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Schemes of Union Government Part-II

1. Deendayal Upadhyay Shramev Jayate Karyakram
Union government launched Deendayal Upadhyay Shramev Jayate Karyakram. The scheme is
aimed at creating conducive environment for industrial development and doing business with
ease.
Besides, it will also herald towards good governance, welfare and skill development of labour
sector.
It was launched during a daylong Conference of Labour & Employment Ministers, Health
Ministers and Vocational Training Ministers of State Governments at Vigyan Bhawan, New
Delhi.
Under the scheme, the following new initiatives are provided:
Labours will be provided Unique Labour Identification number, Local Interconnect Network,
to facilitate their online registration.
Unified Labour Portal (Shram Suvidha) and a Transparent & Accountable Labour Inspection
Scheme to facilitate ease of compliance http://efilelaboutreturn.gov.in to facilitate ease of
compliance especially for four Central Government Organizations i.e. ESIC, EPFO, DGMS and
CLC.
Demand Responsive Vocational Training
Apprentice Protsahan Yojana
Portability through Universal Account Number for Employees Provident Fund Account
Holders
Implementation of Revamped Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) for the workers in the
unorganized sector
2. Bal Swachhta Mission
The Union Government on 14 November 2014 launched the National Bal Swachhta Mission in
New Delhi. 14 November is the birthday of first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru and
is celebrated as Childrens Day in India.
On the occasion, Union Minister of Women and Child Development Maneka Sanjay Gandhi also
released a book on Bal Swachtta Mission prepared by NIPCCD. Apart from this, Union Human
Resource Development (HRD) Minister Smriti Irani, who launched the Bal Swachhta Mission at
the National Bal Bhavan also launched Udaan programme for girls.
About Bal Swachhta Mission
The Bal Swachhta Mission is a part of the nationwide sanitation initiative of Swachh Bharat
Mission that was launched by the Prime Minister on 2 October 2014. The nationwide Bal
Swachhta Mission will have the following six themes:
Clean Anganwadis
Clean Surroundings like Playgrounds
Clean Self (Personal Hygiene/Child Health)
Clean Food
Clean Drinking Water
Clean Toilets

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Apart from this, Bal Swachhta Week is being observed from 14 November to 19 November
2014.
Udaan programme for girls
The Udaan programme for girls is designed to provide a comprehensive platform to girl students
to pursue higher education in engineering and assist them in preparing for the IIT-JEE while
studying in Classes XI and XII. There is no financial burden as the entire programme is free for
the beneficiaries.
For the purpose, 946 girl students from across the country have been selected to be part of the
programme, of which 117 are from the northeastern states. Maximum of these girls come from
disadvantaged backgrounds. The yearly income of the parents of 305 of them is less than 1 lakh
rupees.
3. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana
Union government on 25 September 2014 launched Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya
Yojana. The Yojana was launched by Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Rural Development
during the National Convention on Skills for Rural and Urban Poor held in New Delhi.
The Yojana was launched during the 98th birth anniversary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay.
Earlier the Yojana was known as Aajeevika Skills Development Programme (ASDP).
Main Highlights of the Yojana
The Yojana aims at training 10 lakh (1 million) rural youths for jobs in three years, that is, by
2017.
The minimum age for entry under the Yojana is 15 years compared to 18 years under the
Aajeevika Skills Programme.
Skill development training centres to be launched so as to address the unemployment problem
in the rural area.
The skills imparted under the Yojana will now be benchmarked against international standards
and will complement the Prime Ministers Make In India campaign.
The Kaushalya Yojana will also the address the need for imparting training to the differentlyable persons and chip in private players including international players to impart the skills to the
rural youths.
The Rationale for launching the Yojana
The Yojana was launched in the light of huge problem of unemployment among the rural youths
despite the fact that they have merits. In order to correct this match, Union government decided
to launch skill development scheme.
Further, in light of the fact that, by 2020 developed countries will have a shortfall of over 57
million semi-skilled workers while India by 2020 will have 47 million surplus of workers. This
effectively means that there will be high demand for skilled manpower in developed countries,
where
Indian rural youth can be absorbed after they acquire industry-specific training.
Status of Skilled workers in India

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In India as against 12 million people entering the workforce every year during the last 10 years
only 1 million youths were trained. Further out of 12 million people, only 10 percent were skilled
ones, while the percentage in European Union is 75 and in China it is 50 percent. Also, as
compared to 4500 skills in China, India only has 1600 skills, a huge gap indeed.
About the Aajeevika Skill Development Programme (ASDP)
Aajeevika Skills Development Programme (ASDP) was launched in June 2011 as a sub-mission
under the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM). It was launched to cater to the
occupational aspirations of the rural youth who are poor and to diversify incomes of the rural
poor.
The ASDP aimed at skilling and placing 50 lakhs youth in the formal sector
4. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Antyodaya Yojana for urban and rural poor
Union Government on 25 September 2014 launched Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Antyodaya Yojana
for urban and rural poor. The Yojana aims at alleviating urban and rural poverty through
enhancement of livelihood opportunities through skill development and other means.
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Antyodaya Yojana has two components one for urban India and other
for rural India. The Urban component will be implemented by the Union Ministry of Housing &
Urban Poverty Alleviation while rural component named as Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen
Kaushalya Yojana will be implemented by the Union Ministry of Rural Development.
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana
Under the Yojana, the Union Ministry of Rural Development will launch skill development
training centres on a large scale to address the problem of unemployment particularly in rural
India.
Main Highlights of the Rural Scheme
The Yojana aims at training 10 lakh (1 million) rural youths for jobs in three years, that is, by
2017.
The minimum age for entry under the Yojana is 15 years compared to 18 years under the
Aajeevika Skills Programme.
Skill development training centres to be launched so as to address the unemployment problem
in the rural area.
The skills imparted under the Yojana will now be benchmarked against international standards
and will complement the Prime Ministers Make In India campaign.
The Kaushalya Yojana will also the address the need for imparting training to the differentlyable persons and chip in private players including international players to impart the skills to the
rural youths.
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Antyodaya Yojana for urban areas
Under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Antyodaya Yojana (DAY) for urban areas extends the
coverage to all the 4041 statutory cities and towns, there by covering almost the entire urban
population. Currently, all the urban poverty alleviating programmes covered only 790 towns and
cities.
Main Highlights of the Urban Scheme
The scheme will focus on

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Imparting skills with an expenditure of 15000 rupees to 18000 rupees on each urban poor
Promotion of self-employment through setting up individual micro-enterprises and group
enterprises with interest subsidy for individual projects costing 2lakhs rupees and 10 lakhs
rupees for group enterprises. Subsidized interest rate will be 7 percent.
Training urban poor to meet the huge demand from urban citizens by imparting market oriented
skills through City Livelihood Centres. Each Centre would be given a capital grant of 10 lakhs
rupees.
Enabling urban poor form Self-Help Groups for meeting financial and social needs with a
support of 10000 rupees per each group who would in turn would be helped with bank linkages.
Development of vendor markets besides promotion of skills of vendors
Construction of permanent shelters for urban homeless and provision of other essential
services.
5. Namami Gange
Union Budget 2014-15 has taken cognizance of the substantial amount of money spent in the
conservation and improvement of the Ganga, which has a very special place in a collective
consciousness of this country. However, the efforts are not yielded desired results because of the
lack of concerted efforts by all the stakeholders.
Namami Gange Accordingly, an Integrated Ganga Conservation Mission called Namami
Gange has been proposed to be set up and a sum of Rs. 2,037 crores has been set aside for this
purpose. In addition a sum of Rs. 100 crores has been allocated for developments of Ghats and
beautification of River Fronts at Kedarnath, Haridwar, Kanpur, Varanasi, Allahabad, Patna and
Delhi in the current financial year.
Accordingly, Namami Gange approaches Ganga Rejuvenation by consolidating the existing
ongoing efforts and planning for a concrete action plan for future. The interventions at Ghats and
River fronts will facilitate better citizen connect and set the tone for river centric urban planning
process.
Recognizing the multi-sectoral, multi-dimensional and multi-stakeholder nature of the Ganga
Rejuvenation challenge, the key Ministries comprising of (a) WR, RD&GR, (b) Environment,
Forests & Climate Change, (c) Shipping, (d) Tourism, (e) Urban Development, (f) Drinking
Water and Sanitation and Rural Development have been working together since June, 2014 to
arrive at an action plan. The concerned Ministers have nominated a Group of Secretaries to
develop a draft action plan and have held periodical meetings to review the progress and provide
guidance. The Group of Secretaries submitted its initial report on 21st July, 2014 and after taking
into account the feedback received from the Honble Ministers, the final report has been
submitted on 28th August, 2014.
While the report is being examined in the Ministry, NMCG has been working in parallel on a
draft strategy taking into account all these developments.
As already identified in the report of the GoS, the long-term vision will emanate from the
Ganga River Basin Management Plan being prepared by the Consortium of 7 IITs, first version
of which is likely to be available by the end of this year.
On a medium term basis, certain interventions both infrastructure and non-infrastructure need
to be introduced to set the tone for implementation of long term vision as also take up so called
no regret activities in the interim. Following are proposed to be taken up under Namami
Gange:

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Namami Gange (i) Nirmal Dhara- ensuring sustainable municipal sewage management
Project prioritization in coordination with Ministry of Urban Development.
Incentive for states to take up projects on Ganga Main-stem by providing an additional share of
central grants for sewerage infrastructure.
Uniform standards for both MoUD scheme and Namami Gange programme, 10 years
mandatory O&M by the same service provider at par with NGRBA programme and PPP,
Mandatory reuse of treated water
Expanding coverage of sewerage infrastructure in 118 urban habitations on banks of Gangaestimated cost by MoUD is Rs 51000 Crores
(ii) Nirmal Dhara- managing sewage from Rural Areas
Mo DWS scheme for all Ganga bank Gram Panchayts (1632) free from open defecation by
2022, at a cost of Rs 1700 Crores as central share
(iii) Nirmal Dhara- managing Industrial discharge
Making ZLD mandatory
Rationalized water tariff to encourage reuse
Real time water quality monitoring
(iv) Aviral Dhara
Enforcing River Regulatory Zones on Ganga Banks
Rational agricultural practices, efficient irrigation methods
Restoration and conservation of wetlands
(v) Ensuring ecological rejuvenation by conservation of aquatic life and biodiversity
(vi) Promotion of Tourism and Shipping in a rational and sustainable manner
(vii) Knowledge Management on Ganga through Ganga Knowledge Centre
However, to control the spread of pollution and to contain it in manageable limits certain
interventions would be necessary in short term. Group of Secretaries under guidance of Honble
Ministers has identified following activities:
Namami Gange i) Scheme for rehabilitation and up-gradation of existing STPs along Ganga
ii) Ensuring 100% sewerage infrastructure in identified town alongside Ganga
iii) In situ sewage treatment in open drains
iv) Support for preparation of DPRs
v) River Front Management for Ghats developments in selected cities and towns
vi) Industrial pollution abatement at Kanpur on priority
vii) Action Plan for Char Dham Yatra Public amenities, waste disposal and sanitation
viii) Capacity building of urban local bodies
ix) Afforestation Conservation of Flora
x) Conservation of Aquatic life special attention on Dolphin, Turtles and Ghariyals etc.
xi) Disposal of flowers and other puja material
xii) Ganga Vahini
xiii) GIS data and Spatial Analysis for Ganga basin
xiv) Study of communities depending on Ganga for their traditional livelihood

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xv) National Ganga Monitoring Centre

xvi) Special guidelines for sand mining in Ganga
xvii) Assessment of Special Properties of Ganga Water
xviii) Communication and Public Outreach Activities
6. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana or DDUGJY is an Government of India scheme
aimed to provide continuous power supply to rural India.
It is one of the key initiative of Modi Government and it aims to supply 24x7 uninterrupted
power supply to all homes.
The government plans to invest Rs 75,600 crore for rural electrification under this scheme. The
scheme will replace the existing Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY).
The scheme also includes strengthening and augmentation of sub transmission and distribution
infrastructure in rural areas, including metering of distribution transformers and feeders.
The estimated cost of the scheme for above two components is Rs 43,033 crore which includes
the requirement of budgetary support of Rs 33,453 crore from the government over the entire
implementation period.
The balance work relating of the ongoing scheme of RGGVY till 2022 will get subsumed in this
scheme as a distinct component for rural electrification. For this purpose, the Cabinet Committee
on Economic Affairs has already approved the scheme cost of Rs 39,275 crore including
budgetary support of Rs 35,447 crore.
This outlay will be carried forward to the new scheme of DDUGJY in addition to the outlay of
Rs 43,033 crore.
The scheme is likely to work towards improvement in hours of power supply in rural areas,
reduction in peak load, improvement in billed energy based on metered consumption and
providing access to electricity to rural households.
7. Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 28 August 2014 launched Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana.
The Yojana is a mega financial inclusion plan. Under the yojana bank accounts and RuPay debit
cards with inbuilt insurance cover of 1 lakh rupees will be provided to crores of persons with no
access to formal banking facilities.
The primary aim of the Jan Dhan Yojana is to bring poor financially excluded people into the
banking system by providing them bank accounts and debit cards.

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Slogan
The slogan for the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan mission is Mera Khata Bhagya Vidhaata.
Coverage of Yojana
The scheme will cover both urban and rural areas of India and all bank accounts opened will be
linked to a debit card which would be issued under the RuPay scheme. (Rupay is Indias own
unique domestic card network owned by National Payments Corporation of India and has been
created as an alternative to Visa and Mastercard.)
Benefits under Yojana
In a run up to the formal launch of this scheme, the Prime Minister personally mailed to
Chairmans of all PSU banks to gear up for the gigantic task of enrolling over 7.5 crore (75
million) households and to open their accounts.[5] In this email he categorically declared that a
bank account for each household was a "national priority".
The scheme has been started with a target to provide 'universal access to banking facilities'
starting with "Basic Banking Accounts" with overdraft facility of Rs.5000[6] after six months
and RuPay Debit card with inbuilt accident insurance cover of Rs. 1 lakh and RuPay Kisan Card.
In next phase, micro insurance & pension etc. will also be added.
Under the scheme:
1. Account holders will be provided zero-balance bank account with RuPay debit card, in
addition to accidental insurance cover of Rs 1 lakh(to be given by 'HDFC Ergo').
2. Those who open accounts by January 26, 2015 over and above the 1 lakh accident, they will
be given life insurance cover of 30,000(to be given by LIC).
3. After Six months of opening of the bank account, holders can avail 5,000 overdraft from the
bank.
4. With the introduction of new technology introduced by National Payments Corporation of
India (NPCI), a person can transfer funds, check balance through a normal phone which was
earlier limited only to smart phones so far.
5. Mobile banking for the poor would be available through National Unified USSD Platform
(NUUP) for which all banks and mobile companies have come together
8. Indradhanush
Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched Mission Indradhanush to achieve full
immunization coverage for all children by 2020.
The Mission Indradhanush aims to cover all those children who are either unvaccinated or are
partially vaccinated against seven vaccine preventable diseases including diphtheria, whooping
cough, tetanus, polio, tuberculosis, measles and hepatitis B.
The Mission was launched on Good Governance Day that marks the birth anniversary of Bharat
Ratna Madan Mohan Malaviya and birthday of Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Highlights of the Mission Indradhanush
Under Mission Indradhanush, four special vaccination campaigns will be conducted between
January and June 2015 with intensive planning and monitoring of these campaigns.
The ministry has identified 201 high focus districts that have nearly 50 percent of all
unvaccinated or partially vaccinated children. These districts will be targeted by intensive efforts
to improve the routine immunization coverage.

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Out of the 201 districts, 82 districts are in just four states of UP, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and
Rajasthan and nearly 25 percent of the unvaccinated or partially vaccinated children of India are
in these 82 districts of 4 states.
201 districts will be covered in the first phase of the mission, 297 districts will be targeted for
the second phase in the year 2015.
The Ministry will be technically supported by WHO, UNICEF, Rotary International and
other donor partners.
Mass media, interpersonal communication, and sturdy mechanisms of monitoring and
evaluating the scheme are crucial components of Mission

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