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TheministriesoftheGovernmentofIndiahavecomeupwithvariousschemesfromtimetotime.TheseschemescouldbeeitherCentral,statespecificor
jointcollaborationbetweentheCentreandthestates.Theyaredetailedbelow.

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Scheme

Ministry

DateofLaunch

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Outlay/Status

Sector

Provisions

AtalPension
Yojana[1]

MoF

May9,2015

Pension

SocialSector
Scheme
pertainingto
PensionSector

BachatLamp
Yojna

MoP

2009

Electrification

reducethecostof
compact
fluorescentlamps

Health

comprehensive
medicalcare
facilitiesto
Central
Government
employeesand
theirfamily
members

SocialJustice

Createan
enabling
environmentto
ensureequal
opportunities,
equity,social
justiceand
empowermentof
personswith
disabilities.

RuralPower
Supply

Itisa
Governmentof
Indiaprogram
aimedat
providing24x7
uninterrupted
powersupplyto
allhomesin
RuralIndia

Digitally
Empowered
Nation

Aimstoensure
thatgovernment
servicesare
availableto
citizens
electronicallyand
peopleget
benefitedfrom
thelatest
informationand
communication
technology

Agriculture

Creationof
scientificstorage
capacitywith
alliedfacilitiesin
ruralareasto
meetthe
requirementsof
farmersfor
storingfarm
produce,
processedfarm
produceand
agricultural
inputs.Improve
their
marketability
through
promotionof
grading,
standardization
andquality
controlof
agricultural
produce.

Central
Government
MoHFW
HealthScheme

Deendayal
Disabled
Rehabilitation
Scheme

DeenDayal
Upadhyaya
GramJyoti
Yojana[2]

DigitalIndia
Programme[3]

Gramin
Bhandaran
Yojna

IndiraAwaas
Yojana

MoSJE

MoP

MoC&IT

MoA

MoRD

1954

2003

2015

July1,2015

March31,2007

1985

1LakhCrore

Providesfinancial
assistancetorural
poorfor
Housing,Rural constructingtheir
houses

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IndiraGandhi
Matritva
MoWCD
SahyogYojana

Integrated
Child
Development
Services

Integrated
Rural
Development
Program

MoWCD

MoRD

JananiSuraksha
MoHFW
Yojana

Jawaharlal
NehruNational
UrbanRenewal MoUD
Mission
(JnNURM)

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[4]
themselves.

MotherCare

Acashincentive
ofRs.4000to
women(19years
andabove)forthe
firsttwolive
births[5]

Child
Development

tackle
malnutritionand
healthproblems
inchildrenbelow
6yearsofageand
theirmothers

Rural
Development

selfemployment
programtoraise
theincome
generation
capacityoftarget
groupsamongthe
poorandThe
schemehasbeen
mergedwith
anotherscheme
named
Swarnajayanti
GramSwarozgar
Yojana(SGSY)
since01.041999.

2005

MotherCare

Onetimecash
incentiveto
pregnantwomen
for
institutional/home
birthsthrough
skilledassistance

December3,2005

aprogramme
meanttoimprove
thequalityoflife
andinfrastructure
Urban
inthecities.To
Development[6] bereplacedby
AtalMissionfor
Rejuvenationand
Urban
Transformation.

2010

October2,1975

1978

Educational
facilities
(residential
schools)forgirls
belongingtoSC,
ST,OBC,
minority
communitiesand
familiesbelow
thepoverty
line(BPL)in
Educationally
BackwardBlocks

Kasturba
GandhiBalika
Vidyalaya

MoHRD

INSPIRE
Programme

Department
ofScience
and
Technology
(India)

Scholarshipsfor
topScience
students,
Fellowshipsfor
pursuingPhD,
ResearchGrants
toresearchers

MoST

Scholarship
programto
encourage
studentstotake
upresearch
careersinthe
areasofbasic
sciences,
engineeringand
medicine

Kishore
Vaigyanik
Protsahan
Yojana

July2004

1999

Education

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Insuranceto

Livestock
Insurance
MoA
Scheme(India)

Mahatma
Gandhi
NationalRural
Employment
GuaranteeAct

Membersof
Parliament
LocalArea
Development
Scheme

MiddayMeal
Scheme

MoRD

MoSPI

MoHRD

Education

February6,2006[7][8]

Rs.40,000crore RuralWage
in201011
Employment

cattleand
attaining
qualitative
improvementin
livestockand
theirproducts.
Legalguarantee
foronehundred
daysof
employmentin
everyfinancial
yeartoadult
membersofany
ruralhousehold
willingtodo
publicwork
relatedunskilled
manualworkat
thestatutory
minimumwage
ofRs.120per
dayin2009
prices.
EachMPhasthe
choicetosuggest
totheDistrict
Collectorfor,
workstothetune
ofRs.5Crores
perannumtobe
takenupin
his/her
constituency.The
RajyaSabha
Memberof
Parliamentcan
recommend
worksinoneor
moredistrictsin
theStatefrom
wherehe/shehas
beenelected.

December23,1993

Health,
Education

August15,1995

Lunch(freeof
cost)toschool
childrenonall
workingdays
Integratesthe
effortstoclean
andprotectthe
RiverGangaina
comprehensive
manner

NamamiGange
MoWR
Programme[9]

March1995

National
Literacy
Mission
Programme

May5,1988

Education

Make80million
adultsintheage
groupof1535
literate

January1,2004

Pension

Contribution
basedpension
system

Agriculture

Financial
assistanceto
fishersfor
constructionof
house,
communityhall
forrecreationand
commonworking
placeand
installationof
tubewellsfor
drinkingwater

MoHRD

National
Pension
Scheme

National
Schemeon
Welfareof
Fishermen

20000crorefor5 Clean&
years
ProtectGanga

MoA

National
MoYAS
ServiceScheme

1969

Personality
development
throughsocial(or
community)

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Assistance
MoRD
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service

August15,1995

Pension

Publicassistance
toitscitizensin
caseof
unemployment,
oldage,sickness
anddisablement
andinothercases
ofundeserved
want

PooledFinance
Development
FundScheme
PradhanMantri
AdarshGram
MoRD
Yojana

July23,2010

ModelVillage

Integrated
developmentof
ScheduleCaste
majorityvillages
infourstates

PradhanMantri
SurakshaBima MoF
Yojana[1]

May9,2015

Insurance

Accidental
Insurancewitha
premiumofRs.
12peryear.

PradhanMantri
JeevanJyoti
MoF
BimaYojana[1]

May9,2015

Insurance

Lifeinsuranceof
Rs.2lakhwitha
premiumofRs.
330peryear.

PradhanMantri
JanDhan
MoF
Yojana

August28,2014

Financial
Inclustion

NationalMission
forFinancial
Inclusionto
ensureaccessto
financialservices,
namelyBanking
Savings&
Deposit
Accounts,
Remittance,
Credit,Insurance,
Pensioninan
affordable
manner

PradhanMantri
GramSadak
MoRD
Yojana

December25,2000

Rural
Development

Goodallweather
roadconnectivity
tounconnected
villages

2013

Itenvisagesa
SlumFreeIndia"
withinclusive
andequitable
citiesinwhich
UrbanHousing everycitizenhas
accesstobasic
civic
infrastructureand
socialamenities
anddecentshelter

RajivAwas
Yojana[10]

RajivGandhi
Grameen
Vidyutikaran
Yojana[11]

Rashtriya
KrishiVikas
Yojana

MhUPA

MoP

MoA

April2005

August1,2007

Tobereplaced
byDeenDayal
Upadhyaya
GramJyoti
Yojana

Rural
Electrification

Programmefor
creationofRural
Electricity
Infrastructure&
Household
Electrificationfor
providingaccess
toelectricityto
ruralhouseholds

Agriculture

Achieve4%
annualgrowthin
agriculture
through
developmentof
Agricultureand
itsalliedsectors
duringtheXI
Planperiod
Healthinsurance
topoor(BPL),

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Domestic
workers,
MGNERGA
workers,
Rikshawpullers,
Buildingand
otherconstruction
workers,and
manyother
categoriesasmay
beidentifiedby
therespective
states

Rashtriya
SwasthyaBima MoHFW
Yojana

April1,2008

Insurance

RNTCP

1997

Health

Tuberculosis
controlinitiative

Skill
Development

Aimsatallround
developmentof
AdolescentBoys
andmakethem
selfreliant,
gendersensitive
andaware
citizens,when
theygrowup.It
coverall
adolescentboys
(bothschool
goingandoutof
school)inthe
agegroupof11
to18years
subdividedinto
twocategories,
viz.1114&14
18years.In
201415,an
allocationofRs.
25croreismade
forthescheme.

Skill
Development

Empowering
adolescentgirls
(Age)of1118
yearswithfocus
onoutofschool
girlsby
improvementin
theirnutritional
andhealthstatus
andupgrading
variousskillslike
homeskills,life
skillsand
vocationalskills.
MergedNutrition
Programmefor
AdolescentGirls
(NPAG)and
KishoriShakti
Yojana(KSY).

RuralSelf
Employment

Providing
additionalwage
employmentand
foodsecurity,
July15,2015
alongsidecreation
ofdurable
communityassets
inruralareas.

Financial
Inclusion

Tomakebanking
facilityavailable
toallcitizensand
toget5crore
accountsopened
byMar2012.
Replacedby
PradhanMantri

Sakshamor
RajivGandhi
Schemefor
Empowerment
ofAdolescent
Boys

MoHFW

MoWCD

SablaorRajiv
GandhiScheme
for
MoWCD
Empowerment
ofAdolescent
Girls

Sampoorna
Grameen
RozgarYojana

Swabhiman

MoRD

MoF

2014

2011

September25,2001

February15,2011

seeksto
providethe
institutional
capacityto
traina
Skill
Development minimum
40crore
skilled
peopleby
2022[12]

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Swarnajayanti
Gram
Swarozgar
Yojana

MoRD

Swavalamban

MoF

Udisha

MoWCD

Voluntary
Disclosureof
IncomeScheme

NationalRural
Livelihood
Mission
(NRLM)

HRIDAY
HeritageCity
Development
and
Augmentation
Yojana

Sukanya
Samridhi
Yojana(Girl
Child
Prosperity

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JanDhanYojana.

April1,1999

September26,2010

June18,1997

MoRD

MoUD

MoWCD

June2011[13]

Jan2015[14]

Jan2015[13]

Tobereplaced
byAtalPension
Yojana

Rural
Employment

Bringtheassisted
poorfamilies
abovethepoverty
linebyorganising
themintoSelf
HelpGroups
(SHGs)through
theprocessof
social
mobilisation,
theirtrainingand
capacitybuilding
andprovisionof
income
generatingassets
throughamixof
bankcreditand
government
subsidy.

Pension

pensionscheme
totheworkersin
unorganised
sector.Any
citizenwhoisnot
partofany
statutorypension
schemeofthe
Governmentand
contributes
betweenRs.1000
andRs.12000/
perannum,could
jointhescheme.
TheCentral
Governmentshall
contributeRs.
1000perannum
tosuch
subscribers.

ChildCare

TrainingProgram
forICDSworkers

Closedon31
December1998

Opportunityto
theincometax/
wealthtax
defaultersto
disclosetheir
undisclosed
incomeatthe
prevailingtax
rates.

$5.1Billion[13]

Thisschemewill
organizerural
poorintoSelf
Help
Group(SHG)
groupsandmake
themcapablefor
selfemployment.
Theideaisto
developbetter
livelihoodoptions
forthepoor.

Urban
Development

Theschemeseeks
topreserveand
rejuvenatethe
richcultural
heritageofthe
country.
Thescheme
primarilyensures
equitableshareto
agirlchildin
resourcesand
savingsofa
familyinwhich
sheisgenerally

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discriminatedas

Scheme)

againstamale
child.

SmartCities
Mission

MoUD

AtalMission
for
Rejuvenation
MoUD
andUrban
Transformation
(AMRUT)

PradhanMantri
AwasYojana
MoUD
(PMAY)

June25,2015

June25,2015

June25,2015

[12]

[12]

[12]

Urban
Development

Toenablebetter
livinganddrive
economicgrowth
stressingonthe
needforpeople
centricurban
planningand
development.

Urban
Development

Toenablebetter
livinganddrive
economicgrowth
stressingonthe
needforpeople
centricurban
planningand
development.

Housing

Toenablebetter
livinganddrive
economicgrowth
stressingonthe
needforpeople
centricurban
planningand
development.
Theobjectiveof
thisprojectisto
eliminatechild
labourin
hazardous
industriesby
2010.

launchedin9
districtsin1987and
NationalChild Ministryof hasbeenexpandedin
Labour
Labourand January2005to250
Projects(NCLP) Employment districtsin21
differentstatesofthe
country

Underthis
scheme,thetarget
groupisall
childrenbelow14
yearsofagewho
areworkingin
occupationsand
processeslistedin
theScheduleto
theChildLabour
(Prohibition&
Regulation)Act,
1986or
occupationsand
processesthatare
harmfultothe
healthofthe
child.
Underthescheme
1croreofthe
poorestamong
the(Below
Poverty
Line)BPL
familiescovered
underthetargeted
public
distribution
systemare
identified.

Antyodaya
AnnaYojna

NDA
25December2000
government

IssueofRation
CardsFollowing
therecognitionof
Antyodaya
families,unique
quotacardstobe
recognizedan
"Antyodaya

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RationCard"
mustbegivento
theAntyodaya
familiesbythe
chosenpower.
Theschemehas
beenfurther
expandedtwice
byadditional50
lakhBPLfamilies
eachinJune2003
andinAugust
2004,thus
covering2crore
familiesunderthe
AAYscheme

NationalFood
Security
Mission

Government
2007for5years
ofIndia

Itlaunchedin
2007for5years
toincrease
productionand
productivityof
wheat,riceand
pulsesona
sustainablebasis
soastoensure
foodsecurityof
thecountry.
Theaimisto
bridgetheyield
gapinrespectof
thesecrops
through
disseminationof
improved
technologiesand
farmmanagement
practices.

Seealso
ListofIndiangovernmentinitiativesfocusingoneconomicdevelopment
PovertyalleviationprogrammesinIndia

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