Edutap ARD Schemes Part 2 PDF

AGRICULTURE AND RURAL
DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES
FOR
RBI GRADE B|NABARD GRADE A/B|SEBI
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Table of Contents
1 TRIFOOD ........................................................................................................................................................ 7
2 “Friends of Tribes” Initiative ........................................................................................................................... 7
3 One Nation – One Ration Card Scheme .......................................................................................................... 7
4 Minimum Support Price for Minor Forest Produce ......................................................................................... 7
5 Jal Jeevan Mission .......................................................................................................................................... 8
6 Large Forest Fire Monitoring Programme ....................................................................................................... 8
7 Gram Samridhi Yojana.................................................................................................................................... 9
8 ATAL BHUJAL YOJANA .................................................................................................................................. 10
9 Van Dhan Yojana .......................................................................................................................................... 11
10 Integrated Scheme for Development of Silk Industry ................................................................................ 11
11 Green Skill Development Programme (GSDP) ........................................................................................... 12
12 SWAJAL Scheme ....................................................................................................................................... 12
13 Gram Swaraj Abhiyan ............................................................................................................................... 13
14 Aspirational Districts Programme ............................................................................................................. 13
15 Ganga Gram Project ................................................................................................................................. 14
16 Honey Mission ......................................................................................................................................... 15
17 Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY) ...................................................................................... 15
Initiatives taken under (PMKSY) ........................................................................................................................... 16
17.1 Mega Food Parks .................................................................................................................................. 16
17.2 Scheme of Cold Chain, Value Addition and Preservation Infrastructure ................................................ 16
18 Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhayay Vigyan Gram Sankul Pariyojana ...................................................................... 17
19 PMGDISHA (Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan) ............................................................... 17
20 Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) ................................................................................................... 18
21 Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission .............................................................................................. 19
22 Atal Jyoti Yojana ....................................................................................................................................... 20
23 Attracting and Retaining Youth in Agriculture (ARYA) ............................................................................... 20
24 Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana ................................................................................................. 21
25 Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan (Accessible India Campaign).............................................................................. 21
26 Project E-Shakti ........................................................................................................................................ 22
27 Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana ................................................................................................................... 22
27.1 Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) ................................................................................................... 22
27.2 Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Gramin) ................................................................................................. 24
28 Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana (DAY) ........................................................................................................ 25
28.1 Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana – NULM ................................................................................................. 26
28.2 Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana – NRLM ................................................................................................. 27
29 Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana (VKY) ............................................................................................................... 30

30 Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAANJHI) .................................................................................................... 31
31 Swachh Bharat Mission ............................................................................................................................ 33
Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) ................................................................................................................... 33
Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) ................................................................................................................. 33
31.1 Swachhata Pakhwada ........................................................................................................................... 35
31.2 Swachh Swasth Sarvatra ....................................................................................................................... 35
31.3 Swachh Shakti 2019 .............................................................................................................................. 35
31.4 Rashtriya Swachhta Kendra (RSK) ......................................................................................................... 36
31.5 ‘Darwaza Band’ Media Campaign ......................................................................................................... 36
31.6 Swachh Vidyalaya Programme .............................................................................................................. 37
31.7 Rashtriya Swachhata Kosh .................................................................................................................... 37
31.8 GOBAR DHAN Scheme .......................................................................................................................... 37
31.9 Swachhta Action Plan (SAP) .................................................................................................................. 38
32 PAHAL (Direct Benefit Transfer of LPG) ..................................................................................................... 38
33 Dr.Ambedkar Scheme for Social Integration through Inter-caste Marriages .............................................. 38
34 Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP) ............................................................................... 39
35 North East Rural Livelihood Project (NERLP) ............................................................................................. 39
36 Prime Minister’s Rural Development Fellowship (PMRDF) ........................................................................ 40
37 BharatNet Project .................................................................................................................................... 40
38 National Solar Mission.............................................................................................................................. 41
39 Nutrient Based Subsidy (NBS) Scheme ...................................................................................................... 42
40 National Rural Drinking Water Programme............................................................................................... 42
40.1 National Water Quality Sub-Mission (NWQSM) .................................................................................... 43
41 Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) .............................................................. 43
42 Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) .............................................. 44
43 National Health Mission ........................................................................................................................... 45
43.1 Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) ............................................................................................... 46
43.2 Auxiliary nurse midwife (ANM) ............................................................................................................. 47
43.3 Anganwadi Centres .............................................................................................................................. 47
43.4 Janani Suraksha Yojana......................................................................................................................... 47
43.5 Janani Shishu Suraksha Yojana.............................................................................................................. 48
43.6 Kayakalp Initiative ................................................................................................................................ 48
43.7 Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram ....................................................................................................... 48
43.8 Rashtriya Kishore Swasthya Karyakram................................................................................................. 48
44 Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) ........................................................................................... 49
45 EKLAVYA MODEL RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL (EMRS) ....................................................................................... 50
46 National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP).......................................................................................... 51

47 Rural Self Employment Training Institutes ................................................................................................ 52

Budget Estimates 2019-20 (In Crores) for the above-mentioned schemes:
Scheme Budget Estimates 2019-20 (In Crores)

Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS)
Core of the Core Schemes
National Social Assistance Program 9200.00
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural 60000.00
Employment Guarantee Program
Umbrella Scheme for Development of 5445
Schedule Castes
Umbrella Programme for Development of 3810
Scheduled Tribes
Minorities
Other Vulnerable Groups
Core Schemes
Green Revolution 12561
White Revolution 2240
Blue Revolution 560
Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojna (PMKSY) 9682
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) 19000
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna (PMAY) 25853
National Rural Drinking Water Mission 10001
Swachh Bharat Mission 12644
National Health Mission 33651
National Education Mission 38547
National Programme of Mid-Day Meal in 11000
Schools
Umbrella ICDS 27584
Mission for Protection and Empowerment 1330
for Women
National Livelihood Mission - Ajeevika 9774
Jobs and Skill Development 7260
Environment, Forestry and Wildlife 886
Urban Rejuvenation Mission: AMRUT and 13750
Smart Cities Mission
Modernization of Police Forces 3462
Infrastructure Facilities for Judiciary 720
Border Area Development Programme 825
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission 800
Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) 822
Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna (RSBY) 6556

Note: In this document, we shall be covering the Government schemes which are related to the
sectors forming a part of the Agriculture and Rural Development (ARD) syllabus. We shall also cover
those schemes which might be not directly linked to the syllabus but stand a chance to appear in
the examination.
We shall be covering the schemes grouped into 3 parts:
Part 1- Schemes related to Agriculture
Part 2- Schemes related to Rural Development
Part 3- Schemes launched by different state/UTs in 2019 (Agriculture and Rural Development)

Part 2
1 TRIFOOD
Launch Year: 2019
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Tribal Affairs
• It is a joint initiative of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, the Ministry of Tribal Affairs
and the Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED).
Key Features:
• Under this scheme a tertiary value addition center will be set up in Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh and
Raigad in Maharashtra at a cost of approximately Rs.11 crores.
• A highlight of this is the production of “Heritage Mahua” drink.
• The traditional Mahua tribal drink will be mainstreamed and marketed all over the Country
under this project.
2 “Friends of Tribes” Initiative

Launch Year: 2019
Purpose: TRIFED has tied up CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) funds to promote tribal
livelihoods.
3 One Nation – One Ration Card Scheme

Launch Year: 2019
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Implementation:
• The scheme has been launched on a pilot basis in four states – Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra
Pradesh and Telangana.
• It will be extended to across the country from July 1, 2020.
Key Features:
• Under it, families who have food security cards will be able to buy rice, wheat or any food grain
at a subsidised price from any ration shop in above mentioned four states.
• The ration cards will need to be linked with the Aadhaar Number to avail the service.
4 Minimum Support Price for Minor Forest Produce

Launch Year: 2019
Key Features:
• Under the scheme, remunerative MSP will be increased from 30% to 40% for 50 commercially
viable items to the tribals.
• Further, approximately 6000 Van Dan Vikas Kendras are proposed to be set up.
• Each Kendra will comprise 300 tribal gatherers.

• These Kendras are intended to provide employment to almost 45 lakh tribals.
5 Jal Jeevan Mission

Launch Year: 2019
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Jal Shakti
Aim:
• It aims to give tap water to all households by 2024.
• It also aims at creating a Jan Andolan for water, thereby making it everyone’s priority.
Objectives:
• This Mission will focus on integrated demand and supply side management of water at the local
level, including creation of local infrastructure for source sustainability like rainwater harvesting,
groundwater recharge and management of household wastewater for reuse in agriculture.
• The Mission will converge with other Central and State Government Schemes to achieve its
objectives of sustainable water supply management across the country.
Key Features:
• Under the scheme, the government will focus on rainwater harvesting and water conservation in
1592 blocks of 256 districts in the first phase.
• Besides using funds available under various Schemes, the Government will also explore
possibility of using additional funds available under the Compensatory Afforestation Fund
Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) for this purpose.
• Government will carry out other initiatives including –
✓ Renovation of traditional water bodies and tanks
✓ Reuse of water and recharge structures
✓ Watershed development
✓ Intensive afforestation.
• The duration of second phase of Jal Jeevan Mission was 1st October to 30th November.
6 Large Forest Fire Monitoring Programme

Launch Year: 2019
• It was launched under FAST 3.0 (FSI Fire Alerts System).
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change
Launched By: Forest Survey of India
Aim: It aims to track large fire events across the country and disseminate specific Large Fire alerts
with the objective to identify, track and report serious forest fire incidents so as to help monitor
such fires at senior level in the State Forest Department and also seek timely additional assistance
that may be required to contain such fires.
Forest Fire Alert System:

• Forest Fire Alert System Ver. 1.0 (2004-2017)
• Forest Fire Alert System Ver. 2.0 (2017-2018)
• Forest Fire Alert System Ver. 3.0 (FAST 3.0)
Features in FAST 3.0 (FSI Fire Alert System)
• Large Forest Fire Monitoring Programme: It is based on satellite data (SNPP-VIIRS) to
automatically identify and track large forest fire events.
• FSI Forest Fire Geoportal: to view forest fire related data along with other thematic layers.
• Web Map Service (WMS): available for integration to State Forest Departments.
• Customized alerts for 20 states at beat level and 2 states at Range level.
• Improved feedback system (via SMS and nodal officer page).
• Improved Nodal officer page.
7 Gram Samridhi Yojana

Launch Year: 2019
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Food Processing Industries
Aim: It aimed at benefiting unorganized food processing sector focused in rural areas.
Objectives: The primary objectives is to implement entrepreneurship development process with

required skills and knowledge in setting up the food processing units besides upgrading technology
in existing units, improve management of units and to provide technical support.
Eligibility: Food processing units and rural area food processing unit are eligible under this scheme
Subsidy:
• A maximum subsidy of Rs. 10 Lakhs is given by the government for each food
processing unit. This subsidy provides infrastructure facilities and services to improve the growth
of new food businesses. Under this scheme, the government plans for the interest subsidy on
loans, if an entrepreneur or businessman has taken a loan from any bank.
• There is also a provision to extend financial assistance to micro enterprises of about 70,000 units
at the maximum of 50% of the eligible project cost subject to a maximum of Rs. 5 lakhs for the
expansion and upgradation of their micro-enterprises. There is a provision for getting subsidy on
bank interest by 3% to 5%.

Key Features:
• This scheme means to focus on setting up Common Facility Centers (CFCs) and provide business
incubators facilities in rural areas. The incubator will provide the required infrastructure,
incubation space and services to support the growth of new food business.
• It will provide support services, equipment and assistance programs to help
businessmen/entrepreneur in launching a new product into the market by enhancing the sales
and revenue through development.
• This scheme additionally aims to guarantee an Increase in farmers income and also ensures job
opportunities in rural zones, and they are accompanying this plan for food processing ventures.
• Nearly 25 lakhs of food processing enterprises in the unorganised sector/units to be targeted
under this Gram Samridhi Yojana.
8 ATAL BHUJAL YOJANA

Launch Year: 2018
Aim:
• To improve ground water management in priority areas in the country through community
participation.
• It also focuses on revival of surface water bodies so that ground water level can be increased,
especially in the rural areas.
Duration: The schemes is being implemented over a period of five years from 2018-19 to 2022-23.
Funding:
• It is a Rs 6000 crore project supported by the World Bank.
• The scheme is being funded by the Government of India and the World Bank on 50:50 basis.
Key Features:
• The priority areas identified under the scheme fall in the states of Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka,
Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
• These States represent about 25% of the total number of overexploited, critical and semi-critical
blocks in terms of ground water in India.
• They also cover two major types of groundwater systems found in India - alluvial and hard rock
aquifers- and have varying degrees of institutional readiness and experience in groundwater
management.
• Funds under the scheme will be provided to the states for strengthening the institutions
responsible for ground water governance, as well as for encouraging community involvement for
improving ground water management to foster behavioural changes that promote conservation
and efficient use of water.
• The scheme will also facilitate convergence of ongoing Government schemes in the states by
incentivizing their focused implementation in identified priority areas.
• Implementation of the scheme is expected to benefit nearly 8350 Gram Panchayats in 78
districts in these states.
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• Funds under the scheme will be made available to the participating states as Grants.
9 Van Dhan Yojana

Launch Year: 2018
Launched By: Ministry of Tribal Affairs and TRIFED
Aim: It seeks to improve tribal incomes through value addition of tribal products.
Process/Implementation:
• The scheme will be implemented through Ministry of Tribal Affairs as Nodal Department at the
Central Level and TRIFED as Nodal Agency at the National Level.
• At State level, the State Nodal Agency for Minor Forest Produce (MFPs) and the District
collectors are envisaged to play a pivot role in scheme implementation at grassroot level.
• Locally the Van Dhan Vikas Kendras are proposed to be managed by a Managing Committee (an
SHG) consisting of representatives of Van Dhan SHGs in the cluster.
• Composition: As per the plan, TRIFED will facilitate establishment of MFP-led multi-purpose Van
Dhan Vikas Kendras, a cluster of 10 SHGs comprising of 30 tribal MFP gatherers each, in the
tribal areas.
10 Integrated Scheme for Development of Silk Industry

Launch Year: 2018
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Textiles
Implemented By: The scheme will be implemented by the Ministry through Central Silk Board (CSB)
Aim: It aims to improve the productivity and quality of silk through R&D intervention.
Duration of the Scheme: The scheme is being implemented for three years from 2017-18 to 2019-
20.
Components of the Scheme:
• Research & Development (R&D), Training, Transfer of Technology and IT Initiatives
• Seed Organizations and farmers extension centres
• Coordination and Market Development for seed, yarn and silk products
• Quality Certification System (QCS) by creating amongst others a chain of Silk Testing facilities,
Farm based & post-cocoon Technology Up-gradation, and Export Brand Promotion.
Key Features:
• The scheme will promote Women Empowerment and livelihood opportunities to SC/ST and
other weaker sections of the society.
• The scheme will help to increase productive employment from 85 lakhs to 1 crore persons by
2020.
• The scheme aims to achieve self-sufficiency in silk production by 2022. To achieve this,
production of high grade silk in India will reach 20,650 MTs by 2022 from the current level of
11,326 MTs thereby reducing imports to Zero.
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• For the first time, there is clear focus on improving production of highest grade quality of silk. It
is proposed to increase 4A grade silk from the current level of 15% to 25 % of mulberry
production by 2020.
• The implementation strategy is clearly based on convergence at the State level with the schemes
of other Ministers like MGNREGS of Rural Development, RKVY & PMKSY of Ministry of
Agriculture, for maximizing benefits to the sericulturists.
• The R&D projects pertaining to disease resistant silkworm, host plant improvements,
productivity enhancing tools and implements for reeling and waving etc. will be done in
cooperation with Ministries i.e. Science and Technology, Agriculture and Human Resource
Development (HRD).
• The core objective of the scheme is to improve the productivity and quality of silk through R&D
intervention.
• The focus of R&D intervention is to promote improved crossbreed silk and the import substitute
Bivoltine silk so that Bivotine silk production in India enhances to such a level that raw silk
imports become nil by 2022 thereby making India self-sufficient in silk.
11 Green Skill Development Programme (GSDP)

Launch Year: 2018
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change
Aim: It is an initiative for skill development in the environment and forest sector to enable India's
youth to get gainful employment and/or self-employment.
Target:
• The number of people to be covered under GSDP will be 80,000 during 2018-19, 2.25 lakh during
2019-20 and about 5 lakh people by the year 2021.
• More than 30 programmes have been identified, which will be conducted in 84 institutions
across the country.
Key Features:
• The programme endeavors to develop green skilled workers having technical knowledge and
commitment to sustainable development.
• It will help in the attainment of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs), National Biodiversity Targets (NBTs), as well as Waste Management
Rules (2016).
12 SWAJAL Scheme
Launch Year: 2018
• It has been launched in 115 Aspirational districts of India to provide clean drinking water.
• It will involve outlay of Rs. 700 crores through flexi-funds under existing National Rural
Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) budget.
Aim: To provide villages with piped water supply powered by solar energy in an integrated manner
to the rural masses.
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Funding: 90% of project cost is taken care by the Government and remaining 10% is contributed by
beneficiary community.
Process and Mechanism:

• The operations and management of the project is taken care by the local villagers.
• Under the scheme, hundreds of rural technicians has been trained for operation and
maintenance of Swajal units.
• The state governments in partnership with rural communities; shall plan, design, construct,
operate and maintain the water supply in Swajal units.
13 Gram Swaraj Abhiyan

Launch Year: 2018
• It is a campaign that is being organized on the occasion of Ambedkar Jayanti during the period
14th April to 05th May, 2018.
• The campaign is undertaken under the name of "Sabka Sath, Sabka Gaon, Sabka Vikas".
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Rural Development
Objective: To promote social harmony, spread awareness about pro-poor initiatives of government,
reach out to poor households to enroll them as also to obtain their feedback on various welfare
programmes.
14 Aspirational Districts Programme

Launch Year: 2018
Launched By: NITI Aayog
Aim: It aims to expeditiously improve the socio-economic status of 117 districts from across 28
states.
Core Principles: The three core principles of the programme are:

• Convergence of Central & State Schemes
• Collaboration among citizens and functionaries of Central & State Governments including district
teams
• Competition among districts
Selection of Districts: The 115 districts were identified from 28 states, at least one from each state,
in a transparent manner by a committee of Senior Officers to the Government of India, in
consultation with State Officials using a composite index of key data sets that included deprivation
enumerated under the Socio-Economic Caste Census, key health and education sector performance
and state of basic infrastructure.
Institutional Framework:
• NITI Aayog anchors the programme with support from Central Ministries and the State
Governments.
• While NITI Aayog is steering the initiative in 30 districts, various central ministries oversee 50
districts besides the Ministry of Home Affairs, which focuses on 35 Left Wing Extremism (LWE)
affected districts.
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• Officers at the level of Joint Secretary / Additional Secretary have been nominated to become
the ‘Central Prabhari Officers’ of each district.
• States have appointed state-nodal and Prabhari officers.
• An Empowered Committee under the Convenorship of the CEO, NITI Aayog will help in the
convergence of various government schemes and streamlining of efforts.
Core Strategy:
• States as main drivers.
• Work on the strength of each district.
• Make development as a mass movement in these districts.
• Identify low hanging fruits and the strength of each district, to act as a catalyst for development.
• Measure progress and rank districts to spur a sense of competition.
• Districts shall aspire to become State’s best to Nation’s best.
Themes: The objective of the program is to monitor the real-time progress of aspirational districts
based on 49 indicators (81 data-points) from the 5 identified thematic areas.
5 themes are:
✓ Health and Nutrition – 30%
✓ Education – 30%
✓ Agriculture and Water Resources – 20%
✓ Basic Infrastructure – 10%
✓ Financial Inclusion and Skill Development – 10%
15 Ganga Gram Project

Launch Year: 2017
Aim: It aims for sanitation based integrated development of all 4470 villages along the River Ganga.
Vision:
• To develop model village, that will exhibit itself as comprehensive and harmonious package of
economic, historic, cultural and sanitized unit, on banks of Ganga, which is self – sustaining.
• Promoting brand “Ganga” in its handicraft, organic farm produce and tourism will be other spin
offs.
Components:
• Making village ODF
• Proper management of village waste draining into river Ganga
• Proper disposal of solid waste
• Water conservation activities including rainwater harvesting/ground water recharge/maintain of
well and ponds, promotion of sprinkler irrigation.
• Encourage plantation of medicinal plants and promotion of organic farming
• Construction of crematorium
• Promotion of tourism
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• Coordination between various Central and State Governments sponsored schemes and their
implementation on priority in Ganga Grams.
16 Honey Mission
Launch Year: 2017
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of MSME
Implemented By: Khadi and Village Industries Commission
Aim: It aims to increase honey production and farmers’ income.
Objectives:
• Create an end-to-end implementation framework for beekeeping skill development, which
provides employment opportunities and income generation to agriculturists, beekeepers rural &
urban unemployed youth.
• Enforce nationally acceptable standards of Good Beekeeping Practices (GPB) in the country.
• Develop a network of quality master trainers in the field of beekeeping for imparting Good
Beekeeping / Apicultural Practices.
• Offer a passage for overseas market for hive products.
• Enable pathways from novice beekeepers to viable commercial beekeeping by handholding to
credit linkages.
• Promote convergence and co-ordination between all the stakeholders of beekeeping in India.
• Maintain a national database, which will act as a portal for matching the demand and supply in
the country. On the other hand, it will also serve as a platform for monitoring the performance
of existing beekeepers and their skills, available bee colonies and their production in each state.
• To tap the local & rural natural resources for generation of income and employment to rural &
tribal people in selected pockets.
• To bring qualitative & quantitative enhancement in honey & hive products for export and
domestic market.
• To promote beekeeping for increasing the crop productivity and pollination services avenue for
beekeepers and farmers.
Monitoring:
• Central Steering Committee for Honey Mission: Committee will meet once in quarter to review
and validate the data provided by the field offices and report to MSME.
• State Honey Mission Committee: Committee will meet once in a month to review performance
and validate the data and submit to Central office every 5th of each month.
17 Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY)

Launch Year: 2017
• The Central Sector Scheme - SAMPADA (Scheme for Agro-Marine Processing and Development
of Agro-Processing Clusters) was approved by the cabinet in May 2017.
• The scheme has now been renamed as the "Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY)"
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Aim: To supplement agriculture, modernize processing and decrease Agri-Waste.
Key Features:
• The implementation of PMKSY will result in creation of modern infrastructure with efficient
supply chain management from farm gate to retail outlet.
• It will provide a big boost to the growth of food processing sector in the country.
• It will help in providing better prices to farmers and is a big step towards doubling of farmers’
income.
• It will create huge employment opportunities especially in the rural areas.
• It will also help in reducing wastage of agricultural produce, increasing the processing level,
availability of safe and convenient processed foods at affordable price to consumers and
enhancing the export of the processed foods.
Initiatives taken under (PMKSY)
17.1 Mega Food Parks

Launch Year: 2008
Aim: It aims at providing a mechanism to link agricultural production to the market by bringing
together farmers, processors and retailers so as to ensure maximizing value addition, minimizing
wastage, increasing farmers income and creating employment opportunities particularly in rural
sector.
Implemented By: It is implemented by a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) which is a Body Corporate
registered under the Companies Act.
Funding: Central Government provides financial assistance upto Rs. 50 Crore per Mega Food Park
project.
Components: Supply chain infrastructure including

• Collection centres
• Primary processing centres (PPC)
• Central processing centres (CPC)
• Cold chain
Key Feature:
• It is based on “Cluster” approach and envisages creation of state of art support infrastructure in
a well-defined agri / horticultural zone for setting up of modern food processing units in the
industrial plots provided in the park with well-established supply chain.
17.2 Scheme of Cold Chain, Value Addition and Preservation Infrastructure

Launch Year: 2008
Objective: To provide integrated cold chain and preservation infrastructure facilities, without any
break, from the farm gate to the consumer.
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Key Features:
• The scheme covers creation of infrastructure facility along the entire supply chain viz. pre-
cooling, weighing, sorting, grading, waxing facilities at farm level, multi product/ multi
temperature cold storage, packing facility, mobile cooling units for facilitating distribution of
horticulture, organic produce, marine, dairy, meat and poultry etc.
• The scheme allows flexibility in project planning with special emphasis on creation of cold chain
infrastructure at farm level.
• The integrated cold chain project is set up by Partnership / Proprietorship Firms, Companies,
Corporations, Cooperatives, Self Help Groups (SHGs), Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs),
NGOs, Central / State PSUs, etc.
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Launch Year: 2017
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Science & Technology
Aim/Objective: Formulating and Implementing appropriate Science and Technology (S&T)
interventions for sustainable development through cluster approach in Uttarakhand.
Key Features:
• The Department of Science and Technology (DST) conceived to adopt a few clusters of villages in
Uttarakhand and transform them to become self-sustainable in a time bound manner through
the tools of S&T.
• The key deliverable in this approach is to utilise local resources and locally available skill sets and
convert them in a manner using science and technology, that substantial value addition takes
place in their local produce and services which can sustain the rural population locally.
19 PMGDISHA (Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan)

Launch Year: 2017
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Aim: To make 6 crore rural households digitally literate by March 2019
Eligibility:
• The Scheme is applicable only for rural areas of the country.
• All such households where none of the family member is digitally literate will be considered as
eligible household under the Scheme.
• Only one person per eligible household would be considered for training
• Age Group: 14 - 60 years
Priority would be given to

• Non-smartphone users, Antyodaya households, college drop-outs, Participants of the adult
literacy mission
• Digitally illiterate school students from class 9th to 12th, provided facility of Computer/ICT
Training is not available in their schools
• Preference would be given to SC, ST, BPL, women, differently-abled persons and minorities.
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Key Features:
• This scheme aims at imparting digital literacy to citizens in rural areas free of cost
• Under it, people in rural area will be trained to operate a computer, tablet, smartphones, etc
and how to access the Internet, government services, undertake digital payment, compose e-
mails, etc.
• The scheme will be implemented under the supervision of Ministry of Electronics and IT in
collaboration with States/UTs through their designated State Implementing Agencies, District e-
Governance Society (DeGS), etc.
20 Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY)

Launch Year: 2016
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Petroleum and Natural gas
Aim: It aims to safeguard the health of women & children by providing them with a clean cooking
fuel i.e. LPG
Target
• Originally, PMAY envisages the target of 5 crore connections with an allocation of Rs. 8000 crore
over a period of 3 years starting from FY 2016-17.
• According to the Economic Survey 2018-19, till now more than 7 crore LPG connections have
been released to women.
• After the expansion of the scheme, new target is to provide 8 crore LPG connections to poor
families.
Beneficiaries:
• Earlier only the candidates identified under socio-economic caste census (SECC) or seven
identified categories were eligible for getting a free LPG connection under Ujjwala Yojana.
• The seven categories are:
1. Beneficiaries listed in the SECC 2011 list
2. All SC/STs households beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana(PMAY) (Gramin)
3. Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY)
4. Forest dwellers
5. Most Backward Classes (MBC)
6. Tea & Ex-Tea Garden Tribes
7. People residing in Islands
8. People residing in river islands.
• In December 2018, Central Government has extended to all poor households who are not having
LPG connection in her household.
Key Features:
• The connections are given in the name of the women heads of households. The government also
provides an equated monthly instalment facility for meeting the cost of stove and refills.
• Ujjwala scheme provides financial support of Rs.1,600 for each cooking gas connection to
eligible households.
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• The beneficiary bears the cost of Hot Plate and purchase of first refill. The beneficiary has the
option to take Hot Plate or purchase first refill or the both on loan basis from OMCs at zero
interest and the same is recovered through subsidy.
Pradhan Mantri LPG Panchayat Scheme

Launch Year: 2017
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Aim:
• It aims at spreading awareness among LPG users about how to properly use clean fuel and its
useful benefits.
• It also aims to connect with beneficiaries of Ujjwala Yojana to resolve issues and wrong
traditional beliefs among people through officials of oil PSUs, NGOs, Asha workers and social
workers.
Target: The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas intends to conduct 1 lakh such Panchayats across
India before March 31, 2019.
Key Features:
• The panchayat will be used as a backup for Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana.
• LPG Panchayat will provide platform to trigger discussion through sharing of personal
experiences on benefits of use of clean fuel compared to traditional fuels like cow dung,
charcoal or wood.
• LPG Panchayat will serve as an interactive platform between those who received LPG cylinders
under PMUY.
• One panchayat will have around 100 LPG customers of nearby areas.
• The panchayats discuss issues such as safe practices, quality of service provided by distributors
and availability of refill cylinders.
21 Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission

Launch Year: 2016
Aim:
• To transform rural areas to economically, socially and physically sustainable spaces.
• To catalyze overall regional growth.
• To achieve twin objectives of strengthening rural areas and de burdening the urban areas hence
leading to balanced regional development and growth of the country.
Outcomes:
• Bridging the rural-urban divide-viz: economic, technological and those related to facilities and
services.
• Stimulating local economic development with emphasis on reduction of poverty and
unemployment in rural areas.
• Spreading development in the region.
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• Attracting investment in rural areas.
What are Rurban Areas?

• Rurban areas refer to a cluster of 15-20 villages having about 30 to 40 lakh population.
Identification of Clusters:
• The State Governments would identify the clusters in accordance with the Framework for
Implementation prepared by the Ministry of Rural Development.
• The clusters will be geographically contiguous Gram Panchayats with a population of about
25000 to 50000 in plain and coastal areas and a population of 5000 to 15000 in desert, hilly or
tribal areas.
• There would be a separate approach for selection of clusters in Tribal and Non-Tribal Districts.
• As far as possible, clusters of village would follow administrative convergence units of Gram
Panchayats.

• The States would prepare Integrated Cluster Action Plans for Rurban Clusters, which would be
comprehensive plan documents detailing out the strategy for the cluster, desired outcomes for
the cluster under the mission, along with the resources to be converged under various Central
Sector, Centrally Sponsored and State Sector schemes, and the Critical Gap Funding (CGF)
required for the cluster.
22 Atal Jyoti Yojana

Launch Year: 2016
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)
Implemented By: Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL)
Aim: To illuminate dark regions through establishment of solar street lights.
Phases of the Scheme: The Phase I was implemented during September 2016- March 2018. The
Phase II is being implemented during 2018-19 and 2019-20.
Funding: The total cost of the scheme is Rs 583 crore. MNRE will provide 75% of the cost of street
lights and remaining 25% will come from Member of Parliament Local Area Development funds
(MPLADS).
23 Attracting and Retaining Youth in Agriculture (ARYA)

Launch Year: 2015
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Implemented By: Indian Council of Agricultural Research
Objective:
• 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.
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• To enable the Farm Youth to establish network groups to take up resource and capital intensive
activities like processing, value addition and marketing.
• To demonstrate functional linkage with different institutions and stakeholders for convergence
of opportunities available under various schemes/program for sustainable development of
youth.
Key Features:
• ARYA project will be implemented in 25 States through KVKs, one district from each State.
• In one district, 200-300 rural youths will be identified for their skill development in
entrepreneurial activities and establishment of related micro-enterprise units.
• KVKs will involve the Agricultural Universities and ICAR Institutes as Technology Partners.
• At KVKs also one or two enterprise units will be established so that they serve as entrepreneurial
training units for farmers.
• The purpose is to establish economic models for youth in the villages so that youths get
attracted in agriculture and overall rural situation is improved.
24 Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana

Launch Year: 2015
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Power
Aim: To provide continuous power supply to rural India.
Key Features:
• The scheme has replaced the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY).
• It focuses on feeder separation (rural households & agricultural) and strengthening of sub-
transmission & distribution infrastructure including metering at all levels in rural areas.
• This will help in providing round the clock power to rural households and adequate power to
agricultural consumers.
25 Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan (Accessible India Campaign)

Launch Year: 2015
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
Aim: It aims to serve Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) in country and create an accessible physical
environment that benefits everyone, not just PwDs.
Objectives:
• Enhancing the proportion of accessible government buildings
• Enhancing proportion of accessible airports
• Enhancing the proportion of accessible railway stations
• Enhancing the proportion of accessible Public Transport
• Enhancing proportion of accessible and usable public documents and websites that meet
internationally recognized accessibility standards
• Enhancing the pool of sign language interpreters
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• Enhancing the proportion of daily captioning and sign-language interpretation of public
television news programmes
Components:
• Built Environment Accessibility
• Transportation System Accessibility
• Information and Communication Eco-System Accessibility
Other Initiatives under the scheme:

• Organizations, both public and private are encouraged to use their CSR funds for building
accessible infrastructure.
• Inclusiveness and Accessibility Index: It would help the industries and corporates to participate
in the Accessible India Campaign (AIC) by voluntarily evaluating their readiness for making the
workplace accessible for Persons with Disabilities.
• Sugamya Pustakalaya is an online library for Persons with print disabilities as part of the
Accessible India (Sugamya Bharat) Campaign.
• Divyang Sarathi Mobile App: For easy information dissemination to Divyangjans (Persons with
disabilities) pertaining to the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities
(DEPwD), including its various acts, rules, regulations and guidelines, etc.
26 Project E-Shakti
Launch Year: 2015
Launched By: NABARD
Aim: It aims to bring all SHG members under the fold of financial inclusion thereby helping them
access wider range of financial services.
Goals: The primary goal of the E-Shakti Project is to digitise the accounts of various SHGs and to
bring the members of the groups under the fold of Financial Inclusion.
27 Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana

The scheme has two components of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY):
(i) PMAY – Urban
(ii) PMAY – Gramin
27.1 Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban)

Launch Year: 2015
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Aim: To Achieve housing for all by 2022
Eligibility Criteria:
• The beneficiary family should not own a pucca house in his/her or in the name of any
member of his/her family in any part of India.
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• In case of married couple, either of or both spouses together in joint ownership will
be eligible for a single subsidy.
• The beneficiary family should not have availed of central assistance under any housing
scheme from Government of India or any benefit under any scheme in PMAY.
Target Beneficiaries:
• Beneficiaries include Economically weaker section (EWS), low-income groups (LIGs) and Middle-
Income Groups (MIGs).
• The annual income cap is up to Rs 3 lakh for EWS, Rs 3-6 lakh for LIG and Rs 6 to 18 lakhs for
MIG.
• The beneficiary family should not own a pucca house either in his/her name or in the name of
any member of his/her family in any part of India.
Financing: It is being implemented as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme except for the Credit Linked
Subsidy component which is a Central Sector Scheme.
Components:
(i) In-Situ Rehabilitation of Slum Dwellers:
• Central grant of Rs. one lakh per house, on an average, will be available under the slum
rehabilitation programme.
• A State Government would have flexibility in deploying this slum rehabilitation grant to any slum
rehabilitation project taken for development using land as a resource for providing houses to
slum dwellers
(ii) Affordable Housing in Partnership:
• This is a supply side intervention and will provide financial assistance to EWS houses being built
with different partnerships by States/UTs/Cities.
• Central Assistance at the rate of Rs. 1.5 lakhs per EWS house would be available for all EWS
houses in such projects.
(iii) Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme:
• Beneficiaries seeking housing loans from Banks, Housing Finance Companies and other such
institutions would be eligible for an interest subsidy at the rate of 6.5 % for a tenure of 15 years
or during tenure of loan whichever is lower.
• Would be available for housing loans availed for new construction and addition of rooms,
kitchen, toilet etc. to existing dwellings as incremental housing.
• Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO) and National Housing Bank (NHB) have
been identified as Central Nodal Agencies (CNAs).
(iv) Beneficiary Led Individual House Construction/Enhancement:
• Assistance to individual eligible families belonging to EWS categories to either construct new
houses or enhance existing houses.
• Such families may avail of central assistance of Rs. 1.5 lakh for construction of new houses under
the mission.
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Recent Developments
(i) Affordable Housing Fund (AHF)
• The Affordable Housing Fund (AHF) was established in National Housing Bank (NHB) as
announced in the General Budget for 2018-19.
• The objective of the fund is to improve the affordability of the target group to own their
homes. The corpus of the Fund will be 10,000 crores and will be contributed by
Scheduled Commercial Banks as allocated by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
(ii) National Urban Housing Fund

• A National Urban Housing Fund for Rs. 60,000 crores has been set up for raising Extra
Budgetary Resources (EBR) in phases for the rapid implementation of PMAY (U).
• A sum of Rs. 8,000 Cr. was mobilised under this fund in FY 2017-18.
• In FY 2018-19 approval has been secured to raise Rs. 25,000 crore under this mechanism
out of which a sum of Rs. 5050 crore has been already raised and disbursed to the
States/UTs and CNAs.
(iii) Global Housing Technology Challenge (GHTC): In January 2019, Union Minister of Housing
and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri launched the Global Housing Technology Challenge.
Features of GHTC are:
• It aims to fast-track the construction of affordable housing and meet the target of
constructing 1.2 crore houses by 2022.
• It focuses on identifying and mainstreaming proven demonstrable technologies for
lighthouse projects and spotting potential future technologies for incubation and
acceleration support through ASHA (Affordable Sustainable Housing Accelerators) — India.
• To enable adoption of construction techniques for housing that are affordable and takes
minimum time as less as three months instead of the conventional three years for
construction.
(iv) Geo-tagging for monitoring the progress of construction of houses, Public Financial
Management System (PFMS) to ensure electronic fund flow and Technology Sub-Mission to
implement new construction technologies, have been introduced.
(v) Government has also sanctioned ‘infrastructure status’ for the affordable housing sector,
giving a boost to PMAY.
27.2 Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Gramin)

• Indira Awaas Yojana was launched in 1985 by Rajiv Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India, as
one of the major flagship programs of the Ministry of Rural Development to construct houses
for BPL population in the villages.
• Started in 1985 as part of the Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme (RLEGP), Indira
Awaas Yojana (IAY) was subsumed in Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY) in 1989 and has been
operating as an independent scheme since 1996.
• To address the gaps in the rural housing program, the scheme of IAY has been re-structured into
Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana –Gramin (PMAY-G) w.e.f. 1st April 2016.
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Objectives:
• Provide a pucca house, with basic amenities, to all houseless householder and households living
in kutcha and dilapidated house in rural areas by 2022.
• Immediate objective was to cover 1 crore households which are houseless or living in kutcha
house/dilapidated house in three years from 2016-17 to 2018- 19.
• Total target for construction- of 1.95 crore houses under PMAY-G Phase-II upto 2022.
• The scheme originally was meant to cover people in the EWS (annual income not exceeding Rs. 3
lakh) and LIG (annual income not exceeding Rs. 6 lakh) sections, but now covers the mid-income
group (MIG) as well.
Identification of Beneficiaries:
• Done using information from Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) subject to 13 point
exclusion criteria.
• The list will be presented to Gram Sabha to identify beneficiaries who have been assisted before
or who have become ineligible due to other reasons.
Cost Sharing: The cost of unit assistance to be shared between Central and State Governments in
the ratio 60:40 in plain areas and 90:10 for North Eastern and hilly states.
Salient Features:
• It allows for construction using local materials and local house design.
• Unit assistance of Rs. 1.20 lakh in plain and Rs 1.30 lakh in hilly states, difficult areas and IAP
district. Beneficiaries can also avail loan upto Rs. 7000 from financial institutions.
• Provision of assistance for toilets (Rs. 12000) for construction of toilets though convergence with
Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin, MGNREGS or any other dedicated the source of funding.
• Beneficiary is entitled to 90/95 person day of unskilled labour from MGNREGS.
• A pan-India training and certification programme of Masons has been launched in the
States/UTs.
• The programme implementation is to be monitored through community participation (Social
Audit), Member of Parliament (DISHA Committee), Central and State Government officials,
National Level Monitors etc.
• Reduction has been done in administrative expenses from 4% to 2% of programme funds.
28 Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana (DAY)

• In November 2015, the National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM) and National Rural
Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) has been merged to form a new scheme called Deen Dayal
Antyodaya Yojana (DAY).
• DAY has replaced Ajeevika Scheme.
• The scheme has two components one for urban India and other for rural India.
Component 1 – Urban component Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana – NULM

Component 2 – Rural component Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana – NRLM
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National Urban Livelihood Mission (NULM)
Launch Year: 2013
• The scheme has replaced Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY).
Aim:
• Providing shelter equipped with essential services in phased manner to urban poor
including urban homeless
• Addressing the livelihood concerns of urban poor including urban homeless.
National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM)
Launch Year: 2011
• The scheme has been launched after restructuring Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana
(SJGSY).
Aim: The scheme is focused on promoting self-employment and organization of rural poor.
28.1 Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana – NULM

Aim:
• To reduce poverty and vulnerability of the urban poor households by enabling them to access
self-employment and skilled wage employment opportunities, resulting in an appreciable
improvement in their livelihoods on a sustainable basis.
• To provide shelter equipped with essential services to the urban homeless in a phased
manner.
• To address livelihood concerns of the urban street vendors by facilitating access to suitable
spaces, institutional credit, social security and skills for accessing emerging market
opportunities.
• It will be implemented in all District Headquarter Towns and all other cities with a population
of 1,00,000 or more as per 2011 census.
• The primary target of DAY-NULM is the urban poor, including the urban homeless. Their
identification would be done using the SECC 2011.
Process and Mechanism/Components:

• Employment through Skill Training and Placement - An expenditure of Rs.15, 000 per person
is allowed on training of urban poor which is Rs.18, 000 in North-East and J&K.
• Social Mobilization and Institution Development - It will be done through formation of Self-
Help Groups (SHG) for training members and hand holding, an initial support of 10, 000 is
given for each group. Assistance of Rs.50, 000 is provided to Registered Area Level
Federations.
• Subsidy to urban poor - An interest subsidy of 5% - 7% for setting up individual micro-
enterprises with a loan of up to 2 lakh and for group enterprises with a loan limit of up to
Rs.10 lakhs.
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• Shelters for urban homeless - Cost of construction of shelters for urban homeless is fully
funded under the Scheme.
• Other means - Development of vendor markets and also the promotion of skills for the
vendors through setting up infrastructure and special projects for the rag picker and
differently abled etc.
PAISA (Portal for Affordable Credit and Interest Subvention Access) Portal
Launch Year: 2018
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Urban and Housing Affairs
Developed By: The web platform has been designed and developed by Allahabad Bank which is the
Nodal bank.
Aim: To connect directly with the beneficiaries, ensuring that there is greater transparency and
efficiency in delivery of services.
Key Feature:
• It is a centralized electronic platform for processing interest subvention on bank loans to
beneficiaries under DAY-NULM.
Shehri Samridhi Utsav

• It is a fortnight of events focusing on urban livelihoods being organized by MoHUA, from 1st
-15th February 2019.
• The event aims at extending the outreach of National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-
NULM) to the poorest of the poor and the most vulnerable, showcase its initiatives and
facilitate access of SHG members to the other government schemes.
28.2 Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana – NRLM

Objectives:
• To reduce rural poverty by enabling poor households to access gainful self-employment and
skilled wage employment opportunities.
• To mobilize 10-12 crore rural households into self-help groups in a time bound manner by
2024-25.
• To bring about a sustainable improvement in the livelihoods of the poor through building
strong community institutions.
• To "establish efficient and effective institutional platforms of the rural poor that enable them
to increase household incomes through livelihood enhancements and improved access to
financial and public services".
• To reach out to 7.0 crore rural poor households of which 4.5 crore remain to be mobilized
into the Self Help Groups (SHGs).
Goal: To reach out to all rural poor households in a phased manner and impact their livelihood
significantly by 2022-23.
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Sub-schemes launched under DAY-NRLM mentioned below:
Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana (MKSP)
Launch Year: 2010-11
Objective: The primary objective of the MKSP is to empower women in agriculture by making
systematic investments to enhance their participation and productivity, as also create and sustain
agriculture based livelihoods of rural women.
Specific Objectives:
• To enhance the productive participation of women in agriculture
• To create sustainable agricultural livelihood opportunities for women in agriculture
• To improve the skills and capabilities of women in agriculture to support farm and non-
farm-based activities
• To ensure food and nutrition security at the household and the community level
• To enable women to have better access to inputs and services of the government and other
agencies
• To enhance the managerial capacities of women in agriculture for better management of
bio-diversity
• To improve the capacities of women in agriculture to access the resources of other
institutions and schemes within a convergence framework.
Funding: Support to the tune of up to 60% (90% for North Eastern States) for such projects is
provided by the Government of India.
Aajeevika Grameen Express Yojana

Launch Year: 2017
Objectives:
• To provide an alternative source of livelihoods to members of SHGs under DAY - NRLM by
facilitating them to operate public transport services in backward rural areas, as identified
by the States.
• To provide safe, affordable and community monitored rural transport services to connect
remote villages with key services and amenities (including access to markets, education and
health) for the overall economic development of the area by making use of the supports
available within the framework of DAY – NRLM.
Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP)

Launch Year: 2016
Aim: To develop an eco-system for supporting small businesses in rural areas.
Vision: The long term vision of the SVEP is to provide support for start-up to 1 crore village
enterprises and provide direct employment to 2 crore people.
Objectives: The overall objective of SVEP is to implement the Government's efforts to stimulate
economic growth and reduce poverty and unemployment in the villages by helping start and
support rural enterprises.
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Beneficiaries:
• Any Rural poor who is willing to be entrepreneurial and self-reliant is eligible to be part of
this programme.
• Highly vulnerable beneficiaries under MGNREGA, marginalized sections, women, SC and ST
communities and rural artisans will be given specific preference in selection, as part of this
programme.
Deendayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY)

Launch Year: 2014
• Earlier, it was known as Aajeevika Skills Development Programme (ASDP) which was
launched in the year 2011.
Objectives: The scheme has dual objectives of adding diversity to the incomes of rural poor families
and cater to the career aspirations of rural youth.
• Rural Youth: 15 - 35 Yrs
• SC/ST/Women/PVTG/PWD: upto 45 Yrs
Project Funding Support:

• DDU-GKY provides funding support for placement linked skilling projects that address the
market demand with funding support ranging from Rs. 25,696 to over Rs. 1 lakh per person,
depending on the duration of the project and whether the project is residential or non-
residential.
• DDU-GKY funds projects with training duration from 576 hours (3 months) to 2304 hours (12
months).
• Funding components include support for training costs, boarding and lodging (residential
programmes), transportation costs, post-placement support costs, career progression and
retention support costs.
Implementation: DDU-GKY follows a 3-tier implementation model:

• The DDU-GKY National Unit at MoRD functions as the policy-making, technical support and
facilitation agency.
• The DDU-GKY State Missions provide implementation support.
• The Project Implementing Agencies (PIAs) implement the programme through skilling and
placement projects.
Key Features:
• Demand led skill training at no cost to the rural poor.
• Mandatory coverage of socially disadvantaged groups.
• Pioneers in providing incentives for job retention, career progression and foreign
placements.
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• Guaranteed Placement for at least 75% trained candidates.
• Nurturing new training service providers and developing their skills.
National Rural Livelihoods Project (NRLP)

Launch Year: 2011
Key Points:
• NRLP has been designed as a sub-set of NRLM to create ‘proof of concept’, build
capacities of the Centre and States and create an enabling environment to facilitate all
States and Union Territories to transit to the NRLM.
• NRLP would be implemented in 13 high poverty states accounting for about 90 percent of
the rural poor in the country.
• Intensive livelihood investments would be made by the NRLP in 107 districts and 422
blocks of 13 states (Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Gujarat, Maharashtra,
Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Karnataka and Tamil
Nadu).
National Rural Economic Transformation Project (NRETP)

Launch Year: 2019
Key Features:
• National Rural Economic Transformation Project is a new sub-component under the
Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM)
• The World Bank will provide a $250-million loan for the National Rural Economic
Transformation Project (NRETP).
• NRETP supports enterprise development programmes for rural poor women and youth by
creating a platform to access finance including start-up financing options to build their
individual and/or collectively owned and managed enterprises.
• he project also involves developing financial products using digital financial services to help
small producer collectives scale-up and engage with the market.
• It also supports youth skills development, in coordination with the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya
Grameen Kaushalya Yojana.
• The key focus of the project is to promote women-owned and women-led farm and non-
farm enterprises across value chains, enabling them to build businesses that help them
access finance, markets and networks; and generate employment.
29 Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana (VKY)

Launch Year: 2014
Aim: It aims at creating enabling environment for need based and outcome oriented holistic
development of the tribal people.
Component
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• Qualitative & Sustainable Employment.
• Quality Education & Higher Education.
• Accelerated Economic Development of tribal areas.
• Health for all.
• Housing for all.
• Safe Drinking Water for all at doorsteps.
• Irrigation facilities suited to the terrain.
• All Weather Roads with connectivity to the nearby town/cities.
• Universal Availability of Electricity.
• Urban Development.
• Robust institutional mechanism (ITDAs/ITDPs)
• Promotion and conservation of Tribal Cultural Heritage
• Promotion of Sports in Tribal Areas.
30 Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAANJHI)

Launch Year: 2014
• Prior to this, a scheme called Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY) was launched
in March 2010, on a pilot basis for the integrated development of 1000 villages each with
more than 50% scheduled caste (SC) population.
Aim: To provide rural India with quality access to basic amenities and opportunities.
Eligibility Criteria: Gram Panchayat, which has a population of 3000-5000 in plain areas and 1000-
3000 in hilly, tribal and difficult areas, would be the basic unit for development.
Implementation:
• The scheme is implemented through Members of Parliament (MPs) with District Collector being
the nodal officer.
• The MP would be free to identify a suitable gram panchayat for being developed as Adarsh
Gram, other than his/her own village or that of his/her spouse.
Key Features:
• It is a village development project under which each Member of Parliament will take the
responsibility of developing physical and institutional infrastructure in three villages by 2019.
• The goal is to develop three Adarsh Grams or model villages 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.
• The Scheme has a holistic approach towards development. It envisages integrated development
of the selected village across multiple areas such as agriculture, health, education, sanitation,
environment, livelihoods etc.
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• Far beyond mere infrastructure development, it aims at instilling and nurturing values of
national pride, patriotism, community spirit, self-confidence people's participation, dignity of
women, etc. in the people.
• A village development plan would be prepared for every identified gram panchayat with special
focus on enabling every poor household to come out of poverty.
• The constituency fund, MPLADS would be available to fill critical financial gaps.
• The outcomes include 100% immunization, 100% institutional delivery, reduced infant mortality
rate, maternal mortality rate, reduction in malnutrition among children etc.
Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana

Launch Year: 2010
Objectives:
• The objective of this Scheme is to ensure integrated development of the selected villages with
more than 50% SC population so that, inter alia, there is:
✓ Adequate Infrastructure: All requisite infrastructure necessary for the socio-economic
development needs are to be provided under the Scheme.
✓ Improvement in Socio-Economic Indicators: The identified socio-economic indicators, known as
Monitorable Indicators, are to be improved so that the disparity between SC and non-SC
population is eliminated and the level of indicators is raised to at least that of the National
average.
Monitorable Indicators:
Monitorable Indicators pertain to the following 10 domains:
• Drinking water and Sanitation
• Education
• Health and Nutrition
• Social Security
• Rural Roads and Housing
• Electricity and Clean Fuel
• Agricultural Practices
• Financial Inclusion
• Digitization
• Livelihood and Skill Development
While the proposed scheme will generally cover all sections of society living in the selected villages
with more than 50% SC population, special focus will be on development of weaker sections like:
• Scheduled Castes
• Scheduled Tribes
• Women and children
• Persons with disability
• The destitute
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31 Swachh Bharat Mission
Launch Year: 2nd October 2014
Swachh Bharat Mission has two components:

1. Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban)
2. Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin)
Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban)

Aim: It aims to cover 1.04 crore households, provide 2.5 lakh community toilets, 2.6 lakh public
toilets, and a solid waste management facility in each town.
Objectives:
• Elimination of open defecation
• Eradication of Manual Scavenging
• Modern and Scientific Municipal Solid Waste Management
• To effect behavioral change regarding healthy sanitation practices
• Generate awareness about sanitation and its linkage with public health
• Capacity Augmentation for ULBs to create an enabling environment for private sector
participation in Capex (capital expenditure) and Opex (operation and maintenance)
Key Thrust Areas:

• Elimination of open defecation
• Eradication of Manual Scavenging by converting insanitary toilets to sanitary
• Modern and Scientific Municipal Solid Waste Management
• Effecting behavioral change regarding healthy sanitation practices
• Awareness generation about sanitation and its linkage with public health
• Capacity Augmentation for Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) to create an enabling environment for
private sector participation
Funding:
• The funding pattern between the Central Government and the State Government/ Urban
Local Bodies (ULBs) is 75:25 (90:10 for North Eastern and special category states).
• The gap in financing of the components would be met by the beneficiary contribution, private
funding, funds with private companies under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and the
Swachh Bharat Kosh of the Ministry of Finance.
Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin)

Aim: The aim of Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) is to achieve a clean and Open Defecation Free
(ODF) India by 2nd October 2019
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Objectives:
• To bring about an improvement in the general quality of life in the rural areas, by promoting
cleanliness, hygiene and eliminating open defecation.
• To accelerate sanitation coverage in rural areas to achieve the vision of Swachh Bharat by 2nd
October 2019.
• To motivate communities to adopt sustainable sanitation practices and facilities through
awareness creation and health education.
• To encourage cost effective and appropriate technologies for ecologically safe and
sustainable sanitation.
• To develop, wherever required, community managed sanitation systems focusing on scientific
Solid & Liquid Waste Management systems for overall cleanliness in the rural areas.
Components:
• Preparation of state plans.
• IEC (Information, Education and Communication) activities.
• Capacity building of functionaries.
• Construction of household toilets.
• Construction of community sanitary complexes.
• A revolving fund at the district level to assist Self Help Groups and others in providing cheap
finance to their members.
• Funds for rural sanitary marts, where materials for the construction of toilets, etc., may be
purchased.
• Funds for solid and liquid waste management
Features:
• Under SBM-G, construction of toilets in government schools and aganwadis will be done by
the Ministry of Human Resource Development and Ministry of Women and Child
Development, respectively.
• Provide flexibility to State governments, as sanitation is a State subject, to decide on their
implementation policy, use of funds and mechanisms, taking into account State specific
requirements.
• Emphasis is placed on Behaviour Change Communication (BCC). BCC is not a 'stand-alone'
separate activity to be done as a 'component' of SBM-G, but about nudging communities into
adopting safe and sustainable sanitation practices through effective BCC.
• An army of ‘foot soldiers’ or ‘Swachhagrahis’, earlier known as ‘Swachhata Doots’ is
developed and engaged through existing arrangements like Panchayati Raj Institutions, Co-
operatives, ASHAs, Anganwadi workers, Women Groups, Community Based Organisations,
Self-Help Groups etc.
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Initiatives related to Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen
31.1 Swachhata Pakhwada
Launch Year: 2016
Objective: It was started with the objective of bringing a fortnight of intense focus on the issues and
practices of Swachhata by engaging GOI Ministries/Departments in their jurisdictions.
Monitoring: The monitoring of the Swachhata Pakhwada is done using the Swachhata Samiksha
Portal.
Key Features:
• Every Ministry/Department should nominate a Joint Secretary as nodal officer for Swachhata
Pakhwada related activities.
• Every Ministry/Department to ensure that all their line departments, PSUs, attached offices,
organizations and Institutions under them to plan and implement in detail Swachhata
Pakhwada.
31.2 Swachh Swasth Sarvatra

Launch Year: 2016
Nodal Ministry: It is a joint initiative of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and Ministry of Jal
Shakti
Aim: To achieve better health outcomes through improved sanitation and increased awareness and
healthy lifestyles.
Components: The three key components of Swachh Swasth Sarvatra are:

• Community Health Centres (CHCs) in ODF blocks will be supported to achieve Kayakalp
certification (a certificate for high standard of sanitation and hygiene)
• Gram Panchayat of Kayakalp Primary Health Centres (PHCs) prioritized to become ODF
School Sanitation
• Training in WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) of CHC/PHC nominees
31.3 Swachh Shakti 2019

• Ministry of Jal Shakti in association with the Government of Haryana has organized the
Swachh Shakti-2019 in Kurukshetra.
Aim: It aims to bring in to focus the leadership role played by rural women in Swacch Bharat
Mission.
Key Features:
• Women Sarpanches and Panches from all over the country will be attending the event.
• Around 15,000 women are expected to participate in this year’s Swachh Shakti event aimed
at empowering the women.
• Best practices from grass root level in the rural areas for Swachh Bharat will be shared by
them.
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• The event will showcase the achievements of Swachh Bharat and the recently conducted
Swachh Sunder Shauchalay, (neat and clean toilet) - a unique and first of its kind in the world
campaign.
Swachh Shakti 2017

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Swachh Shakti program first in 2017
at Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
• 6000 women sarpanches from across the country had assembled in Gujarat on the
occasion of International Women’s Day under the banner of Swachh Shakti 2017.
Swachh Shakti 2018

• The second Swachh Shakti event, Swachh Shakti-2018 was held at Lucknow in
Uttar Pradesh.
• 8000 women sarpanches, 3000 women Swachhagrahis and women champions
from other walks of life from across the country were recognized for their
outstanding contribution towards making a Swachh Bharat during the event.
31.4 Rashtriya Swachhta Kendra (RSK)

Launch Year: 2017
Key Features:
• It has been set up opposite to Mahatma Gandhi's Samadhi at Rajghat.
• RSK is planned to disseminate all information on sanitation matters and advanced toilet
technology among people.
31.5 ‘Darwaza Band’ Media Campaign

Launch Year: 2017
Aim: To promote toilet use and freedom from open defecation across the country's villages
Key Features:
• The 'Darwaza Band' campaign has been supported by the World Bank.
• It is designed to encourage behaviour change in men who have toilets but are not using
them.
Darwaza Band Media Campaign – Part 2

• It was launched on February 6, 2019 for sustainability of the Open Defecation Free (ODF)
status of villages across the country.
• The campaign was launched in Mumbai in the presence of actor Amitabh Bachchan.
• The campaign talks about how a toilet must be used by all, always and under all
circumstances (har koi, har roz, hamesha).
• It is supported by the World Bank.
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31.6 Swachh Vidyalaya Programme
Launch Year: 2015
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Human Resource and Development
Aim:
• It aims to provide separate toilets for boys and girls in all government schools within one
year.
• It aims at ensuring that every school in the country must have a set of essential interventions
that relate to both technical and human development aspects of a good Water, Sanitation
and Hygiene Programme.
31.7 Rashtriya Swachhata Kosh

Launch Year: 2014
Key Features:
• It has 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.
• The Kosh will be used to achieve the objective of improving cleanliness levels in rural and
urban areas, including in schools.
• The allocation from the Kosh will be used to supplement and complement departmental
resources for such activities.
• To incentivize contributions from individuals and corporate, modalities are being considered
to provide tax rebates where it is possible.
31.8 GOBAR DHAN Scheme

Launch Year: 2018
Aim:
• To positively impact village cleanliness and generate wealth and energy from cattle and
organic waste.
• To create new rural livelihood opportunities and enhancing income for farmers and other
rural people.
Objectives:
• Energy: Villages become self-reliant in clean energy by harnessing bio-waste to generate bio-
energy.
• Empowerment: Households consume cleaner and cheaper fuel through biogas/bio-CNG for
cooking, saving on earnings and time; women of the household who typically engage in
collection of firewood/ making dung cakes can be relieved of the drudgery involved.
• Employment: Local youth and semi-skilled technicians can benefit from skilling and potential
green jobs such as collection of waste, transportation to treatment plants, management of
plant, operation and maintenance of plants, sale and distribution of biogas and bio-slurry
generated, etc.
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• Organic Fertilizer: The digested slurry from biogas plants, a rich source of manure, shall
benefit farmers in supplementing chemical fertilizers.
• Sanitation: Improved sanitation, by reducing source of pollution, linking toilets to biogas,
reducing waste from the villages.
Coverage:
• It proposes to cover 700 projects across the country in 2018- 19.
• It will be implemented in two phases i.e, 350 projects in first half of the year and rest in the
second half.
• The States may choose to develop atleast one project per district or as many viable projects
as possible to achieve effective bio-waste management in the villages.
31.9 Swachhta Action Plan (SAP)

• SAP was formally launched on 1st April 2017 with the active participation of 72 Ministries
and Departments.
• During 1st year of implementation (FY 2017-18), Ministries and Departments implemented
multiple innovative ideas along with making financial contribution of over 18000 crore
rupees.
• SAP has seen a multi-dimensional range of activities including adopting villages, support for
sanitation infrastructure, solid and liquid waste management, cleaner monuments, school
sanitation, better sanitation in hospitals and iconic places etc.
32 PAHAL (Direct Benefit Transfer of LPG)

Launch Year:
• The Direct Benefit Transfer of LPG (DBTL) or PAHAL (Pratyaksh Hanstantrit Labh) scheme was
earlier launched on June 1, 2013.
• The modified scheme is being re-launched in 54 districts on 15th November 2014 in the 1st
Phase and in the rest of the country on 1st January 2015.
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas

Aim: To reduce diversion and eliminate duplicate or bogus LPG connections.
Key Features:
• Under the scheme, LPG cylinders are sold at market rates and entitled consumers get the
subsidy directly into their bank accounts.
• It is done either through bank account or Aadhaar linkage.
33 Dr.Ambedkar Scheme for Social Integration through Inter-caste Marriages

Launch Year: 2013
Objective: To appreciate the socially bold step, of an inter-caste marriage, taken by the newly
married couple and to extend financial incentive to the couple to enable them to settle down in the
initial phase of their married life.
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• An Inter-caste marriage means a marriage in which one of the spouses belongs to Scheduled
Caste and the other belongs to a Non-Scheduled Caste.
• The marriage should be valid as per the law and duly registered under the Hindu Marriage Act,
1955.
• No incentive is available on second or subsequent marriage.
• Proposal would be treated as valid if submitted within one year of marriage.
Benefit: Each couple gets Rs 2.5 lakh, of which Rs 1.5 lakh is paid upfront. The balance amount is
kept as a fixed deposit and released to the couple after three years.

• Under the scheme, 500 couples can apply annually.
• It shall be the discretion of the Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment & Chairman of Dr.
Ambedkar Foundation to sanction the incentive to the Couple.
• Submission of false/ fabricated information to the competent authority would be punishable as
per law in force.
34 Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP)

Launch Year: 2012
Implementation: The Central Dam Safety Organisation of Central Water Commission, assisted by a
Consulting firm, is coordinating and supervising the Project implementation.
Objectives:
• To improve the safety and performance of selected existing dams and associated appurtenances
in a sustainable manner.
• To strengthen the dam safety institutional setup in participating states as well as at central level.
Coverage: The project was implemented to repair about 225 dam projects across the seven states
of India, namely Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, and
Uttarakhand.
35 North East Rural Livelihood Project (NERLP)

Launch Year: 2012
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Development of North-East Region
Aim: To improve rural livelihoods especially that of women, unemployed youth and the most
disadvantaged, in four North Eastern States.
Coverage: NERLP is implemented in 11 districts of Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim.
Strategies: The project has focused on five development strategies:

• Social empowerment
• Economic empowerment
• Partnership development
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• Project management
• Livelihood & value chain developments
36 Prime Minister’s Rural Development Fellowship (PMRDF)

Launch Year: 2011
Aim: Its focus is to reduce poverty and improving the lives of people in rural India.
Objective:
• Providing short-term catalytic support to the district administration in IAP districts to
improve programme delivery.
• Developing a cadre of committed and competent development leaders and facilitators, who
are available as a resource for rural development over the long term.
• Engaging with many stakeholders such as the government, public sector institutions, and civil
society actors in promoting the efficiency of social protection programmes.
Selection: The PMRD Fellows are selected through a pan-India process through All India Common
Entrance Test (AICAT), which is followed by a written exam and personal interviews.
Tenure of Fellowship:
• The duration of Fellowship under the PMRDF shall be for a total period of two years and shall
include an orientation period not exceeding three months.
• The Fellows shall be required to accept the terms and conditions governing the Fellowship
contract through an agreement with NRLPS and subscribe to such agreement with regard to
their Fellowship.
37 BharatNet Project
Launch Year: 2011
• Earlier, the name of the scheme is National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) which was
launched in October 2011.
• It was renamed as Bharat Net in 2015.
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Communications
Aim: To connect all the 2,50,000 Gram Panchayats in the country for providing broadband
connectivity in the Gram Panchayats
Objective:
• The primary objective was to extend the existing optical fibre network up to Panchayat level.
• The government had planned to make this network available to telecom service provides and
as a highway for transmission of voice, data and video in rural areas.
Funding:
• Bharat Net is being funded through Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF).
• The Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) was established with the fundamental
objective of providing access to ‘Basic’ telegraph services to people in the rural and remote
areas at affordable and reasonable prices.
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• Subsequently the scope was widened to provide subsidy support for enabling access to all
types of telegraph services including mobile services, broadband connectivity and creation of
infrastructure like OFC in rural and remote areas.
Three Phases of Implementation:
• The first phase envisages providing one lakh gram panchayats with broadband connectivity
by laying underground optic fibre cable (OFC) lines by December 2017.
• The second phase will provide connectivity to all 2,50,000-gram panchayats in the country
using an optimal mix of underground fiber, fiber over power lines, radio and satellite media.
It is to be completed by March 2019.
• In the third phase from 2019 to 2023, state-of-the-art, future-proof network, including fiber
between districts and blocks, with ring topology to provide redundancy would be created.
38 National Solar Mission

• It is also known as Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission.
• It is one of the eight key National Mission’s which comprise India’s National Action Plan on
Climate Change (NAPCC).
Launch Year: 2010
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Aim: To promote ecologically sustainable growth while addressing India’s energy security challenge.
Target:
• The Mission has set the ambitious target of deploying 20,000 MW of grid connected solar power
by 2022, which was revised to 1,00,000 MW by 2022 during June 2015.
• The target will principally comprise of 40 GW Rooftop and 60 GW through Large and Medium
Scale Grid Connected Solar Power Projects.
• To create favourable conditions for solar manufacturing capability, particularly solar thermal for
indigenous production and market leadership.
• To promote programmes for off grid applications, reaching 1000 MW by 2017 and 2000 MW by
2022 .
• To achieve 15 million sq. meters solar thermal collector area by 2017 and 20 million by 2022.
• To deploy 20 million solar lighting systems for rural areas by 2022.
Phases of the Mission: The Mission will adopt a 3 - phase approach, Phase 1 (up to 2012 - 13),
Phase 2 (2013 - 17) and Phase 3 (2017 - 22).
Mission Strategy:
• To create necessary environment to attract industry and project developers for investment in
power generation, manufacturing.
• To work closely with State governments, regulators, power utilities and local self government
bodies.
• To attract banks and financial institutions to provide necessary finance for setting up solar
power projects for grid/ off-grid.
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• To promote off-grid solar applications to meet light and power requirements of energy–poor by
provision of low cost credit through re-finance facility from IREDA.
Finance: The fund requirements for the Mission would be met from the following sources or
combinations –
• Budgetary support for the activities under the National Solar Mission established under the
MNRE.
• International Funds under the UNFCCC framework, which would enable upscaling of Mission
targets.
National Solar Science Fellowship Programme
Launch Year: 2011
Aim: The programme aims to provide opportunities to Indian Scientist desirous of working in the
fore front areas of science, engineering and technology in selected prestigious institutions in India
for the development of knowledge base in science of solar energy, technology and product
development.
39 Nutrient Based Subsidy (NBS) Scheme

Launch Year: 2010
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Aim:
• The scheme aims at ensuring that sufficient quantity of P&K is at the farmer’s disposal at
statutory controlled prices. So that the agricultural growth can be sustained and balanced
nutrient application to the soil can be ensured.
• It aims at ensuring balanced use of fertilizers, improving the agricultural productivity, promoting
the growth of the indigenous fertilizers industry and also reducing the burden of Subsidy.
Key Features:
• Government is making available fertilizers, Urea and 21 grades of P&K fertilizers to farmers at
subsidized prices through fertilizer manufacturers/importers.
• Under the scheme, a fixed amount of subsidy decided on an annual basis is provided on each
grade of subsidized Phosphatic and Potassic (P&K) fertilizers, except for Urea based on the
nutrient content present in them.
• It is largely for secondary nutrients like N, P, S and K and micronutrients which are very
important for crop growth and development.
• In India, urea is the only controlled fertilizer and is sold at a statutory notified uniform sale price.
40 National Rural Drinking Water Programme

Launch Year: 2009
Aim:
• Providing every person in rural India with adequate safe water for drinking, cooking and other
domestic basic needs on a sustainable basis.
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• Ensuring sustainability of water availability in terms of potability, adequacy, convenience,
affordability and equity.
Target Beneficiary: All people in rural areas
• In November 2017, Central Government has restructured National Rural Drinking Water
Programme (NRDWP) to make it outcome-based, competitive and better monitored with
increased focus on sustainability (functionality) of schemes to ensure good quality service
delivery to the rural population.
• NRDWP is to be continued co-terminus with the 14th Finance Commission cycle till March
2020.
• With the restructuring of the NRDWP, there will be 2% earmarking of funds for Japanese
Encephalitis (JE) /Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) affected areas.
40.1 National Water Quality Sub-Mission (NWQSM)

Launch Year: 2017
Key Feature:
• It will address the urgent need for providing clean drinking water in about 28000 Arsenic &
Fluoride affected habitations on a sustainable basis by March 2020.
41 Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP)

Launch Year: It is a credit-linked subsidy programme launched in 2008.
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of MSME
Implemented by:
• The scheme is implemented by Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) functioning as
the nodal agency at the national level.
• At the state level, the scheme is implemented through State KVIC Directorates, State Khadi and
Village Industries Boards (KVIBs), District Industries Centres (DICs) and banks.
Objectives:
• Generation of sustainable and continuous self-employment opportunities in urban and rural
areas of the country.
• Providing sustainable and continuous employment to a large segment of rural and urban
unemployed youth, traditional and prospective artisans through the establishment of micro-
enterprises.
• Facilitating the financial institution’s participation for higher credit flow to the micro sector.
Eligibility:
• Individuals with age of 18 years or more
• Passing standard VIII is required for a project above Rs 5 lakh in the service sector and above Rs
10 lakh in the manufacturing sector
• Institutions registered under Societies Registration Act- 1860
• Production based co-operative societies
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• Self-help groups and charitable trust
Subsidy provided by the government

• General Category States: The eligible subsidy is 25% of the cost of the project in rural areas and
15% in urban areas.
• Special Category States: The eligible subsidy is 35% of the cost of the project in rural areas and
25% in urban areas.
Rate of Interest and Repayment Schedule: The normal interest rate is applicable to the enterprise
from time to time. The Repayment Schedule ranges from 3 -7 years.
Security: No collateral security nor any third party guarantee is insisted here. Any assets created
from the bank loan should be hypothecated to Bank.
Training: 2 weeks training period is mandatory for all the beneficiaries.
Other Key Features:

• Assistance under the PMEGP is only available to new units that are to be established
• There is no income ceiling for setting up projects
• Existing units or units that are already availing any government subsidy (State or Central) are
ineligible
• Any industry including coir based projects (excluding those mentioned in the negative list) can
take advantage of this scheme
• The per capita investment under the scheme should not exceed Rs 1 lakh in plain areas and Rs
1.5 lakh in hilly areas.
• Maximum project cost Rs 10 lakh in the service sector and Rs 25 lakh in the manufacturing
sector is this limit.
42 Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)

• The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), also known as
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS) is a legislation
enacted on August 25, 2005, notified on September 7, 2005.
Objective
• The MGNREGA provides a legal guarantee for one hundred days of employment in every
financial year to adult members of any rural household willing to do public work-related
unskilled manual work at the statutory minimum wage, thus enhancing livelihood security.
• The Ministry of Rural Development (MRD), Govt of India is monitoring the entire
implementation of this scheme in association with state governments
✓ Salient Features of the Act:

• Coverage: MGNREGA covers the entire country with the exception of districts that have a
hundred percent urban population.
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• Wages are to be paid according to the Minimum Wages Act 1948 for agricultural labourers in
the State, unless the Centre notifies a wage rate which will not be less than Rs. 60/ per day.
Equal wages will be provided to both men and women.
• At least one-third beneficiaries shall be women who have registered and requested work
under the scheme.
• The Central Government bears the 100 percent wage cost of unskilled manual labour and 75
percent of the material cost including the wages of skilled and semi-skilled workers.
• Social Audit has to be done by the Gram Sabha.
43 National Health Mission

Launch Year: 2005
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Aim: Attainment of universal access to equitable, affordable and quality health care services,
accountable and responsive to people’s needs, with effective inter-sectoral convergent action to
address the wider social determinants of health.
Process and Mechanism/Components:

• Health Systems Strengthening including infrastructure, human resource, drugs & equipment,
ambulances, MMUs, ASHAs etc.
• Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health Services (RMNCH + A).
• Communicable Disease Control Programmes.
• Non-Communicable Diseases Control Programme interventions.
• Infrastructure Maintenance- to support salary of ANMs and LHVs etc.
Sub Schemes under it:

✓ National Rural Health Mission
✓ National Urban Health Mission
✓ National Rural Health Mission

Launch Year: 2005
Objectives:
• Reduction in child and maternal mortality.
• Universal access to public services for food and nutrition, sanitation and hygiene and
universal access to public health care services with emphasis on services addressing women’s
and children’s health and universal immunization.
• Prevention and control of communicable and non-communicable diseases, including locally
endemic diseases.
• Access to integrated comprehensive primary health care.
• Population stabilization, gender and demographic balance.
• Revitalize local health traditions & mainstream AYUSH.
• Promotion of healthy lifestyles.
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Coverage:
• Cities and towns with population below 50,000 will be covered under NRHM
✓ National Urban Health Mission

Launch Year: 2013
Aim: To meet health care needs of the urban population with the focus on urban poor, by making
available to them essential primary health care services and reducing their out of pocket expenses
for treatment.
Target Beneficiary:
• NUHM would cover all State capitals, district headquarters and cities/towns with a
population of more than 50,000. It would primarily focus on slum dwellers and other
marginalized groups like rickshaw pullers, street vendors, railway and bus station coolies,
homeless people, street children, construction site workers.
Funding Pattern:
• The centre-state funding pattern will be 75:25 for all the States except the 8 North-Eastern
states and other special category states of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and
Uttarakhand, for whom the centre-state funding pattern will be 90:10.
Major initiatives under National Rural Health Mission (NRHM)
43.1 Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA)

• One of the key components of all the government health schemes in rural India is to provide
every village in the country with a trained female community health activist ASHA or
Accredited Social Health Activist (presently, about 1 million of them are in service)
• Selected from the village itself and accountable to it, the ASHA is trained to work as an
interface between the community and the public health system.
Following are the key components of ASHA:

• Eligibility: ASHA must primarily be a woman resident of the village married/ widowed/
divorced, preferably in the age group of 25 to 45 years. (Minimum education required is 10th
standard, which is relaxed only if no woman with the required qualification is available in the
village).
• The ASHAs receive performance-based incentives for promoting universal immunization,
referral and escort services for Reproductive & Child Health (RCH) and other healthcare
programmes, and construction of household toilets.
• ASHA will be the first port of call for any health related demands of deprived sections of the
population, especially women and children, who find it difficult to access health services.
• She will counsel women on birth preparedness, importance of safe delivery, breast-feeding and
complementary feeding, immunization, contraception and prevention of common infections
including Reproductive Tract Infection/Sexually Transmitted Infections (RTIs/STIs) and care of
the young child.
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• ASHA will mobilise the community and facilitate them in accessing health and health related
services available at the Anganwadi/sub-centre/primary health centers, such as immunisation,
Ante Natal Check-up (ANC), Post Natal Check-up supplementary nutrition, sanitation and other
services being provided by the government.
43.2 Auxiliary nurse midwife (ANM)

• Auxiliary nurse midwife, commonly known as ANM, is a village-level female health worker,
who is known as the first contact person between the community and the health services.
• ANMs are regarded as the grass-roots workers in the health organization pyramid.
• Their services are considered important to provide safe and effective care to village
communities.
• ANMs works at health sub-centres. The sub-centre is a small village-level institution that
provides primary health care to the community. The sub-centre works under the Primary
Health Centre (PHC). Each PHC usually has around six such sub-centres.
• In 2005 NRHM made provision of two ANMs (one permanent and one contractual) for each
sub-centre. The ANM is usually selected from the local village to increase accountability.
• ANMs are expected to be multi-purpose health workers and their work includes maternal and
child health along with family planning services, health and nutrition education, efforts for
maintaining environmental sanitation, immunisation for the control of communicable
diseases, treatment of minor injuries, and first aid in emergencies and disasters.
• In remote areas, such as hilly and tribal areas where transport facility is likely to be poor,
ANMs are required to conduct home deliveries for women.
43.3 Anganwadi Centres

• Anganwadi is a government sponsored child-care and mother-care center in India. It caters to
children in the 0-6 age group
• They were started by the Indian government in 1975 as part of the Integrated Child
Development Services program to combat child hunger and malnutrition.
• The Anganwadi system is mainly managed by the Anganwadi worker.
• She is a health worker chosen from the community and given 4 months training in health,
nutrition and child-care. She is in charge of an Anganwadi which covers a population of 1000.
• They provide outreach services to poor families in need of immunization, healthy food, clean
water, clean toilets and a learning environment for infants, toddlers and pre-schoolers.
43.4 Janani Suraksha Yojana

Launch Year: 2005
Aim: Reduce maternal and neo-natal mortality by promoting institutional delivery among the poor
pregnant women
Target Beneficiary: Poor pregnant woman with special dispensation for states having low
institutional delivery rates namely the states of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand,
Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Rajasthan, Odisha and Jammu and Kashmir.
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43.5 Janani Shishu Suraksha Yojana
Launch Year: 2011
Aim: To provide completely free and cashless services to pregnant women including normal
deliveries and caesarean operations and sick newborn (up to 30 days after birth) in Government
health institutions in both rural & urban areas.
Target Beneficiary: Pregnant women who access government health facilities for their delivery.
43.6 Kayakalp Initiative

Launch Year: 2015
Objective:
• To promote cleanliness, hygiene and infection control practices in public health facilities.
• To incentivize and recognize such public healthcare facilities that show exemplary performance
in adhering to standard protocols of cleanliness and infection control.
• To inculcate a culture of ongoing assessment and peer review of performance related to
hygiene, cleanliness and sanitation.
• To create and share sustainable practices related to improved cleanliness in public health
facilities linked to positive health outcomes.
43.7 Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram

Launch Year: 2013
Aim: To screen and manage children from birth to 18 years of age for defects at birth, deficiencies,
diseases and developmental delays including disabilities.
Target Beneficiary:
• All children of 0-6 years of age in rural areas and urban slums, in addition to older children upto
18 years of age enrolled in classes 1st to 12th in Government and Government aided schools.
43.8 Rashtriya Kishore Swasthya Karyakram

Launch year: 2014
Objectives:
• Improve Nutrition
• Improve Sexual and Reproductive Health
• Enhance Mental Health
• Prevent Injuries and violence
• Prevent substance misuse
Target Beneficiary: Adolescents in the age group of 10-19 years
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Important Interventions:
• Adolescent Friendly Health Clinics (AFHCs): These act as the first level of contact of primary
health care services with adolescents. Adolescent Health Counselors are in place to provide
counseling services. Linkages have also been established with Integrated Counselling and
Testing Centres (ICTC) for management of HIV/AIDS.
• Weekly Iron Folic Acid Supplementation (WIFS) Programme: It entails provision of weekly
supervised IFA tablets to in-school boys and girls and out-of-school girls and biannual
albendazole tablets, besides Nutrition & Health Education.
• Menstrual Hygiene Scheme: The scheme is being implemented for adolescent girls in the rural
areas. From 2014 procurement of sanitary napkins has been decentralized. States are in the
process of implementing MHS.
• Peer Education Programme: Under the programme four peer educators (Saathiya) - two male
and two female are selected per 1000 population to orient the adolescents on health issues.
44 Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)

Launch Year: 2000
Aim: To provide good all-weather road connectivity to unconnected villages
Objective:
• The primary objective of the PMGSY is to provide connectivity, by way of an all-weather road
(which is operable throughout the year), to the eligible unconnected Habitations in the rural
areas with a population of 500 persons and above in Plain areas.
• In respect of the Hill States (North-East, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and
Uttarakhand), the Desert Areas, the Tribal areas and the objective would be to connect eligible
unconnected habitations with a population of 250 persons and above.
Phases of the Scheme: Till now, scheme has been covered in three phases –
Phase 1:
• Phase I was launched in December, 2000 as a 100 % centrally sponsored scheme with an
objective to provide single all-weather road connectivity to eligible unconnected habitation of
designated population size.
• Under the scheme, 1,35,436 habitations were targeted for providing road connectivity and 3.68
lakh km. for upgradation of existing rural roads (including 40 % renewal of rural roads to be
funded by the States) in order to ensure full farm to market connectivity.
Phase 2:
• The Phase II of PMGSY was approved during May, 2013.
• For the 12th Five Year Plan (FYP) period a target of 50,000 Km length under PMGSY-II.
• 75% of the cost of the upgradation was by the Centre and 25% by the state.
• For hill states, desert areas, Schedule V areas and Naxal-affected districts, 90% of cost was borne
by the Centre.
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Phase 3:
• The Phase III was approved by the Cabinet during July 2019.
• It involves consolidation of Through Routes and Major Rural Links connecting habitations to
Gramin Agricultural Markets (GrAMs), Higher Secondary Schools and Hospitals.
• The third phase of PMGSY has been launched by the government for the period starting from
2019-20 to 2024-25.
• Construction of bridges of up to 150m in plain areas and 200 m in Himalayan and north eastern
states are proposed under this phase. This will facilitate easy and faster movement to and from
agricultural markets, schools and hospitals.
• Under the third phase of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), the target is to
consolidate 1,25,000 km of roads an estimated cost of Rs 80,250 crore over the next five years.
• Under the third phase of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), an estimated cost of Rs
80,250 crore would be shared in the ratio of 60:40 between the Centre and states.
• For 8 North Eastern and 3 Himalayan States (Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh &
Uttarakhand) the proportion will be in 90:10 between the Centre and states.
Key Features:
• The World Bank has supported PMGSY since its inception.
• The PMGSY is managed by the National Rural Roads Development Agency (NRRDA), headed by a
Director-General.
• The unit for this Programme is a Habitation and not a Revenue village or a Panchayat. A
Habitation is a cluster of population, living in an area, the location of which does not change
over time.
• The PMGSY shall cover only the rural areas. Urban roads are excluded from the purview of this
Programme.
Meri Sadak App

• "Meri Sadak" is a versatile mobile application to empower citizens to give their critical feedback
with respect to the pace of work, nature of work and Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
(PMGSY) streets to Nodal Departments in the State Governments/National Rural Roads
Development Agency (NRRDA).
• Citizens can take photos of the site and submit along with feedback.
• On accommodation of the feedback, the citizen can screen the redressal of his/her input
through this application.
• The particular State Quality Coordinators (SQCs) of the Nodal Department executing PMGSY will
respond to the citizen within defined timelines.
45 EKLAVYA MODEL RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL (EMRS)

Launch Year: 1997
Aim: It aims to ensure that tribal students get access to quality education in the remote tribal areas.
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Target: As per the budget 2018-19, every block with more than 50% ST population and at least
20,000 tribal persons, will have an Eklavya Model Residential School by the year 2022.
Objectives:
• Comprehensive physical, mental and socially relevant development of all students enrolled in
each and every EMRS. Students will be empowered to be change agents, beginning in their
school, in their homes, in their village and finally in a larger context.
• Focus differentially on the educational support to be made available to those in Standards XI and
XII, and those in standards VI to X, so that their distinctive needs can be met,
• Support the annual running expenses in a manner that offers reasonable remuneration to the
staff and upkeep of the facilities.
• Support the construction of infrastructure that provides education, physical, environmental and
cultural needs of student life.
Key Features:
• Admission to these schools will be through selection/competition with suitable provision for
preference to children belonging to Primitive Tribal Groups, first generation students, etc.
• Sufficient land would be given by the State Government for the school, playgrounds, hostels,
residential quarters, etc., free of cost.
• The number of seats for boys and girls will be equal.
• In these schools, education will be entirely free.
• Every class can have maximum 60 students preferably in 2 sections of 30 students each and the
total sanctioned strength of the school will be 480 students.
46 National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP)

Launch Year: 1995
Aim: It aims to provide financial assistance to the elderly, widows and persons with disabilities in
the form of social pensions.
Key Principles of NSAP:

• Universal Coverage of eligible persons and pro-active identification
• Transparent and people friendly process for application, sanction, appeal and review
• Regular monthly disbursement of pensions & benefits preferably at the door-step of
beneficiaries.
• Electronic Transfer
• Robust Social Audit and Annual Verification
• Key Role for Local Self Government Institutions
• IT based Management Information System (MIS)
• Robust Grievance Redressal System
• Automatic Convergence
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Key Features:
• The scheme envisages universal coverage of eligible persons on the basis of Below Poverty Line
(BPL) population of the State.
• It is being implemented in rural as well as in urban areas.
• NSAP represents a significant step towards the fulfilment of the Directive Principles of State
Policy enshrined in the Constitution of India which enjoin upon the State to undertake within its
means a number of welfare measures.
Schemes under NSAP: There are five different schemes being implemented as a part of NSAP.
• Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS)
• Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme (IGNWPS)
• Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme (IGNDPS)
• National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS)
• Annapurna
47 Rural Self Employment Training Institutes

• The concept of RSETIs has been inspired by the very successful RUDSETI model promoted by
SDME Trust, Syndicate Bank and Canara Bank way back in1982 at Ujire in Karnataka.
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Aim: To mitigate the unemployment problem among the youth
Objective:
• Rural BPL youth will be identified and trained for self-employment.
• The trainings offered will be demand driven.
• Area in which training will be provided to the trainee will be decided after assessment the
candidate’s aptitude.
• Hand holding support will be provided for assured credit linkage with banks.
• Escort services will be provided for at least for two years soon to ensure sustainability of micro
enterprise trainees.
• The trainees will be provided intensive short-term residential self-employment training
programmes with free food and accommodation.
Programme Structure: A general classification of the types of programmes is given below –

• Agricultural Programmes: Agriculture and allied activities like Dairy, Poultry, Apiculture,
Horticulture, Sericulture, floriculture, fisheries, etc.
• Product Programmes: Dress designing for men and women, Rexine utility Articles, Agarbathi
manufacturing, Bags, Bakery Products, Leaf Cup making, recycled paper manufacturing, etc.
• Process Programmes: Two Wheeler repairs, Radio / TV repairs, Motor rewinding, electrical
transformer repairs, Photography & Videography, Screen Printing, Photo Lamination etc.
• General Programmes: Skill development programmes for women etc.
• Other Programmes: Related to sectors like leather, construction, hospitality and any other
sector depending on local requirements.
Key Features:
• Focuses on skill development and conversion of unemployed rural youth as successful
entrepreneurs.
• Intensive and continuous tracking of RSETI trained persons for 2 years.
• Increased sustainability of enterprises through RSETIs guidance in choosing the right activity.
• Establishing self-confidence, development of entrepreneurship skills and leadership qualities
among themselves at RSETI.
• Opportunities are offered to a large number of unemployed rural youth by complete awareness
and mobilisation by RSETIs.
• Availability to exchange ideas and learn from the best practices of others and exposure to
marketing.
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AGRICULTURE AND RURAL

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Scheme Budget Estimates 2019-20 (In Crores)

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We shall be covering the schemes grouped into 3 parts:

Part 1- Schemes related to Agriculture

Part 2- Schemes related to Rural Development

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2 “Friends of Tribes” Initiative

3 One Nation – One Ration Card Scheme

4 Minimum Support Price for Minor Forest Produce

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5 Jal Jeevan Mission

6 Large Forest Fire Monitoring Programme

Forest Fire Alert System:

7 Gram Samridhi Yojana

Objectives: The primary objectives is to implement entrepreneurship development process with

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8 ATAL BHUJAL YOJANA

9 Van Dhan Yojana

10 Integrated Scheme for Development of Silk Industry

11 Green Skill Development Programme (GSDP)

Process and Mechanism:

13 Gram Swaraj Abhiyan

14 Aspirational Districts Programme

Core Principles: The three core principles of the programme are:

15 Ganga Gram Project

17 Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY)

Initiatives taken under (PMKSY)

17.1 Mega Food Parks

Components: Supply chain infrastructure including

17.2 Scheme of Cold Chain, Value Addition and Preservation Infrastructure

18 Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhayay Vigyan Gram Sankul Pariyojana

19 PMGDISHA (Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan)

Priority would be given to

20 Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY)

Pradhan Mantri LPG Panchayat Scheme

21 Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission

What are Rurban Areas?

Process and Mechanism:

22 Atal Jyoti Yojana

23 Attracting and Retaining Youth in Agriculture (ARYA)

24 Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana

25 Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan (Accessible India Campaign)

Other Initiatives under the scheme:

27 Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana

27.1 Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban)

(ii) National Urban Housing Fund

27.2 Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Gramin)

28 Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana (DAY)

Component 1 – Urban component Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana – NULM

28.1 Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana – NULM

Process and Mechanism/Components:

Shehri Samridhi Utsav

28.2 Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana – NRLM

Aajeevika Grameen Express Yojana

Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP)

Deendayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY)

Project Funding Support: