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# Scheme Ministry Date of Objective

Launch

1. Pradhan Mantri Ministry of 28 Aug 2014 It is a National Mission for

Jan-Dhan Finance Financial Inclusion of all
Yojana (PMJDY) households to ensure access to
financial services, namely,
Banking/ Savings & Deposit
Accounts, Remittance, Credit,
Insurance, Pension in an
affordable manner.

2. Pradhan Mantri Ministry of 22 Jan 2015 The scheme launched as a part

Sukanya Women and of the “Beti Bachao, Beti
Samriddhi Child Padhao” campaign targeted at
Yojana Development the parents of girl children. The
(PMSSY) scheme encourages parents to
build a fund for the future
education and marriage
expenses for their female child.

3. Pradhan Mantri Ministry of 8 April 2015 The purpose of MUDRA is to

MUDRA Yojana Finance provide funding to the non-
(PMMY) corporate small business sector.
The small businesses/startups
(MUDRA-Micro or entrepreneurs can avail loans
Units from Rs. 50 thousand to 10 Lakh
Development to start/grow their business
and Refinance under the three, Shishu, Kishore
Agency) and Tarun categories of the
scheme.

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# Scheme Ministry Date of Objective

Launch

4. Pradhan Mantri Ministry of 9 May 2015 Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti

Jeevan Jyoti Finance Bima Yojana is a government-
Bima Yojana backed Life insurance scheme
(PMJJBY) in India. Its main objective is to
provide life insurance cover to
all Indian citizens.

5. Pradhan Mantri Ministry of 9 May 2015 Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima

Suraksha Bima Finance Yojana is a government-backed
Yojana accident insurance scheme in
(PMSBY) India. Its main objective is to
provide accidental insurance
cover to all Indian citizens.

6. Atal Pension Ministry of 9 May 2015 Atal Pension Yojana (previously

Yojana (APY) Finance known as Swavalamban Yojana)
is a government-backed pension
scheme in India targeted at the
unorganized sector. The
scheme is targeted to the private
unorganized sector and is open
to all Indian citizens between the
age of 18 to 40 years.

7. Pradhan Mantri Ministry of 25 June 2015 The scheme envisages the

Awas Yojana Housing and vision of housing for all by the
(PMAY) Urban Affairs year 2022. Under this scheme,
interest subsidy on purchase,
construction, extension,
improvement of house is

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provided to customers belonging

to Economical Weaker Section,
Lower Income Group, Middle
Income Group.

8. Sansad Adarsh Ministry of Rural 11 Oct 2014 It focuses on development of

Gram Yojana Development model villages called “Adarsh
(SAGY) Gram”. The programme was
launched by the Prime Minister
of India, Narendra Modi on the
birth anniversary of Jayaprakash
Narayan, on 11 October 2014.

9. Pradhan Mantri Ministry of 11 Oct 2014 Its main objective is to Provide

Fasal Bima Agriculture & insurance cover to rabi and
Yojana Farmers Welfare kharif crops and financial
(PMFBY) support to farmers in case of
damage of crops. It replaced
NAIS and MNAIS schemes.

10. Pradhan Mantri Ministry of 01 July 2015 The motive of Pradhan Mantri
Gram Sinchai Agriculture & Gram Sinchai Yojana will be to
Yojana Farmers Welfare take irrigation water to each and
(PMGSY) every agricultural field in the
country and boost agricultural
yield

11. Pradhan Mantri Ministry of 16 Dec 2016 A part of the Taxation Laws
Garib Kalyan Social Justice (Second Amendment) Act, 2016,
Yojana and the scheme provides an
(PMGKY) Empowerment opportunity to declare
unaccounted wealth and black

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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.

12. Pradhan Mantri Dept of 1 July 2015 Its aim is to provide quality
Jan Aushadhi Pharmaceuticals, medicines at affordable prices to
Yojana Govt. Of India the masses through special
(PMJAY) kendra‟s known as Pradhan
Mantri Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi
Kendra. PMBJK has been set up
to provide generic drugs, which
are available at lesser prices but
are equivalent in quality and
efficacy as expensive branded
drugs.

13. Make in India Ministry of 25 Sept 2014 To encourage national, as well

Finance as multi-national companies to
manufacture their products in
India and create jobs and skill
enhancement in 25 sectors.

14. Swachh Bharat Ministry of 2 Oct 2014 To keep the streets, roads and
Abhiyan Drinking Water & infrastructure of the country's
Sanitation in 4,041 statutory cities and towns
Rural areas ; and its rural areas clean and

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Ministry of fulfill Mahatma Gandhi‟s dream

Housing & Urban of a clean and hygienic India.
Affairs in Urban
areas

15. Kisan Vikas Ministry of 3 March 2015 Kisan Vikas Patra is a saving
Patra Finance (Re-launched) certificate scheme which was
first launched in 1988 by India
Post. Based on the
recommendations of Shayamla
Gopinath committee Govt of
India closed the scheme
because of its flaws. Its aim is to
provide safe and secure
investment avenues to the small
investors.

16. Soil Health Card Ministry of 17 Feb 2015 Under this Scheme,
Scheme Agriculture & Government issues soil cards to
Farmers Welfare farmers which will carry crop-
wise recommendations of
nutrients and fertilizers required
for the individual farms to help
farmers to improve productivity
through judicious use of inputs.

17. Digital India Ministry of 2 July 2015 To ensure that Govt services are
Electronics and made available to citizens
Information electronically by improved online
Technology infrastructure and by increasing
Internet connectivity or by
making the country digitally

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empowered in the field of

technology.

18. Pradhan Mantri Ministry of Skill 16 July 2015 To encourage aptitude towards
Kaushal Vikas Development & employable skills and to
Yojana Entrepreneurship increase working efficiency of
(PMKVY) probable and existing daily wage
earners, by giving monetary
awards and rewards and by
providing quality training to
them.

19. Mission Ministry of 25 Dec 2014 It aims to immunize all children

Indradhanush Health & Family under the age of 2 years, as well
Welfare as all pregnant women, against
seven vaccine preventable
diseases. The diseases being
targeted are diphtheria,
whooping cough, tetanus,
poliomyelitis, tuberculosis,
measles and Hepatitis B.

20. Deen Dayal Ministry of Power 25 July 2015 The scheme designed to provide
Upadhyaya continuous power supply to rural
Gram Jyoti households and adequate power
Yojana to agricultural consumers. It
(DDUGJY) replaced Rajiv Gandhi Grameen
Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY).

21. Deen Dayal Ministry of Rural 25 Sept 2014 The Vision of DDU-GKY is to
Upadhyaya Development "Transform rural poor youth into
Grameen an economically independent

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Kaushalya and globally relevant workforce

Yojana by developing skills and
(DDUGKY) providing them with jobs having
regular monthly wages.

22. Pandit Ministry of Labor 16 Oct 2014 Objective of this scheme is to

Deendayal and Employment create conducive environment
Upadhyay for industrial development and
Shramev Jayate doing business with ease and
Yojana also expanding government
(PDUSJY) support to impart skill training for
workers.

23. Atal Mission for Ministry of Urban 24 June 2015 Providing basic services ( water
Rejuvenation Development supply, sewerage, urban
and Urban transport) to households & build
Transformation Amenities in cities which will
(AMRUT) improve the quality of life for all,
especially the poor and the
disadvantaged.

24. Swadesh Ministry of 09 March 2015 To provide Central Financial

Darshan Yojana Tourism Assistance (CFA) to State
(SDY) Governments/Union Territory
& Administrations, including the
Pilgrimage places of religious importance,
Rejuvenation for the development of various
and Spiritual tourism projects and tourism
Augmentation infrastructure in the country.
Drive Under PRASAD 12 cities have
(PRASAD) been identified for development.

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25. National Ministry of 21 Jan 2015 The aim of this scheme is to

Heritage City Housing and bring together urban planning,
Development Urban Affairs economic growth and heritage
and conservation in an inclusive
Augmentation manner to preserve the heritage
Yojana character of each Heritage City.
(HRIDAY) Under HRIDAY 12 cities have
been identified for development.

26. Ude Desh ka Ministry of 27 April 2017 UDAN aimed at making air
Aam Naagrik Civil Aviation travel affordable & widespread,
(UDAN) enabling inclusive job growth
and infrastructure development
of all regions and states of India
and also to connect 70 airports
of the country. Its Motto is “Let
the common citizen of the
country fly”.

27. National Bal Ministry of 14 Nov 2014 To provide hygienic and clean
Swachhta Women and environment, food, drinking
Child
Mission water, toilets, schools and other
Development
surroundings to the children. It is
a part of the nationwide
sanitation initiative of „Swachh
Bharat Mission‟.

28. One Rank One Ministry of NA To provide same pension, for

Pension Defense same rank, for same length of
(OROP) service, irrespective of the date
of retirement.

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29. Smart Cities Ministry of Urban 25 June 2015 Smart Cities Mission is an urban
Mission Development renewal and retrofitting program
by the Government of India with
a mission to develop 100 cities
all over the country making them
citizen friendly and sustainable.

30. Gold Ministry of 04 Nov 2014 GMS, modifies the existing „Gold
Monetisation Finance Deposit Scheme‟ (GDS) and
Scheme „Gold Metal Loan Scheme
(GMS) (GML), is intended to mobilise
gold held by households and
institutions of the country and
facilitate its use for productive
purposes, and in the long run, to
reduce country‟s reliance on the
import of gold.

31. Startup India Ministry of 16 Jan 2016 It aimed at promoting bank

Commerce and financing for start-up ventures to
Industry
boost entrepreneurship and
encourage startups with jobs
creation.

32. DigiLocker Ministry of 01 July 2015 The service is aimed towards

Electronics & reducing the need to carry
Information
physical documents, and is part
Technology
of the Narendra Modi-led
government's Digital India
initiative. It is has been designed
to reduce the administrative
overhead of government

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departments and agencies

created due to paper work.

33. Integrated Ministry of Power 18 Sep 2015 To ensure 24/7 power for all.
Power
Development
Scheme
(IPDS)

34. Shyama Prasad Ministry of Rural 21 Feb 2016 The major goal of this mission is
Mukherji Rurban Development welfare of rural areas targeting
Mission their infrastructural facilities,
(SPMRM) economic and social conditions
etc. and bridging the urban-rural
gaps.

35. Sagar Mala Ministry of 31 July 2015 To modernize India's Ports so

project Shipping that port-led development can
be augmented and coastlines
can be developed to contribute
in India's growth.

36. Prakash Path – Ministry of Power 05 Jan 2015 To distribute LED bulbs and
way to light decrease the power
consumption.

37. Ujwal DISCOM Ministry of Power 20 Nov 2015 To obtain operational and
Assurance financial turnaround of State
Yojana (UDAY) owned Power Distribution
Companies (DISCOMs). The
motto of this scheme is
"Financial turnaround of Power

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Distribution Companies".

38. Vikalp Ministry of 01 Nov 2015 In this scheme, wait listed

Railways passengers of a train can opt for
confirmed accommodation in
alternate trains.

39. National Sports Ministry of 20 Feb 2015 The Scheme is intended for
Talent Search Youth Affairs & talent identification in the age
Scheme Sports group of 8-12 years and
(NSTSS) nurturing of identified talented
sportspersons.

40. Rashtriya Gokul Ministry of 16 Dec 2014 The “Rashtriya Gokul Mission”
Mission Agriculture & aims to conserve and develop
Farmers Welfare indigenous bovine breeds in a
focused and scientific manner.

41. PAHAL-Direct Ministry of 01 Jan 2015 This program aims to transfer

Benefits Petroleum & subsidies directly to the people
Transfer for LPG Natural Gas through their bank accounts. It is
hoped that crediting subsidies
into bank accounts will reduce
leakages, delays, etc.

42. NITI Aayog Govt of India 1 Jan 2015 It replaced the Planning
(The National Commission. The aim of NITI
Institution for Aayog's creation is to foster
Transforming involvement and participation in
India) the economic policy-making
process by the State
Governments of India.

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43. Namami Gange Ministry of Water 10 July 2014 National Mission for Clean
Resources, River Ganga(NMCG), is an Integrated
Development & Conservation Mission with
Ganga budget outlay of Rs.20,000
Rejuvenation Crore to accomplish the twin
objectives of effective
abatement of pollution,
conservation and rejuvenation of
National River Ganga.

44. Setu Bharatam Ministry of Road 4 March 2016 It aims to make all national
Programme Transport & highways free of railway
Highways and crossings by 2019. Also and
Shipping renovate the old bridges.

45. Pradhan Mantri Ministry of 1 May 2016 It aims to safeguard the health
Ujjwala Yojana Petroleum & of women & children by
(PMUY) Natural Gas providing free LPG connections
to 5 Crore BPL families across
the country.

46. Rashtriya Gram Minister of NA It is an updated version of Rajiv

Swaraj Abhiyan Panchayati Raj Gandhi Panchayat
Sashaktikaran Abhiyan. It will
strengthen the Panchayati Raj
system across the country and
address critical gaps that
constrain its success.

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