reduce MMR to 1/1000 live births -Reduce IMR to 25/1000 live births -Reduce TFR (Total Fertility Rate ) to 2.1 -Prevention and reduction of anaemia in women aged 15–49 years -Prevent and reduce mortality & morbidity from communicable, non-communicable; injuries and emerging diseases -Reduce household out-of-pocket expenditure on total health care expenditure -Reduce annual incidence and mortality from Tuberculosis by half -Reduce prevalence of Leprosy to <1/10000 population and incidence to zero in all districts -Annual Malaria Incidence to be <1/1000 -Less than 1 per cent microfilaria prevalence in all districts -Kala-azar Elimination by 2015, <1 case per 10000 population in all blocks | The National Health Mission (NHM) has two Sub-Missions : National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) covering urban areas National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) covering rural areas | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
116 | LAQSHYA- LABOUR ROOM QUALITY IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVE | To improve quality of care in labour room and maternity Operation Theatre (OT). | This initiative will be implemented in Government Medical Colleges (MCs) besides District Hospitals (DHs), and high delivery load Sub- District Hospitals (SDHs) and Community Health Centres (CHCs). The initiative plans to conduct quality certification of labour rooms and also incentivize facilities achieving the targets outlined. | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
117 | SURAKSHIT MATRITVA AASHWASAN (SUMAN) INITIATIVE | Assuring dignified, respectful and quality health care at no cost. Zero tolerance for denial of services for every woman and newborn visiting the public health facility. | Pregnant women, mothers up to 6 months after delivery, and all sick newborns will be able to avail free healthcare benefits. There will be zero expense access to the identification and management of complications during and after the pregnancy. The government will also provide free transport from home to health institutions. | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
118 | MISSION PARIVAR VIKAS | To accelerate access to high quality family planning choices based on information, reliable service and supplies within a right based framework.
To reach the replacement level fertility goals of 2.1 by 2025. | Focus on improving access to contraceptives through delivering assured services, dovetailing with new promotional schemes, ensuring commodity security, building capacity (service providers), creating an enabling environment along with close monitoring and implementation. It will also distribute a kit (Nayi Pahal) containing products of family planning and personal hygiene among newly-wed couples. It will increase sterilization services, roll out injectable contraceptive at subcentre level and generate awareness about condoms and pills. | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
119 | UNIVERSAL IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMME | Provide free of cost vaccines to all children across the country to protect them against 12 Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPDs).
Rapidly increase immunization coverage. | 100 Percent Funded by the central government. Under UIP, Government of India is providing vaccination free of cost against 12 vaccine preventable diseases. Achieve self-sufficiency in vaccine production. | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
120 | EVIN (ELECTRONIC VACCINE INTELLIGENCE NETWORK) | To address widespread inequities in vaccine coverage by supporting state governments in overcoming constraints of • infrastructure, • monitoring and human resources. | It aims to support the Government of India’s Universal Immunization Programme.
It is an indigenously developed technology system in India that provides real-time information on vaccine stocks and flows, and storage temperatures across all cold chain points; right down to vaccine storage points in state, district and health centres, using mobile and web-based dashboards. | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
121 | NATIONAL DEWORMING INITIATIVE | To reduce the prevalence of Soil Transmitted Helminths (STH) or parasitic intestinal worms so that they are no longer a public health problem. | Implemented through combined efforts of Department of School Education and Literacy under Ministry of Human Resource and Development, Ministry of Women and Child Development and Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation.
It will be implemented through the schools and Aanganwadi centres. It will create mass awareness about the most effective and low-cost STH treatment administering Albendazole tablets. Behavior change practices in terms of cleanliness, hygiene, use of toilets, wearing shoes/chappals, washing hands National Centre for Diseases Control is the nodal agency to conduct STH mapping. | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
122 | INTEGRATED DISEASES SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM (IDSP) | To strengthen/maintain decentralized laboratory based IT enabled disease surveillance system for epidemic prone diseases to monitor disease trends and to detect and respond to outbreaks in early rising phase through trained Rapid Response Team (RRTs). | It seeks to set up a Central Disease Surveillance Unit and a State Surveillance Unit in each State where data is collected and analyzed
An early warning system has been put into place in order to take timely preventive steps. Under IDSP data is collected on epidemic prone diseases on weekly basis. Whenever there is a rising trend of illnesses in any area, it is investigated by the Rapid Response Teams (RRT) to diagnose and control the outbreak. The program covers both communicable as well as non-communicable diseases and there is focus on inter sectoral co-ordination for zoonotic diseases. | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
123 | INTENSIFIED DIARRHEA CONTROL FORTNIGHT (IDCF) | To ensure high coverage of ORS and Zinc use rates in children with diarrhea throughout the country along with inculcating appropriate behaviour in care givers for diarrhea prevention & management of under-five children, with emphasis on the high priority areas and vulnerable communities. | It involves three action framework- o Mobilize: health personnel, State Governments and other stakeholders (NGOs). o Prioritize investment: Government and International organisation. o Create mass awareness: ORS and Zinc therapy demonstration will be conducted at state, district and village levels. | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
124 | NATIONAL VIRAL HEPATITIS CONTROL PROGRAM | To reduce morbidity and mortality due to viral hepatitis. | Establish National program management unit at the Centre which will act as the hepatitis cell within the National Health Mission.
Establish State program management unit which will also be the state coordination unit in the first year and will act as the hepatitis cell within existing state health governance structure i.e. state health society. Upgrade and strengthen the existing laboratories in the state to perform the requisite diagnostic functions for testing of viral hepatitis. Free drugs and diagnosis for Hepatitis B and C will be provided under the programme. | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
125 | Project Sunrise | To diagnose 90% of drug addicts with HIV and put them under treatment by 2020. | It's an AIDS prevention special programme for the North-East being implemented in 20 districts of the eight states. It’s steered by National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), funded under the Centre for Disease Control and will be implemented in coordination with state AIDS control organisations and non-government organisations (NGOs). | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
126 | Mission SAMPARK | To trace those who are Left to Follow Up and are to be brought under Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) services. | “Community Based Testing” will be taken up for fast-tracking the identification of all who are HIV positive. Target 90-90-90 Treatment for All- It is a strategy of UNAIDS • By 2020, 90% of all the people living with HIV will know their HIV Status • By 2020, 90% of all the people with diagnosed HIV infection will receive sustained antiretroviral therapy. • By 2020, 90% of all the people receiving antiretroviral therapy will have viral suppression. | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
127 | Nikshay Poshan Yojana (NKY) | For incentives for nutritional support to TB patients. | All TB patients notified on or after 1st April 2018 including all existing TB patients under treatment are eligible to receive incentives. The patient must be registered\notified on the NIKSHAY portal. Financial incentive of Rs.500/- per month in cash or Kind for each notified TB patient for duration for which the patient is on anti-TB treatment is given through DBT in Aadhar-enabled bank account of beneficiary. Its implementation is done under the National Health Mission. | Ministry of Health and Family Wefare |
128 | Dakshata Programme | To improve the availability of essential supplies and strengthen the competency of providers of the labour room, including medical officers, staff nurses, and ANMs. | It involves clinical update cum skills standardization training for the providers of the labour rooms, post training follow-up and mentoring support, improving accountability of service providers and implementation of the MNH (Maternal and New-born health) Tool kit at the delivery points. | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
129 | National Data Quality Forum (NDQF) | To improve quality of health and demographic data in India. | It will bring all relevant stakeholders, subject matter experts, industry leaders, decision makers, and data scientists/analysts on a common platform for discussing improvements in the quality of data ecosystem in India. NDQF will integrate learnings from scientific and evidence-based initiatives and will gear towards establishing protocols and good practices when dealing with data collection, storage, use and dissemination that can be applied to health and demographic data, as well as replicated across industries and sectors. | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
130 | Education | |||
131 | SARVA SHIKSHA ABHIYAAN | Universalizing elementary education across the country. | Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan, Vidhyanjali, PBBB Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan is implemented as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme in partnership with State Governments for universalizing elementary education across the country. Its overall goals include universal access and retention, bridging of gender and social category gaps in education and enhancement of learning levels of children. SSA provides for a variety of interventions, including inter alia, opening of new schools, construction of schools and additional classrooms, toilets and drinking water, provisioning for teachers, periodic teacher training and academic resource support, textbooks and support for learning achievement. These provisions are made in accordance with norms and standards and free entitlements as mandated by the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009. | Ministry of Human resources Development |
132 | Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat | Aims at making children keen and self-sufficient readers and writers. | -The programme looks to improve the reading and writing skills of children in classes I and II, along with their mathematics skills. -It is being implemented under the aegis of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. | Ministry of Human resources Development |
133 | The Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) | -to raise the minimum level of education to class X and universalize access to secondary education; -to ensure good-quality secondary education with focus on Science, Mathematics and English; and -to reduce the gender, social and regional gaps in enrolments, dropouts and improving retention -To make sure that the secondary schools conform to prescribed norms, removing gender, socio-economic and disability barriers, etc. | Important physical facilities are provided which include, (i) additional class rooms, (ii) laboratories, (iii) libraries, (iv) art and crafts room, (v) toilet blocks, (vi) drinking water provisions, (vii) electricity / telephone/internet connectivity and (viii) disabled friendly provisions. Improvement in quality through, (i) appointment of additional teachers to improve PTR (ii) in-service training of teachers, (iii) ICT enabled education, (iv) curriculum reforms and (v) teaching learning reforms. Equity aspects addressed through (i) special focus in micro planning, (ii) preference to areas with concentration of SC/ST/minority for opening of schools, (iii) special enrolment drive for the weaker section, (iv) more female teachers in schools and (v) separate toilet blocks for girls. | Ministry of Human resources Development |
134 | RASHTRIYA AVISHKAR ABHIYAN | Aims at nurturing a spirit of inquiry and creativity, love for Science and Mathematics and effective use of technology amongst children and encourage those who show an inclination and talent for these subjects to be encouraged and supported to heights of academic excellence and research. | Inculcate a spirit of inquiry, creativity and love for Science and Mathematics in school children. | Ministry of HRD |
135 | Atal Tinkering Laboratories | To create scientific temper and cultivate the spirit of curiosity and innovation among young minds. | Part of Atal Innovation Mission. | NITI Aayog |
136 | RASHTRIYA UCHCHATAR SHIKSHA ABHIYAN (RUSA) | To improve the overall quality of state institutions by ensuring conformity to prescribed norms and standards and adopt accreditation as a mandatory quality assurance framework. | Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS), launched in 2013. It aims at providing strategic funding to eligible state higher educational institutions based on their progress. • The key objectives of RUSA are to improve access, equity and quality in higher education through planned development of higher education at the state level. • The central funding (in the ratio of 60:40 for general category States, 90:10 for special category states and 100% for union territories) would be norm based and outcome dependent. • The funding flows from the central ministry through the state governments/union territories to the State Higher Education Councils before reaching the identified institutions. => Reforms:- • State Higher Education Councils with eminent academician and other experts have been created. This will help in formulation of medium and long term state perspective plans by putting in their academic and professional point of view. • States to create Search –Cum- Select Committee for the appointment of vice chancellors to avoid arbitrariness. • Problems due to Affiliation system liberated by reduction in the number of colleges affiliated per university by creating cluster universities and promoting autonomous colleges. Ban on recruitment of teachers in some states like Punjab caused the faculty positions to remain empty which needs to be tackled. • Since funding is conditional to performance, it is critical to have a robust monitoring and evaluation system in place. In this regard, Geo tagging, introduction of a public financial management system, a fund tracker, and reform tracker system and regular video conferences had been effective. | Ministry of human resources and development |
137 | Ucchatar Avishkar Yojana | The objectives of UAY scheme are to promote innovation in IITs addressing issues of manufacturing industries; to spur innovative mindset; to co-ordinate action between academia & industry and to strengthen labs & research facilities. | Minsitry of HRD | |
138 | Unnat Bharat Abhiyaan | i.Building institutional capacity in Institutes of higher education in research & training relevant to the needs of rural India. ii.Provide rural India with professional resource support from institutes of higher education ,especially those which have acquired academic excellence in the field of Science, Engineering & Technology and Management | Ministry of HRD | |
139 | Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN) | - Aimed at tapping the talent pool of scientists and entrepreneurs, internationally to encourage their engagement with the institutes of Higher Education in India. - To augment the country’s existing academic resources, accelerate the pace of quality reform, and elevate India’s scientific and technological capacity to global excellence. | - It enables interaction of students and faculty with the best academic and industry experts from all over the world and also share their experiences and expertise to motivate people to work on Indian problems. - It is a system of Guest Lectures by internationally and nationally renowned experts targeted towards a comprehensive Faculty Development Programme not only for new IITs, IIMs, IISERs but also other institutions in the country. | Ministry of Human Resource Development |
140 | Vishwajeet Scheme | The scheme entailed the provision of Rs. 1,250 crore to each of the top seven IITs over a period of five years to upgrade infrastructure, hire foreign faculty, and collaborate with foreign institutions to break into the top league in global rankings | Ministry of HRD | |
141 | Higher Education Finance Agency | -The HEFA will be jointly promoted by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) and identified Promoter. -HEFA will have an authorised capital of 2,000 crore rupees and the government equity would be 1,000 crore rupees -It will be formed as a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) within a PSU Bank or the Government-owned-NBFC (Promoter) -It would leverage the equity to raise up to Rs. 20,000 crore for funding infrastructure and development projects of world class Labs in IIMs/IITs/NITs and such other institutions. -The HEFA will also mobilise CSR funds from Corporates/PSUs which will in turn be released for promoting research and innovation in these institutions on grant basis -The principal portion of the loan will be repaid through the ‘internal accruals’ of the institutions earned through the fee receipts, research earnings etc -All the Centrally Funded Higher Educational Institutions will be eligible to join as members of the HEFA -For joining as members, the educational institution must agree to escrow a specific amount from their internal accruals for a period of 10 years to the HEFA. -This escrow will secure the future flows that would be securitised by the HEFA for mobilising the funds from the market. -Each member institution would be eligible for a credit limit based on the amount agreed to be escrowed from the internal accruals as decided by HEFA | Ministry of HRD and identified promoter | |
142 | UDAAN (Giving Wings to Girl Students) | Aims at addressing the lower enrolment of girls in engineering colleges/IITs and technological institutions. | -Udaan is a platform that empowers the girl students, facilitate their aspiration of joining the prestigious engineering institutions and take important role in development/ progress of the country in future. -Under this program, students are provided free offline / online resources through virtual weekend contact classes and study material on pre-loaded tablet while studying in Class XI and Class XII for preparation of admission test to various premier engineering colleges in the country. | Ministry of Human Resource Development |
143 | SWAYAM - Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds | To provide the best quality education to more than three crore students across the country | - It is the Indian electronic e-education platform which proposes to offer courses from the high school stage to Post-Graduate stage in an interactive electronic platform. - US government is cooperating in this project. | Ministry of Human Resource Development |
144 | Swayam Prabha | It aims to bridge the digital divide for students in e-education. Swayam Prabha: It will provide high quality educational contents, developed by experts, through 32 DTH (direct to home) Television Channels with an aim to bring uniformity in standards of education | 32 Direct-to-Home channels for transmitting high-quality educational content | Ministry of HRD |
145 | National Digital Library | To collect and collate metadata and provide full text index from several national and international digital libraries, as well as other relevant sources. | The National Digital library of India (NDLI) is a project under Ministry of Human Resource Development, India. The objective is to integrate several national and international digital libraries in one single web-portal. The NDLI provides free access to many books in English and the Indian languages. | Ministry of Human resource Development |
146 | National Academic Depository | To ensure that the academic awards are stored permanently in a secured digital depository as well as to make the same available online to all stakeholders such as Pass-out students, Academic Institutions enrolling pass-out students for higher studies, Employers, and Verifying Agencies. | authenticating all certificates issued by institutions | Ministry of HRD |
147 | ShaGun | To integrate over 2.3 lakh educational websites.The portal seeks to connect approximately 92 lakh teachers and 26 crore students. The website provides a very robust feedback mechanism. | It has two components i.e. one is a Repository of best practices, photographs, videos, studies, newspaper articles etc on elementary education, State /UT wise. These would be in the public domain with the purpose to provide a platform for all stakeholders to learn from success stories of each other. This would also instill a positive competitive spirit among all the States and UTs. The second part is regarding the online monitoring of the SSA implemented by States and UTs and will be accessed by Government Officers at all levels using their specific passwords. | Ministry for Human Resource Development (MHRD) |
148 | Shala Asmita Yojana (SAY) | To track the educational journey of school students from Class I to Class XII across the 15 lakhs private and government schools in the country. | -To track the educational journey of school students from Class I to Class XII across the 15 lakhs private and government schools in the country. -ASMITA will be an online database which will carry information of student attendance and enrolment, learning outcomes, mid-day meal service and infrasstructural facilities among others. Students will be tracked through their Aadhaar numbers and incase those not having unique number will be provided. | Ministry of Human Resource Development |
149 | Saransh | Aims of promoting information and communication technologies in schools. | Tool which allows the schools to identify areas of improvement in students, teachers and curriculum to facilitate and implement change. | Ministry of HRD |
150 | Shala Siddhi | To establish and refer to an agreed set of standards and to provide clear pathways for each school for self evaluation, by focussing on key performance domains and their core standards for school evaluation. | comprehensive instrument for school evaluation which enables the schools to evaluate their performance in more focused and strategic manner to facilitate them to make professional judgement for continuous improvement | Ministry of HRD |
151 | Shaala Darpan | To improve quality of learning, efficiency of school administration, governance of schools & service delivery to key stakeholders namely, students, parents, teachers, community and schools. | Shaala Darpan is an ICT programme of Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India that to provide mobile access to parents of students of Government and Government aided schools. Using Shaala Darpan parents can view updates on their child’s progress. They can view records of attendance, assignments and achievements of their child. The ministry aims to launch the service by 2015 academic session. | Minsitry of HRD |
152 | Ishan Vikas | To introduce school children to the best institutions of higher education in India and to motivate them to pursue science, technology, engineering and mathematics. | Academic Exposure for North Eastern Students ; to bring selected college and school students from the north eastern states into close contact with IITs, NITs and IISERs | Minisrty of HRD |
153 | Saksham Scholarship | Aims at providing encouragement and support to specially abled children to pursue Technical Education. This is an attempt to give every young student, who is otherwise specially abled, the opportunity too study further and prepare for a successful future. | For differently abled students. Total 1,000 students will be awarded INR 30,000 as tuition fee reimbursement and other benefits. | Minisrty of HRD |
154 | Saransh | Saransh is a web portal launched by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) of India, with the primary aim of promoting information and communication technologies in schools | -It serves as an interface for enhancing communication between schools as well as parents. -It offers a data-driven decision support system to aid parents in evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of children, which, in turn would assist in taking informed decisions for children's future | CBSE |
155 | Ishan Uday | To provide equal opportunities for higher studies in NE Region. To increase the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in NE Region. | It is envisaged to provide ten thousand (10,000) fresh scholarships every year beginning from the academic year 2014-15 for general degree courses, technical and professional courses, including medical and para-medical courses.
| Ministry of HRD |
156 | Prime Minister’s Research Fellows (PMRF) | To attract the talent pool of the country to doctoral (Ph. D.) programs of Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institute of Science (IISc) for carrying out research in cutting edge science and technology domains, with focus on national priorities | Scholarship for higher education | Ministry of HRD |
157 | MANAK (Million Minds Augmenting National Aspirations and Knowledge) - Changed from inspire awards. | To target one million original ideas/innovations rooted in science and societal applications to foster a culture of creativity and innovative thinking among school children. | Awareness and capacity building of District, State and School level functionaries across the country through regional workshops, audio-visual tools and literature.
Organising internal idea competitions in schools and nominations of two to three best original ideas, in any Indian language, by the respective Principal/Headmaster online through E-MIAS (E-Management of INSPIRE Awards MANAK Scheme) portal. The schools should register themselves on E-MIAS portal.Shortlisting of top 1,00,000 (one lakh) ideas, with potential to address societal needs through Science & Technology by NIF. Disbursement of INSPIRE Award of INR 10,000 into the bank accounts of short-listed students through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme. | Ministry of Science and Technology |
158 | Revitalization Infrastructure and Systems in Education (RISE) | It aims to lend low-cost funds to government higher educational institutions. | -It is a new initiative to step up investments in centrally funded institutions like IITs, Central Universities and others such institutes - Funding will be provided through Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA). | Ministry of Human Resource Development |
159 | TECHNICAL EDUCATION QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME (TEQIP) | Aims to overhaul the quality of technical education in the Low Income States and Special Category States (SCS). | -The project commenced with the World Bank assistance to Government of India to launch a -TEQIP as a long term programme of 10-12 years and in 2 or 3 phases. The present 3rd Phase of the schemes has central, eastern and north-eastern region and hill states as its focus states The measures under TEQIP include: -Institution based: accreditation of the courses through NBA, governance reforms, improving the processes, digital initiatives, securing autonomy for the colleges. -Student based: improving the quality of teaching, teacher training, equipping the class rooms, revision of syllabus, industry interaction, compulsory internships for students, training the students in industryrelevant skills, preparing them for the GATE exam etc. | Ministry of Human Resource Development |
160 | SAMEEP | To take Indian foreign policy and its global engagements to students across the country. | -Student and MEA Engagement Program (SAMEEP) is an outreach program to familiarise the students in India about the functioning of Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and also take India’s global engagement and its foreign policy to the grass root levels. -It is voluntary in nature under which MEA officers, under-secretary and above will visit their home towns and cities and their Alma Maters to bring foreign policy to the masses and raise their interest in diplomacy as career option | Ministry of external affairs |
161 | Vidyanjali | Creating an ecosystem, wherein education will be attached with imbibing knowledge and improving learning output | -To involve volunteers from different walks of life to strengthen the co-scholastic activities in government schools., -To Performing arts and life skills also to be included. -Intended beneficiaries are School going children of Government school, Government Aided school etc., | Ministry of HRD |
162 | Prashikshak | Teacher education portal for District Institutes of Education and Training (DIETs). - A unique IT initiative, a first of its kind in the country, which will contain a comprehensive database of all DIETs in the country with all relevant performance indicators | - Gives the opportunity to Central and State Governments to do real time monitoring of the institutions. - Helps benchmark DIETs to enable aspiring teachers to make informed choices about their future. | Joint collaboration between Ministry of Human Resource Development(MHRD) and Central Square Foundation. |
163 | Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas | To ensure that quality education is feasible and accessible to the girls of disadvantaged groups of society by setting up residential schools with boarding facilities at elementary level. | opened in Educationally Backward Blocks where the female rural literacy is below the national average to provide for residential upper primary schools for girls. | Ministry of HRD |
164 | Saakshar Bharat | To create awareness of social disparities and a person’s deprivation on the means for its amelioration and general well being | Initiatives have been taken under financial literacy to include certified adult literates under Jan Dhan Yojna and mobilize them to open bank accounts. | Ministry of HRD |
165 | NATIONAL INITIATIVE FOR SCHOOL HEADS’ AND TEACHERS’ HOLISTIC ADVANCEMENT (NISHTHA) | To motivate and equip teachers to encourage and foster critical thinking in students, handle diverse situations and act as first level counsellors. | It was launched under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Samagra Shiksha and will train over 42 lakh teachers across the country. Use of technology: A Mobile App and Learning Management System (LMS) based on MOODLE (Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment) have been developed by NCERT to ensure smooth facilitation, availability of digital content and technology enabled teaching methods to support the teacher. | Ministry of HRD |
166 | PRADHAN MANTRI INNOVATIVE LEARNING PROGRAMME – DHRUV | To identify and encourage talented children to enrich their skills and knowledge and contribute to the society. | The programme is named after a pole star called DHRUV TARA.
• The program aims to cover two areas namely Science and Arts and will be expanded gradually to other fields like creative writing etc. • The program was launched from Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). • It is a 14-day learning programme in which around 60 students are selected broadly from Class 9 to Class 12 all over the country and they will be mentored and nurtured by renowned experts in different areas | Ministry of HRD |
167 | NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR TECHNOLOGY (NEAT) | To use Artificial Intelligence to make learning more personalised and customised as per the requirements of the learner for better learning
outcomes in higher education. | • A number of start-up companies for developing technological solutions called as EdTech Companies would be recognised through a PPP model.
• A National NEAT platform would be created and maintained that would provide one-stop access to these technological solutions. o The EdTech companies would manage registration of learners through the NEAT portal and would be free to charge fees as per their policy. • MHRD would act as a facilitator to ensure that the solutions are freely available to a large number of economically backward students o As their contribution towards the National cause, the companies would have to offer free coupons to the extent of 25% of the total registrations for their solution through NEAT portal. • MoUs will be signed with the shortlisted EdTech companies and awareness programs would be taken up by MHRD to create awareness of the NEAT solutions to teachers and students | Ministry of HRD |
168 | STRIDE | To identify young talent, strengthen research culture, build capacity, promote innovation and support trans-disciplinary research relevant to national development and to enhance the overall well-being of society. | • It was announced by University Grants Commission (UGC).
• It has 3 components: o Component 1: Research capacity building in diverse disciplines by mentoring, nurturing and supporting young talents to innovate pragmatic solutions for local, regional, national and global problems. Grant available is upto Rs. 1 crore. o Component 2: focused on enhancing problem solving skills with the help of inclusive innovation and action research to innovate pragmatic solutions for local, regional, national priorities to contribute to India’s developing economy. Grant upto Rs. 50 lakh to 1 crore is available for projects under this component. o Component 3: will fund high impact research projects in the identified thrust areas in humanities and human sciences through multi institutional network. Grant available under this component is upto Rs. 1 crore for one Higher Educational Institution and upto Rs. 5 crores for a multi institutional network. | Ministry of HRD |
169 | SAMAGRA SIKSHA- AN INTEGRATED SCHEME FOR SCHOOL EDUCATION | • provision of quality education and enhancing learning outcomes of students;
• Bridging Social and Gender Gaps in School Education; • Ensuring equity and inclusion at all levels of school education | It subsumes the following three schemes-
o Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan o Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan, and o Centrally Sponsored Scheme on Teacher Education-To create a sound institutional infrastructure for pre-service and in-service training of elementary & secondary school teachers and for provision of academic resource support to elementary and secondary schools. | Ministry of HRD |
170 | RASHTRIYA MADHYAMIK SHIKSHA ABHIYAN (RMSA) | To enhance access to secondary education and to improve its quality through making all secondary schools conform to prescribed norms, removing gender, socio-economic and disability barriers, providing universal access to secondary level education. | • Important physical facilities provided under the scheme are: Additional class rooms, Laboratories, Toilet blocks, Residential Hostels for Teachers in remote areas etc.
• The scheme envisages to enhance the enrolment by providing a secondary school with a reasonable distance (5-7 km) of habitation, with an aim to ensure GER of 100 per cent and universal retention by 2020. • Important quality interventions provided under the scheme are: appointment of additional teachers to reduce PTR to 30:1, focus on Science, Math and English education, training of teachers, etc. • Important equity interventions provided in the scheme are: preference to Ashram schools for upgradation, preference to areas with concentration of SC/ST/Minority for opening of schools etc. • Apart from focusing on the vulnerable groups (ST/SC groups, minority girls, etc.) it also aims at inclusive education for differently abled children. | Ministry of HRD |
171 | VIDYANJALI | Creating an ecosystem, wherein education will be attached with imbibing knowledge and improving learning output. | • Will enhance the community involvement (by involving volunteers like NRIs, retired teachers, government officials, defence personnel, professionals, etc.) in Government run elementary schools and effectively engage children in co-scholastic activities like- reading, creative writing, public speaking, play acting, preparing story books etc.
• The programme has been piloted in 21 states. | Ministry of HRD |
172 | STUDY IN INDIA | To encourage flow of inbound international students in India
• To make India a preferred education destination/hub for foreign students; • To improve the soft power of India with focus on the neighbouring countries and use it as a tool in diplomacy; • To increase India’s market share of global education exports from less than 1 percent to 2 percent. | EdCIL (India) Limited, a Mini Ratna Category I CPSE is the implementing agency.
• The programme focuses on attracting International students from select 30 plus countries across South-East Asia, Middle East and Africa. • The programme envisages participation of select reputed Indian institutes/universities by way of offering seats for the International students at affordable rates, along with fee waivers to meritorious foreign students ranging from 100% to 25%. • A centralised admission web-portal acts as a single window for the admission of foreign students. | It is a joint initiative of Ministry of HRD, Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry. |
173 | EDUCATION QUALITY UPGRADATION AND INCLUSION PROGRAMME (EQUIP) | • Double the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in higher education and resolve the geographically and socially skewed access to higher education institutions in India
• Upgrade the quality of education to global standards • Position at least 50 Indian institutions among the top-1000 global universities. | • It is a vision plan aiming at ushering transformation in India’s higher education system by implementing strategic interventions in the sector over five years (2019-2024).
• EQUIP has been prepared based on reports of Ten expert groups constituted to deliberate upon important aspects of Higher Education. • Strategies and Initiatives under it include: o Strategies for Expanding Access o Towards Global Best Teaching/Learning Processes o Promoting Excellence o Governance Reforms o Assessment, Accreditation and Ranking Systems o Promotion of Research and Innovation o Employability and Entrepreneurship: o Using Technology For Better Reach o Internationalization of Higher Education o Financing Higher Education | Ministry of HRD |
174 | MADHYAMIK AND UCHCHTAR SHIKSHA KOSH (MUSK) | It would be utilized for schemes of secondary and higher education, all over the country. | • All proceeds of "Secondary and Higher Education Cess" will be credited into it. A cess @ 1% on central taxes, called the "Secondary and Higher Education Cess" was levied through Finance Act, 2007.
• The expenditure on schemes of the Department of School Education & Literacy and Department of Higher Education would be initially incurred from the gross budgetary support (GBS) and the expenditure would be financed from the MUSK only after the GBS is exhausted. • The fund would be operationalised as per the present arrangements under Prarambhik Shiksha Kosh (PSK) wherein the proceeds of cess are used for Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) and Mid-Day Meal (MDM) Schemes of the Department of School Education & Literacy. • The MUSK would be maintained as a Reserve Fund in the non-interest bearing section of the Public Accounts of India. | Ministry of HRD |
175 | UDAAN- GIVING WINGS TO GIRLS | • To address the challenge of low enrolment of girls in technical education institutes.
• To minimize the gap between school education & engineering entrance examination. | • It trains girl students in entrance examinations to top institutions and provides them incentives and support through tutorials, video classes, etc.
• Students are provided free offline / online resources through virtual weekend contact classes and study material on pre-loaded tablet while studying in Class XI and Class XII for preparation of admission test to various premier engineering colleges in the country. | Ministry of HRD |
176 | TECHNICAL EDUCATION QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME (TEQIP) | • To overhaul the quality of technical education in the Low-Income States and Special Category States (SCS).
• To employ graduates from premier colleges like IITs, NITs etc to teach in engineering colleges in backward districts for a period of 3 years as a part of TEQIP Phase 3. | • The project, implemented as a Central sector Scheme, commenced with the World Bank assistance, as a long term programme of 10-12 years.
• The present 3rd Phase of the schemes has central, eastern and north-eastern region and hill states as its focus states The measures under TEQIP include: • Institution based: accreditation of the courses through National Board of Accreditation, governance reforms, improving the processes, digital initiatives, securing autonomy for the colleges. • Student based: improving the quality of teaching, teacher training, equipping the class rooms, revision of syllabus, industry interaction, compulsory internships for students, training the students in industry relevant skills, preparing them for the GATE exam etc | Ministry of HRD |
177 | SCHEME FOR HIGHER EDUCATION YOUTH IN APPRENTICESHIP AND SKILLS (SHREYAS) | To improve employability of students by introducing employment relevance into the learning process of the higher education system. | • It is a programme basket comprising the initiatives of three Central Ministries, namely the
o Ministry of Human Resource Development: introduction of BA/BSc/B.Com (Professional) courses in the higher educational institutions. o Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship: National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS). o Ministry of Labour& Employment: National Career Service (NCS) • It will be implemented by the Sector Skill Councils (SSCs). • It aims to cover 50 lakh students by 2022. | Ministry of HRD |
178 | Agriculture | |||
179 | Operation Green | India is the second largest producer of vegetables in the world with about 180 MMT. Operation Greens wants to replicate the success story of the operation flood in fruit and vegetables, starting with tomatoes, onions and potatoes. The main objective of this project is to reduce price volatility in these commodities, thereby helping farmers boost incomes on a sustainable basis. It also aims to provide these vegetables to consumers at affordable prices | Links major consumption centres to major production centres with a minimal number of intermediaries. The APMC Act will have to be changed to allow direct buying from FPOs, and giving incentives to these organisations, private companies and NGOs to build back end infrastructure as was done in the case of milk under operation flood. The announcement of tax concessions to FPOs (farmer producer organisations) for five years. It will encourage building such critical infrastructure. Second is the investment in logistics, starting with modern warehouses, that can minimize wastage. Third is linking the processing industry with organized retailing. Dehydrated onions, tomato puree and potato chips should become cheap, so that an average household can use them | Ministry of Food Processing Industry |
180 | Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) | The primary objectives of PMKSY are to attract investments in irrigation system at field level, develop and expand cultivable land in the country, enhance ranch water use in order to minimize wastage of water, enhance crop per drop by implementing water-saving technologies and precision irrigation. | 1. Formulated with the vision of extending the coverage of irrigation ‘Har Khet ko pani’ and 2. Improving water use efficiency ‘More crop per drop' in a focused manner with end to end solution on source creation, distribution, management, field application and extension activities. PMKSY has been formulated amalgamating ongoing schemes viz. 1. Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP) of the Ministry of Water Resources, 2. River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation (MoWR,RD&GR), 3. Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) of Department of Land Resources (DoLR) 4. The On Farm Water Management (OFWM) of Department of Agriculture and Cooperation (DAC) | Ministry of water resources, ministry of rural development , ministry of agriculture |
181 | Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana’ | 1. To incentivize the states that increase their investment in Agriculture and allied sectors 2. To provide flexibility and autonomy to the States in planning and executing programmes for agriculture 3. To ensure the preparation of Agriculture Plans for the districts and states 4. To achieve the goal of reducing the yield gaps in important crops 5. To maximize returns to the farmers 6. To address the agriculture and allied sectors in an integrated manner | 1. It is a State Plan scheme 2. The eligibility of a state for the RKVY is contingent upon the state maintaining or increasing the State Plan expenditure for Agricultural and Allied sectors 3. The scheme encourages convergence with other programmes such as NREGS. 4. It will integrate agriculture and allied sectors comprehensively | Minstry of agriculture and farmer welfare |
182 | National Food Security Mission (NFSM) | The NFSM has three components: (i) National Food Security Mission - Rice (NFSM-Rice); (ii) National Food Security Mission - Wheat (NFSM-Wheat); and (iii) National Food Security Mission - Pulses (NFSM Pulses) | 1. The Mission aims to increase production through area expansion and productivity; create employment opportunities; and enhance the farm-level economy (i.e. farm profits) to restore confidence of farmers. 2. The approach is to bridge the yield gap in respect of these three crops through dissemination of improved technologies and farm management practices while focusing on districts which have high potential but relatively low level of productivity at present. | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
183 | National Horticulture Mission (NHM) | 1. To provide holistic growth of the horticulture sector through an area based regionally differentiated strategies 2. To enhance horticulture production, improve nutritional security and income support to farm households 3. To establish convergence and synergy among multiple on-going and planned programmes for horticulture development 4. To promote, develop and disseminate technologies, through a seamless blend of traditional wisdom and modern scientific knowledge 5. To create opportunities for employment generation for skilled and unskilled persons, especially unemployed youth | To develop horticulture to the maximum potential available in the state and to augment production of all horticultural products (fruits, vegetables, flowers, coco,cashew nut,plantation crops, spices, medicinal aromatic plants) in the state | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
184 | Soil Health Card Scheme | 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 | 1. All soil samples are to be tested in various soil testing labs across the country. 2. Thereafter the experts will analyse the strength and weaknesses (micro-nutrients deficiency) of the soil and suggest measures to deal with it. 3. The result and suggestion will be displayed in the cards. The government plans to issue the cards to 14 crore farmers. | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
185 | Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana | To provide insurance coverage and financial support to the farmers in the event of naturalcalamities, pests & diseases. To stabilise the income of farmers to ensure their continuance in farming. | One crop one rate A uniform premium of only 2% to be paid by farmers for all Kharif crops and 1.5% for all Rabi crops. In case of annual commercial and horticultural crops, the premium to be paid by farmers will be only 5%. There is no upper limit on Government subsidy so farmers will get claim against full sum insured without any reduction. The premium rates to be paid by farmers are very low and balance premium will be paid by the Government Yield Losses: due to non-preventable risks, such as Natural Fire and Lightning, Storm, Hailstorm, Cyclone, Typhoon, Tempest, Hurricane, Tornado. Risks due to Flood, Inundation and Landslide, Drought, Dry spells, Pests/ Diseases also will be covered. Post harvest losses are also covered. The use of technology: Smart phones will be used to capture and upload data of crop cutting to reduce the delays in claim payment to farmers. Remote sensing will be used to reduce the number of crop cutting experiments. The Scheme shall be implemented on an ‘Area Approach basis’ Defined Area (i.e., unit area of insurance) is Village or above it can be a Geo-Fenced/Geo-mapped region having homogenous Risk Profile for the notified crop | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
186 | National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) | To address issues regarding 'Sustainable Agriculture' in the context of risks associated with climate change by devising appropriate adaptation and mitigation. | 1. To make agriculture more productive, sustainable, remunerative and climate resilient by promoting location specific Integrated/Composite Farming Systems; 2. To conserve natural resources through appropriate soil and moisture conservation measures; 3. To adopt comprehensive soil health management practices based on soil fertility maps, soil test based application of macro & micro nutrients, judicious use of fertilizers etc.; 4. To optimize utilization of water resources through efficient water management to expand coverage for achieving ‘more crop per drop’; 5. To develop capacity of farmers & stakeholders, in conjunction with other on-going Missions e.g. National Mission on Agriculture Extension & Technology, National Food Security Mission, National Initiative for Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) etc., in the domain of climate change adaptation and mitigation measures; 6. To pilot models in select blocks for improving productivity of rainfed farming by mainstreaming rainfed technologies refined through NICRA and by leveraging resources from other schemes/Missions like Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP), RKVY etc.; 7. To establish an effective inter and intra Departmental/Ministerial co-ordination for accomplishing key deliverables of National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture under the aegis of NAPCC. | 1. NMSA derives its mandate from Sustainable Agriculture Mission which is one of the eight Missions outlined under National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC). |
187 | Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana | Boost Organic Farming To promote natural resource based integrated and climate resilient sustainable farming systems. | •It is an elaborated component of Soil Health Management (SHM) under National Mission of Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA). •Cluster Approach •At least 30% of the budget allocations need to be earmarked for women beneficiaries/ farmers. •Organic farming of niche crops of North East Region for exports is also being supported. | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare |
188 | National Agriculture Market | To create a national e-market platform for transparent sale transactions and price discovery initially in regulated markets. The willing states accordingly enact suitable provisions in their APMC Act for promotion of e-trading by their State Agricultural Marketing Board/APMC. | e-National Agriculture Market (NAM) is a pan-India e-trading platform. It is designed to create a unified national market for agricultural commodities Farmers can showcase their produce online from their nearest market and traders can quote price from anywhere It will result in increased numbers of traders and greater competition. It will also ensure open price discovery and better returns to farmers. National Agriculture Market is going to implemented by the Department of Agriculture & Cooperation through Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC). NAM is not replacing the mandis. NAM is an online platform with a physical market or mandi at the backend enabling buyers situated even outside the state to participate in trading at the local level. It seeks to leverage the physical infrastructure of mandis through an online trading portal, enabling buyers situated even outside the state to participate in trading at the local level. This e-platform aims to provide more options to farmers to sell their produce and is part of implementation of the roadmap for doubling income of the farmers by 2022 | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare |
189 | Krishi Vigyan Kendras | The aim of the portal is to transfer the technologies developed by the agricultural scientists to the farmers in a fast and effective manner using web and mobile technology as well as to monitor the activities of Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) | 1. The objectives of the portal is to create a platform to monitor the various activities as well as resource utilization by various KVKs; 2. To create a database of the various programmes organized by the KVKs along with their detailed information and learning resources; 3. To help the farmers in resolving their queries using web and mobile technologies; 4. To provide information about various facilities and activities performed by the KVKs and to provide linkage to other important information such as weather and market information. | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare |
190 | SENSAGRI: SENsor based Smart AGRIculture | The major objective is to develop indigenous prototype for drone based crop and soil health monitoring system using hyperspectral remote sensing (HRS) sensors. | 1. Drone technology based unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has ability for smooth scouting over farm fields, gathering precise information and transmitting the data on real time basis. 2. This capability could be used for the benefit of farming sector at regional/local scale for assessing land and crop health; extent, type and severity of damage besides issuing forewarning, post-event management and settlement of compensation under crop insurance schemes. | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare |
191 | Coordinated Horticulture Assessment and Management using geo-informatics (CHAMAN) | Operationalisation of the technologies developed during the Phase-I, taking up new crops and research & development studies, especially the crop yield modelling. | It uses Geographical Information System tools along with remote sensing data for generating action plans for horticultural development. It also aims to carry out research activities on horticultural crop condition studies, diseases assessment and precision farming. | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare |
192 | Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Unnat Krishi Shiksha Scheme | It was launched to promote agricultural education. | -Under the scheme 100 centres are opened with a fund of Rs.5.35 crore. | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
193 | Mera Gaon-Mera Gaurav | To enhance the direct interface of scientists with the farmers, an innovative initiative has been launched as “Mera Gaon- Mera Gaurav”which will hasten the lab to land approach. | The objective of this initiative is to provide farmers with required information, knowledge and advisories on regular basis. Under this scheme, groups of scientists will select villages and will remain in touch with that village and provide information to farmers on technical and other related aspects in a time frame through personal visits or through telecommunication. In this way, 20,000 scientists of National Agricultural Research and Education System (NARES) can work directly in villages. | Ministry of Agriculture |
194 | Attracting and Retaining Youth in Agriculture (ARYA) | To attract youth to enter into agricultural activities. | -The new scheme ARYA has recently been launched by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICRA). -This program is planned to be implemented through Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVK-Farm science centres) in 25 states of our country. -Each KVK would train about 200 to 300 youth in taking up agriculture’s allied and supplementary activities such as poultry farming, dairying, fisheries, goat rearing, mushroom production and other similar activities which keep the rural youth attached to agriculture, either directly or indirectly. -Finally, the trained young entrepreneurs would be assisted in preparing project reports for seeking bank loans. | Ministry of Agriculture |
195 | Farmer First | The Farmer FIRST aims at enriching Farmers –Scientist interface, technology assemblage, application and feedback, partnership and institutional building and content mobilization | .It will provide a platform to farmers and scientists for creating linkages, capacity building, technology adaptation and application, on-site input management, feedback and institution building. The scientists from 100 ICAR Institutes/ Universities are proposed to work with one lakh farmers directly. | Ministry of Agriculture |
196 | Pandit Deendayal Unnat Krishi Shiksha Yojana | Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Ministry has launched a new scheme named as Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Unnat Krihsi shiksha Yojna to fish out the talent of Indian youths and all over development of rural India has launched. | Scheme is being implemented by Agriculture Education Division related to Indian Council of Agricultural Research Council (ICAR). Under this course of action the trainers will be selected on village level so as to establish training centre, to impart knowledge about natural/organic/sustainable farming/rural economy. Various training programmes will be conducted in different regions in these centers. Almost 100 training centers will be set up throughout the country for the participation of teachers in various activities for the Advanced India Campaign conducted by Agriculture Research Council/Human Resource Development Ministry under this scheme alongwith. | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare |
197 | Jai Kisan-Jai Vigyan Week | Aiming showcasing and demonstration of new technological advances for enhancing productivity and profitability of agriculture. Progressive farmers who have successfully adopted latest technologies and have made contribution in wide scale adoption of technologies by farmers will be honored | Jai Kisan-Jai Vigyan Week is being celebrated since the year 2015 across the entire country during 23rd to 29th December, on the occasion of birth anniversaries of Ch. Charan Singh and Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee. | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare |
198 | SAMPADA (Scheme for Agro-Marine Processing and Development of Agro-Processing Clusters) | To supplement agriculture, modernize processing and decrease agri-waste. | PMKSY is an umbrella scheme which incorporates all ongoing schemes of the Union Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI). It includes MoFPI’s schemes such as Mega Food Parks, Food Safety and Quality Assurance Infrastructure, Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure, etc. It also includes new schemes like Creation of Backward and Forward Linkages, Infrastructure for Agro-processing Clusters, Creation/Expansion of Food Processing & Preservation Capacities. | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare |
199 | e-Rashtriya Kisan Agri Mandi (e-RaKAM) portal | To provide a platform for farmers to sell agricultural produce | Government launched a portal e-Rashtriya Kisan Agri Mandi (e-RaKAM) which will provide a platform to sell agricultural produce. e-RaKAM is a first of its kind initiative that leverages technology to connect farmers of the smallest villages to the biggest markets of the world through internet. e-RaKAM is a digital initiative bringing together the farmers, PSUs, civil supplies and buyers on a single platform to ease the selling and buying process of agricultural products. Under this initiative, e-RaKAM centres are being developed in a phased manner throughout the country to facilitate farmers for online sale of their produce. The farmers will be paid through e-Payment directly into their bank accounts. | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare |
200 | Pandit Deendayal Rashtriya Krishi Vigyan Protsahan Puruskar. | To promote healthy competition among Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) at Zonal and
National Level for application of science and technology in agriculture. | To provide incentives for improving the efficiency and performance of KVKs for
espousing the cause of farming community. To promote a sense of Institutional pride among KVKs for large scale application of scientific methods and appropriate technologies for enhanced productivity, profitability and sustainability of farming systems. | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare |
201 | Price Stabilization Fund | to help regulate the price volatility of important agri-horticultural commodities like onion, potatoes and pulses | The scheme provides for maintaining a strategic buffer of aforementioned commodities for subsequent calibrated release to moderate price volatility and discourage hoarding and unscrupulous speculation. For building such stock, the scheme promotes direct purchase from farmers/farmers’ association at farm gate/Mandi. The PSF is utilized for granting interest free advance of working capital to Central Agencies, State/UT Governments/Agencies to undertake market intervention operations. Apart from domestic procurement from farmers/wholesale mandis, import may also be undertaken with support from the Fund. | the Department of Consumer Affairs (DOCA) |
202 | Intrest subvention scheme | The objective of the scheme is to make available agricultural credit for Short Term crop loans at an affordable rate. The scheme is expected to boost agricultural productivity and production in the country. | Under this scheme, farmers will be given a short term crop loan up to Rs. 3 lakh payable within one year at an interest rate of 4% per annum. The scheme will be implemented by NABARD and RBI. The interest subvention will be provided to Public Sector Banks (PSBs), Private Sector Banks, Cooperative Banks and Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) and to NABARD for refinancing to RRBs and Cooperative Banks. Interest subvention of 5% per annum will be provided to those farmers who pay the short term crop loan in time. Farmers will have to effectively pay only 4% as interest. For farmers who do not pay crop loan in time the interest subvention of only 2% will be applicable as against 5% available above. This institutional credit is expected to demotivate farmers from taking loans from non-institutional sources of credit at high rates of interest. | Ministry of Rural Development |
203 | Bio-tech Kisaan | The Biotech-Krishi Innovation Science Application Network (Biotech-KISAN) aims to understand the problems of water, soil, seed and market faced by the farmers and provide simple solutions to them. | The scheme will be implemented in 15 agro-climatic zones of India in phased manner with the objective:- - Linking available science and technology to the farm by first understanding the problem of the local farmer and provide solutions to those problems. - The working together, in close conjunction, of scientists and farmers is the only way to improve the working conditions of small and marginal farmers. - This programme aims to work with small and marginal farmers especially the woman farmer for better agriculture productivity through scientific intervention and evolving best farming practices in the Indian context. | Ministry of Science & technology |
204 | PRADHAN MANTRI KISAN SAMMAN NIDHI (PM-KISAN) | To provide income support to small and marginal landholding farmer families having cultivable land | • Central Sector Scheme • Income support of Rs.6000/- per year is provided to all land holding farmer families • Fund is directly transferred to the bank accounts of the beneficiaries | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
205 | FORMATION AND PROMOTION OF FARMER PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS | • 10,000 FPOs would be formed in five years period from 2019-20 to 2023-24 to ensure economies of scale for farmers. | • Central Sector Scheme • Cluster Based Business Organizations (CBBOs) will be formed at cluster/state level. • Credit guarantee facility up to Rs 2 crore of project loan per FPO. Credit Guarantee Funds (CGF) will be created by NABARD and NCDC. • FPOs will be promoted under "One District One Product" cluster | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
206 | PRADHAN MANTRI KISAN MAAN-DHAN YOJANA | • It is an old age pension scheme to provide social security net to around 3 crore Small and Marginal old age farmers | • Central Sector Scheme • It is a voluntary and contribution-based pension scheme for farmers in the entry age group of 18 to 40 years. • The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) will be the Pension Fund Manager and responsible for Pension pay out. • There will be an appropriate grievance redressal mechanism of LIC, banks and the government. | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
207 | KRISHONNATI YOJANA | To develop the agriculture and allied sector in a holistic and scientific manner to increase the income of farmers by enhancing production, productivity and better returns on produce. | Centrally Sponsored Umbrella Scheme It comprises of 11 schemes / missions- • Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) • National Food Security Mission (NFSM) • National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) • Sub-Mission on Agriculture Extension (SMAE) • Sub-Mission on Seeds and Planting Material (SMSP) • Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM) • Sub-Mission on Plant Protection and Plan Quarantine • Integrated Scheme on Agriculture Census, Economics and Statistics • Integrated Scheme on Agricultural Cooperation (ISAC) • Integrated Scheme on Agricultural Marketing (ISAM) • National e-Governance Plan (NeGP-A) | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
208 | PARTICIPATORY GUARANTEE SCHEME | To promote domestic organic market growth and also to enable S&M farmers to have easy access to organic certification, a decentralized organic farming certification system called PGS-India is being implemented by Department of Agriculture and Cooperation | It is outside the framework of third-party system of certification (which is a pre-requisite to enter export market of organic produce) and it is a group-certification system including farmers, traders and consumers and it is supported by PKVY scheme. | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
209 | INTEGRATED SCHEME FOR AGRICULTURAL MARKETING | To promote creation of agricultural marketing infrastructure by providing backend subsidy support to State, cooperative and private sector investments | •It will promote Integrated Value Chains (confined up to the stage of primary processing only) to provide vertical integration of farmers with primary processors. •It will use ICT as a vehicle of extension to sensitize and orient farmers to respond to new challenges in agricultural marketing | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
210 | NATIONAL MISSION ON AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND TECHNOLOGY | To make the extension system farmer-driven and farmer-accountable by way of new institutional arrangements for technology dissemination | • This Centrally Sponsored Scheme was introduced under the umbrella of Agriculture Technology Management Agency (ATMA). • It aims to promote agricultural mechanization among small and marginal farmers and in the areas where the level of mechanization and availability of power is very low | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
211 | PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION FOR IN-SITU MANAGEMENT OF CROP RESIDUE | Protecting environment from air pollution and preventing loss of nutrients and soil micro- organisms caused by burning of crop residue | • It is a Central Sector Scheme applicable in states of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and NCT of Delhi. • Financial assistance @50% of the cost is provided to the farmers for purchase of in-situ crop residue management machines on individual ownership basis. • Promoting Farm Machinery Banks for custom hiring of in- situ crop residue management machinery to offset the adverse economies of scale arising due to small landholding and high cost of individual ownership. | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
212 | RASHTRIYA KRISHI VIKAS YOJANA – RAFTAAR | To strengthen the farmers‟ efforts through creation of required pre and postharvest agri-infrastructure that increases access to quality inputs, storage, market facilities etc. and enables farmers to make informed choices. | • Launched in 2007,recently revamped as RKVY-RAFTAAR • Its tenure has been increased to 31st March 2021. • It provided states with considerable flexibility and autonomy for planning and executing programs. • State Agriculture Departments act as Nodal Implementing Agency. • Fund Allocation - 60:40 grants between Centre and States in states and 90:10 for North Eastern States and Himalayan States. • For UTs the grant is 100% as Central share. | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
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214 | National Livestock mission | The Mission is designed to cover all the activities required to ensure quantitative and qualitative improvement in livestock production systems and capacity building of all stakeholder. The Mission will cover everything germane to improvement of livestock productivity and support projects and initiatives required for that purpose subject to condition that such initiatives which cannot be funded under other Centrally Sponsored Schemes under the Department. | The mission is organised into following g four Sub - Missions: Sub -Mission on Livestock Development - The sub-mission on Livestock Development includes activities to address the concerns for overall development of livestock species including poultry, other than cattle and buffalo, with a holistic approach. Risk Management component of the sub –mission will, however, also cover cattle and buffalo along with other major and minor livestock. Sub - Mission on Pig Development in North-Eastern Region - The sub -mission will strive to forge synergies of research and development organizations through appropriate interventions, as may be required for holistic development of pigs in the North Eastern Region including genetic improvement, health cover and post-harvest operations. Sub - Mission on Feed and Fodder Development- The Sub –Mission is designed to address the problems of scarcity of animal feed and fodder resources, to give a push to the livestock sector making it a competitive enterprise for India, and also to harness its export potential. The sub- mission will especially focus on increasing both production and productivity of fodder and feed through adoption of improved and appropriate technologies best suited to specific agro –climatic region in both arable and non –arable areas. Sub -Mission on Skill Development, Technology Transfer and Extension - The sub - mission will provide a platform to develop, adopt or adapt the technologies including frontline field demonstrations in collaboration with farmers, researchers and extension workers, etc. wherever it is not possible to achieve this through existing arrangements. | Ministry of Agriculture and
Farmers Welfare |
215 | Rashtriya Gokul Mission | To enhance the productivity of the indigenous breeds of India through professional farm management and superior nutrition is immense, for this it is essential to promote conservation and development of indigenous breeds | 1. Development and conservation of indigenous breeds 2. Undertake breed improvement programme for indigenous cattle breeds so as to improve the genetic makeup and increase the stock 3. Enhance milk production and productivity 4. Upgrade nondescript cattle using elite indigenous breeds like Gir, Sahiwal, Rathi, Deoni, Tharparkar, Red Sindhi 5. Distribute disease free high genetic merit bulls for natural service. | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare |
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217 | Pashudhan Sanjivani | An animal Wellness Programme; encompassing provision of Animal Health cards (‘Nakul Swasthya Patra’) along with UID identification of animals in milk and a National Data Base | 1. Under the scheme 8.5 crore animals in milk will be identified using UID and their data will upload in the INAPH database. 2. This will play crucial role in control of spread of animal diseases. This will also lead to increase in trade of livestock and livestock products. | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare |
218 | Advanced Breeding Technology | Assisted Reproductive Technique to improve availability of disease free female bovines through sex sorted semen technology | 1. Under the scheme 50 embryo transfer technology labs and In Vitro Fertilization labs care will be established. 2. This will lead to exponential increase in milk production and productivity of animals in an exponential manner. | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare |
219 | National Mission on Bovine Productivity | Aim of enhancing milk production and productivity and thereby making dairying more remunerative to farmers. Pashu Sanjivni: It includes identification of animals in milk using UID, issuing health cards to all animals in milk and uploading data on INAPH data base. | National Mission on Bovine Productivity It was launched in November 2016 with aim of enhancing milk production and productivity and thereby making dairying more remunerative to farmers. It is being implemented with following components (i) Pashu Sanjivni: It includes identification of animals in milk using UID, issuing health cards to all animals in milk and uploading data on INAPH data base. (ii) Advance reproductive Technique: Under it, sex sorted semen production facility is being created at 10 A graded semen stations and 50 EET Labs with IVF facilities. (iii) Creation of E Pashu Haat Portal: It is for linking farmers and breeders of indigenous breeds and (iv) Establishment of National Bovine Genomic Centre for Indigenous Breeds (NBGC-IB): It is established for enhancing milk production and productivity through genomic selection among indigenous breeds. It was launched in December 2014 for development and conservation of indigenous bovine breeds for enhancing milk production and productivity through induction of high genetic merit bulls for semen production, field performance recording, strengthening of bulls mother farms, setting up of Gokul Grams etc. | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare |
220 | National Bovine Genomic Center for Indigenous Breeds (NBGC- IB) | In order to increase milk production and productivity of indigenous cattle, a National Bovine Genomic Centre will be established in the country. | 1. By using genomic selection indigenous breeds can be made viable within few generations. 2. This center will play crucial role in identification of disease free High genetic merit bulls. | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare |
221 | E-Pashudhan Haat Portal | Breed wise information on availability of bovine germplasm is not available which is essential for promotion of indigenous bovine breeds | 1. For the first time in the country under National Mission on Bovine Productivity E Pashudhan Haat portal has been developed. Through the portal farmers can obtain information on location of quality indigenous germplasm in the form live animals, semen doses and embryos 2. This portal will play important role in connecting breeders and farmers of indigenous breeds. 3. Through this portal farmers will be aware about breed wise information on indigenous breeds. 4. Farmers/breeders can sale animals of indigenous breeds through this portal. 5. Information on all forms of germplasm has been uploaded on the portal. Immediately farmers can obtain benefits of the portal. 6. This portal will give new dimensions to development and conservation of indigenous breeds as at present information on availability of germplasm of indigenous breeds is not available with the farmers. | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare |
222 | Central Sector Scheme on Blue Revolution: Integrated Development and Management of Fisheries (CSS) | 1. Provides for a focused development and management of the fisheries sector to increase both fish production and fish productivity from aquaculture and fisheries resources of the inland and marine fisheries sector including deep sea fishing. 2. To contribute towards food and nutritional security through optimum utilization of water resources for fisheries development in a sustainable manner, keeping in view the bio-security and environmental concerns. | The scheme has the following components: 1. National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) and its activities. 2. Development of Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture. 3. Development of Marine Fisheries, Infrastructure and Post-Harvest Operations. 4. Strengthening of Database & Geographical Information System of the Fisheries Sector. 5. Institutional Arrangement for Fisheries Sector. 6. Monitoring, Control and Surveillance (MCS) and other need-based Interventions. 7. National Scheme on Welfare of Fishermen. | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare |
223 | Mission Fingerling | This is a programme aimed at achieving the Blue Revolution by enabling holistic development and management of fisheries. The main motive behind this programme is to enhance the fisheries production from 10.79 mmt (2014-15) to 15 mmt by 2020-21. | This program with a total expenditure of around INR 52000 lakh will facilitate the establishment of hatcheries and Fingerling rearing pond to ensure the fish production of 426 crores Mission Fingerling. Around 25.50 crores Post Larvae of shrimp and crab in the country will also be covered. It lays greater emphasis on infrastructure with an equally strong focus on management and conservation of the resources through technology transfer. Productivity enhancement will also be targeted through integration of various production oriented activities. This includes production of quality fish seeds, cost effective feed and adoption of technology etc. Fish Fingerling production is the single most important critical mission visualised to achieve fish production targets under the Blue Revolution. Use of high yielding verities of brooders is another significant aspect to be addressed on priority. The Union Agricultural Ministry identified 20 States based on their potential and other relevant factors to strengthen the Fish Seed infrastructure in the country. | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare |
224 | Cattle genomics | To publish basic, applied, and methodological research toward a better understanding of the genetic mechanisms underlying the expression of complex phenotypes in farm animals, as well as innovative strategies for the genetic improvement of livestock and aquaculture species. | Livestock contributes significantly to the livelihood of rural poor in our country and has enormous potential to reduce poverty. There is a predicted increase in demand for animal food products in India by 2020. Genetic improvement of livestock through traditional selection for increasing livestock productivity has major limitations. To overcome these, genomic selection has played a crucial role in livestock industry globally. The Government of India has, therefore, decided to work on genome sequencing of indigenous cattle breeds and development of high density SNP chips representing SNPs from all registered cattle breeds of India by involving various stake holders. This will reduce the cost and time interval of breeding programme in future and productivity of indigenous cattle will be enhanced. Initial work on cattle genomics will be carried out in selective research institutions. | Ministry of Science & technology |
225 | National dairy plan phase I (NDP I): | aims at carrying out projects in the participating states to provide technical and implementation support to the states. | Through a credit based system, funding be provided to the eligible implementing agencies through Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries (DADF) to the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB). With the International Development Association (IDA) being the nodal funding agency, the scheme is planned to increase productivity of milch animals, increasing milk production to meet the growing demand for milk. Helping rural milk producers’ access organized milk processing sector is another objective with which the scheme has been planned | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare |
226 | FORMATION AND PROMOTION OF FARMER PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS (FPOS) | • 10,000 FPOs would be formed in five years period from 2019-20 to 2023-24 to ensure economies of scale for farmers.
• Handholding support to each FPO would be continued for 5 years from its year of inception for which support will continue till 2027-28. | • It is a Central Sector Scheme under Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW)
• Implemented by- Small Farmers Agri-business Consortium (SFAC), National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) and National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD). Also, States can nominate their Implementing Agency in consultation with DAC&FW. • Cluster Based Business Organizations (CBBOs) will be formed at cluster/state level. These CBBOs will consist of specialists and will serve as a platform for an end to end knowledge for all issues in FPO promotion. • Minimum number of members in FPO will be 300 in plain area and 100 in North East & hilly areas. | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare |
227 | PRADHAN MANTRI KISAN MAAN-DHAN YOJANA (PM-KMY) | It is an old age pension scheme to provide social security net to around 3 crore Small and Marginal old age farmers as they have minimal or no savings to provide for old age and to support them in the event of consequent loss of livelihood. | • It is a Central Sector Scheme.
• It is a voluntary and contribution-based pension scheme for farmers in the entry age group of 18 to 40 years and a minimum monthly pension of Rs. 3000 will be provided to them on attaining the age of 60 years. • The monthly contribution by farmer ranges between Rs.55 to 200 to the Pension Fund, depending on the age of entry into the Scheme, with provision of equal contribution by the Central Government. • The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) will be the Pension Fund Manager and responsible for Pension pay out. • In case of death of the farmer before retirement date, the spouse may continue in the scheme by paying the remaining contributions till the remaining age of the deceased farmer. • If the farmer dies after the retirement date, the spouse will receive 50% of the pension as Family Pension. After the death of both the farmer and the spouse, the accumulated corpus shall be credited back to the Pension Fund. | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare |
228 | PARTICIPATORY GUARANTEE SCHEME (PGS) | To promote domestic organic market growth and also to enable S&M farmers to have easy access to organic certification, a decentralized organic farming certification system called PGS-India is being implemented by Department of Agriculture and Cooperation. | • It is outside the framework of third-party system of certification (which is a pre-requisite to enter export market of organic produce) and it is a group-certification system including farmers, traders and consumers (hence the name) and it is supported by PKVY scheme.
• PGS ensures that their production takes place in accordance with laid-down quality standards. It is not applicable for off-farm activities like transport, storage etc. • The certification is in the form of a documented logo or a statement. | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare |
229 | INTEGRATED SCHEME FOR AGRICULTURAL MARKETING | • To promote creation of agricultural marketing infrastructure by providing backend subsidy support to State, cooperative and private sector investments.
• To promote Integrated Value Chains (confined up to the stage of primary processing only) to provide vertical integration of farmers with primary processors. | • The ISAM will have the following five components
o Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (AMI) [the existing schemes of Grameen Bhandaran Yojana (GBY) and Development/ Strengthening of Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure, Grading and Standardization (AMIGS) will be merged as AMI] o Marketing Research and Information Network (MRIN) o Strengthening of Agmark Grading Facilities (SAGF), o Agri-Business Development (ABD) through Venture Capital Assistance (VCA) and Project Development Facility (PDF) o Choudhary Charan Singh National Institute of Agriculture Marketing (NIAM). | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare |
230 | NATIONAL MISSION ON AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND TECHNOLOGY | • To make the extension system farmer-driven and farmer-accountable by way of new institutional arrangements for technology dissemination
• To restructure and strengthen agricultural extension to enable delivery of appropriate technology and improved agronomic practices to farmers. | • This Centrally Sponsored Scheme was introduced under the umbrella of Agriculture Technology Management Agency (ATMA).
• It envisages strengthening the extension machinery through 4 sub-schemes: o Sub Mission on Agricultural Extension (SMAE) o Sub Mission on Seed and Planting Material (SMSP) o Sub Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM) o Sub Mission on Plant Protection and Plant Quarantine (SMPP) | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare |
231 | PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION FOR IN-SITU MANAGEMENT OF CROP RESIDUE | • Protecting environment from air pollution and preventing loss of nutrients and soil micro- organisms caused by burning of crop residue;
• Promoting in-situ management of crop residue by retention and incorporation into the soil through the use of appropriate mechanization inputs; • Promoting Farm Machinery Banks for custom hiring of in- situ crop residue management machinery to offset the adverse economies of scale arising due to small landholding and high cost of individual ownership. | • It is a Central Sector Scheme applicable in states of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and NCT of Delhi.
• Under the scheme, financial assistance @50% of the cost is provided to the farmers for purchase of in-situ crop residue management machines on individual ownership basis. • The financial assistance for establishment of Custom Hiring Centres of in-situ crop residue management machinery is @ 80% of the project cost. • It also encourages undertaking Information, Education and Communication (IEC) activities for creating awareness among farmers. | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare |
232 | BRINGING GREEN REVOLUTION TO EASTERN INDIA (BGREI | • To increase production and productivity of rice and wheat by adopting latest crop production technologies
• To promote cultivation in rice fallow area to increase cropping intensity & income of the farmers. • To create water harvesting structures and efficient utilization of water potential • To promote post-harvest technology and marketing support. | • The program was launched in 2010-11 to address constraints limiting the productivity of “rice based cropping system” in eastern India comprising seven states – Assam, Bihar, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa, Eastern Uttar Pradesh (Purvanchal) and West Bengal.
• Various initiatives under the scheme are – o Block or cluster development of improved production technology o Asset building activities for farm improvement o Site specific activities for farm renovation o Seed production and distribution o Marketing support and post-harvest management. | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare |
233 | PRADHAN MANTRI ANNADATA AAY SANRAKSHAN ABHIYAN (PM-AASHA) | To ensure that farmers get remunerative prices for their
produce. | It has three components complementing the existing schemes of the Department of Food and Public Distribution for procurement of paddy, wheat and other cereals and coarse grains where procurement takes place at MSP:
• Price Support Scheme (PSS): Under this, physical procurement of pulses, oilseeds and copra will be done by Central Nodal Agencies. Besides National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED), FCI will also take up procurement of crops under PSS. The expenditure and losses due to procurement would be borne by the Centre. • Price Deficiency Payment Scheme (PDPS): This will cover all oilseeds for which MSP is notified and Centre will pay the difference between the MSP and actual selling/ model price to the farmer directly into his bank account. Farmers who sell their crops in recognized mandis within the notified period can benefit from it. • Pilot of Private Procurement and Stockiest Scheme (PPSS): In the case of oilseeds, the States will have the option to roll out PPSS in select districts where a private player can procure crops at MSP when market prices drop below MSP. The private player will then be compensated through a service charge up to a maximum of 15% of the MSP of the crop. | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare |
234 | YUVA SAHAKAR-COOPERATIVE ENTERPRISE SUPPORT AND INNOVATION SCHEME | To cater to the needs and aspirations of the youth, NCDC has come up with this youth-friendly scheme for attracting them to cooperative business ventures. It would encourage cooperatives to venture into new and innovative areas. | • Launched by: National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC)
• CSIF fund: The scheme will be linked to a ‘Cooperative Start-up and Innovation Fund (CSIF)’ created by the NCDC with an annual outlay of Rs 100 crore and it has special incentive for cooperatives of North Eastern region, Aspirational Districts and cooperatives with women/SC/ST/PwD members. • Funding: The funding for the project will be up to 80% of the project cost for the special categories as against 70% for others. The scheme envisages 2% less than the applicable rate of interest on term loan for the project cost up to Rs 3 crore including 2 years moratorium on payment of principal. • Eligibility: All types of cooperatives in operation for at least one year and having positive net-worth are eligible. | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare |
235 | STRENGTHENING & MODERNIZATION OF PEST MANAGEMENT APPROACH IN INDIA (SMPMA) | • Maximize crop production with minimum input costs.
• Minimize environmental pollution in soil, water and air due to pesticides. • Minimize occupational health hazards due to chemical pesticides. | • It is a central sector scheme launched with following components-
o Integrated Pest Management (IPM) – It is environment friendly broad ecological approach for managing pest problems. o Locust Control and Research – under this locust warning organizations have been established to monitor, forewarn and control locust in Scheduled Desert Area (of Rajasthan, Gujarat and Haryana) and to conduct research on locust and grasshoppers. o Implementation of Insecticides Act, 1968 – It regulates the import, manufacture, sale, transport, distribution and use of insecticides with a view to prevent risk to human beings, animals and environment. | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare |
236 | NATIONAL INNOVATIONS ON CLIMATE RESILIENT AGRICULTURE (NICRA) | • To enhance the resilience of Indian agriculture covering crops, livestock and fisheries to climatic variability and climate change through development and application of improved production and risk management technologies
• To demonstrate site specific technology packages on farmers’ fields for adapting to current climate risks. | • It is a network of projects of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).
• It takes into account the critical assessment of different crops/zones in the country for vulnerability of rainfall. • It undertakes installation of state-of art equipment like flux towers for measurement of greenhouse gases in large field areas. • It undertakes comprehensive field evaluation of new and emerging approaches of paddy cultivation. • The project consists of four components viz. Strategic Research, Technology Demonstration, Capacity Building and Sponsored/ Competitive Grants. | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare |
237 | ARYA PROJECT | • To attract and empower the Youth in Rural Areas to take up various Agriculture, allied and service sector enterprises for sustainable income and gainful employment in selected districts.
• To enable the Farm Youth to establish network groups to take up resource and capital intensive activities like processing, value addition and marketing. | • The GOI launched ARYA – “Attracting and Retaining Youth in Agriculture” in 2015.
• It is implemented through Krishi Vigyan Kendra in one district from each State. KVKs will involve the Agricultural Universities and ICAR Institutes as Technology Partners. • In one district, 200-300 Rural youths will be identified for their skill development in entrepreneurial activities and establishment of related micro-enterprise units. • At KVKs also one or two enterprise units will be established so that they serve as entrepreneurial training units for farmers. | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare |
238 | NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL HIGHER EDUCATION PROJECT (NAHEP) | • Accentuate the relevance and quality of higher agricultural education in selected AUs
• Student and faculty development • Improve learning outcomes, employability and entrepreneurship; and • Enhancing institutional and system management effectiveness. | • Funding: It will be funded by the World Bank and the Indian Government on a 50:50 basis.
Components • Institutional Development Plans (IDPs): NAHEP would provide Institutional Development Grants to selected participating AUs, which seek to improve learning outcomes and future employment for AU students and faculty teaching performance and research effectiveness. • Centre of Advanced Agricultural science & Technology (CAAST): CAAST Grants will be provided to selected participating AUs to establish multidisciplinary centers for teaching, research and extension on critical and emerging agricultural topics. • Innovation Grants to selected participating AUs to make AUs reform ready (i.e., attain accreditation); and promote mentoring of non-accredited AUs by existing reform-ready AUs and other interstate and international academic partnerships. | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare |
239 | Power/Electricity & New and Renewable Energy | |||
240 | Saubhagya | to provide electricity connections to over 4 crore families in rural and urban areas by December 2018. | -scheme deals the cost of last-mile connectivity to willing households to help achieve the goal of lighting every household by 31 December 2018. The beneficiaries for free electricity connections would be identified using Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) 2011 data. Un-electrified households not covered under the SECC data would also be provided electricity connections under the scheme on payment of Rs. 500 which shall be recovered by DISCOMs in 10 instalments through electricity bill. Free connections will be provided to below poverty line (BPL) households. For households outside the reach of national electricity grid, solar power packs along with battery banks shall be provided. The solar power packs of 200 to 300 Wp (Watt peak capacity) with battery bank, comprises of Five LED lights, One DC fan, One DC power plug. The scheme also includes the Repair and Maintenance (R&M) for 5 years. States have also been provided with an incentive of 50% of their loan being converted to grants, if the electrification targets are met by 31 December 2018. | State-run Rural Electrification Corporation |
241 | UDAY | It has ambitious target of making all discoms profitable by 2018-19. -Improving operational efficiencies of discoms, -Reduction of cost of power, -Reduction in interest cost of discoms and -Enforcing financial discipline on discoms through alignment with state finances. | It has all the 3 elements — 1.Clear up the legacy issues of past losses and debt. 2.Provide a financial road map to bring tariffs in line with costs by FY19. 3.Provide enough deterrents for the state govt to not allow the state discoms to become loss ridden post FY18, as losses start to impact their FRBM limits. 1.The State govt. will takeover the discom liabilities over 2-5 year period. 2.This will allow discoms to convert their debt into State bond. These bonds will have a maturity period of 10-15 years. 3.It will allow transfer of 75% outstanding debts incurred by stressed discoms to States’ debt, 50% in 2015-16 and 25% in 2016-17 4.The central government will not include the loans of the discoms in calculation of the state’s deficit till 2016-17. 5. DISCOM debt not taken over by the State shall be converted by the Banks / FIs into loans or bonds. Till November 2017, only states that have not joined it are Odisha and West Bengal | Ministry of power |
242 | Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DUGJY) | To provide 24×7 uninterrupted electricity supply to each rural household across the country by 2022. | 1. It focuses on feeder separation for rural households and agricultural purpose. 2. Seeks to strengthen the distribution and sub-transmission infrastructure, including metering at all levels in rural areas. 3. It also seeks to strengthen Micro grid and off grid distribution network of rural electrification. | Ministry of Power |
243 | 24x7 - Power for All | To provide 24x7 power available to all households, industry, commercial businesses, public needs, any other electricity consuming entity and adequate power to agriculture farm holdings by FY 19. | ‘Power for All scheme’ is a joint initiative of the central and state governments, with the objective of providing 24X7 electricity to all households, industry, commercial businesses and other electricity-consuming entities within the time span of four years. | Ministry of Power |
244 | Integrated Power Development Scheme" (IPDS) | 1. Strengthening of sub-transmission and distribution network in the urban areas; 2. Metering of distribution transformers /feeders / consumers in the urban areas. 3. IT enablement of distribution sector and strengthening of distribution network | The scheme will help in reduction in AT&C losses, establishment of IT enabled energy accounting / auditing system, improvement in billed energy based on metered consumption and improvement in collection efficiency. | Ministry of Power |
245 | National Smart Grid Mission (NSGM) | The mission entails implementation of a smart electrical grid based on state-of-the art technology in the fields of automation, communication and IT systems that can monitor and control power flows from points of generation to points of consumption. | -The major activities envisaged under NSGM are development of smart grid, development of micro grids, consumer engagements and training & capacity building etc. -NSGM entails implementation of a smart electrical grid based on state-of-the art technology in the fields of automation, communication and IT systems that can monitor and control power flows from points of generation to points of consumption, | Ministry of Power |
246 | UJALA | To save energy consumption by distributing LED bulbs which are energy efficient | The scheme is being implemented by Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a joint venture of PSUs under the Union Ministry of Power. -It is LED based Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme (DELP). -Under it, LED Bulbs are distributed. -It wants every home in India to use LED bulbs so that the net power or energy consumption rate comes down and the carbon emission rates can also be checked -The scheme will not only help reduce consumers their electricity bills but also contribute to the energy security of India. | Ministry of Power |
247 | TARANG, UJALA, VIDYUT PRAVAH, GARV, URJA and MERIT | The initiatives were launched keeping in line with the Digital India initiative. The primarily seek to enhance transparency in power sector. | All apps released by Power Sector | Ministry of Power |
248 | Sustainable Rooftop Implementation for Solar Transfiguration of India (SRISTI) | It will provide incentives for the installation of rooftop solar power plant projects in India. | The important features and highlights of this scheme are as follows:- 1.This Solar Power Plant Subsidy Scheme will provide incentives for the sustainable implementation of Rooftop. 2.Subsequently, this scheme will form the advanced version of the previous MNRE scheme in Phase II. 3.Accordingly, govt. will integrate Discoms to implement this solar subsidy scheme. 4.Central govt. will provide financial assistance to implement rooftop solar power plants for the residential users. 5.Henceforth, users of the residential sectors can install the particular in-line capacity as per their necessity and their SERC (State Electricity Regulation Commission) Regulation. Central govt. will provide subsidy up to 5 KWP capacity of power plant. | Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) |
249 | Green Energy Corridors Project | Aims at synchronizing electricity produced from renewable sources, such as solar and wind, with conventional power stations in the grid. | -The green energy corridor is grid connected network for the transmission of renewable energy produced from various renewable energy projects. -The project was envisaged by Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) in its innovative report titled ‘Green Energy Corridors’. -It was proposed as a dedicated transmission network for renewable energy across different renewable energy potential states. | Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) |
250 | India’s Street Lighting National programme (SLNP) | To replace all conventional street lights with smart and energy efficient LED street lights by March 2019. | The programme aims to install LED bulbs street-lighting across different cities in the country. The LED lights will replace inefficient lamps. The initiative is part of the Government’s efforts to spread the message of energy efficiency in the country. It will result in energy savings and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. | Ministry of Power, Energy Efficiency Services Limited |
251 | SuryaMitra programme | To provide skill training to rural youth in handling solar installations | It is Union Government’s skill development program Aims to create skilled manpower in commissioning, installation, O&M of solar power plants and equipment. It primary objective is to provide entrepreneurship and employability opportunities to rural and urban youth & women. The scheme is aimed at creating 50,000 trained solar photovoltaic technicians by March 2020. Special emphasis is given to skill youth from SC/ST/OBC categories. The qualification required to participate in the program is ITI (Electrical & Wireman) / Diploma in Engineering (Electrical, Electronics & Mechanical). Higher qualified participants such as B.Tech etc are not eligible for this programme. The programme is 100% funded by GOI and implemented by National Institute for Solar Energy (NISE) across the country. In addition, short term training programmes for small hydro, entrepreneurship development, operation & maintenance of solar energy devices and boiler operations in co-generation plants have been organized. National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE) is an autonomous institution of Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE)). | National institute of solar energy |
252 | National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency (NMEEE) | To promote the market for energy efficiency by fostering innovative policies and effective market instruments. | PAT (perform, achieve & trade) scheme: Improving efficiency in energy intensive sector. Energy Efficiency Financing Platform (EEFP): provides a platform to interact with financial institutions and project developers for implementation of energy efficiency projects Framework for Energy Efficient Economic Development (FEEED): focuses on developing appropriate fiscal instruments to promote energy efficiency financing Market transformation for Energy Efficiency (MTEE): Accelerating shift toward energy efficient appliances | Ministry of Power |
253 | UNNAT JYOTI BY AFFORDABLE LEDS FOR ALL (UJALA) | • To promote efficient lighting • To reduce electricity bills and help preserve environment | • It aims to promote efficient use of energy at the residential level; enhance the awareness of consumers about the efficacy of using energy efficient appliances and aggregating demand to reduce the high initial costs thus facilitating higher uptake of LED lights by residential users. • LED bulbs are provided to domestic consumers with a target to replace 77 crore incandescent bulbs with LED bulbs. • EESL (Energy Efficiency Services Ltd.) enables domestic households to procure LED lights at an affordable price of Rs. 10/- each and the balance on easy instalment from their electricity bill. • Bachat Lamp Yojana (offered CFL at the cost of incandescent bulb) was replaced by DELP Scheme (Domestic Efficient Lighting Program- provided LED bulbs). This scheme is now called as UJALA. | Ministry of Power |
254 | INTEGRATED POWER DEVELOPMENT SCHEME (FOR URBAN AREAS) | To provide quality and reliable 24x7 power supply in urban areas. | • The scheme provides for
o strengthening of sub-transmission and distribution networks in urban areas; o metering of distribution transformers/feeders/consumers in urban areas; and o IT enablement of distribution sector and strengthening of distribution network. • Financial assistance is provided to all Discoms (including private ones). • Maximum grants provided by GoI to the states under this scheme is 75% (90% for special category states). • The projects under the scheme shall be formulated for urban areas (Statutory Towns) only • PFC (Power Finance Corporation Ltd) is the nodal agency. | Ministry of Power |
255 | MERIT (Merit Order Despatch of Electricity for Rejuvenation of Income and Transparency) web portal | It displays extensive array of information regarding the merit order of Electricity procured by State(s). | It provides opportunity to states for improving their power purchase portfolio. | Ministry of Power |
256 | SUSTAINABLE AND ACCELERATED ADOPTION OF EFFICIENT TEXTILE TECHNOLOGIES TO HELP SMALL INDUSTRIES (SAATHI) | To increase efficiency of small and medium Powerloom units through energy and cost savings. | • Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), would procure energy efficient Powerlooms, motors and Rapier kits in bulk and provide them to the small and medium Powerloom units at no upfront cost.
• EESL will be repaid over a period of 4 to 5 year in installments through resulting energy and cost savings by the owner. | A joint initiative of Ministry of Power and Ministry of Textiles |
257 | National Power Portal (NPP) | A centralized platform for collation and dissemination of Indian power sector information, (through GIS enabled navigation and visualization chart windows) for generation, transmission and distribution of power in India. | NPP Dashboard would also act as the single point interface for all Power Sector Apps launched previously by the government like TARANG, UJALA, VIDYUT PRAVAH, GARV, URJA and MERIT. | Ministry of Power |
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259 | Roads and Highways | |||
260 | Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill 2019 | The Ministry constituted a Group of Ministers from across states to deliberate upon and propose strategies for reducing road fatalities and to suggest actionable measures for implementation. | Compensation for road accident victims: The Bill increases the minimum compensation for hit and run cases as follows: (i) in case of death, from Rs 25,000 to two lakh rupees, and (ii) in case of grievous injury, from Rs 12,500 to Rs 50,000.
Recall of vehicles: The New Bill allows the central government to order for recall of defected motor vehicles which may harm the environment, or the driver, or other road users. Road Safety Board:The National Road Safety Board, will be created by the central government to advise the central and state governments on all aspects of road safety and traffic management. | The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways |
261 | Setu Bharatam | To free all national highways from railway level crossings and renovate the old bridges on national highways by 2019. | 1.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. 2.208 new “road over bridges / road under bridges” are envisaged for construction, while 1500 bridges will be widened, rehabilitated or replaced. | The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways |
262 | Bharatmala | 1. It is an umbrella program that will subsume unfinished parts of NHDP 2. It will also focus on the new initiatives like development of Border and International connectivity roads, Coastal & port connectivity roads, National Corridors Efficiency improvements, Economic corridors development and others. 3. Around 80 per cent of Bharatmala will be based on a government funded, engineering procurement and construction (EPC) model while the rest will be a hybrid-annuity public private partnership. | Improvement in efficiency of existing corridors through development of Multimodal Logistics Parks and elimination of choke point
Enhance focus on improving connectivity in North East and leveraging synergies with Inland Waterways Emphasis on use of technology & scientific planning for Project Preparation and Asset Monitoring Delegation of powers to expedite project delivery - Phase I to complete by 2022 Improving connectivity in the North East | The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways |
263 | National Highways Interconnectivity Improvement Project | This is a project to ensure safe, fast and all weather movement of traffic on National Highways mostly located in backward regions | Development of 1120 kms of National Highways in Karnataka, Odisha, Bihar, Rajasthan and West Bengal have been approved. The project has three components: (i) road improvement and maintenance; (ii) institutional development; and (iii) road safety. Works are expected to be completed by 2024. | The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways |
264 | Logistic Efficiency Enhancement Programme (LEEP) | Aimed at enhancing the freight transportation in India through improving cost, time, tracking and transferability of consignments through infrastructure, procedural and Information Technology (IT) interventions. | Under this programme road ministry has shortlisted 15 locations with the highest freight movement for the development of multimodal logistics parks worth Rs.32,853 crore. The parks would be spread over a total area of around 4,800 acres and will be built under the first phase of the ministry’s Logistics Efficiency Enhancement Programme (LEEP). Through the programme, the government is trying to improve efficiency and reduce logistics costs by as much as 10%. The parks are expected to serve four key functions: 1. Freight aggregation and distribution, 2. Multimodal freight movement, 3. Storage and warehousing, 4. Value-added services such as custom clearances | The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways |
265 | Highway Advisory System (HAS) | Improving safety on the road network
Optimising traffic flow on arterial and freeway networks Reducing congestion within and between cities Co-ordinating agency traffic/transit operations | HAS was launched as a pilot project on Delhi-Jaipur highway. 1. It is a free-to-air information distribution system that uses radio to make the travelling experience on National Highways safer, faster and hassle-free. 2. HAS control centre collects data, processes and analyzes it, generates alerts and sends it to be broadcast by All India Radio." | The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways |
266 | Indian Bridge Management System (IBMS) | It is aimed at ensuring safety of bridges in India | -IBMS is being developed to create an inventory of all bridges in the country and rate their structural condition so that timely repair and rehabilitation work can be carried out based on the criticality of the structure. How Will it Work? -A unique identification number or National Identity Number (NIN) will be given to each bridge, and the number will be based on the state, RTO zone or based on location (National Highway, State Highway etc.). -Along with NIN, Bridge Location Number (BLN) will also be allotted to every bridge based on specific GPS given latitude-longitude. Another number- Bridge Classification Number (BCN) will be assigned to the bridge structure based on its engineering characteristics. -A Structural Rating Number (SRN) will be assigned to bridge structures on a scale of 0 to 9 -Another number - Socio-Economic Bridge Rating Number will specify the contribution of bridge in daily socio-economic activity of that area. IBMS will analyse this data and recognize bridges which need renovation. | The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways |
267 | National Green Highways Project | To reduce the impact of air pollution and dust by planting trees and shrubs along the National Highways. | 1. Under the Green Highways Project the government has made it mandatory to set aside 1% of the total project cost of any NH contract to a Green Fund corpus that will be used for plantation purposes. 2. The afforestation is expected to help in sequestering approximately 12 lakh mt carbon annually 3.The funds to be transferred to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) would be used exclusively for plantation and maintenance on all NH stretches being developed on the Engineering Procurement Construction (EPC) and Build Operate Transfer (BOT) mode. 4.The NHAI will act as Fund Manager for maintaining the account and for release of the payments made by the Regional Officer or Project Director based on the recommendation of the monitoring agency-Indian Highways Management Company Ltd (IHMCL). 5.There will be a strong monitoring mechanism in place by using ISRO’s Bhuvan and GAGAN satellite systems. Every planted tree will be counted and auditing will be done. The agencies performing well will receive annual awards | The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways |
268 | Kisan Harit Rajmarg Yojana | To promote greening of Highway corridors with participation of the community, farmers, private sector, NGOs, and government institutions. ... He also said that this policy will generate employment opportunities for about five lakh people from rural areas. | A pilot scheme to extend green belt beyond the existing ‘Right of Way’ of highways by engaging farmers and providing alternative livelihood option to the nearby communities. | The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways |
269 | Chaar Dham Highway Development Project | To improve connectivity to the Char Dham pilgrimage centres in the Himalayas. | To improve connectivity to the Char Dham pilgrimage centres in the Himalayas. 1.The project’s main objective is to develop around 900 km of national highways. These highways will be built at an approximate cost of Rs 12,000 crore. 2.It will allow uninterrupted access for pilgrims to the four Himalayan shrines of Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri and Yamunotri in Uttarakhand. The all-weather roads will have tunnels, bridges and fly-overs to enhance road safety and uninterrupted access. It will have proper slope stabilisation to ensure protection against landslides. 3.It will benefit people visiting holy shrines in Uttarakhand. It will generate additional employment for the local population and will change the economy of the State as it will give strong boost to connectivity and tourism. | Ministry of Road Transport & Highways |
270 | PRADHAN MANTRI AWAS YOJANA (PMAY)- URBAN | Provide central assistance to implementing agencies through States/Union Territories (UTs) and Central Nodal Agencies (CNAs) for providing houses to all eligible families/ beneficiaries against the validated demand for houses for about 1.12 cr. | • Credit linked subsidy component will be implemented as a Central Sector Scheme while other three components will be implemented as Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS).
• EWS category of beneficiaries is eligible for assistance in all four verticals of the Missions whereas LIG and MIG categories are eligible under only Credit linked subsidy scheme (CLSS) component of the Mission. • Under the Mission, beneficiaries can take advantage under one component only. • The houses constructed/acquired with central assistance under the mission should be in the name of the female head of the household or in the joint name of the male head of the household and his wife, and only in cases when there is no adult female member in the family, the house can be in the name of male member of the household. | Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs |
271 | DEEN DAYAL ANTYODAYA YOJANA- URBAN (NATIONAL URBAN LIVELIHOODS MISSION): DAY-NULM | To uplift the urban poor households by enhancing sustainable livelihood opportunities through skill development. | • Employment through Skill Training and Placement through City Livelihood Centres.
• Social Mobilization and Institution Development through formation of Self-Help Groups (SHG) for training members and hand holding, an initial support of 10, 000 is given for each group. • Subsidy to urban poor - An interest subsidy of 5% - 7% for setting up individual micro-enterprises with a loan of up to 2 lakhs and for group enterprises with a loan limit of up to Rs.10 lakhs. • Cost of construction of shelters for urban homeless is fully funded under the Scheme. | Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs |
272 | Shipping and Waterways | |||
273 | SagarMala Scheme | promoting employment generation | 1.Under the scheme employers would be provided an incentive for enhancing employment by reimbursement of the 8.33% EPS contribution made by the employer in respect of new employment. 2.The PMRPY scheme is targeted for workers earning wages upto Rs. 15,000/- per month. Publicity and awareness campaign is an integral component of the PMRPY scheme for encouraging employers including Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to avail benefits. | Ministry of Labour and Employment |
274 | Urban Development | |||
275 | Smart Cities Mission | To develop 100 cities all over the country making them citizen friendly and sustainable | Smart cities to be selected through City Challenge Competition These cities to be developed as satellite towns of larger cities and by modernizing the existing mid-sized cities. Eight critical pillars of India’s Smart City Program are: Smart Governance Smart Energy Smart Environment Smart Transportation Smart IT & Communications Smart Buildings Smart Health Hospitals Smart Education The 100 potential smart cities were nominated by all the states 4 approaches are adopted for development of Smart Cities: Retrofitting i.e.: city improvement: Introduce planning in an existing built-up area to achieve smart city objectives, along with other objectives, to make the existing area more efficient and liveable. In retrofitting, an area consisting of more than 500 acres will be identified by the city in consultation with citizens. Redevelopment i.e.: city renewal: Replacement of the existing built-up environment and enable co-creation of a new layout with enhanced infrastructure using mixed land use and increased density. Redevelopment envisages an area of more than 50 acres, identified by Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in consultation with citizens. Greenfield development : Introduce most of the Smart Solutions in a previously vacant area (more than 250 acres) using innovative planning, plan financing and plan implementation tools (e.g. land pooling/ land reconstitution) with provision for affordable housing, especially for the poor. Ex. GIFT City Pan-city development envisages application of selected Smart Solutions to the existing city-wide infrastructure. | Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs |
276 | AMRUT | To develop civic infrastructure in 500 cities and towns having population of one lakh and above. | 1.The mission adopts a project based approach to ensure basic infrastructure services relating to water supply, sewerage, transport and development of green spaces among others. 2.Under this Mission, States get the flexibility of designing schemes based on the needs of identified cities and in their execution and monitoring.Further in a significant departure from Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), now the states will only submit State Annual Action Plans (SAAPs) to the Union for broad concurrence based on which funds will be released. 3.Central assistance will be extended under AMRUT to the projects sanctioned under JNNURM but not completed | Ministry of Urban Ministry |
277 | Kifayati Aawas Yojna | |||
278 | Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana(Urban) | To provide housing for all by the year 2022 | The Mission will be implemented during 2015-2022 and will provide central assistance to Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) and other implementing agencies through States/UTs for: 1. In-situ Rehabilitation of existing slum dwellers using land as a resource through private participation 2. Credit Linked Subsidy 3. Affordable Housing in Partnership 4. Subsidy for Beneficiary-led individual house construction/enhancement. | Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs |
279 | National Urban Housing Fund | to finance Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) which aims to build 1.2 crore affordable houses in urban areas by 2022. | -NUHF will be placed under aegis of Building Materials and Technology Promotion Council (BMTPC). -It will be raised from non-budgetary sources and will tap into existing government entities such as Housing and Urban Development Corp. (Hudco). NUHF will facilitate raising requisite funds in next four years and plug any budgetary shortfalls. -It will smoothly sustain construction of houses to address gap in Urban Sector progresses by maintaining flow of Central Assistance under different verticals i.e. Affordable Housing in Parternership (AHP), Beneficiary Linked Construction (BLC), In-Situ Slum Redevelopment (ISSR) and Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS). | Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs |
280 | Swadesh Darshan scheme | To develop the theme based tourism in the country. | 1.The tourists or visitors will get an opportunity to visit the specific tourist circuit in a single tour. The tourists can take the pleasure of thematic tourism under this scheme. 2. There are 13 tourist circuits that are proposed and started under the scheme. Under these 13 circuits there are many cities and sites are added for the visitors to get down there and enjoy their holiday. | The scheme is a joint venture by the central government and ministry of tourism. |
281 | PRASAD | PRASAD scheme aims to create spiritual centres for tourism development within the nation | Twelve cities namely Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh), Gaya (Bihar), Dwarka (Gujarat), Amritsar (Punjab), Ajmer (Rajasthan), Kanchipuram (Tamil Nadu), Vellankani (Tamil Nadu), Puri (Odisha), Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh), Mathura (Uttar Pradesh), Kedarnath (Uttarakhand) and Kamakhya (Assam) have been identified for development under Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spirituality Augmentation Drive (PRASAD). - | Ministry of Tourism |
282 | Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY) | scheme aimed at preserving and revitalizing the soul and unique character of the heritage cities in India | 1. It aims to bring urban planning, economic growth and heritage conservation together for heritage cities. 2. It also seeks beautification in an inclusive and integrated manner with focus on cleanliness, livelihoods, skills, safety, security, accessibility and faster service delivery of heritage cities. 3. Heritage management plan (HMP) will be prepared for the identified cities which will outline heritage resources and develop policies to guide their conservation, restoration, future use and development. 4. It will seek to improve last-mile connectivity heritage sites by documentation, conservation of areas, providing more facilities for women, senior citizens and differently abled citizens | Ministry of Urban Development |
283 | Green Urban Transport Scheme | To address infrastructure for Bus based transport – depots, maintenance facilities, ITS etc.; bring in private entrepreneurial spirit in operations; promote Non-motorized Transport (NMT), Last mile connectivity and promote alternate fuels. | Central Government is working on new policy initiatives to encourage private investments in climate friendly and sustainable public transport systems like Metro rail, Non-motorised Transport and other low carbon emitting systems in urban areas | Ministry of Urban Development |
284 | Rural Development | |||
285 | Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - DAY NRLM | To reduce poverty by enabling the poor households to access gainful self-employment and skilled wage employment opportunities, resulting in appreciable improvement in their livelihoods on a sustainable basis, through building strong grassroots institutions of the poor | -It is also called Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana – NRLM -Swarnjayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY) was restructured as National Rural Livelihoods Mission in 2011 -NRLM has now been renamed as Aajeevika. -It is a World Bank supported program -Organise rural BPL people in SHGs and make them capable for self-employment by providing capacities such as information, knowledge, skills, tools, finance and collectivization. -It has a special focus on women empowerment including a dedicated component for promoting farm and non-farm based livelihoods for women farmers in rural areas -It is implemented across the country in all States and Union Territories (except Delhi and Chandigarh). Works on three pillars: -Enhancing and expanding existing livelihoods options of the poor -Building skills for the job market outside; and -Nurturing self-employed and entrepreneurs. | Ministry of Rural Development |
286 | -Aajeevika Grameen Express Yojana (AGEY) | AGEY aims to provide an alternative source of livelihood to members of Self Help Groups (SHGs) by facilitating them to operate public transport services in backward rural areas. | -It is a sub-scheme under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) -It will provide safe, affordable and community monitored rural transport services like e-rickshaws, 3 and 4 wheeler motorised transport vehicles to connect remote villages. -These transport vehicles will connect villages with key services and amenities including access to markets, education and health for the overall economic development of the area. -The scheme will be implemented in 250 blocks in the country on a pilot basis for a period of 3 years from 2017-18 to 2019-20. -Under it, Community Based Organisation (CBO) is proposed to provide interest free loan from its own corpus to SHG member for purchase of the vehicle. | Ministry of Rural Development |
287 | Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Program (SVEP) | The SVEP proposes to address following three major problems of rural start-ups -A missing knowledge ecosystem -A missing incubation ecosystem -A missing financial ecosystem | To be launched on the lines of the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Grameen Kaushal Yojana -Generate livelihood through self-employment -Will be a sub scheme under the national rural livelihood mission -Loans will be made available through Self Help Groups for starting the enterprise. -It will not focus on placement based skilling but generate livelihood through self-employment. | Ministry of Rural Development |
288 | Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana | To strengthen smallholder agriculture through promotion of sustainable agriculture practices such as Community Managed Sustainable Agriculture (CMSA), Non Pesticide Management (NPM), Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF), Pashu-Sakhi model for doorstep animal care services. | Under the Pariyojana, projects are conceived in such a manner that the skill base of the women in agriculture is enhanced to enable them to pursue their livelihoods on a sustainable basis. Under NRHM. | Ministry of Rural Development |
289 | Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana | The Vision of DDU-GKY is to "Transform rural poor youth into an economically independent and globally relevant workforce". It aims to target youth, under the age group of 15–35 years. DDU-GKY is a part of the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), tasked with the dual objectives of adding diversity to the incomes of rural poor families and cater to the career aspirations of rural youth | -Enable Poor and Marginalized to Access Benefits -Demand led skill training at no cost to the rural poor -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 -Post-placement support, migration support and alumni network -Guaranteed Placement for at least 75% trained candidates | Ministry of Rural development |
290 | Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission | To deliver integrated project based infrastructure in the rural areas, which will also include development of economic activities and skill development. | -Twin objectives: It seeks to achieve of strengthening rural areas and de burdening the urban areas. Thus it seeks for balanced regional development and growth of the country by simultaneously benefiting the rural as well as urban areas of the country. -The State Governments would identify the clusters which have latent potential for growth in accordance with the Framework for Implementation. -This framework will be prepared by the Union Ministry of Rural Development. -The clusters will be geographically contiguous Gram Panchayats with different population and follow administrative convergence units of Gram Panchayats. -Plain and coastal areas must have population of about 25000 to 50000, desert areas, hilly or tribal areas must have 5000 to 15000. There would be a separate approach for selection of clusters in Tribal and Non-Tribal Districts. States government will prepare Integrated Cluster Action Plans for Rurban Clusters. It will be comprehensive plan documents detailing out the strategy for the cluster development. | Ministry of Rural Development |
291 | Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY) | The Centrally Sponsored Scheme ‘Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana’ (PMAGY) is being implemented for integrated development of Scheduled Castes (SC) majority villages having SC Population concentration > 50% | -The principal objective of the Scheme is integrated development of SC Majority Villages: -Primarily through convergent implementation of the relevant Central and State Schemes; -By providing these villages Central Assistance in form of gap-filling funds to the extent of Rs.20.00 lakh per village, to be increased by another 5 lakh if State make a matching contribution. -By providing gap-filling component to take up activities which do not get covered under the existing Central and State Government Schemes are to be taken up under the component of ‘gap filling’. | Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerement |
292 | Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana(SAANJHI) | 1.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. 2.Creating models of local development which can be replicated in other villages. 3.The goal is to develop three Adarsh Grams by March 2019, of which one would be achieved by 2016. Thereafter, five such Adarsh Grams (one per year) will be selected and developed by 2024. | .Members of parliament (MPs) are the pivots this scheme will run on. Gram Panchayat would be the basic unit for development. It will have a population of 3000-5000 in plain areas and 1000-3000 in hilly, tribal and difficult areas. -Model of development strategy from supply-driven to demand-driven SAANJHI aims at instilling certain values, such as People’s participation, o Antyodaya, o gender equality, dignity of women, o Social justice, spirit of community service, o Cleanliness, eco-friendliness, maintaining ecological balance, o Peace and harmony, mutual cooperation, o Self-reliance, local self-government, o Transparency and accountability in public life, etc. In the villages and their people so that they get transformed into models for others. -The scheme will be implemented through a village development plan that would be prepared for every identified gram Panchayat Funds will be utilized from existing schemes such as MPLAD, NGNREGA etc. | Ministry of Rural Development |
293 | Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana(Gramin) | It aims to provide affordable, environmentally safe and secure pucca house to every rural household living below the poverty line by 2022. | 1.It will be implemented in rural areas across the country except Delhi and Chandigarh 2.Government to construct 1 crore pucca (permanent) houses for the rural poor in the next three years. 3.The project will be implemented in a span of three years from 2016-17 to 2018-19 4.Beneficiaries of the rural houses would be chosen according to data taken from the SECC of 2011 5.Under it, financial assistance will be provided for construction of dwelling units and upgradations of existing unserviceable kutcha houses The beneficiary would be facilitated to avail loan of up to 70000 rupees for construction of the house which is optional | Ministry of Rural Development |
294 | Affordable Housing Fund | To address the gap in housing demand and supply in urban areas in respect of economically weaker sections, low and middle income groups and meet the target of “Housing for All” by 2022, with an aim to provide a decent pucca home. | To create 1 crore households in rural areas. Created under National Housing Bank It will be funded from Priority Sector Lending shortfall | Ministry of Rural Development |
295 | PM Gram Sadak Yojana | - Provide all weather road connectivity in rural habitations of the country -annual target of constructing 49,000 km of roads (2017) | -Intended benefeciaries are All habitations with a population of 500 persons and above in the plain areas and 250 persons and above in hill states, the tribal and the desert areas. Other salient features -A fully funded centrally sponsored scheme -75 paise per liter has been earmarked for this scheme out of cess levied on high speed diesel -Up gradation work is not central to the scheme -The unit for this program is habitation and not revenue village. -PMGSY is aggressively encouraging use of “Green Technologies” and non-conventional materials like waste plastic, cold mix, geo-textiles, fly-ash, iron and copper slag etc to reduce the ‘carbon footprint’. | Ministry of Rural Development |
296 | MSME Sector including textiles, EDSM, etc. | |||
297 | Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency (MUDRA) Bank | 1. This Bank would be responsible for regulating and refinancing all Micro-finance Institutions (MFI) which are in the business of lending to micro/small business entities engaged in manufacturing, trading and services activities. 2. The Bank would partner with state level/regional level co-ordinators to provide finance to Last Mile Financer of small/micro business enterprises. | 1. The government proposes to set up MUDRA Bank through a statutory enactment. | Ministry of Finance |
298 | Credit Guarantee Scheme | Lender should give importance to project viability and secure the credit facility purely on the primary security of the assets financed. | CGTMSE was set up to strengthen credit delivery system and facilitate flow of credit to the MSE sector. The Credit Guarantee under CGTMSE seeks to reassure the lender that, in the event of a MSE unit, which availed collateral free credit facilities, fails to discharge its liabilities to the lender; the CGMSE would make good the loss incurred by the lender up to 85 per cent of the credit facility. | Ministry of MSME |
299 | Udyami Mitra Portal | Aims at instilling ease of access to MSMEs financial and non-financial service needs. Business ideas and knowledge hub along-with various project profiles across the sectors / industries. | -Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has launched the ‘Udyami Mitra’ Portal (www.udyamimitra.in) to improve the accessibility of credit and handholding services to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) -Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) have been advised to ensure a target of 7.5% of Adjusted Net Bank Credit (ANBC) for Micro Enterprises -Collateral security is not required for loans up to Rs. 10 lakh to MSE sector, which has simplified working capital requirement for MSEs. -Under the portal entrepreneurs can apply for loan without physically visiting bank branches. It also has facility for uploading all necessary documents. -Through the portal the MSMEs can seek handholding support for getting finance. They can also select and apply for preferred banks. -Through the portal, the MSMEs can select from over 1 lakh bank branches, track their application status and avail multiple loan benefits. | Ministry of MSME |
300 | ASPIRE Fund | Promote entrepreneurship culture in India; Grassroots economic development at the district level; Facilitate innovative business solution for unmet social needs; and. Promote innovation to further strengthen the competitiveness of the MSME sector. | The Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises has launched a new scheme namely, ASPIRE (A Scheme for Promoting Innovation, Rural Industry and Entrepreneurship) on 18.3.2015 to accelerate entrepreneurship and to promote start-ups for innovation and entrepreneurship in agro-industry. Under ASPIRE, 80 Livelihood Business Incubation (LBI) centres are to be set up in which a total of 104000 incubates will be trained and 30 (10 new & 20 existing) Technology Business Incubation (TBI) centres | Ministry of MSME |
301 | PMEGP | aimed at generating self-employment opportunities through establishment of micro-enterprises in the non-farm sector by helping traditional artisans and unemployed youth. | -General category beneficiaries can avail of margin money subsidy of 25 % of the project cost in rural areas and 15% in urban areas. - For beneficiaries belonging to special categories such as Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe/OBC /Minorities/Women, Ex-serviceman, Physically Handicapped, NER, Hill and Border areas etc. the margin money subsidy is 35% in rural areas and 25% in urban areas. -Any individual above 18 years of age is eligible. For setting up of projects costing above Rs.10 lakh in the manufacturing sector and above Rs. 5 lakh in the business /service sector, the beneficiaries should possess at least VIII standard pass educational qualification. -The maximum cost of projects is Rs. 25 lakh in the manufacturing sector and Rs. 10 lakh in the service sector. Benefit can be availed under PMEGP for setting up of new units only. -Subsidy under PMEGP Scheme is provided by the Union Government. | Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) is the nodal agency at the national level. At the State/District level, State offices of KVIC, KVIBs and District Industry Centres(DIC) are the implementing agencies in the States in the ratio of 30:30:40. Ministry of MSME |
302 | Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector | The scheme intended to provide placement oriented skilling programme, for organised sector and enhance livelihood opportunity by skill-upgradation for traditional sector | -It will cover entire value chain of textile excluding Spinning & Weaving in organized Sector. -The Scheme will have a span of three year i.e. 2017-2020 with an outlay of ₹ 1300 Cr. -It will be implemented through textile industry and recognised public and private training institutes of textile sector. -The scheme will have National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) training courses. | Ministry of Textiles |
303 | North East Region Textile Promotion Scheme (NERTPS) | The broad objective of the North East Textile Promotion Scheme is to develop and modernise the textile sector in the North East Region by providing the required Government support in terms of raw material, seed banks, machinery, common facility centres, skill development, design and marketing support etc. | -The scheme was launched by the Union Textile Ministry. Under this intervention, each state now has one centre with three units having approximately 100 machines each. -The project is fully funded by the Ministry with an estimated cost of Rs. 18.18 crores for one Apparel Center in each state. -The central assistance is towards construction of physical infrastructure, machinery for the units and towards capacity building of workers for a period of 3 years. | Ministry of textiles |
304 | Integrated Skill Development Scheme (ISDS) in textiles | To provide specific skills as per the requirement of Apparel and other Segments of Textile Industry. Placement of trained person in the related occupations. | IMPLEMENTATION THROUGH -Institutions / Textile Research Associations under Ministry of Textiles – 5 Lakh trainees -State Government Agencies – 5 Lakh trainees -Private bodies in Public Private Partnership (PPP) – 5 Lakh trainees SCALE OF ASSISTANCE -75% of the cost subject to the ceiling of Rs. 10,000/- per person. Balance 25% to be mobilized by the Implementing Agency. | Ministry of textiles |
305 | Credit Linked Capital Subsidy Scheme (CLCSS) | To help in up-gradation of technology in Tiny and SSI units in the specified products / Sub-sectors as notified by Govt. of India by providing 15% capital subsidy for investment in eligible plant and machinery. | -CLCSS aims at facilitating technology upgradation of Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) by providing 15% capital subsidy (limited to maximum Rs.15 lakhs) for purchase of Plant & Machinery. -Maximum limit of eligible loan for calculation of subsidy under the scheme is Rs.100 lakhs. Presently, more than 1500 well established/improved technologies under 51 sub-sectors have been approved under the Scheme. | |
306 | India inclusive innovation fund | To provide modest financial returns, while ensuring significant social impact to the community. | -The India Inclusive Innovation Fund Ministry of MSME has proposed to set up a dedicated fund in the name of India Inclusive Innovation Fund for promoting grass-root innovations with social returns as well as modest economic returns. -The fund would operate as a for-profit entity with a social investment focus. The India Inclusive Innovation Fund would back enterprises developing innovative solutions preliminarily for citizens who lie in the lower half of India s economic pyramid, with a limited physical and institutional access to basic services. -The total corpus of this fund is proposed to be an initial size of`.500 crore and maximum size of`.5,000 crore with initial GOI contribution of.Rs. .100.00 crore. The cabinet has approved the setting up of the India Inclusive Innovation Fund | Ministry of msme |
307 | Amended Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme(ATUFS) | To promote ease of doing business and achieve the vision of generating employment and promoting exports through “Make in India” with “Zero effect and Zero defect” in manufacturing. | -Under the scheme, apparel, garment and technical textiles will get 15 per cent subsidy on capital investment, subject to a ceiling of Rs.30 crore over a period of five years. -The remaining sub-sectors will be eligible for 10 per cent subsidy, subject to a ceiling of Rs.20 crore, on similar lines, according to a government statement. -The amended scheme would give a boost to Make in India in the textiles sector. It is expected to attract investments to the tune of Rs.1 lakh crore and create over 30 lakh jobs. -The scheme lays emphasis on the promotion of Technical Textiles, a sunrise sector, for exports. It will also encourage better quality in processing industry and check the need for import of fabrics by the garment sector. -Conversion of existing looms to better technology looms will also receive a major push.for improvement in quality and productivity. -The new scheme does not cover the spinning sector as there is excess capacity now. -The new amended scheme aims to plug the loopholes in the earlier scheme and improve Ease of Doing Business. -The amended scheme will replace the existing Revised Restructured Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (RR-TUFS) with effect from the date of notification of the scheme. The Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme for the textile industry was introduced in 1999 and Rs.21,347 crore has been provided as assistance between 1999 and 2015. Official sources said the ATUFS is expected to attract Rs. 1 lakh crore investment in the next seven years (till 2021-2022). | Ministry of Textiles |
308 | SAATHI (Sustainable and Accelerated Adoption of efficient Textile technologies to Help small Industries) | Create Awareness about the Skill India Mission and inform the youth of Indiaabout vocational education and its opportunities. Sensitize prospective candidates about available Market Opportunities under the Skill India Mission, including horizontal and vertical pathways. | -Under this initiative, Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a public sector entity under the administrative control of Ministry of Power, would procure energy efficient Powerlooms, motors and Rapier kits in bulk and provide them to the small and medium Powerloom units at no upfront cost. -The use of these efficient equipment would result in energy savings and cost savings to the unit owner and he would repay in installments to EESL over a 4 to 5 year period. This is the aggregation, bulk procurement and financing model that EESL has successfully deployed in several sectors like LED bulbs, Smart Meters and Electric Vehicles. | The SAATHI initiative of the Government will be jointly implemented by EESL and the office of the Textile Commissioner on a pan-India basis. Ministries of Power and Textiles |
309 | Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries (SFURTI), | The objectives SFURTI is to organize the traditional industries and artisans into clusters to make them competitive and provide support for their long term sustainability by way of -Enhancing the marketability of products, -Improving the skills of artisans, -Making provision for common facilities and -Strengthening the cluster governance systems. | The Scheme guidelines of SFURTI have been revamped in 2015 and the Scheme has taken giant strides in 2015. Funds to the tune of Rs.62 Crore have been sanctioned under the Scheme in 2015 as against Nil in 2014. -68 clusters have already been approved in 2015 itself against the target of 71 clusters during 12th Plan period with more than a year of the plan period to spare. -Initially, in the first phase, 71 clusters will be developed across the country involving an outlay of Rs.149.44 crores. -Under the 12th Five Year Plan it is proposed to take up 800 clusters with funding from the Government of India and Asian Development Bank. Under the revamped SFURTI, there shall be three types of clusters involving artisans from 500 to 2500. - | Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) and the Coir Board are implementing a scheme |
310 | National SC ST Hub | To provide professional support to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Entrepreneurs to fulfill the obligations under the Central Government Public Procurement Policy for Micro and Small Enterprises. | -The National SC/ST Hub provides support to entrepreneurs from the community. -It will have an initial outlay of Rs 490 crore. -The hub will work towards strengthening market access/linkage, monitoring, capacity building, leveraging financial support schemes and sharing industry-best practices. -It will also enable central public sector enterprises to fulfill the procurement target set by the government. | Ministry of MSME |
311 | Market Development Assistance Scheme | Enhance marketing capabilities as well as competitiveness of MSMEs • Showcasing competencies of MSMEs • Updating MSMEs about current market scenario and impact on activities • Facilitating the formation of consortia of MSMEs for marketing products and services • Providing platform for MSMEs to interact with major institutional buyers • Disseminate programmes of the government • Improve the marketing skills of MSMEs | As per this scheme, marketing support is provided to MSMEs through National Small Industries Corporation/NSIC and enhance competitiveness and viability of products • International technology exhibitions are also organised by NSIC in foreign countries • Exhibitions may be organised in conjunction with concerned stakeholders and industry associations | Ministry of Commerce |
312 | Zero defects zero effect scheme | ZED Scheme aims to rate and handhold all MSMEs to deliver top quality products using clean technology. | -It will have sector-specific parameters for each industry. -MSME sector is crucial for the economic progress of India and this scheme will help to match global quality control standards. -The slogan of Zero Defect, Zero Effect (ZED) was first mentioned by PM Narendra Modi in his Independence Day speech in 2014. -It was given for producing high quality manufacturing products with a minimal negative impact on environment. -ZED Scheme is meant to raise quality levels in unregulated MSME sector which is engine of growth for Indian economy. -MSME sector drives almost 38% of nation’s GDP and around employs 110 million employees. -The scheme will be cornerstone of the Central Government’s flagship Make in India programme, which is aimed at turning -India into a global manufacturing hub, generating jobs, boosting growth and increase incomes | Ministry of MSME |
313 | Sambandh Portal | The objective of the portal is to monitor the implementation of the Public Procurement from MSEs by Central Public Sector Enterprises. | The Procurement Policy launched in 2012 mandates the Central Government Departments / CPSUs to procure necessarily from MSEs i.e. every Central Ministry / Department / PSU shall set an annual goal for procurement from the MSE sector at the beginning of the year, with the objective of achieving an overall procurement goal of minimum of 20 per cent of the total annual purchases of the products or services produced or rendered by MSEs. By creating an online portal, the Ministries and the CPSEs can assess their performance. | Ministry of MSME |
314 | Samadhan Portal | The portal aims at empowering micro and small entrepreneurs across country to directly register their cases relating to delayed payments by Central Ministries, Departments, CPSEs, State Governments. | The Samadhaan portal will give information about pending payment of MSEs with individual CPSEs/Central Ministries, State Governments, etc. The CEO of PSEs and Secretary of Ministries concerned will also be able to monitor cases of delayed payment under their jurisdiction and issue necessary instructions to resolve the issues. The portal will facilitate monitoring of delayed payment in more effective manner. The information on portal will be available in public domain, thus exerting moral pressure on defaulting organisations. The MSEs will also be empowered to access portal and monitor their cases. | Ministry of MSME |
315 | Udyam Sakhi Portal | To encourage women entrepreneurs and to aid, counsel, assist and protect their interests. It also preserve free competitive enterprise and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of our nation. | 1.The portal is a network for nurturing entrepreneurship and creating business models for low cost products and services in order to empower women and make them self-reliant and self-sufficient. 2.The portal provides assistance through its platform for entrepreneurship learning tools, incubation facility,training programs for fund raising, providing mentors, one-on-one investor meet, provide market survey facility and technical assistance. | Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises(MSME) |
316 | CHAMPION SERVICES SECTOR SCHEME (CSSS) | • Address sectoral and cross cutting issues including regulatory reforms, service standards, data protection etc.
• Promote innovation to enhance competitiveness and productivity | • It is a Central Sector, umbrella scheme of Department of Commerce for the period 2019-20 to 2023-24.
• 12 Champion services sectors have been identified to give focused attention on their promotion. Example: IT & ITeS, tourism, legal services, financial services etc. • Ministries/Departments concerned with these sectors have been directed to finalize and implement the Action Plans for the identified Champion Services Sectors which in effect would be their sectoral schemes operating under the umbrella scheme CSSS. Example: nodal ministry for CSSS: IT & ITeS is Ministry of electronics and technology. | Ministry of Commerce |
317 | TRANSPORT AND MARKETING ASSISTANCE (TMA) SCHEME | To provide assistance for the international component of freight and marketing of agricultural produce. | All exporters, duly registered with relevant Export Promotion Council as per Foreign Trade Policy, of eligible agriculture products shall be covered under this scheme.
• Export categories which are not eligible include: o Products exported from SEZs/ EOUs/ EHTPs/ STPs/ BTPs/ FTWZs o Exports through trans-shipment, i.e. exports that are originating in third country but trans- shipped through India; o Export of goods through courier or foreign post offices using e-Commerce. | Ministry of Commerce |
318 | Export Promotion Capital Goods Scheme | For promotion of exports. | It allows import of capital goods (except those specified in negative list) for pre-production, production and post-production at zero customs duty.
• Import under EPCG Scheme shall be subject to an export obligation equivalent to 6 times of duties, taxes and cess saved on capital goods, to be fulfilled in 6 years reckoned from date of issue of Authorisation | Ministry of Commerce |
319 | Senior Citizens | |||
320 | Rashtriya Vayoshree Yojana | ‘Scheme for providing Physical Aids and Assisted-living Devices for Senior citizens belonging to BPL category’ | The Scheme aims at providing Senior Citizens, belonging to BPL category and suffering from any of the age related disability/infirmity viz. Low vision, Hearing impairment, Loss of teeth and Locomotor disability, with such assisted-living devices which can restore near normalcy in their bodily functions, overcoming the disability/infirmity manifested. | Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerement |
321 | Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana | It is a part of Government’s commitment for financial inclusion and social security. | 1. The scheme will provide an assured pension based on a guaranteed rate of return of 8% per annum for ten years, with an option to opt for pension on a monthly / quarterly / halfyearly and annual basis. 2. The differential return, i.e., the difference between the return generated by LIC and the assured return of 8% per annum would be borne by Government of India as subsidy on an annual basis | Ministry of Finance |
322 | Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) | Financial Inclusion | 1.Under PMJJBY, annual life insurance of Rs. 2 lakh would be available on the payment of premium of Rs. 330 per annum by the subscribers. 2.The PMJJBY is available to people in the age group of 18 to 50 years having a bank account. 3.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 subject to payment of premium. 4.Premium Rs 330 per annum. 5.The payment of premium will be directly auto debited by the bank from a subscriber’s account. A person has to opt for the scheme every year. | Ministry of Finance |
323 | Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) | Financial Inclusion | 1.Premium Rs 12 per annum. The premium will be directly auto debited by the bank from a subscriber’s account. This is the only mode available. 2.For risk coverage a person has to opt for the scheme every year. 3.Under this schemethe risk coverage will be Rs. 2 lakh for accidental death and full disability and Rs. 1 lakh for partial disability. 4.The Scheme is available to people in the age group 18 to 70 years with a bank account, from where the premium would be collected through the facility of auto-debit. | Ministry of Finance |
324 | Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) | Financial Inclusion | 1,Premium is Rs 330 every year. 2.Under PMJJBY, annual life insurance of Rs. 2 lakh would be available 3.The Scheme is available to people in the age group 18 to 50 years with a bank account, from where the premium would be collected through the facility of auto-debit. | Ministry of Finance |
325 | Atal Pension Yojana | Social Security | 1.Under the APY, subscribers would receive a fixed minimum pension of Rs. 1000 per month, Rs. 2000 per month, Rs. 3000 per month, Rs. 4000 per month, Rs. 5000 per month, at the age of 60 years, depending on their contributions, which itself would vary on the age of joining the APY. 2.The pension would also be available to the spouse on the death of the subscriber and thereafter, the pension corpus would be returned to the nominee. 3.The benefit of fixed minimum pension would be guaranteed by the Government. 4.The Central Government would also co-contribute 50 percent of the total contribution or Rs. 1000 per annum, whichever is lower, to each eligible subscriber account, for a period of 5 years, that is, from 2015-16 to 2019-20, to those who join the NPS before 31st December, 2015 and who are not members of any statutory social security scheme and who are not Income Tax payers. | Ministry of Finance |
326 | National Pension Scheme | Aims to institute pension reforms and to inculcate the habit of saving for retirement amongst the citizens. | To facilitate import of capital goods for producing quality goods and services and enhance India's manufacturing competitiveness. | Ministry of Finance |
327 | Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana, 2016 (PMGKY) | For the welfare of poor. | 1.It is an amnesty scheme launched by the Narendra Modi led Government of India in December 2016 on the lines of the Income declaration scheme, 2016 (IDS) launched earlier in the year 2.The scheme provides an opportunity to declare unaccounted wealth and black money in a confidential manner and avoid prosecution after paying a fine of 50% on the undisclosed income. An additional 25% of the undisclosed income is invested in the scheme which can be refunded after four years, without any interest. 3.The scheme can only be availed to declare income in the form of cash or bank deposits in Indian bank accounts and not in the form of jewellery, stock, immovable property, or deposits in overseas accounts | Ministry of Finance |
328 | Income Decleration Scheme | To unearth black money and bring it back into the system. | 1.Lasting from 1 June to 30 September 2016, the scheme provided an opportunity to income tax and wealth tax defaulters to avoid litigation and become compliant by declaring their assets, paying the tax on them and a penalty of 45% thereafter 2.The scheme guaranteed immunity from prosecution under the Income Tax Act, Wealth Tax Act, 1957, and the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988 and also ensured that declarations under it would not be subjected to any scrutinies or inquiries | Minister of Finance |
329 | Make in India | To make India a manufacturing hub. | 1.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. 2. The major objective behind the initiative is to focus on job creation and skill enhancement in twenty-five sectors of the economy | Ministry of Finance |
330 | Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana | Financial Inclusion | 1.All households across the country - both rural and urban are to be covered under the scheme. Bank accounts will be opened for 15 crore poor persons.
2.All bank accounts opened under the scheme are to have an overdraft facility of Rs 5,000 for Aadhar-linked accounts after satisfactory operation in the account for 6 months.3 3.Issuance of RuPay Debit Card with inbuilt Rs 1 lakh personal accident insurance cover provided by HDFC Ergo and a life cover of Rs 30,000 provided by LIC 4.A minimum monthly remuneration of Rs 5,000 to business correspondents who will provide the last link between the account holders and the bank | Ministry of Finance |
331 | Gold Bond scheme | 1.To reduce the demand of gold as India is biggest importer of gold . 2.To encourage people to invest in demat gold bonds. | 1. In this scheme prices of gold bond is linked to actual gold prices prevailing in market that time and interest of 2 to 3% will be given by government. 2. When one best buys a gold bond by depositing money he is issued a certificate by RBI on the behalf of Government of India which is equivalent to 10gm of physical gold .Prices of this gold bond is linked to prices of gold in market that time. 3.Gold bond will be issue in denomination of 2gm,5gm,10gm or other denominations. There is cap on maximum value of bonds allotted to per person should be 500gm. | Ministry of Finance |
332 | Gold Monetization scheme | 1.To mobilize the ideal gold in country and put it to productive use . 2.To give customers a opportunity to earn interest on ideal gold | 1.In this scheme a person can deposit his or her ideal gold in any foam like jewellery to authorized dealer or bank which is melted and stored as bullion. 2.Banks will pay interest on deposited gold. Both principal and interest will be value in gold .On maturity customer can take in foam of gold or in cash . 3.Minimum deposit period will be 1 yr and thereafter multiples of one year. | Ministry of Finance |
333 | Nai Manzil Scheme | to address educational and livelihood needs of minority communities lagging behind in terms of educational attainments. | 1.It aims to provide educational intervention by giving the bridge courses to the trainees and getting them Certificates for Class XII and X from distance medium educational system. 2.It seeks to provide trade basis skill training in four courses at the same time of formal education, in field of (i) Manufacturing (ii) Engineering (iii) Services (iv) Soft skills. It intends to cover people in between 17 to 35 age group from all minority communities as well as Madrasa students. | The Union Ministry of Minority Affairs |
334 | Nai Roshni | Empower and install confidence in women of minority communities by equipping them with knowledge, tools and techniques to interact with government systems, banks and intermediaries | The Union Ministry of Minority Affairs | |
335 | Hunar Haat | aimed at promoting and supporting artisans from Minority communities and providing them domestic as well as international market for display and sell their products. | 1.The Hunar Haat exhibition has been organised by the National Minorities Development & Finance Corporation (NMDFC) under “USTTAD” scheme In it about 184 master artisans from across the country are showcasing their traditional art and skills at about 100 stalls at the international platform. 2.It seeks to provide an excellent platform to artisans belonging to Minority communities from across nation to display their art and skills before domestic and international visitors. | The Union Ministry of Minority Affairs |
336 | Stanapan Suraksha Scheme | To promote breastfeeding and keep a tab on “inappropriate” promotion of baby food items. | 1.Stanpan Suraksha is first-of-its-kind app deveopled for promoting breastfeeding and baby food promotion reporting mechanism. 2.Using it any person can click a photograph of inappropriate baby food promotion around them and related equipment and send it to BPNI. 3.The app also has a city-wise database of trained breastfeeding counsellor to educate and provide assistance to mothers during antenatal and postnatal period. It has sign up option for mothers who wish to become a breastfeeding counsellor, pledging for petition and donation. | Ministry of Tribal Affairs |
337 | Eklavya Model Residential Schools | To provide quality middle and high-level education to Scheduled Tribe (ST) students in remote areas in order to enable them to avail of reservation in high and professional educational courses . | -Eklavya Model Residential School Scheme was started in 1998 -First school was started in the year 2000 in Maharashtra. -EMRSs have been functioning as institutions of excellence for tribal students. -In order to further educational opportunities for more ST children, Government has sought to extend the facility of EMRSs in all the 672 Blocks where ST population is more than 50% of the total population in a span of next five years. -Funds for establishing the school are arranged by both Centre and State government together. | Ministry of Tribal Affairs |
338 | Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme | To decrease the dropout rate in the transition from elementary to secondary stage. | Given for Class 9th and 10th | Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerement |
339 | Babu Jagjivan Ram Chhatrawas Yojana | Educational empowerement of Schedule castes | Central assistance is provided to the implementing agencies viz. State Governments/UT Administrations/ Central and State Universities/ Non-Governmental Organisations/Deemed Universities in private sector, for construction of fresh hostels/expansion of existing hostel facilities for Scheduled Castes students | Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerement |
340 | National Overseas Scholarship Scheme | Financial support to SC and ST students pursuing Master’s level courses and PhD/Post-Doctoral courses abroad. | Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerement | |
341 | Scheme for upgradation of merit of SC students | upgrade the merit of SC students by providing them remedial and special coaching in classes IX to XII | Income Ceiling: Rs. 3.00 Lakh per annum | Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerement |
342 | Self Employment Scheme for Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers (SRMS) | To rehabilitate all the remaining manual scavengers and their dependents in alternative occupations. | The main features of the Scheme include one-time cash assistance, training with stipend and concessional loans with subsidy for taking up alternative occupations. | Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerement |
343 | Sugmay Bharat abhiyaan | The target of this scheme is to make at least fifty government buildings disabled friendly under the campaign in each of the state till end of 2016 and make 25 per cent of the public transport vehicles under government as disabled friendly till mid 2017. | • A remarkable feature of the scheme is that a website will also be made where the people can put their views on the accessibility of any building. • The international airports in the country and railway stations which come under A1, A and B categories will be made fully disabled-friendly. • Special set-top boxes will be made available to make watching TV more convenient for the visually impaired. In the next 5 years, almost 200 persons will be trained to speak in sign languages on government TV channels. Government websites will also be made friendlier by using text to speech option. • Under the scheme, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment will give free motorized tricycles to persons with 70-90% disability. • A Sugamya Bharat mobile app which can provide information on disabled-friendly public facilities in a city, will be launched under the scheme. • For awareness, a team of experts will conduct workshops for sensitizing the main parties including builders and activists. | Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerement |
344 | Disha | Early Intervention and School Readiness Scheme | This is an early intervention and school readiness scheme for children upto 10 years with the disabilities covered under the National Trust Act. | Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerement |
345 | VIKAAS | Day Care | A day care scheme for persons with autism, cerebral palsy, mental retardation and multiple disabilities, above 10 years for enhancing interpersonal and vocational skills. | Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerement |
346 | SAMARTH | Respite Care | A scheme to provide respite home for orphans, families in crisis, Persons with Disabilities (PwD) from BPL, LIG families with at least one of the four disabilities covered under the National Trust Act. | Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerement |
347 | GHARAUNDA | Group Home for Adults | This scheme provides housing and care services throughout the life of the person with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities. | Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerement |
348 | NIRMAYA | Health Insurance Scheme | This scheme is to provide affordable Health Insurance to persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities. | Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerement |
349 | SAHYOGI | Caregiver training scheme | A scheme to set up Caregiver Cells (CGCs) for training and creating skilled workforce of caregivers to care for Person with Disabilities (PwD) and their families. | Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerement |
350 | GYAN PRABHA | Educational support | A scheme to encourage people with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities for pursuing educational/ vocational courses. | Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerement |
351 | PRERNA | Marketing Assistance | A marketing scheme to create viable & wide spread channels for sale of products and services produced by persons with autism, cerebral palsy, mental retardation and multiple disabilities. | Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerement |
352 | Sports | |||
353 | Khelo India-National Programme for Development of Sports | To achieving the twin objectives of mass participation and promotion of excellence in sports. | under which 1,000 selected athletes will receive an annual scholarship of Rs500,000 each for eight years. The new scheme will focus on nurturing talent and connecting rural India to global games | Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports |
354 | Target Olympic Podium Scheme | To identify and support potential medal prospects for 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games | 1,Under the scheme the selected athletes are provided financial assistance for their customized training at Institutes. 2.These sports institutes will have world class facilities and other necessary support to improve performance and higher position in medals tally for the country. 3,Under it benchmark for selection of athletes is in relation to international standards. | Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports |
355 | National Sports Talent Search Scheme (NSTSS) | To Identify sporting talent among students and nurturing them by providing scientific training. in the age group of 8–12 years. | Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports | |
356 | Mission XI Million | making football the sport of choice in India | A first of its kind, the programme will encourage children to play the beautiful game of football, gain healthy habits and learn important life lessons in teamwork and sportsman spirit. The approach is to work with school principals and sports teachers and encourage and incentivize them to make children play football games on regular basis. | Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports |
357 | Self Employment Scheme for Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers (SRMS) | To rehabilitate all the remaining manual scavengers and their dependents in alternative occupations. | The main features of the Scheme include one-time cash assistance, training with stipend and concessional loans with subsidy for taking up alternative occupations. | Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerement |
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359 | Trade/Ministry of commerce | |||
360 | Trade Related Entrepreneurship Assistance and Development (TREAD)Scheme | To promote women entrepreneurs. | 1.The scheme envisages economic empowerment of women through trade related training, information and counseling activities related to trades, products, services, etc. 2.Under the scheme, there is a provision for Government of India grant up to 30% of the loan/ credit maximum up to Rs. 30.00 lakh as appraised by lending institutions/ banks. 3,The lending institutions/ banks would finance loan assistance for a group of women through NGOs for undertaking non- farm activities. | Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) |
361 | Niryat Bandhu Scheme | To reach out to the new and potential exporters and mentor them to get into international trade and boost exports from India | objective to reach out to the new and potential exporters and mentor them through orientation programmes, counseling sessions, individual facilitation etc., on various aspects of foreign trade for being able to get into international trade and boost exports from India | Ministry of Commerce & Industry |
362 | Service Export from India Scheme | Promote service exports | 1. The SEIS applies to ‘service providers located in India’ instead of ‘Indian service providers’. Thus, it provides for incentives to all service providers of notified services who are providing services from India, regardless of the constitution or profile of the service provider. 2. The rates of incentivization under the SEIS are based on net foreign exchange earned. 3. The incentive issued as duty credit scrip, will no longer carry an actual user condition and will no longer be restricted to usage for specified types of goods but be freely transferable and usable for all types of goods and service tax debits on procurement of services/goods. | Ministry of Commerce |
363 | Revenue Insurance Scheme for Plantation Crops (RISPC) | protecting the growers from the risks such as pest attacks, yield loss and income decline caused by fall in prices. | 1.It was launched for protecting growers of plantation crops from twin risks of yield loss due to pest attacks, adverse weather parameters etc. and income loss caused by fall in domestic and international prices. 2.It shall be covering tea, coffee, rubber, cardamom and tobacco plantations and shall be implemented by the commodity boards. 3.It will be implemented on a pilot basis for two years i.e. till 2018 in eight districts in West Bengal, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Karnataka, Sikkim and Tamil Nadu. On the basis of performance of the scheme in pilot project, it will be considered for extension to other districts. | Ministry of Commerce |
364 | Science and Tech/ Environment | |||
365 | Phyto-Pharma Plant Mission | Aims at conservation and cultivation of endangered and threatened endemic medicinal plants, and discovery of new botanical drugs for unmet medical needs using the rich traditional ethno-botanical knowledge and biodiversity of these states. | Rs 50 crore Mission aimed at conservation and cultivation of endangered and threatened endemic medicinal plants, and discovery of new botanical drugs for unmet medical needs using the rich traditional ethno-botanical knowledge and biodiversity of these states and at the same time also improve availability of authentic and quality botanical raw material on sustainable basis for a boom in the phyto-pharmaceutical industry | Ministry of Science & Technology |
366 | Brahmaputra Biodiversity and Biology Boat | To study Bhramputra's ecosystem. | B4 will establish a large barge on the river with a well-equipped laboratory for analysis of all components of the entire ecosystem of the river and surroundings. The B4 will link to all the local research institutions along the river, as well as national and international laboratories | Ministry of Science & Technology |
367 | Secure Himalaya | o secure people's livelihood, restore, conserve and use sustainably the high range ecosystems of the Himalayas. | ||
368 | Namami Gange | aims at Ganga Rejuvenation by combining the existing ongoing efforts and planning under it to create a concrete action plan for future. | It is an ambitious Union Government Project which integrates the efforts to clean and protect the Ganga river in a comprehensive manner | Ministry of Water resources |
369 | INSPIRE (INNOVATION IN SCIENCE PURSUIT FOR INSPIRED RESEARCH) | -To attract talent to Science. -To communicate to the youth of the country the excitements of creative pursuit of science, attract talent to the study of science at an early age and thus build the required critical human resource pool for strengthening and expanding the Science & Technology system and R&D base. | It does not believe in conducting competitive exams for identification of talent at any level. It believes in and relies on the efficacy of the existing educational structure for identification of talent. -INSPIRE has three components: i. Scheme for Early Attraction of Talent (SEATS) ii. Scholarship for Higher Education (SHE) iii. Assured Opportunity for Research Careers (AORC) The Inspire Awards have been renamed as MANAK | Ministry of Science & Technology |
370 | JIGYASA - Student-Scientist Connect Programme | Connecting school students and scientists so as to extend student's classroom learning with that of a very well planned research laboratory based learning. | connecting school students and scientists so as to extend student’s classroom learning with that of a very well planned research laboratory based learning. | CSIR + Kendriya Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) |
371 | VAJRA | To bring an international dimension to the R&D ecosystem of India by leveraging overseas scientists' expertise to the Indian research framework. | The Government of India recently launched VAJRA (Visiting Advanced Joint Research) Faculty scheme by the Department of Science and Technology which enables NRIs and overseas scientific community to participate and contribute to research and development in India. The Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), a Statutory body of the Department will implement the Scheme. o International Faculty / scientists/technologists including Non-resident Indians (NRI) and Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) / Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) are offered adjunct / visiting faculty positions in Indian Institutions / Universities for a period of 1-3 months under this scheme. The faculty can also undertake the role of teaching /mentoring apart from R&D. Public funded institutions and national laboratories are allowed to host the VAJRA faculty. | Ministry of Science & Technology |
372 | Surya Jyoti | In order to capture day light and concentrate the same inside a dark room, particularly in urban slum or rural areas which lack electricity supply, a low cost and energy efficient Micro Solar Dome (Surya Jyoti) has been tested and developed. | -Potential users of this device are10 million households. -According to preliminary estimates, if this technology is adopted in 10 million households only, it has the potential of saving 1750 million units of energy. -It would also lead to an emission reduction of about 12.5 million ton of CO2 equivalent, hence giving a fillip to the mission of ‘Clean India, Green India’. -The manufacturing process, being labour-intensive, would also generate huge job opportunities in the economy. | Department of Science & Technology. |
373 | VIGYAN JYOTI | To encourage the women to pursue science and to create a level-playing field for the meritorious girls in high school to pursue Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) in their higher education. | • Selected women from more than 500 districts, would be given opportunities to attend science camps at IITs, NITs and other leading institutions of science and technology education where women are not adequately represented
• The Gender Advancement for Transforming Institutions (GATI) to develop a comprehensive Charter and a framework for assessing the Gender Equality in STEM. • An online portal for science and technology resources for women to provide E-resources related to all women-specific government schemes, scholarships, fellowships, career counselling. | Ministry of Science & Technology |
374 | LOCAL TREATMENT OF URBAN SEWAGE FOR HEALTHY REUSE (LOTUS-HR) PROGRAM | • To demonstrate a novel holistic waste-water management approach that will produce clean water that can be reused for various proposes.
• To simultaneously recover nutrients and energy from the urban wastewater thus converting drain into profitable mines. | • Recently, the second phase LOTUS-HR was launched in 2020.
• This project was initiated in 2017 and is jointly supported by Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India and Government of Netherlands. • The innovative pilot scale modular plant will treat 10,000 L sewage water per day and aims to develop universal water management and risk assessment strategies that are applicable for megacities all around the world. • The location of the project is Barapullah drain, New Delhi and the partners in the project are IIT-Delhi, NEERI and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). • First Phase involved cleaning of Barapullah drain in Delhi using compact, robust and nature-based technology of Vital Urban Filters (VUFs). | Ministry of Science & Technology |
375 | INTENSIFICATION OF RESEARCH IN HIGH PRIORITY AREAS (IRHPA) | To supports proposals in high priority areas where multidisciplinary / multi-institutional expertise is required which will put our nation in international science map in that particular discipline | • Science and Engineering Research Board
(SERB) an autonomous institution of the DST identifies the priority areas and makes a national call for seeking proposals. • The necessary facilities required for implementing the identified high priority areas are supported through this scheme. • Recently, proposals have been invited to ramp up national R&D efforts for new antivirals, vaccines, and affordable diagnostics for Covid-19 and related respiratory viral infections. • The duration of the project is normally for a period of 5 years (3 years for COVID-19). • The project is set up around established research groups led by a Principal Investigator (PI) with at least two co-PIs of complementary expertise from different departments / institutes to transform the program truly interdisciplinary and multi institutional. | Ministry of Science & Technology |
376 | BIOTECH-KISAN [KRISHI INNOVATION SCIENCE APPLICATION NETWORK] | Linking available science and technology to the farm by first understanding the problem of the local farmer related to water,soil, seed and marketing and provide solutions to those problems.
The working together, in close conjunction, of scientists and farmers is the only way to improve the working conditions of small and marginal farmers. | • Scientists will work in sync with farmers to understand problem and find solutions • Mahila KISAN Biotech- fellowships, for training and education in farm practices for women farmers. • The scheme will also support women farmers in developing small enterprises. • It will use hubs and spoke model to connect farmers with scientists and institutions. • Financial incentives will be provided to the hub (60 lakh/year for initial 2 years and on the basis of a review for additional 3 years) and to the partnering Institutes (5 lakh/year). | Ministry of Science & Technology |
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378 | Entrepreneurship | |||
379 | Start up India scheme | promoting bank financing for start-up ventures to boost entrepreneurship and encourage start ups with jobs creation | 1.Single Window Clearance even with the help of a mobile application 2.10,000 crore fund of funds 10,000 crore fund of funds 80% reduction in patent registration fee. 3.Modified and more friendly Bankruptcy Code to ensure 90-day exit window 4.Freedom from mystifying inspections for 3 years 5,Freedom from Capital Gain Tax for 3 years 6.Freedom from tax in profits for 3 years 7.Self-certification compliance Starting with 5 lakh schools to target 10 lakh children for innovation programme new schemes to provide IPR protection to start-ups and new firms | Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
380 | Stand up India Scheme | To support entrepreneurship among women and SC & ST communities | The scheme offers bank loans of between ₹10 lakh (US$16,000) and ₹1 crore (US$160,000) for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes and women setting up new enterprises outside of the farm sector. Eligibility 1.SC/ST and/or Women entrepreneurs, above 18 years of age. 2.Loans under the scheme is available for only green field project. Green field signifies , in this context, the first time venture of the beneficiary in the manufacturing or services or trading sector. 3. In-case of non-individual enterprises, 51% of the shareholding and controlling stake should be held by either SC/ST and/or Women Entrepreneur. 4. Borrower should not be in default to any bank/financial institution. | Ministry of Finance |
381 | Atal innovation mission | Entrepreneurship promotion through Self-Employment and Talent Utilization, wherein innovators would be supported and mentored to become successful entrepreneurs. Innovation promotion: to provide a platform where innovative ideas are generated | To realize these two core objectives, AIM has different sub-components. Atal Incubation Centers, Atal Tinkering Laboratories, Atal Grand Challenge Awards and Scale up Support to Established Incubation Centers. Atal Incubation Centers are aimed at the creation and promotion of incubation centers across the country. AICs will promote startups in various sectors like manufacturing, transport, energy, health, education, agriculture, water, sanitation, etc., and would provide them with necessary infrastructural facilities and other value-added services. AIM gives a grant-in-aid of Rs 10 crore to each AIC for a maximum of five years to cover capital and operational expenditure cost. | Niti Ayog |
382 | SETU | To make all the national highways in India free from railway crossings by the year 2019. | SETU or Self Employment and Talent Utilization Scheme is a techno-financial, incubation and facilitation programme to give support and encouragement to young start-ups and other self-employment technology-intensive ideas. It will involve setting up of incubation centres and enhance skill development. It aims to create around 100,000 jobs through start-ups | Niti Ayog |
383 | Government Utility Tools | |||
384 | PRAGATI (Pro-Active Governance And Timely Implementation) | 1.The platform is aimed at addressing common man's grievances 2.Simultaneous monitoring and reviewing important programmes and projects of the government of India as well as projects flagged by state governments. | 1.Designed in-house by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) team with the help of National Informatics Center (NIC). 2.Uniquely bundles three latest technologies including Digital data management, geo-spatial technology and video-conferencing. 3.Three-tier system that brings PMO, Union Government Secretaries, and Chief Secretaries of the States at one stage. Thus, offers a unique combination in the direction of cooperative federalism. 4.Prime Minister can directly discuss the issues with the concerned Central and State officials with full information and latest visuals of the ground level situation. 5.The system will work on strengthen and re-engineer the databases of Centralized Public Grievance Redress And Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) along with Project Monitoring Group (PMG) and the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation | PMO |
385 | CPGRAMS | -With this, the Government aims to have minimum Government and maximum Governance with citizen centric approach. -Award Scheme is expected to bring a sense of competitiveness in Ministries/ Departments to address public grievances | The CPGRAMS is an online web enabled application to facilitate speedy redress of public grievances as it allows for online lodging and status tracking of grievances by the citizens. The system is flexible enough to be extended to multiple levels as per the requirement of concerned Ministry/Department/ Govt. Organization for speedy forwarding and redress of grievance. | |
386 | Security | |||
387 | CIBMS | |||
388 | Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) | |||
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390 | Labour/employment | |||
391 | Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana”(PMRPY) | promoting employment generation | 1.Under the scheme employers would be provided an incentive for enhancing employment by reimbursement of the 8.33% EPS contribution made by the employer in respect of new employment. 2.The PMRPY scheme is targeted for workers earning wages upto Rs. 15,000/- per month. Publicity and awareness campaign is an integral component of the PMRPY scheme for encouraging employers including Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to avail benefits. | Ministry of Labour and Employment |
392 | Revamped Bonded Labour scheme | 1.The revised scheme is a Central Sector Scheme (earlier it was central sponsored scheme). So the State Government is not required to pay any matching contribution for the purpose of cash rehabilitation assistance. 2.Survey: Rs 4.50 lakh will be provided per district for survey of bonded labourers. 3.Financial assistance:One lakh per adult male beneficiary. 2 lakh for special category beneficiaries such as orphan children, women, etc. 3 lakh in cases of bonded or forced labour involving extreme cases of deprivation or marginalization such as trans-genders or women or children rescued from brothels etc 4.Release of rehabilitation assistance is linked to conviction of accused .Bonded Labour Rehabilitation Fund: it will be created at District level by each State with a permanent corpus of at least Rs. 10 lakh at the disposal of the District Magistrate for extending immediate help to the released bonded labourers. | Ministry of Labour & Employment | |
393 | Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Shramev Jayate Karyakram | This scheme has been launched by NDA Government recently under which five schemes have been launched under this programme. The five schemes are aimed both at creating a conducive environment for industrial development and doing business with ease and also expanding government support to impart skill training for workers. They are Shram Suvidha Portal, Universal Account Number, Random Inspection Scheme, Apprentice Protsahan Yojana and Revamped Rastriya Swasthaya Bima Yojana. | Ministry of Labour & Employment | |
394 | National Career Service Portal | To modernize all Government run employment exchange | Current Union Government has launched National Career Counselling Portal in a bid to modernize all government-run employment exchanges. It was launched under the aegis of National Career Service (NCS) project of Union Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. The web portal will be a one-stop platform for both job providers and job seekers where registration can be done online. It will provide basic platform for searching and applying for jobs on the portal. It will also provide candidates career-related counseling either by its helpline numbers or visiting these centres along with other facilities like job posting, aptitude assessment, job matching, training providers, skill courses and guidance on self-employment and entrepreneurship. It should be noted that NCS project aims at transforming all the government-run employment exchanges | Ministry of labour |
395 | National Child Labour Project (NCLP) | -It is central sector scheme launched in 1988 for rehabilitation of child labour. -Under it, special schools/rehabilitation centres for rehabilitation of child labourers are opened so that they can be mainstreamed into formal schooling system. -These centres provide non formal education, vocational training, supplementary nutrition and stipend to children withdrawn from employment. | Ministry of labour | |
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397 | Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana | Provide social security to overseas workers | 1.It 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. 2.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. | Minister of External Affairs |
398 | Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana (PMKKKY) | To Safeguard Health, Environment and Economic Conditions of the Tribals. | Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana (PMKKKY) is meant to provide for the welfare of areas and people affected by mining related operations, using the funds generated by District Mineral Foundations (DMFs). | Ministry of Mines |
399 | Kisan VikasPatra | facilitate people to invest in a long term savings plan. | 1.This scheme was originally introduced by the Government of India in 1988 and was again reintroduced in 2014 with some changes. 2.Even though this scheme was popular, a Government Committee formed in 2011 suggested that KVP could be misused for purposes like money laundering. 3. In 2014, Kisan Vikas Patra was relaunched with a number of changes including mandatory PAN Card proof for investments over Rs.50,000 and income source proof for investments exceeding Rs.10 lakh.The principal amount invested in KVP will be doubled in a time of 8 years and 4 months or 100 months. 4.The main target audience for this scheme is people in semi-urban and rural areas where people easily fall prey to Ponzi schemes | Ministry of Communication |
400 | National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013 | 1. NFSA was enacted in 2013 and was being implemented in only 11 States/UTs in May, 2014. 2. During 2016, special attention was given for its implementation in remaining States/UTs. 3. To meet the expenditure incurred on intra-State movement of foodgrains and fair price shop dealers’ margins. | 1. The prices of foodgrains specified under NFSA – Rs.3 per kg for rice, Rs.2 per kg for wheat and Re.1 per kg for coarsegrains. 2. The Central Government is thus providing highly subsidized foodgrains to about 80 crore beneficiaries in the country. | Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution |
401 | The Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) | Providing 50,000,000 LPG connections to women from families below the poverty line | 1.Each beneficiary will get financial support of Rs.1,600 for securing an LPG connection. 2.Eligible households will be identified in consultation with state governments and Union territories. 3.The new users who receive LPG connections under the scheme will not have to pay the security deposit, while the Rs. 1,600 administrative costs, cost of pressure regulator booklet and safety hose will be borne by the government. 4.The households will be selected using the socio-economic and caste census data. Consumers will have the option to purchase gas stove and refills on EMI. | Ministry of Natural Gas & Petroleum |
402 | Udan | create affordable yet economically viable and profitable flights on regional routes so that flying becomes affordable to the common man even in small towns | 1.The UDAN scheme will be applicable on flights which cover between 200 km and 800 km with no lower limit set for hilly, remote, islands and regions which are security sensitive. '2.The scheme UDAN envisages providing connectivity to un-served and underserved airports of the country through revival of existing air-strips and airports. 3.The operators could seek a Viability Gap Funding (VGF) apart from getting various concessions. 4. The scheme aims to boost air travel in Tier II and Tier III cities by capping fares at Rs 2,500 per one hour flight. . 5.The Union Government will subsidise the losses incurred by airlines flying out of dormant airports. About 80% of the subsidy will be collected by charging a levy of up to Rs. 8,500 on each departing flight of domestic airlines and the rest 20% will come from the respective state governments. | Ministry Of civil Aviation |
403 | PAHAL-Direct Benefits Transfer for LPG (DBTL) Consumers Scheme | 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. | Ministry of Natural Gas & Petroleum |
404 | Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan | To help Panchayat Raj Institutions deliver Sustainable Development Goals. | The scheme seeks to: 1. Enhance capacities and effectiveness of Panchayats and the Gram Sabhas; Enable democratic decision-making and accountability in Panchayats and promote people’s participation; Strengthen the institutional structure for knowledge creation and capacity building of Panchayats; 2. Promote devolution of powers and responsibilities to Panchayats according to the spirit of the Constitution and PESA Act; Strengthen Gram Sabhas to function effectively as the basic forum of peoples participation, transparency and accountability within the Panchayat system; 3. Create and strengthen democratic local self-government in areas where Panchayats do not exist; Strengthen the constitutionally mandated framework on which Panchayats are founded. | Ministry of Panchayti Raj |
405 | Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat | To link States and Districts in an annual programme | 1,According to the scheme, two states will undertake a unique partnership for one year which would be marked by cultural and student exchanges. 2. Students of a particular state would travel to another state to learn each other’s culture. | Ministry of Culture |
406 | Gram Uday to Bharat Uday Abhiyaan | To strengthen Panchayati Raj in villages and ensure social harmony in villages. | The campaign aims to generate nation-wide efforts to strengthen Panchayati Raj, increase social harmony across villages, promote rural development and foster farmers’ welfare and livelihoods of the poor. | The ministry of Panchayti Raj |
407 | VIDYA VEERTA ABHIYAN | To encourage varsities to display portraits of Param Veer Chakra-decorated soldiers. | The idea of having a wall of martyrs in universities was first proposed by a group of ex-servicemen who said portraits of martyrs and tanks used in wars should be put on display in the campus to instill sense of “nationalism” and “patriotism” among the students. | Ministry for Human Resource Development (MHRD) |
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409 | Quality Assurance Scheme (QAS) for Basic Composite (BC) Medical Laboratories | The laboratories performing only basic routine tests like blood glucose, blood counts, and rapid tests for common infections, liver & kidney function tests and routine tests of urine will be eligible to apply under this scheme. These changes have been made in the Clinical Establishments (Central Government) Rules, 2012. The scheme requires minimal documentation and a nominal fee has been prescribed for availing the scheme. | The scheme will help to bring quality at the grass root level of India’s health system where laboratories follow the imperatives of quality in all their processes. Through this scheme, patients availing services of small labs in primary health centers, community health centers, doctor’s clinic etc. will also have access to quality lab results. This scheme will enhance the intent of AB-NHPM of universal access to quality healthcare for majority of citizens especially those residing in villages and small towns by providing them access to quality diagnostics. This will ensure end-to-end sample integrity leading to reliable test results and help laboratories to gain patient’s trust and satisfaction. | National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) is a constituent board of Quality Council of India (QCI) under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. |
410 | Pradhan Mantri Shram- Yogi Maandhan Yojana | Once the beneficiary joins the scheme at the entry age of 18-40 years, the beneficiary has to contribute till 60 years of age. On attaining the age of 60 years, the subscriber will get the assured monthly pension of Rs.3000/- with benefit of family pension, as the case may be. | The unorganised workers mostly engaged as home based workers, street vendors, mid-day meal workers, head loaders, brick kiln workers, cobblers, rag pickers, domestic workers, washer men, rickshaw pullers, landless labourers, etc. whose monthly income is Rs 15,000/ per month or less and belong to the entry age group of 18-40 years are eligible for the scheme. They should not be covered under New Pension Scheme (NPS), Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) scheme or Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO). Further, he/she should not be an income tax payer. | Ministry of Labour & Employment |
411 | FAME India II Scheme | The second phase of the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (hybrid) Electric vehicles (FAME) scheme will come into force from April 1, 2019 with the Union Cabinet nod. The scheme will be in effect for a period of three years at a proposed budget of Rs 10,000 crore. | The scheme is the expanded version of the present scheme titled ‘FAME India 1’ which was launched in April 2015. The phase two of the scheme plans to support ten lakhs electric two-wheelers, five lakhs electric three-wheelers, 55 thousands four-wheelers and 7,000 buses. The main objective is to encourage faster adoption of EVs by way of offering upfront incentive on the purchase and also by way of establishing a necessary charging Infrastructure. The largely increased allocation for the new phase is a sign of the critical importance that India’s policy makers are currently placing on shifting to an all-electric Indian mobility sector. | Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises |
412 | PM JIVAN Yojana | The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the Pradhan Mantri JI-VAN (Jaiv Indhan- Vatavaran Anukool fasal awashesh Nivaran) Yojana. It aims for providing financial support to Integrated Bio-ethanol Projects using lignocellulosic biomass and other renewable feedstock. | Features of the Scheme The scheme focuses to incentivise 2G Ethanol sector and support this nascent industry by creating a suitable ecosystem for setting up commercial projects and increasing Research & Development in this area. The ethanol produced by the scheme beneficiaries will be mandatorily supplied to Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) to further enhance the blending percentage under EBP Programme. Apart from supplementing the targets envisaged by the Government under EBP programme, the scheme will also have the following benefits: Meeting Government of India vision of reducing import dependence by way of substituting fossil fuels with Biofuels. Achieving the GHG emissions reduction targets through progressive blending/ substitution of fossil fuels. Addressing environment concerns caused due to burning of biomass/ crop residues & improve health of citizens. Improving farmer income by providing them remunerative income for their otherwise waste agriculture residues. Creating rural & urban employment opportunities in 2G Ethanol projects and Biomass supply chain. Contributing to Swacch Bharat Mission by supporting the aggregation of nonfood biofuel feedstocks such as waste biomass and urban waste. Indigenizing of Second Generation Biomass to Ethanol technologies. | Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas |
413 | SHREYAS Scheme | To improve employability of students by introducing employment relevance into the learning process of the higher education system To forge a close functional link between education and industry/service sectors on a sustainable basis To provide skills which are in demand, to the students in a dynamic manner To establish an ‘earn while you learn’ system into higher education To help business/industry in securing good quality manpower To link student community with employment facilitating efforts of the Government | It is a programme conceived for students in degree courses, primarily non-technical, with a view to introduce employable skills into their learning, promote apprenticeship and also amalgamate employment facilitating. SHREYAS portal will enable educational institutions and industry to log in and provide their respective demand and supply of apprenticeship. The matching of students with apprenticeship avenues will take place as per pre-specified eligibility criteria. | Ministry of HRD |
414 | Yuva Sahakar-Cooperative Enterprise Support and Innovation Scheme | To cater to the needs and aspirations of the youth, the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) has come up with a youth-friendly this scheme for attracting them to cooperative business ventures. The newly launched scheme would encourage cooperatives to venture into new and innovative areas. The scheme will be linked to Rs 1000 crore ‘Cooperative Start-up and Innovation Fund (CSIF)’ created by the NCDC. | Funding The funding for the project will be up to 80% of the project cost for these special categories as against 70% for others. The scheme envisages 2% less than the applicable rate of interest on term loan for the project cost up to Rs 3 crore including 2 years moratorium on payment of principal. Eligibility It would have more incentives for cooperatives of North Eastern region, Aspirational Districts and cooperatives with women or SC or ST or PwD members. All types of cooperatives in operation for at least one year are eligible. | Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare |
415 | Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (KUSUM) Scheme | The scheme would provide extra income to farmers, by giving them an option to sell additional power to the grid through solar power projects set up on their barren lands. It was announced in the Union Budget 2018-19. | Component of KUSUM Scheme The proposed scheme consists of three components: Component-A Renewable power plants of capacity 500 KW to 2 MW will be setup by individual farmers/ cooperatives/panchayats /farmer producer organisations (FPO) on their barren or cultivable lands. The power generated will be purchased by the DISCOMs at Feed in tariffs determined by respective SERC. Component-B Installation of 17.50 lakh standalone Solar Powered Agriculture Pumps. Individual farmers will be supported to install standalone solar pumps of capacity up to 7.5 HP. Solar PV capacity in kW equal to the pump capacity in HP is allowed under the scheme. Component-C Solarization of 10 Lakh Grid-connected Solar Powered Agriculture Pumps is included in this component, Individual farmers will be supported to solarise pumps of capacity up to 7.5 HP. Solar PV capacity up to two times of pump capacity in kW is allowed under the scheme. The excess available energy will be sold to DISCOM. | Ministry of New and Renewable Energy |
416 | Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme (DDRS) | To create an enabling environment to ensure equal opportunities, equity, social justice and empowerment of persons with disabilities. To encourage voluntary action for ensuring effective implementation of the People with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities and Protection of Rights) Act of 1995. | The umbrella Central Sector Scheme called the “Scheme to Promote Voluntary Action for Persons with Disabilities” was revised in 2003 and was renamed as the DDRS. The approach of this Scheme is to provide financial assistance to voluntary organizations to make available the whole range of services necessary for rehabilitation of PwD. The recommendation from the District Social Welfare Officer and State Government is required in release of grant-in-aid to NGOs. The list of model projects which have been optimized, includes, Pre-Schools, Early Intervention and Training; Special Schools for: Persons with Intellectual Disabilities Hearing and Speech Disabilities Visual Disabilities Project for Cerebral Palsied children Rehabilitation of Leprosy cured persons Half Way Home for psycho-Social Rehabilitation of treated and controlled mentally ill persons Home based Rehabilitation and Home Management etc. | Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment |
417 | Pradhan Mantri Shram- Yogi Maandhan Yojana | The unorganised workers mostly engaged as home based workers, street vendors, mid-day meal workers, head loaders, brick kiln workers, cobblers, rag pickers, domestic workers, washer men, rickshaw pullers, landless labourers, etc. whose monthly income is Rs 15,000/ per month or less and belong to the entry age group of 18-40 years are eligible for the scheme. | Salient Features of PM-SYM Pension Pay out Once the beneficiary joins the scheme at the entry age of 18-40 years, the beneficiary has to contribute till 60 years of age. On attaining the age of 60 years, the subscriber will get the assured monthly pension of Rs.3000/- with benefit of family pension, as the case may be. Family Pension During the receipt of pension, if the subscriber dies, the spouse of the beneficiary shall be entitled to receive 50% of the pension received by the beneficiary as family pension. Family pension is applicable only to spouse. Contribution by the Subscriber The subscriber’s contributions to PM-SYM shall be made through ‘auto-debit’ facility from his/ her savings bank account/ Jan- Dhan account. The subscriber is required to contribute the prescribed contribution amount from the age of joining PM-SYM till the age of 60 years. Matching contribution by the Central Government PM-SYM is a voluntary and contributory pension scheme on a 50:50 basis where prescribed age-specific contribution shall be made by the beneficiary and the matching contribution by the Central Government. For example, if a person enters the scheme at an age of 29 years, he is required to contribute Rs 100/ – per month till the age of 60 years. An equal amount of Rs 100/- will be contributed by the Central Government. Enrolment Process The enrolment will be carried out by all the Community Service Centers (CSCs). The subscriber will be required to have a mobile phone, savings bank account and Aadhaar number. The eligible subscriber may visit the nearest CSCs and get enrolled for PM-SYM using Aadhaar number and savings bank account/ Jan-Dhan account number on self-certification basis. Facilitation Centres All the branch offices of LIC, the offices of ESIC/EPFO and all Labour offices of Central and State Governments will facilitate the unorganised workers about the Scheme. | Ministry of Labour & Employment |
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419 | Yuva Swabhiman Yojana | The Madhya Pradesh government has announced the launch of a scheme to ensure temporary employment to the youths from the economically weaker sections (EWS) in the urban areas. | The Scheme would guarantee 100 days of employment every year to the EWS youths. During their employment, youths would be given skills training of their choice, so that they can take benefits of the available job opportunities. While those in rural areas get employment under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA), the urban poor youth are left out. This scheme will effectively cover them. | Madhya Pradesh government |
420 | Pravasi Teerth Darshan Yojana | Hon’ble PM has launched the scheme under which a group of Indian diaspora will be taken on a government-sponsored tour of religious places in India twice a year. | The first batch of 40 Indian-origin people at the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas will begin their tour. They will be taken to religious places of all major religions in India and the government will bear all the expenses including the airfare from their country of residence. All people of Indian-origin aged 45 to 65 can apply and a group will be selected out of them with first preference given to people from ‘Girmitiya countries’ such as Mauritius, Fiji, Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, and Jamaica. | PMO |
421 | Atal Solar Krishi Pump (ASKP) Yojana | To encourage farmers to use solar agriculture pumps, the Maharashtra government has decided to give two LED bulbs, a DC fan and a mobile charging socket as freebies. | Maharashtra govt. has launched ASKP scheme for farmers to provide subsidy of upto 95% on solar agriculture pumpsets. Farmers with less than 5 acres of land just need to day 5% i.e. Rs. 12,000 and get three horse power pump Farmers with more than 5 acres of land just need to pay Rs. 30,000 and get five horse power solar powered pump | Maharashtra STate Govt. |
422 | Yarn Bank Scheme | To provide interest free corpus fund to Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) / Consortium to enable them to purchase yarn at wholesale rate and give the yarn at reasonable price to the small weavers. To avoid middle man/ local supplier’s brokerage charge on sales of yarn. | To avoid fluctuation in yarn price, government has launched a Yarn Bank Scheme as one of the component of PowerTex India with effect from 01.04.2017 to 31.03.2020. The Scheme provides interest free corpus fund up to Rs.2.00 crore to the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV)/Consortium formed by powerloom weavers to enable them to purchase yarn at wholesale rate and give the yarn at reasonable price to the small weavers It aims to avoid middleman and local supplier’s brokerage charge on sales of yarn. | Ministry of Textiles |
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