Women Empowerment Programmes

Women all over the world are challenged by a number of obstacles that restrict their ability to play significant
roles in their communities and the border society. For a long time they have lagged far behind men in key
socio-economic indicators that place them at a huge disadvantage. Women are less likely to have access to
land, credit, decent jobs even though a growing body of research shows that the achievement of gender
equality has enormous socio-economic ramifications. Occupational segregation and gender wage gaps
continue to persist in all parts of the world. Empowered women and girls have a truly transformative role to
play in their communities but they are rarely afforded the opportunities that will allow them to fulfill their
enormous potential. Some Women Empowerment schemes are
Sr.NO
1
2
3

Name of the Programme

Shortly known as

Support to Training and Employment

STEPW
Programme For women
Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of
RGSEAG
Adolescent Girls
Rashitriya Mahila Kosh National Credit Fund
for women

Established on
2003-04
2010
1993

Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana

Swayam Siddha

2001

Swadhar

1995

7
8

Support to Training And Employment

Programme for Women
Development of women and children in rural
areas

IGMSY

STEP

1986

DWCRA

1982

Dhan Laxmi

2008

10

Ujjwala

2007

11
12

Gender Budgeting Scheme

GBS
National Mission For Empowerment of Women NMEW

2004
2010

Rural Employment Programmes

Sr.NO Name of the Scheme

Short Name

Started on

Community Development Programme

CDP

1952

National Fund for Rural development

NPRD

1984

Council for Advancement

actions and rural Technology

CAPART

1986

District Rural Development Agency

DRDA

1993

Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

PMGSY

2000

Twenty Point Programme

TPP

1975

Drought Prone Areas Programme

DPAP

1973-74

Annapurna Scheme

Total sanitation Campaign

TSC

1999

10

Nirmal Gram Puraskar

NGP

2003

11

Desert Development Programme

OOP

1977-78

12

Integrated
Programme

IWDP

1989-90

Wasteland

of

Peoples

2000

Development

13

Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana

14

Member of Parliament
Development programme

15

Affordable Housing In Partnership (Part of

AHIP
JNNURM)

2009

16

Rajiv Awas Yojana

2010

Local

Area

VAAY

2001

MPLADP

1993

RAY