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Contents
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare ....................................................................................................... 14
1 Horticulture Cluster Development Programme ............................................................................................ 14
2 Agri Udaan – Food & Agribusiness Accelerator 4.0 ....................................................................................... 15
3 Seed Minikit Programme.............................................................................................................................. 15
4 Sahakar Mitra – Scheme on Internship Programme ...................................................................................... 16
5 National Agricultural Infra Financing Facility................................................................................................. 16
6 Formation and Promotion of Farmer Producer Organizations (FPO) scheme ................................................ 18
7 Yuva Sahakar – Cooperative Enterprise Support and Innovation Scheme ..................................................... 20
8 FARMS (Farm Machinery Solutions) App ...................................................................................................... 20
9 Agri-Market Infrastructure Fund (AMIF) ....................................................................................................... 21
10 National Beekeeping and Honey Mission (NBHM) ........................................................................................ 22
11 Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana .................................................................................................... 22
12 Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) ........................................................................................ 24
13 Micro Irrigation Fund ................................................................................................................................... 24
14 Promotion of Agriculture Mechanization for In-Situ Management of Crop Residue ...................................... 25
15 Gramin Agriculture Markets (GrAMs) ........................................................................................................... 27
16 Krishi Kalyan Abhiyan ................................................................................................................................... 28
17 Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA)................................................................. 28
18 Mission Fingerling ........................................................................................................................................ 29
19 National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP)............................................................................... 29
20 e-KRISHI SAMVAD ........................................................................................................................................ 30
21 Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana ............................................................................................................... 31
22 National Agriculture Market (eNAM)............................................................................................................ 32
23 Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (WBCIS).......................................................................................... 33
24 Kisan Suvidha App ........................................................................................................................................ 33
25 Pusa Krishi App ............................................................................................................................................ 34
26 Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Unnat Krishi Shiksha Yojana ........................................................................... 34
27 Sub-Mission on Agroforestry Scheme ........................................................................................................... 35
28 Attracting and Retaining Youth in Agriculture (ARYA) ................................................................................... 35
29 Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) ..................................................................................................... 36
29.1 Bhartiya Prakritik Krishi Padhati (BPKP) ................................................................................................ 37
29.2 Large Area Certificate Scheme .............................................................................................................. 38
30 Soil Health Card Scheme .............................................................................................................................. 38
31 STUDENT READY (Rural Entrepreneurship Awareness Development Yojana) ................................................ 39
32 Farmers FIRST Initiative ................................................................................................................................ 39
33 Mera Gaon Mera Gaurav (My Village – My Pride) Scheme............................................................................ 40
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34 Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana ........................................................................................................... 41
35 National Mission on Agricultural Extension and Technology (NMAET) .......................................................... 42
36 National Innovations on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) ..................................................................... 43
37 Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) ............................................................................................................. 44
38 Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana – Remunerative Approach for Agriculture and Allied Sector Rejuvenation (RKVY
– RAFTAAR) 45
39 Forecasting Agricultural output using Space, Agro-meteorology and Land based observations (FASAL) ........ 46
40 Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) Scheme .................................................................... 47
41 Green Revolution – Krishonnati Yojana ........................................................................................................ 47
41.1 Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) ........................................................................ 48
41.1.1 National Horticulture Mission (NHM) ............................................................................................ 50
41.1.2 Horticulture Mission for North East and Himalayan States (HMNEH)............................................. 50
41.1.3 National Horticulture Board (NHB) ................................................................................................ 50
41.1.4 Coconut Development Board (NHB) .............................................................................................. 51
41.1.5 Central Institute of Horticulture (CIH) ........................................................................................... 51
41.2 National Food Security Mission (NFSM) including National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP)....... 51
41.3 National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) ................................................................................... 53
41.3.1 Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region (MOVCDNER) .................... 54
41.3.2 National Bamboo Mission ............................................................................................................. 55
41.4 Sub-Mission on Agriculture Extension (SMAE) .............................................................................................. 55
41.4.1 Support to State Extension Programmes for Extension Reforms (ATMA)’ ...................................... 56
41.5 Sub-Mission on Seeds and Planting Material (SMSP) .................................................................................... 56
41.6 Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM) .................................................................................... 57
41.7 Sub-Mission on Plant Protection and Plant Quarantine (SMPPQ).................................................................. 58
41.8 Integrated Scheme on Agriculture Census, Economics and Statistics (ISACES) .............................................. 58
41.9 Integrated Scheme on Agricultural Co-operation (ISAC) ............................................................................... 58
41.10 Integrated Scheme on Agricultural Marketing (ISAM) ................................................................ 59
41.11 National e-Governance Plan - Agriculture (NeGP-A) .................................................................. 59
42 National Project on Organic Farming (NPOF) ................................................................................................ 59
43 Network Project on Organic Farming............................................................................................................ 61
44 Integrated Scheme of Oilseeds, Pulses, Oil Palm and Maize (ISOPOM) ......................................................... 62
45 Agricultural Market Information Network (AGMARKNET) Portal .................................................................. 63
46 Strengthening & Modernization of Pest Management Approach in India (SMPMA) ...................................... 64
47 Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVK).......................................................................................................................... 65
48 Agro-Economic Research (AER) Scheme ....................................................................................................... 66
49 Capital Investment Subsidy for Construction/Expansion/Modernization of Cold Storages and Storages for
Horticulture Products .......................................................................................................................................... 67

50 Coconut Palm Insurance Scheme ................................................................................................................. 67
51 Market Intervention Price Scheme ............................................................................................................... 68
Ministry of Rural Development ............................................................................................................................ 69
52 Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan ...................................................................................................................... 69
53 Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission .................................................................................................. 69
54 Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Gramin)......................................................................................................... 71
55 Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAANJHI) ........................................................................................................ 72
56 Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana – NRLM ......................................................................................................... 73
56.1 Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana (MKSP) ..................................................................................... 74
56.2 Aajeevika Grameen Express Yojana ...................................................................................................... 74
56.3 Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP)........................................................................... 75
56.4 Deendayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) ............................................................. 76
56.5 National Rural Livelihoods Project (NRLP) ............................................................................................. 77
56.6 National Rural Economic Transformation Project (NRETP) .................................................................... 77
57 Prime Minister’s Rural Development Fellowship (PMRDF) ............................................................................ 77
58 Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) .................................................. 78
59 Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) .............................................................................................. 80
60 National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) ............................................................................................. 82
61 Rural Self Employment Training Institutes .................................................................................................... 83
Ministry of Women and Child Development ........................................................................................................ 85
62 PM CARES for Children Scheme.................................................................................................................... 85
63 Mission Vatsalya .......................................................................................................................................... 87
64 Mission Shakti (Mission for Protection and Empowerment of Women) ........................................................ 88
65 Mission POSHAN 2.0 .................................................................................................................................... 88
65.1 National Nutrition Mission (POSHAN ABHIYAAN) .................................................................................. 88
66 Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme ................................................................................ 89
66.1 Anganwadi Services Scheme ................................................................................................................. 90
66.2 Child Protection Services (CPS) Scheme ................................................................................................ 91
66.3 National Creche Scheme....................................................................................................................... 91
66.4 Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana ................................................................................................ 92
66.5 Poshan Abhiyaan .................................................................................................................................. 92
66.6 Scheme for Adolescent Girls ................................................................................................................. 92
67 YuWaah Youth Skilling Initiative ................................................................................................................... 93
68 Bharatiya Poshan Krishi Kosh ....................................................................................................................... 93
69 Web Wonder Women Campaign .................................................................................................................. 94
70 e-Samvaad Portal ......................................................................................................................................... 95
71 NARI (National Repository of Information for Women) Portal ...................................................................... 95

72 Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana ....................................................................................................... 95
73 Sexual Harassment Electronic Box (She-Box) ................................................................................................ 96
74 Mahila Shakti Kendra Scheme ...................................................................................................................... 97
75 Jan Sampark Programme.............................................................................................................................. 98
76 Mahila e-Haat .............................................................................................................................................. 98
77 Mahila Police Volunteer Scheme .................................................................................................................. 99
78 Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao (BBBP) ................................................................................................................ 100
79 Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana ......................................................................................................................... 101
80 Swadhar Greh Scheme ............................................................................................................................... 102
81 Khoya Paya Portal ...................................................................................................................................... 103
82 One Stop Centre Scheme ........................................................................................................................... 104
83 Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Boys (SAKSHAM) ................................................... 105
84 UJJAWALA Scheme..................................................................................................................................... 106
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare ............................................................................................................... 107
85 MusQan Initiative ...................................................................................................................................... 107
86 PM Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission .................................................................................. 108
87 Aahaar Kranti Mission ................................................................................................................................ 109
88 Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package Insurance scheme ........................................................................... 110
89 Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission ............................................................................................................... 110
90 Social Awareness and Action to Neutralise Pneumonia Successfully (SAANS) ............................................. 112
91 Food Safety Mitra (FSM) Scheme ............................................................................................................... 112
92 Eat Right India Movement.......................................................................................................................... 113
93 SUMAN (Surakshit Matritva Aashwasan) Scheme ....................................................................................... 114
94 TB Harega Desh Jeetega Campaign ............................................................................................................. 114
95 Jan Jagrukta Abhiyan.................................................................................................................................. 115
96 eSanjeevani 115
97 Ayushman Bharat (Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana) .............................................................................. 115
98 National Viral Hepatitis Control Programme (NVHCP) ................................................................................ 119
99 LaQshya (Labour room Quality improvement initiative) Programme .......................................................... 120
100 Nikshay Poshan Yojana .............................................................................................................................. 121
101 National Deworming Initiative.................................................................................................................... 121
102 National Health Resource Repository (NHRR) ............................................................................................. 122
103 National Strategic Plan (2017-24) ............................................................................................................... 122
104 Mission Parivar Vikas ................................................................................................................................. 124
105 Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan ............................................................................................... 124
106 E-RaktKosh Initiative .................................................................................................................................. 125
107 Mera Aspatal/My Hospital Initiative ........................................................................................................... 126

108 Mobile Academy Initiative.......................................................................................................................... 126
109 M-Cessation Initiative ................................................................................................................................ 127
110 Kilkari Initiative .......................................................................................................................................... 127
111 Mothers Absolute Affection ....................................................................................................................... 127
112 Sugam Portal.............................................................................................................................................. 128
113 Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network (e-VIN) ......................................................................................... 129
114 AMRIT (Affordable Medicines and Reliable Implants for Treatment) Programme ....................................... 129
115 National Health Portal ................................................................................................................................ 129
116 Mission Indradhanush ................................................................................................................................ 130
116.1 Intensified Mission Indradhanush ................................................................................................... 130
116.2 Intensified Mission Indradhanush 2.0 ............................................................................................. 131
116.3 Intensified Mission Indradhanush 3.0 ............................................................................................. 131
117 Rashtriya Kishore Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK) ........................................................................................... 131
118 Human Resource Development (HRD) for Health Research ........................................................................ 133
119 Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) .................................................................................................. 134
120 Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK) ................................................................................................... 134
121 National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme ........................................................................................... 135
122 National Programme for the Health Care for the Elderly (NPHCE) .............................................................. 136
123 National Health Mission ............................................................................................................................. 137
123.1 National Urban Health Mission ....................................................................................................... 138
123.2 National Rural Health Mission......................................................................................................... 138
123.2.1 Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) ................................................................................. 139
123.2.2 Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM) ............................................................................................... 139
123.2.3 Anganwadi Centres ................................................................................................................. 140
123.2.4 Janani Suraksha Yojana ........................................................................................................... 140
123.2.5 Janani Shishu Suraksha Yojana ................................................................................................ 141
123.2.6 Kayakalp Initiative ................................................................................................................... 141
123.2.7 Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram .......................................................................................... 141
123.2.8 Rashtriya Kishore Swasthya Karyakram ................................................................................... 141
124 Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana ................................................................................................ 141
125 Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi ............................................................................................................................... 142
126 National Mental Health Programme........................................................................................................... 142
127 Universal Immunization Programme (UIP).................................................................................................. 143
128 National Quality Assurance Standards ........................................................................................................ 143
Ministry of Education......................................................................................................................................... 144
129 National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy (NIPUN) Bharat Mission . 144
130 YUVA- Prime Minister’s Scheme For Mentoring Young Authors ................................................................. 146

131 PM e-Vidya 147
132 The Urban Learning and Internship Program (TULIP) .................................................................................. 147
133 MANODARPAN initiative ............................................................................................................................ 147
134 SAMADHAN149
135 YUKTI (Young India Combating COVID with Knowledge, Technology and Innovation) ................................. 149
136 Bharat Padhe Online Campaign .................................................................................................................. 150
137 Padhna Likhna Abhiyan .............................................................................................................................. 150
138 Prime Minister’s Special Scholarship Scheme (PMSSS) ............................................................................... 151
139 National Initiative on School Teachers Head Holistic Advancement (NISHTHA) Scheme .............................. 151
140 SHREYAS (Scheme for Higher Education Youth in Apprenticeship and Skills)............................................... 152
141 Kartavya Portal .......................................................................................................................................... 154
142 Shala Darpan Portal ................................................................................................................................... 154
143 Pradhan Mantri Innovative Learning Programme – DHRUV ........................................................................ 155
144 Margadarshan and Margdarshak Scheme .................................................................................................. 155
145 National Educational Alliance for Technology (NEAT) Scheme .................................................................... 156
146 Scheme for Trans-disciplinary Research for India’s Developing Economy (STRIDE) Scheme ........................ 156
147 Model Education Loan Scheme .................................................................................................................. 158
148 Deeksharambh - A Guide to Student Induction Programme ....................................................................... 158
149 STARS (Scheme for Translational and Advanced Research in Science) Scheme ........................................... 159
150 Paramarsh Scheme .................................................................................................................................... 159
151 Education Quality Upgradation and Inclusion Programme (EQUIP) ............................................................. 160
152 Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC) .................................................. 161
153 IMPRESS (Impactful Policy Research in Social Science) ............................................................................... 162
154 Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship ........................................................................................................ 163
155 RISE (Revitalising Infrastructure and Education Systems in Education)........................................................ 163
156 ARPIT (Annual Refresher Programme in Teaching) ..................................................................................... 165
157 Leadership for Academicians Programme (LEAP)........................................................................................ 165
158 Study in India Programme .......................................................................................................................... 165
159 Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan........................................................................................................................... 166
160 ASEAN PhD Fellowship Programme ............................................................................................................ 168
161 UNNAT Bharat Abhiyan 2.0 ........................................................................................................................ 169
162 SWAYAM Platform ..................................................................................................................................... 170
163 Diksha (Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing) Portal ...................................................................... 170
164 Institutions of Eminence (IoE) Scheme ....................................................................................................... 170
165 National Academic Depository ................................................................................................................... 172
166 National Testing Agency (NTA) ................................................................................................................... 172
167 Prashikshak Portal...................................................................................................................................... 173

168 Shala Asmita Yojana ................................................................................................................................... 173
169 SWAYAM Prabha........................................................................................................................................ 174
170 Vittiya Saksharata Abhiyan (VISAKA) .......................................................................................................... 174
171 Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat ........................................................................................................................ 175
172 Impacting Research, Innovation and Technology (IMPRINT) ....................................................................... 175
173 IMPRINT 2 176
174 SARAANSH 177
175 GIAN (Global Initiative of Academic Networks)........................................................................................... 177
176 National Institution Ranking Framework (NIRF) .......................................................................................... 178
177 Digital Gender Atlas for Advancing Girl’s Education in India ....................................................................... 179
178 National Fellowship for OBCs ..................................................................................................................... 179
179 AICTE Pragati Scholarship Scheme.............................................................................................................. 181
180 UDAAN – Giving Wings to Girls ................................................................................................................... 181
181 Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya National Mission on Teachers and Training (PMMMNMTT) ........................ 182
182 ISHAN VIKAS Scheme ................................................................................................................................. 183
183 ISHAN UDAY Scheme.................................................................................................................................. 183
184 Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) ............................................................................................. 183
185 Scheme for Protection and Preservation of Endangered Languages of India (SPPEL)................................... 184
186 Special Scholarship Scheme for J&K (SSS for J&K) ....................................................................................... 185
187 Central Sector Interest Subsidy Scheme (CSIS)............................................................................................ 185
188 Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan ...................................................................................................... 186
188.1 Shaala Siddhi (National Programme on School Standards and Evaluation Framework) .................... 187
188.2 Shaala Darpan ................................................................................................................................ 187
188.3 e-Pathshala..................................................................................................................................... 187
188.4 Kala Utsav....................................................................................................................................... 188
189 Saakshar Bharat ......................................................................................................................................... 188
190 National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme ........................................................................................ 189
191 Central Sector Scheme of Scholarship for College and University Students (CSSS) ...................................... 189
192 Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP) ................................................................. 190
193 Mid-Day Meal Scheme ............................................................................................................................... 190
194 PM POSHAN (POshan ShAkti Nirman) Scheme ........................................................................................... 191
195 Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan................................................................................................................................ 192
195.1 Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat ............................................................................................................ 193
195.2 Shagun Portal ................................................................................................................................. 193
195.3 Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalya Scheme ........................................................................................ 194
195.4 Vidyanjali........................................................................................................................................ 194
195.5 Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan............................................................................................................. 195

196 Centrally Sponsored Scheme on Teacher Education ................................................................................... 195
197 National Apprenticeship Training Scheme (NATS)....................................................................................... 196
198 Academic Bank of Credits (ABC) Scheme .................................................................................................... 197
Ministry of Finance ............................................................................................................................................ 197
199 Special Assistance to States for Capital Expenditure for 2021-22 ................................................................ 197
200 E-Assessment Scheme/Faceless Assessment Scheme ................................................................................. 198
201 Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme ................................................................................................. 199
202 Leave Travel Concession (LTC) Cash Voucher Scheme................................................................................. 199
203 Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme .......................................................................................................................... 200
204 Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme................................................................................... 201
205 Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana (PMVVY) ......................................................................................... 202
206 Stand Up India Scheme .............................................................................................................................. 203
207 Atal Pension Yojana ................................................................................................................................... 204
208 Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) ......................................................................................... 205
209 Vidya Lakshmi Portal Education Loan Scheme ............................................................................................ 207
210 Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) ................................................................................... 207
211 Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY)...................................................................................................... 208
212 Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme..................................................................................................................... 209
213 Gold Monetization Scheme ........................................................................................................................ 210
214 Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY).................................................................................................. 210
215 NPS Lite/ Swablamban Scheme .................................................................................................................. 211
216 Scheme for Financial Support to PPPs in Infrastructure (Viability Gap Funding Scheme) ............................. 212
217 National Pension System ............................................................................................................................ 213
Ministry of Labour and Employment .................................................................................................................. 215
218 ESIC Covid-19 Relief Scheme ...................................................................................................................... 215
219 Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana ........................................................................................................... 215
220 Portal Santusht .......................................................................................................................................... 216
221 Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-dhan (PM-SYM) Yojana ......................................................................... 216
222 Pradhan Mantri Laghu Vyapari Maan Dhaan Yojana ................................................................................... 217
223 Samadhan (Software Application for Monitoring and Disposal, Handling of Industrial Disputes) Portal ...... 219
224 Atal Bimit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana .................................................................................................................. 219
225 PENCIL (Platform for Effective Enforcement for No Child Labour) Portal..................................................... 220
226 Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana (PMRPY) ..................................................................................... 221
227 National Career Service (NCS) .................................................................................................................... 222
228 Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Shramev Jayate Programme .......................................................................... 223
228.1 Shram Suvidha Portal...................................................................................................................... 223
228.2 Labour Inspection Scheme .............................................................................................................. 223

228.3 Universal Account Number ............................................................................................................. 224
228.4 Apprenticeship Protsahan Yojana ................................................................................................... 224
229 Rajiv Gandhi Shramik Kalyan Yojana (RGSKY).............................................................................................. 224
230 Employees’ Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme ........................................................................................... 225
231 Employees’ State Insurance Scheme .......................................................................................................... 226
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship ......................................................................................... 226
232 Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship (Phase II) ........................................................................................ 227
233 Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY 3.0) .................................................................................... 227
234 Skill Build Platform ..................................................................................................................................... 228
235 Skill Saathi Scheme .................................................................................................................................... 228
236 Aspirational Skilling Abhiyan ...................................................................................................................... 229
237 Skills Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion (SANKALP) ..................................... 230
238 Pravasi Kaushal Vikas Yojana ...................................................................................................................... 231
239 STRIVE (Skills Strengthening for Industrial Value Enhancement) ................................................................. 231
240 National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) .................................................................................. 232
241 Pradhan Mantri YUVA Yojana (Yuva Udyamita Vikas Abhiyan) .................................................................... 233
242 IndiaSkillsOnline Learning Portal ................................................................................................................ 234
243 Skill India Portal ......................................................................................................................................... 234
244 Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) .......................................................................................... 235
245 Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 2.0 (2016-20) ................................................................................... 237
246 National Skill Development Mission (NSDM) .............................................................................................. 237
247 Skill India Mission....................................................................................................................................... 239
248 Craftsmen Training Scheme ....................................................................................................................... 240
249 Craft Instructor Training Scheme ................................................................................................................ 240
250 Jan Shikshan Sansthans (JSS) ...................................................................................................................... 241
251 Flexi MoU Scheme ..................................................................................................................................... 242
Ministry of Commerce and Industry ................................................................................................................... 243
252 Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for White Goods (Air Conditioners and LED Lights) .................... 243
253 New Industrial Development Scheme for Jammu & Kashmir (J&K IDS, 2021) .............................................. 244
254 Startup India Seed Fund Scheme ................................................................................................................ 245
255 Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) ................................................................. 247
256 Transport and Marketing Assistance (TMA) Scheme for Specified Agriculture Products Scheme ................. 247
257 Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Programme.......................................................................................... 248
258 GeM Samvaad............................................................................................................................................ 249
259 NIRVIK (Niryat Rin Vikas) Scheme ............................................................................................................... 249
260 ARTIS (Applications for Remedies in Trade for Indian Industry and other Stakeholders) ............................. 249
261 L2Pro (Learn to Protect, Secure and Maximize Your Innovation) India ........................................................ 250
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262 ‘SWAYATT’ (Startups, Women and Youth Advantage Through eTransactions) ............................................ 250
263 GeM Start-up Runway Initiative ................................................................................................................. 251
264 Integrate to Innovate (i2i) Programme ....................................................................................................... 251
265 North East Industrial Development Scheme (NEIDS) 2017 .......................................................................... 252
266 HORTINET APP ........................................................................................................................................... 252
267 Scheme for IPR Awareness – Creative India; Innovative India ..................................................................... 253
268 Startups Intellectual Property Protection (SIPP) Scheme ............................................................................ 253
269 Startup India Programme ........................................................................................................................... 254
270 Government e-Marketplace ....................................................................................................................... 256
271 Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) ........................................................................................ 257
272 Service Exports from India Scheme (SEIS) ................................................................................................... 257
273 Make in India Programme .......................................................................................................................... 258
274 Scheme for Investment Promotion (SIP) ..................................................................................................... 259
275 Market Access Initiative (MAI) Scheme ...................................................................................................... 260
276 Advance Authorization Scheme .................................................................................................................. 261
277 Export Market Development Assistance (EMDA) ........................................................................................ 261
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment ..................................................................................................... 262
278 Residential Education for Students in High Schools in Targeted Areas (SRESHTA) scheme .......................... 262
279 SMILE – ‘Support for Marginalized Individuals for Livelihood and Enterprise’ Scheme ................................ 262
280 Ambedkar Social Innovation and Incubation Mission (ASIIM) under Venture Capital Fund (VCF) for SCs ..... 263
281 Vanchit Ikai Samooh aur Vargon ko Aarthik Sahayata Yojana (VISVAS Yojana) ............................................ 264
282 National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction (2018-23) ...................................................................... 265
283 Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana .......................................................................................................................... 266
284 Inclusive India Initiatives ............................................................................................................................ 267
285 Sugamya Pustakalaya ................................................................................................................................. 267
286 Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan (Accessible India Campaign) ............................................................................... 268
287 Dr. Ambedkar Scheme of Pre-Matric Scholarship and Post Matric Scholarship for students belonging to
Denotified and Nomadic Tribes (DNTs) .............................................................................................................. 269
288 Nanaji Deshmukh Scheme of Construction of Hostels for DNT Boys and Girls ............................................. 270
289 Pre-Matric Scholarship for Students with Disabilities.................................................................................. 270
290 Swachhta Udyami Yojana - Swachhta Se Sampannta Ki Aur ........................................................................ 271
291 Dr. Ambedkar Scheme for Social Integration through Inter-caste Marriages ............................................... 271
292 Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana ......................................................................................................... 272
293 Niramaya Insurance Scheme ...................................................................................................................... 273
294 Self-Employment Scheme for Rehabilitation of Manual Scavangers............................................................ 274
295 Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme ................................................................................................ 275
296 Construction of Hostel for OBC Boys and Girls ............................................................................................ 275
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297 Assistance to Disabled Persons Scheme ..................................................................................................... 276
298 Assistance to Scheduled Castes Development Corporations (SCDCs) .......................................................... 277
299 Pre-Matric Scholarships for the children of those engaged in unclean occupation involving cleaning and
prone to health hazards ..................................................................................................................................... 278
300 Pradhan Mantri Welfare Scheme for Economic Empowerment of DNT/NT/SNTs (SEED)............................. 279
301 National Overseas Scholarship Scheme for SC etc. ..................................................................................... 279
302 Post-Matric Scholarship for Schedule Caste Students ................................................................................. 280
303 In-service training and sensitisation of key functionaries of Central and State Government and Local bodies
281
304 Mahila Samridhi Yojana.............................................................................................................................. 282
305 Atal Vayo Abhyudaya Yojana (AVYAY) ........................................................................................................ 282
306 Pre-Matric Scholarship for SC Students studying in class IX and X ............................................................... 282
307 Babu Jagjivan Ram Chhatrawas Yojana for Boys ......................................................................................... 283
308 Central Assistance to States/UTs for effective implementation of the Protection of Civil Right Act 1955 and
Prevention of Atrocities Act, 1989 ..................................................................................................................... 285
309 Pre-Matric Scholarship for OBCs for studies in India ................................................................................... 285
310 Post-Matric Scholarship for OBCs students ................................................................................................. 286
311 Dr. Ambedkar Medical Aid Scheme ............................................................................................................ 286
312 Dr. Ambedkar National Relief for Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes Victims of Atrocities ......................... 287
313 Dr. Ambedkar National Merit Award Scheme for meritorious students of Secondary School Examinations
belonging to SCs & STs ....................................................................................................................................... 287
314 Dr. Ambedkar National Merit Award Scheme for meritorious students of Senior Secondary School
Examinations belonging to SCs........................................................................................................................... 288
315 Dr. Ambedkar Scheme of Interest Subsidy on Educational Loan for Overseas Studies for OBCs/EBCs ......... 288
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relevance with the schemes of 2021 and 2020 at top followed by the schemes of
2019, 2018 and so on.
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that were already covered in our Previous ESI and ARD Document. This has been done
to make easy for those aspirants who have already covered our previous document. This
will help to easily identify the updated part in this new document. We have replaced the
schemes which were either stopped or not relevant for your examination and replace
them with the new schemes launched in 2020-21 which were not covered in earlier
document.
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Schemes Tap Document from past six months and then cover the schemes mentioned
in the Schemes Tap in a detailed manner.
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Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
1 Horticulture Cluster Development Programme
Launch Year: 2021
Aim
• To grow and develop identified horticulture clusters to make them globally competitive.
• To improve exports of the targeted crops by approx. 20% and create cluster-specific brands to
enhance the competitiveness of cluster crops.
Objectives
• Address the concerns of the horticulture value chain from pre-production, production,
postharvest management and value addition to logistics, marketing and branding, in an
integrated manner for enhancing competitiveness in the domestic and export market.
• Reduce harvest and post-harvest losses by developing/ expanding/ upgrading the infrastructure
for post-harvest handling of produce, value addition and market linkages.
• Facilitate the introduction of innovative technologies and practices to help enhance the global
competitiveness of focus cluster crops.
• Facilitate the dovetailing of resources, including convergence of various government schemes in
order to entrench stakeholders in the global value chains.
• Build the capacity of stakeholders and enhance farmers’ income through cluster-specific
interventions, including brand promotion.
Key Features
• It is a central sector programme.
• It will address all major issues related to the Indian horticulture sector including pre-production,
production, post-harvest management, logistics, marketing and branding.
• It is designed to leverage geographical specialisation and promote integrated and market-led
development of horticulture clusters.
• It has been launched for the integrated and market-led development of 53 horticulture clusters,
which have the potential of helping 10 lakh farmers and attract investment of Rs. 10,000 crores.
• Ministry has identified 12 clusters out of 53 for the pilot launch of the programme.
• Horticulture Cluster – Shopian (Jammu & Kashmir) and Kinnaur (Himachal Pradesh) for Apple,
Kutch (Gujarat), Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh), Mahbubnagar (Telangana) for Mango, Theni (TN) and
Anantpur (AP) for Banana, Siphahijala (Tripura) for Pineapple; Nasik (Maharashtra) for Grapes,
Chitradurga (Karnataka) and Solapur (Maharashtra) for Pomegranate; West Jaintia Hills
(Meghalaya) for Turmeric.
• For the implementation of the CDP, a Government/Public Sector entity will be appointed as a
Cluster Development Agency (CDA) based on the recommendations of the State/Central
Government.
Financial Assistance
• Financial Assistance will be provided by National Horticulture Board to the Implementing
Agencies through CDAs appointed for the respective Clusters.
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• The Clusters have been divided into three different categories - Mega, Midi, and Mini depending
upon the area covered in the Cluster as given below –
Type of Cluster Area under focus crop in cluster (in Amount of Financial
Hectares) Assistance
Mega More than 15,000 Ha Up to Rs 100 Crore
Midi More than 5,000 Ha to 15,000 Ha Up to Rs 50 Crore
Mini Up to 5,000 Ha Up to Rs 25 Crore
Implemented By: National Horticulture Board (NHB)
2 Agri Udaan – Food & Agribusiness Accelerator 4.0

Launch Year: 2021
Key Features
• AGRI UDAAN is a Food & Agribusiness Accelerator organized by a-IDEA, Technology Business
Incubator of NAARM, supported by National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
(NABARD).
• The Program focuses on catalyzing scale-up stage Food and Agribusiness startups through
rigorous mentoring, industry networking and investor pitching.
• AGRI UDAAN is a unique platform for scale-up stage innovators, entrepreneurs and startups in
Food and Agribusiness sectors to showcase their products/services and to receive valuable
inputs from Mentors, Incubators, R&D Institutions, Agribusiness Industry and Investors.
• Focus Areas – Sustainable Inputs, Animal Husbandry, Innovative Food Technology,
Precision/Smart Agriculture, Agri Fintech, Agri BioTech, Soil, Water and Weather Tech, Farm
Mechanization, Post-Harvest Technology, Fisheries, Farm Fresh Retail, Urban/ Vertical Farming,
ICT&IOT in Agriculture.
3 Seed Minikit Programme

Launch Year: 2021
Key Features
• Seed Minikits programme is a major tool for introducing new and high yielding varieties of
seeds in the farmers’ fields.
• It would also increase seed replacement rate (SRR).
• Mini kits are provided by National Seeds Corporation (NCS), National Agricultural Cooperative
Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED) and Gujarat State Seeds Corporation.
• This programme is fully funded by the Central Government through the National Food Security
Mission.
• Under the National Food Security Mission, a total of 20,27,318 seed minikits of pulses, more
than 74,000 groundnut mini kits, and 8 lakh soybean seed minikits would be provided free of
cost directly to the farmers.
• It also involves free distribution of soybean seeds for intercropping and in high potential
districts in 41 and 73 districts respectively.
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4 Sahakar Mitra – Scheme on Internship Programme
Launch Year: 2020
Aim
To assist cooperative institutions to access the new and innovative ideas of young professionals
while in return the interns will gain experience of working in the field and will be provided with the
confidence to be self-reliant.
Objectives
• To provide a deep immersion opportunity to professional graduates on the role, contribution
and impact of NCDC and also cooperatives.
• To enable the professional graduates, learn the context and practical working of NCDC and
cooperatives.
• To orient professional graduates to the cooperative business model and engage themselves in
start-up cooperatives.
• To enable professional graduates take up leadership and /or entrepreneur roles in FPO
organized under Cooperative Acts.
• To assist needy cooperatives in preparation of business plans and projects.
Eligibility
• Under the Sahakar Scheme, the professional graduates in a discipline such as IT, Agriculture and
allied areas, etc. will be eligible for the internship.
• Professionals who have been pursuing or have completed their MBA degrees in Cooperation
finance, Agri-Business, Forestry, International Trade, Project Management, Rural Development,
etc. will also be eligible for the scheme.
Key Features
• Initiative By: National Cooperative Development Cooperation (NCDC)
• The scheme promotes the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for Atmanirbhar Bharat (Self-
reliant India) that emphasizes the importance of vocal for local.
• Under this scheme, each intern will get financial support over a 4 months internship period.
• It will also provide an opportunity for professionals from academic institutions to develop
entrepreneurial roles and leadership through cooperatives as Farmers Producers organizations
(FPO).
• It will provide the young professionals an opportunity of practical exposure and learning from
the working of NCDC and cooperatives as a paid intern.
• The intern will be offered the following financial benefits during the course of SIP (4 months) –
o Consolidated monthly amount of Rs. 10,000/- for 4 months towards partly meeting
his/her out of pocket expenses - Rs. 40,000
o Expenses related to report preparation (lumpsum amount towards data collection,
analysis and preparation of report) - Rs. 5,000
5 National Agricultural Infra Financing Facility

Launch Year: 2020
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Aim
To provide medium-long term debt financing facility for investment in viable projects for post-
harvest management Infrastructure and community farming assets.
Target Beneficiaries
• They are Farmers, Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs), Primary Agricultural Credit Society
(PACS), Marketing Cooperative Societies, Self Help Groups (SHGs), Joint Liability Groups (JLG),
Multipurpose Cooperative Societies, Agri-entrepreneurs, Start-ups, and Central/State agency or
Local Body sponsored PPP Projects.
• Eligibility has now been extended to State Agencies/APMCs, National & State Federations of
Cooperatives, Federations of Farmers Producers Organizations (FPOs) and Federations of Self
Help Groups (SHGs).
• The power has been delegated to Hon’ble Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare to make
necessary changes with regard to addition or deletion of beneficiary in such a manner so that
basic spirit of the scheme is not alter.
Key Features
• It is a Central Sector Scheme.
• Duration - Extended to 13 years upto 2032-33
• It was launched as a part of the Rs. 20 lakh crore stimulus package announced in response to
the Covid-19 crisis.
• The funds will be provided for setting up of cold stores and chains, warehousing, grading and
packaging units, e-marketing points linked to e-trading platforms, besides PPP (Public Private
Partnership) projects for crop aggregation sponsored by central/state/local bodies.
• Financial Support: Rs. 1 Lakh Crore will be provided by banks and financial institutions as loans
to eligible beneficiaries.
o Multiple lending institutions including Commercial Banks, Cooperative Banks, RRBs,
Small Finance Banks, NCDC, NBFCs etc.
• Moratorium for repayment may vary subject to minimum of 6 months and maximum of 2
years.
• Interest Subvention: Loans will have interest subvention of 3% per annum up to a limit of Rs. 2
crore. This subvention will be available for a maximum period of 7 years.
o In case of loans beyond Rs 2 crores, the interest subvention will be limited up to Rs 2
crores.
• An applicant can put up to 25 projects in different locations and each of such projects will be
eligible under the scheme for loan up-to Rs 2 crore.
o Limitation of 25 projects is not applicable to state agencies, national and state
federations of cooperatives, federations of FPOs and federation of SHGs.
• Management: The fund will be managed and monitored through an online Management
Information System (MIS) platform.
o It will enable all the qualified entities to apply for loans under the Fund.
• The National, State and District level monitoring committees will be set up to ensure real-time
monitoring and effective feed-back.
• For APMCs, interest subvention for a loan upto Rs. 2 crore will be provided for each project of
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different infrastructure types e.g. cold storage, sorting, grading and assaying units, silos, etc
within the same market yard.
• The period of financial facility has been extended from 4 to 6 years upto 2025-26.
• Credit guarantee coverage will be available for eligible borrowers from this financing facility
under Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises (CGTMSE) scheme for loans
up to Rs 2 crores.
• The scheme is limited to primary processing units.
• Advanced processing activities are not a part of the scheme.
o However, some components of such processing units like warehouse, assaying units,
sorting & grading units, cold storages, pack-houses etc. can get benefit of agriculture
infrastructure fund.
• Convergence with all schemes of central or state government.
• Credit Guarantee for loans up to Rs 2 Crore.
• One eligible entity puts up projects in different locations then all such projects will be eligible
under the scheme for loan upto Rs 2 crore.
o Location mean physical boundary of a village or town having a distinct LGD (Local
Government Directory) code.
o Each of such project should be in a location having a separate LGD (Local Government
Directory) Code.
• Disbursement will complete in six years from 2020-21.
• Need based refinance support will be made available by NABARD to all eligible lending entities
including cooperative banks and RRBs as per its policy.
6 Formation and Promotion of Farmer Producer Organizations (FPO) scheme

Launch Year: 2020
Aim
• To provide holistic supportive ecosystem to form new 10,000 FPOs in 5 years period (2019-20 to
2023-24) to facilitate development of vibrant and sustainable income oriented farming.
• To provide handholding and support to new FPOs up to 5 years from the year of creation.
Key Features
• Priority will be given for the formation of FPOs in aspirational districts in the country with at
least one FPO in each block of aspirational districts.
• At least 15% of the targeted FPOs would be in aspirational districts with at least one FPO in
each block of aspirational districts.
• There will be a Credit Guarantee Fund of up to Rs. 1,000 crore in NABARD with equal
contribution by Department of Agriculture Cooperation and Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW) and
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) and Credit Guarantee Fund of
Rs 500 crore in NCDC with equal contribution by DAC&FW and NCDC.
• FPOs will be promoted under “One District One Product” cluster to promote specialization and
better processing, marketing, branding & export by FPOs.
• States/UTs will be allowed to avail loan at prescribed concessional rate of interest under Agri-
Market Infrastructure Fund (AMIF) approved for set up in NABARD for developing agriculture
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marketing and allied infrastructure in Gramin Agriculture Markets (GrAMs), by making
marketing & allied infrastructure including Common Facilitation Centre / Custom Hiring Centre
for FPOs as eligible category for providing assistance to States / UTs.
Training
• Adequate training and handholding will be provided to FPOs.
• Cluster Based Business Organization (CBBOs) will provide initial training. Professional training of
CEO / Board of Directors / Accountant of FPOs will be provided in organizational training,
resource planning, Accounting / management, marketing, processing etc in reputed National /
Regional training Institutes.
• DAC&FW will allocate Cluster/States to Implementing Agencies which in turn will form the
CBBOs in the States.
• Implementing Agencies (IAs) will engage CBBOs to aggregate, registered & provide professional
handholding support to each FPO for a period of 5 years.
• Minimum number of members in FPO will be 300 in plain area and 100 in North East & hilly
areas.
Funding Assistance
• It is a Central sector Scheme.
• Rs 4496 crore for 5 years (2019-20 to 2023-24) with a further committed liability of Rs 2369
crore for period from 2024-25 to 2027-28
• Financial assistance - up to Rs 18 lakh per FPO for a period of 3 years
• Matching equity grant - up to Rs 2,000 per farmer member of FPO with a limit of Rs 15 lakh per
FPO
• Credit guarantee facility - up to Rs 2 crore of project loan per FPO from eligible lending
institution
Implementing Agencies
• Small Farmers Agri-business Consortium (SFAC)
• National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC)
• National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)
• National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Limited
• North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation Limited (NERAMAC)
• Tamil Nadu-Small Farmers Agri-Business Consortium (TN-SFAC)
• Small Farmers Agri-Business Consortium Haryana (SFACH)
• Watershed Development Department (WDD)
• Karnataka & Foundation for Development of Rural Value Chains (FDRVC)
Coordinating and Monitoring Agency
• At district level - District Level Monitoring Committee (D-MC), under the Chairmanship of District
Collector/ CEO/ Zila Parishad with representatives of different related departments and experts.
• At National level - National Project Management Agency (NPMA) has been engaged for
providing overall project guidance, coordination, compilation of information relating to FPOs,
maintenance of MIS and monitoring purpose.
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7 Yuva Sahakar – Cooperative Enterprise Support and Innovation Scheme
Launch Year: 2019 (By National Cooperative Development Cooperation (NCDC))
Aim
• This scheme is aimed at promoting young entrepreneurs and also aims especially at
cooperatives in the north-east region, cooperatives in NITI Aayog’s aspirational districts, and
cooperatives with 100% SC/ST and person with disabilities.
Eligibility
• All types of cooperatives societies
• Cooperatives societies should be in operation for at least 3 months and should have positive
net-worth
• They should not have incurred loss for previous one year of operation (or in previous 3 years if
the society is in operation for more than 3 years)
Key Features
• The scheme will be linked to Rs 1000 crore ‘Cooperative Start-up and Innovation Fund
(CSIF)’ created by the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC).
• The scheme would encourage cooperatives to venture into new and innovative areas.
Funding
• The funding for the project will be up to 80% of the project cost for these special categories as
against 70% for others.
• The scheme envisages 2% less than the applicable rate of interest on term loan for the project
cost up to Rs 3 crore including 2 years moratorium on payment of principal.
Funding Pattern
The funding pattern is of two types – Category-A and Category-B where 80:20 and 70:30
combinations are followed respectively – 80% and 70% of funding will be from the scheme and 20%
& 30% from the applicant.
Category-A is applicable for the following -
• Co-operative societies registered in the North-East region
• Co-operative societies registered and operating in the Aspirational Districts as identified by NITI
Aayog
• Co-operative societies with 100% of women
• Co-operative societies with 100% of SC or ST or PwD
Category-B is applicable for the co-operative societies not belong to Category-A.
8 FARMS (Farm Machinery Solutions) App

Launch Year: In 2019, its earlier version CHC Farm Machinery App was launched.
Key Features
• This Multi-language Mobile App platform will facilitate local farmers and citizens of the different
States across the country with the Custom hiring services of Farm Machinery Banks, Custom
Hiring Centers and Hi-tech Hubs established under the various Schemes of ministry without any
computer support system.
• This app will help the individual farmers, willing to provide their agricultural machinery &
equipment on rental basis to increase their farm income beside making the optimum utilization
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of the available Agricultural machineries available in CHCs/FMBs/Hi-tech Machinery Hubs.
• This app will provide a platform for sale and purchase of old agriculture machinery to farmers
also.
• This app is available in 12 languages
Additional Information
About CHC Farm Machinery App
• It is a multi-lingual mobile app which connects the farmers with Custom Hiring Service Centres
in their area to provide Agricultural Machinery on rental basis to the Farmers, especially small &
marginal farmers who cannot afford to buy the high value machinery & equipments.
• This mobile app will allow farmers to avail custom hiring services of CHCs located in a radius of
50 km.
• The mobile app connects the farmers with Custom Hiring Service Centers in their area.
• Farmers can get affordable access to cutting-edge technology at their doorsteps with the help
of this mobile app.
9 Agri-Market Infrastructure Fund (AMIF)

Launch Year: 2019
Objectives
• To improve marketing and supporting infrastructure in Gramin Agricultural Markets (GrAMs) as
well as in regulated wholesale markets of APMC/RMC.
• To link GrAMs to e-NAM portal to facilitate the farmers for on-line trade of the aggregated
produce and thereby to avail the benefit of transparent online trading on e-NAM platform for a
remunerative price through better price discovery.
• To provide better farmer-consumer interface through development of GrAMs as Farmer-
Consumer Direct Markets.
• To facilitate aggregation of the produce in GrAMs and establish forward linkages with the
secondary markets of APMCs in hub and spoke mode.
• To modernize the marketing, processing, storage and ancillary infrastructure/logistics including
better assaying facilities in 585 regulated APMC markets to enhance marketing efficiency and
promote inter-mandi and inter-State trade transactions by developing adequate logistics.
Key Features
• The Scheme will be operational from 2018-19 to 2025-26 which includes moratorium period of
2 years.
• A corpus of Rs 2000 crore has been created with NABARD for development and up-gradation
of agricultural marketing infrastructure in Gramin Agricultural Markets (GrAMs) and Regulated
Wholesale Markets.
• AMIF will provide the State/UT Governments subsidized loan for their proposal for developing
marketing infrastructure in 585 Agriculture Produce Market Committees (APMCs) and 22,000
Grameen Agricultural Markets (GrAMs).
• States may also access AMIF for innovative integrated market infrastructure projects including
Hub and Spoke mode and in Public Private Partnership mode.
• In these GrAMs, physical and basic infrastructure will be strengthened using MGNREGA and
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other Government Schemes.
• The beneficiaries under AMIF may be identified by the respective State Government and may
include APMCs, PRIs, Farmers Producers’ Organizations (FPOs)/ Cooperatives/ State Level
Agencies, etc. which may avail loans through AMIF through the Nodal Department in the State
Government.
10 National Beekeeping and Honey Mission (NBHM)

Launch Year: 2019
Aim
Promotion & development of scientific beekeeping in the country to achieve the goal of ‘Sweet
Revolution’
Objectives
• Promoting holistic growth of beekeeping industry for income & employment generation,
providing livelihood support to farm and non-farm households
• To enhance agriculture/ horticulture production
• Developing additional infrastructural facilities
• To promote, develop and disseminate latest and State of the Art Technologies and skill
development in beekeeping industry
• Empowerment of Women through Beekeeping
• Setting up of Integrated Beekeeping Development Centre (IBDC)s / Centres of Excellence (CoE),
testing/disease diagnostic labs, custom hiring centres, Api-therapy centres, nucleus stock, bee
breeders, etc.
Key Features
Sub-Schemes
(a) Mini Mission-I: Under this Mission, thrust will be given on production & productivity
improvement of various crops through pollination assisted by adoption of scientific beekeeping.
(b) Mini Mission-II: This Mission will concentrate on post-harvest management of beekeeping/
beehive products including collection, processing, storage, marketing, value addition, etc. with a
thrust to develop requisite infrastructural facilities for these activities
(c) Mini Mission-III: This Mission will concentrate on Research & Technology generation for
different Regions/ States/ Agro-Climatic and Socio-Economic conditions.
Additional Information - The mission was announced as part of the AtmaNirbhar Bharat scheme.
11 Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana

Launch Year: 2019
Objectives
Scheme meant for old age protection and social security of Small and Marginal Farmers
Eligibility Criteria
• Only for Small and Marginal Farmers (SMFs)
• Entry age between 18 to 40 years
• Cultivable land up to 2 hectares as per land records of the concerned State/UT
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• Additional Requirement: Aadhaar card, Savings Bank Account / PM- KISAN Account
• Farmers who are not eligible for the scheme
o SMFs covered under any other statuary social security schemes such as Pradhan Mantri
Shram Yogi Maan Dhan Yojana (PM-SYM), National Pension Scheme (NPS), Employees’ State
Insurance Corporation scheme, Employees’ Fund Organization Scheme etc.
o Further, the following categories of beneficiaries of higher economic status shall not be
eligible for benefits under the scheme:
• All Institutional Land holders; Former and present holders of constitutional posts like Ministers,
Parliamentarians; All serving or retired officers; Income Tax payee; Professionals like Doctors,
Engineers, Lawyers, Chartered Accountants etc.
Key Features
• A fixed pension of Rs 3000 will be provided to all eligible SMFs.
• It is a voluntary and contribution-based pension scheme.
• Farmers will have to contribute an amount between Rs 55 to Rs 200 per month in the Pension
Fund till they reach the retirement date i.e., the age of 60 years.
o The beneficiary would be required to contribute Rs 100 per month at median entry age of
29 years.
• The Central Government will also make an equal contribution of the same amount in the
pension fund.
• Spouses of SMFs are also eligible to join the scheme separately and they will also get separate
pension of Rs 3000 when they reach the age of 60 years
• Benefits on Leaving the Pension Scheme
• In case an eligible subscriber exits this Scheme within a period of less than ten years from the
date of joining the Scheme by him, then the share of contribution by him only will be returned to
him with savings bank rate of interest payable thereon.
• If an eligible subscriber exits after completion of a period of ten years or more from the date of
joining the Scheme by him but before his age of sixty years, then his share of contribution only
shall be returned to him along with accumulated interest thereon as actually earned by the
Pension Fund or the interest at the savings bank interest rate thereon, whichever is higher.
• If an eligible subscriber has given regular contributions and died due to any cause, his spouse
shall be entitled to continue with the Scheme subsequently by payment of regular contribution
as applicable or exit by receiving the share of contribution paid by such subscriber along with
accumulated interest, as actually earned thereon by the Pension Fund or at the savings bank
interest rate thereon, whichever is higher
• After death of subscriber and his or her spouse, the corpus shall be credited back to the fund.
• If the farmer dies after the retirement date, the spouse will receive 50% of the pension as
Family Pension.
• If there is no spouse - total contribution along with interest will be paid to the nominee
• The eligible farmers desirous of joining the scheme will visit nearest Common Service Centre
(CSC) along with their Aadhaar number and bank passbook or account details.
o The farmers may also register themselves through the web-portal of the scheme
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www.pmkmy.gov.in
• Pension Fund Manager - Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)
12 Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN)

Launch Year: 2019, Effective from 2018
Objectives
To provide income support to all eligible land-holding farmers and their families
• All farmer families in the country irrespective of the size of their landholdings.
• Family comprises of husband, wife and minor children who own cultivable land as per land
records of the concerned State/UT.
• Exclusion: Institutional landholders, Present or retired officers and employees of state/central
government as well as PSUs and government autonomous bodies, Beneficiaries with higher
economic status are not eligible, Income tax payee, Farmer families holding constitutional posts,
Professionals like doctors, engineers and lawyers, Retired pensioners with a monthly pension of
over Rs 10,000.
Key Features
• Benefit under Scheme: An amount of Rs 6000 per year in three equal installments of Rs 2,000
every four months is released by the Central Government online directly into the bank accounts
of the eligible farmers.
• The entire responsibility of identification of beneficiary farmer families’ rests with the State /
UT Governments.
• Under the Scheme, funds are not allocated and sanctioned State-wise.
Funding Pattern - 100% funding from Central Government
13 Micro Irrigation Fund

Launch Year: 2019-20 (Operationalized from this year)
Objectives
To facilitate State Governments efforts in mobilizing additional resources for expanding coverage
under micro irrigation and incentivizing its adoption beyond provisions of Pradhan Mantri Krishi
Sinchayee Yojana - Per Drop More Crop.
Key Features
• MIF was setup under NABARD with a corpus of Rs.5000 crore.
• States may access MIF exclusively for innovative integrated projects (like high water duty crops
like sugarcane/solar linked systems/Micro irrigation in command area etc.) including projects in
PPP mode depending on State specific requirements.
• GoI provides 3% interest subvention on loans extended to State Govt. under MIF.
• By supplementing the efforts of PMKSY programme, this would help in bringing about 10 lakh
hectares under micro-irrigation.
• The fund will facilitate States to mobilize resources for their initiatives, including additional (top
up subsidy) in the implementation of PMKSY – Per Drop More Crop (PDMC) to achieve the
annual target of about 2 million hectares per year during the remaining period of 14th Finance
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Commission.
• The states can access this fund for incentivizing micro-irrigation, innovative integrated projects,
including projects in the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode.
• The funds can be accessed by State Level Agencies/ Farmers Producers Organization (FPO)/
Cooperatives with a state government guarantee or any equivalent collateral.
• The fund may be accessed by the Farmers Co-operatives for innovative cluster based community
irrigation projects.
• Under the programme, NABARD will extend loans to state governments during this period.
• The loans can be paid back in 7 years, including a grace period of two years.
14 Promotion of Agriculture Mechanization for In-Situ Management of Crop Residue

Launch Year: 2018
Aim
Protecting environment from air pollution and preventing loss of nutrients and soil micro-
organisms caused by burning of crop residue.
Objectives
• Protecting environment from air pollution and preventing loss of nutrients and soil micro-
organisms caused by burning of crop residue.
• Promoting in-situ management of crop residue by retention and incorporation into the soil
through the use of appropriate mechanization inputs.
• Promoting Farm Machinery Banks for custom hiring of in-situ crop residue management
machinery to offset the adverse economies of scale arising due to small landholding and high
cost of individual ownership.
• Creating awareness among stakeholders through demonstration, capacity building activities and
differentiated Information, Education and Communication strategies for effective utilization and
management of crop residue.
Key Features
• It is a Central Sector Scheme being implemented in the states of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar
Pradesh and NCT of Delhi.
• Under this scheme, financial assistance @ 50% of the cost of machinery is provided to the
farmers for purchase of crop residue management machinery.
• Financial assistance @ 80% of the project cost is provided to the Cooperative Societies of
Farmers, Farmers Producers Organization (FPOs), Registered Farmers Societies and Panchayats
for establishment of Custom Hiring Centres of crop residue management machinery.
• The available central funds under the scheme are allocated to the States based on annual action
plans of the States duly approved by the State Level Executive Committee and funds utilization
status of the State.
Structure of the Scheme

A) National Level
• High Level Monitoring Committee (HLMC) – The HLMC is headed by Office of Secretary (DARE)
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and Director General, ICAR. The committee will formulate policies and provide overall direction
and guidance to the implementation of the scheme and prioritize activities and communication
plans which will address objectives and major challenges of the scheme.
The committee has also task of monitoring and review the progress and performance of the
scheme.
• Executive Committee (EC) – EC will be the policy formulating body. It will be empowered to lay
down and amend operational guidelines, other than those affecting financing pattern. The EC is
headed by Additional Secretary (Mechanization and Technology), Department of Agriculture
Cooperation and Farmers Welfare.
• High Powered Committee (HPC) – HPC has a task to finalize and periodically amend the
specifications of the crop residue management implements/machines and provide help in the
implementation, monitoring and evaluation of various interventions in the scheme and provide
feedback reports to the Member Secretary of Executive Committee.
B) State Level
• State Level Executive Committee (SLEC) – SLEC main function is to vet the Annual Action
Plan prepared by the State nodal department for implementation of the scheme. The SLEC
will oversee the implementation of scheme Components of the respective States through
regular meetings with the nodal and other line departments.
The SLEC is headed by Principal Secretary (Agriculture)/Agricultural Production
Commissioner.
• Department of Agriculture is the nodal department at the State level for implementation of
this scheme.
C) District Level
• District Level Executive Committee (DLEC) is responsible for carrying forward the objectives
of the scheme for project formulation, implementation and monitoring. The DLEC is headed
by Collector/ Deputy Commissioner.
• ICAR institutes / State Agriculture Universities (SAUs) and Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs)
functioning in the district will provide technical support in formulation of the district action
plan, its implementation and monitoring.
• The technical staff will be sourced from these organizations for imparting training to the
farmers and extension personnel.
Components
• Establish Farm Machinery Banks or Custom Hiring Centres of in-situ crop residue management
machinery.
• Procurement of Agriculture Machinery and Equipment for in-situ crop residue management.
• Information, Education and Communication for awareness on in-situ crop residue management
Strategy
To achieve the above objectives, the scheme will adopt the following strategies –
• Provide financial assistance to farmers for procurement of in-situ crop residue management
machinery and equipment.
• Provide financial assistance to the Co-operative Societies of farmers, FPOs, Self-Help Groups,
Registered Farmers Societies / farmers groups, Private Entrepreneurs, Group of women farmers
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or self-help groups for establishment of farm machinery banks for custom hiring of in-situ crop
residue management machinery.
• Provide financial assistance to promote use of in-situ crop residue management machinery
among farmers by way of on-field and off field training and demonstrations.
• Provide financial assistance to the State Governments, KVKs, ICAR institutions, Central
Government institutions, PSUs etc. for the activities to be undertaken towards Information,
Education and Communication (IEC).
15 Gramin Agriculture Markets (GrAMs)

Announcement in Union Budget 2018-19:
• Develop and upgrade existing 22,000 rural haats into Gramin Agricultural Markets (GrAMs).
• Physical infrastructure to be strengthened using MGNREGS and other Government Schemes.
• Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana to be used for strengthening road linkages from
habitations to GrAMs.
• GrAMs will be linked to e-NAM.
• GrAMs will be outside the APMC Act regulation.
Aim
To develop the retail market in the agriculture marketing sector.
Objectives
They shall facilitate two following activities in principle – Direct Sale, Aggregation of the lots
Key Features
• GrAMs are defined as: “Retail agricultural markets in close proximity of the farm gate, that
promote and service a more efficient transaction of the farmers’ produce across the agricultural
sub-sectors, by enabling both direct sale, between the producer and consumer, and aggregation
of small produce-lots for subsequent transaction, both of which can occur either physically or
online”
Advantages of GrAMs
• Reduce cost of first mile transportation by offering the farmers a marketing platform in close
proximity to the farm gates.
• Reduce cost of transaction and enable the farmers to gain higher share in the consumers’ rupee
by facilitating direct sale – both physical and online.
• Provide an orderly and transparent system of aggregating the small lots and substitute for the
currently opaque & informal system of aggregation by the village traders.
• Provide small farmers the opportunity to target direct sales at markets of their own volition by
providing the associated market linkage services.
• Provide greater opportunity for mobilization of farmers through mechanisms like farmer
producer organisations (FPOs-societies, cooperatives and companies), as well as Village
Producer Organisations (VPOs).
• Offer an integrated platform for purchase of agri-inputs, besides other consumer & white goods.
• Serve as a place for dissemination of new information & knowledge relating to agriculture and
other aspects of life.
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16 Krishi Kalyan Abhiyan
Launch Year: 2018
Aim
To promote best farming practices and enhance agricultural income
Coverage
• It will be undertaken in 25 Villages with more than 1000 population each in Aspirational
Districts identified in consultation with Ministry of Rural Development as per directions of NITI
Aayog.
• In districts where number of villages (with more than 1000 population) is less than 25, all
villages will be covered.
Key Features
Various activities to promote best practices and enhance agriculture income are being undertaken
under this plan such as -
• Distribution of Soil Health Cards to all farmers
• 100% coverage of bovine vaccination for Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in each village
• 100% coverage of Sheep and Goat for eradication of Peste des Petits ruminants (PPR )
• Distribution of Mini Kits of pulses and oilseeds to all
• Distribution of Horticulture/Agro Forestry/Bamboo plant @ 5 per family(location appropriate)
• Making 100 NADAP Pits in each village
• Artificial insemination saturation
• Demonstration programmes on Micro- irrigation
• Demonstrations of integrated cropping practice
Process and Mechanism
• An Action Plan comprising specifically identified activities under various departments of the
ministry namely, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW), Animal
Husbandry Dairying & Fisheries (DAHD&F) and Department of Agricultural Research & Education
(DARE-ICAR) will be implemented.
• The overall coordination and implementation in the 25 villages of a district is being done by
Krishi Vigyan Kendra of that district.
17 Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA)

Launch Year: 2018
Objectives
Ensuring remunerative prices to farmers for their produce
Key Features
• States have the option to roll out Pilot of Private Procurement & Stockist Scheme (PPSS) on
pilot basis in district/selected APMCs of district involving the participation of private stockist for
oilseeds.
• States/UTs are offered to choose either Price Support Scheme (PSS) or Price Deficiency
Payment Scheme (PDPS) in a given procurement season with respect to particular oilseeds crop
for the entire State.
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o Only one scheme i.e. PSS or PDPS may be made operational in one State with respect to
one commodity.
o Further, states have the option to roll out PPSS on pilot basis in district/selected APMCs
of district involving the participation of private stockist for oilseeds.
Sub-Schemes
Price Support Scheme (PSS)
• Under the PSS, physical procurement of pulses, oilseeds and copra will be done by Central
Nodal Agencies. Besides, NAFED and Food Cooperation of India will also take up procurement of
crops under this.
• The expenditure and losses due to procurement will be borne by the Centre
Price Deficiency Payment Scheme (PDPS)
• Under the PDPS, the Centre proposes to cover all oilseeds for which MSP is notified.
• The difference between the MSP and actual selling/modal price will be directly paid into the
farmer's bank account.
• Farmers who sell their crops in recognized mandis within the notified period can benefit from it.
• Scheme does not involve any physical procurement of crops
Pilot of Private Procurement & Stockist Scheme (PPSS)
• In the case of oilseeds, States will have the option to roll out PPSSs in select districts.
• Under this, a private player can procure crops at MSP when market prices drop below MSP.
• The private player will then be compensated through a service charge up to a maximum of
15% of the MSP.
18 Mission Fingerling
Launch Year: 2017
Aim
To enhance fisheries production from 10.79 MMT (2014-15) to 15 MMT by 2020-21 under the Blue
Revolution.
Key Features
• Government has identified 20 States based on their potential and other relevant factors to
strengthen the Fish Fingerling production and Fish Seed infrastructure in the country.
• This program will facilitate the establishment of Fingerling rearing pond and hatcheries.
• This will converge in the production of 20 lakh tonnes of fish annually, which will in turn benefit
about 4 million families.
• The implementation of this program will supplement the requirement of stocking materials in
the country up to a large extent, which is a much-needed input to achieve the enhanced fish
production.
19 National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP)

Launch Year: 2017
Aim
To attract talent and strengthen higher agricultural education in the country.
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Objectives
• To support participating Agricultural Universities and ICAR in providing more relevant and
higher quality of education to Agricultural University students.
• Increase faculty performance.
• Attract better students to Agriculture Universities.
• Improve student learning outcomes.
• Raise prospects of students for future employability, particularly in the private sector.
• Set and enforce standards across the ICAR-AU system
• Build International Cooperation for the benefit of agri higher education
• Market orientation of academic curricula and course content
• Expanded certificate level vocational courses
NAHEP would target institutions that form the ICAR-AU System, consisting of State Agricultural
Universities, Deemed Universities, Central Universities with Agricultural Faculty and Central
Agricultural Universities.
Key Features
• NAHEP has been formulated by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).
Component
• Support to Agriculture Universities
o Institutional Development Plan (IDP) – NAHEP would provide Institutional Development
Grants to selected participating AUs, which seek to improve learning outcomes and
future employment for AU students and faculty teaching performance and research
effectiveness.
o Centres for Advanced Agricultural Science and Technology (CAAST) – CAAST Grants will
be provided to select participating AUs to establish multidisciplinary centers for teaching,
research and extension on critical and emerging agricultural topics.
o Innovation grants to Agriculture Universities – To make AUs reform ready (i.e., attain
accreditation); and promote mentoring of non-accredited AUs by existing reform-ready
AUs and other interstate and international academic partnerships.
• Investments in ICAR for Leadership in Agricultural Higher Education
• Project Management and Learning
Funding
This project will be funded by the World Bank and the Indian Government on a 50:50 basis.
20 e-KRISHI SAMVAD
Launch Year: 2017
Key Features
• It is an internet-based interface and is a unique platform that will provide direct and effective
solutions to the problems faced by farmers and stakeholders in the agriculture sector.
• Farmers and stakeholders can directly approach ICAR with their problems.
• Appropriate solutions from specialists will be provided via SMS and web.
• Stakeholders can upload photographs related to diseases of the crops, animals or fishes for
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diagnostics and remedial measures instantly from the specialists.
• It is useful to get information pertaining to welfare and development of agricultural
stakeholders.
21 Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana

Launch Year – 2016
Aim
To reduce the premium burden on farmers and ensure early settlement of crop assurance claim
for the full insured sum.
Objectives
• To provide insurance coverage and financial support to the farmers in the event of failure of
any of the notified crop as a result of natural calamities, pests & diseases and ensure flow of
credit.
• To stabilise the income of farmers to ensure their continuance in farming.
• To encourage farmers to adopt innovative and modern agricultural practices.
Key Features
• Scheme has replaced schemes viz. Modified National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (MNAIS),
National Agriculture Insurance Scheme (NAIS).
• Enrolment under the Scheme has been made voluntary for all farmers
• Risk Covered
o Scheme provides comprehensive insurance coverage against crop loss —> pre-harvest +
post-harvest (Upto 14 days) + in case farmer didn’t sow seed because of contingency
(25% of sum insured)
o For certain localized problems, Loss / damage resulting from occurrence of identified
localized risks like cloud burst and natural fire, cyclone, typhoon etc.
o Add on coverage for crop loss due to attack of wild animals on pilot basis
• Premium Burden: There will be a uniform premium of:
o All Kharif crops - 2%
o All Rabi crops - 1.5%
o Annual commercial and horticultural crops - 5%
• Cap on Centre’s Premium Subsidy:
o For unirrigated areas/crops - Up to 30%
o For irrigated area/crops - Up to 25%
e.g. If an insurance company charges 30% premium then Farmers will pay 2% and Centre will pay
14% and States 14%.
If a company charge 40% as premium, then also centre will pay only 14% and States will have to
incur the additional burden but the Farmers burden will not increase.
• Central Share in Premium Subsidy to be increased to 90% for North Eastern States from the
existing sharing pattern of 50:50.
• 0.5% of the total premium collected by the insurance companies to be spent on Information,
Communication and Education (ICE) activities.
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• Flexibility to states:
o States/UTs to be given an option:
✓ To choose their scale of finance for any district crop combination.
✓ To run the scheme with the selection of additional risk covers.
• Penalty on states: If a state delays to release requisite premium subsidy to insurance
companies beyond a set time-limit (March 31 – For Kharif Season; September 30 – For Rabi
Season), states will not be allowed to run the scheme in subsequent seasons.
• Use of Technology
o Integration of land records with the PMFBY portal, Crop Insurance mobile-app for easy
enrollment, use of Remote Sensing Technology, Smart phones & Drones for quick
estimation of crop losses to ensure early settlement of claims.
o To conduct Crop Cutting Experiments (CCEs).
• Coverage of Crops: Food crops (Cereals, Millets and Pulses), Oilseeds, Annual Commercial /
Annual Horticultural crops
Unit of Insurance
• The scheme shall be implemented on an ‘Area Approach Basis’ i.e., Defined Areas for each
notified crop for widespread calamities.
• The Unit of Insurance can be a Geo-Fenced/Geo-mapped region having homogenous Risk Profile
for the notified crop.
22 National Agriculture Market (eNAM)

Launch Year: 2016
Objectives
• To create a national e-market platform for transparent sale transactions and price discovery in
regulated markets.
• To enhance farmer’s accessibility digitally to multiple numbers of markets & buyers
• States interested to integrate their mandis with eNAM are required to carry out following three
reforms in their APMC Act.
o Single trading license (Unified) to be valid across the state
o Single point levy of market fee across the state; and
o Provision for e-auction/ e-trading as a mode of price discovery
Key Features
• It is a Central Sector scheme with funding coming from Agri-Tech Infrastructure Fund (AITF).
• e-NAM is a pan-India electronic trading portal which seeks to network the existing APMCs to
create a unified national market for agricultural commodities.
• Under the e-NAM Scheme, Government is providing free software and assistance of Rs. 75.00
Lakh per mandi for related hardware including quality assaying equipments and creation of
infrastructure like cleaning, grading, sorting, packaging and compost unit etc.
• Single license for a trader will be valid across all markets in the State
Nodal Agency - Small Farmers’ Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC) with the technology provider-
NFCL’s iKisan division
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• During COVID-19, FPO trading module has been launched in e-NAM whereby FPOs can trade
their produce from their collection center without bringing the produce to APMC.
• Warehouse based trading module was launched in e-NAM to facilitate trade from warehouses
based on e-NWR.
• e-NAM is developing a “Platforms of Platform” to create a digital ecosystem that leverage the
expertise of individual platforms across various segments of agri. value chain enabling the
farmers to add value to their produce and facilitate them with ease of agri marketing .
• GPS Based e-NAM Mandi Locator: To help farmers to easily locate and reach the selected
mandis and sell their agri-produce.
• Integration with AGMARKNET platform: Farmer can access the prevailing commodity prices &
arrival information of e-NAM mandi as well as non e-NAM mandi on e-NAM mobile app. prior to
even going to the mandi.
• e-NAM portal is available in English and 11 Indian languages (Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati,
Tamil, Telugu, Punjabi, Odiya, Dogri, Malayalam and Kannada) to facilitate farmers to use e-NAM
in the language of their choice.
23 Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (WBCIS)

The restructured WBCIS was launched in 2016.
Aim
To mitigate the hardship of the insured farmers against the likelihood of financial loss on account
of anticipated crop loss resulting from adverse weather conditions relating to rainfall, temperature,
wind, humidity etc.
Key Features
• Insurance protection for notified food crops, oilseeds and horticultural /commercial crops
• Following major weather perils, which are deemed to cause “Adverse Weather Incidence”,
leading to crop loss, shall be covered under the scheme –
o Rainfall – Deficit Rainfall, Excess rainfall, Unseasonal Rainfall, Rainy days, Dry-spell, Dry
days
o Temperature– High temperature (heat), Low temperature
o Relative Humidity
o Wind Speed
o A combination of the above
o Hailstorm, cloud-burst may also be covered as Add-on/Index-Plus products for those
farmers who have already taken normal coverage under WBCIS.
o Risk period would ideally be from sowing period to maturity of the crop
24 Kisan Suvidha App

Launch Year: 2016
Aim
To provide information on weather, market prices, seeds, fertilizers, pesticides and agricultural
machinery
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Key Features
• Farmers can learn advance farmers technology and practices from this app.
• Farmers can seek advisories on their agriculture related problems directly from the agriculture
scientists.
Following facilities are available on the app –
• Weather - Provides weather report for that day and weather forecast for next five days of a
selected district. Extreme weather alerts are also provided.
• Dealers - Name, Mobile number and Address of the dealers of Seeds, Pesticides, Fertilizer and
Farm Machinery are provided.
• Market Prices - Information about rates of various crops in different mandies are provided.
• Plant Protection - Crop specific information related to pest management are provided. If the
condition of crop is not normal, farmers can upload a picture/photo of the crop and send it
through kisan suvidha app to agriculture experts for advice.
• Agro Advisories - Information from agriculture experts of districts regarding the advisories about
activities to be undertaken and precaution to be taken staring from sowing to harvesting.
• Contact KCC - This option provides facility to speak to Kisan Call Centre (KCC).
• Soil Heath Card - Option gives information about Soil Health Card, so that farmers can use
fertilizer and pesticides judiciously having regard to minerals available in a particular land/farm.
• Cold Storage and Godowns - Information about warehouse and cold storage available in the
district like warehouse / cold storage, name of manager, address, storage capacity and phone
number etc are provided.
25 Pusa Krishi App

Launch Year: 2016
Aim
To help farmers to get information about technologies developed by Indian Agriculture Research
Institute (IARI)
Key Features
• The app also provides farmers with information related to new varieties of crops developed by
Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR), resource conserving cultivation practices as well as
farm machinery and its implementation will help in increasing returns to farmers.
26 Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Unnat Krishi Shiksha Yojana

Launch Year: 2016
Objectives
• To build skilled Human Resource at village level relevant to national needs towards organic
farming and sustainable agriculture.
• Provide rural India with professional support in the field of Organic Farming/Natural
Farming/Rural Economy/Sustainable Agriculture.
• To extend other activities of Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Unnat Krishi Shiksha Yojana at village
level through these established centres.
Key Features
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• It is being run under Unnat Bharat Abhiyan activities of Ministry of Agriculture and Family
Welfare
Themes of the Scheme
• Cow-based Economy
• Natural Farming
• Organic Farming
Process and Mechanism: Farmer training centers across the country have been identified to
conduct training programmes.
Implementing Agency: Education Division of ICAR
27 Sub-Mission on Agroforestry Scheme

Launch Year: 2016
Aim
To encourage farmers to plant multi-purpose trees together with the agriculture crops for climate
resilience and an additional source of income to the farmers, as well as enhanced feedstock to inter
alia wood-based and herbal industry
Key Features
• It is Centrally Sponsored Scheme.
• Farmers would be supported financially to the extent of 50% of the actual cost of the
interventions (limited to 50% of the estimated cost as indicated in the Cost norms) for the
respective interventions.
• Farmer’s groups/Cooperatives and Farmer Producers Organization (FPO) can also avail the
benefit of the programme but the assistance can be accessed as per norms and provisions
applicable to the individual farmers.
• At least 50% of the allocation is to be utilized for small, marginal farmers of which at least 30%
should be women beneficiaries/farmers. Further 16% & 8% of the total allocation or in
proportion of SC/ST population in the district will be utilized for Special Component Plan (SCP)
and Tribal Sub Plan (TSP) respectively.
• Farmers must have a soil health card to get the benefit under the programme.
• The scheme is implemented only in the states having liberalized transit regulations for the
transport of timber and will be extended to other states as and when such relaxations are
notified by them.
• The scheme promotes endemic species or tree species that come with medicinal value.
• Exotic species are not promoted by the scheme.
Nodal Agency: Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare
28 Attracting and Retaining Youth in Agriculture (ARYA)

Launch Year: 2015
Aim
Attracting and retaining youth in rural areas through providing sustainable income through value
addition, establish market linkages to make it attractive for the younger generation to return to
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villages
Objectives
• 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.
• 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 through KVKs, one district from each State.
• 200-300 rural youths will be identified in each district for 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.
Implemented By: Indian Council of Agricultural Research
29 Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY)

Launch Year: 2015
• It is an extended component of Soil Health Management (SHM) under National Mission on
Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA).
Aim
Supporting and promoting organic farming, in turn resulting in improvement of soil health.
Objectives
• Promote organic farming among rural youth/ farmers/ consumers/ traders.
• Disseminate latest technologies in organic farming.
• Utilize the services of experts from public agricultural research system in India.
• Organize a minimum of one cluster demonstration in a village.
Key Features
Programme Implementation
• Groups of farmers would be motivated to take up organic farming under Paramparagat Krishi
Vikas Yojana (PKVY).
• Fifty or more farmers will form a cluster having 50 acre land to take up the organic farming
under the scheme. In this way, during three years 10,000 clusters will be formed covering 5 lakh
acre area under organic farming.
• Participatory Gurantee System under PGS-India programme will be the key approach for quality
assurances under the PKVY.
• The farmers will have option to adopt any form of organic farming in complince of PGS-India
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standards.
Components
• Model Organic Cluster Demonstrations
o They aim at boosting/ promoting organic farming among rural youth/ farmers/
consumers/ traders by creating awareness on the latest technologies of organic farming.
o These are conducted at the farmer’s field in clusters of 20 ha or 50 acres under PKVY.
• Model Organic Farm
o It aims at demonstrating conversion of conventional land into organic farming practices
in one-hectare parcels.
o This is to spread the information on the latest technologies of various units of organic
inputs production through exposure visits to farmers.
• Under the programme, financial assistance of Rs 50000/ha/3 years is provided for cluster
formation, capacity building, incentive for inputs, value addition and marketing.
• Out of it, Rs 31000/ ha / 3 years is provided for preparation / procurement of organic inputs
such as bio/organic fertilisers, biopesticides, seeds etc. through DBT and Rs 8800/ ha/ 3 years
is provided for value addition and marketing that includes post harvest management practices
like storage.
• Financial assistance of Rs 3000 /hectare for 3 years is provided for Cluster formation (of 20 ha)
and Capacity building including exposure visits, and trainings of field functionaries.
Funding Pattern
• Funding pattern under the scheme is in the ratio of 60:40 by the Central and State Governments
respectively.
• In case of North Eastern and Himalayan States, Central Assistance is provided in the ratio of
90:10 (Centre: State) and for Union Territories, the assistance is 100%.
29.1 Bhartiya Prakritik Krishi Padhati (BPKP)

Launch Year: 2020-21
Aim
Promoting traditional indigenous practices which reduces externally purchased inputs
Key Features
• It is a sub scheme of Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY).
• The scheme mainly emphasizes on exclusion of all synthetic chemical inputs and promotes on-
farm biomass recycling with major stress on biomass mulching, use of cow dung-urine
formulations, plant-based preparations and time to time working of soil for aeration.
• Under BPKP, financial assistance of Rs 12200/ha for 3 years is provided for cluster formation,
capacity building and continuous handholding by trained personnel, certification and residue
analysis.
• States adopted BPKP programme: It has been adopted in State of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka,
Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Kerala.
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29.2 Large Area Certificate Scheme
Launch Year: 2018
Key Features
• It is a unique quick certification programme.
• Under the scheme, each village in the area is considered as one cluster/group.
• Documentations are simple and maintained village-wise.
• All farmers with their farmland and livestock need to adhere to the standard requirements and
on being verified get certified en-mass without the need to go under conversion period.
• Certification is renewed on annual basis through annual verification by a process of peer
appraisals as per the process of PGS (Participatory Guarantee System) -India.
30 Soil Health Card Scheme

Launch Year: 2015
Objectives
• To issue soil health cards every 2 years, to all farmers of the country, so as to provide a basis to
address nutrient deficiencies in fertilization practices.
• To strengthen functioning of Soil Testing Laboratories (STLs) through capacity building,
involvement of agriculture students and effective linkage with Indian Council of Agricultural
Research (ICAR) / State Agricultural Universities (SAUs).
• To diagnose soil fertility related constraints with standardized procedures for sampling uniformly
across states and analysis and design taluqa / block level fertilizer recommendations in targeted
districts.
• To develop and promote soil test based nutrient management in the districts for enhancing
nutrient use efficiency.
• To build capacities of district and state level staff and of progressive farmers for promotion of
nutrient management practices.
Key Features
• Slogan – “Swasth Dharaa. Khet Haraa."
• SHC is a printed report that a farmer will be handed over for each of his holdings.
• Soil Health Card contains the status of soils with respect to 12 parameters, namely – N, P, K
(Macro-nutrients), S (Secondary-nutrients), Zn, Fe, Cu, Mn, B (Micro-nutrients) and pH, EC, OC
(Physical Parameters).
• It also provides crop wise fertiliser recommendations.
• Soil Health Card helps farmers to improve productivity by maintaining soil health.
• SHC also promotes the judicious use of the fertilisers thus reducing the cost of cultivation.
• Soil samples will be drawn in a grid of 2.5 ha in irrigated area and 10 ha in rainfed area with
the help of GPS tools and revenue maps.
• The State Government will collect samples through the staff of their Department of Agriculture
or through the staff of an outsourced agency.
o The State Government may also involve the students of local Agriculture / Science
Colleges.
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• Soil Samples are taken generally two times in a year, after harvesting of Rabi and Kharif Crop
respectively or when there is no standing crop in the field.
• A sum of Rs. 190 per soil sample is provided to State Governments.
o This covers the cost of collection of soil sample, its test, generation and distribution of
soil health card to the farmer.
31 STUDENT READY (Rural Entrepreneurship Awareness Development Yojana)

Launch Year: 2015
Objectives
• To provide rural entrepreneurship awareness, practical experience in real-life situation in rural
agriculture and create awareness among undergraduate students about practical agriculture and
allied sciences.
• To help build confidence, skills and acquire indigenous technical knowledge (ITK) of the locality
and thereby, prepare the pass-out for self-employment.
• To provide opportunities to acquire hands-on-experience and entrepreneurial skills.
• To reorient graduates of agriculture and allied subjects for ensuring and assuring employability
and develop entrepreneurs for emerging knowledge intensive agriculture.
Key Features
Components
• All these components are interactive and are conceptualized for building skills in project
development and execution, decision-making, individual and team coordination, approach to
problem-solving, accounting, quality control, marketing and resolving conflicts, etc. with end to
end approach.
o Experiential Learning on Business Model / Hands on Training
o Experiential Learning on Skill Development
o Rural Awareness Works Experience (RAWE)
o Internship / In-Plant Training / Industrial attachment
o Students Projects
Implementing Agency: Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR)
32 Farmers FIRST Initiative

Launch Year: 2015
• The focus is on farmer’s Farm, Innovations, Resources, Science and Technology (FIRST).
Aim
It aims at enhancing farmers-scientists interface for technology development and application. It
will be achieved with focus on innovations, technology, feedback, multiple stakeholder’s
participation, multiple realities, multi method approaches, vulnerability and livelihood
interventions.
Objectives
• To enhance farmer-scientist interface, enrich knowledge and facilitate continued feedback.
• To identify and integrate economically viable and socially compatible technological options as
adoptable models for different agro-ecological situations.
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• To develop modules for farm women to address drudgery reduction, income enhancement and
livelihood security.
• To study performance of technologies and perception of the farmers about agriculture as a
profession in the rural settings.
• To build network of linkages of organizations around the farm households for improving access
to information, technology, input and market.
• To institutionalize Farmer FIRST process.
Key Features
Process and Mechanism/Components
• Enriching Farmers –Scientist Interface - Enabling involvement of researchers for continuous
interaction with farm conditions, problem orientation, exchange of knowledge between farmers
and other stakeholders, prioritization of problems and setting up of research agenda.
• Technology Assemblage, Application and feedback - Integrating components of technology for
application in different agroecosystems with focus on innovations and feedback.
• Partnership and Institutional Building - Building partnerships involving different stakeholders,
development of rural based institutions, agro-ecosystem and stakeholders analysis and impact
studies.
• Content Mobilization - Project platform having institutions as partners will be used to develop
specific contents for e-enabled knowledge sharing.
33 Mera Gaon Mera Gaurav (My Village – My Pride) Scheme

Launch Year: 2015
Objectives
• To promote the direct interface of scientists with the farmers to hasten the lab to land process.
• To ensure that farmers benefit from best farm practices by providing required information,
knowledge and advisories on regular basis by adopting villages
• To create awareness among farmers about the organisations and their programmes and
schemes as well as government policies related to the farming sector.
• To imbibe a sense of ownership among the agricultural scientists of the country.
Key Features
• It is a farm-centric mission translating knowledge at farmer’s doorstep so as to address his
farm-oriented problems in a holistic manner to accomplish livelihood security.
• Cutting across all disciplines, farm problems are diagnosed and effective solutions are delivered
and showcased in farmer’s field.

• Groups of four scientists who will adopt 5 villages within a radius of maximum 100 km from
their place of working.
• Scientists will select villages as per their convenience and will remain in touch with the selected
villages and provide information to the farmers on technical and other related aspects.
• The scientists are also expected to monitor the process of adoption of agricultural technologies
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by the farmers.
• The cooperation of Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVKs), Agriculture Technology Management Agency
(ATMA) etc. will be effective in demonstration of technologies to the farmers.
34 Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana

Launch Year: 2015
Objectives
• Enhance cultivable area under assured irrigation (Har Khet ko Pani).
• Improve on - farm water use efficiency to reduce wastage and increase availability.
• Enhance the adoption of precision - irrigation and other water saving technologies (More crop
per drop).
• Ensure the integrated development of rainfed areas
• Promotional activities relating to water harvesting, water management and crop alignment
• Explore the feasibility of reusing treated municipal wastewater.
Key Features
• PMKSY is to be implemented in an area development approach, adopting decentralized state
level planning and projectised execution,
o It allows the states to draw their irrigation development plans based on district/blocks
plans with a horizon of 5 to 7 years.
o States can take up projects based on the District/State Irrigation Plan.
• All the States and UTs including North Eastern States are covered under the programme.
• District Irrigation Plan & State Irrigation Plan
o PMKSY aims at a 'decentralized State level planning and execution' structure, in order to
allow States to draw up a District Irrigation Plan (DIP) and a State Irrigation Plan (SIP).
o DIP will have holistic developmental perspective of the district outlining medium to long
term developmental plans integrating three components namely, water sources,
distribution network and water use application.
o The DIPs may be prepared at two levels, the block and the district. The work would be
primarily done at block level.
o All structures created under the schemes will be geo-tagged.
• Committees under the scheme
o National Steering Committee (NSC) of PMKSY under the chairmanship of Hon’ble Prime
Minister, will provide policy direction to programme framework.
o National Executive Committee (NEC) under the chairmanship of Vice Chairman of NITI
Aayog will oversee the programme implementation at national level, allocation of
resources, inter-ministerial coordination, monitoring & performance
assessment, addressing administrative issues etc.
Components
• Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme (AIBP)
o AIBP (Launched 1996- 1997) to give loan assistance to the States to help them complete
some of the incomplete major/medium irrigation projects
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o Implemented by Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga
Rejuvenation
• PMKSY – Har Khet Ko Pani (HKKP)
o Includes Command Area Development and Water Management (CADWM), Surface-Minor
Irrigation (SMI) and Repair, Renovation and Restoration (RRR) of Water Bodies.
o Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation
• PMKSY-Per Drop More Crop (PDMC)
o Improving the efficiency of water usage by various initiatives.
o Implemented by Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare.
• PMKSY- Watershed Development Component (WDC) - Implemented by Department of Land
Resources
• Ridge territory treatment, seepage line treatment, soil and dampness protection, water
reaping and other watershed intercessions.
Merged Schemes
PMKSY has been conceived amalgamating ongoing schemes viz.
• Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP) of the Ministry of Water Resources,
River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation (MoWR,RD&GR)
• Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) of Depa rtment of Land
Resources (DoLR)
• On Farm Water Management (OFWM) of Department of Agriculture and Cooperation
(DAC)
Funding
• Rs 50,000 crores for a period of 5 years (2015-16 to 2019-20).
• Centrally Sponsored Scheme- Centre : States share in 75:25 ratio and in the case of the north-
eastern region and hilly states it will be 90:10.
• Recently (Dec 2021), Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved implementation of
Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) for 2021-26 with an outlay of Rs.93,068 crore.
• Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP), Har Khet ko Paani (HKKP) and Watershed
Development components have been approved for continuation during 2021-26.
35 National Mission on Agricultural Extension and Technology (NMAET)

Launch Year: 2014
Aim
To restructure and further strengthen agricultural extension and thereby, enabling the delivery of
appropriate technology and improving agronomic practices to farmers
Key Features
• It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme.
Sub-Mission
• Sub-Mission on Agricultural Extension
• Sub-Mission on Seed and Planting Material
• Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization
• Sub-Mission on Plant Protection and Plant Quarantine
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Note: These sub-missions are discussed under separate heading in this document.
36 National Innovations on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA)

Launch Year: 2011
Aim
Enhance resilience of Indian agriculture to climate change and climate vulnerability through
strategic research and technology demonstration
Objectives
• To enhance the resilience of Indian agriculture covering crops, livestock and fisheries to climatic
variability and climate change through development and application of improved production
and risk management technologies.
• To demonstrate site specific technology packages on farmers' fields for adapting to current
climate risks.
• To enhance the capacity of scientists and other stakeholders in climate resilient agricultural
research and its application.
Key Features
• The research on adaptation and mitigation covers crops, livestock, fisheries and natural
resource management.
• It is a network of projects of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).
• Critical assessment of different crops/zones in the country for vulnerability to climatic stresses
and extreme events, in particular, intra seasonal variability of rainfall.
• Installation of the state-of-the-art equipment like flux towers for measurement of green house
gases in large field areas
• Rapid and large scale screening of crop germplasm including wild relatives for drought and heat
tolerance through phenomics platforms for quick identification of promising lines and early
development and release of heat/drought tolerant varieties.
• Comprehensive field evaluation of new and emerging approaches of paddy cultivation
• Special attention to livestock and fishery sectors including aquaculture which have not received
enough attention in climate change research in the past. In particular, the documentation of
adaptive traits in indigenous breeds will be the most useful step.
• Thorough understanding of crop-pest/pathogen relationship and emergence of new biotypes
due to climate change.
• Simultaneous up-scaling of the outputs both through KVKs and the National Mission on
Sustainable Agriculture for wider adoption by the farmers.
• In the strategic research, the main thrust areas covered are -
o Identifying most vulnerable districts/regions
o Evolving crop varieties and management practices for adaptation and mitigation
o Assessing climate change impacts on livestock, fisheries and poultry and identifying
adaptation strategies
Components
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• Strategic research on adaptation and mitigation.
• Technology demonstration on farmers’ fields to cope with current climate variability in 100
vulnerability districts.
• Sponsored and competitive research grants to fill critical research gaps.
• Capacity building of different stake holders.
Implemented By
Natural Resource Management Division (ICAR), New Delhi
Coordinated By
Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad
37 Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY)

Launch Year: 2007
• The Union Cabinet in November 2017 has approved the restructuring of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas
Yojana (RKVY) as Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana- Remunerative Approaches for Agriculture and
Allied Sector Rejuvenation (RKVY-RAFTAAR) for three years i.e. 2017-18 to 2019-20.
Objectives
• To incentivize the states that increase their investment in Agriculture and allied sectors
• To provide flexibility and autonomy to the States in planning and executing programmes for
agriculture
• To ensure the preparation of Agriculture Plans for the districts and states
• To achieve the goal of reducing the yield gaps in important crops
• To maximize returns to the farmers
• To address the agriculture and allied sectors in an integrated manner
Key Features
• RKVY scheme was initiated in 2007 as an umbrella scheme for ensuring holistic development of
agriculture and allied sectors by allowing states to choose their own agriculture and allied sector
development activities as per the district/state agriculture plan.
• Allied sectors covered under the scheme -
o Crop Husbandry (including Horticulture)
o Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and Fisheries
o Agricultural Research and Education
o Agricultural Marketing
o Food storage and Warehousing
o Soil and Water Conservation
o Agricultural Financial Institutions
o Other Agriculture Programmes and Cooperation
Funding Pattern
• Till 2013-14, the scheme was implemented as an Additional Central Assistance (ACA) to State
Plan Scheme with 100% central assistance.
• It was converted into a Centrally Sponsored Scheme in 2014-15 also with 100% central
assistance.
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• Since 2015-16, the funding pattern of the scheme has been altered in the ratio of 60:40 between
Centre and States (90:10 for North Eastern States and Himalayan States).
o For Union Territories the funding pattern is 100 % central grant.
Sub-Schemes under RKVY
• Bringing Green Revolution to Eastern India
• Crop Diversification Program
• Additional Fodder Development Programme
• Reclamation of Problem Soil
• Area Expansion of Cashew
• Pilot Intervention for Most Vulnerable Drought Prone Districts
• National Saffron Mission
• Integrated Development of 60,000 Pulses Village in Rainfed Areas
• Special initiatives for pulses and oilseeds in dry land areas of 60000 villages
38 Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana – Remunerative Approach for Agriculture and Allied Sector
Rejuvenation (RKVY – RAFTAAR)
Aim
Making farming a remunerative economic activity through strengthening the farmer’s effort, risk
mitigation and promoting agri-business entrepreneurship.
Objectives
• To strengthen the farmers’ efforts through creation of required pre and post-harvest
agricultural infrastructure that increases access to quality inputs, storage, market facilities etc.
and enable farmers to make informed choices.
• To provide autonomy, flexibility to States to plan and execute schemes as per local/ farmers’
needs.
• To promote value chain addition linked production models that will help farmers increase their
income as well as encourage production/productivity.
• To mitigate risk of farmers with focus on additional income generation activities - like integrated
farming, mushroom cultivation, bee keeping, aromatic plant cultivation, floriculture etc.
• To attend national priorities through several sub-schemes.
• To empower youth through skill development, innovation and Agri-Entrepreneurship based
agribusiness models that attract them to agriculture.
Key Features
• Under RKVY-RAFTAAR, major focus is on pre & post-harvest infrastructure, besides promoting
agri-entrepreneurship and innovations.
Funding Pattern
• RKVY-RAFTAAR will continue to be implemented as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme in the ratio of
60:40 (Government of India and State Share respectively) except in case of north eastern and
hilly states where the sharing pattern is 90:10. For UTs the grant is 100% as Central share
Financial Allocation
RKVY-RAFTAAR funds would be provided to the States in the following streams –
• Regular RKVY-RAFTAAR - 70% of annual outlay for the following activities:
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o Infrastructure and assets - 50% (of 70%) of regular RKVY-RAFTAAR outlay (20% for Pre-
harvest infrastructure and 30% for post-harvest infrastructure)
o Value addition linked production projects- 30% (of 70%) of regular RKVY-RAFTAAR
outlay.
o Flexi-funds - 20% (of 70%) of regular RKVY-RAFTAAR outlay. States can use this for
supporting any projects as per the local needs.
• RKVY-RAFTAAR special sub-schemes as per national priorities -20% of annual outlay.
• Innovation and agri-entrepreneur development - 10% of annual outlay including 2% for
administrative costs. In case the funds not utilized, it will be diverted to regular RKVY & sub-
schemes.
Inter-State Allocation of Funds -
It will be based on following parameters
Implementing Agency – State Agriculture Department
39 Forecasting Agricultural output using Space, Agro-meteorology and Land based observations
(FASAL)
Aim: To provide multiple-in-season forecast based on Agromet, Econometric and Remote Sensing
based methodology.
Key Features
• Partner Organizations: India Meteorological Department (IMD), Institute of Economic Growth
(IEG), New Delhi, Space Application Centre (SAC), Ahmadabad and National Remote Sensing
Centre, Hyderabad
• Under the operational component of FASAL programme, Mahalanobis National Crop Forecast
Center (MNCFC) regularly generates crop forecasts at District/State/National level for 9 major
crops of the country, using the procedures developed by Space Applications Centre, ISRO.
• Both optical and microwave Remote sensing data is used for crop acreage estimation, crop
condition assessment and production forecasting.
Implementation
• This scheme is implemented by MNCFC and Coordination & Budget Management is being done
by Directorate of Economics and Statistics (DES (CFCC)).
• Scheme is being evaluated by third party regularly.
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40 Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) Scheme
Aim
Making extension system farmer driven and farmer accountable by way of new institutional
arrangements for technology dissemination in the form of an ATMA at district level to
operationalize the extension reforms
Objectives
• To strengthen research – extension – farmer linkages.
• To provide an effective mechanism for co-ordination and management of activities of different
agencies involved in technology adaption / validation and dissemination at the district level and
below.
• To increase the quality and type of technologies being disseminated.
• To move towards shared ownership of the agricultural technology system by key shareholders.
• To develop new partnerships with the private institutions including NGOs.
Key Features
• ATMA has active participation of farmers/farmer-groups, NGOs, Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs),
Panchayati Raj Institutions and other stakeholders operating at district level and below.
• Release of funds under ATMA scheme is based on State Extension Work Plans (SEWPs) prepared
by the State Governments.
• Allocation of resources for activities related to extension is linked to number of farm
households and Blocks.
• Creating Farmer Advisory Committee to improve feedback.
• Using NGOs to organize farmers.
• Encouraging private sector involvement in technology transfer.
• Validation and refining technologies through research units in the district.
• Bottom up planning procedure.
• Increased use of Information Technology
• In-service training to increase staff competence.
• Developing new Public-Private partnerships.
• Formation and strengthening of farmer's interest group.
41 Green Revolution – Krishonnati Yojana

Launch Year: 2005
• In 2017-18, 11 schemes / missions were clubbed under one umbrella scheme 'Green
Revolution - Krishonnati Yojana'.
• It was approved beyond the 12th five-year plan for the period from 2017-18 to 2019-20.
Aim
• Enhance agricultural production, productivity and ensure better returns on produce.
• Double farmers income by 2022.
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Objectives
• Creating and strengthening of agricultural production infrastructure
• Reducing the crops production cost
• Marketing of agriculture and allied produce in efficient manner
Sub-schemes/Missions
• Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH)
• National Food Security Mission (NFSM) including National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm
(NMOOP)
• National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA)
• Submission on Agriculture Extension (SMAE)
• Sub-Mission on Seeds and Planting Material (SMSP)
• Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM)
• Sub Mission on Plant Protection and Plant Quarantine (SMPPQ)
• Integrated Scheme on Agriculture Census, Economics and Statistics (ISACES)
• Integrated Scheme on Agricultural Cooperation (ISAC)
• Integrated Scheme on Agricultural Marketing (ISAM)
• National e-Governance Plan (NeGP-A)
41.1 Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH)

Launch Year: 2014
Aim
Holistic growth of the horticulture sector covering fruits, vegetables, root & tuber crops,
mushrooms, spices, flowers, aromatic plants, coconut, cashew, cocoa and bamboo.
Objectives
• Promote holistic growth of horticulture sector, including bamboo and coconut through area
based regionally differentiated strategies.
• Research, technology promotion, extension, post-harvest management, processing and
marketing in consonance with comparative advantage of each State/region and its diverse agri-
climatic features
• Encourage aggregation of farmers into farmer groups like FIGs/FPOs and FPCs to bring economy
of scale and scope.
• Enhance horticulture production, augment farmers income and strengthen nutritional security
• Improve productivity by way of quality germ plasm, planting material and water use efficiency
through Micro Irrigation.
• Support skill development and create employment generation opportunities for rural youth in
horticulture and post-harvest management, especially in the cold chain sector.
Key Features
• MIDH provides technical advice and administrative support to State Governments/ State
Horticulture Missions (SHMs) for the Saffron Mission and other horticulture related activities
Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY)/NMSA.
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Sub-schemes/Missions under MIDH
There are 5 schemes under MIDH –
• National Horticulture Mission (NHM)
• Horticulture Mission for North East and Himalayan States (HMNEH)
• National Horticulture Board (NHB)
• Coconut Development Board (CDB)
• Central Institute of Horticulture (CIH), Nagaland.
Funding Pattern
• Under MIDH, Government of India (GOI) contributes 60%, of total outlay for developmental
programmes in all the states except states in North East and Himalayas, 40% share is
contributed by State Governments.
• In the case of North Eastern States and Himalayan States, GOI contributes 90%.
• In case of National Horticulture Board (NHB), Coconut Development Board (CDB), Central
Institute for Horticulture (CIH), Nagaland and the National Level Agencies (NLA), GOI contributes
100%.
Project CHAMAN under MIDH (Phase I)
Launch Year: 2014
Objectives
• Area assessment and production forecasting of 7 major horticultural crops in selected districts of
major states.
• Detailed scientific field level studies for crop identification, yield modelling, disease assessment
and precision farming.
• Geospatial Applications for Horticultural Development and Management Planning :
o Post Harvest Infrastructure
o Aqua-horticulture
o Orchard Rejuvenation
o Crop Intensification
o GIS Database Creation
o Site Suitability Assessment
What is it?
• CHAMAN stands for Coordinated Horticulture Assessment and Management using geo-
informatics.
• It is a project for better horticulture assessment and development through remote sensing, GIS
and field survey.
Implementing Agency
The Remote Sensing component of the project was implemented by Mahalanobis National Crop
Forecast Centre (MNCFC) in collaboration with ISRO/DOS Centres (SAC, NRSC & NESAC), NHRDF,
IMD, ICAR, State Horticulture Departments and State Remote Sensing Centres
Project CHAMAN (Phase 2)

• DAC&FW has approved the Phase-II of CHAMAN project for the period 2018-19 & 2019-20.
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Objectives
The major goals of the CHAMAN Phase-II are operationalization of the technologies developed
during the Phase-I, taking up new crops and research & development studies, especially the crop
yield modeling.
41.1.1 National Horticulture Mission (NHM)

Launch Year: 2005
Aim
It aims at the holistic development of horticulture sector by ensuring forward and backward
linkages through cluster approach with the active participation of all stakeholders.
Coverage
It is being implemented by State Horticulture Missions (SHM) in selected districts of 18 States and
6 Union Territories.
Key Features
• It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme
41.1.2 Horticulture Mission for North East and Himalayan States (HMNEH)
• Earlier this scheme is known as “Technology Mission for Integrated Development of
Horticulture in North-Eastern states” launched in 2001.
• In 2003, the scheme was further extended to three Himalayan States namely: Himachal
Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand.
Objectives
• To improve the production and productivity of horticulture crops by harnessing the potential of
the region.
• Special emphasis on “Low Volume, High Value, Less Perishable Horticulture Crops”.
• A horticulture based farming system to be developed, thereby providing viable and ample
opportunities for employment, especially for women, besides improving productivity of land.
Key Features
• With effect from 2014-15, HMNEH scheme has been subsumed under Mission for Integrated
Development of Horticulture (MIDH).
• HMNEH is based on the “end-to-end approach” taking into account the entire gamut of
horticulture development, with all backward and forward linkages, in a holistic manner.
41.1.3 National Horticulture Board (NHB)

Established In: 1984
Aim
To develop production clusters/hubs for integrated Hi-tech commercial horticulture, development
of Post-harvest and cold chain infrastructure, ensuring availability of quality planting material and to
promote adoption of new technologies/tools/ techniques for Hi-tech commercial horticulture etc.
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41.1.4 Coconut Development Board (NHB)
Key Features
• It is established for the integrated development of coconut production and utilization in the
country with focus on productivity increase and product diversification.
Thrust Areas
• Increasing the production of quality planting material.
• Creating future production potential by bringing more area under coconut.
• Improving productivity of existing coconut holdings.
• Integrated management of major pests and diseases.
• Strengthening coconut industry by promoting product diversification and by-product utilization.
41.1.5 Central Institute of Horticulture (CIH)

Key Features
• The institute provides technical support on different aspects of horticulture for the holistic
development in the North East Region.
• The main focus of the institute is –
o Refinement/demonstration of identified technologies specific for the region
o Production and supply of quality seed and planting materials of improved/ high yielding
varieties
o Training and capacity building of State Hort. department officials and field functionaries
on different aspects of horticulture.
41.2 National Food Security Mission (NFSM) including National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm
(NMOOP)
Launch Year: 2007
Aim
• Increase production of rice, wheat, pulses, coarse cereals and commercial crops, through area
expansion and productivity enhancement.
• Restore soil fertility and productivity at the individual farm level and enhancing farm level
economy.
• Enhancing farm level economy (i.e. farm profits) to restore confidence amongst the farmers
• Enhancing post-harvest value addition at farm gate for better price realization to farmers
through efficient market linkages
Components
• National Food Security Mission – Rice
• National Food Security Mission – Wheat
• National Food Security Mission – Pulses
• National Food Security Mission – Coarse Cereals
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• National Food Security Mission – Nutri Cereals
• National Food Security Mission – Commercial Crops
• National Food Security Mission – Oilseeds and Oilpalm
• National Food Security Mission – Seed Village Programme
National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP):

Starting Year: 2014-15
Aim
• Increase in production and productivity of vegetable oils sourced from oilseeds and Oil palm. It
aims to augment the availability of vegetable oils and to reduce the import of edible oils by
increasing the production and productivity of oilseeds
• Effort will be made to achieve additional area of 1.05 lakh hectare under oil palm cultivation
during 2017-18 to 2019-20
Key Features
• The Mission is proposed to be implemented through three Mini Missions
Mini Mission (MM) Target of 12th Plan
MM I on Oilseeds The components of the Annual Action Plan
(AAP) under MM-I on Oilseeds will be classified
broadly in three categories namely Seed
Components, Production Components and
Transfer of Technology.
MM II on Oil Palm • The Department of Agriculture/Horticulture
of the State Governments will be the Nodal
agency for undertaking area expansion
programme of Oil Palm in the States under
Mini Mission-II of NMOOP.
• The interventions under MM-II (Oil palm)
comprises of three major components i.e
Area Expansion Inputs component
,Production Inputs component and Transfer
of Technologies component.
MM III on TBOs • The interventions under MM-III (TBOs)
comprises of three major components i.e
Area expansion component, Transfer of
Technologies component and need based R
& D Projects through institutes
• Mini Mission-III will be implemented
through the Departments of Agriculture or
Horticulture of the State Governments. The
State Governments may also involve other
line Departments/Organizations
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41.3 National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA)
• NMSA derives its mandate from Sustainable Agriculture Mission which is one of the eight
Missions outlined under National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) launched in 2008.
• NMSA has been made operational from the year 2014-15.
Objectives
• To make agriculture more productive, sustainable, remunerative and climate resilient by
promoting location specific Integrated/Composite Farming Systems.
• To conserve natural resources through appropriate soil and moisture conservation measures.
• To adopt comprehensive soil health management practices based on soil fertility maps, soil test
based application of macro & micro nutrients, judicious use of fertilizers etc.
• To optimize utilization of water resources through efficient water management to expand
coverage for achieving ‘more crop per drop’.
• To develop capacity of farmers & stakeholders, in conjunction with other on - going Missions
e.g. National Mission on Agriculture Extension & Technology, National Food Security Mission,
National Initiative for Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) etc., in the domain of climate change
adaptation and mitigation measures.
• To pilot models in select blocks for improving productivity of rainfed farming by mainstreaming
rainfed technologies refined through NICRA and by leveraging resources from other
schemes/Missions like Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
(MGNREGS), Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP), RKVY etc.; and
• To establish an effective, inter and intra Departmental/Ministerial co - ordination for
accomplishing key deliverables of National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture under the aegis of
NAPCC
Key Features
• NMSA will cater to key dimensions of ‘Water use efficiency’, ‘Nutrient Management’ and
‘Livelihood diversification’ through adoption of sustainable development pathway by
progressively shifting to environmental friendly technologies, adoption of energy efficient
equipments, conservation of natural resources, integrated farming, etc.
• Besides, NMSA aims at promoting location specific improved agronomic practices through soil
health management, enhanced water use efficiency, judicious use of chemicals, crop
diversification, progressive adoption of crop-livestock farming systems and integrated
approaches like crop-sericulture, agro-forestry, fish farming, etc.
Components
• Rainfed Area Development (RAD): It adopts an area-based approach for development and
conservation of natural resources along with farming systems.
• Sub-Mission on Agro-forestry – ‘Har Medh Par Pedh’ – Launched in 2016-17. It aims to
encourage tree plantation on farm land "Har Medh Par Ped”, along with crops / cropping
system.
• National Bamboo Mission
• Soil Health Management (SHM): It will aim at promoting location as well as crop specific
sustainable soil health management including residue management and organic farming
practices.
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• Climate Change and Sustainable Agriculture: Monitoring, Modelling and Networking
(CCSAMMN): It provides creation and bidirectional dissemination of climate change related
information and knowledge by way of piloting climate change adaptation/mitigation
research/model projects in the domain of climate smart sustainable management practices.
41.3.1 Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region
(MOVCDNER)
Launch Year: 2015
Aim
It aims for the development of certified organic production in a value chain mode to link growers
with consumers and to support the development of entire value chain
Objectives
• To develop crop commodity specific organic value chain and address gaps in organic crop
production, wild crop harvesting etc through:
• To empower producers with program ownership by organizing them into Farmers Interest
Groups (FIGs)
• To replace conventional farming/subsistence farming system into local resource based, self-
sustainable, high value commercial organic enterprise.
• Developing commodity specific commercial organic value chain under integrated and
concentrated approach
• Development of organic parks/zones
• Brand building and facilitating stronger marketing access
• Creating state specific lead agency (Organic Commodity Board or Organic Mission) for
coordinating, monitoring, supporting and financing the development and operationalization of
entire value chain.
Goals
• To organize dedicated institutional systems at the centre and under each state for development
and promotion of organic farming.
• To create at least one or two replicable end-to-end organic value chain models in every State
with the integration of handlers, growers, processors and market facilitation agencies.
• To empower 30-50 thousand farmers from the northeastern region by creating around 100
farmer producer companies and equip these companies with full value chain under its
ownership.
• To transform subsistence farming to commercial organic farming with end-to-end facilities.
• To promote northeastern states as a major supplier of organic commodities for national and
international markets.
• To improve the production system to result in higher productivity with better profitability.
• To enable states to create their brands.
Key Features
• It is a Central Sector Scheme, a sub-mission under National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture
(NMSA).
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• It is being implemented in the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya,
Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura
41.3.2 National Bamboo Mission

Launch Year: 2006
• The restructured National Bamboo Mission (NBM) was approved in April, 2018 for
implementation till the end of 14th Finance Commission i.e. 2019-20.
• It is a sub-mission under the National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA).
Objectives
• To increase the area under bamboo plantation in non-forest Government and private lands to
supplement farm income and contribute towards resilience to climate change.
• To promote bamboo plantations predominantly in farmers’ fields, homesteads, community
lands, arable wastelands, and along irrigation canals, water bodies etc.
• To improve post-harvest management through establishment of innovative primary processing
units near the source of production.
• To promote product development keeping in view market demand.
• To rejuvenate the underdeveloped bamboo industry in India.
• To promote skill development, capacity building, awareness generation for development of
bamboo sector from production to market demand.
• To realign efforts so as to reduce dependency on import of bamboo and bamboo products.
Key Features
• It is a Centrally Sponsored scheme.
Strategy
• The Mission will focus on development of bamboo in limited States where it has social,
commercial and economical advantage with focus on genetically superior planting material of
bamboo species of commercial and industrial demand
• Adoption of end to end solution in bamboo sector i.e. complete value chain approach starting
from bamboo growers to consumers would be emphasized
• Mission has been developed as a platform for integration of Ministries/ Departments/Agencies
with implementation responsibilities given based on their mandate
• Capacity building of the officials, field functionaries, entrepreneurs and farmers through skill
development and trainings will be emphasized
• Focus will be given on Research & Development (R&D) to increase the production and
productivity of bamboo
41.4 Sub-Mission on Agriculture Extension (SMAE)

Aim
• To strengthen the ongoing extension mechanism of State Governments, local bodies etc.
• To achieve food and nutritional security and socio-economic empowerment of farmers.
• To institutionalize programme planning and implementation mechanism.
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• To forge effective linkages and synergy amongst various stake-holders.
• To support human resource development interventions.
• To promote pervasive and innovative use of electronic/print media, inter-personal
communication and ICT tools
• Erstwhile Sub-Mission on Agricultural Extension (SMAE) was being implemented under Nation
Mission on Agricultural Extension & Technology (NMAET) w.e.f. 2014-15.
• Now SMAE has been subsumed as sub-scheme of Umbrella Scheme- Green Revolution
Krishonnati Yojana from 2017-18.
41.4.1 Support to State Extension Programmes for Extension Reforms (ATMA)’

Launch Year: 2005
Aim
Making extension system farmer driven and farmer accountable by disseminating technology to
farmers through new institutional arrangements viz. Agricultural Technology Management Agency
(ATMA) at district level to operationalize the extension reforms on a participatory mode
Objectives
• Providing innovative, restructured and autonomous institutions at the State /District/ Block
level.
• Encouraging multi-agency extension strategies involving Public/ Private Extension Service
Providers.
• Ensuring an integrated, broad-based extension delivery mechanism consistent with farming
systems approach.
• Adopting group approach to extension in line with the identified needs and requirements of the
farmers in the form of CIGs & FIGs.
• Facilitating convergence of programmes in planning, execution and Implementation.
• Addressing gender concerns by mobilizing farm women into groups and providing training to
them.
• Moving towards sustainability of extension services through beneficiary contribution
Key Features
• The scheme promotes decentralized farmer-friendly extension system in the country.
• This Scheme is launched to support State Government’s efforts and to make available latest
agricultural technologies and good agricultural practices in different thematic areas of
agriculture and allied areas to farmers through different extension activities viz; Farmers
Training, Demonstrations, Exposure Visits, Kisan Mela, Mobilization of Farmers Groups and
organizing Farm Schools etc.
41.5 Sub-Mission on Seeds and Planting Material (SMSP)

Aim
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• To increase production of certified / quality seed
• To upgrade the quality of farm saved seeds
• To strengthen the seed multiplication chain
• To promote new technologies and methodologies in seed production, processing, testing etc.
• To strengthen and modernizing infrastructure for seed production, storage, certification and
quality etc.
Key Features
• Development and strengthening of existing infrastructure for production and distribution of
certified / quality seeds with a focused, time bound and integrated agenda and also to place an
effective system for protection of plant varieties, rights of farmers and plant breeders and to
encourage development of new varieties of plants.
41.6 Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM)

Aim
• To increase the reach of farm mechanization to small and marginal farmers and to the regions
where availability of farm power is low
• To promote ‘Custom Hiring Centres’ to offset the adverse economies of scale arising due to
small landholdings and high cost of individual ownership
Key Features
• Conduct performance testing for various farm machineries and equipments at the four Farm
Machinery Training and Testing Institutes (FMTTIs), designated State Agricultural Universities
(SAUs) and ICAR institutions
• Promote farm mechanization among stakeholders by way of on and off-field training and
demonstrations.
• Provide financial assistance to farmers for procurement of farm machinery and implements
• Establish custom hiring centres of location and crop specific farm machinery and implements
• Provide financial assistance to small and marginal farmers for hiring machinery and implements
in regions of low mechanization
Components
• Promotion and Strengthening of Agricultural Mechanization through Training, Testing and
Demonstration
• Demonstration, Training and Distribution of Post-Harvest Technology and Management (PHTM)
• Financial Assistance for Procurement of Agriculture Machinery and Equipment
• Farm Machinery Banks for Custom Hiring
• Establish Hi-Tech, High Productive Equipment Hub for Custom Hiring
• Promotion of Farm Mechanization in Selected Villages
• Financial Assistance for Promotion of Mechanized Operations/hectare Carried out Through
Custom Hiring Centres
• Promotion of Farm Machinery and Equipment in North-Eastern Region
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41.7 Sub-Mission on Plant Protection and Plant Quarantine (SMPPQ)
Aim
• To minimize loss to quality and yield of agricultural crops from the ravages of insect pests,
diseases, weeds, nematodes, rodents etc.
• To shield our agricultural bio-security from the incursions and spread of alien species.
• To facilitate exports of Indian agricultural commodities to global markets.
• To promote good agricultural practices, particularly with respect to plant protection strategies.
Note: All 4 schemes i.e. Sub-Mission on Agriculture Extension, Sub-Mission on Seeds and Planting
Material, Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization and Sub-Mission on Plant Protection & Plant
Quarantine are subsumed under National Mission on Agricultural Extension and Technology
(NMAET). We have covered NMAET scheme earlier in this document.
41.8 Integrated Scheme on Agriculture Census, Economics and Statistics (ISACES)

Aim
• To undertake the agriculture census, study of the cost of cultivation of principal crops.
• To undertake research studies on agro-economic problems of the country.
• To fund conferences/workshops and seminars involving eminent economists, agricultural
scientists, experts and to bring out papers.
• To conduct short term studies.
• To improve agricultural statistics methodology.
• To create a hierarchical information system on crop condition and crop production from sowing
to harvest.
Key Features
Components
• Agriculture Census
• Situation Assessment Survey of Farmers
• Comprehensive Scheme for Studying the Cost of Cultivation of Principal Crops in India
• Agro-Economic Research Centres/Units
• Scheme of Planning, Management and Policy Formulation
• Improvement of Agricultural Statistics
• Forecasting Agricultural Output using Space, Agro-Meteorology and Land based Observation
41.9 Integrated Scheme on Agricultural Co-operation (ISAC)

Aim
• To provide financial assistance for improving the economic conditions of cooperatives and
remove regional imbalances.
• To speed up- cooperative development in agricultural marketing, processing, storage,
computerization and weaker section programmes.
• To help cotton growers fetch remunerative price for their produce through value addition
besides ensuring supply of quality yarn at reasonable rates to the decentralized weavers.
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41.10Integrated Scheme on Agricultural Marketing (ISAM)
Aim
• To develop agricultural marketing infrastructure.
• To promote innovative and latest technologies and competitive alternatives in agriculture
marketing infrastructure.
• To provide infrastructure facilities for grading, standardization and quality certification of
agricultural produce to help farmers get better and remunerative prices for their graded
produce.
• To establish a nation-wide marketing information network.
• To integrate markets through a common online market platform to facilitate pan-India trade in
agricultural commodities, etc.
41.11National e-Governance Plan - Agriculture (NeGP-A)

Launch Year: 2010-11 (in 7 pilot states)
In 2014-15, the scheme was further extended for all the remaining States and 2 UTs.
Aim
• To bring farmer centricity & service orientation to the programmes.
• To enhance reach & impact of extension services.
• To improve access of farmers to information & services throughout the crop-cycle.
• To build upon, enhance & integrate the existing ICT initiatives of Centre and States.
• To enhance efficiency & effectiveness of programs through making available timely and relevant
information to the farmers for increasing their agriculture productivity.
Key Features
• Under NeGPA (Phase II), funds were released to States for carrying out the activities viz. Site
preparation of offices, where hardware is to be installed and establishment of computer training
labs, Procurement, installation and accounting of Hardware/system software.
• Back-up power arrangements, wherever required, Setting-up of State Project Management
Unit (SPMUs) and hiring of manpower on contract basis (Data Entry Operators), Connectivity
for the locations where hardware is being installed and Data Digitization Customization of
applications as per State/ UT’s specific requirements.
Funding Pattern
Under the scheme, funding pattern between the Centre and the State is 90:10 for North Eastern
States & Himalayan States, 60:40 for other States and 100:0 for UTs.
42 National Project on Organic Farming (NPOF)

Launch Year: 2004
Aim
• To facilitate, encourage and promote development of organic agriculture in the country.
• To encourage production and use of organic and biological sources of nutrients like bio-
fertilizers, organic manure, compost
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• To promote production and use of bio-pesticides, bio-control agents etc as alternative inputs in
organic farming.
• To act as nodal agency for implementation of quality control regime for bio-fertilizers and
organic fertilizers, as per the requirement of FCO.
• To formulate and define standards for other unregulated organic and biological inputs and
bring them under quality control mechanism, define/upgrade standards and testing protocols.
• Develop, maintain, undertake regular efficacy testing and ensure steady supply of mother
cultures of bio-fertilizer and other beneficial microorganisms for nutrient mobilization and plant
protection to the biological input production industry.
• To run short term certificate courses on organic system and on-farm resource management.
• To organize regular trainings and refresher courses for State Governments’ quality control
analysts/inspectors associated with implementation of Fertilizer (Control) Order 1985 (FCO).
• To impart trainers’ training on certification systems, organic management, input production and
on other related aspects to certification and inspection agencies, extension agencies, farmers,
industries and organizations engaged in the production, and promotion of inputs and organic
farming.
• To initiate research on validation of established indigenous practices, inputs and technologies
leading to development of package of practices.
• To initiate studies/surveys on biological soil health assessment under different farming
systems, practices or states
• To act as central information and data collection centre on all aspects of organic farming and
dissemination of information through print and electronic media.
• Publication of training literature, Quarterly Organic Farming Newsletter, Half yearly Bio-fertilizer
Newsletter and validated and documented indigenous practices
• Technical support to existing certification systems in terms of standards formulation, designing
implementation protocols, evaluation and surveillance.
• Awareness creation through seminars/conferences/trade fairs and publicity through print and
electronic media. (xv) Support Central and State Governments in evaluation, and monitoring of
various organic agriculture schemes.
Key Features
• NPOF is a continuing central sector scheme since 10th Five Year Plan.
• Promotion of organic farming in the country through technical capacity building of all the
stakeholders including human resource development, transfer of technology, promotion and
production of quality organic and biological inputs, awareness creation and publicity through
print and electronic media.
• Statutory quality control of bio-fertilizers and organic fertilizers under the Fertilizer (Control)
Order (FCO), 1985, including revision of standards and testing protocols keeping in view the
advances in research and technology and bringing remaining organic inputs under quality control
regime.
• Capacity building for soil health assessment, organic input resource management, technology
development through support to research and market development.
• Besides working for realisation of targets under NPOF, National Centre of Organic Farming
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(NCOF) and Regional Centre of Organic Farming (RCOFs) are also performing specific roles in
promotion of organic farming.
Components
• Continuation of NCOF/RCOFs
o Continuation of NCOF/ RCOFs and their strengthening
o Construction of building of NCOF and RCOFs
• Capital Investment Subsidy for setting up of -
o Fruits & Vegetables Waste/agro-waste Compost Production Units
o Bio-fertilizer and Bio pesticide production Units
• Development and implementation of quality control regime and technical support for organic
and biological inputs
o Quality Control Analysis of Biofertilizer and Organic Fertilizers
o Development of quality control regime for other organic inputs
o Development, maintenance and supply of authenticated strains of microorganisms
• Human resource development through following trainings
o Certificate Course on organic farming
o Refresher Training course for analysts
o Trainers trainings
o Training of Field Functionaries / Extension Officers on Organic Farming
o International trainings/exposures for trainers
• Capacity building for biological soil health assessment and organic nutrient resource mapping
• Encourage and Support Research, studies and/or surveys etc on organic package of practices,
inputs and management protocols
• Publication of Newsletters, Training manuals and literature etc. and collection of data related
to organic farming and inputs
• Capacity building for low cost alternative certification-Participatory Guarantee System (PGS)
• New Initiatives, Market Development, Awareness Creation and Publicity and evaluation
• Evaluation and monitoring of organic agriculture schemes/ programmes of Central and State
Governments
Implementing Agency
Department of Agriculture & Cooperation through National Centre of Organic Farming at Ghaziabad
and its six Regional Centres at Bangalore, Bhubaneshwar, Hisar, Imphal, Jabalpur and Nagpur.
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Objectives
• To study productivity, profitability, sustainability, quality and input-use-efficiencies of
different crops and cropping systems under organic farming in different agro-ecological regions.
• To develop efficient crop and soil management options for organic farming
• To develop need-based cost-effective new techniques for farm-waste recycling
Key Features
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Systems Research (IIFSR)
• In order to develop a comprehensive technological package of organic farming for different
crops in system mode at various locations of the country, a Network Project on Organic Farming
(NPOF) was initiated.
• Four experiments were planned and conducted at 13 centers to address, all issues such as
o Comparison of organic
o Inorganic and integrated nutrient management practices
o Method and source of nutrient application
o Management of pest
o Diseases and weeds in various crops/ cropping systems.
• The mandate of the project is to infuse scientifically validated organic farming approaches and
to develop location/ region-specific management protocols for organic farming.
• The number of centres of NPOF have been increased to 20.
44 Integrated Scheme of Oilseeds, Pulses, Oil Palm and Maize (ISOPOM)

Launch Year: 2004
• The first programme on Oilseeds was launched in 1986 as Technology Mission on Oilseeds
(TMO).
• Later Pulses, Oil Palm & Maize were brought in its ambit.
• The scheme was later restructured in 2004 as Integrated Scheme of Oilseeds, Pulses, Oil Palm
and Maize (ISOPOM).
• To provide further impetus to the production of pulses and oilseeds, the pulses component of
Integrated Scheme on Oilseeds, Pulses, Oil palm & Maize (ISOPOM) has been merged with
National Food Security Mission from 2010-11
Key Features
• ISOPOM is being implemented in 14 major oilseed growing States to promote the cultivation of
oilseeds including soyabean in the country.
• Flexibility to the states to utilize the funds for the scheme/crop of their choice.
• Annual action plan to be formulated by the State Governments for consideration and approval
of the Government of India.
• Flexibility to the states for introducing innovative measures or any special component to the
extent of 10% of financial allocation.
• Involvement of private sector by the State Governments in the implementation of the
programme with a financial cap of 15%.
• Flexibility for inter component diversion of funds up to 20% for non-seed components only.
• Diversion of funds from seed components to non-seed components with the prior approval of
the Department of Agriculture & Cooperation.
• Increase under staff & contingency not permitted except by revision of pay scale and increase
in rate of Dearness Allowance with the prior approval of the Department of Agriculture &
Cooperation.
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• The ISOPOM will continue to be implemented by the State Governments through their
Departments of Agriculture/Horticulture.
• Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is the nodal agency for production of breeder’s
seed and conduct of frontline demonstrations.
• National Seeds Corporation (NSC), State Farms Corporation of India (SFCI), KRIBHCO etc will
implement the programme for foundation and certified seed production, while distribution of
certified seeds and minikits will be done by NSC and SFCI at the central level.
• The private sector like NGOs, farmer’s organizations, cooperative bodies, and public sector
agencies will also be involved through State Governments in the implementation of some of the
components of the programme.
o However, the involvement of private sector and other Non-Government Bodies in the
implementation of different components of the programme will be limited to 15% of the
allocation for a particular component.
o This ceiling of 15% could be increased, if necessary, after a mid-term review of the
involvement of private sector by the Department of Agriculture & Cooperation and
Planning Commission.
o Impact assessment/evaluation of the scheme will be undertaken at the end of the
10th Plan by an independent agency.
Subsumed Schemes
• Oilseeds Production Programme (OPP)
• National Pulses Development Project (NPDP)
• Accelerated Maize Development Programme (AMDP)
• Oil Palm Development Programme (OPDP)
Accelerated Pulse Production Programme
Launch Year: 2010
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Implementing Agency: Department of Agriculture Cooperation (DAC)
Aim: To demonstrate plant nutrient and plant protection centric technologies and management
practices in compact units of 1000 hectares each for five major pulse crops viz. Tur, Black gram
(Urad), Red gram (Arhar), Green gram (Moong), and Lentil (Masur).
Funding: 100% funding by Government of India
45 Agricultural Market Information Network (AGMARKNET) Portal

Launch Year: 2000
Key Features
• This portal is backed by a wide area information network connecting agricultural markets, State
Marketing boards/Directorates and also providing linkages to the websites of the important
National and International Organisations.
• The Portal provides both static and dynamic information relating to agricultural marketing in
India.
o The static information is about infrastructure- related, Market – related and Promotion-
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related information.
o The dynamic part comprises Price-related information comprising maximum, minimum
and model prices of varieties, total arrivals and dispatches with destination.
• The portal provides easy access to commodity-wise, variety-wise daily prices and arrivals
information of more than 2000 varieties and about 300 commodities from the wholesale
markets spread all over the country.
• Prices and arrivals trend reports for important commodities, futures prices from Multi
Commodity Exchange of India Limited and NCDEX are being reported online on the portal.
• The portal is run by the Directorate of Marketing & Inspection with the technical assistance of
NIC as consultant on Turn-key basis.
• The main users of Agmarknet website are Farmers , Traders, Research Institutes, Exporters,
Commodity Boards/Various Government Departments, ECO-STAT.
• The linkages are also provided to Kisan, Krishi World, Indian Agro-net, Agriwatch, Indian Dairy
Industry, Agro-India, Forwards Markets Commission, National Multi Exchange of India Limited
and NCDEX through the portal to form a close user-group.
• The portal provides information on commodity profiles, reports of important research studies,
CODEX Standards of agricultural commodities, markets profile, etc.
• CODEX, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Agricultural and Processed Food Products
Export Development Authority (APEDA), Trade Online, Commodities Exchanges like National
Commodity & Derivatives Exchange Limited (NCDEX), National Multi-Commodity Exchange of
India Ltd. NMCE, and other related marketing organizations/Institutions are linked with this
website.
46 Strengthening & Modernization of Pest Management Approach in India (SMPMA)

Objectives
• Minimize the crop losses caused by pests and diseases.
• Encourage farmers to use various ecologically sustainable pest management approaches
rather than relying only on chemical pesticides.
• Promote use of bio-pesticides & bio-control agents in plant pest management.
• Conserve the diverse Agro- ecosystem for build-up of various natural enemies for plant pests.
• Create awareness amongst farmers on -
o Safe and judicious use of chemical pesticides
o To follow the label claims and instructions on dose and use as approved by CIB&RC.
• Survey and surveillance for pest and diseases
Key Features
Components
• Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - It encompasses pest control techniques such as cultural,
mechanical and biological with minimum dependence on chemical pesticides.
• Locust Warning Organization - is responsible for monitoring and controlling desert locust over
2.00 lakh sq km in Scheduled Desert Area (SDA) in Rajasthan, Gujarat and Haryana.
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• Implementation of Insecticides Act, 1968
Implementation Agency: 35 Central Integrated Pest Management Centres (CIPMCs) established
across the country to keep pest population beloweconomic thresholds level
Central Integrated Pest Management Centres (CIPMCs)
Mandate: The mandate of these Centres is pest/disease monitoring, production and release of bio-
control agents/ bio-pesticides, conservation of bio-control agents and Human Resource
Development in IPM by imparting training to Agriculture / Horticulture Extension Officers and
farmers at Grass Root Level.
Objectives
• Maximize crop production with minimum input costs.
• Minimize environmental pollution in soil, water and air due to pesticides.
• Minimize occupational health hazards due to chemical pesticides.
• Conserve ecosystem and maintain ecological equilibrium.
• Judicious use of chemical pesticides for reducing pesticide residues.
Activities
• Surveillance & Monitoring of insect-pest & diseases.
• Augmentation and Conservation of Natural enemies.
• Production and release of bio-control agents.
• Human Resource Development (HRD) through Farmers’ Field Schools (FFSs) Season-long training
programmes, orientation training programme and refresher courses.
47 Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVK)

• The first KVK, on a pilot basis, was established in 1974 at Puducherry (Pondicherry) under the
administrative control of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore.
• Dr. Mohan Singh Mehta committee has recommended the establishment of KVKs.
Aim
Assessment of location specific technology modules in agriculture and allied enterprises, through
technology assessment, refinement and demonstrations.
Key Features
• They are agricultural extension centres created by ICAR (Indian Council for Agricultural
Research) and its affiliated institutions at district level to provide various types of farm support
to the agricultural sector.
• They are 100% financed by Government of India.
• KVKs are sanctioned to Agricultural Universities, ICAR institutes, related Government
Departments and Non Government Organizations (NGOs) working in Agriculture.
• It is an integral part of the National Agricultural Research System (NARS).
Functions of KVKs
• On-farm testing to assess the location specificity of agricultural technologies under various
farming systems.
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• Frontline demonstrations to establish production potential of technologies on the farmers’
fields.
• Capacity development of farmers and extension personnel to update their knowledge and skills
on modern agricultural technologies.
• To work as Knowledge and Resource Centre of agricultural technologies for supporting initiatives
of public, private and voluntary sector in improving the agricultural economy of the district.
• Provide farm advisories using ICT and other media means on varied subjects of interest to
farmers.
Krishi Vigyan Kendras Portal
Aim: The aim of the portal is to transfer the technologies developed by the agricultural scientists to
the farmers in a fast and effective manner using web and mobile technology as well as to monitor
the activities of Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs)
Objectives
• To create a platform to monitor the various activities as well as resource utilization by various
KVKs
• To create a database of the various programmes organized by the KVKs along with their detailed
information and learning resources
• To help the farmers in resolving their queries using web and mobile technologies
• To provide information about various facilities and activities performed by the KVKs and to
provide linkage to other important information such as weather and market information.
Key Features
• The portal provides provisions for online monitoring of KVKs which include reporting of major
events on regular basis and submission of monthly reports online.
• The portal also provides information on different services being provided by different KVKs.
• The portal also has links for accessing Weather and Market related information by the farmers,
forthcoming programmes is also be available on the website which will benefit farmers and
youth in joining different training programmes being organized by KVKs.
• The portal also maintains the database of past programmes along with related information such
as technologies covered, photo and videos, Question and answer facility is available for the
farmers and Agriculture related information of the districts is available on the portal
48 Agro-Economic Research (AER) Scheme

Objectives
• To conduct investigations into specified agro-economic problems which are of special interest
to the Ministry, either at the macro or the micro level.
• To carry on continuous studies on changes in the rural economy by means of periodic surveys
and re-surveys of selected villages representing typical situations.
• To carry on research work on structural changes and fundamental problems of agricultural
economy and rural development of the country.
• To give technical advice to the Union Government and State Government on such issues as
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with mutual agreement may be referred to them.
Key Features
• It is a network of 15 AER Units and Centers which conduct research studies in the field of
Agricultural Economy on yearly basis to meet the need of the Government of India.
• The scheme is fully funded by Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare through grants-in-
aid under central sector scheme “Integrated Scheme on Agriculture Census, Economics and
Statistics”.
o The grants-in-aid are meant for meeting the salary, allowances and office expenses of
the staff of AER Centres/Units working under administrative control of different
Universities/Institutes to conduct research studies allotted by Ministry on agro-economic
issues.
• There is a Research Advisory Committee (RAC) for finalization of study proposals to be
undertaken by AERCs/Us in the field of agricultural economics.
49 Capital Investment Subsidy for Construction/Expansion/Modernization of Cold Storages and

Storages for Horticulture Products
Objectives
To promote setting up of cold storages/storages in the country for reducing post-harvest losses.
Key Features
• The Scheme is demand/ entrepreneur-driven.
• NHB subsidy is released in the subsidy reserve fund account of the lending Bank/Financial
Institution.
• Under the scheme, credit linked back-ended subsidy at the rate of 35% of the capital cost of
the project in general areas and 50% in case of North East, Hilly States & Scheduled areas for
construction/expansion/ modernization of cold storage and CA storage of capacity above 5000
MT and up to 10000 MT is available.
o In case of North East region, the units with capacity above 1000 MT are also eligible for
assistance.
Key Components (Modernization)
Credit linked projects relating to Cold Storages including Controlled Atmosphere (CA) and Modified
Atmosphere (MA) Stores, pre-cooling units, other Storages for onion, etc.
Implementing Agency: National Horticulture Board (NHB)
50 Coconut Palm Insurance Scheme

Objectives
• Extend financial assistance to the coconut growers in insuring their coconut palms against the
natural and climatic disasters.
• Help stabilise the income for the coconut growers, especially during the disastrous years.
• Ensure risk minimisation
• Encourage coconut palm replanting among the farmers
• Restore coconut farming
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• Coconut growers should have a minimum of five healthy nut-bearing palms in any contagious
area
• Dwarf and Hybrid palm trees that are under the age group of 4–60 years
• Tall palm trees that come under the age group of 7–60 years are eligible for the coverage
• Unhealthy and old palms will not be entitled to the coverage
• All the healthy palms within the age group are eligible for the insurance.
• Partial insurance of plantation in the contagious area is not allowed.
• Insurance coverage is from 4th/7th year to 60th year and split into two age groups i.e. 4-15
years and 16-60 years, for fixing premium and sum insured.
Key Features
Risk Covered under the Scheme
• Storm, hailstorm, typhoon, cyclone, tornado, flood and heavy rains
• Pest attack that leads to irrecoverable damage to the coconut palm
• Forest fire, bush fire, accidental fire and lightning that destroys the palm completely
• Earthquake, Tsunami & landslide
• A severe drought that can lead to death and turn the palm unproductive
• Losses occurred due to theft, war, rebellion, revolution, natural perishability or uprooting is not
covered under the scheme.
Sum Insured under the Scheme
• For the age group between 4- and 15-years palm, the insured sum shall be Rs 900 per palm and
the premium payable per plant per year is Rs 9.
• For the age group between 16 and 60 years, the insured sum will be Rs 1750 per palm and the
premium payable per plant per year is Rs 14.
Premium: Out of the Insurance amount allotted under the scheme, the premium subsidy will be
shared and paid as follows –
• 50% by the Coconut Development Board (CDB)
• 25% by the State Government
• Farmers/growers will pay balance 25%
Implementing Agency
Agriculture Insurance Corporation of India.
51 Market Intervention Price Scheme

Objectives
• To protect the growers of perishable horticultural/agricultural commodities from making
distress sale in the event of bumper crop during the peak arrival period when prices fall to
very low level.
Key Features
• It is a price support mechanism implemented on the request of State Governments which is
ready to bear 50% of the loss (25% in case of North-Eastern States), if any, incurred on its
implementation.
• Under MIS, support can be provided in some years, for a limited but defined period, in specified
critical markets and by purchasing specified quantities.
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• It includes the commodities not covered under Minimum Support Price Mechanism.
• This scheme is implemented when there is at least 10% increase in production or 10% decrease
in the ruling rates over the previous normal year.
• Central share of losses as per the guidelines of MIS is released directly to the State
Governments/UTs
Implementing Agency - Department of Agriculture & Cooperation
Central agency - A pre-determined quantity at a fixed MIP is procured by NAFED as the Central
agency
Ministry of Rural Development

52 Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan
Launch Year: 2020
Objectives
• Provide and enhancing longer term livelihood opportunities to returning migrants and similarly
affected rural citizens
• Saturate villages with public infrastructure
Key Features
• Coverage
o A total of 116 districts (including 27 Aspirational Districts) across 6 states, namely Bihar,
Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand and Odisha have been chosen.
o These districts are estimated to cover about 2/3 of such migrant workers.
• Implementation
o The campaign will work in mission mode for 125 days commencing from 20th June, 2020.
o It will involve intensified and focused implementation of 25 different types of works to
provide employment to the migrant workers on one hand and create infrastructure in the
rural regions of the country on the other hand.
o Public works worth Rs 50,000 crore to be carried out under the scheme.
Coordination/Implementing Agency
• 12 different Ministries/Departments, namely, Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Road
Transport and Highways, Mines, Drinking Water and Sanitation, Environment, Railways, etc. will
be coordinating for the implementation of the scheme.
• The villages will join this programme through the Common Service Centres (CSCs) and Krishi
Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) maintaining the norms of social distancing in the wake of the pandemic.
53 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.
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Target
To create 300 rural growth clusters across the country
Key Features
• The Mission focuses on creation of Rurban clusters in rural areas which have latent potential for
growth, in all States and UTs, including the Tribal districts, over the next 5 years.
• 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 following components are envisaged as desirable components in each cluster -
o Skill development training linked to economic activities
o Agro Processing, Agri Services, Storage and Warehousing
o Fully equipped mobile health unit
o Upgrading school /higher education facilities
o Sanitation
o Provision of piped water supply
o Solid and liquid waste management
o Village streets and drains
o Street lights
o Inter-village road connectivity
o Public transport
o LPG gas connections
o Digital Literacy
o Citizen Service Centres
Funding
• The project is envisaged to be funded through convergence of various Centrally Sponsored,
Central Sector and State Government Schemes pertaining to the chosen components under the
Mission.
• In addition to the scheme funds, Critical Gap Funding (CGF) is proposed to be provided through
the Scheme funds to the clusters to bridge the gap posed by availability of scheme funds and
fulfilling the development aspirations of the 'Rurban Cluster'.
o The CGF would be capped at 30% of the capital cost or Rs 30 crores whichever is lesser.
• The operations and maintenance expenses of the project will be recovered through user
charges as per the user charges policy in the state with shortfall supported by the state budget.
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.
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• Spreading development in the region.
• Attracting investment in rural areas.
54 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) in 2016.
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.
Target
The Scheme envisaged constructing 2.95 crore PMAY-G houses with all basic amenities by the year
2021-22.
Identification of Beneficiaries
• Using housing deprivation parameters in the Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC), 2011
data which is to be verified by the Gram Sabhas.
• Priority will first be assigned on the basis of parameters reflecting housing deprivation in each
category viz., SC/ST, Minorities and others.
Key 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. 70000 from financial institutions.
• The minimum size of the house has been increase to 25 sq.mt (from 20 sq.mt) with a hygienic
cooking space.
• Provision of assistance for construction of toilets (Rs 12,000) though convergence with Swachh
Bharat Mission-Gramin, MGNREGS or any other dedicated the source of funding.
• Convergence for piped drinking water, electricity connection, LPG gas connection etc. different
Government programmers are also to be attempted.
• 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.
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• Reduction has been done in administrative expenses from 4% to 2% of programme funds.
• The grants under the scheme are shared between the Centre and States in the ratio of 90:10 in
case of NE States, Himalayan States & Himalayan UTs. For all other States, funds are shared in
the ratio of 60:40 by the Centre and the States. In cases of other UTs, entire funds are provided
by the Centre
• From the annual budgetary grant for PMAY-G, 90% of funds is to be released to States/UTs for
the construction of new houses under PMAY-G.
• Cabinet has approved continuation of PMAY-G beyond March 2021 till March 2024 as per the
existing norms to complete remaining houses within a cumulative target of 2.95 crore houses
55 Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAANJHI)

Launch Year – 2014 [Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY) was launched in March 2010]
Aim
• To provide rural India with quality access to basic amenities and opportunities.
• Instilling and nurturing values of national pride, patriotism, community spirit, self-confidence
people's participation, dignity of women, etc. in the people.
Objectives
• To trigger processes which lead to holistic development of the identified Gram Panchayats
• To substantially improve the standard of living and quality of life of all sections of the
population
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.
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 3 villages by 2019 and 5
such Adarsh Grams (one per year) will be selected and developed by 2024.
o A total of 6,433 Adarsh Grams of the 2,65,000-gram panchayats, will be created by 2024.
• It envisages integrated development of the selected village across multiple areas such as
agriculture, health, education, sanitation, environment, livelihoods etc.
• The constituency fund, MPLADS would be available to fill critical financial gaps.
Implementing Authorities
• 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.
o Lok Sabha MP - To choose a Gram Panchayat from within his/her constituency
o Rajya Sabha MP - To choose a Gram Panchayat from the rural area of a district of his/her
choice in the State from which he/she is elected.
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o Nominated MPs - may choose a Gram Panchayat from the rural area of any district in the
country.
o In the case of urban constituencies, (where there are no Gram Panchayats), the MP will
identify a Gram Panchayat from a nearby rural constituency.
• At the state level there will be an Empowered Committee headed by the Chief Secretary
consisting of the relevant Departments and including experts, as required with at least
two Civil Society representatives.
PMAGY was launched on a pilot basis for the integrated development of 1000 villages each with
more than 50% SC population
56 Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana – NRLM

Launch Year - 2011
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 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
Key Features
• The centrally sponsored programme is implemented in partnership with the State
governments.
• The Mission involves working with the community institutions through community
professionals in the spirit of self-help.
• It is implemented by special purpose vehicles (autonomous state societies) with dedicated
implementation support units at the national, state, district and block levels.
• Universal Social Mobilisation - At least one woman member from each identified rural poor
household is to be brought under the Self Help Group (SHG) network in a time bound manner.
Special emphasis is particularly on vulnerable communities.
• Target Group is identified through the Participatory Identification of Poor (PIP) method. The
NRLM Target Group (NTG) derived through the PIP is de-linked from the BPL
• Revolving Fund (RF) and Community Investment Fund (CIF) as resources in perpetuity to the
institutions of the poor, to strengthen their institutional and financial management capacity and
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build their track record to attract mainstream bank finance.
• Financial Inclusion - It promotes financial literacy among the poor and provides catalytic capital
to the SHGs and their federations
• Livelihoods - NRLM focuses on stabilizing and promoting existing livelihood portfolio of the poor
in farm and non-farm sectors; building skills for the job market outside; and nurturing self-
employed and entrepreneurs (for micro-enterprises).
National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM)
Launch Year: 2011
• The scheme has been launched after restructuring Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana
(SJGSY).
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Rural Development
Aim: The scheme is focused on promoting self-employment and organization of rural poor.
56.1 Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana (MKSP)

Implemented: 2011
Aim
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.
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.
Key Features
• The program is implemented in project mode through State Rural Livelihoods Mission (SRLM)
as Project Implementing Agencies.
• It will initiate a learning cycle by which women are enabled to learn and adopt appropriate
technologies and farming systems.
56.2 Aajeevika Grameen Express Yojana

Launch Year: 2017
Objectives
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• 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.
Key Features
• The Community Investment Fund (CIF) provided to Community Based Organization (CBOs)
under DAY-NRLM will be utilized to support the SHG members in this new livelihoods initiative.
• The beneficiary SHG member will be provided an interest free loan by the CBO from its
Community Investment Fund for purchase of the vehicle.
• Alternative, CBO will own the vehicle and lease it to an SHG member to operate the vehicle
and pay lease rental to the CBO.
56.3 Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP)

Launch Year: 2016
Aim
To develop an eco-system for supporting small businesses in rural areas.
Vision
To provide support for start-up to 1 crore village enterprises and provide direct employment to 2
crore people.
Objectives
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.
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.
Key Features
• Skill building support is provided to all the entrepreneurs supported under this programme
through Community Resource Persons for Enterprise Promotion (CRP-EP).
• SVEP addresses three major pillars of rural start-ups namely - finances, incubation and skill
ecosystems.
• SVEP promotes both individual and group enterprises, set-up and promote enterprises majorly
on manufacturing, trading and service sectors.
• The program invested largely on building the capacities of the entrepreneurs to run the
businesses profitably based on the local demand and eco-system.
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56.4 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.
Vision
Transform rural poor youth into an economically independent and globally relevant workforce
• Rural Youth: 15 - 35 Yrs (from poor families)
• SC/ST/Women/PVTG/PWD: upto 45 Yrs
Key Features
• Enable Poor and Marginalized to Access Benefits: Demand led skill training at no cost to the
rural poor
• Inclusive Program Design: Mandatory coverage of socially disadvantaged groups (SC/ST 50%;
Minority 15%; Women 33%)
• Shifting Emphasis from Training to Career Progression: Pioneers in providing incentives for job
retention, career progression and foreign placements
• Greater Support for Placed Candidates: Post-placement support, migration support and alumni
network
• Proactive Approach to Build Placement Partnerships: Guaranteed Placement for at least 75%
trained candidates
• Enhancing the Capacity of Implementation Partners: Nurturing new training service providers
and developing their skills
• Regional Focus: Greater emphasis on projects for poor rural youth in Jammu and Kashmir
(HIMAYAT). In the North-East region and 27 Left-Wing Extremist (LWE) districts it is named as
ROSHINI.
• Standards-led Delivery: All program activities are subject to Standard Operating Procedures that
are not open to interpretation by local inspectors. All inspections are supported by geo-tagged,
time stamped videos/photographs.
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
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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.
56.5 National Rural Livelihoods Project (NRLP)

• 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).
56.6 National Rural Economic Transformation Project (NRETP)

Key Features
• NRETP 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.
• The 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.
57 Prime Minister’s Rural Development Fellowship (PMRDF)

Launch Year: 2011
Aim
To reduce poverty and improving the lives of people in rural India.
Objectives
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• 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 Criteria
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.
Key Features
• PMRD Fellows work closely with the District Collector of the Integrated Action Plan (IAP)
districts in improving programme delivery and interface with marginalised sections of the
population with the aim of reducing developmental and governance deficits.
• The Fellows will have mainly the following functions:
o Work with institutions of the poor to build their capacity and help them access their
rights and entitlements
o Facilitate capacity building in Self-Help Groups (SHGs), and in institutions of local
democracy, like panchayats
o Conduct socio-economic analysis of the local areas at Block level and contribute in
ascertaining the felt needs of the people
o Help the district administration in local area planning
o Assist in better implementation of poverty alleviation programmes
o Undertake action-research to discover more appropriate ways of programme delivery
by the district administration
o Design and implement innovative projects
o Provide feedback on rural development initiatives.
• Tenure of Fellowship:
o The duration of Fellowship under the PMRDF shall be for a total period of 2 years and
shall include an orientation period not exceeding three months.
o The Fellows shall be required to accept the terms and conditions governing the
Fellowship contract through an agreement with National Rural Livelihoods Promotion
Society (NRLPS) and subscribe to such agreement with regard to their Fellowship.
58 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.
Aim
• To strengthen the livelihood resource base of the rural households while creating productive
assets
Objectives
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• Providing guaranteed employment to every household in rural areas as per demand, resulting
in creation of productive assets of prescribed quality and durability
• Strengthening the livelihood resource base of the poor
• Proactively ensuring social inclusion
• Strengthening Panchayati Raj Institutions.
Coverage
MGNREGA covers the entire country with the exception of districts that have a hundred percent
urban population.
Key Features
• MGNREGS is a demand driven wage employment programme, which provides for livelihood
security by providing at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in every financial year
to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.
• Besides the mandatory 100 days, there is a provision for additional 50 days of unskilled wage
employment in a financial year in drought/natural calamity notified rural areas.
• As per Section 3(4) of the MNREG Act, 2005, the State Governments may make provisions for
providing additional days beyond the period guaranteed under the Act from their own funds
• The Gram Panchayat registers households after making enquiry and issues a job card.
o In addition to job creation, the Scheme would now aim at improving quality of assets,
skilling workers for entrepreneurship and hiring youth for jobs like GIS mapping and
block-level monitoring of work.
• Creation of durable assets and strengthening the livelihood resource base of the rural poor.
• Training and up gradation of the skills of unskilled laborers.
• As per section 6(1) of the Act, Central Government may, by notification, specify the wage rate
for its beneficiaries.
• Work should ordinarily be provided within 5 km radius of the village.
o In case work is provided beyond 5 km, extra wages of 10% are payable to meet
additional transportation and living expenses
• Programme Officer at Intermediate Panchayat level is responsible for providing work within 15
days
• Right to get unemployment allowance in case employment is not provided within fifteen days
of submitting the application or from the date when work is sought. Unemployment allowance is
borne by the state governments.
• A 60:40 wage and material ratio has to be maintained. No contractors and machinery are
allowed.
• Work site facilities such as crèche, drinking water, shade have to be provided
• At least 50% of works will be allotted to Gram Panchayats for execution
• 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.
o It will be either paid in cash, or in kind, or both, provided that at least one-fourth of the
wages shall be paid in cash.
• In case the number of children below the age of six years accompanying the women working at
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any site is five or more, provisions shall be made to depute one women worker to look after
such children and she shall be paid the statutory minimum wage.
• At least one-third beneficiaries shall be women who have registered and requested work under
the scheme.
• Social Audit has to be done by the Gram Sabha.
• Grievance redressal mechanisms have to be put in place for ensuring a responsive
implementation process
• All accounts and records relating to the Scheme should be available for public scrutiny.
GeoMGNREGA is a unique endeavour of the MoRD in association with National Remote Sensing
Centre (NRSC), ISRO and National Informatics Centre for geotagging of assets created under
MGNREGA.
59 Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)

Launch Year: 2000
Aim
To provide good all-weather road connectivity to unconnected villages
Objectives
• 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.
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.
• PMGSY envisages only single road Connectivity to be provided.
• If a Habitation is already connected by way of an All-weather road, then no new work can be
taken up under the PMGSY for that habitation.
• PMGSY does not permit repairs to Black-topped or Cement Roads, even if the surface condition
is bad.
• The main features of PMGSY are –
o Decentralized and evidence based planning
o Standards and specifications as per Indian Road Congress (IRC) and Rural Roads Manual,
o Dedicated implementation mechanism at central, state and district level
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o Scrutiny of Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) at multiple levels
o Strong IT backbone for monitoring and implementation of the programme
o Three-tier quality management system
o Unbroken flow of funds
o Inbuilt mechanism for consultation with public representatives at planning, selection of
roads and monitoring stages, etc.
• Recently (Nov 2021), Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has given its approval for
continuation of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana-I and II upto September, 2022 for
completion of balance road and bridge works.
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
• Launched in 2013
• For the 12th Five Year Plan (FYP) period a target of 50,000 Km length under PMGSY-II.
• The cost will be shared between the Centre and the States/UTs on 75:25 for the Plain Areas and
90:10 basis for the Special Areas. All States and UTs are eligible under this programme
• From 2015-16 onwards, the funding pattern has been revised to 60% Central share and 40%
State Share.
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 this phase, 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 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.
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Meri Sadak App
Launched in - 2015
Key Features
• The application was specifically meant for grievance redressal relating to roads built under
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY).
• The application allows the citizens to register a complaint regarding the pace of work, quality of
work, land disputes etc. for a PMGSY road along with photographs of the site.
• The complaints are handled by the respective State Quality Coordinators (SQCs) of the Nodal
Department in the State Governments.
60 National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP)

Launch Year: 1995
Aim
To provide financial assistance to the elderly, widows and persons with disabilities in the form of
social pensions.
Key Principles
• 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
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.
o Article 41 of the Constitution of India directs the State to provide public assistance to its
citizens in case of unemployment, old age, sickness and disablement and in other cases of
undeserved want within the limit of its economic capacity and development.
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)
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• Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme (IGNDPS)
• National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS)
• Annapurna
Implementing Agency
• The NSAP is implemented in the States/UTs in accordance with the general conditions
applicable to all components of the NSAP as well as specific condition applicable to each
component.
• The NSAP Schemes are mainly implemented by the Social Welfare Departments in the States.
• But NSAP is implemented by Rural Development Department in the States of Andhra Pradesh,
Assam, Goa, Meghalaya and West Bengal, by the Department of Women & Child Development
in Orissa and Puducherry, by the Revenue Department in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu and by the
Department of Labour Employment & Training in Jharkhand.
61 Rural Self Employment Training Institutes

• The concept of RSETIs has been inspired by the very successful RUDSETI (Rural Development
and Self Employment Training Institute) model promoted by SDME Trust, Syndicate Bank and
Canara Bank way back in 1982 at Ujire in Karnataka.
Aim
To mitigate the unemployment problem among the youth
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Objectives
• 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.
• Youth in the age group of 18-45 years, irrespective of Caste, Creed or Religion are eligible to
undergo training at RSETI, which is free of cost.
• No formal education required, but basic knowledge in the selected training is preferred
Beneficiaries
At least 70% of the trainees should be from the rural BPL category certified by the DRDA and
proper weightage, as per Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojna (SGSY) guidelines will be given to
SC/STs, minorities, physically challenged and women.
Key Features
• RSETIs are managed by banks with active co-operation from the Government of India and State
Governments.
• Certificates issued by an RSETI will be recognized by all banks for purposes of extending credit to
the trainees.
• After successful completion of the training, they will be provided with credit linkage assistance
by the banks to start their own entrepreneurial ventures.
• RSETIs are dedicated institutions designed to ensure necessary skill training and skill up-
gradation of the rural BPL youth to mitigate the unemployment problem.
• One RSETI is established in every district in the country. The concerned bank is the lead bank in
the district takes responsibility for creating and managing it.
o Government of India will provide one – time grant assistance, up to a maximum of Rs 1
crore for meeting the expenditure on construction of the building and other
infrastructure.
• RSETI concept is based on RUDSETI (Rural Development and Self Employment Training
Institute), a society established jointly by three agencies i.e. Syndicate Bank, Canara Bank and
Sri Manjunatheswara Trust based at Ujire in Karnataka.
Programme Structure
• Each RSETI should offer 30 to 40 skill development programmes in a financial year in various
avenues.
• The programmes are of short duration ranging from 1 to 6 weeks and could fall into the
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categories listed below -
o Agricultural Programmes: Agriculture and allied activities like Dairy, Poultry, Apiculture,
Horticulture, Sericulture, floriculture, fisheries, etc.
o Product Programmes: Dress designing for men and women, Rexine utility Articles,
Agarbathi manufacturing, Bags, Bakery Products, Leaf Cup making, recycled paper
manufacturing, etc.
o Process Programmes: Two Wheeler repairs, Radio / TV repairs, Motor rewinding,
electrical transformer repairs, Photography & Videography, Screen Printing, Photo
Lamination etc.
o General Programmes: Skill development programmes for women etc.
o Other Programmes: Related to sectors like leather, construction, hospitality and any
other sector depending on local requirements.
Ministry of Women and Child Development

62 PM CARES for Children Scheme
Launch Year: 2021
Aim
To support children who have lost both the Parents or legal Guardian or Adoptive Parents or
Surviving Parent to COVID-19 pandemic during the period starting from 11th March 2020 till the end
of pandemic.
Objectives
• To ensure comprehensive care and protection of Children in a sustained manner
• Enable their well-being through health insurance
• Empower them through education
• Equip them for self-sufficient existence with financial support on reaching 23 years of age.
Eligibility
All children who have lost
• Both parents or
• Surviving parent or
• Legal guardian/adoptive parents/single adoptive parent due to COVID 19 pandemic, starting
from 11 March 2020 the date on which WHO has declared and characterized COVID-19 as
pandemic till 31 December 2021, shall be entitled to benefits under this scheme.
• Child should not have completed 18 years of age on the date of death of parents.
Key Features
Support for Boarding and Lodging -
• Efforts will be made by the District Magistrate with the assistance of Child Welfare Committee
(CWC) to explore the possibility of rehabilitating the child within her/his extended family,
relatives, kith, or kin.
• If the extended family, relatives, kith or kin of the child are not available/not willing/not found
fit by CWC or the child (aged 4 -10 years or above) is not willing to live with them, the child
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should be placed in foster care, after due diligence as prescribed under the Juvenile Justice Act,
2015 and rules made thereof as amended from time to time.
• If the Foster family is not available/not willing /not found fit by CWC, or the child (aged 4 -10
years or above) is not willing to live with them, the child should be placed in age appropriate
and gender appropriate Child Care Institution (CCI).
• Children more than 10 years old, not received by extended families or relatives or foster
families or not willing to live with them or living in child care institutions after the demise of
parents, may be enrolled in Netaji Subhash Chand Bose Awasiya Vidyalaya, Kasturba Gandhi
Balika Vidyalaya, Eklavya Model Schools, Sainik School, Navodaya Vidyalaya, or any other
residential school by the District Magistrate, subject to the respective scheme guidelines.
• It may be ensured that the siblings stay together, as far as possible.
• For non-institutional care, financial support at the prevailing rates prescribed under the Child
Protection Services (CPS) Scheme shall be provided to Children (in account with guardian).
• For child in institutional care, a maintenance grant at the prevailing rates prescribed under the
Child Protection Services (CPS) Scheme shall be given to Child Care Institutions.
• Any provision for subsistence support under the State scheme may also be provided
additionally to the children.
School Education -
For children below 6 years of age
Identified beneficiaries will receive support and assistance from the Anganwadi services for
supplementary nutrition, pre-school education/ ECCE, immunization, health referrals, and health
check-up.
For children below 10 years of age
• Admission shall be provided in any nearest school as a day scholar i.e. Government/
Government aided School/ Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs)/ Private Schools.
• In Government Schools, two sets of free uniform and textbooks shall be provided, under
Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan, as per the scheme guidelines.
• In private schools, tuition fees shall be exempted under section 12(1)(c) of RTE Act.
• Under circumstances where child is unable to receive above benefits, the fees, as per the RTE
norms, will be given from the PM CARES for Children scheme.
• The Scheme will also pay for expenditure on uniform, textbooks, and notebooks.
School Education: for children between 11-18 years -
• If the child is living with the extended family, then admission in the nearest Government/
Government aided School/ Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs)/ Private Schools as a day scholar may be
ensured by the DM.
• The child may be enrolled in Netaji Subhash Chand Bose Awasiya Vidyalaya/ Kasturba Gandhi
Balika Vidyalaya/ Eklavya Model Schools/Sainik School/ Navodaya Vidyalaya/ or any other
residential school, by the DM, subject to the respective scheme guidelines.
• The DM may make alternative arrangements for accommodation of such children during
vacations at CCIs or any appropriate place.
• Under circumstances where child is unable to receive above benefits, the fees, as per the RTE
norms, will be given from the PM CARES for Children scheme.
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• The scheme will also pay for expenditure on uniform, textbooks, and notebooks.
Support for Higher Education
• The child will be assisted in obtaining education loan for Professional courses /Higher Education
in India
• Under circumstances where beneficiary is unable to avail interest exemption from extant
Central and State Government scheme, then the interest on the educational loan will be paid
from PM CARES for Children Scheme.
• As an alternative, scholarship as per the norms will be provided to the beneficiaries of the
Scheme from the schemes of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Ministry of Tribal
Affairs, Ministry of Minority Affairs, and Department of Higher Education.
• Beneficiaries will be assisted through National Scholarship portal for availing such entitlements.
• The scholarship awarded to the beneficiaries will be updated on the PM CARES for Children
portal.
Health Insurance
• All children will be enrolled as a beneficiary under Ayushman Bharat Scheme (PM-JAY) with a
health insurance cover of Rs. 5 lakhs.
• The premium amount for these children till the age of 18 years will be paid by PM CARES.
Note: MoWCD has launched the web based portal pmcaresforchildren.in to facilitate submission of
applications, identification of children eligible to receive support under the scheme.
Financial Support
• This scheme inter alia provides support to children through convergent approach, gap funding
for ensuring education, health, monthly stipend from the age of 18 years, and lump sum amount
of Rs. 10 lakh on attaining 23 years of age.
• The lump sum amount will be transferred directly in the post office account of beneficiaries
upon opening and validation of the account of the beneficiaries.
• A pro-rata amount will be credited upfront in the account of each identified beneficiary such
that the corpus for each beneficiary becomes Rs. 10 lakhs at the time of attaining 18 years of
age.
• Children will receive monthly stipend once they attain 18 years of age, by investing the corpus
of Rs 10 lakhs. The beneficiary will receive stipend till they attain 23 years of age.
• They will receive an amount of Rs. 10 lakh on attaining 23 years of age.
Nodal Agencies/Authorities
• Ministry of Women and Child Development (MoWCD) at central level
• Department of Women and Child Development or Department of Social Justice in the State/UT
Government, dealing with the Child Protection Services scheme in the State/UT shall be the
nodal agency at State level.
• District Magistrates shall be the nodal authority at District level for execution of the scheme
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Schemes included
• Child Protection Services
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• Child Welfare Services
64 Mission Shakti (Mission for Protection and Empowerment of Women)

Schemes included
• SAMBAL includes
o One Stop Centre
o Mahila Police Volunteer
o Women's Helpline/Swadhar/Ujjawala/Widow Homes etc.
• SAMARTHYA
o Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, Creche
o Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana
o Gender Budgeting/Research
65 Mission POSHAN 2.0

Key Features
• It is an umbrella scheme covering –
o Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS)
o Anganwadi Services
o Poshan Abhiyaan
o Scheme for Adolescent Girls
o National Creche Scheme.
• It was announced in Union Budget 2021-22 by merging supplementary nutrition programmes
and the POSHAN Abhiyaan.
• It was launched to strengthen nutritional content, delivery, outreach and outcome, with
renewed focus on developing practices that nurture health, wellness and immunity to disease
and malnutrition in the country.
65.1 National Nutrition Mission (POSHAN ABHIYAAN)

Launch Year: National Nutrition Mission set up in 2017. It was renamed as Poshan Abhiyan and
launched by PM on the occasion of the International Women’s Day on 8 th March, 2018 from
Jhunjhunu in Rajasthan.
Aim
To improve nutritional outcomes for children (0-6 years), Adolescent Girls, pregnant women and
lactating mothers.
Vision
To address malnutrition with a targeted approach by 2022.
Key Features
• Tagline: Sahi Poshan Desh Roshan
• NNM will ensure convergence of various programmes i.e. Anganwadi Services, Pradhan Mantri
Matru Vandana Yojana, Scheme for Adolescent Girls of MWCD, Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY),
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National Health Mission (NHM), Swachh Bharat Mission, Public Distribution System (PDS),
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) etc.
Coverage
• More than 10 crore people will be benefitted by this programme.
• All the States and districts will be covered in a phased manner i.e. 315 districts in 2017-18, 235
districts in 2018-19 and remaining districts in 2019-20.
4 Point Strategy/Pillars of the Mission
• Inter-sectoral convergence for better service delivery
• Use of technology (ICT) for real time growth monitoring and tracking of women and children
• Intensified health and nutrition services for the first 1000 days
• Jan Andolan
• Behavioral Change, IEC Advocacy, Training and Capacity Building, Grievance Redressal,
Incentives, Innovation
Implementation strategy and targets
• POSHAN Abhiyaan aims to ensure service delivery and interventions by use of technology,
behavioural change through convergence and lays-down specific targets to be achieved across
different monitoring parameters over the next few years.
• NNM has been rolled out in three phases from 2017-18 to 2019-20.
• NNM targets to reduce stunting, under-nutrition, anaemia (among young children, women and
adolescent girls) and reduce low birth weight by 6% (2% per annum), 6% (2% per annum), 9%
(3% per annum) and 6% (2% per annum) respectively.
• Although the target to reduce Stunting is atleast 2% p.a., Mission would strive to achieve
reduction in Stunting from 38.4% (NFHS-4) to 25% by 2022 (Mission 25 by 2022).
• 50% of the cost is being borne by the World Bank or other multilateral development and the
remaining 50% is divided between the centre and state/UTs.
• The budgetary support – which constitutes 50% of the budget – is divided into a ratio of
60:40 between the Centre and the states, 90:10 for the northeast and Himalayan states and
100% for union territories without legislation.
• POSHAN stands for Prime Minister’s Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nutrition.
• To strengthen nutritional content, delivery, outreach, and outcomes, Government has recently
merged the Supplementary Nutrition Programme and Poshan Abhiyan to launch Mission
POSHAN 2.0.
• Mission Poshan 2.0 (Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0) has been announced in the Budget
2021-2022 as an integrated nutrition support programme, to strengthen nutritional content,
delivery, outreach and outcomes with focus on developing practices that nurture health,
wellness and immunity to disease and malnutrition.
66 Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme

Launch Year: 1975
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Objectives
• To improve the nutritional and health status of children in the age-group 0-6 years
• To lay the foundation for proper psychological, physical and social development of the child
• To reduce the incidence of mortality, morbidity, malnutrition and school dropout
• To achieve effective co-ordination of policy and implementation amongst the various
departments to promote child development
• To enhance the capability of the mother to look after the normal health and nutritional needs of
the child through proper nutrition and health education
Children in the age group of 0-6 years, pregnant women and lactating mothers
Key Features
• It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme implemented by States/UTs across the country.
• The responsibility for implementation of ICDS Programme including computerization if any and
providing supplementary nutrition under its and management thereof rests with States/UTs.
Services under ICDS
The ICDS Scheme offers a package of six services:
• Supplementary Nutrition
• Pre-school non-formal education
• Nutrition & health education
• Immunization
• Health check-up
• Referral services
Sub-schemes under ICDS
• Anganwadi Services Scheme
• Child Protection Services (CPS) Scheme
• National Creche Scheme
• Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana
• Poshan Abhiyaan
• Scheme for Adolescent Girls
66.1 Anganwadi Services Scheme

Aim
Holistic development of children below 6 years of age and pregnant women & lactating mothers
Objectives
• To improve the nutritional and health status of children in the age-group of 0-6 years
• To lay the foundation for proper psychological, physical and social development of the child
• To reduce the incidence of mortality, morbidity, malnutrition and school dropouts
• To achieve effective co-ordination of policy and implementation amongst the
various departments to promote child development
• To enhance the capability of the mother to look after the normal health and nutritional needs of
the child through proper nutrition and health education.
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Key Features
• It provides a package of six services comprising –
o Supplementary nutrition, Pre-school non-formal education, Nutrition and health
Education, Immunization, Health check-up; and Referral services through Anganwadi
Centres at grassroots level.
• Three of the six services viz., immunization, health check-up and referral services are related to
health and are provided by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare through NRHM & Public
Health Infrastructure.
• Overall management and monitoring regarding implementation of the ICDS Scheme are being
done by the concerned State Government/UT Administration.
66.2 Child Protection Services (CPS) Scheme

Launch Year: 2009
Aim
It is a centrally sponsored scheme aimed at building a protective environment for children in
difficult circumstances, as well as other vulnerable children, through Government-Civil Society
Partnership.
Objectives
• Institutionalize essential services and strengthen structures, enhance capacities at all levels,
create database and knowledge base for child protection services.
• Strengthen child protection at family and community level.
• Ensure appropriate inter-sectoral response at all levels.
• Set up a child protection data management system to formulate and implement effective
intervention strategies and monitor their outcomes.
66.3 National Creche Scheme

Launch Year: 2017
Aim
It aims at providing a safe place for mothers to leave their children while they are at work, and
thus, is a measure for empowering women as it enables them to take up employment.
Objectives
• To improve nutrition and health status of children.
• To promote physical, cognitive, social and emotional development (holistic development) of
children.
• To educate and empower parents /caregivers for better childcare.
Target Beneficiary
The scheme focuses on children of 6 months to 6 years, of working women in rural and urban areas
who are employed for a minimum period of 15 days in a month, or six months in a year.
Key Features
Services
• The scheme will provide an integrated package of the following services:
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o Daycare Facilities including Sleeping Facilities
o Early Stimulation for children below 3 years and Pre-school Education for 3 to 6 years old
children
o Supplementary Nutrition(to be locally sourced)
o Growth Monitoring.
o Health Check-up and Immunization.
Further, the guidelines provide that:
• Creches shall be open for 26 days in a month and for seven and half (7-1/2) hours per day.
• The number of children in the creche should not be more than 25 per crèche with 01 Worker
and 01 helper respectively.
• User charges to bring in an element of community ownership and collected as under:
o BPL families - Rs 20 per child per month.
o Families with Income (Both Parents) of upto Rs. 12,000 per month – Rs. 100 per child
per month
o Families with Income (Both Parents) of above Rs. 12,000 per month – Rs. 200 per child
per month.
66.4 Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana

Note: Covered in the document.
66.5 Poshan Abhiyaan

Note: Covered in the document.
66.6 Scheme for Adolescent Girls

Introduced in – 2010
Aim
Breaking the inter-generational life-cycle of nutritional and gender disadvantage and providing a
supportive environment for self-development.
Objectives
• Enable the AGs for self-development and empowerment.
• Improve their nutrition and health status
• Promote awareness about health, hygiene, nutrition
• Support out of school AG to successfully transition back to formal schooling or bridge learning /
skill training.
• Upgrade their home-based skills and life skills.
• Provide information/guidance about existing public services such as Primary Health Centers,
Rural Hospitals/CHCs, Post Office, Bank, Police Station, etc.
Coverage
• The target group for the scheme covers out of school adolescent girls (AGs) in the age group of
11 to 14 years.
Key Features
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Components
• There are two major components under the Scheme ‐ Nutrition Component and Non Nutrition
Component.
Funding Pattern
• SAG is a centrally sponsored scheme, implemented through Centre and State share in the
ratio of 50:50 for nutrition component and 60:40 for the rest of the activities.
• For both components, the ratio is 90:10 for North Eastern and three Himalayan States and
100% for UTs without legislation.
67 YuWaah Youth Skilling Initiative

Launch Year – 2019 (by UNICEF)
Aim
To transform the countries involved into hubs of education, skilling and employment for its more
than 300 million young people aged 10-24 years.
Objectives
• Modernize secondary education and training to build the skills young people need for
productive lives and work.
• Increase and improve the number of quality work opportunities available to youth.
• Foster entrepreneurship as a mindset and a livelihood for young people.
• Collaborate with youth as problem-solvers and engage citizens to help create the world they
want.
Target Age Group: Adolescent girls and boys
Key Features
• YuWaah intends to create platforms to guide youth to market opportunities (career guidance,
mentorship, internships, apprenticeships) and facilitate the integration of career guidance in
school education.
• YuWaah will serve as the much-needed bridge between solution providers, private sector,
Government of India, academia and civil society organizations to fund and scale-up innovative
and effective solutions.
• In order to enable meaningful participation of young people with its work, YuWaah has set up a
special Young People’s Action Team (YPAT) which will work closely with the core team to ensure
YuWaah’s interventions work with and for young people at all levels.
• Generation Unlimited (GenU), called YuWaah in India, is a global multisector and multi-
stakeholder alliance.
• GenU is an effective way to operationalize the vision and priorities of the UN Youth Strategy - in
particular, youth engagement, participation and advocacy; supporting young people’s greater
access to quality education and skills development; and economic empowerment through
decent jobs.
68 Bharatiya Poshan Krishi Kosh

Launch Year: 2019
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Aim
• To reduce malnutrition among women and children, through a multi-sectoral results-based
framework, including agriculture.
• To promote and reinforce healthy dietary practices both at the individual and community
level.
Key Features
• Ministry has collaborated with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for this project.
• It is a repository of diverse crops across 128 agro-climatic zones in India for better nutritional
outcomes.
• It has two components – Development of a Food Atlas and Documentation of promising
practices for Jan-Andolan for POSHAN Abhiyaan.
o The Agro-Food Atlas is to act as a repository of diverse crops across 127 agro-climatic
zones of the country having three parts –
✓ Crops currently being grown
✓ Agro-ecological conditions (soil, organic carbon content, ground water availability
etc)
✓ Guidance on how a greater diversity of crops could be encouraged in a particular
district or block to promote dietary diversity and nutrition
During the launch event of Bharatiya Poshan Krishi Kosh, Dr. M. S. Swaminathan (Father of Indian
Green Revolution) suggested a five-point action programme to make India nutrition secure.
• The five-point Action Agenda
1. Ensure calorie rich diet for women, expectant mothers and children.
2. Ensure intake of proteins in the form of pulses to eradicate protein hunger in women and
children.
3. Eradicate hidden hunger due to deficiency of micronutrients like vitamin A, vitamin B, Iron
and Zinc.
4. Ensure clean drinking water supply.
5. Spreading nutrition literacy in every village particularly in mothers with children less than
100 days’ old.
69 Web Wonder Women Campaign

Launch Year: 2019
Aim
• To discover and celebrate the exceptional achievements of women from across the globe, who
have been driving positive agenda of social change via social media.
Selection Criteria
• Based on the nominations received from a large number of categories including Health, Media,
Literature, Art, Sports, Environmental protection, fashion, and entries would be shortlisted.
• Shortlisted entries will be open for public voting on Twitter.
• The finalists would then be selected by the panel of judges.
• Ministry has partnered with “NGO Breakthrough” and “Twitter India” to launch this online
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campaign.
70 e-Samvaad Portal
Launch Year: 2018
Aim
• To provide a platform for NGOs and civil society to interact with the Ministry on relevant
subjects
Who can use: Any NGO, civil society organisation, SHG, citizen group or concerned individual
Key Features
• Through this portal, NGOs and civil society can provide their feedback, suggestions, put up
grievances, share best practices etc. which ultimately will help in formulation of effective policies
and measures for welfare of women and children.
71 NARI (National Repository of Information for Women) Portal

Launch Year: 2018
Key Features
• The portal will provide women citizens with easy access to information on government
schemes (Centre and State governments) and initiatives for women.
o NARI portal summarizes over 350 government schemes, divided into 8 different
categories — health, education, legal support, housing and shelter, employment,
addressing violence, decision making and social support.
• It provides links to the Ministries, Departments and autonomous bodies offering these schemes
as well as easy access to online applications and grievance redressal.
• Different schemes are for different age groups, and there are four intervals of ages available in
the portal – 0 to 6 years, 7 to 17 years, 18 to 60 years and above 60 years.
• The user can also access information, tips and advises on topics covering Safety, Adoption,
Health & Nutrition and Direct Benefit.
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• This scheme was originally known as Indra Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana which was launched
in 2010.
• In 2014, the scheme was renamed as Pradhan Mantri Matritva Vandana Yojana (PMMVY).
• Further, in 2017 the scheme was restructured as Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana with
some modification.
• From 01 January 2017, the Maternity Benefit Programme would be implemented in all the
districts of the country in accordance with the provision of the National Food Security Act, 2013.
Objectives
• Providing partial compensation for the wage loss in terms of cash incentives so that the woman
can take adequate rest before and after delivery of the first living child.
• The cash incentive provided would lead to improved health seeking behaviour amongst the
Pregnant Women and Lactating Mothers (PW&LM).
• All PW&LM, excluding PW&LM who are in regular employment with the Central Government or
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the State Governments or PSUs or those who are in receipt of similar benefits under any law for
the time being in force.
• All eligible Pregnant Women and Lactating Mothers who have their pregnancy on or after
01.01.2017 for first child in family.
• Case of Miscarriage/Still Birth:
(i) A beneficiary is eligible to receive benefits under the scheme only once.
(ii) In case of miscarriage/still birth, the beneficiary would be eligible to claim the remaining
installment(s) in event of any future pregnancy.
• Case of Infant Mortality: A beneficiary is eligible to receive benefits under the scheme only
once. That is, in case of infant mortality, she will not be eligible for claiming benefits under the
scheme, if she has already received all the installments of the maternity benefit under PMMVY
earlier.
• Pregnant and Lactating AWWs/ AWHs/ ASHA may also avail the benefits under the PMMVY
subject to fulfillment of scheme conditionalities.
Key Features
• PMMVY is implemented through a centrally deployed Web Based MIS Software application and
the focal point of implementation would be the Anganwadi Centre (AWC) and ASHA/ ANM
workers.
Conditionalities and Instalments
• PW&LM shall receive a cash benefit of Rs 5000 in three installments at the following stages as
specified in the table given below:
• The eligible beneficiaries would receive the remaining cash incentive as per approved norms
towards the Maternity Benefit under Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) after institutional delivery so
that on an average, a woman will get Rs 6000.
Funding Pattern
• It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme under which the grant-in-aid is being released to States/UTs
in cost sharing ratio between the Centre and the States & UTs with Legislature 60:40, for North-
Eastern States & Himalayan States it will be 90:10 and 100% for Union Territories without
Legislature.
73 Sexual Harassment Electronic Box (She-Box)

Launch Year: 2017
Aim
To ensure the effective implementation of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace
(Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.
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Eligible Beneficiaries
• Any woman working in any office of Central Government (Central Ministries, Departments,
Public Sector Undertakings, Autonomous Bodies and Institutions etc.) / State Government /
Private organisation can file complaint related to sexual harassment at workplace through this
SHe-Box.
• Those who had already filed a written complaint with the concerned Internal Complaint
Committee (ICC) constituted under the SH Act are also eligible to file their complaint through
this portal.
Key Features
• It is an effort of Government of India to provide a single window access to every woman,
irrespective of her work status, whether working in organised or unorganised, private or public
sector, to facilitate the registration of complaint related to sexual harassment.
• Any woman facing sexual harassment at workplace can register their complaint through this
portal.
• Once a complaint is submitted to the ‘SHe-Box’, it will be directly sent to the concerned
authority having jurisdiction to take action into the matter.
• Ministry of Women and Child Development has developed a handbook and a training module
for effective implementation/ awareness of the SH Act.
• Action on the complaints lodged in SHe Box is the responsibility of the concerned Ministry/
Department as per laid down procedure.
74 Mahila Shakti Kendra Scheme

Launch Year: 2017
• It was announced in the Budget speech 2017-18 and approved for implementation during 2017-
18 upto 2019-20.
Aim
• To provide an interface for rural women to approach the government for availing their
entitlements and for empowering them through awareness generation, training and capacity
building.
• To empower rural women through community participation and to create an environment in
which they realize their full potential.
Key Features
• It is a new sub-scheme under the Umbrella Scheme Pradhan Mantri Mahila Shashaktikaran
Yojana (PMMSY) approved for implementation during 2017-18 upto 2019- 20.
• PMMSK Block level initiatives: Under it, community engagement is envisioned in 117 most
backward districts through Student Volunteers.
• Mahila Shakti Kendras are being set up at the village level to provide one stop convergent
support services for empowering rural women with opportunities for skill development,
employment, digital literacy, health and nutrition.
• Community engagement through College Student Volunteers is to play an instrumental role in
awareness generation regarding various important government schemes/ programmes as well
as social issues as part of Block Level initiatives.
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• National level: Domain based experts will provide support in implementation of all women
centric schemes/programmes of the Government.
• State level: At the state level, the State Resource Centre for Women (SRCW) will provide
technical assistance towards implementing programmes, laws and schemes meant for women
through effective coordination at the State/UT level.
• District level: District Level Centre for Women (DLCW) have been envisaged which will collate
information on government programmes, schemes and services meant for women
empowerment to cover districts in a phased manner and will serve as a link between
village/block and state level.
• Block Level: Activities under MSK will be implemented at the Gram Panchayat level and will be
facilitated through Block/Taluk level centres, which will serve as the focal points and will be
called Mahila Shakti Kendras.
Funding Pattern
• MSK will be implemented with a cost sharing pattern between the Central Government and the
States as 60:40, except in respect of North Eastern and Special Category States where the cost
sharing ratio shall be 90:10.
• In the UTs, the scheme will be implemented with 100% central funds.
• All payments made under the scheme must be through PFMS under DBT mode.
75 Jan Sampark Programme

Launch Year: 2017
Key Features
• It is a monthly programme launched by the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) to
enable the public to have interaction with its officials and staff for seeking information related
to Adoption as well as flagging their concerns.
• It will serve as platform for counselling and motivating Prospective Adoptive Parents (PAPs) to
go for adopting older children.
76 Mahila e-Haat
Launch Year: 2016
Aim
It is aimed at providing a marketing platform by leveraging technology for showcasing products
made/manufactured/sold by women entrepreneurs/ SHGs/ NGOs as also showcasing services
reflecting their creative potential.
Key Features
• It is an online marketing platform for women, where participants can display their products.
• It is an initiative for women across the country as a part of ‘Digital India’ and ‘Stand Up India’
initiatives.
• The platform has been set up by the Ministry under Rashtriya Mahila Kosh (RMK).
• It facilitates direct contact between the vendors and buyers.
• Women need to be majorly involved in the value chain and have to be 18 years of age to display
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their products/ services.
• E-Haat requires a mobile number only, as entire business of E-Haat can be handled through a
mobile by the producer.
• For the facilitation of buyer and seller, the product along with photographs, description, cost
and mobile number/address of the producer are being displayed on the E-Haat portal.
• More than 10000 Self Help Groups (SHGs) and 1.25 Lakh women beneficiaries would be
benefited from the day of launch of the site itself .
Rashtriya Mahila Kosh
Launch Year: 1993
Objectives
• Socio-economic empowerment through multi-pronged effort
• Providing micro-credit facilities.
• Capacity building of IMOs and women beneficiaries
• To promote and support experiments in the voluntary and formal sector using innovative
methodologies to reach poor women with credit and other social services.
• To promote and support the expansion of entrepreneurship skills among women.
• To sensitize existing government delivery mechanisms and increase the visibility of poor women
as a vital and viable clientele with the conventional institutions.
Key Features
• It was registered under the Societies Registration Act 1860.
• The operating model followed by RMK has been of extending loans to Intermediary Micro-
Finance Organizations (IMOs) which further onlend for entrepreneurial activities of women.
77 Mahila Police Volunteer Scheme

Launch Year: 2016
• It is a joint initiative of Ministry of Women and Child Development and Ministry of Home Affairs
Vision
Mahila Police Volunteers (MPVs) are envisaged as empowered, responsible, socially aware women
for fostering leadership in local settings to facilitate police outreach on gender concerns.
Objectives
• An MPV will serve as a public-police interface in order to fight crime against women.
• The broad mandate of MPVs is to report incidences of violence against women such as domestic
violence, child marriage, dowry harassment and violence faced by women in public spaces.
• She will act as a role model for the community.
• MPV should be a female.
• She should not be less than 21 years of age.
• The incumbent must possess at least 12th pass certificate.
• She should be from the same geographical area and conversant with the local dialects.
• She must not have been convicted or imprisoned for the violation of any criminal law.
• No criminal proceedings must have been instituted against her.
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• She should not be a member of any political party.
Selection Process
• An MPV shall be selected by the Superintendent of Police (SP) of the respective districts.
• At least 1 MPV shall be engaged in each and every Panchayat/ Ward.
• Bigger villages can have more than 1 MPV depending upon the area/ requirement.
Key Features
• It is a central sector scheme which is required to be implemented with active financial and
administrative participation of State Governments and UT Administrations.
• The initial term of an MPV will be for 2 years only and will be reviewed every 6 months.
o The termination of an MPV can be done any time based on the review of her
performance.
• A lumpsum amount upto Rs. 1000 per month shall be paid to MPV to cover her “out of pocket
expenses” related to mobile phone and local transportation.
• An MPV could be any woman who is socially and voluntarily committed towards empowerment
of women and girls, willing to raise her voice against gender-based violence and support the
police in creating a gender just society free from violence.
• The MPVs will be chosen by the Home Department of the concerned State/UT through the
Superintendent of Police of the district. The MPV will directly report to the Circle Inspector in
the Police Thana.
78 Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao (BBBP)

Launch Year: 2015
• It is a joint initiative of the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Ministry of Health and
Family Welfare and Ministry of Education.
Aim
Celebrate the girl child and enable her education
Objectives
• To prevent gender biased sex selective elimination.
• To ensure survival and protection of the girl child.
• To ensure education and participation of the girl child.
Monitorable Targets
• Improve the Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB) in selected gender critical districts by 2 points in a year.
• Reduce Gender differentials in Under Five Child Mortality Rate from 7 points in 2014 to 1.5
points per year.
• At least 1.5 % increase per year of Institutional Deliveries.
• Increase enrolment of girls in secondary education to 82% by 2018-19.
• Provide functional toilet for girls in every school in selected districts.
• Improve the nutrition status of girls - by reducing number of underweight and anemic girls under
5 years of age.
• Ensure universalization of ICDS.
• Promote a protective environment for Girl Children through implementation of Protection of
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Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act 2012.
• Train Elected Representatives/ Grassroot functionaries as Community Champions to mobilize
communities to improve CSR and promote Girl’s education.
Target Beneficiary
• Primary: Young and newly married couples, Pregnant and Lactating mothers, parents.
• Secondary: Youth, adolescents (girls and boys), in-laws, medical doctors/ practitioners, private
hospitals, nursing homes and diagnostic centres.
• Tertiary: Officials, PRIs, frontline workers, women SHGs/Collectives, religious leaders, voluntary
organizations, media, medical associations, industry associations, general public as a whole.
Key Features
• Pan India Expansion of BBBP covering all 640 districts (as per census 2011) of the country was
launched in March 2018.
• Components
o Advocacy and Media Campaign on Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao
o Multi-Sectoral intervention in selected Gender Critical Districts worse on Child Sex Ratio
(CSR)
o Enforcement of PC & PNDT Act
Funding Assistance
It is being implemented on an all India basis with 100% assistance from Central Government.
Administration of the Scheme
• Ministry of Women and Child Development would be responsible for budgetary control and
administration of the scheme from the Centre.
• At the State level, the Secretary, Department of Women and Child Development will be
responsible for overall direction and implementation of the scheme.
• District Programme Officer at district level will be nodal officer for the implementation of the
Scheme.
79 Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana

Launch Year: 2015
Aim
To ensure a bright future for the girl children by facilitating their education and marriage expenses
Objectives
• To motivate parents to open an account in the name of a girl child and for her welfare to
deposit maximum of their savings upto the prescribed limits.
• To meet the requirement of higher education expense for girls.
• It would prevent early marriages of girl and ensure equitable share to a girl child in resources
and savings of a family in which she is generally discriminated as against a male child.
Key Features
• It is a small savings scheme which is a part of BBBP that has the potential to have a phenomenal
impact on the lives and self-esteem of young girls in the country.
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1000) and Rs. 1.5 lakhs respectively.
• The account can be opened in any post office or authorised branches of commercial banks.
• The account will be valid for 21 years from the date of opening, after which it will mature, and
the money will be paid to the girl child in whose name the account had been opened.
• The account will also automatically close if the girl child gets married before the completion of
the tenure of 21 years.
• Deposits in a Sukanya Samriddhi account may be made till the completion of 15 years, from the
date of opening of the account.
• Premature withdrawal can only be made by the girl child in whose name the account has been
opened after she attains the age of 18 years.
o This withdrawal will also be limited to 50% of the balance standing at the end of the
preceding financial year and will only be allowed for the purpose of higher education or if
the girl intends to get married.
• A Sukanya Samriddhi account can be opened up to age of 10 years only from the date of birth
of the girl child.
o A parent or guardian can open only one account per girl child.
• The deposits made to the account, and also the proceeds and maturity amount would be fully
exempted from tax under section 80C of the Income Tax Act.
• The entire interest earned and maturity amount is also non-taxable. The interest rate on
Sukanya Samriddhi account is revised every quarter.
• The account may be transferred anywhere in India if the girl child in whose name the account
stands shifts to a place other than the city or locality where the account stands.
• Premature closure of account – On the grounds of death of girl, medical emergency or
treatment of girl child, etc.
80 Swadhar Greh Scheme

Launch Year: 2015
Aim
• To rehabilitate women victims of difficult circumstances so that they can lead their life with
dignity.
• The Scheme envisages providing shelter, food, clothing and health as well as economic and
social security for these women.
Objectives
• To setup SwadharGreh in every district with capacity of 30 women
• To cater to the primary need of shelter, food, clothing, medical treatment and care of the
women in distress and those who are without any social and economic support.
• To enable them to regain their emotional strength that gets hampered due to their encounter
with unfortunate circumstances.
• To provide them with legal aid and guidance to enable them to take steps for their
readjustment in family/society.
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• To act as a support system that understands and meets various requirements of women in
distress.
• To enable them to start their life afresh with dignity and conviction.
The beneficiaries of this Scheme are women without any social and economic support, above 18
years of age, including -
• Women who have been deserted
• Women survivors of natural disasters who have been rendered homeless
• Women prisoners released from jail and are without family support
• Women victims of domestic violence, family tension or discord, who are made to leave their
homes without any means of subsistence and have no special protection from exploitation and/
or facing litigation on account of marital disputes
• Trafficked women/girls rescued or runaway from brothels or other places where they face
exploitation and Women affected by HIV/AIDS who do not have any social or economic support.
Key Features
• Women affected by domestic violence could stay up to one year.
• For other categories of women, the maximum period of stay could be up to 3 years.
• Older women above 55 years of age may be accommodated till the age of 60 years after which
they must be shifted to old age homes.
• Swadhar Greh facilities can also be availed by the children accompanying women in the above
categories.
o Girls up to the age of 18 years and boys up to the age of 12 years would be allowed to
stay in the Swadhar Greh with their mothers.
• The Scheme envisages providing shelter, food, clothing, counseling, training, clinical and legal
aid along with economic and social security for the women victims of difficult circumstances.
• The maximum rent admissible for a Swadhar Greh intended for 30 residents is Rs. 50,000 per
month in grade ‘A’ cities, Rs. 30,000 per month in grade ‘B’ cities and Rs. 18,000 at other places.
• The funding pattern for the release of funds is 60:40 between the Central Government and
States except for North-Eastern and Himalayan States where the applicable sharing ratio is
90:10. In case of Union Territories, the entire cost is borne by the Central Government.
• Funds to the States/UTs are released in two installments every year.
• Allocation is decided considering the number of operational projects, number of new projects
likely to be sanctioned in the year and availability of resources.
• First installment amounting to 50% of allocated grant is released in the beginning of the
Financial Year and Second installment is released after 60%of the first installment has been
utilized.
• The Scheme is open to all the women falling under the Scheme criteria due to any reasons,
including Covid-19.
81 Khoya Paya Portal

Launch Year: 2015
Key Features:

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• Developed By: Ministry of Women and Child Development and the Department of Electronics
and Information Technology (DeitY)
• The Khoya Paya portal is a citizen-based website to exchange information on missing and
found children.
• The portal establishes citizen to citizen contact and allows everybody to take part in search for
missing children.
• The ‘Found’ children can also be reported on this web portal.
• The reporting can be done through text, photographs, videos and other means of transmitting
and uploading information to the Khoya-Paya site.
• Information about missing and sighted children can be uploaded at Khoyapaya.gov.in.
• The cases reported in the portal would be made public only after preliminary scrutiny.
82 One Stop Centre Scheme

Launch Year: 2015
Objectives
• To provide integrated support and assistance to women affected by violence, both in private
and public spaces under one roof.
• To facilitate immediate, emergency and non-emergency access to a range of services including
medical, legal, psychological and counselling support under one roof to fight against any forms
of violence against women.
• The OSC will support all women including girls below 18 years of age affected by violence,
irrespective of caste, class, religion, region, sexual orientation or marital status.
• For girls below 18 years of age, institutions and authorities established under Juvenile Justice
(Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences
Act, 2012 will be linked with the OSC.
Key Features
• This scheme is also known as Sakhi.
• It is a sub-scheme of umbrella scheme for National Mission for Empowerment of Women
including Indira Gandhi Mattritav Sahyaog Yojana.
• These are 24×7 centres and any woman in an adverse situation or someone on her behalf can
seek help from the Sakhi Centre by dialling Women’s toll-free helpline 181.
• Auditing: Audit will be done as per Comptroller & Auditor General of India norms and social
audit will also be undertaken by civil society groups.
• Services: OSCs will be integrated with women helplines to provide following services:
o Emergency response and rescue services
o Medical assistance
o Assistance to women in lodging the FIR/NCR/DIR
o Psycho- social support and counselling
o Legal aid and counselling
o Shelter
o Video conferencing facility
Funding Assistance

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• The scheme will be funded through Nirbhaya Fund.
• The Central Government will provide 100% financial assistance to the State Government /UT
Administrations under the Scheme.
• The funds would be made available by Ministry of Women and Child Development, GOI to the
District Collector/District Magistrate directly.
Implementation
Ministry will provide support to the State Governments/UT Administrations for the establishment
of OSC.
Nirbhaya Fund
• Established in - 2013
• The Nirbhaya Fund Framework provides for a non-lapsable corpus fund for safety and security
of women.
• It is administered by the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) of the Ministry of Finance
(MoF) of the Government of India.
• It is a dedicated fund which can be utilized for projects specifically designed to improve the
safety and security of women.
Universalization of Women Helpline Scheme

• Women Helpline (WHL) will be integrated with One Stop Centre Scheme (OSC) under which
one OSC shall be established in every State/UT to provide integrated support and assistance to
women affected by violence, both in private and public spaces under one roof.
• Women affected by violence and in need of redressal services will be referred to OSC through
WHL.
• WHL will be universalised through short code 181 number by augmenting/using the
infrastructure of existing helplines working at the State/UT level.
Aim:
• To provide toll-free 24-hours telecom service to women affected by violence seeking support
and information.
• To facilitate crisis and non-crisis intervention through referral to the appropriate agencies.
• To provide information about the appropriate support services, government schemes and
programmes available to the woman affected by violence.
Target Beneficiary: Any woman or girl facing violence within public or private sphere of life or
seeking information about women related programmes or schemes.
Services: Violence Against Women (VAW) Prevention and Information of Women Empowerment
Schemes and programmes
83 Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Boys (SAKSHAM)

Launch Year: 2014
Aim
All-round development of Adolescent Boys to make them self-reliant, gender sensitive and aware
citizens.
Beneficiaries

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The scheme will cover all adolescent boys (both school going and out of school) in the age-group of
11 to 18 years subdivided into two categories, viz. 11-14 & 14-18 years.
Key Features
• Address the health needs- physical, mental and emotional- of boys and promote awareness of
hygiene, nutrition and sexual and reproductive health.
• Provide vocational skills to those aged above 16 years through the National Skill Development
Program (NSDP).
• The structures under the Integrated Child Development Services Scheme (ICDS) will be utilised
as a platform.
o This will be supported by a dedicated Saksham unit/cell created at the Centre and in the
State, district and block levels.
• Anganwadi Centre is the focal point for the delivery of the services, where Anganwadi
infrastructure is inadequate, alternative place such as Community Centre, School or Panchayat
Hall may be used.
84 UJJAWALA Scheme
Launch Year: 2007
• It is a comprehensive scheme for prevention of trafficking and rescue, rehabilitation and re-
integration of victims of trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation.
Objectives
• To prevent trafficking of women and children for commercial sexual exploitation through social
mobilization and involvement of local communities, awareness generation programmes etc.
• To facilitate rescue of victims from the place of their exploitation and place them in safe
custody.
• To provide rehabilitation services both immediate and long-term to the victims.
• To facilitate reintegration of the victims into the family and society at large.
• To facilitate repatriation of cross-border victims to their country of origin.
• Women and children who are vulnerable to trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation.
• Women and children who are victims of trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation.
Key Features
• It is a comprehensive scheme for prevention of trafficking and rescue, rehabilitation and re-
integration of victims of trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation.
• Rehabilitative centres are given financial support for providing shelter and basic amenities
such as:
o Food, clothing, medical care, and legal aid.
o Education in the case the victims are children.
o Vocational training and income generation activities to provide the victims with
alternate livelihood option.
Components of the Scheme
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• Rehabilitation
• Re-integration
• Repatriation
• The implementing agencies can be the Social Welfare/Women and Child Welfare Department
of State Government, Women’s Development Corporations, Women’s Development Centres,
Urban Local Bodies, reputed Public/Private Trust or Voluntary Organizations.
• The organization must have adequate experience in the field of trafficking, social defense,
dealing with women and children in need of care and protection, children in conflict with law,
etc.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

85 MusQan Initiative
Launch Year: 2021
Aim
To ensure provision of quality child-friendly services in public health facilities to reduce
preventable newborn and child morbidity and mortality.
Objectives
• To reduce preventable mortality and morbidity among children below 12 years of age.
• To enhance Quality of Care (QoC) as per National Quality Assurance Standards (NQAS).
• To promote adherence to evidence-based practices and standard treatment guidelines &
protocols.
• To provide child-friendly services to newborn and children in humane and supportive
environment.
• To enhance satisfaction of mother and family, seeking healthcare for their child.
Paediatric age group of 0-12 years.
Key Features
It highlights 4 key strategies which are:

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Institutional Framework
• At centre level – Central Quality Supervisory Committee.
• At state level – State Quality Assurance Committee and Units.
• At district level – District Quality Assurance Committee and Units.
• At facility level - Quality Teams and Quality Circles.
86 PM Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission

Launch Year: 2021
Aim
• To develop capacities in the health care system over 6 years
• Improve primary, secondary, and tertiary care health systems
• Strengthen existing national institutions in Health sector
• Create new institutions, to cater to detection and cure of new and emerging diseases.
• To fill critical gaps in public health infrastructure, especially in critical care facilities and primary
care in both urban and rural areas
Key Features
• Duration: 6 years
• Centrally Sponsored Scheme with an outlay of about Rs. 64,180 crores for 6 years.
• The measures under the scheme focus on developing capacities of health systems and
institutions across the continuum of care at all levels viz. primary, secondary and tertiary and on
preparing health systems in responding effectively to the current and future
pandemics/disasters.
• The scheme targets to build an IT enabled disease surveillance system by developing a network
of surveillance laboratories at block, district, regional and national levels, in Metropolitan areas
• It also aims at strengthening health units at the Points of Entry, for effectively detecting,
investigating, preventing and combating Public Health Emergencies and Disease Outbreaks.
• Increased investments are also targeted to support research on COVID-19 and other infectious
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medium-term response to COVID-19 like pandemics and to develop core capacity to deliver the
One Health Approach to prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease outbreaks in animals
and humans.
• Four-Pronged Strategy
o Prevention of illness and promotion of wellness including measures such as Swachh
Bharat Abhiyan, yoga and timely care and treatment of pregnant women and children
o Providing cheap and effective treatment to the poorest of the poor
o Increasing the quality of health infrastructure and healthcare professionals and
o Working on a mission mode to overcome obstacles like Mission Indradhanush has been
extended to the tribal and far-flung areas of the country.
• Main interventions under the scheme to be achieved by FY 25-26 are:
o Support for 17,788 rural Health and Wellness Centres in in 10 High Focus States
o Establishing 11,024 urban Health and Wellness Centres in all the States.
o Setting up of Integrated Public Health Labs in all districts and 3382 Block Public Health
Units in11 High Focus states;
o Establishing Critical Care Hospital Blocks in 602 districts and 12 Central Institutions;
o Strengthening of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), its 5 regional branches
and 20 metropolitan health surveillance units;
o Expansion of the Integrated Health Information Portal to all States/UTs to connect all
public health labs;
o Operationalization of 17 new Public Health Units and strengthening of 33 existing Public
Health Units at Points of Entry, that is at 32 Airports, 11 Seaports and 7 landcrossings
o Setting up of 15 Health Emergency Operation Centres and 2 mobile hospitals
o Setting up of a national institution for One Health, a Regional Research Platform for
WHO South East Asia Region, 9 Bio-Safety Level III laboratories and 4 regional National
Institutes for Virology.
Funding: Centrally Sponsored Scheme with an outlay of about Rs. 64,180 crores.
• The scheme was announced in Budget 2021-22 as Pradhan Mantri Atmanirbhar Swasth Bharat
Yojana.
87 Aahaar Kranti Mission

Launch Year: 2021
Aim
To spread the message of the need for a nutritionally balanced diet and to understand the
importance of accessible to all local fruits and vegetables
Motto: Uttam Aahaar Uttam Vichaar or Good Diet-Good Cognition
Key Features
• Implementation Strategy
o The messages will be imparted through the curriculum in the form of `what’s and `why’s of
nutrition, or through the forms of games or as instructions such as `how to’.
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English and Hindi.
o The programme will focus on training teachers, who, in turn, will pass on the message to the
multitudes of students, and through them to their families and finally the society at large.
• Organisation Involved: Vijnana Bharati (Vibha), ‘Global Indian Scientists and Technocrats’ Forum
(GIST), Vigyan Prasar, and Pravasi Bharatiya Academic and Scientific Sampark (PRABHASS)
88 Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package Insurance scheme

Launch Year: 2020
Objectives
• To provide an insurance cover of Rs 50 lakh to healthcare providers, including community
health workers who may have to be in direct contact of COVID-19 patients and therefore at risk
of being infected.
• It also includes Accidental death on account of contracting COVID-19.
Key Features
• There is no age limit for this scheme and individual enrolment is not required.
• It covers private hospital staff/retired/volunteer/local urban bodies/contract/daily wage/ad-
hoc/outsourced staff requisitioned by States/Central hospitals/autonomous hospitals of
Central/States/UTs, AIIMS & INIs/hospitals of Central Ministries drafted for COVID-19 related
responsibilities.
• The insurance provided under this scheme would be over and above any other insurance cover
being availed of by the beneficiary.
• The entire amount of premium for this scheme is being borne by the Ministry of Health and
Family Welfare.
• It has collaborated with the New India Assurance (NIA) Company Limited for providing the
insurance amount based on the guidelines prepared for the scheme.
• The District Collector in each case will be certifying that the claim is in accordance with SoP of
the Scheme.
o On the basis of this certificate of the Collector, Insurance Company will approve and
settle the claims within a period of 48 hours.
o Further, for the sake of uniformity and prompt disposal, the District Collector will also do
due diligence and certify the claims even in case of Central Government hospitals/ AIIMS/
Railways etc.
• Recently (Oct 2021), the Central Government has extended the implementation of ‘Pradhan
Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP): Insurance Scheme for Health Care Workers Fighting
COVID-19’, by 180 days.
o The current period of the scheme was ending on 20th October 2021.
89 Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission

Launch Year: 2020 (in pilot mode in six union territories which are Chandigarh, Ladakh, Dadra and
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Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Puducherry, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep)
• Recently (Sep 2021), Prime Minister of India has announced the nationwide rollout of the
Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission.
Aim
To provide a digital health ID to people which will contain their health records
Objectives
• To provide a platform for interoperability of healthcare data
• To improve the quality of health data collection, storage and dissemination
• To fast track creation of updated and accurate health registries for the entire country
• To establish digital health systems and managing health data
Key Features
• It is a digital health ecosystem under which every Indian citizen will have unique health IDs,
digitised health records with identifiers for doctors and health facilities.
• It will come under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana.
• The core building blocks of the mission which are health ID, DigiDoctor and Health Facility
Registry shall be owned, operated and maintained by the Government of India.
• Private stakeholders will have an equal opportunity to integrate and create their own products
for the market. The core activities and verifications, however, remain with the government.
• Under the Mission, every Indian will get a Health ID card that will store all medical details of the
person including prescriptions, treatment, diagnostic reports and discharge summaries.
o Health ID is a randomly generated 14 digit number used for the purposes of uniquely
identifying persons, authenticating them, and threading their health records (only
with their informed consent) across multiple systems and stakeholders.
o It is voluntary and free of cost.
o An individual has the option of either deactivating his/her ID temporarily or
permanently deleting the ID, so an exit option is provided.
• The citizens will be able to give their doctors and health providers one-time access to this
data during visits to the hospital for consultation.
Key Building Blocks

• HealthID
• DigiDoctor
• Health Facility Registry
• Personal Health Records
• e-Pharmacy
• Telemedicine
Guiding Principles
• Voluntary participation
• Privacy and security by design
• Inclusivity
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• Seamless portability
Components
• Health ID
• Healthcare Professionals Registry (HPR)
• Healthcare Facilities Registries (HFR)
• Health Records
Implementing Agency
National Health Mission, under Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has been given the mandate
to design, build, roll-out and implement the mission.
90 Social Awareness and Action to Neutralise Pneumonia Successfully (SAANS)

Launch Year: 2019 (in Gujarat)
Aim
• To achieve a target of reducing pneumonia deaths among children to less than 3 per 1000 live
births by 2025.
• To mobilise people to protect children from pneumonia, and train health personnel and other
stakeholders to provide prioritised treatment to control the disease.
Objectives
• Dispel myths & notions and trigger behaviour change to take pneumonia seriously and seek care
early.
• Primary: All caregivers/mothers/fathers having under 5 children (for community mobilization).
• Secondary: Key opinion leaders such as Gram Panchayat Leaders, Religious Leaders, Local
Administration, VHSNC members, Health & ICDS functionaries, Private practitioners etc.
Key Features
• Under the campaign, a child suffering from pneumonia can be treated with pre-referral dose of
anti-biotic amoxicillin by ASHA workers.
• Health and Wellness centres can use pulse oximeter (device to monitor oxygen saturation) to
identify low oxygen levels in the blood of a child, and if required, treat him by use of oxygen
cylinders.
• A mass awareness campaign will be launched about the effective solutions for pneumonia
prevention like breastfeeding, age-appropriate complementary feeding and immunization etc.
91 Food Safety Mitra (FSM) Scheme

Launch Year: 2019 (by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India)
Aim
• To support small and medium-scale food businesses to comply with the food safety laws and
facilitate them with the licensing and registration process, hygiene ratings and training
programme.
Key Features:
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and get paid by food businesses for their services.
• A Food Safety Mitra is an individual professional certified by FSSAI who assists in compliances
related to FSS Act, Rules and regulations with three avatars viz.-
o Digital Mitra: To assist food business operator (FBO) in their compliances on online
portals of FSSAI.
o Trainer Mitra: To train FBOs regarding the Food Safety Act, Regulations and
implementation.
o Hygiene Mitra: To do Hygiene Ratings of FBOs.
• Through FSM, FSSAI plans to engage motivated individuals with the food safety ecosystem at
ground level.
• FSSAI has partnered with the Domestic Workers Sector Skill Council (DWSSC) under the Ministry
of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship to launch a training course.
92 Eat Right India Movement

Launch Year: 2019 (by Food Safety and Standards Authority in India (FSSAI))
Aim
• To make Indian food Trans-fat free by 2022.
• To cut down salt/sugar and oil consumption by 30% in 3 years.
• To engage and enable citizens to improve their health and well-being by making the right food
choices.
• To improve public health in India and combat negative nutritional trends to fight lifestyle
diseases.
Key Features
• Pillars: It has 3 major pillars –
o Eat Safe
o Eat Health
o Eat Sustainably
• It is the new healthy eating approach which places citizens at the centre of a Health Revolution
through food and fitness.
• Tagline: Sahi Bhojan, Behtar Jeevan
• FSSAI has prescribed a limit for Total Polar Compounds (TPC) at 25% in cooking oil to avoid the
harmful effects of reused cooking oil.
• FSSAI has trained about 1.7 lakh food safety supervisors for capacity building under the Food
Safety Training and Certification (FoSTaC) initiative.
o They will sensitize people and food vendors on food safety.
• This movement is aligned with the government’s flagship public health programmes such as
POSHAN Abhiyaan, Anemia Mukt Bharat, Ayushman Bharat Yojana and Swachh Bharat Mission
as well as the ‘Fit India' Movement'.
• Eat Right India is aligned to the National Health Policy 2017 with its focus on preventive and
promotive healthcare for all citizens of the country.
• To promote the Eat Right Movement in India, various initiatives have been introduced by the
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o Eat Right India Handbook – guide for various stakeholders to implement Eat Right
initiatives at the ground level and scale up the movement.
o Poshan Maah – Introduced in September 2019.
o Eat Right Mela – to engage, excite and enable citizens to eat right.
93 SUMAN (Surakshit Matritva Aashwasan) Scheme

Launch Year: 2019
Aim
• To provide dignified and quality healthcare at no cost to every woman and newborn visiting a
public health facility.
• To bring down the maternal and infant mortality rates in the nation and to stop all preventable
maternal and newborn deaths.
• All pregnant women, all sick newborns and mothers up to 6 months of delivery.
Key Features
• Under the scheme, the beneficiaries visiting public health facilities are entitled to several free
services.
o These include at least 4 ante natal check-ups that also include one checkup during the
1st trimester, at least one checkup under Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan,
Iron Folic Acid supplementation, Tetanus diphtheria injection.
• The scheme will enable zero expense access to the identification and management of
complications during and after the pregnancy.
• The government will also provide free transport to pregnant women from home to the health
facility and drop back after discharge (minimum 48 hrs).
• The pregnant women will be able to avail a zero expense delivery and C-section facility in case
of complications at public health facilities.
• The scheme will ensure that there is zero-tolerance for denial of services to such patients.
94 TB Harega Desh Jeetega Campaign

Launch Year: 2019
Aim
To improve and expand the reach of TB care services across the country by 2022.
Target
Government has set the target year for eradicating TB from the country as 2025. The global target
set by the UN is 2030.
Key Features
• Government is committed to ensure all patients, irrespective of where they seek care (private
sector included), receive free-of-cost, high quality TB care.
• Three Pillars:
o Clinical Approach
o Public Health Component
o Active Community Participation

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• Other Supporting Elements of the Campaign:
o Patient Support
o Private Sector Engagement
o Political and Administrative commitment at all levels
95 Jan Jagrukta Abhiyan

Launch Year: 2019
Aim
• To sensitize and mobilize the community on measures for prevention and control of Vector
Borne Diseases (VBDs) like Malaria, Dengue and Chikungunya.
• Making the community a partner for checking vector/mosquito breeding across Delhi.
Key Features
• It is a people movement as there will be active involvement of people’s representatives,
officers from Government of India, Government of NCT Delhi, all three Delhi Municipal
Corporations, New Delhi Municipal Council, Railways and Cantonment Board and other
stakeholders.
• A total of 286 ward-wise teams i.e. 272 Municipal wards and 14 locations of NDMC (New Delhi
Municipal Council) have been constituted with 20-25 members per team.
96 eSanjeevani
Launch Year: 2019
Objective
To deliver healthcare services digitally and address the shortage of doctors and specialists at
ground level while reducing the burden on secondary and tertiary level hospitals.
Key Features
• eSanjeevani AB-HWC (doctor to doctor telemedicine platform) is planned to be implemented
at 1,55,000 Health and Wellness Centres under Ayushman Bharat Scheme, in ‘Hub & Spoke’
model by December 2022.
• eSanjeevani OPD (patient to doctor telemedicine platform) enables access to outpatient
services by the patients in the confines of their homes.
o It was launched on 13th April 2020.
o It enables virtual meetings between the patients and doctors & specialists from
geographically dispersed locations, through video conferencing that occurs in real-time.
• The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing’s Mohali branch is providing end-to-end
technical services like development, implementation, operations and training of health
personnel.
97 Ayushman Bharat (Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana)

Launch Year: 2018
Aim
To fulfil the vision of Health for All and Universal Health Coverage, enshrined in the National Health
Policy 2017.
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Objectives
To reduce out of pocket hospitalisation expenses, fulfil unmet needs and improve access of
identified families to quality inpatient care and day care surgeries
Eligibility Criteria under PMJAY
• AB-PMJAY is an entitlement-based scheme with entitlement decided on the basis of the latest
Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) data covering both rural and urban.
• The different categories in rural and urban areas include
o Families having only one room with kucha walls and kucha roof;
o Families having no adult member between age 16 to 59 or female headed household.
o Disabled member and no able bodied adult member in the family;
o SC/ST households, landless labour, destitute, living on alms, manual scavenger families,
primitive tribal groups, legally released bonded labour.
o For urban areas, 11 defined occupational categories are entitled under the scheme -
Occupational Categories of Workers, Rag picker, Beggar, Domestic worker, Street vendor
etc
• Exclusion Criteria : As per the SECC 2011, the following beneficiaries are automatically excluded:
o Households having motorized 2/3/4 wheeler/fishing boat/agriculture equipment
o Households having Kisan Credit Card with credit limit above Rs. 50,000/
o Household member is a government employee/ member earning > Rs 10,000/ Income tax
payee/professional tax
o House with three or more rooms with pucca walls and roof, refrigerator, landline phone
o Owns more than 2.5 acres of irrigated land
o Owns 5 acres or more irrigated land for two or more crop season
o Owning at least 7.5 acres of land or more with atleast one irrigated equipment
Key Features
• Provide a health cover of Rs 5 lakhs per family per year irrespective of number of family
members.
• There is no cap on family size and age as well as restriction on pre-existing conditions.
• It covers up to 3 days of pre-hospitalization and 15 days post-hospitalization expenses such as
diagnostics and medicines.
• Benefits of the scheme are portable across the country.
• The beneficiaries can avail benefits in both public and empanelled private facilities.
• Currently, there are 1669 treatment procedures under the scheme, out of which 1080 are
surgical, 588 medical and one unspecified package.
• PMJAY will provide cashless and paperless access to services for the beneficiary at the point of
service.
• When fully implemented, PMJAY will become the world’s largest fully government-financed
health protection scheme.
• The cover under the scheme includes all expenses incurred on the following components of
the treatment.
o Medical examination, treatment and consultation
o Pre-hospitalization
o Medicine and medical consumables
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o Non-intensive and intensive care services
o Diagnostic and laboratory investigations
o Medical implantation services (where necessary)
o Accommodation benefits
o Food services
o Complications arising during treatment
o Post-hospitalization follow-up care up to 15 days
Components of Ayushman Bharat

• Health and Wellness Centres (HWCs)
• Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY), earlier known as the National Health Protection
Scheme (NHPS)
1) Health and Wellness Centres (HWCs)

• It aims to deliver Comprehensive Primary Health Care (CPHC) near Home.
• Primary Health Care Service Includes:
• Pregnancy and maternal health services, Neonatal and infant health services, Chronic
communicable diseases, non-communicable diseases, Management of mental illness, Dental
care, Eye care, Geriatric care Emergency medicine
• Govt. announced the creation of 1,50,000 Health and Wellness Centres (HWCs) by transforming
the existing Sub Centres and Primary Health Centres.
Note: The first Health and Wellness Centre was launched by the Prime Minister at Jangla, Bijapur,
Chhattisgarh on 14th April 2018.
2) Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY)

• It was earlier know as the National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS) before being rechristened.
• PM-JAY subsumed the then existing Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) which had been
launched in 2008.
• The households included are based on the deprivation and occupational criteria of Socio-
Economic Caste Census 2011 (SECC 2011) for rural and urban areas respectively.
• It aims to provide a health cover of Rs 5 lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary care
hospitalization to over 10.74 crores poor and vulnerable families (approximately 50 crore
beneficiaries) that form the bottom 40% of the Indian population.
• Funding
• PM-JAY is fully funded by the Government and cost of implementation is shared between the
Central and State Governments.
• Sharing pattern is in the ratio of 60:40 between Centre and States/Union Territories with
legislature.
• For North-Eastern States and three Himalayan States (viz. Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal
Pradesh and Uttarakhand), the ratio is 90:10.
• For Union Territories without legislatures, the Central Government may provide up to 100% on a
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Implementation Strategy
• At the national level to manage, a National Health Agency has been set up.
• States/ UTs are advised to implement the scheme by a dedicated entity called State Health
Agency (SHA).
• PM-JAY provides the States with the flexibility to choose their implementation model. They can
implement scheme through assurance/trust model, insurance model or mixed model.
• As per the latest annual report of PMJAY released by the National Health Authority (NHA, 2019), 32
states and UTs have implemented the scheme.
•
▪ 1. Pradhan Mantri Arogya Mitra (PMAM)
• Arogya Mitras are cadre of certified frontline health service professionals being created
under Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY).
• They will be the primary point of facilitation for beneficiaries to avail treatment at the
hospital and thus, act as a support system to streamline health service delivery.
• Arogya Mitras training is being conducted in collaboration with National Skill
Development Corporation (NSDC) and Ministry of Skill Development to strengthen
implementation and operational preparedness.
2. National Health Authority (NHA)

• National Health Agency is an autonomous entity established as a Society on 11th May
2018 under the Society Registration Act, 1860.
• The status of NHA was upgraded to National Health Authority in Jan 2019 as an attached
office of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare with full functional autonomy.
• Functions
o Provide overall vision and stewardship for design, roll-out, implementation and
management of PM-JAY in alliance with state governments.
o Foster linkages as well as convergence of PM-JAY with health and related
programs of the Central and State Governments.
o Develop strategic partnerships and collaborations with Central and State
Governments, civil society, financial and insurance agencies, academia, think
tanks, national and international organizations and other stakeholders.
o Provide technical advice and operational inputs, as relevant, to states, districts
and sub-districts for PM-JAY.
3. Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY SEHAT

o It has been launched to extend coverage to all the residents of the Union Territory of
Jammu & Kashmir on 26th December 2020.
o The scheme will ensure Universal Health Coverage and focus on providing financial risk
protection and ensuring quality and affordable essential health services to all individuals
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o The Scheme provides free of cost insurance cover to all the residents of the UT of J&K.
o It provides financial cover up to Rs 5 lakh per family on a floater basis to all residents of
the UT of J&K.
o It provides for operational extension of PM-JAY to 15 lakh (approx) additional families.
o The scheme will operate on insurance mode in convergence with PM-JAY.
o The benefits of the scheme will be portable across the country.
o The hospitals empanelled under PM-JAY scheme shall provide services under this scheme
as well.
98 National Viral Hepatitis Control Programme (NVHCP)

Launch: 2018 (On the occasion of the World Hepatitis Day, 28th July)
Aim
• Combat hepatitis and achieve country wide elimination of Hepatitis C by 2030.
• Achieve significant reduction in the infected population, morbidity and mortality associated
with Hepatitis B and C viz. Cirrhosis and Hepato-cellular carcinoma (liver cancer).
• Reduce the risk, morbidity and mortality due to Hepatitis A and E.
Objectives
• Enhance community awareness on hepatitis and lay stress on preventive measures among
general population especially high-risk groups and in hotspots.
• Provide early diagnosis and management of viral hepatitis at all levels of healthcare.
• Develop standard diagnostic and treatment protocols for management of viral hepatitis and its
complications.
• Strengthen the existing infrastructure facilities, build capacities of existing human resources
and raise additional human resources.
• Develop linkages with the existing National programs towards awareness, prevention, diagnosis
and treatment for viral hepatitis.
• Develop a web-based “Viral Hepatitis Information and Management System” to maintain a
registry of persons affected with viral hepatitis.
Key Features
• It is an integrated initiative for the prevention and control of viral hepatitis in India to achieve
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.3 which aims at ending viral hepatitis by 2030.
• This is a comprehensive plan covering the entire gamut from Hepatitis A, B, C, D & E, and the
whole range from prevention, detection and treatment to mapping treatment outcomes.
• Establish National program management unit at the Centre which will act as the hepatitis cell
within the National Health Mission.
• Establish State program management unit which will also be the state coordination unit in the
first year and will act as the hepatitis cell within existing state health governance structure i.e.
state health society.
• Free drugs and diagnosis for Hepatitis B and C will be provided under the programme.
• It aims to treat a minimum of 3 lakh hepatitis C cases over a period of three years.
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1. Preventive component: This remains the cornerstone of the NVHCP. It will include
• Awareness generation
• Immunization of Hepatitis B (birth dose, high risk groups, health care workers)
• Safety of blood and blood products
• Injection safety, safe socio-cultural practices
• Safe drinking water, hygiene and sanitary toilets
2. Diagnosis and Treatment:
• Screening of pregnant women for HbsAg to be done in areas where institutional
deliveries are < 80% to ensure their referral for institutional delivery for birth dose
Hepatitis B vaccination.
• Free screening, diagnosis and treatment for both hepatitis B and C would be made
available at all levels of health care in a phased manner.
• Provision of linkages, including with private sector and not for profit institutions, for
diagnosis and treatment.
• Engagement with community/peer support to enhance and ensure adherence to
treatment and demand generation.
3. Monitoring and Evaluation, Surveillance and Research: Effective linkages to the surveillance
system would be established and operational research would be undertaken through
Department of Health Research (DHR). Standardised M&E framework would be developed and
an online web-based system established.
4. Training and capacity Building: This would be a continuous process and will be supported by
NCDC, ILBS and state tertiary care institutes and coordinated by NVHCP.
99 LaQshya (Labour room Quality improvement initiative) Programme

Launch Year: 2018
Aim
• Reduce preventable maternal and newborn mortality, morbidity and stillbirths associated with
the care around delivery in Labour room and Maternity OT and ensure respectful maternity care.
Objectives
• To reduce maternal and newborn mortality & morbidity.
• To improve quality of care during the delivery and immediate post-partum care, stabilization of
complications and ensure timely referrals, and enable an effective two-way follow-up system.
• To enhance satisfaction of beneficiaries visiting the health facilities and provide Respectful
Maternity Care (RMC) to all pregnant women attending the public health facility.
Key Features
• This program is being implemented at all Medical College Hospitals, District Hospitals and First
Referral Unit (FRU), and Community Health Center (CHCs).
• A multi-pronged strategy has been adopted under this programme, such as improving
infrastructure up-gradation, ensuring availability of essential equipment, providing adequate
human resources, capacity building of health care workers and improving quality processes in
the labour room.
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level and Obstetric HDUs at District Hospital are operationalized under the program.
• Capacity-building of healthcare workers by skill-based training like Dakshta & improving
quality processes in the labour room.
• Every facility achieving 70% score on National Quality Assurance Standards (NQAS) will be
certified as LaQshya certified facility.
• Facilities scoring more than 90%, 80% and 70% will be given Platinum, Gold and Silver badge
accordingly.
o Facilities achieving this certification, defined quality indicators and 80% satisfied
beneficiaries will be provided incentive of Rs 6 lakh, Rs 3 lakh and Rs 2 lakh for Medical
College Hospital, District Hospital and FRUs respectively.
• Process and Mechanism
o Reorganizing/aligning Labour room & Maternity Operation Theatre layout and
workflow as per ‘Labour Room Standardization Guidelines’ and ‘Maternal & Newborn
Health Toolkit’ issued by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.
o Ensuring that at least all government medical college hospitals and high caseload
district hospitals has dedicated obstetric units for managing complicated pregnancies
that require life-saving critical care.
o Ensuring strict adherence to clinical protocols for management and stabilization of the
complications before referral to higher centres.
100 Nikshay Poshan Yojana

Launch Year: 2018
Aim
• To provide a financial incentive of Rs 500 per month for each notified TB patient for duration
for which the patient is on anti-TB treatment.
Eligibility
• All TB patients notified on or after 1st April 2018 including all existing TB patients under
treatment are eligible to receive incentives.
• The patient must be registered \ notified on the NIKSHAY portal.
Key Features
• The scheme is registered under Direct Benefit Transfer.
o The incentives can be distributed in Cash (only via DBT preferably through Aadhaar
enabled bank accounts) or in-kind.
Funding Pattern
The scheme is a centrally sponsored scheme under National Health Mission (NHM). Financial norms
of NHM in terms of cost sharing, are applicable to the scheme.
101 National Deworming Initiative

Launch Year: 2018
Aim
• To deworm all preschool and school-age children (enrolled and non-enrolled) between the
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their overall health, nutritional status, access to education and quality of life.
Key Features
• Children and adolescents are administered a single dose of a safe medicine Albendazole across
government, government-aided schools, anganwadis, private schools and other educational
institutions.
• The National Deworming Day is a single fixed-day approach to treat intestinal worm infections
in all children aged 1- 19 years and is held on 10 February and 10 August each year.

• Implemented through the combined efforts of Department of School Education and Literacy
under Ministry of Education, Ministry of Women and Child Development and Ministry of
Drinking Water and Sanitation.
• Ministry has first launched National Deworming Day (NDD) in 2015 which was implemented in
11 States/UTs across all Government and Government-aided schools and Anganwadi centres
targeting children aged 1 to 19 years.
102 National Health Resource Repository (NHRR)

Launch Year: 2018
Aim
• To strengthen evidence-based decision making and develop platform for citizen and provider-
centric services by creating robust, standardized and secured IT-enabled repository of India’s
healthcare resources.
Key Features
• NHRR is the first ever healthcare establishment census (registry) in the country to collect data
of all public and private healthcare.
• Conceptualized by: Central Bureau of Health Intelligence (CBHI).
• Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is the project technology partner for providing data
security.
• For this census, CBHI has been actively engaging with key stakeholders including leading
associations, allied ministries and several private healthcare service providers.
• It provides comprehensive information of both, Private and Public healthcare
establishments including Railways, ESIC, Defence and Petroleum healthcare establishments.
103 National Strategic Plan (2017-24)

Launch Year: 2017
Aim
An AIDS Free India
Mission
• Attain universal coverage of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) prevention, testing,
treatment to care in continuum that is effective, inclusive, equitable and adapted to population

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and local needs.
Objectives
• 75% reduction in new HIV infections by 2020
• Reduce 80% new infections by 2024 (Baseline 2010)
• Ensure 95% of estimated PLHIV (People Living with HIV) know their status by 2024
• Ensure 95% PLHIV have ART initiation and retention by 2024, for sustained viral suppression
• Eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and Syphilis by 2020
• Eliminate HIV/AIDS related stigma and discrimination by 2020
• Facilitate sustainable NACP service delivery by 2024
Target
• Achieving zero new infections, zero AIDS-related deaths and zero AIDS related stigma &
discrimination
Key Features
• Developed by: National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO)
Process and Mechanism:

• 90-90-90 Strategy: 90% of those who are HIV positive in the country know their status, 90% of
those who know their status are on treatment and 90% of those who are on treatment
experience effective viral load suppression
o It has to be achieved by 2020
Strategy
• Prevent
o Increased coverage for improved prevention, testing and care linkages
o Systematic evidence generation to reach 'at risk' population
o Retain KP with adequate and appropriate services
• Test
o Geo-prioritise differential approach
o Use graded approach to increase HIV testing
o Pilot and scale up newer modalities of testing (e.g. CBT, Self Testing, etc.)
o Active use of IEC to increase demand for HIV testing
• Treat
o Accelerate uptake of ART
o Improve ART retention by engaging community/NGOs/ private sector.
o Ensure supportive environment for achieving universal access to ART
o Address comorbidities of HIV infection to lower mortality and morbidity
Mission Sampark
Launch Year: 2017
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Aim: It has been launched to trace those who are left to follow up and need to be brought under
Antiretroviral (ART) services.

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Project Sunrise
Launch Year: 2016.
• It was launched for prevention of AIDS specially among people injecting drugs in the North-
Eastern states.
Implemented by: National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO)
Aim: To diagnose 90% of such drug addicts with HIV and put them under treatment by 2020.
104 Mission Parivar Vikas

Launch Year: 2017
Aim
To accelerate access to high quality family planning choices based on information, reliable services
and supplies within a rights-based framework.
Target
• Focus on 7 States with highest Total Fertility Rate (TFR), to reach the replacement level fertility
goals of 2.1 by 2025.
• 146 districts in the seven-high focus, high TFR states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Madhya
Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Assam with TFR of 3 and above
Key Features
Five-Pronged Strategy
• Improving access to contraceptive through delivering assured services
• Building additional Capacity/ HRD for enhanced service delivery
• Ensuring commodity security
• Implementing new ‘Promotional Schemes’
• Creating Enabling Environment
105 Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan

Launch Year: 2016
Aim
To improve the quality and coverage of Antenatal Care (ANC) including diagnostics and
counselling services as part of the Reproductive Maternal Neonatal Child and Adolescent Health
(RMNCH+A) Strategy.
Objectives
• Ensure at least one antenatal check-up for all pregnant women in their second or third
trimester by a physician/specialist.
• Improve the quality of care during ante-natal visits.
• Identification and line-listing of high-risk pregnancies based on obstetric/ medical history and
existing clinical conditions.
• Appropriate birth planning and complication readiness for each pregnant woman especially
those identified with any risk factor or comorbid condition.
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malnutrition.
• Special focus on adolescent and early pregnancies as these pregnancies need extra and
specialized care.
Target Beneficiary
• All pregnant women who are in their 2nd / 3rd trimesters of pregnancy
• Special efforts would be made to reach out to women who have not registered for ANC (left
out/missed ANC) as well as high risk pregnant women.
Key Features
• It will provide assured, comprehensive and quality antenatal care, free of cost, universally to all
pregnant women on the 9th of every month.
• It guarantees a minimum package of antenatal care services to women in their 2nd / 3rd
trimesters of pregnancy at designated government health facilities in both rural and urban
areas.
• The programme follows a systematic approach for engagement with private sector which
includes motivating private practitioners to volunteer for the campaign, developing strategies
for generating awareness and appealing to the private sector to participate in the Abhiyan at
government health facilities.
• Pregnant women would be given Mother and Child Protection Cards and safe motherhood
booklets.
o A sticker indicating the condition and risk factor of the pregnant women would be added
onto MCP card for each visit:
✓ Green Sticker- for women with no risk factor detected
✓ Red Sticker – for women with high risk pregnancy
106 E-RaktKosh Initiative

Launch Year: 2016
Objectives
• Availability of safe and adequate blood supplies
• Real time blood stock availability
• Preventing wastage of blood
• Reduced Turnaround Time
• Restrict Professional Donors
• Networking of Blood Banks
• Donor Repository
Key Features
• It is an integrated Blood Bank Management Information System that has been conceptualized
and developed after multiple consultations with all stakeholders.
• This web-based mechanism interconnects all the Blood Banks of the State into a single
network.
• The Integrated Blood Bank MIS refers the acquisition, validation, storage and circulation of
various live data and information electronically regarding blood donation and transfusion
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Components of management of blood donation life cycle
• The bio metric Donor Management System for identifying, tracking and blocking donors based
on donor's health, donation history etc.
• It provides features such as blood grouping, TTI screening, antibody screening, component
preparation etc. as per the defined processes and rules.
• Bio-Medical Waste Management System for disposal of discarded blood and other waste
generated during this process.
• Generation of rare blood group donor registries and the generation of regular repeat donors
• Alert and Notification System
107 Mera Aspatal/My Hospital Initiative

Launch Year: 2016
Aim
Capture patient feedback on the services received from both public and empanelled private
health facilities
Key Features
• It works through multiple communication channels, including Short Message Service (SMS), a
mobile application, and a web portal.
• The application allows feedback to be consolidated, analysed and disseminated on a frequently
updated dashboard.
• Analysed data will be used to improve quality of services in healthcare facilities.
• My Hospital aligns with the citizen-centric MyGov platform of GOI which allows patients to
connect with the healthcare providers and policymakers and to have their opinion heard and
acted upon.
• The patient can submit the feedback in 7 different languages on mobile app and web portal for
the hospitals visited in last 7 days.
• My Hospital will help the government to take appropriate decisions for enhancing the quality of
healthcare delivery across public facilities which will improve the patient’s experience.
108 Mobile Academy Initiative

Launch Year: 2016
Key Features
• It is an anytime, anywhere audio training course on interpersonal communication skills that
the ASHA can access from her mobile phone.
• It gives ASHAs tips on how to convince families to adopt priority RMNCH behaviors, while
refreshing her existing knowledge.
• Mobile Academy is a free audio training course designed to expand and refresh the knowledge
base of Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) and improve their communication skills.
• The course is 240 minutes long and consists of 11 chapters with 4 lessons each.
• The ANM/ASHAs who pass the course will be provided with a certificate.

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109 M-Cessation Initiative
Launch Year: 2016
Aim
Reach out to those willing to quit tobacco use and support them towards successful quitting
through text messages sent via mobile phones.
Key Features
• It is an m-health initiative to help those who want to quit tobacco use.
• It uses two-way messaging between the individual seeking to quit tobacco use and programme
specialists providing them dynamic support.
• The National Tobacco Control Programme and the Union Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare, with support from the WHO and International Telecommunication Union’s ‘Be
He@lthy, Be mobile’ initiative, implemented the mCessation programme – an initiative using
mobile technology for tobacco cessation.
110 Kilkari Initiative

Launch Year: 2016
Aim
Deliver free, weekly, time-appropriate 72 audio messages about pregnancy, childbirth and
childcare directly to families’ mobile phones from the second trimester of pregnancy until the child
is one year old.
Key Features
• It is the largest maternal messaging service in the world designed to help new and expectant
mothers in India have safer pregnancies and give newborn babies the best possible start in life.
• Kilkari is an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) based mobile service that delivers time-sensitive
audio messages (Voice Call) about pregnancy and child health directly to the mobile phones of
pregnant women, mothers of young children and their families.
• The service covers the critical time period–where the most maternal/infant deaths occur from
the 4th month of pregnancy until the child is one year old.
• Families which subscribe to the service receive one pre-recorded system generated call per
week.
• Each call will be 2 minutes in length and serve as reminders for what the family should be doing
that week depending on woman’s stage of pregnancy or the child’s age.
• Kilkari services will be available to states in regional dialect too.
111 Mothers Absolute Affection

Launch Year: 2016
Aim
To ensure that mothers, husbands and families receive adequate information and support for
promotion of breastfeeding.
Objectives
• Build an enabling environment for breastfeeding through awareness generation activities,
targeting pregnant and lactating mothers, family members and society in order to promote

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optimal breastfeeding practices. Breastfeeding to be positioned as an important intervention for
child survival and development.
• Reinforce lactation support services at public health facilities through trained healthcare
providers and through skilled community health workers.
• To incentivize and recognize those health facilities that show high rates of breastfeeding along
with processes in place for lactation management.
Goal
• To revitalize efforts towards promotion, protection and support of breastfeeding practices
through health systems to achieve higher breastfeeding rates
Key Features
Components
• Enabling Environment and demand generation through mass media, mid media and
community.
• Training and capacity enhancement of nurses at government institutions, and all ANMs and
ASHAs.
o They will provide information and counselling support to mothers for breastfeeding.
• Community engagement by ASHAs for breastfeeding promotion, who will conduct mothers’
meetings.
o Breastfeeding mothers requiring more support will be referred to a health facility or the
ANM sub-centre or the Village Health and Nutrition Day (VHND) organized every month
at the village level.
• Monitoring and impact assessment is an integral part of MAA programme.
o Progress will be measured against key indicators, such as availability of skilled persons at
delivery points for counselling, improvement in breastfeeding practices and number of
accredited health facilities.
• Awards - Recognition for best performing baby friendly facilities
112 Sugam Portal

Launch Year: 2015
Key Features
• It is a portal for implementation of e-governance at Central Drug Standard Control
Organization (CDSCO) to bring about simplicity, transparency, reliability, accountability and
simplify ease of business.
• SUGAM enables online submission of applications requesting for permissions related to drugs,
clinical trials, ethics committee, medical devices, vaccines and cosmetics.
• Sugam builds a comprehensive database of the various permissions and licenses issued by State
FDAs.
• This includes details of manufacturers, manufacturing site and drug formulations.
• Manufacturer can view their consolidated data about permissions issued to them from State
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113 Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network (e-VIN)
Launch Year: 2015
Aim
• To support the Government of India’s Universal Immunization Programme by providing real-
time information on vaccine stocks and flows, and storage temperatures across all cold chain
points in these states.
• To strengthen the evidence base for improved policy-making in vaccine delivery, procurement
and planning for new antigens in India.
Key Features
• It is an indigenously developed technology system in India that digitizes the entire vaccine
stock management, their logistics and temperature tracking at all levels of vaccine storage –
from national to the sub-district.
• It is being implemented under the National Health Mission (NHM) by the Ministry of Health and
Family Welfare in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
• The integrated solution combines Technology, Governance and Human Resources.
• e-VIN has helped create a big data architecture that generates actionable analytics encouraging
data-driven decision-making and consumption based planning that helps in maintaining
optimum stocks of vaccines leading to cost savings.
114 AMRIT (Affordable Medicines and Reliable Implants for Treatment) Programme
Launch Year: 2015
Aim
To reduce the expenditure incurred by patients on treatment of cancer and heart diseases
Key Features
• Under this programme, retail outlets will sell drugs for the cancer and heart diseases at highly
discounted rates.
• AMRIT retail pharmacy network offers more than 5200 drugs, implants, surgical disposables and
other consumables at average discounts up to 60% of Maximum Retail Price (MRP).
Implementing Agency: HLL Lifecare Ltd
115 National Health Portal

Launch Year: 2014
Aim
To provide healthcare related information to the citizens of India and to serve as a single point of
access for consolidated health information
Mission
The National Health Portal will achieve the above vision by collecting, verifying and disseminating
health and health care delivery services related information for all citizens of India.
Vision
The National Health Portal aims to make this as a single point access for authenticated health
information for citizens, students, healthcare professionals and researchers
Goal

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Gateway to authentic health information for all.
Key Features
• It serves as a single point access for information on Health and Diseases including health
messages; on Regulations, Standards, Policies, Programs, Commissions etc. Directory Services –
Hospitals, Blood Banks, Ambulances
• National Institute of Health and Family Welfare (NIHFW) has established Centre for Health
Informatics to be the Secretariat for managing the activities of the National Health Portal.
116 Mission Indradhanush

Launch Year: 2014
Aim
To strengthen and re-energize the immunization programme and achieve full immunization
coverage for all children and pregnant women at a rapid pace.
Target
• To ensure 90% full immunization with all available vaccines for children up to two years of age
and pregnant women by 2020.
Key Features
• All vaccines are available free of cost as under UIP.
• The Government identified 201 high focus districts across 28 states in the country that have the
highest number of partially immunized and unimmunized children.
• Under this drive focus is given on pockets of low immunization coverage and hard to reach areas
where the proportion of unvaccinated and partially vaccinated children is highest.
• It provides vaccination against 12 Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (VPD) i.e. diphtheria,
Whooping cough, tetanus, polio, tuberculosis, hepatitis B, meningitis and pneumonia,
Hemophilus influenza type B infections, Japanese encephalitis (JE), rotavirus vaccine,
pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) and measles-rubella (MR).
• However, Vaccination against Japanese Encephalitis and Haemophilus influenzae type B
is being provided in selected districts of the country.
Pentavalent Vaccine
• The Pentavalent vaccine contains five antigens i.e. Hepatitis B, Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus
(DPT–current trivalent vaccine) and Haemophilus influenza b (Hib) vaccine.
• Pentavalent vaccination is provided to the children at the age of 6, 10 and 14 weeks as primary
dose.
116.1 Intensified Mission Indradhanush

• To further intensify the immunization programme, Prime Minister of India had launched the
Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) on October 8, 2017.
• It will focus on improving immunization coverage in select districts and cities to ensure full
immunization to more than 90% by December 2018.
• Inter-sectoral convergence along with intensive planning and monitoring are the salient
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116.2 Intensified Mission Indradhanush 2.0
Aim
• To achieve targets of full immunization coverage in 272 districts in 27 States and at block level
(652 blocks) in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar among hard-to-reach and tribal populations
• To ensure reaching the unreached with all available vaccines and accelerate the coverage of
children and pregnant women in identified districts and blocks.
Key Features
• Conduction of four rounds of immunization activity over 7 working days excluding the RI days,
Sundays and holidays.
• Enhanced immunization session with flexible timing, mobile session and mobilization by other
departments.
• Enhanced focus on left outs, dropouts, and resistant families and hard to reach areas.
• Focus on urban, underserved population and tribal areas.
• Inter-ministerial and inter-departmental coordination.
• Enhance political, administrative and financial commitment, through advocacy.
• IMI 2.0 drive is being conducted in the selected districts and urban cities between Dec 2019 –
March 2020.
116.3 Intensified Mission Indradhanush 3.0

Target
To achieve 90% Full Immunization Coverage (FIC) in all districts of the country and sustaining the
coverage through the immunization system
Key Features
• Focus of the IMI 3.0 will be the children and pregnant women who have missed their vaccine
doses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Beneficiaries from migration areas and hard to reach areas will be targeted as they may have
missed their vaccine doses during COVID19.
• Under this, districts have been classified into low risk, medium risk and high-risk districts.
• IMI 3.0 will have two rounds starting from February 22 and March 22, 2021, and will be
conducted in pre-identified 250 districts/urban areas across 29 States/UTs in the country.
117 Rashtriya Kishore Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK)

Launch Year: 2014
Aim
To reach out to 253 million adolescents - male and female, rural and urban, married and
unmarried, in and out-of-school adolescents with special focus on marginalized and undeserved
groups.
Vision
• It envisions that all adolescents in India are able to realize their full potential by making
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informed and responsible decisions related to their health and well-being, and by accessing the
services and support they need to do so.
Objectives
• Improve nutrition
o Reduce the prevalence of malnutrition among adolescent girls and boys
o Reduce the prevalence of iron-deficiency anaemia (IDA) among adolescent girls and boys
• Improve sexual and reproductive health
o Improve knowledge, attitudes and behaviour
o Reduce teenage pregnancies
o Improve birth preparedness, complication readiness and provide early parenting support
for adolescent parents
• Enhance mental health
o Address mental health concerns of adolescents
• Prevent injuries and violence
o Promote favourable attitudes for preventing injuries and violence (including GBV) among
adolescents
• Prevent substance misuse
o Increase adolescents’ awareness of the adverse effects and consequences of substance
misuse
• Address Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs)
o Promote behaviour change in adolescents to prevent NCDs such as hypertension, stroke,
cardio-vascular diseases and diabetes
Key Features
• The scheme addresses health and development needs of the country’s adolescents (10-19
years).
• To guide the implementation of this programme, MOHFW in collaboration with UN Population
Fund (UNFPA) has developed a National Adolescent Health Strategy.
• This programme focuses on reaching out all adolescents include Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ).
Components
• Adolescent Friendly Health Clinics (AFHCs) are established across various levels of public health
institutions in all the States.
• Weekly Iron Folic Acid Supplementation (WIFS) Programme is being implemented for school
going adolescent boys and girls and out of school adolescent girls across the country.
• Peer Educator (Saathiyas) Programme - Peer educators work as a change agent helping in
responding to their queries raised within their groups, pertaining to the above mentioned six
thematic areas.
• Under the Menstrual Hygiene Scheme, funds are provided to the States/UTs for procurement of
sanitary napkins for Adolescent Girls (aged 10-19 years) as per proposals received from them in
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118 Human Resource Development (HRD) for Health Research
Approved in: 2013-14
Aim
• To create a pool of health researchers by upgrading the skills of faculty, scientists, medical
students and others through specialized training in priority areas of health research in leading
national and international institutions.
• Encourage and support the trainees to develop and take up research projects for addressing
critical national and local health problems and financial assistance to Institutions for up-
gradation of infrastructure to enable such Institutions to provide training with state of the art
technologies
Objectives
• To increase the availability of trained personnel for health research by offering scholarships,
fellowships and career advancement schemes for faculty and young medical doctors and other
scientists to take up medical and health research as a career
• To focus on the creation of a cadre of trained medical/health researchers in specific identified
priority areas of health research
• To create, support, nurture and encourage the trainees from these medical colleges to forge
linkages with other scientists from universities, research institutes etc. to develop
multidisciplinary and multi-sectoral teams necessary for addressing critical national and local
health problems.
• To establish suitable online teaching and learning facilities to facilitate training in health
research in various subjects in a more effective manner and for promoting biomedical/health
research.
Key Features
• The scheme encourages the trainees to take up research projects for addressing critical
national and local health problems and offers financial assistance to institutions for upgrading
infrastructure to help them provide training with the latest tech.
• About 2/3rd of the fellowships will be given to medical colleges/medical institutions in
Government sector.
• Support will also be provided to Scientific / Professionals/ Association/ Bodies engaged in the
fields of Medicine, Surgery, Microbiology, Pathology etc. for undertaking various activities/
events with a view to promote higher standards in medical/ health research and for devising
guidelines for policy making and prevention and management of different diseases.
Components
o Short Term Fellowships
o Long Term Fellowships
o Start-up Grant for Projects
o Support to Institutions
o Programme specifically for Women
o Scholarships /Fellowships programme to young Scientists in newer areas
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o To encourage Health Research Personnel [Non-resident Indian (NRI), Persons of Indian
Origin (PIO), Overseas Citizen of India (OCI)] serving abroad, to come back to India for
undertaking research in identified areas
Nodal Agency: The scheme will be implemented through the Indian Council Medical Research
(ICMR) and the Department of Health Research (DHR) will exercise the overall managerial control.
119 Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK)

Launch Year: 2013
Aim
It aimed at early identification and intervention for children from birth to 18 years to cover 4
‘D’s viz. Defects at birth, Deficiencies, Diseases, Development delays including disability.
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.
Key Features
• It envisages Child Health Screening and Early Intervention Services, a systemic approach of
early identification and link to care, support and treatment.
• It involves 32 common health conditions for early detection and free treatment and
management, including surgeries at tertiary level.
• Children diagnosed with identified selected health conditions are provided early intervention
services and follow-up care at the district level.
• These services are provided free of cost, thus helping their families reduce out of pocket
expenditure incurred on the treatment.
• To facilitate screening of children, there is a strong convergence with the Ministry of Women
and Child Development for screening children the age group 0 – 6 years enrolled at Anganwadi
centres and with the Ministry of Education for screening the children enrolled in Government
and Government aided schools.
• The newborn is screened for birth defects in health facilities by the doctors at health facilities
and during the home visit by ASHA (peripheral health worker).
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Launch Year: 2011
Aim
• It aims to ensure better facilities for women and child health services.
• 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 and urban areas.
Key Features
• The initiative entitles all pregnant women delivering in public health institutions to absolutely
free and no expense delivery, including caesarean section.
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institutions, free provision of blood, exemption from user charges, free diagnostics, and free
blood wherever required.
o Free and Zero Expense delivery including C-section, free care in case of ante-natal & post-
natal complications
• This initiative also provides for free transport from home to institution, between facilities in
case of a referral and drop back home.
• Similar entitlements have been put in place for all sick newborns accessing public health
institutions for treatment till 30 days after birth. This has now been expanded to cover sick
infants.
• The scheme aims to eliminate out of pocket expenses incurred by the pregnant women and sick
new borne while accessing services at Government health facilities.
• The scheme is estimated to benefit more than 12 million pregnant women who access
Government health facilities for their delivery. Moreover, it will motivate those who still choose
to deliver at their homes to opt for institutional deliveries.
121 National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme

• The National TB Programme (NTP) was launched by the GoI in 1962 in the form of District TB
Centre model involved with BCG vaccination and TB treatment.
• GOI revitalized NTP as Revised National TB Control Programme (RNTCP) in 1993. DOTS (Directly
Observed Treatment-Short course) was officially launched as the RNTCP strategy in 1997.
• In 2020, RNTCP has been renamed as National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme to eliminate
the disease by 2025
Objectives
• To reduce the incidence of and mortality due to TB
• To prevent further emergence of drug resistance and effectively manage drug-resistant TB
cases
• To improve outcomes among HIV-infected TB patients
• To involve private sector on a scale commensurate with their dominant presence in health care
services
• To further decentralize and align basic RNTCP management units with NRHM block level units
within general health system for effective supervision and monitoring
Target
• To eliminate TB in India by 2025, five years ahead of the global target
National Strategic Plan for TB elimination (2017-25)

Launch Year: 2017
Aim
• TB-free India with zero deaths, disease and poverty due to tuberculosis
Goal
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elimination of TB in India by 2025.
Process and Mechanism:

• TB elimination has been integrated into the four strategic pillars of “Detect – Treat – Prevent –
Build” (DTPB).
o Detect - Find all Drug Sensitive - TB and Drug Resistance TB cases with an emphasis on
reaching TB patients seeking care from private providers and undiagnosed TB in high-risk
populations.
o Treat - Initiate and sustain all patients on appropriate anti-TB treatment wherever they
seek care, with patient friendly systems and social support.
o Prevent - Prevent the emergence of TB in susceptible populations
o Build - Build and strengthen enabling policies, empowered institutions and human
resources with enhanced capacities.
Key Features
• It is a framework to guide the activities of all stakeholders including the national and state
governments, development partners, civil society organizations, international agencies, research
institutions, private sector, and many others whose work is relevant to TB elimination in India.
122 National Programme for the Health Care for the Elderly (NPHCE)
Launch Year: 2010
Objectives
• To provide accessible, affordable, and high-quality long-term dedicated care services to Ageing
population.
• Creating a new "architecture" for Ageing”, to build a framework to create an enabling
environment for "a Society for all Ages."
• Convergence with National Rural Health Mission, AYUSH and other line departments like
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
All elderly People (above 60 Years) in the country.
Key Features
• Components of the Program
o National Health Mission (NHM) Component: Primary & Secondary care service delivery
through District Hospitals (DH), Community Health Centres (CHC), Primary Health
Centres (PHC), Sub-Centre/Health & Wellness Centres.
o Tertiary Component: Renamed as ‘Rashtriya Varisth Jan Swasthya Yojana’ in 2016-17.
These services are being provided though Regional Geriatric Centres (RGCs) located at
19 Medical colleges in 18 states of India and two National Centres of Aging (NCAs) one
in AIIMS, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi and another in Madras Medical College, Chennai.
o Research: A Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (LASI) project: LASI is a nationally
representative survey of older persons in India is being undertaken through
International Institute of Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai.
Funding Pattern
Ratio of contribution of Centre and State (of total budget) – 75:25

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The details of the geriatric setup and activities undertaken under the programme at various health
Care levels are as below:
• Geriatric Departments are being developed at 8 identified Regional Geriatric Centres
• Geriatric Unit at 100 District Hospitals
• Rehabilitation units at CHCs falling under 100 identified districts
• Activity at PHCs under 100 identified districts
• Activity at Sub-centre under 100 districts
123 National Health Mission

Launch Year: 2005
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.
Objectives
• Reduction in child and maternal mortality
• Prevention and control of communicable and non-communicable diseases, including locally
endemic diseases.
• Access to integrated comprehensive primary health care.
• Population stabilisation, gender and demographic balance.
• Revitalize local health traditions & mainstream AYUSH.
• 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 immunisation.
• Promotion of healthy life styles
Goals
• Reduce MMR to 1/1000 live births
• Reduce IMR to 25/1000 live births
• Reduce TFR to 2.1
• Prevention and reduction of anemia in women aged 15–49 years
• Prevent and reduce mortality & morbidity from communicable, non- communicable; injuries
and emerging diseases
• Reduce household out-of-pocket expenditure on total health care expenditure
• Reduce annual incidence and mortality from Tuberculosis by half
• Reduce the prevalence of Leprosy to <1/10000 population and incidence to zero in all districts
• Annual Malaria Incidence to be <1/1000
• Less than 1 percent microfilaria prevalence in all districts
• Kala-azar Elimination by 2015, <1 case per 10000 population in all blocks
Key Features

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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
• National Rural Health Mission
• National Urban Health Mission
123.1 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.
123.2 National Rural Health Mission

Launch Year: 2005
Aim
To provide accessible, affordable and quality health care to the rural population, especially the
vulnerable groups
Coverage
• Cities and towns with population below 50,000 will be covered under NRHM
Key Features
• The thrust of the mission is on establishing a fully functional, community owned, decentralized
health delivery system with inter-sectoral convergence at all levels, to ensure simultaneous
action on a wide range of determinants of health such as water, sanitation, education, nutrition,
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123.2.1 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.
Eligibility
ASHA must primarily be a woman resident of the village married/ widowed/ divorced, preferably
in the age group of 25 to 45 years
Key Features
• 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.
• 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.
• She will work with the Village Health & Sanitation Committee of the Gram Panchayat to
develop a comprehensive village health plan.
• She will arrange escort/accompany pregnant women & children requiring treatment/
admission to the nearest pre-identified health facility i.e. Primary Health Centre/ Community
Health Centre/ First Referral Unit (PHC/CHC /FRU).
• ASHA will provide primary medical care for minor ailments such as diarrhoea, fevers, and first
aid for minor injuries.
• She will be a provider of Directly Observed Treatment Short-course (DOTS) under Revised
National Tuberculosis Control Programme
123.2.2 Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM)

• 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
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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.
123.2.3 Anganwadi Centres

• Basic services are rendered through community-based workers and helpers, at a centre called
the ‘Anganwadi’.
• The Anganwadi, literally a courtyard play centre, is a childcare centre, located within the village
itself where Supplementary nutrition, Non-formal pre-school education, Immunization, Health
Check-up, Referral services are given to children below 6 years, pregnant and lactating
mothers, Nutrition and Health Education are for women in the age group of 15-45 years.
• The Government has introduced ‘Anganwadi Karyakartri Bima Yojana’ to Anganwadi Workers/
Anganwadi Helpers from April 1, 2004 under Life Insurance Corporation’s Social Security
Scheme.
• In order to motivate the Anganwadi Workers and give recognition to good voluntary work, a
Scheme of Award for Anganwadi Workers has been introduced, both at the National and State
Level.
• The Award comprises Rs 25,000 cash and a Citation at Central level and Rs 5000 cash and a
Citation at State level.
123.2.4 Janani Suraksha Yojana

Launch Year: 2005
Aim
Reduce maternal and neo-natal mortality by promoting institutional delivery among the poor
pregnant women
Key Features
• JSY is a 100% centrally sponsored scheme and it integrates cash assistance with delivery and
post-delivery care.
• This scheme promotes institutional delivery among pregnant women especially with weak socio-
economic status i.e. women from Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and BPL households
• 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. While these states have been
named as Low Performing States (LPS), the remaining states have been named as High
performing States (HPS).
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• Tracking Each Pregnancy: Each beneficiary registered under this Yojana should have a JSY card
along with a MCH card. ASHA/AWW/ any other identified link worker under the overall
supervision of the ANM and the MO, PHC should mandatorily prepare a micro-birth plan. This
will effectively help in monitoring Antenatal Check-up, and the post delivery care.
• Eligibility for Cash Assistance: BPL Certification – This is required in all HPS states. However,
where BPL cards have not yet been issued or have not been updated, States/UTs would
formulate a simple criterion for certification of poor and needy status of the expectant mother’s
family by empowering the gram pradhan or ward member.
123.2.5 Janani Shishu Suraksha Yojana

This scheme has been discussed earlier in this document.
123.2.6 Kayakalp Initiative

Launch Year: 2015
Objectives
• 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.
123.2.7 Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram

• This scheme has been discussed in this document.
123.2.8 Rashtriya Kishore Swasthya Karyakram

• This scheme has been discussed in this document.
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Launch Year: 2003
Aim:
• Correcting regional imbalances in the availability of affordable tertiary healthcare facilities
• To augment facilities for quality medical education in the country.
Key Features
• Setting up of AIIMS-like institutions.
• Up-gradation of existing State Government Medical College (GMCs)/Institutions.

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125 Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi
Launch Year: 1997
Aim
To provide financial assistance to patients
The Scheme provides for financial assistance to patients, living below poverty line and who is
suffering from major life threatening diseases, to receive medical treatment at any of the super
specialty Government hospitals / institutes.
Key Features
• It was earlier known as National Illness Assistance Fund.
• Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN) has been registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, as
a Society.
• Assistance in RAN is not directly provided to the Patient but is given to the Superintendent of
the hospital in which treatment is being taken.
• Under RAN Revolving Funds have been set up in 13 Central Government Hospitals located all
over India for providing financial assistance for treatment up to Rs. 2 lakh.
• In addition, financial assistance is provided for individual cases referred by Government
hospitals, which do not have a Revolving Fund and for cases referred by 13 Government
hospitals with Revolving Funds for assistance exceeding Rs. 2 lakh.
• Financial support up to Rs. 20 lakhs under the Umbrella Scheme of Rashtriya Arogaya Nidhi shall
be provided by the Central Government for treatment, of those rare diseases that require a one-
time treatment.
• Beneficiaries for such financial assistance would not be limited to BPL families, but extended to
about 40% of the population, who are eligible as per norms of Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya
Yojana, for their treatment in Government tertiary hospitals only.
126 National Mental Health Programme

Launch Year: 1982
Objectives
• To ensure availability and accessibility of minimum mental health care for all in the foreseeable
future
• To encourage application of mental health knowledge in general health care and in social
development.
• To promote community participation in the mental health services development
• To enhance human resource in mental health sub-specialties.
Key Features
• The district Mental Health Program was added to the Program in 1996.
• The Program was re-strategized in 2003 to include two schemes, viz. Modernization of State
Mental Hospitals and Up-gradation of Psychiatric Wings of Medical Colleges/General Hospitals.
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• Under NMHP, implementation of the District Mental Health Programme (DMHP) has been
approved for 655 districts of the country for early detection, management and treatment of
mental disorders/illnesses.
Components
• Treatment of Mentally ill
• Rehabilitation
• Prevention and promotion of positive mental health.
Strategies
• Integration mental health with primary health care through the NMHP
• Provision of tertiary care institutions for treatment of mental disorders
• Eradicating stigmatization of mentally ill patients and protecting their rights through regulatory
institutions like the Central Mental Health Authority, and State Mental health Authority.
127 Universal Immunization Programme (UIP)

• Immunization Programme in India was introduced in 1978 as ‘Expanded Programme of
Immunization’ (EPI).
• In 1985, the programme was modified as ‘Universal Immunization Programme’ (UIP) to be
implemented in phased manner to cover all districts in the country by 1989-90.
Key Features
• Government of India provides several vaccines to infants, children and pregnant women
through this programme.
• Bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccine (BCG), Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV), Hepatitis B, Pentavalent
vaccine, Rotavirus, Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV), Fractional Inactivated Poliomylitis
Vaccine, Measles, JE Vaccine, DPT Booster, Tentanus and Adult Diphtheria vaccine are provided
under the progamme.
128 National Quality Assurance Standards

Aim
To ensure and strengthen specific requirements for public health facilities as well global best
practices.
Key Features
• The main focus of the Quality Assurance Programme is to enhance satisfaction level among
users of the Government Health Facilities and reposing trust in the Public Health System.
• NQAS are currently available for District Hospitals, CHCs, PHCs and Urban PHCs.
• These standards are primarily meant for providers to assess their own quality for improvement
through predefined standards and to bring up their facilities for certification.
• The NQAS are broadly arranged under 8 "Areas of Concern” which are, Service Provision,
Patient Rights, Inputs, Support Services, Clinical Care, Infection Control, Quality Management
and Outcome.
• These standards are ISQUA accredited and meets global benchmarks in terms of
comprehensiveness, objectivity, evidence and rigour of development.

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Organization Structure
Ministry of Education
129 National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy (NIPUN)
Bharat Mission
Launch Year: 2021
Aim
To achieve the goal of universal proficiency in foundational literacy and numeracy for every child
by grade 3, by 2026-27 as envisaged by National Education Policy 2020.
Objectives
• To ensure an inclusive classroom environment by incorporating play, discovery, and activity-
based pedagogies, linking it to the daily life situations of the children and formal inclusion of
children’s home languages.
• To enable children to become motivated, independent and engaged readers and writers with
comprehension possessing sustainable reading and writing skills.
• To make children understand the reasoning in the domains of number, measurement and
shapes; and enable them to become independent in problem solving by way of numeracy and
spatial understanding skills.
• To ensure availability and effective usage of high-quality and culturally responsive teaching
learning material in children’s familiar/home/mother language(s).
• To focus on continuous capacity building of teachers, head teachers, academic resource
persons and education administrators.
• To actively engage with all stakeholders i.e., Teachers, Parents, Students and Community, policy
makers for building a strong foundation of lifelong learning.
• To ensure assessment ‘as, of and for’ learning through portfolios, group and collaborative work,
project work, quizzes, role plays, games, oral presentations, short tests, etc.
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Beneficiaries
• The mission will focus on children of age group of 3 to 9 years including pre-school to Grade 3.
• The children who are in Class 4 and 5 and have not attained the foundational skills will be
provided individual teacher guidance and support, peer support and age appropriate and
supplementary graded learning materials to acquire the necessary competencies
Key Features
• The mission will focus on -
o Providing access and retaining children in foundational years of schooling.
o Teacher capacity building
o Development of high quality and diversified Student and Teacher Resources/Learning
Materials
o Tracking the progress of each child in achieving learning outcomes.
• A five-tier implementation mechanism will be set up at the National- State- District- Block-
School level in all States and UTs, under the aegis of the centrally sponsored scheme of Samagra
Shiksha.
• A special package for Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) under NISHTHA (National
Initiative for School Heads and Teachers Holistic Advancement) is being developed by NCERT.
Components
The key components in Foundational Literacy and Numeracy are -
• Oral Language Development
• Phonological Awareness
• Decoding
• Vocabulary
• Reading Comprehension
• Reading Fluency
• Concept About Print
• Writing
• Concept of Reading/ Inclination towards Reading
The major components of Early Mathematics are -
• Pre-Number Concepts
• Numbers and Operations on Numbers
• Measurements
• Shapes and Spatial Understanding
• Patterns
Implementing Agency: Department of School Education and Literacy
• Foundational skills will enable to keep children in class thereby reducing the dropouts and
improve transition rate from primary to upper primary and secondary stages.
• Activity based learning and a conducive learning environment will improve the quality of
education.
• Innovative pedagogies such as toy-based and experiential learning will be used in classroom
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transactions thereby making learning a joyful and engaging activity.
• Intensive capacity building of teachers will make them empowered and provide greater
autonomy for choosing the pedagogy.
130 YUVA- Prime Minister’s Scheme For Mentoring Young Authors

Launch Year: 2021
Objective
To train young and budding authors (below 30 years of age) in order to promote reading, writing
and book culture in the country, and project India and Indian writings globally
Key Features
• It is an Author Mentorship programme.
• YUVA is a part of India @75 Project (Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav) to bring to the fore the
perspectives of the young generation of writers on themes like Unsung Heroes, Freedom
Fighters, Unknown and Forgotten Places and their role in National Movement, and other related
themes in an innovative and creative manner.
• This scheme will thus help to develop a stream of writers who can write on a spectrum of
subjects to promote Indian heritage, culture and knowledge system.
• National Book Trust will ensure phase-wise execution of the Scheme under well-defined stages
of mentorship.
• The books prepared under this scheme will be published by National Book Trust, India and will
also be translated into other Indian languages ensuring the exchange of culture and literature,
thereby promoting 'Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat'.
• The selected young authors will interact with some of the best authors of the world participate
in literary festivals etc.
• The selected authors will undergo six-months of Mentorship in which they would be provided
research and editorial support under the guidance of eminent authors and the Editorial Team of
National Book Trust, India to develop their book proposals as full-fledged books.
Highlights of YUVA (Young, Upcoming and Versatile Authors):

• A total of 75 authors will be selected through an All India Contest to be conducted through
MyGov from 1 June - 31 July 2021.
• The winners will be announced on 15 August 2021.
• The young authors will be trained by eminent authors/mentors.
• Under the mentorship, the manuscripts will be readied by 15 Dec. 2021 for publication.
• The published books will be launched on 12 January 2022 on the occasion of National Youth
Day (Yuva Diwas).
• A consolidated scholarship of Rs.50,000 per month for a period of 6 months per author will be
paid under the Mentorship Scheme.
• Further, a royalty of 10% will be payable to the authors on successful publications of their
books.
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131 PM e-Vidya
Launch Year: 2020
Aim
To help in facilitating access to digital/online learning as well as teaching materials of various types
among students and teachers
Objectives
To educate students through digital platforms so that the education of students does not
suffer due to nationwide lockdown
All school students, college students and university students
Key Features
• This will benefit nearly 25 crore school going children across the country.
• In 2020, the top 100 universities were permitted to automatically start online courses via this
scheme.
• One of the major initiatives of PM eVidya is 12 eVidya TV Channels based on the line of One
Class-One Channel for class 1 to 12 to air educational content related to the respective classes.
o 12 eVidya DTH channels are especially useful for the learners of those remote areas
where stable internet is not available.
o These channels telecast curriculum based educational contents developed by NCERT
and other agencies such as CBSE, KVS, NIOS, Rotary, etc.
o The video contents have been developed in both Hindi and English medium.
o These video contents are superimposed with QR codes, which, if scanned using
DIKSHA mobile app will take the users to the same content on DIKSHA portal.
• It unifies all efforts related to digital/online/on-air education to enable multi-mode access to
education. The initiative includes:
o DIKSHA (one nation, one digital platform)is the nation’s digital infrastructure for providing
quality e-content for school education in states/UTs and QR coded Energized Textbooks for
all gradesare available on it.
o One earmarked Swayam Prabha TV channel per class from 1 to 12 (one class, one
channel).
o Extensive use of Radio, Community radio and CBSE Podcast- Shiksha Vani.
o Special e-content for visually and hearing impaired developed on Digitally Accessible
Information System (DAISY) and in sign language on NIOS website/ YouTube.
132 The Urban Learning and Internship Program (TULIP)

This scheme has been discussed under Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs in this document.
133 MANODARPAN initiative

Launch Year: 2020
Aim
To provide psychosocial support to students for their Mental Health and well-being during the
COVID outbreak and beyond.

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Key Features
• This initiative has been included in the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan.
• It will act as part of strengthening and empowering the human capital to increase productivity
and efficiency through reforms and initiatives in the education sector.
Components
• Advisory guidelines for students, teachers and faculty of school systems and Universities along
with families.
• A team of working group, having experts from the fields of education, mental health and
psychosocial issues as its members. This team will -
o Monitor and promote the mental health issues and concerns of students.
o Provide support to address psychosocial aspects during and after COVID-19 lockdown,
through counseling services, online resources and helpline.
• Web page on the MHRD website, which will carry advisory, practical tips, posters, videos, do’s
and don’ts for psychosocial support, FAQs and online query system.
• National level database and directory of counselors at School and University level whose
services can be offered voluntarily for Tele-Counseling Service on the National Helpline.
• National Toll-free Helpline by the MHRD for a country wide outreach to students from school,
universities and colleges –
o Toll-free helpline no. – 8448440632
o It shall be manned by a pool of experienced counselors/ Psychologists and other mental
health professionals and will continue beyond the COVID-19 situation.
• Handbook on Psychosocial Support: Enriching Life skills & Wellbeing of Students’ to be
published online.
• The booklet will include –
o FAQs,
o Facts & Myths
o Ways and means to manage emotional and behavioral concerns (from young children to
college youth) during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
• Interactive Online Chat Platform for contact, counseling and guidance by psychologists and
other mental health professionals which will be available for students, teachers, and families
during COVID-19 and beyond.
• Webinars, audio-visual resources including videos, posters, flyers, comics, and short films to be
uploaded as additional resource materials on the webpage. Crowdsourcing from students all
over the country will be encouraged as peer support.
• Integration with school system to address psychosocial needs and concerns of children in an
integrated manner as part of school curriculum and processes as a preventive measure.
• Effective Policy – facilitate advocacy, research and training for effective policy on mental health
support and wellbeing of children and youth for holistic development.
• Platform for National and Regional Consultation - To create linkages between states,
institution, organizations for sharing of insights researches experiences and learning to increase
awareness and building community for mental wellbeing of students

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134 SAMADHAN
Launch Year: 2020 (by Innovation Cell of the Ministry of Education and AICTE in collaboration with
Forge and InnovatioCuris)
Aim
• To test the ability of students to innovate to fight against COVID-19 and its future challenges.
Key Features
• Under this challenge, students and faculties are motivated for doing new experiments and new
discoveries.
• Students will have to search and develop such measures that can be made available to the
government agencies, health services, hospitals and other services for quick solutions to the
Coronavirus epidemic and other such calamities.
• Through this challenge, work will be done to make citizens aware, to motivate them, to face any
challenge, to prevent any crisis and to help people get livelihood.
135 YUKTI (Young India Combating COVID with Knowledge, Technology and Innovation)
Launch Year: 2020
Aim
• To cover the different dimensions of COVID-19 challenges in a very holistic and comprehensive
way.
• To keep our academic community healthy, both physically & mentally.
• To enable a continuous high-quality learning environment for learners
Key Features
• It’s a unique portal and dashboard to monitor and record the efforts and initiatives of Ministry.
• It will cover the various initiatives and efforts of the institutions in academics, research
especially related to COVID-19, social initiatives by institutions and the measures taken for the
betterment of the total wellbeing of the students.
• It will allow various institutions to share their strategies for various challenges they are facing
due to COVID-19 crisis and what other future initiatives they will take.
• It will also establish a two-way communication channel between the Ministry of Education and
the institutions so that the Ministry can provide the necessary support system to the
institutions.
• This portal will be a great help in cases related to student promotion policies, placements
related challenges and physical and mental well-being of students during this pandemic
situation.
• YUKTI 2.0
o YUKTI 2.0’ has been launched to help systematically assimilate technologies having
commercial potential and information related to incubated startups in our higher
education institutions.
o YUKTI 2.0 is logical extension of earlier version of ‘YUKTI’, an initiative of MHRD, to
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o Ministry has invited students, faculty members, startups and other stakeholders of higher
education institutions to register on the YUKTI portal and share their technologies and
innovations.
o In Line with Atmanirbhar Bharat: YUKTI 2.0 will also help in fostering the culture of
innovation and entrepreneurship in academic institutions.
136 Bharat Padhe Online Campaign

Launch Year: 2020
Aim
• To invite all the best brains in the country to share suggestions and solutions directly with
Ministry to overcome constraints of online education.
Key Features
• It was a one week long campaign for crowd sourcing of Ideas for Improving Online Education
ecosystem of India.
• Target Audience – Students, Teachers
137 Padhna Likhna Abhiyan

Launch Year: 2020 (on the occasion of International Literacy Day)
Aim
To achieve the goal of total literacy by 2030.
Target
To impart functional literacy and numeracy to 57 lakh non-literate and non-numerate adults in
both rural and urban areas across the country in the age group of 15 years and above.
Key Features
• The scheme will focus on the Basic Literacy component in four months cycle amongst the adults
of the nation.
• The scheme shall have a flexible approach and innovative methodologies such as involving
school and college students and other volunteers of NCC, NSS and NYKS, for imparting Basic
Literacy.
• There will be a Project Approval Board (PAB) at the national level to approve the Annual Plans
of States/UTs.
• For this purpose, the government think tank, NITI Aayog, has underlined 112 Aspirational
Districts.
• Under this scheme, massive literacy projects will be launched in the tribal and forests areas,
prisons, slums, etc. with the technology as a facilitator.
• By driving the technology in, quality education will be imparted in the backward areas with the
creation of e-materials, mobile apps and more.
• The scheme targets mostly women, scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, minorities and other
disadvantaged groups.
• In the scheme, among others, priority will be given to districts with female literacy rates less
than 60% as per latest census.
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Development, Culture, Information Technology, Finance, Sports and Youth Welfare (NYK),
schemes of NCC and NSS, NGOs/Civil Society & CSR sector will be taken up.
• Formation and involvement of SHGs, Voluntary & User Groups and other community-based
organizations will also be encouraged.
• Basic Literacy Assessment under the scheme will be conducted by National Institute of Open
Schooling (NIOS) for adult learners, thrice a year.
138 Prime Minister’s Special Scholarship Scheme (PMSSS)

Launch Year: 2019
Aim
• To build the capacities of the youths of J&K and Ladakh by Educating, Enabling and Empowering
them to compete in the normal course.
• Students having domicile of Jammu & Kashmir.
• Passing 10+2 examination from J&K Board or CBSE located in J&K.
• Only those willing to study outside the State of J&K.
• Whose family Income is Rs. 6 Lakh or below per annum.
• Fulfilling minimum age and other eligibility criteria as prescribed by the colleges.
• Aadhar Card is essential for smooth disbursement scholarship through direct benefit transfer
Key Features
• The youths of J&K and Ladakh are supported by way of scholarship in two parts
o Academic fee
✓ The academic fee is paid to the institution where the student is provided admission
after on-line counselling process conducted by the AICTE.
✓ The academic fee covers tuition fee and other components as per the ceiling fixed for
various professional, medical and other under-graduate courses.
o Maintenance allowance
• In order to meet expenditure towards hostel accommodation, mess expenses, books &
stationery etc., a fixed amount of Rs 1 Lakh is provided to the beneficiary and is paid in
instalments @ Rs. 10,000 per month directly into students account.
Implemented by: All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)
139 National Initiative on School Teachers Head Holistic Advancement (NISHTHA) Scheme
Launch Year: 2019
Aim
To train over 42 lakh teachers across the country
Objectives
To motivate and equip teachers to encourage and foster critical thinking in students
Key Features
• Department of School Education and Literacy has launched NISHTHA under the Centrally
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• Scope of Coverage
o It aims to build the capacities of participants covering all teachers and Heads of Schools
at the elementary level in- all Government schools
o Faculty members of State Councils of Educational Research and Training (SCERTs),
District Institutes of Education and Training (DIETs), Block Resource Coordinators and
Cluster Resource Coordinators in all States and UT.
• Implementation
o The training will be conducted directly by 33120 Key Resource Persons (KRPs) and State
Resource Persons (SRP) identified by the State and UTs, who will in turn be trained by 120
National Resource Persons.
o They will be oriented on and develop their skills on various aspects related to Learning
Outcomes, Competency Based Learning and Testing, Learner-centered Pedagogy, School
Safety and Security, Personal-social qualities, Inclusive Education, ICT in teaching-learning
including Artificial Intelligence, Health and well-being including yoga.
o A Mobile App and Learning Management System (LMS) developed by NCERT will be
used for registration of Resource Persons and Teachers, dissemination of resources,
training gap and impact analysis, monitoring, mentoring and measuring the progress
online.
140 SHREYAS (Scheme for Higher Education Youth in Apprenticeship and Skills)
Launch Year: 2019
Aim
To enhance the employability of Indian youth by providing ‘on the job work exposure’ and earning
of stipend.
Objectives
• To forge a close functional link between education and industry/service sectors on a sustainable
basis.
• To provide skills which are in demand, to the students in a dynamic manner.
• To establish an ‘earn while you learn’ system into higher education.
• To help business/industry in securing good quality manpower.
• To link student community with employment facilitating efforts of the Government.
Target
• Cover 50 lakh students by 2022
• Students in degree courses, primarily non-technical, with a view to introduce employable skills
into their learning and promote apprenticeship as integral to education.
Key Features
• It is a scheme for providing industry apprenticeship opportunities to the general graduates
exiting in April 2019 through the NAPS.
• SHREYAS is a programme basket comprising the initiatives of three Central Ministries, namely
the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and the Ministry of
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(Professional) courses in the higher educational institutions.
• SHREYAS Portal: It will enable educational institutions and industry to log in and provide their
respective demand and supply of apprenticeship.
• Key Stakeholders
• Institutions: The higher education institutions would explain the scheme along with various
options to the students who are in the final year.
• Sector Skill Councils: Identify industries for apprenticeship and also conduct assessment leading
to certification.
• National Skill Development Corporation: Monitor the programme, progress of the apprentices
and would finance the programme by disbursing the claims from the business enterprises.
Three Tracks in Implementation in SHREYAS

The programme would witness simultaneous implementation along three tracks.
• 1st Track: Add-on apprenticeship (Degree apprenticeship):
o The students who are currently completing the degree programme would be invited to
choose a job role of their choice from a selected list of apprenticeship job roles given by
the Sector Skill Councils of the MoSDE.
o The apprenticeship programme is normally about 6 months and would be prefixed by
basic training regarding the sector (theory).
o The programme would commence immediately after completion of the degree
programme (starting from May each year).
o Stipend provided: Rs. 6,000 per month by the industry.
o At the end of the apprenticeship period, there would be a test conducted by the Sector
Skill Council concerned and successful students would get skills certificate in addition to
their degree certificate.
• 2nd track: – Embedded Apprenticeship
o Under this approach, the existing B.Voc programmes would be restructured into B.A
(Professional), B.Sc (Professional) or B.Com (Professional) courses - which would include
not only educational input, vocational input, but also a mandatory apprenticeship ranging
from 6 to 10 months depending on the requirement of the skill.
o Alternatively, one full semester of an existing degree or B.Voc course would be dedicated
to apprenticeship with industry.
o Stipend provided: Rs. 6,000 per month by the industry, 25% of which would be
reimbursed under the NAPS programme.
o At the end of the apprenticeship period, there would be test conducted by the Sector
Skill Council concerned and successful students would get skills certificate in addition to
their degree certificate.
• 3rd Track: Linking National Career Service with Colleges:
o Under this, the National Career Service (NCS) portal of Ministry of Labour & Employment
would be linked with the Higher Education institutions.
o This would help students in institutions which do not have the facility of campus
recruitment and would improve their employment opportunities.
o Apart from this, the students would be trained in soft skills required by the market.
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• Under the NAPS scheme, Central Government shares 25% of the stipend per month subject to a
maximum of Rs 1500 p.m during the period of the apprenticeship.
• Apart from that, an amount upto Rs 7500 will be met towards basic training cost, where needed.
Implementing/Coordinating Agency
• The primary scheme will be operated in conjunction with National Apprenticeship Promotion
Scheme (NAPS) which provides for placing of apprentices up to 10% of the total work force in
every business/industry.
• Implemented By: Sector Skill Councils (SSCs), Banking Finance Insurance Services (BFSI), Retail,
Health care, Telecom, Logistics, Media, Management services, ITeS and Apparel.
141 Kartavya Portal

Launch Year: 2019
Key Features
• The portal was launched as part of yearlong ‘Nagrik Kartavya Paalan Abhiyan’ being observed
throughout the country.
• The portal will be used primarily for holding monthly essay competitions for students as well as
other activities including quizzes, poster making, debates pertaining to Nagrik Kartavya Paalan
Abhiyan.
o The competition will be held online through infrastructure and testing centres of National
Testing Agency (NTA) and will be open for every student registered in any Higher
Education Institution in country.
• Department of Higher Education under Ministry of Education will be holding 11 rounds of
National Essay Competitions during the year.
• The topics of the essay will be based on one Fundamental Duty every month.
o This will make them aware that rights are automatically realized when we follow our
duties religiously.
• This principle will help the students to channelize their talents and capabilities in the right
direction which will help them realize their mission with ease.
142 Shala Darpan Portal

Launch Year: 2019 (for Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS)
Key Features
• It is an end to end E-Governance school automation and management system for NVS.
• It has been developed for information sharing and knowledge dissemination for the 22,000
employees and over 2 lakh students across schools and offices of NVS.
• The portal will integrate all Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas with a common standard which
includes around 636 schools.
• It has been designed from OPEN SOURCE TECHNOLOGY.
• It will contain information relating to the service record, transfer/posting, disciplinary action,
ACR tracking and the portal will improve mess management and hostel conditions.
• The system has several pluggable components that can interact with each other. These are

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enlisted below:
o School Information and Management System for complete school automation
o Bilingual Content Management Portal for information dissemination
o Employee ERP to manage the day to day activities of all employees
o Budget & Finance management system
o Inventory & Store management system
o Library management system
• Benefits: More efficient processes, ease of stakeholders, increased transparency, structured and
efficient way of working.
143 Pradhan Mantri Innovative Learning Programme – DHRUV

Launch Year: 2019
Aim
To encourage talented students to realize their full potential and contribute to society.
Key Features
• It is a 14-day learning programme
• The programme is named DHRUV after the Pole Star with the same name.
• Every student selected under this programme will be called as ‘Dhruv Tara’.
• Overall, 60 students will be selected (30 from each area) from across the country.
• The students will be broadly from classes 9 to 12 from all schools including government and
private.
• The programme will cover two areas mainly: Science and Performing Arts
144 Margadarshan and Margdarshak Scheme

Launch Year: 2019
Key Features
• Under the initiative, the topmost institutions will mentor institutions that need support for
improving their rankings.
• Under the Margadarshan scheme, highly performing institutions with good accreditation record
are supposed to mentor relatively newer 10 – 12 potential institutions.
• Best teaching and learning practices followed in the mentor institute will be simulated in the
identified mentee institutions.
• These institutions are also provided funding up to Rs 50 lakhs per institution over a period of 3
years in installments for carrying out various activities like training, workshops, conferences and
travel.
• Under the Margdarshak Scheme, mentors/teachers (Margdarshaks) who are serving or
superannuated and willing to devote adequate time to make required visits to these Institutions
are identified.
• These Margdarshaks will regularly visit to the mentee institutions, stay on their campus and
guide them for their improvement in quality.
• Selection of Mentee Institutes
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mentoring through AICTE’s Margadarshaks but are not yet accredited are
provided Margadarshaks.
o Remaining institutes can be covered in the subsequent phases. Willingness of mentee
institutes is taken.
145 National Educational Alliance for Technology (NEAT) Scheme

Launch Year: 2019
Aim
• To use Artificial Intelligence to make learning more personalized and customized as per the
requirements of the learner.
Key Features
• It is a Public-Private partnership (PPP) model between the Government (through AICTE) and the
Education Technology companies of India.
• Ministry would/proposes:
o Act as a facilitator to ensure that the solutions are freely available to a large number of
economically backward students.
o Create and maintain a National NEAT platform that would provide one-stop access to
these technological solutions.
o To create a National Alliance with such technology developing EdTech Companies
through a PPP model.
• NEAT is aimed at taking the concept of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) platform a step
ahead.
• EdTech companies would be responsible for developing solutions and manage registration of
learners through the NEAT portal.
o They would be free to charge fees as per their policy.
• As their contribution towards the National cause, they would have to offer free coupons to the
extent of 25% of the total registrations for their solution through NEAT portal.
o Ministry would distribute the free coupons for learning to the most socially/economically
backward students.
• It includes free seats for existing students of higher education from weaker sections of society.
• Committee under the scheme:
o The scheme shall be administered under the guidance of an Apex Committee constituted
by Ministry.
o Independent Expert Committees would be constituted for evaluating and selecting the
EdTech solutions.
Implementing Agency: All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)
146 Scheme for Trans-disciplinary Research for India’s Developing Economy (STRIDE) Scheme
Launch Year: 2019 (by University Grants Commission (UGC))
Aim
• Strengthening research culture and innovation in universities and colleges of the country.

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Objectives
• To identify young talent, strengthen research culture, build capacity, promote innovation and
support trans-disciplinary research for India’s developing economy and national development.
• To fund multi institutional network high-impact research projects in humanities and human
sciences.
Key Features
• STRIDE will support following innovative research projects:
o Socially relevant
o Locally need based
o Nationally Important
o Globally Significant
• This scheme will strengthen research culture and innovation in colleges and universities and
help students and faculty to contribute towards India's developing economy with help of
collaborative research.
• The scheme also seeks to fund high impact research projects in Humanities and Social Sciences.
• To oversee the entire scheme, an advisory committee has been set up by the UGC under the
chairmanship of Professor Bhushan Patwardhan.
• Thrust Areas Identified for Funding:
1) Philosophy
2) History, Archaeology and Anthropology
3) Psychology, Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences
4) Literature, Linguistics and Digital Humanities
5) Indology, Indian Languages
6) Indian Knowledge Systems
7) Liberal Arts, Cultural Studies, Religious Studies
8) Law
9) Education, Continuing Education, Technology-enabled Education
10) Journalism and Mass Communication
11) Management and Commerce
12) Environment and Sustainable Development
Components: The scheme has three components:

1) To identify young talent and providing research capacity building in diverse disciplines by
mentoring, nurturing and supporting young talents to innovate solutions for local,
regional, national and global problems. This component is open to all disciplines for a grant up to
Rs 1 crore.
2) To enhance problem-solving skills with the help of social innovation and action research to
improve wellbeing of people and contribute to India's developing economy. Collaborations
between universities, government, voluntary organizations, and industries are encouraged
under this scheme. This component is also open to all disciplines for grant up to 50 lakh-1 crore.
o It involves funding high impact research projects in the field of identified thrust areas in
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leading institutions. Grant available under this component is upto Rs. 1 crore for one Higher
Educational Institution and upto Rs. 5 crores for a multi institutional network.
3) To encourage high quality high impact research in humanities, there is a provision to identify
experts and invite them to develop a proposal. UGC has proposed to provide a grant of Rs 2 lakh
for developing proposals.
147 Model Education Loan Scheme

Launch Year: 2019
Aim
• Providing financial support from the banking system to deserving/meritorious students for
pursuing higher education in lndia and abroad.
Key Features
• Formulated by: Indian Bank Association (IBA)
• Loan upto Rs 10 lakh for study in India and upto Rs 20 lakh for study abroad.
• Collateral free loans upto Rs 7.5 Lakh under the Credit Guarantee Fund Scheme for Education
Loans (CGFSEL).
• No Margin for loan up to Rs 7.50 Lakh.
• Repayment period - 15 years. One-year moratorium for repayment after completion of studies
in all cases.
o Moratorium taking into account spells of unemployment/under-employment, say two or
three times during the life cycle of the loan.
o Moratorium for the incubation period if the student wants to take up a start-up venture
after graduation.
• The scheme also provides for certain concessions on educational loans which inter-alia includes:
o 1% interest concession if interest is serviced during the study period and subsequent
moratorium period prior to the commencement of the repayment.
o 0.5% concession in the interest rate to girl students.
o Rebate in Income tax to the extent of interest paid on education loan.
• As per the Scheme, approved courses leading to Graduate/Post-Graduate Degree and PG
Diploma conducted by Colleges/Universities recognized by the UGC, AICTE, ICMR etc. are eligible
for education loan.
148 Deeksharambh - A Guide to Student Induction Programme

Launch Year: 2019 [By University Grants Commission (UGC)]
Aim
• To help new students adjust and feel comfortable in the new environment.
• Inculcate in them the ethos and culture of the institution
• Help them build bonds with other students and faculty members
• Expose them to a sense of larger purpose and self-exploration.
Key Features
• The programme engages with the new students as soon as they come into the institution,
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• The mentoring is one of the components of Student Induction Programme and it helps to
develop an everlasting bonding of teacher and student.
• It intended to empower the aspirant learners to face the Competitive world with confidence,
open new horizons of life leading to character building based on Universal Human Values .
• UGC has decided to conduct Awareness Programmes and training programme for teachers in
different regions of the country to spread awareness about Deeksharambh.
• Students Induction could cover a number of different aspects (SAGE):
o Socializing: Meeting other new students, senior students, students union, lectures by
Eminent People.
o Associating: Visits to University / college, visits to Dept./Branch/ Programme of study and
important places in campus, local area, city and so on.
o Governing: Rules and regulations, student support etc.
o Experiencing: Subject lectures, study skills, small-group activities, physical activity, creative
and performing arts, literary activities, universal human values, etc.
149 STARS (Scheme for Translational and Advanced Research in Science) Scheme
Launch Year: 2019 (on the occasion of National Science Day i.e 28th February)
Objective
• To fund science projects which are translational, i.e. which have direct implications for the
progress of the country, through a competitive process in an open and transparent manner.
• Basic thrust would be to take stock of an existing problem and work backwards towards
conducting research for a solution.
• Promoting an inter-disciplinary & translational approach in research for synergy, de-duplication
and greater comprehensiveness & relevance of research activity.
• Orient science towards addressing needs & issues of the country in key sectors like health,
agriculture, energy, environment, security, etc.
Key Features
• Rs 250 crore worth of funds will be used for around 500 science projects.
• The selection of the benefitting projects will be done on the basis of competitions.
• Thrust Areas - With objective of supporting socially relevant research, 6 basic thrust areas have
been identified: Physics, Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Nanosciences, Data Sciences &
Mathematics, and Earth Sciences.
Coordinating Agency: Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore
150 Paramarsh Scheme

Launch Year: 2019 (by University Grants Commission (UGC))
Aim
• To improve the global ranking of the Indian higher education institutions.
• Enhancement of the mentee institutions' quality and its profile as a result of improved quality of
research, teaching and learning methodologies.
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focus on quality as enumerated in the UGC “Quality Mandate”.
Eligibility
• The mentor & mentee can be a government/aided/private/self-financing institution.
• The mentor institution should be NAAC accredited with an A grade having an overall score of
3.26 and above.
• Any such institution recognized under 2 (f) & 12 B of UGC Act 1956 will be eligible to receive
grants for the purpose from UGC.
• Since these grants will be utilized for mentoring the institution and not for creation of any
infrastructure, the private institution can also receive the funding as they do so for student and
teacher centric schemes.
Key Features
• Duration: 1 year which can be extended upto 2 years
• This scheme has been launched for Mentoring National Accreditation and Assessment Council
(NAAC) Accreditation Aspirant Institutions to promote Quality Assurance in Higher Education.
• Under the scheme, it is expected that all Higher Education Institutions shall get NAAC
accreditation with a minimum score of 2.5 by 2022.
• The Scheme will be operationalized through a “Hub & Spoke” model wherein the Mentor
Institution, called the “Hub” is centralized and will have the responsibility of guiding the Mentee
institution through the secondary branches the “Spoke” through the services provided to the
mentee for self-improvement.
• The scheme will facilitate sharing of knowledge, information and opportunities for research
collaboration and faculty development in Mentee Institutions.
• As part of the scheme, the mentor institutions can secure financial assistance up to Rs 30 lakh
from UGC and can also hire experts.
• The scheme proposes to provide financial assistance to the mentoring institutions and the
option of appointing an expert, who can be paid a fellowship amount of Rs 31,000 per month.
151 Education Quality Upgradation and Inclusion Programme (EQUIP)

Launch Year: 2019
Vision
It is an ambitious five-year vision plan to transform the higher education sector in the country.
Goals
The Expert Groups have set the following goals for higher education sector –
1. Double the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in higher education and resolve the geographically and
socially skewed access to higher education institutions in India.
2. Upgrade the quality of education to global standards.
3. Position at least 50 Indian institutions among the top-1000 global universities.
4. Introduce governance reforms in higher education for well-administered campuses.
5. Accreditation of all institutions as an assurance of quality
6. Promote Research & Innovation ecosystems for positioning India in the Top-3 countries in the
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7. Double the employability of the students passing out of higher education.
8. Harness education technology for expanding the reach and improving pedagogy.
9. Promote India as a global study destination.
10. Achieve a quantum increase in investment in higher education.
Key Features
• It is described as the implementation plan for the National Education Policy. It is meant to
bridge the gap between policy and implementation.
• Financing: The project will need to rely on extra-budgetary resources from the marketplace
apart from Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA).
• Experts Group
o The 10 Experts Groups were constituted by Ministry.
✓ The members of the groups were drawn from senior academicians, administrators
and industrialists.
o Expert Groups have identified 10 thrust areas while preparing the detailed plan. These are:
1. Strategies for expanding access
2. Towards global best teaching/learning process
3. Promoting excellence
4. Governance reforms
5. Assessment, Accreditation & Ranking systems
6. Promotion of research and innovation
7. Employability and entrepreneurship
8. Using technology for better reach
9. Internationalization
10. Financing higher education
152 Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC)

Launch Year: 2018
Aim
Improving the research ecosystem of India’s higher educational institutions
Objectives
Facilitate academic and research collaborations between Indian Institutions and the best
institutions in the world.
Key Features
• The scheme proposes to enable productive academic co-operation by supporting the following
critical components that can catalyze impact making research, namely:
o Visits and long-term stay of top international faculty / researchers in Indian institutions
to pursue teaching and research
o Visits by Indian students for training and experimentation in premier laboratories
worldwide
o Joint development of niche courses, world-class books and monographs, translatable
patents, demonstrable technologies or action research outcomes and products
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through Indo-X Workshops in India
o Publication, Dissemination and Visibility through a high profile annual international
Conference in India
• Thrust Areas - Fundamental Research, Emergent Areas of Impact, Convergence, Action-Oriented
Research, Innovation-Driven and Humanities and Social Science.
• Process and Mechanism
o Indian institutions will be selected from overall top-100 or category-wise top-100 in
NIRF including such Private Institutions which are recognized under 12(B) of UGC Act).
o Foreign institutions will be selected from top-500 overall and top-200 subject-wise
institutions listed in QS World University Ranking from 28 selected nations.
o 600 joint research proposals will be awarded for 2 years to facilitate strong research
collaboration.
Timeline and Funding: Rs 418 crore has been sanctioned for implementation up to 31 March 2020.
Coordinating Institute: IIT Kharagpur
153 IMPRESS (Impactful Policy Research in Social Science)

Launch Year: 2018
Aim
• To encourage social science research in policy relevant areas so as to provide vital inputs in
policy-formulation, implementation and evaluation.
• To understand and solve problems facing the society.
• To achieve this objective 1500 research projects will be awarded for 2 years.
• Enhance coordination between academics and policy makers.
Objectives
• To identify and fund research proposals in social sciences with maximum impact on the
governance and society.
• To ensure selection of projects through a transparent, competitive process on online mode.
• All government funded institutions including universities (central and state), private institutions
with UGC 12(b) status and ICSSR Research Institutes are eligible to apply.
• The Project Director should be a regular employee, possessing Ph.D. degree and have an interest
in high quality research which may be evidenced by past studies, publications and academic
background. In case the project has co-Director(s), they should have proven research interest.
• Retired faculties with proven research interests can also apply under the scheme but they would
be required to get themselves affiliated to any of the research institutions mentioned above.
• Individual scholars can apply for maximum two projects at a time.
Key Features
• The identified domain under the scheme are : State and Democracy; Urban transformation;
Media - Culture and Society; Employment - Skills and Rural transformation; Governance -
Innovation and Public Policy; Growth - Macro-trade and Economic Policy; Agriculture and Rural
Development; Health and Environment; Science and Education; Social Media and Technology;
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• There will be a regular monitoring of the progress of projects using the online portal, in which
the progress can be directly updated by the Project Coordinator.
Implementing Agency: Indian Council of Social Science and Research (ICSSR)
154 Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship

Launch Year: 2018
Aim
• Attracting the talented pool of the country to doctoral (Ph.D.) programmes of IISc and IITs for
carrying out research in cutting edge Science and Technology domains, with focus on national
priorities.
Eligibility
The applicants for the PMRF should:
• Have completed or be pursuing the final year of four (or five) year undergraduate or five year
integrated M.Tech or five year integrated M.Sc. or five year undergraduate-postgraduate dual
degree programs in Science and Technology streams from IIEST/IISc/IITs/NITs/IISERs and
centrally funded IIITs.
• Have secured at least CGPA/CPI of 8.0 (in scale of 10.0).
• For applicants in five year integrated or dual degree programs if separate CGPAs/CPIs are
awarded for UG and PG parts of the program then the CGPA/CPI of UG part (first four year) will
be considered.
• In addition to those who have completed MTech degree or are pursuing PhD, candidates who
are in the final year of bachelor’s in science and technology stream can also apply for the PMRF.
• Those who have scored a score of 650 or above in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering
(GATE) are also eligible to apply.
• Have completed the required academic qualification in the last 5 years.
• The institutes which can offer PMRF will be all IITs, all IISERs, IISc, and Central Universities/ NITs
offering science and/or technology degrees which appear in the list of top 25 institutes in the
NIRF ranking (overall) in the previous year.
• Students from any recognised institute/university (except IISc, IITs, NITs, IISERs, IIEST & IIITs)
can also apply.
• Candidates can apply for the scholarships through two modes — direct and lateral.
Key Features
• Duration: 7 years (Beginning - 2018)
• Selected candidates would be offered a fellowship of Rs 70,000 per month for the first two
years, Rs 75,000 per month for the 3rd year, and Rs 80,000 per month in the 4th and 5th year.
• A research grant of Rs 2 lakh per year will be provided to each of the Fellows for a period of 5
years to cover their academic contingency expenses and for foreign/national travel expenses.
• A maximum of 3000 Fellows would be selected in a three-year period.
155 RISE (Revitalising Infrastructure and Education Systems in Education)

Launch Year: 2018
Aim

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Lend low-cost funds to government higher educational institutions.
Objectives
• Qualitatively upgrade the research and academic infrastructure in India to global best standards
by 2022
• Make India into an education hub by making available high quality research infrastructure in
Indian higher educational institutions.
• To allow access of HEFA funding to institutions like Central Universities, AIIMS, IISERs and newly
created Institutes of National Importance, without creating any additional burden to the
students.
Target
All infrastructure and research projects sanctioned by HEFA are to be completed by December 2022.
Key Features
• All centrally funded institutes (CFIs), including central universities, IITs, IIMs, NITs and IISERs can
borrow from a Rs 1,00,000 crore corpus over next 4 years to expand and build infrastructure.
• RISE will be financed via the Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA), a non-banking financial
company.
• IITs will get the largest part of loans on offer under the scheme.
• All projects would be monitored through a project monitoring system with a dashboard for
monitoring by the stakeholder Ministries/Organisations including NITI.
• Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA)
o It is a joint venture of Union Ministry of Education and Canara Bank with an agreed
equity participation in the ratio of 90.91% and 9.09% respectively.
o It is registered under Section 8 company under the Companies Act, 2013 in 2017.
o It was set up to finance creation of capital assets in premier government educational
institutions in India.
o Aim: To mobilize Rs. 1 lakh crore to fund research and academic infrastructure in higher
educational institutions by 2022.
o Key Features:
✓ All centrally run educational institutions referred by concerned ministries would
be eligible for financing their capital expenditure from HEFA.
✓ HEFA will raise funds from the market and mobilize CSR funds from
PSUs/Corporates.
✓ The funding will also be available to government-run schools Kendriya Vidyalayas
and Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas.
✓ Funding: HEFA will directly release the sanctioned amount to vendors or
contractors only after the certification of executing agency and educational
institutions.
✓ All the Centrally Funded Institutions will have to repay the borrowed amount
(loans) in a time frame of over 10 years.
✓ There would be a negative list of projects included in the credit policy of HEFA so
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156 ARPIT (Annual Refresher Programme in Teaching)
Launch Year: 2018
Key Features
• It is a unique initiative of online professional development of 15 lakh higher education faculty
using the SWAYAM platform.
• The focus will be on latest developments in the discipline, new & emerging trends, pedagogical
improvements and methodologies for transacting revised curriculum.
• All faculties who will successfully complete the online refresher course will be certified.
• NRCs are located in a mixed range of institutions such as, Central Universities, IISc., IUCAA (Inter-
University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics), IITs, IISERs, NITs, State Universities under the
Ministry’s Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching
(PMMMNMTT).
• ARPIT will be an ongoing exercise so that every year NRCs will continuously develop new
refresher module in their earmarked discipline each year.
Components
• The course is a 40-hour module with 20 hours of video content and 20 hours of non-video
content.
• They are offered in a highly flexible format and can be done at one’s own pace and time.
• There are built-in assessment exercises and activities as part of the academic progression in the
course.
• At the end of the course, there will be a terminal assessment which can be either online or a
written examination.
157 Leadership for Academicians Programme (LEAP)

Launch Year: 2019
Objectives
• To prepare second tier academic heads who are potentially likely to assume leadership roles in
the future.
Key Features
• Launched as part of Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya National Mission on Teachers and
Teaching (PMMMNMTT).
• LEAP is a 3 weeks flagship leadership development training programme for second level
academic functionaries in public funded higher education institutions.
• It would include both domestic (2 week) and foreign (1 week) training in managerial skills such
as problem-solving, handling stress, team building work, conflict management, developing
communication skills etc.
• Implementation of Programme will be through 15 NIRF top ranked Indian institutions.
• Foreign universities identified for the training are within the top 100 in the world global
rankings.
158 Study in India Programme

Launch Year: 2018

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Aim
Facilitating internationalization of higher education in India
Objectives
• To improve the soft power of India with focus on the neighbouring countries and use it as a tool
in diplomacy.
• To boost the number of inbound international students in India.
• To double India’s market share of global education exports from less than 1% to 2%.
• Improve overall quality of higher education and global ranking of India as educational
destination.
Target
It focuses on international students from select 30 countries across South-East Asia, Middle East
and Africa for a period of 2 years (2018-19 and 2019-20).
Key Features
• Initiated By: Ministry of Education, Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of Home Affairs
and Ministry of Commerce and Industry
• This programme does not offer any Scholarships, however, fee waivers to meritorious foreign
students ranging from 100% to 25% are offered. Criteria for fee waiver:
o 100% waiver - Top 25% students.
o 50% waiver - Next 25% students.
o 25% waiver - Next 25% students.
o No waiver - Remaining 25% of students.
• The proposed fee waiver and scholarship will be decided by institute concerned based on
predefined structure.
• The program is currently offering approximately 55,000 seats with more than 35,500 fee
waivers and 2,000 scholarships, with each scholarship valued at Rs 250,000.
• Top ranked institutions have been selected as per National Assessment and Accreditation
Council (NAAC) grading and National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranking.
• The Study in India portal is a one-stop shop for foreign students seeking to study in India.
o It provides all the information one needs on Indian education institutions in India, how to
plan their studies, how to stay in India, what kind of events are planned, application
process among others.
Implementing agency: Educational Consultants of India (EdCIL)
159 Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan

Launch Year: 2018
Aim
Ensuring the following across all levels of school education:
• Universal access and retention.
• Bridging of gender and social category gaps.
• Enhancing the learning levels of children.
Objectives
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• Ensuring equity and inclusion at all levels of school education
• Ensuring minimum standards in schooling provisions
• Promoting Vocationalisation of education
• Support States in implementation of Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE)
Act, 2009
• Strengthening and up-gradation of SCERTs/State Institutes of Education and DIET as a nodal
agency for teacher training
• The scheme reaches out to all school children with special focus on girls and children belonging
to Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), minority communities and transgender.
• The scheme also gives attention to urban deprived children, children affected by periodic
migration and children living in remote and scattered habitations.
• Preference will be given to: Educationally Backward Blocks (EBBs), Special Focus Districts (SFDs),
Border areas, Left Wing Effected (LWE) affected districts.
• Aspirational Districts identified by NITI Aayog.
• Special Focus Districts: The districts with high concentration of population of SCs, STs and
Muslims have been identified as Special Focus Districts (SFDs) for ensuring equity and inclusion
at all levels of school education.
Key Features
• Government has launched an Integrated Scheme for School Education extending from pre-
school to class XII – Samagra Shiksha.
• Holistic approach to education:
o Single Scheme for the School Education Sector from Classes I to XII- extension of
interventions to senior secondary stage.
o Inclusion of senior secondary levels and pre-school levels in support for School education
for the first time
• Administrative reform: Flexibility to States to prioritize their interventions under the scheme
• Enhanced Funding for Education: Learning outcomes and steps taken for quality improvement
will be the basis for allocation of grants under the Scheme.
• Focus on Quality of Education:
o Enhanced Capacity Building of Teachers
o Focus on strengthening Teacher Education Institutions like SCERTs and DIETs to improve
the quality of prospective teachers in the system
o SCERT to be the nodal institution for in-service and pre-service teacher training – will
make training dynamic and need-based.
o Annual Grant per school for strengthening of Libraries
• Focus on Digital Education
o Support ‘Operation Digital Board’ in all secondary schools over a period of 5 years
o Digital initiatives like Shala Kosh, Shagun, Shaala Saarthi to be strengthened
o “DIKSHA”, digital portal for teachers to be used extensively for upgrading skills of
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‘Sabko Shiksha Achhi Shiksha’
• Strengthening of Schools
o Composite school grant increased and to be allocated on the basis of school enrolment.
o Specific provision for Swachhta activities – support ‘Swachh Vidyalaya’
o Improve the Quality of Infrastructure in Government Schools
• Focus on Girl Education
o Empowerment of girls
o Self-defence training for girls from upper primary to higher secondary stage
o Enhanced Commitment to ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’
• Focus on Inclusion
o Allocation for uniforms/textbooks under RTE Act enhanced per child per annum.
o Energized textbooks to be introduced.
o Allocation for Children with Special Needs (CwSN) increased from Rs 3000 to Rs 3500 per
child per annum. Stipend of Rs 200 per month for Girls with Special Needs from Classes 1
to 12.
o Commitment to ‘Sabko Shiksha Achhi Shiksha’
• Focus on Skill Development
o Exposure to Vocational Skills at Upper Primary Level would be extended.
o Reinforce emphasis on ‘Kaushal Vikas’
• Focus on Sports and Physical Education: Sports Education to be an integral part of curriculum
• Focus on Regional Balance
o Promote Balanced Educational Development
o Preference to Educationally Backward Blocks (EBBs), LWEs, Special Focus Districts
(SFDs), Border areas and the 115 aspirational districts identified by NITI Aayog.
Subsumed Schemes
It subsumes the three erstwhile centrally sponsored schemes:
1) Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)
2) Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA)
3) Centrally Sponsored Scheme on Teacher Education (TE)
Funding Pattern
• The fund sharing pattern between Centre and States is in the ratio of 90:10 for the North-
Eastern States and the Himalayan States and 60:40 for all other States and Union Territories
with Legislature.
• It is 100% centrally sponsored for Union Territories without Legislature .
• Samagra Shiksha scheme has been continued for a period of five years with effect from 01 April
2021 to 31 March 2026.
160 ASEAN PhD Fellowship Programme

Launch Year: 2018
Key Features
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Ph.D. at the prestigious IIT of their choice.
• It is funded by the Government of India.
• Fellowship Detail
o Stipend per month- INR 31,000 for the first 2 years, INR 35,000 for the next three years
o Research grant- up to INR 170,000
ASEAN countries are Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore,
Thailand and Vietnam.
161 UNNAT Bharat Abhiyan 2.0

Launch Year: 2018
Objectives
• To engage the faculty and students of Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) in identifying
development issues in rural areas and finding sustainable solutions for the same.
• Identify & select existing innovative technologies, enable customisation of technologies, or
devise implementation methods for innovative solutions, as required by the people.
• To allow HEIs to contribute to devising systems for smooth implementation of various
Government programmes.
Selection Criteria
• Both Technical and Non-Technical Institutes
• History of engagement with rural communities
• Adequate faculty
• Commitment to the programme objectives
Key Features
• Under this institution have been selected on a Challenge Mode and the scheme has been
extended to 750 reputed Higher Educational Institutes (both public and private) of the country.
• Institutes through their faculty and students, will carry out studies of living conditions in the
adopted villages, assess the local problems and needs, workout the possibilities of leveraging the
technological interventions and the need to improve the processes in implementation of various
government schemes, and prepare workable action plans for the selected villages.
Unnat Bharat Abhiyan
Launch Year: 2014
Coordinating Institute: IIT-Delhi
Aim
• To connect institutions of higher education, including Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs),
National Institutes of Technology (NITs) and Indian Institutes of Science Education & Research
(IISERs) etc. with local communities to address the development challenges through appropriate
technologies.
• Transformational change in rural development processes by leveraging knowledge institutions to
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162 SWAYAM Platform
Launch Year: 2017
Objectives
• Its objective is to take the best learning resources to all, including the most disadvantaged.
• It seeks to bridge the digital divide for students who have hitherto remained untouched by the
digital revolution.
• To achieve three cardinal principles of Education Policy viz., access, equity and quality.
Key Features
• Developed By: SWAYAM (Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds) Platform is
developed by Ministry of Education and National Programme on Technology Enhanced
Learning (NPTEL), IIT Madras with the help of Google Inc. and Persistent Systems Ltd.
• SWAYAM provide one integrated platform and a portal for online courses, using information
and communication technology, covering learners from Schooling, class 9 to 12; Under
Graduates & Post Graduates, in all subjects.
• It facilitates hosting of all the courses, taught in classrooms from 9th class till post-graduation to
be accessed by anyone, anywhere at any time.
• All the courses are interactive, prepared by the best teachers in the country and are available,
free of cost to the residents in India.
• The courses hosted on SWAYAM are in 4 quadrants – video lecture, specially prepared reading
material that can be downloaded/printed, self-assessment tests through tests and quizzes and
an online discussion forum for clearing the doubts.
• It shall also cover skill-based courses as well as industrial skills certified by the sector skill
councils.
163 Diksha (Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing) Portal

Launch Year: 2017
Key Features
• It has been launched for providing digital platform to teacher to make their lifestyle more
digital.
• It will serve as National Digital Infrastructures for teachers.
• It will accelerate and amplify solutions, experiments and innovations that are underway, and is
being attempted in the areas of teacher training and professional development.
• It will equip teachers across the nation with advanced digital technology and aid them to learn
and train themselves.
• States and Teacher Education Institutes (TEIs) have the autonomy and choice to repurpose
and extend DIKSHA to suit their own needs and purposes.
• It is an initiative of National Council for Education Research and Training (NCERT).
164 Institutions of Eminence (IoE) Scheme

Launch Year: 2017 (announced in budget speech of 2016)
• The scheme of IoE was rolled out by University Grants Commission (UGC).
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• To help 20 higher education (10 public and 10 private) institutions from country break into top
500 global rankings in 10 years, and then eventually break into top 100 over time.
Objectives
• To provide for higher education leading to excellence and innovations in such branches of
knowledge as may be deemed fit at post-graduate, graduate and research degree levels.
• To engage in areas of specialization to make distinctive contributions to the objectives of the
university education system.
• To aim to be rated internationally for its teaching and research as a top hundred Institution in
the world over time.
• To provide for high quality teaching and research and for the advancement of knowledge and
its dissemination.
• Only higher education institutions, currently placed in the top 500 of global rankings or top 50
of National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), are eligible to apply for eminence tag.
• The private IoE can also come up as greenfield ventures provided sponsoring organisation
submits convincing perspective plan for 15 years.
Key Features
• Selected institutions shall be provided with greater autonomy:
o To admit foreign students up to 30% of admitted students.
o To recruit foreign faculty up to 25% of faculty strength.
o To offer online courses up to 20% of its programmes.
o To enter into academic collaboration with top 500 in the world ranking institutions without
permission of UGC.
o Free to enter into academic collaborations with other lnstitutions within the country.
o Certificate courses can entirely be through online mode.
o Complete financial autonomy to spend the resources raised and allocated, subject to general
restrictions of the Statutes and GFR.
o Free to fix and charge fees from foreign students without restriction.
o Flexibility of course structure in terms of number of credit hours and years to take a degree.
o Complete flexibility in fixing of curriculum and syllabus.
o Each selected public institution will get financial assistance up to Rs. 1000 Crore over the
period of five years under this scheme.
• Till now, 20 higher education (10 public and 10 private) institution has been nominated by
University Grants Commission (UGC).
• These nominations are based on the recommendations of Empowered Expert Committee (EEC)
headed by N Gopalaswami.
• This Empowered Expert Committee was constituted by University Grants Commission (UGC).
The committee had been entrusted to conduct the appraisal of applications for shortlisting 20
Institutions of Eminence (10 public and 10 private institutions).

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165 National Academic Depository
Launch Year: 2017
Key Features
• Operationalized by: NSDL Database Management Limited (NDML) and CDSL Ventures Limited
(CVL)
• National Academic Depository will –
o Operate in fully online mode
o Allow lodging of Academic awards in a digital format, maintaining the integrity of access
to the database and of the awards lodged in the database.
o Allow students to retrieve their lodged academic awards at any time.
o Allow employers and other person with prior approval of the concerned student to
verify the authenticity of any academic award.
o Maintain the authenticity, integrity and confidentiality of the database.
166 National Testing Agency (NTA)

Launch Year: 2017
Objectives
• To conduct efficient, transparent and international standards tests in order to assess the
competency of candidates for admission, and recruitment purposes.
• To undertake research on educational, professional and testing systems to identify gaps in the
knowledge systems and take steps for bridging them.
• To identify experts and institutions in setting examination questions.
• To produce and disseminate information and research on education and professional
development standards.
Key Features
• NTA has been established as a premier, specialist, autonomous and self-sustained testing
organization to conduct entrance examinations for admission/fellowship in higher educational
institutions.
• It has been set up as a Society registered under the Indian Societies Registration Act, 1860.
• NTA will be given a one-time grant of Rs 25 crore from the Government of India to start its
operation in the first year. Thereafter, it will be financially self-sustainable.
• Examinations conducted by NTA are JEE (Main), UGC-NET, CMAT & GPAT, NEET-UG, JNUEE,
NCHM, DUET, CSIR-NET, ICAR, IIFT, IGNOU, SWAYAM, ARPIT, SAI, IND-SAT.
• Entrance examinations will be conducted in online mode at least twice a year, thereby giving
adequate opportunity to candidates to bring out their best.
• Tests will be conducted in multiple sittings and a candidate will have an option of dates to
choose from.
• Scores of different candidates in multiple sittings will also be equated using standardisation
techniques.
• It will establish a network of test practice centres for students of rural areas so that everyone
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Functions
• To identify partner institutions with adequate infrastructure from the existing schools and
higher education institutions which would facilitate conduct of online examinations without
adversely impacting their academic routine.
• To create a question bank for all subjects using the modern techniques
• To establish a strong R&D culture as well as a pool of experts in different aspects of testing
• To help individual colleges and universities in the field of testing and to provide training and
advisory services to the institutions in India. To provide quality testing services to the academic
institutions in India.
• To develop a state of the art culture of testing in India by using domestic and international
expertise. To collaborate with international organizations like ETS to achieve the same.
• To undertake any other examination that is entrusted to it by the Ministries/Departments of
Government of India/State Governments.
• To undertake the reforms and training of school boards as well as other bodies where the
testing standards should be comparable with the entrance examinations.
Composition of NTA
• NTA will be chaired by an eminent educationist appointed by Ministry of Education.
• The CEO will be the Director General to be appointed by the Government.
• There will be a Board of Governors comprising members from user institutions.
• The Director General will be assisted by 9 verticals headed by academicians/ experts.
167 Prashikshak Portal

Launch Year: 2016
Aim
The aim is to strengthen District Institutes of Education and Training (DIETs) and bring quality
teachers into the Indian school education system.
Objectives
• To help the DIETs in making decisions, comparing to other DIETs of the State and even country
Key Features
• It was established through a joint collaboration between Ministry of Education and Central
Square Foundation (a policy think tank focused on improving quality of school education).
• It is a unique IT initiative which will contain a comprehensive database of all DIETs in the
country with all relevant performance indicators.
168 Shala Asmita Yojana

Launch Year: 2016
Aim
It aims to track the educational journey of school students (all government and private schools)
from Class I to Class XII across the 15 lakhs private and government schools in the country.
Key Features

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• ASMITA (All School Monitoring and Individual Tracking Analysis) will be an online database
which will carry information of student attendance and enrolment, learning outcomes, mid-day
meal service and infrastructural facilities.
• Students will be tracked through their Aadhaar numbers and incase those not having unique
number will be provided with it.
• Through SAY, the government is trying to find out the reason behind the drop out of school and
take measures to improve it.
169 SWAYAM Prabha

Launch Year: 2016
Aim
Making quality learning resources accessible to remote areas where internet availability is still a
challenge
Key Features
• SWAYAM PRABHA is a group of 34 DTH channels devoted to telecasting of high-quality
educational programmes on 24X7 basis using the GSAT-15 satellite.
• Every day, there will be new content for at least 4 hours which would be repeated 5 more times
in a day, allowing the students to choose the time of their convenience.
• The channels are uplinked from BISAG, Gandhinagar.
• The contents are provided by NPTEL, IITs, UGC, CEC, IGNOU.
• Curriculum based course content covering diverse disciplines such as arts, science, commerce,
performing arts, social sciences and humanities subjects, engineering, technology, law,
medicine, agriculture etc.
• Covers all level of education: School education, undergraduate, postgraduate, engineering, out
of school children, vocational courses and teacher training.
• The Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) centre maintains the web portal.
170 Vittiya Saksharata Abhiyan (VISAKA)

Launch Year: 2016
Aim
To actively engage the youth/ students of Higher Education Institutions to encourage and
motivate all payers and payees to use a digitally enabled cashless economic system for transfer of
funds
Key Features
• It is being run in Higher Educational institutions/ universities of the country.
• It was launched on line with Prime Minister’s appeal to youth in ‘Mann Ki Baat’ for creating
awareness for making India digital and cashless economy.
• Under it, young students and faculty members will be roped to encourage and motivate people
to use a digitally enabled cashless economic system for transfer of fund.
• Under this, an appeal was made to all the higher educational institutions to develop a cashless
campus.
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students can register themselves.
o On this website, students and faculty members also can provide their feedback and
suggestions on the initiative as well as upload the progress of their work.
171 Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat

Launch Year: 2015
Aim
• To enhance interaction & promote mutual understanding between people of different
states/UTs through the concept of state/UT pairing
Objectives
• To CELEBRATE the unity in diversity of our nation and to maintain and strengthen the fabric of
traditionally existing emotional bonds between the people of our Country.
• To SHOWCASE the rich heritage and culture, customs and traditions of each State for enabling
people to understand and appreciate the diversity that is India.
• To ESTABLISH long-term engagements
• To CREATE an environment which promotes learning between States by sharing best practices
and experiences.
• PROMOTE the spirit of national integration through a deep and structured engagement between
all Indian States and Union Territories through a year-long planned engagement between States.
Key Features
• Each year, every State/UT would be paired with another State/UT in India for reciprocal
interaction between the people.
• It is envisaged through this exchange, that the knowledge of the language, culture, traditions
and practices of different states will lead to an enhanced understanding and bonding between
one another, thereby strengthening the unity and integrity of India.
• All States and UTs will be covered under the programme.
• District level pairings would be independent of the State level pairings.
• An indicative list of activities has been drawn up and circulated to the State Governments / UT
Administrations and to the key Central Ministries.
• The States/ UTs may choose, evolve and develop their interaction pattern based on the
suggested list as per operational suitability in the course of their interactions.
• The states and UTs perform activities in cohesion with the spirit of unity in
diversity and showcase the activities which are reflected on the official website of
Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat.
• The activities also publicised through different social media platforms, online
publicity, print coverage, digital media, Television/Radio programmes.
• The activities are performed to highlight special features of the paired state and to
celebrate diversity of the cultural spectrum of our country.
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Launch Year: 2015
Aim

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To address the major science and engineering challenges that India must address and champion to
enable, empower and embolden the nation for inclusive growth and self-reliance.
Objectives
• To identify areas of immediate relevance to society requiring innovation
• To direct scientific research into identified areas
• To ensure higher funding support for research into the identified areas
• To measure outcomes of the research effort with reference to impact on the standard of living
in the rural/urban areas.
Key Features
• National Coordinator: IIT Kanpur
• It is the first of its kind Ministry of Education supported Pan-IIT + IISc joint initiative to address
the major science and engineering challenges that India must address and champion to enable,
empower and embolden the nation for inclusive growth and self-reliance.
• This novel initiative with twofold mandate is aimed at:
o Developing new engineering education policy
o Creating a road map to pursue engineering challenges
• It seeks to develop a road map for research to solve major engineering and technology
challenges in 10 technology domains relevant for the country.
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• IMPRINT-2 has been approved by Government of India with a revised strategy under which,
this national initiative will be jointly funded and steered by Ministry of Education and
Department of Science and Technology (DST).
• Proposals under IMPRINT II Projects should
(a) address any declared theme (thrust area) under one of the 10 domains of IMPRINT
(b) connect either with already identified or new research topics defined by the PI under
the same 10 domains.
• Projects proposals should provide clear and convincing evidence of promise for translational
research leading to viable technology (product, process or prototype) development.
Key Features
• Principal objective is to translate knowledge into viable technology
• Normally average cost of the approved projects will be around Rs 2 crore.
• Ministry of Education and DST are equal partners to steer the scheme.
• IMPRINT-2 is open to all Ministry of Education funded Higher Education Institute (HEI) including
Centrally Funded Technical Institution (CFTI)
• Project with industry support will be preferred.
• Uchhatar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) scheme will be subsumed with IMPRINT-2 and no further call
for proposal submission under UAY will be issued.
• SERB (Science and Engineering Research Board) of the Department of Science & Technology
(DST) would be the nodal agency for implementing the IMPRINT-2 initiative working along with
the National Coordinator of IMPRINT.

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Uchhatar Avishkar Yojana
Launch Year: 2015
Coordinator: IIT Madras
Aim: It is aimed at promoting industry-specific need-based research so as to keep up the
competitiveness of the Indian industry in the global market.
Objectives:
• To promote innovation in areas that are directly of relevance to the manufacturing and design
industry.
• To spur innovative mindset in the students and faculty in premier technological institutes.
• To bring a coordinated action between academia and the industry
• To strengthen the laboratories and research facilities in the premier technological institutions.
• To have outcome-based research funding
174 SARAANSH
Launch Year: 2015
• It is an initiative of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
Objectives
It allows the schools to identify areas of improvement in students, teachers and curriculum to take
remedial measures and monitor the progress of student.
Students under CBSE schools in class IX, X, XI or XII.
Key Features
• Self-Review: It is created to equip schools to diagnose the scope of improvement in Students /
Teachers / Subjects / Schools and take the necessary decision to improve the same.
• Performance: It helps school to look performance in scholastic areas at an aggregate level, and
at the level of each student in your school.
• Take Decision: Saransh, as the name suggests, provides schools a complete snapshot and
comprehensive drill down analysis to take actionable decisions.
• Purpose: It shows a complete comprehensive picture of Class IX since 2014 Class X and XII since
2013 to the latest academic session.
• Charts: All the performance metrics are presented through numbers as well as in charts/ graphs
for easy understanding.
• Compare: It helps schools to compare their performance vis-a-vis all CBSE schools at various
levels i.e., All India, Regional, State and within their school category (Government, Independent ,
JNVs, KVs, and CTSA).
175 GIAN (Global Initiative of Academic Networks)

Launch Year: 2015
Aim
Tapping the talent pool of scientists and entrepreneurs to engage with the institutes of higher
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quality reforms, and further strengthen India’s scientific and technological capabilities.
Objectives
• To increase the footfalls of reputed international faculty in the Indian academic institutes.
• Provide opportunity to our faculty to learn and share knowledge and teaching skills in cutting
edge areas.
• To provide opportunity to our students to seek knowledge and experience from reputed
International faculty.
• To create avenue for possible collaborative research with the international faculty.
• Develop high quality course material in niche areas, both through video and print that can be
used by a larger body of students and teachers.
• To document and develop new pedagogic methods in emerging topics of national and
international interest.
• To increase the participation and presence of international students in the academic
Institutes.
• Opportunity for the students of different Institutes/Universities to interact and learn subjects
in niche areas through the collaborative learning process.
• Provide the opportunity for the technical persons from the Indian Industry to improve
understandings and update their knowledge in relevant areas.
• Motivate the best international experts in the world to work on problems related to India.
Key Features
• The lectures delivered under the programme would be made available to the students across
the country through the SWAYAM, the MOOCs platform and the National Digital Library.
• A web portal (gian.iitkgp.ac.in) has been designed by IIT Kharagpur to allow electronic
registration and online assessment.
176 National Institution Ranking Framework (NIRF)

Launch Year: 2015
Key Features
• The framework outlines a methodology to rank institutions across the country.
• NIRF survey is first of its kind of indigenous ranking framework for higher education institutions
in the country.
• NIRF ranks the institutions broadly on five clusters of parameters:
o Teaching, Learning and Resources (30% weightage)
o Research and Professional Practices (30% weightage)
o Graduation Outcomes (20% weightage)
o Outreach and Inclusivity (10% weightage)
o Perception (10% weightage)
• NIRF lists out best institutions across 11 categories – Overall, universities, engineering, colleges,
medical, management, pharmacy, law, architecture, dental and research.

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177 Digital Gender Atlas for Advancing Girl’s Education in India
Launch Year: 2015
Aim
To help identify and ensure equitable education with a focus on vulnerable girls, including girls
with disabilities
Objectives
• To identify low performing geographic pockets for girls, particularly from marginalized groups
such as Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Muslim minorities, on specific gender related
education indicators.
• To ensure equitable education with a focus on vulnerable girls, including girls with disabilities,
the Gender Atlas has been developed as a hand on management tool to enable critical decisions
and action in pockets where performances are below par.
Key Features
• Developed By: Department of School Education and Literacy with support from UNICEF
• The architecture of the Atlas enables dynamic navigation between geographical representation
and numeric data that presents State, District and Block level status on key parameters for girls'
education at primary, upper primary and secondary levels.
• The Atlas provides a comparative composite index based on quartile ranking of gender related
indicators at National, State, District and Block levels.
• The Atlas enables a trend analysis and tracking of performance of individual gender related
parameters across periods of time.
• The Atlas is constructed on an open source platform with an in-built scope of updating data by
authorized persons to retain its dynamic character.
• The Gender Atlas is based on existing data and highlights problem areas to serve as pointers for
intervention priorities.
• It is seen as a management tool that can focus on 'demand' and 'supply' side issues alike that
impinge on girls' education.
• The Atlas is based primarily on District Information System for Education (DISE) and Unified
District Information System for Education (U-DISE) data (2011- 2014), the National Education
Management Information System (EMIS) for elementary and secondary education.
• The Atlas draws on the Census of India 2011 for data on rural female literacy rates, working
children in the school going age group, and the District Level Household and Facility Survey
(DLHS) 2007-08 for data on age at marriage.
• No primary data has been generated for developing the Atlas.
178 National Fellowship for OBCs

Objectives
• To increase the opportunities for the students of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) for pursuing
higher education leading to acquiring degrees such as M.Phil. and Ph.D.
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to degrees such as M.Phil. and Ph.D. in universities, research institutions and scientific
institutions.
• Any student belonging to Backward Classes, irrespective of their family income, who has
qualified National Eligibility Test – NET-JRF of UGC or UGC – CSIR Joint Test, is eligible for the
fellowship subject to his/her position in National Merit and subject to finding placement in
Universities / IITs / Institutions.
• The validity period of the offer is three years w.e.f the date of issue of JRF Award letter.
• However, in case of candidates who have already joined M.Phil/ Ph.D, the date of
commencement of fellowship shall be from the date of declaration of NET result or date of their
joining, whichever is later
• At least 4% of the total seats should be reserved for students with disabilities while making
selection of candidates for award of fellowships by the UGC
Key Features
• The scheme is designed to provide a total number of 300 Junior Research Fellowships per year
from the year 2014-15 and 300 Senior Research Fellowships from 2016-17 to Other Backward
Class (OBC) students.
• The number of intake of JRF has been enhanced from 300 to 1000 per year onwards to
undertake advanced studies and research leading to M.Phil./Ph.D. Degrees, who have qualified
in the following tests –
o National Eligibility Test – Junior Research Fellowship (NET-JRF) of UGC (for Humanities/
Social Sciences) or
o UGC-Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (UGC-CSIR) NET-JRF Joint Test (for
Science)
• The scheme covers all universities/institutions recognized by the University Grants Commission
(UGC) and are implemented by the UGC itself on the pattern of the scheme of UGC Fellowship
being awarded to research students pursuing M.Phil. and Ph.D.
• These 1000 slots will be over and above the number of OBC students selected under the
normal reservation policy of the Government for UGC Fellowship.
• The rates of fellowship for JRF and SRF will be at par with the UGC Fellowship (w.e.f
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• The House Rent Allowance (HRA) will be on the UGC pattern and will be payable to those
students who are not provided with hostel accommodation
Implementing Agency: University Grant Commission (UGC)
179 AICTE Pragati Scholarship Scheme

Implemented since: 2014-15
Objective
To encourage girl students to pursue Technical Education
Key Features
• Under the scheme, a sum of Rs. 50,000 per annum is disbursed to selected girl students as per
the following criteria -
o Students admitted in AICTE approved institutions in 1st year of Degree/ Diploma level
course or 2nd year of Degree/ Diploma level course through lateral entry.
o Maximum two girls per family.
o Total income of the family less than Rs. 8 lakh per annum.
o 10,000 scholarships per annum from 23 States/UTs (5000 for Diploma and 5000 for
Degree).
o All eligible girl students from remaining 13 States/UTs (including North Eastern Region,
Jammu &Kashmir etc.)
o Reservation-7.5% for ST, 15% for SC, and 27% for OBC candidates/applicants.
o Only female students are eligible.
Implemented By: All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)
180 UDAAN – Giving Wings to Girls

Launch Year: 2014 (By Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE))
Aim
To address the low enrolment of girl students in prestigious engineering institutions and the
teaching gap between school education and engineering entrance examinations
Objectives
• To provide a platform that empowers the girl students, facilitates their aspiration of joining the
prestigious engineering institutions
• To enrich the teaching and learning of Science and Mathematics at school level by addressing
the three dimensions of education- curriculum design, transaction and assessment
• The program is open to Indian citizens residing in India only.
• All girl students studying in classes XI only from KVs/ NVs/ Government Schools of any
recognised Board/ CBSE affiliated private schools in India are eligible to apply.
• Girl students enrolled in Class XI in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics (PCM) stream.
• Minimum 70% marks in Class X overall and 80% marks in Science and Mathematics for Boards
which follow CGPA, a minimum CGPA of 8 and a GPA of 9 in Science and Mathematics.
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seats in every category
• The annual family income should be less than 6 lakhs per annum
Key Features
• It is designed to provide a comprehensive platform to deserving girl students who aspire to
pursue higher education in engineering and assist them to prepare for the IIT JEE while
studying in Classes XI and XII.
• UDAAN not only mentors the girl students to compete in JEE, it also ensures a means for
making payments towards their fee for engineering courses.
• The girls will accrue points on doing well in weekly assessments. Financial assistance
proportionate to their accrued points will be given by the CBSE when the girl students get
admission in IITs/NIITs/CFTIs.
• Students are provided free offline/online courses through virtual weekend contact classes
and study material while studying in class XI and XII for preparation of admission test to
various premier engineering colleges in the country
• CBSE will provide free and online resources to the entire student population with special
incentives and support to a thousand selected disadvantaged girls per year.
181 Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya National Mission on Teachers and Training (PMMMNMTT)
Launch Year: 2014
Aim
• To provide quality teachers in schools and colleges, attract talented people in the education
sector and improve quality in teaching.
• To set the teaching standard so that an organized cadre of professional teachers can be created.
Objectives
To develop innovative teaching method and high level institutional facilities in all the constituent
areas of education.
Key Features
• The Mission addresses current and urgent issues such as supply of qualified teachers, attracting
talent into teaching profession and raising the quality of teaching in schools and colleges.
• It pursues the long term goals of building a strong professional cadre of teachers by setting
performance standards and creating top class institutional facilities for innovative teaching and
professional development of teachers.
Components
• Schools of Education in Central, State and Deemed Universities (SoE)
• Centres of Excellence for Curriculum and Pedagogy
o Centres of Excellence in Science and Mathematics Education (CESME)
o Teaching Learning Centres (TLC)
o Faculty Development Centres (FDC)
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• National Resource Centre for Education (NRCE)
• Centres of Academic Leadership and Education Management (CALEM)
• Innovations, Awards, and Teaching Resource Grant, including workshops and seminars (IATRG)
• Subject Networks for Curricular Renewal and Reforms (SBN)
• Leadership Development for senior functionaries in higher education institutions
• Induction training of newly recruited faculty
• National Resource Center
• Leadership for Academicians Programme (LEAP)
182 ISHAN VIKAS Scheme

Launch Year: 2014
Key Features
• Coordinator: IIT Guwahati
• In the scheme, selected school children from North Eastern states are brought in close contact
with the Indian Institute of Technology (IITs), Indian Institutes of Science Education and
Research (IISERs) and National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) during the vacation period
to motivate them to pursue science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
• It also facilitates internship opportunities for the engineering college students in various
institutes of national importance.
183 ISHAN UDAY Scheme

Launch Year: 2014
Aim
To promote higher education in the North East region of the country.
Key Features
• Administered by: University Grants Commission (UGC)
• It is a scholarship scheme for economically backward students of the North East Region for
pursuing general degree courses, technical and professional degree courses.
• The Scheme envisages grant of 10,000 scholarships to students from North East Region per year
whose parental income is below Rs 4.5 lakh per annum.
• Transgender candidates are eligible to apply under the scheme.
• An amount of Rs.5400 p.m. for General Degree courses and Rs. 7800 p.m. for Technical &
Professional courses (including Medical & Para medical courses) will be given through Direct
Benefit Transfer (DBT) to the beneficiary student.
184 Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA)

Launch Year: 2013
Aim
Providing strategic funding to eligible state higher educational institutions.
Objectives
• Improve the overall quality of state institutions by ensuring conformity to prescribed norms
and standards.
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• Promote autonomy in state universities and improving governance in institutions.
• Ensure reforms in affiliation, academic and examination systems
• Ensure adequate availability of quality faculty.
• Create an enabling atmosphere in the higher educational institutions to devote themselves to
research and innovations.
• Expand the institutional base by creating additional capacity in existing institutions and
establishing new institutions, in order to achieve enrolment targets.
• Correct regional imbalances in access to higher education by setting up institutions in unserved
& underserved areas.
• Improve equity in higher education.
Target
• Address issues of equity, access and excellence in higher education.
• Achieve Gross Enrolment Ratio of 30% in higher education by the year 2019-20.
Key Features
• RUSA would create new universities through upgradation of existing autonomous colleges and
conversion of colleges in a cluster.
• It would create new model degree colleges, new professional colleges and provide
infrastructural support to universities and colleges.
• Faculty recruitment support, faculty improvements programmes and leadership development
of educational administrators are also an important part of the scheme.
• In order to enhance skill development the existing central scheme of Polytechnics has been
subsumed within RUSA.
• A separate component to synergise vocational education with higher education has also been
included in RUSA.
• Besides these, RUSA also supports reforming, restructuring and building capacity of institutions
in participating state.
• During the second phase (2017-20) of RUSA, the focus is on opening new Model Degree
Colleges in ‘Aspirational Districts’ identified by NITI Aayog and in unserved & underserved
districts in North Eastern and Himalayan States.
• The central funding (in the ratio of 60:40 for general category States, 90:10 for special category
states and 100% for union territories) would be norm based and outcome dependent.
• The funding would flow from the central ministry through the state governments/union
territories to the State Higher Education Councils before reaching the identified institutions.
• The funding to states would be made on the basis of critical appraisal of State Higher
Education Plans.
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Launch Year: 2013
Objective
To document and archive the country’s languages that have become endangered or likely to be
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endangered in the near future
Key Features
• Under this Scheme, the Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysore works on
protection, preservation and documentation of all the mother tongues/ languages of India
spoken by less than 10,000 people which are called endangered languages.
• In the first phase of the scheme, 117 endangered languages/mother tongues have been chosen
from all over India for study and documentation on a priority basis.
• Monitored by - Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL)
186 Special Scholarship Scheme for J&K (SSS for J&K)

Implemented since: 2011
Aim
Encouraging the youth from Jammu & Kashmir to take advantage of the educational institutions
outside the State, which would provide them an opportunity, to interact with their counterpart
from the rest of the country, thereby be part of the mainstream
• The students of Jammu & Kashmir whose family income is less than Rs. 8 lakh per annum
• Student who have passed class XII from the State and secured admission outside the State in
the institutions which are either approved under Section 12 B of the UGC Act or recognized by
AICTE or respective regulatory body are eligible to apply for the scheme
Categories of Students NOT eligible under the scheme are -

• Students pursing courses through Open Universities.
• Students availing benefit of other scholarships schemes.
• Students gaining admission through ‘management quota’.
• Students pursuing Post Graduate level studies, in any discipline.
Funding
• It is envisaged to provide 5000 fresh scholarships every year.
o 4500 scholarships are for general degree courses, 250 for engineering and 250 for
medical studies.
• There is a provision of inter-changeability of slots among Medical and Engineering stream,
subject to the savings accruing from any shortfall in the number of students opting for General
Degree courses.
• Scholarship is provided towards Tuition fee and Maintenance allowance.
• The rate of scholarship towards tuition fee for General Degree courses is Rs.30,000 per annum,
for Engineering course Rs.1.25 lakh per annum and for Medical studies Rs.3.0 lakh per annum.
• Fixed Maintenance allowance of Rs. 1.0 lakh per annum is provided to all students under the
scheme. Inter Ministerial Committee is constituted to oversee the implementation and
monitoring of the scheme.
Implemented by: Department of Higher Education
187 Central Sector Interest Subsidy Scheme (CSIS)

Launch Year: 2009

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Key Features
• Under this Scheme, full interest subsidy is provided during the moratorium period (course
period plus one year), on the educational loan up to Rs. 7.5 lakh.
• This is made available for all the professional/technical courses in India
• The Scheme is adopted by all Scheduled Banks and is linked with the existing Model
Educational Loan scheme of the Indian Banks' Association, and restricted to students enrolled
in professional/ technical courses only from NAAC accredited Institutions or professional/
technical programmes accredited by NBA or Institutions of National Importance or Central
Funded Technical Institutions (CFTIs).
• Those Professional Institutions/programmes, which do not come under the ambit of NAAC or
NBA, would require approval of the respective regulatory body viz, approval of Medical Council
of India for Medical courses, Nursing Council of lndia for Nursing courses, Bar Council of India for
Law etc.
• The scheme is applicable to students belonging to Economically Weaker Sections, i.e. students
whose annual gross parental income is up to Rs.4.5 lakhs.
• Subsidy is admissible only once either for undergraduate or post graduate or integrated
course.
• Under the scheme, education Ioan is provided without any collateral security and third-party
guarantee and for a maximum amount of Rs. 7.5 lakhs.
188 Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan

Launch Year: 2009
Aim
To enhance access to secondary education and to improve its quality.
Objectives
• To achieve a GER of 75% for classes IX-X within 5 years by providing a secondary school within a
reasonable distance (5-7 km) of every habitation
• To improve quality of education imparted at secondary level by making all secondary schools
conform to prescribed norms.
• To remove gender, socio-economic and disability barriers.
• Universal access to secondary level education by 2017.
• Universal retention of students in secondary education by 2020.
Key Features
• Physical Facilities – Additional class rooms, Laboratories, Libraries, Art and crafts room, Toilet
blocks, Drinking water provisions, Residential Hostels for Teachers in remote areas.
• Quality Interventions - Appointment of additional teachers to reduce PTR (Pupil- Teacher Ratio)
to 30:1, Focus on Science, Math and English education, In-service training of teachers, Science
laboratories, ICT enabled education, Curriculum reforms; and Teaching learning reforms.
• Equity Interventions - Special focus in micro planning, Preference to Ashram schools for up
gradation, Preference to areas with concentration of SC/ST/Minority for opening of schools,
Special enrolment drive for the weaker section, More female teachers in schools; and Separate
toilet blocks for girls.

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Implementation
• The scheme is being implemented by the State government societies established for
implementation of the scheme.
• The central share is released to the implementing agency directly.
• The applicable State share is also released to the implementing agency by the respective State
Governments.
188.1 Shaala Siddhi (National Programme on School Standards and Evaluation

Framework)
Launch Year: 2015
Aim
To enable schools to evaluate their performance in a more focused and strategic manner to
facilitate them to make professional judgement for continuous improvement
Key Features
• Developed by: National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA)
• The web-portal of the framework will help all schools to assess themselves and the results can
be seen by all enabling them to provide feedback.
188.2 Shaala Darpan

Launch Year: 2015
Key Features
• It is an e-Governance platform that covers all the Kendriya Vidyalayas, to improve quality of
learning, efficiency of school administration, governance of schools & service delivery.
• It is intended to serve as a single integrated platform to address academic and administrative
requirements of various stake holders such as students, teachers, school management and
parents.
• The services of Shaala Darpan help the parents to keep them informed of the attendance of
their wards in school.
• Besides this, other services like access to class schedules, examination schedules and results,
online learning resources, interaction with teachers, access to online admissions etc are being
provided through Shaala Darpan.
• The funds required for Shaala Darpan are being met out of the budget of Kendriya Vidyalaya
Sangathan (KVS) and no specific budget allocation is made by the government for the purpose.
188.3 e-Pathshala
Launch Year: 2015
Key Features
• Joint initiative of Ministry of Education and National Council of Educational Research and
Training (NCERT).
• It is a single point repository of e-resources containing, NCERT textbooks and various other
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• It has been developed for showcasing and disseminating all educational resources including
textbooks, audio, video, periodicals, and a variety of other print and non-print materials.
188.4 Kala Utsav

Launch Year: 2015
Objectives
To promote Arts (Music, Theatre, Dance, Visual Arts and Crafts) in education by nurturing and
showcasing the artistic talent of school students at secondary stage in the country in an inclusive
environment.
Key Features
• Kala Utsav has been structured as an art festival to include performances and display of
exhibits.
• The design of Kala Utsav helps students explore, understand and showcase their artistic talent
by practicing different art forms.
• Kala Utsav is also an effort to mainstream students with special needs (differently-abled and
from diverse socio-economic backgrounds) and celebrating their abilities.
189 Saakshar Bharat

Launch Year: 2009
Aim
To achieve 80% literacy level at national level, by focusing on adult women literacy seeking to
reduce the gap between male and female literacy to not more than 10 percentage points.
Objectives
• Imparting functional literacy and numeracy to non-literates and non-numerate adults
• Acquiring equivalency to formal educational system
• Imparting relevant skill development programme
• Promote a leaning society by providing opportunities for continuing education.
Target
Covering 70 million adult non-literates under basic literacy with prime focus on women, SCs, STs,
Minorities & other disadvantaged groups in rural areas.
• A district that had adult female literacy rate of 50% or below, as per 2001 census, were
considered eligible.
• In addition, all left wing extremism-affected districts, irrespective of their literacy rate, were
also eligible for coverage under the programme.
Beneficiaries
Non-literate adults in the age group of 15 years and beyond.
Key Features
• As well as basic literacy/basic education, it covers vocational education and skill development,
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• Due to its approach Saakshar Bharat is described as a ‘people’s programme’, with the
government acting as facilitator and resource provider, but working closely with local
communities to tailor the programme to their needs.
190 National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme

Launch Year: 2008
Objective
To award scholarships to meritorious students of economically weaker sections to arrest their
drop out at class VIII and encourage them to continue the study at secondary stage.
• Students whose parental income from all sources is not more than Rs. 1,50,000 per annum are
eligible to avail the scholarships.
• The student must have minimum of 55 % marks or equivalent grade in Class VII examination
for appearing in selection test for award of scholarship (relaxable by 5% for SC and ST students).
• The student should be studying as regular student in a Government, Government-aided and
local body schools.
• Students of NVS, KVS and residential schools are not entitled for the scholarships.
• There is reservation as per State Government norms.
Key Features
• The scheme is on-boarded on the National Scholarship Portal (NSP).
• The scheme envisages award of one lakh fresh scholarships every year to selected students of
class IX and their continuation/renewal in classes X to XII for study in a State Government,
Government-aided and Local body schools under the scheme.
• The rate of scholarship has been enhanced from Rs. 6000/- to Rs. 12000/- per year with effect
from 1st April, 2017.
• A separate examination shall be conducted by the State Governments/UT Administrations for
selection of students for the award of the National Meanscum-Merit Scholarships in the
States/UTs
• A student can avail only one Scholarship under any scheme.
• No scholarship shall be available for studies abroad for any course.
191 Central Sector Scheme of Scholarship for College and University Students (CSSS)
Implementing since: 2008
Objective
To provide financial assistance to the meritorious students, to meet a part of their day-to-day
expenses while pursuing higher studies
• Students who are above 80th percentile of successful candidates in the relevant stream from a
particular Board of Examination in Class XII
• Pursuing regular course
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• Not receiving any other scholarship
Key Features
• It is a merit-cum means scholarship scheme.
• The rate of scholarship is Rs. 10000 per annum at Graduation level for first three years of
College and University courses and Rs. 20000 per annum at Post-Graduation level.
o Students pursuing professional courses are paid Rs. 20,000 per annum in the 4th and 5th
year.
• Annual target is 82000 scholarships per year (41000 for boys and 41000 for girls) which has
been divided amongst the State Education Boards based on the State’s population in the age
group of 18-25 years.
• This scheme has on boarded the National Scholarship portal with effect from 1.8.2015.
Implementing Agency: Department of Higher Education
192 Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP)

Launch Year: 2002
Aim
To upscale and support ongoing efforts in improving quality of technical education and enhancing
existing capacities of the institutions
Key Features
• It is a joint effort between the central government and the World Bank for improving the
quality of education in engineering colleges.
• It has been designed as a long term project to be implemented in 3 phases:
o 1st Phase (2003-2009) - 127 Institutions participated in TEQIP, out of which 18 were
Centrally Funded Institutions and 109 were State Institutions.
o 2nd Phase (2010-2016) - is to be implemented as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS)
with the assistance of the World Bank . The TEQIP-II project is for the duration of 4 years
covering about 200 institutions based on competitive funding.
o 3rd Phase (2017-2021) - for upgradation of Polytechnics in the country. The Project
covered 21 polytechnics including establishment of 9 new Polytechnics at one each at
Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland & Tripura and two each at Meghalaya and Sikkim and
Jammu & Kashmir.
193 Mid-Day Meal Scheme

Launch Year: 1995
Aim
To enhance, retention and attendance and simultaneously improving nutritional levels among
children
Beneficiaries
• Children studying in class (I to VIII) in Government, Government aided and local body schools,
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Key Features
• This scheme is covered by National Food Security Act, 2013.
• Under this scheme, Hot cooked meal will be provided having nutritional standards of 450
calories and 12 gm of protein for primary (I- V class) and 700 calories and 20 gm protein for
upper primary (VI-VIII class), free of charge every day except on school holidays.
• The meal is prepared in accordance with the Mid Day Meal guidelines issued by the Central
Government from time to time.
Monitoring of the scheme

• The State Steering-cum Monitoring Committee (SSMC) oversee the implementation of the
scheme including establishment of a mechanism for maintenance of nutritional standards and
quality of meals.
• The School Management Committee mandated under Right to free and Compulsory Education
Act, 2009 also monitor implementation of the Mid-day meal Scheme.
Funding
• The government provides financial support to the eligible schools/implementing agencies in
the form of free food grains and by bearing cooking related costs.
194 PM POSHAN (POshan ShAkti Nirman) Scheme

The earlier name of the scheme was ‘National Scheme for Mid-Day Meal in Schools’ popularly
known as Mid-Day Meal Scheme.
Aim- Providing one hot cooked meal in Government and Government-aided schools from 2021-22
to 2025-26
Key Features
• This is a Centrally-Sponsored Scheme which covers all school children studying in Classes I-VIII in
Government, Government-Aided Schools.
• The scheme is proposed to be extended to students studying in pre-primary or Balvatikas in
Government and Government-aided primary schools in addition to all the 11.80 crore children
from elementary classes.
• The concept of Tithi Bhojan will be encouraged extensively.
o TithiBhojan is a community participation programme in which people provide special
food to children on special occasions/festivals.
• Government is promoting development of School Nutrition Gardens in schools to give children
first hand experience with nature and gardening. The harvest of these gardens is used in the
scheme providing additional micro nutrients.
• Social Audit of the scheme is made mandatory in all the districts.
• Special provision is made for providing supplementary nutrition items to children in aspirational
districts and districts with high prevalence of Anemia.
• Cooking competitions will be encouraged at all levels right from village level to national level to
promote ethnic cuisine and innovative menus based on locally available ingredients and
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• Vocal for Local for Atmanirbhar Bharat: Involvement of Farmers Producer Organizations (FPO)
and Women Self Help Groups in implementation of the scheme will be encouraged.
• Use of locally grown traditional food items for a fillip to local economic growth will be
encouraged.
• Field visits for progress monitoring and inspections will be facilitated for students of eminent
Universities / Institutions and also trainee teachers of Regional Institutes of Educations (RIE) and
District Institutes of Education and Training (DIET).
• Under PM Poshan Shakti Nirman or PM POSHAN scheme, 24 lakh more children in pre-primary
classes, currently covered under the ICDS, will also be brought in.
• Under the revamped scheme, the central government will ensure Direct Beneficiary Transfer
(DBT) from states to schools.
• On the nutritional aspect, a nutrition expert is to be appointed in each school whose
responsibility is to ensure that health aspects such as BMI, weight and haemoglobin levels are
addressed.
• If states want to add extra items on the menu, such as milk and fruits, or other nutritional items
apart from the vegetables, grains and pulses suggested by the Centre, they can do so with the
Centre’s approval so long as it falls within the allocated budget.
Financial Outlay
• Total Scheme Budget - Rs 130794.90 crore
o Central Government - Rs 54061.73 crores
o State Governments & UT administrations - Rs 31733.17 crore
o Central Government will also bear additional cost of about Rs 45000 crore on food grains.
195 Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

Launch Year: 2001
This scheme has been subsumed under Samagra Shiksha Abhiyaan.
Aim
• Universal access and retention.
• Bridging of gender and social category gaps.
• Enhancing the learning levels of children.
Key Features
• SSA is being implemented in partnership with State Governments to cover the entire country.
• The programme seeks to open new schools in those habitations which do not have schooling
facilities and strengthen existing school infrastructure through provision of additional class
rooms, toilets, drinking water, maintenance grant and school improvement grants.
• Existing schools with inadequate teacher strength are provided with additional teachers, while
the capacity of existing teachers is being strengthened by extensive training, grants for
developing teaching-learning materials and strengthening of the academic support structure at
a cluster, block and district level.
• SSA seeks to provide quality elementary education including life skills. SSA has a special focus on
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195.1 Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat

Launch Year: 2014
Objectives
• To enable children to become motivated, independent and engaged readers and writers with
comprehension possessing sustainable and lasting reading and writing skills and achieve learning
levels appropriate to the class of study.
• To make the children understand the reasoning in the domains of number, measurement and
shapes and enable them to become independent in problem solving by way of numeracy and
spatial understanding skills.
• To associate reading and writing with the experience of joy and real life situations.
• To recognize social perspective of home- school transition and the role of children’s literature in
the process of building independent and engaged readers and writers
Key Features
• It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme implemented to support the States/UTs for universalization
of elementary education.
• Central Government has taken various steps towards the implementation of the programme of
PBBB, which inter-alia, include –
o Preparation of special bridge materials for States having a high tribal population
o Provisioning of free textbooks, development and procurement of supplementary reading
material
o in-service teacher training
o Having dedicated teachers for foundational classes and maintaining the required Pupil
Teacher Ratio (PTR) as prescribed under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory
Education (RTE) Act, 2009.
• It is planned in a twin track approach i.e.
o To improve language development by creating an enduring interest in reading and
writing with comprehension
o To create a natural and positive interest in mathematics related to the physical and social
world.
• The two tracks of Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat are:
o Early Reading and Writing with Comprehension
o Early Mathematics
195.2 Shagun Portal

Launch Year: 2017
Aim
To capture and showcase innovations and progress in Elementary Education sector of India by
continuous monitoring of the flagship scheme - Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA).
Key Features
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Twin Track Approach
• Repository with an engaging interface that focuses on positive stories and developments in the
field of School Education. Best practices will be documented in the form of videos, testimonials,
case studies, and images.
• Online monitoring module to measure state-level performance and progress against key
educational indicators. Track the efficiency with which SSA funds are being utilized and results
are being delivered
195.3 Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalya Scheme

Launch Year: 2004
Aim
To ensure that quality education is feasible and accessible to the girls of disadvantaged groups of
society by setting up residential schools with boarding facilities at elementary level.
Key Features
• Scheme provides for access and quality education to girls from disadvantaged groups of girls in
the age group of 10-18 years aspiring to study in Classes VI to XII, belonging to SC, ST, OBC,
Minority communities and BPL families to ensure smooth transition of girls from elementary to
secondary and upto class XII wherever possible.
• KGBV provides the facility to have at-least one residential school for girls from Classes VI-XII in
every educationally backward block (EBBs).
• The scheme provides for a minimum reservation of 75% of the seats for girls belonging to SC,
ST, OBC or minority communities and priority for the remaining 25%, is accorded to girls from
families below poverty line.
The Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya scheme was merged with Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan in the XIth
Plan with effect from 2008.
195.4 Vidyanjali
Launch Year: 2016
Key Features
• Volunteers under the programme will offer their services to Government schools through an
online portal developed by MyGov.in.
• The volunteers will act as mentors, confidantes and communicators with children.
• The Vidyanjali programme is voluntary in nature and States/UTs that are willing may join the
programme.
• Vidyanjali is an initiative to involve people from Indian Diaspora, retired teachers, retired
government officials including retired defence personnel, retired professionals and women
who are home makers, having graduation degree to strengthen co-scholastic activities in schools
such as reading in Government run elementary schools through the services of volunteers across
the country under the overall aegis of the Sarva Shikhsa Abhiyan (SSA).

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• Vidyanjali 2.0 is a portal that will facilitate donations, contributions from Corporate Social
Responsibility funds, and volunteering, all aimed at developing and improving schools.
195.5 Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan

Launch Year: 2015
Objectives
• To enable children to become motivated and engaged in Science, Mathematics and Technology
(SMT) through observation, experimentation, inference drawing, model building, rational
reasoning, testability etc.
• To create curiosity, excitement and exploration among school children in Science, Mathematics
and Technology.
• To create a culture of thinking, inventing, tinkering and doing to promote enquiry based
learning in Schools.
• To achieve learning levels appropriate to the class of study in Science and Mathematics.
• To encourage and nurture schools to be incubators of Innovation.
Students in the age-group of 6-18 years.
Key Features
One of the interventions under RAA is strengthening of school Science and Mathematics
laboratories, through the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA).
Approach
• It is planned to provide nourishing and nurturing support to and a platform for schools in a dual
track approach to make Science, Mathematics and Technology exciting to children and
encourage them to have an enduring interest both inside classroom and outside classroom
activities.
• Government schools will be mentored by Institutes like IITs/IIMs/IISERs and other Central
Universities and reputed organizations through innovative programmes, student exchanges,
demonstrations, student visits, etc.
196 Centrally Sponsored Scheme on Teacher Education

Launch Year: 1987
• A Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Restructuring and Reorganization of Teacher Education
that was launched in 1987.
• The Central Government entrusted the National Council for Educational Research & Training
(NCERT) to evaluate the Teacher Education Scheme. As a result, Teacher Education Scheme
was revised under 10th Five Year Plan.
Aim
To create a sound institutional infrastructure for pre-service and in-service training of elementary
and secondary school teachers and for provision of academic resource support to elementary and
secondary schools.
Key Features

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Components
• Setting up of District Institutes of Education and Training (DIETs).
• Strengthening of Secondary Teachers Education Institutions into Colleges of Teacher Education
(CTEs) and Institutes of Advanced Study in Education (IASEs).
• Strengthening of State Councils of Educational Research and Training (SCERTs).
Revised Scheme
• The Scheme was revised under the X Plan, with the following main objectives
o Speedy completion of DIET/CTE/IASE/SCERT projects, which have been sanctioned but
not completed up to the end of the IX Plan period.
o Making DIETs, CTEs, IASEs sanctioned (and SCERTs strengthened) upto the IX Plan
period, optimally functional and operational.
o Sanction and implementation of fresh DIET/CTE/IASE/SCERT projects to the extent
necessary.
o Improvement in the quality of programmes being undertaken by DIETs, etc. – especially
those of pre-service and in-service training, so as to enable them to effectively play their
nodal role of improving quality of elementary and secondary education in their
respective jurisdiction, as measured in terms of levels of learner achievement.
197 National Apprenticeship Training Scheme (NATS)

Aim
• Enhance the employability of students who have successfully completed the apprenticeship
training
• To raise the standards of skill level by strengthening the skill ecosystem
• To provide employment to approximately 7 lakh youths in the next five years
Key Features
• This scheme in India is a one year programme equipping technically qualified youth with
practical knowledge and skills required in their field of work.
• The Apprentices are imparted training by the organizations at their place of work.
• During the period of apprenticeship, the apprentices are paid a stipend amount, 50% of which is
reimbursable to the employer from Government of India (GoI).
• At the end of the training period the apprentices are issued a Certificate of Proficiency by GoI
which can be registered at all employment exchanges across India as valid employment
experience.
• The apprentices are placed for training at Central, State and Private organizations which have
excellent training facilities.
• The scope of NATS has further been expanded to include students from Humanities, Science
and Commerce besides students from engineering stream.
• The apprentices who have completed graduate and diploma programme in Engineering,
Humanities, Science and Commerce will be given stipend of Rs.9,000 and Rs.8,000 per month
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• This increased expenditure on apprenticeship is in line with the thrust which National Education
Policy 2020 has given to apprenticeship.
• The NATS will provide apprenticeship in the emerging areas under ‘Production Linked Incentive’
(PLI) such as Mobile manufacturing, Medical devices manufacturing, Pharma sector,
Electronics/Technology products, Automobile sector etc.
• The scheme will also be preparing skilled manpower for connectivity/logistics industry sectors,
identified under Gati Shakti.
• The scheme envisages training of about 8.57 lakhs students during next five years i.e. from 01
April 2021 to 31 March 2026 for which the outlay of the scheme has also been enhanced to Rs
3,054 crores.
198 Academic Bank of Credits (ABC) Scheme

Beneficiaries
Students belonging to eligible Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) can avail the facility of ABC
Key Features
• It is set-up by the University Grants Commission (UGC).
• As per National Education Policy 2020, the Academic Bank of Credits (ABC) has been envisaged to
facilitate the academic mobility of students with the freedom to study across the Higher Education
Institutions in the country with an appropriate "credit transfer" mechanism from one programme to
another, leading to attain a Degree/ Diploma/PG-diploma, etc.
• It will enable students to leave a degree or course and get a corresponding certification or
diploma and rejoin studies after a certain time and be able to start from where they had left.
o Thus students will be given multiple entry and exit options.
• It will also provide students with the flexibility to move between institutes while pursuing one
degree or leave a course.
• ABC will help in credit verification, credit accumulation, credit transfer and redemption of
students, and promotion of the students.
• Students can earn up to 40% of their credits in online Swayam classes, rather than in the
physical classroom. In the future, these credits will hold validity across different institutions.
• The academic credit bank, will have to be adopted separately by the academic council of each
university to start its implementation.
• One of the benefit is that it stores student credit for a minimum shelf life of 7 years
Ministry of Finance
199 Special Assistance to States for Capital Expenditure for 2021-22
Launch Year: 2021
Aim
This scheme has been launched in view of a higher multiplier effect of capital expenditure and to
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pandemic.
Key Features
• Under the Scheme, financial assistance is provided to the State Governments in the form of 50-
year interest free loan.
• Funds provided to the States under the scheme by the Government of India shall be used for
new and ongoing capital projects, for long term benefit to the State.
• The funds may also be used for settling pending bills in ongoing capital projects.
The Scheme has three parts.
o Part-I: This part of the scheme is for the North-East and Hill States and an amount of
Rs.2,600 crore has been earmarked for this part. Out of this, Assam, Himachal Pradesh
and Uttarakhand will get Rs 400 crore each while remaining States in this group have
been allocated Rs 200 crore each.
o Part-II: This part of the scheme is for all other States not included in Part-I. An amount of
Rs 7,400 crore is earmarked for this part. This amount has been allocated amongst these
States in proportion to their share of central taxes as per the award of the 15th Finance
Commission for the year 2021-22.
o Part-III: This part of the scheme is for providing incentives to States for
monetization/recycling of infrastructure assets and disinvestment of the State Public
Sector Enterprises (SPSEs). An amount of Rs.5,000 crore is allocated for this part of the
scheme. Under this part, States will receive interest free 50 years loan ranging from 33%
to 100% of the amount realised by them, through assets monetization, listing and
disinvestment.
200 E-Assessment Scheme/Faceless Assessment Scheme

Launch Year: 2019
• From 13 August 2020, the E-Assessment scheme of 2019 stands amended and hence known as
the Faceless Assessment scheme.
Aim
• To eliminate the human interface between the taxpayer and the income tax department.
Key Features
• For the purpose of faceless assessment, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) would set up
an institution called National e-Assessment Centre (NeAC).
o There would be a NeAC is Delhi to be headed by Principal Chief Commissioner of Income
Tax (Pr.CCIT).
• There are 8 Regional e-Assessment Centres (ReAC) set up at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata
Ahmedabad, Pune, Bengaluru and Hyderabad which would comprise Assessment unit, Review
unit, Technical unit and Verification units.
• Assessment units’ for identifying points or issues, material for the determination of any liability
(including refund), analysing information, and such other functions.
• ‘Verification units’ for enquiry, cross verification, examination of books of accounts, witness and
recording of statements, and such other functions.
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forensic, information technology, valuation, transfer pricing, data analytics, management or any
other technical matter.
• ‘Review units’ for reviewing the draft assessment order to check whether the facts, relevant
evidence and law and judicial decisions have been considered in the draft order.
• Cases for the specified work will be assigned by the NeAC to different units by way of automated
allocation systems.
201 Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme

Launch Year: 2020
Objectives
• To provide fully guaranteed and collateral free additional credit to MSMEs, business enterprises,
MUDRA borrowers and individual loans for business purposes
Key Features
• Scheme was launched as part of the Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan package to mitigate the
distress caused by COVID-induced lockdown, by providing credit to different sectors, especially
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
• 100% guarantee coverage is being provided by the National Credit Guarantee Trustee Company,
whereas Banks and Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) provide loans.
• Interest rates under the Scheme are capped at 9.25% for Banks and Financial Institutions (FIs),
and 14% for NBFCs.
• Corpus Fund – Rs 41,600 crore with additional funding of up to Rs. 3 lakh crore to eligible
MSMEs and interested MUDRA borrowers.
• Tenure – Maximum tenure of 4 years from the date of disbursement
• Moratorium Period – on principal amount is 1 year
• Government has extended the scope of ECLGS through introduction of ECLGS 3.0 to cover
business enterprises in Hospitality, Travel & Tourism, Leisure & Sporting sectors.
• ECLGS 4.0: 100% guarantee cover to loans up to Rs 2 crore to hospitals / nursing homes / clinics
/ medical colleges for setting up on-site oxygen generation plants, interest rate capped at 7.5%.
• Current ceiling of Rs. 500 crore of loan outstanding for eligibility under ECLGS 3.0 to be
removed, subject to maximum additional ECLGS assistance to each borrower being limited to
40% or Rs 200 crore, whichever is lower.
• Scheme would be applicable to all eligible loans sanctioned under Guaranteed Emergency Credit
Line (GECL) till 30 September 2021, or till an amount of Rs 4.5 lakh crore is sanctioned under the
GECL, whichever is earlier.
• Central Government, has decided to extend the timeline of ECLGS till 31st March 2022 or till
guarantees of Rs 4.5 lakh crore are issued under the scheme, whichever is earlier.
o Also, the last date of disbursement under the scheme has also been extended to 30th
June 2022.
202 Leave Travel Concession (LTC) Cash Voucher Scheme

Launch Year: 2020

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Objectives
Providing cash vouchers for travelling and buying items
• Central/ State Government employees
• The same benefits will be available to private-sector employees if the employers decide to offer
the scheme to their employees and they decide to avail it.
Key Features
• An employee, opting for this scheme, will be required to buy goods/services worth 3 times the
fare and 1 time the leave encashment before 31st March 2021.
• The money must be spent on goods attracting GST of 12% or more from a GST registered
vendor through digital mode.
• In lieu of one LTC during 2018-21, employees will receive cash payment.
• Under the scheme, a private sector employee can claim maximum tax exemption of Rs 36,000
per person.
• In order to provide relief to employees, it is proposed to insert second proviso in clause 5 of
section 10, so as to provide tax exemption to the amount given to an employee in lieu of LTC
subject to incurring of specified expenditure.
o This amendment will take effect from 1st April, 2021 and will, apply in relation to the
assessment year 2021-2022 only.
• About LTC
o Leave Travel Concession: Central government employees get LTC in a block of 4 years,
one each to a destination of choice and home town or two for home town.
o Central Government employees get LTC in a block of 4 years in which air or rail fare, as
per pay scale/entitlement, is reimbursed and in addition, Leave encashment of 10 days
(pay + DA) is paid.
203 Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme

Launch Year: 2020
Objectives
• Reduce income tax pending litigation
• Generate timely revenues for the Government
• Help taxpayers end their tax disputes with the department by paying disputed tax and get
waiver from payment of interest and penalty. Also get immunity from prosecution.
• Disputed tax can also include the tax determined on default in respect of tax deducted at source
(TDS) or tax collected at source (TCS).
• Commissioner (Appeals), Income Tax Appellate Tribunals (ITATs), Debt Recovery Tribunals
(DRTs), High Courts and the Supreme Court- on or before 31 Jan 2020.
Key Features
• In case of payment of tax, a taxpayer would be required to pay only the amount of the disputed
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by March 31, 2020.
• But, if the tax arrears relate to disputed interest or penalty only, then 25% of disputed penalty
or interest will have to be paid.
• Those who avail this scheme after March 31, 2020 will have to pay some additional amount.
• Immunity to Appellant: Once a dispute is resolved, the designated authority cannot levy interest
or penalty in relation to that dispute.
• Further, no appellate forum can make a decision in relation to the matter of dispute once it is
resolved.
o Revival of Disputes: However, if an appellant provides false information or violates the
Income Tax Act, 1961, then case of dispute can be revived.
• Exclusion: Search cases if disputed tax in a year is more than Rs.5 crore.
o Cases where prosecution has been initiated by the department under Income-tax Act or
under Indian Penal Code.
o Cases involving undisclosed foreign income and assets.
o Cases involving Benami, Unlawful activities, Narcotics, Corruption, smuggling, Money
laundering.
Nodal Agency: Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to issue such orders, instructions and
directions to the income-tax authorities for the proper administration of the Act.
204 Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme

Launch Year: 2019
Aim
To help taxpayers, including small taxpayers, in clearing the baggage of disputes under legacy taxes
(Service Tax and Central Excise), which are subsumed in GST
Objectives
To free a large segment of the taxpayers from the legacy taxes as possible, the relief given
thereunder is substantial.
Exclusion Criteria
• Cases in respect of excisable goods set forth in the Fourth Schedule to the Central Excise Act,
1944
• Cases for which the taxpayer has been convicted under the Central Excise Act, 1944 or the
Finance Act, 1994
• Cases involving erroneous refunds
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Key Features
• Component
o The dispute resolution component is aimed at liquidating the legacy cases of Central
Excise and Service Tax that are subsumed in GST and are pending in litigation at various
forums.
o The amnesty component of the Scheme offers an opportunity to the taxpayers to pay the
outstanding tax and be free of any other consequence under the law
• Benefits under the Scheme
o Total waiver of interest, penalty and fine
o Immunity from prosecution
o Cases pending in adjudication or appeal, a relief of 70% from the duty demand if it is Rs
50 Lakh or less and 50% if it is more than Rs 50 Lakh
▪ The same relief for cases under investigation and audit where the duty involved is
quantified on or before 30th June 2019
o In case of an amount in arrears, the relief offered is 60% of the confirmed duty amount if
the same is Rs 50 Lakh or less and it is 40% in other cases
o In cases of voluntary disclosure, the declarant will have to pay full amount of disclosed
duty.
205 Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana (PMVVY)

Launch Year: 2017
Aim
• To protect elderly persons aged 60 years and above against a future fall in their interest income
due to the uncertain market conditions.
• To provide social security during old age.
Eligibility Criteria Policy term
• Minimum Entry Age: 60 years (completed)
• Maximum Entry Age: No limit
Key Features
• The scheme is exempted from Service Tax/ GST.
• Pension is payable at the end of each period, during the policy term of 10 years, as per the
frequency of monthly/ quarterly/ half-yearly/ yearly as chosen by the pensioner at the time of
purchase.
• On survival of the pensioner to the end of the policy term of 10 years, Purchase price along with
final pension installment shall be payable.
• The scheme also allows for premature exit for the treatment of any critical/ terminal illness of
self or spouse. On such premature exit, 98% of the Purchase Price shall be refunded.
• On death of the pensioner during the policy term of 10 years, the benefits will be forwarded to
nominees.
• The ceiling of maximum pension is for a family as a whole, the family will comprise of pensioner,
his/her spouse and dependants.
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purchased online, the free look period is 30 days.
• This scheme does not provide tax deduction benefit under section 80C of the Income Tax Act.
Returns from this scheme will be taxed as per existing tax laws.
Policy Term and other Conditions

• Policy Term: 10 years
• Investment limit: Rs 15 lakh per senior citizen (Note: Originally the investment limit is Rs 7.5 lakh
which was doubled in 2018)
• The minimum investment has been revised to Rs.1,56,658 for pension of Rs.12,000/- per
annum and Rs.1,62,162/- for getting a minimum pension amount of Rs.1000/- per month under
the scheme.
• Aadhar has been made mandatory to avail the benefit of the scheme.
Scheme Validity
• The scheme is now extended up to 31st March, 2023 for a further period of three years beyond
31st March, 2020.
Implementing Agency: Life Insurance Corporation
Benefits:
• The scheme’s return has been aligned with the post office Senior Citizen’s Savings scheme,
with a cap of 7.75%. It will be reset every year.
• Finance Minister will approve an annual reset rate of return at the beginning of every financial
year.
• The differential return, i.e. the difference between return generated by LIC and the assured
return of 8% per annum would be borne by Government of India as subsidy on an annual basis.
• Loan up to 75% of Purchase Price shall be allowed after 3 policy years (to meet the liquidity
needs).
o The interest on the loan will be recovered from the pension payment that is being made
through NEFT or Aadhaar-enabled payment system.
206 Stand Up India Scheme

Launch Year: 2016
Aim
Promoting entrepreneurship among women and scheduled castes and tribes.
Objectives
To facilitate bank loans between Rs 10 lakh and Rs 1 Crore to at least one Scheduled Caste (SC) or
Scheduled Tribe (ST) borrower and at least one-woman borrower per bank branch for setting up a
greenfield enterprise.
• SC/ST and/or women entrepreneurs above 18 years of age.
• Loans under the scheme is available only for greenfield projects. Greenfield signifies first time
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• In case of non-individual enterprises, 51% of the shareholding and controlling stake should be
held by either SC/ST and/or Women Entrepreneur.
• Borrower should not be in default to any bank/financial institution.
• The borrower shall be required to bring in a minimum of 10% of the project cost as his own
contribution.
Key Features
• Tagline: Endeavour and Prosper
• Government does not allocate funds for loans under the Stand Up lndia Scheme.
• The scheme would be operated by all the branches of scheduled commercial banks of India.
• Refinance window through Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) with initial
amount of Rs 10,000 crore
• The offices of SIDBI and NABARD are designated as Stand-up Connect Centres, who will arrange
for the support required.
• Size of Loan: Composite loan of 85% of the project cost inclusive of term loan and working
capital. The stipulation of the loan being expected to cover 85% of the project cost would not
apply if the borrower’s contribution along with convergence support from any other schemes
exceeds 15% of the project cost.
• Interest Rate: The rate of interest would be lowest applicable rate of the bank for that category
(rating category) not to exceed (base rate (MCLR) + 3%+ tenor premium).
• Security: Besides primary security, the loan may be secured by collateral security or guarantee
of Credit Guarantee Fund Scheme for Stand-Up India Loans (CGFSIL) as decided by the banks.
• Repayment: The loan is repayable in 7 years with a maximum moratorium period of 18 months.
• Working Capital: For drawal of Working capital up to 10 lakh, the same may be sanctioned by
way of overdraft. Rupay debit card to be issued for convenience of the borrower. Working
capital limit above 10 lakh to be sanctioned by way of Cash Credit limit.
• Margin Money: The margin money requirement for loans under this has been reduced from
‘upto 25%’ to ‘upto 15%’. Activities allied to agriculture have been included in the Scheme.
• This scheme has been extended up to the year 2025.
207 Atal Pension Yojana

Launch Year: 2015 (It had replaced Swavalamban scheme)
Aim
To address the longevity risks among the workers in unorganized sector and to encourage the
workers in unorganized sector to voluntarily save for their retirement.
• It is open to all bank account holders aged between 18-40 years.
• The focus will be on unorganized sector workers.
• Should make contributions for a minimum of 20 years.
Key Features
• Subscribers can make contributions to APY on monthly/ quarterly / half-yearly basis.
• Voluntary exit in APY is permitted. In case a subscriber, who has availed Government co-
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contribution under APY, chooses to voluntarily exit APY at a future date, he shall only be
refunded the contributions made by him to APY, along with the net actual accrued income
earned on his contributions (after deducting the account maintenance charges).
• The Government co-contribution, and the accrued income earned on the Government co-
contribution, shall not be returned to such subscribers.
• Enrolment Agencies: All Points of Presence (Service Providers) and Aggregators under
Swavalamban Scheme would enrol subscribers through architecture of National Pension System.
• Fixed pension for the subscribers ranging between Rs. 1000 to Rs. 5000 (subscribers would start
receiving the pension from the age of 60 years). The contribution levels would vary and would
be low if subscriber joins early and increase if he joins late.
• The monthly pension would be available to the subscriber, and after him to his spouse and
after their death, the pension corpus, as accumulated at age 60 of the subscriber, would be
returned to the nominee of the subscriber.
• In case of premature death of subscriber (death before 60 years of age), spouse of the
subscriber can continue contribution to APY account of the subscriber, for the remaining vesting
period, till the original subscriber would have attained the age of 60 years.
• In case of death of subscriber, the spouse of the subscriber shall be entitled for the same
amount of pension till his or her death.
Funding Assistance
Government would provide:
• Fixed pension guarantee for the subscribers;
• Would co-contribute 50% of the subscriber contribution or Rs. 1000 per annum, whichever is
lower, to eligible subscribers for period of 5 years (have joined APY between 1 June 2015 and 31
March 2016), those who are not covered by any Statutory Social Security Schemes and is not
income taxpayer);
• Would also reimburse the promotional and development activities including incentive to the
contribution collection agencies to encourage people to join the APY.
Implementing Agency
Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) through National Pension System
(NPS) architecture
The existing subscribers of Swavalamban Scheme would be automatically migrated to APY, unless
they opt out.
208 Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY)

Launch Year: 2015
Aim
To enhance the level of insurance penetration in the country and to provide insurance cover to
common people especially poor and the under-privileged sections of the society. It is an accidental
death insurance scheme.
Eligibility
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• In case of multiple saving bank accounts held by an individual in one or different banks, the
person would be eligible to join the scheme through one savings bank account only.
Key Features
• Individuals who exit the scheme at any point may re-join the scheme in future years by paying
the annual premium.
• Premium: It is aimed at covering the uncovered population at a highly affordable premium of
just Rs 12 per year.
• Appropriation of Premium
o Insurance Premium to Insurance Company: Rs.10 per annum per member
o Reimbursement of Expenses to BC/Micro/Corporate/Agent : Rs.1 per annum per member
o Reimbursement of Administrative expenses to participating Bank: Rs 1 per annum per
member.
• Risk coverage:
o Rs. 2 lakh for accidental death and permanent total disability.
o Rs. 1 lakh for permanent partial disability.
o Terms of Risk Coverage: A person has to opt for the scheme every year. He/She can also
prefer to give a long-term option of continuing in which case his/her account will be auto-
debited every year by the bank.
Termination of Cover
• The accident cover of the member shall terminate / be restricted accordingly on any of the
following events:
o On attaining age 70 years (age neared birth day).
o Closure of account with the Bank or insufficiency of balance to keep the insurance in
force.
o In case a member is covered through more than one account and premium is received by
the insurance company inadvertently, insurance cover will be restricted to one account
and the premium shall be liable to be forfeited.
Implementation
• The scheme will be offered by Public Sector General Insurance Companies or any other General
Insurance Company who are willing to offer the product on similar terms with necessary
approvals and tie up with banks for this purpose.
• Participating Bank will be the Master policy holder on behalf of the participating subscribers.
• It will be the responsibility of the participating bank to recover the appropriate annual
premium in one instalment, as per the option, from the account holders on or before the due
date through ‘auto-debit’ process and transfer the amount due to the insurance company.
• Government has converged the social security schemes of Aam Aadmi Bima Yojana (AABY) with
Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) and Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana
(PMSBY) to provide life and disability coverage to the unorganised workers depending upon
their eligibility.
• Ministry of Labour and Employment has been implementing the Converged PMJJBY and
PMSBY, since June 2017.
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• These converged schemes are being implemented by Life Insurance Corporation of India.
• The annual premium is shared on 50:50 basis by the Central Government and the State
Governments. The new enrolment shall only be done under converged PMJJBY/PMSBY.
209 Vidya Lakshmi Portal Education Loan Scheme

Launch Year: 2015
Aim
To provide easy and effective system to for students regarding educational loans.
Goal
No students should miss out on higher education for lack of funds
Key Features
• Developed by: NSDL e-Governance Infrastructure Limited in collaboration with the Department
of Financial Services, Department of Higher Education, Indian Banks Association.
• Portal is especially launched for those Students who are looking for education loans.
• Portal will provide help through single window for students to access any information regarding
educational loans as well as government scholarships.
• Common Educational Loan Application Form for Students
• Apply to multiple Banks for Educational Loans
• Facility for Banks to download Students Loan Applications
• Facility for Banks to upload loan processing status
• Facility for Students to email grievances/queries relating to Educational Loans to Banks
• Linkage to National Scholarship Portal for information and application for Govt Scholarships
210 Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY)

Launch Year: 2015
Aim
To enhance the level of insurance penetration in the country and to provide insurance cover to
common people especially poor and the under-privileged sections of the society.
• Persons in the age group of 18 to 50 years having a savings bank account who give their consent
to join / enable auto-debit.
• Subject to annual renewal, benefits are available till the age of 55 (entry, however, will not be
possible beyond the age of 50 years).
Key Features
• The policy provides life coverage for 1 year and the insured can renew the policy every year.
o The cover period under this Scheme is 1st June of each year to 31st May of subsequent
year.
• According to one’s own choice, the insured can walk out of the scheme at any time and rejoin it
in future.
• Premium: Rs.330/- per annum per member and is renewable every year.
• Risk Coverage: Rs.2 Lakh in case of death for any reason.
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• Risk cover under PMJJBY is applicable only after the first 45 days of enrolment.
Implementation: The scheme will be offered by Life Insurance Corporation and all other life
insurers who are willing to join the scheme and tie-up with banks for this purpose.
211 Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY)

Launch Year: 2015
Aim
• To fund the unfunded
• To provide loans up to 10 lakh to non-corporate, non-farm, small/micro enterprises.
• Any Indian Citizen who has a business plan for a non-farm sector income generating activity
such as manufacturing, processing, trading or service sector, and
• Whose credit need is less than Rs 10 lakh can approach either a Bank, MFI, or NBFC for availing
of Micro Units Development & Refinance Agency Ltd. (MUDRA) loans under Pradhan Mantri
Mudra Yojana (PMMY).
Key Features
• To mitigate the issue of collateral and to provide comfort to the lending institutions, a Credit
Guarantee Product is extended by creation of a Fund called “Credit Guarantee Fund for Micro
Units” (CGFMU).
• The Scheme is being managed by National Credit Guarantee Trustee Company Ltd. (NCGTC), an
agency promoted by the GOI.
• MUDRA Card is a debit card issued against the MUDRA loan account. The borrower can make
use of MUDRA Card in multiple drawals and credits, so as to manage the working capital limit in
cost-efficient manner and keep the interest burden minimum
• No processing fee
• No collateral
• Repayment period of loan is extended up to 5 years
• Applicant should not be defaulter of any Bank / Financial Institution
• All banks viz. Public Sector banks, Private Sector Banks, Regional Rural Banks, Co-operative
Banks, Foreign Banks and Non-Banking Finance Companies (NBFCs)/ Micro Finance Institutions
(MFIs) are required to lend under the scheme.
Components
• Under the MUDRA scheme, 3 types of loans allotted by Micro Units’ Development and
Refinance Agency (MUDRA) Bank are:
o Shishu: covering loans upto Rs. 50,000
o Kishor: covering loans above Rs. 50,000 and upto 5 lakhs
o Tarun: covering loans above Rs. 5 lakh and up to 10 lakhs
Funding Support
• Micro Credit Scheme (MCS) for loans up to 1 lakh finance through MFIs.
• Refinance Scheme for Commercial Banks / Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) / Small Finance Banks /
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What is MUDRA Bank?
• MUDRA Bank is a public sector financial institution in India which was set up under Pradhan
Mantri MUDRA Yojana.
• It provides loans at low rates to micro-finance institutions and non-banking financial institutions
which then provide credit to MSMEs.
212 Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme

Launch Year: 2015
Aim
To help reduce India’s over dependence on gold imports and change the habits of Indians from
saving in physical form of gold to a paper form with Sovereign backing.
• Persons resident in India as defined under Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 are eligible
to invest in SGB.
• Eligible investors include individuals, HUFs, trusts, universities and charitable institutions.
• Individual investors with subsequent change in residential status from resident to non-resident
may continue to hold SGB till early redemption/maturity.
Key Features
• The Bonds will be denominated in multiples of gram(s) of gold with a basic unit of 1 gram.
• The investment limit per fiscal year is 4 kg for individuals, 4 Kg for Hindu Undivided Family (HUF)
and 20 Kg for Trusts and similar entities notified by the Government from time to time.
• The Government will issue bonds with a rate of interest which will be calculated on the value of
the gold at the time of investment.
• Bonds will be available both in demat and paper form.
• Bonds can be used as collateral for loans.
• On maturity, the redemption will be in rupee amount only which would not be a fixed sum but
linked to the price of gold.
• The Bonds bear interest at the rate of 2.50% (fixed rate) per annum on the amount of initial
investment.
o Interest will be credited semi-annually to the bank account of the investor and the last
interest will be payable on maturity along with the principal.
• Bonds will be sold through Commercial banks, Stock Holding Corporation of India Limited
(SHCIL), designated post offices (as may be notified) and recognised stock exchanges viz.,
National Stock Exchange of India Limited and Bombay Stock Exchange, either directly or through
agents.
• The tenor of the bond is for a period of 8 years with an exit option after the 5th year to be
exercised on the next interest payment dates.
• The interest on Gold Bonds shall be taxable as per the provision of Income Tax Act, 1961 (43 of
1961).
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SGBs are government securities denominated in grams of gold. They are substitutes for holding
physical gold. Investors have to pay the issue price in cash and the bonds will be redeemed in cash
on maturity. The Bond is issued by Reserve Bank on behalf of Government of India.
213 Gold Monetization Scheme

Launch Year: 2015
Objectives
To mobilize gold held by households and institutions of the country and facilitate its use for
productive purposes, and in the long run, to reduce country’s reliance on the import of gold.
Persons eligible to make a deposit - Resident Indians [Individuals, HUFs, Proprietorship &
Partnership firms, Trusts including Mutual Funds/Exchange Traded Funds registered under SEBI
(Mutual Fund) Regulations, Companies, charitable institutions, Central Government, State
Government or any other entity owned by Central Government or State Government] can make
deposits under the scheme.
Key Features
• This scheme comprises of Revamped Gold Deposit Scheme and Revamped Gold Metal Loan
Scheme.
• All Scheduled Commercial Banks (exluding RRBs) banks will be eligible to implement the
scheme.
• The scheme allows banks’ customers to deposit their idle gold holdings for a fixed period in
return for interest in the range of 2.25-2.50%.
• The deposits can be made for –
o Short-term period of 1-3 years
o Medium-term period of 5-7 years and a long-term period of 12-15 years
• Issue of medium-term gold deposit (MTGD) and long-term gold deposit (LTGD) certificates by
banks will be moved to a secure digital platform, to be developed by State Bank of India.
o Thereafter, a regulated securities depository will be designated by SBI to hold the
certificates in a digital demat format.
• All deposits under the scheme shall be made at the Collection and Purity Testing Centres
(CPTC) certified by Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).
• The minimum deposit at any one time shall be 10 grams of raw gold and there is no maximum
limit for deposit under the scheme.
214 Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY)

Launch Year: 2014
Aim
To expand and make affordable access to financial services, namely, Banking/ Savings & Deposit
Accounts, Remittance, Credit, Insurance, Pension to excluded sections
Persons not having any other account
Key Features

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• It is the National Mission for Financial Inclusion to ensure access to financial services, namely a
basic savings & deposit accounts, remittance, credit, insurance, pension in an affordable manner
• Provision of zero balance bank accounts.
• Interest on deposit.
• Life insurance cover of Rs. 30,000 payable on death of the beneficiary, subject to fulfillment of
the eligibility condition.
• After satisfactory operation of the account for 6 months, overdraft facility to be permitted.
• As per extant RBI guidelines, a PMJDY account is treated as inoperative if there are no customer
induced transactions in the account for over a period of two years.
• PMJDY accounts are eligible for Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT), Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima
Yojana (PMJJBY), Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY), Atal Pension Yojana (APY),
Micro Units Development & Refinance Agency Bank (MUDRA) scheme.
Phases of Implementation
Phase I (15 August 2014 - 14 August 2015)
• Universal access to banking facilities for all households across the country through a bank branch
or a fixed point Business Correspondent (BC) within a reasonable distance.
• To cover all households with at least one basic banking account with RuPay Debit Card with
inbuilt Rs 1 lakh accident insurance cover.
• Financial literacy programme to be taken to the village level.
• Expansion of Direct Benefit Transfer under various government schemes through bank accounts
of the beneficiaries.
• Issuance of Kisan Credit Card is also proposed.
Phase II (15 August 2015 - 14 August 2018)
• Providing micro-insurance to the people.
• Unorganised sector pension schemes like Swavalamban through the Business Correspondents.
Phase III (beyond 14 August 2018)
• The flagship financial inclusion program (PMJDY) will focus on opening accounts from "every
household to every adult".
• Existing Overdraft (OD) limit of Rs 5,000 to be raised to Rs 10,000.
• There will not be any conditions attached for OD up to Rs 2,000.
• Age limit for availing OD facility to be revised from 18-60 years to 18-65 years.
• Free accidental insurance cover for RuPay card holders to be raised from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 2 lakh
to PMJDY accounts opened after 28 August 2018.
• In August 2019, RTI reveals that over Rs 1 lakh crore deposited in PMJDY accounts.
215 NPS Lite/ Swablamban Scheme

Launch Year: 2010
Objective
To secure the future of the people who are economically disadvantaged and who are not
financially well to do
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Subscribers in the age group of 18 to 60 can join NPS - Lite through the aggregator and contribute
till the age of 60.
Key Features
• Introduced by - Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA)
• It was launched for underprivileged section in unorganized sector.
• PFRDA has appointed NSDL e-Governance Infrastructure Limited as Central Recordkeeping
Agency (CRA) for NPS – Lite.
• As per the amended rule, NPS Lite subscribers are not required to continue in the scheme for a
minimum 25 years if their pension corpus is not more than Rs 1 lakh and if they are not eligible
for migrating to the Atal Pension Yojana (APY).
• The accumulated corpus of these subscribers will be calculated after deducting the
government's contribution, if any, and the returns thereon.
NPS Swablamban Scheme Summary

Eligibility
Open to eligible citizens of India, in the age group of 18–60 years. Subscriber is free to choose the
amount he/she wants to invest every year.
Key Features
• Under this, Government will contribute Rs. 1000 per year to each NPS – Swavalamban account
opened in year 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-2013 for five years as under -
o Account opened in 2010-2011 will get the benefit till 2014-2015
• NPS – Swavalamban account opened in the period 2013-2014 to 2016-2017 will get the
Swavalamban benefit up to 2016-17.
• Eligible individuals in the unorganized sector can open an account through their Aggregator and
get an Individual subscriber (NPS - Swavalamban) Account.
• Ultra-low cost structure with no minimum amount required per annum or per contribution.
Regulated by
Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA), with transparent investment
norms, regular monitoring and performance review of fund managers by NPS Trust.
216 Scheme for Financial Support to PPPs in Infrastructure (Viability Gap Funding Scheme)
Launch Year: 2006
Aim
To promote PPPs in social and Economic Infrastructure leading to efficient creation of assets and
ensuring their proper Operation and Maintenance and make the economically/socially essential
projects commercially viable
Objectives
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Government of India (Gol) and the sponsoring authority in the form of capital grant at the stage of
project construction (20%+20%).
Sub Schemes
Extension of the Scheme to Social Infrastructure:

Sub Scheme -1:
• Objective: To cater Social Sectors such as Waste-Water Treatment, Water Supply, Solid Waste
Management, Health and Education sectors etc.
o These projects face bankability issues and poor revenue streams to cater fully to capital
costs.
• Eligibility: The projects eligible under this category should have at least 100% Operational Cost
recovery.
• Contribution: The Central Government will provide a maximum of 30% of Total Project Cost
(TPC) as VGF and State Government/Sponsoring Central Ministry/Statutory Entity may provide
additional support up to 30% of TPC and the remaining project cost will come through private
participation.
Sub Scheme -2:

• Objectives: To support pilot social sectors projects.
• Eligibility: The projects may be from Health and Education sectors where there is at least 50%
Operational Cost recovery.
• Contribution:
o In such projects, the Central Government and the State Governments together will provide
up to 80% of capital expenditure and upto 50% of Operation & Maintenance (O&M) costs for
the first five years.
o The Central Government will provide a maximum of 40% of the TPC. In addition, it may
provide a maximum of 25% of Operational Costs of the project in the first five years of
commercial operations.
217 National Pension System

Launch Year: 2004
Aim
• Provide retirement income to all the citizens.
• Inculcate the habit of saving for retirement amongst the citizens.
• Any Indian Citizen, resident or non-resident or an Overseas Citizen of India between the age of
18 - 70 years.
• All new employees of Central Government service (except Armed Forces) and Central
Autonomous Bodies joining Government service on or after 1st January 2004.
• All the employees of State Governments, State Autonomous Bodies joining services after the
date of notification by the respective State Governments.
• Private sector employees and unorganized sector workers.

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Key Features
• The National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) is acting as the Central Record keeper for the
NPS.
• The subscriber will be allotted a unique PRAN which is portable and can be used from any
location in India
• NPS is structured into two tiers:
o Tier-I account - This is the non-withdrawable permanent retirement account into which
the accumulations are deposited and invested as per the option of the subscriber.
o Tier-II account -
✓ This is a voluntary withdrawable account which is allowed only when there is an
active Tier I account in the name of the subscriber.
✓ The withdrawals are permitted from this account as per the needs of the
subscriber as and when claimed.
• Tax Benefits
o Contributions made towards the NPS are eligible for an additional tax deduction up to Rs
50,000. This is over and above the Rs 1,50,000 limit of deduction available under sec
80CCD (1) or tax deductions available to individuals who make contributions under NPS.
o Government has increased the income tax exemption limit on withdrawal from NPS to
60%, from 40%, on exiting the scheme, effectively making withdrawal from the pension
scheme 100% tax-free.
Partial Withdrawal
• Such Withdrawal can happen maximum of three times during the entire tenure of subscription
if the subscriber has completed at least 3 years from the date of joining of the NPS.
• However, the 3 years rule is not applicable if the withdrawal is made for skill development, re-
skilling or any other self-development activities.
Premature Exit
• Subscriber can exit only after completion of 10 years.
• If the total accumulated corpus is less than or equal to Rs. 1 Lakh, the Subscriber can avail the
option of complete Withdrawal.
• However, if the accumulated corpus is more Rs. 1 Lakh only 20% of the accumulated funds can
be withdrawn as lump sum and remaining 80% of the accumulated pension corpus of the
Subscriber has to be utilized for purchase of an Annuity that would provide a regular monthly
pension.
Revised Guidelines
• PFRDA has permitted subscribers who join the scheme after the age of 65 years, to allocate up
to 50% of the funds in equity.
• As per the revised guidelines, the subscribers who have closed their NPS accounts will also be
allowed to start a new account as per increased age eligibility norms.
• On the exit condition, for subscribers joining NPS beyond the age of 65 years, PFRDA said that
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• Exit before the completion of three years will be treated as 'premature exit'.
o In the case of premature exit, if the corpus is less than Rs 2.5 lakh, the subscriber may
opt to withdraw the entire accumulated amount in one go.
• In case of the death of the subscriber, the entire corpus will be paid to the nominee as a lump
sum.
Implementing Agency: Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA)
Ministry of Labour and Employment

218 ESIC Covid-19 Relief Scheme
Launch Year: 2021
Ministry of Labour and Employment
Aim
To provide help and succor to the families of the Insured Persons (IPs) who died due to Covid-19
Eligibility
The worker must have been registered on ESIC online portal at least three months prior to the
diagnosis of Covid-19 disease, must be in employment on the date of diagnosis and atleast 70 days
contribution should have been paid or payable for him during a period of maximum one year
immediately preceding the diagnosis of Covid-19.
Key Features
• The scheme is valid for a period of two years from 24th March 2020.
• In the unfortunate event of death of the worker covered under ESI Act, 1948 due to Covid-19,
90% of average wages of deceased insured worker is paid to the eligible dependents of the
insured worker every month directly in their bank account.
• The spouse of the deceased worker is also eligible for medical care on nominal contribution of
Rs 120 per year.
• The scheme also covers Covid-19 related deaths of workers within 30 days after recovery from
Covid-19.
• The claim for relief with Covid positive report and death certificate of the worker can be applied
to the Branch Manager of any nearest ESIC Branch Office.
o The claim will be settled in 15 days from the date of submission of completed claim.
219 Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana

Launch Year: 2020
Objectives
• To boost employment in formal sector and incentivize creation of new employment
opportunities during the Covid recovery phase under Atmanirbhar Bharat Package 3.0.
Eligibility criteria for Establishments for getting benefits
• Establishments already registered before the commencement of this Scheme shall have to
employ, over and above the reference base, minimum two new employees (if the reference
base of employee is less than or equal to 50) and minimum five new employees (if the reference
base of employees is more than 50).
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• For new establishments getting covered & registered under EPF & MP Act, 1952 from any date
during the validity period of this Scheme from 01 October 2020 to 30 June 2021, the reference
base of employees shall be treated as Zero and benefits can be availed for all new eligible
employees.
• An employee drawing monthly wage of less than Rs. 15000 who was not working in any
establishment registered with the EPFO before 1st October 2020 and did not have a Universal
Account Number or EPF Member account number prior to 1st October 2020
• Any EPF member possessing Universal Account Number (UAN) drawing monthly wage of less
than Rs. 15000 who made exit from employment during Covid pandemic from 1 st March 2020 to
30th September 2020 and did not join employment in any EPF covered establishment up to 30th
September 2020.
Key Features
• Central Government will provide subsidy for two years in respect of new eligible employees
engaged on or after 1st October 2020 and upto 30th June 2021 at following scale:
o Establishments employing up to 1000 employees: Employee’s contributions (12% of Wages)
& Employer’s contributions (12% of wages) totalling 24% of wages
o Establishments employing more than 1000 employees: Only Employee’s EPF contributions
(12% of EPF wages)
o The scheme will be effective from October 1, 2020 and operational till 30th June 2021.
Financial Allocation & Tenure: Rs 22,810 crore (2020-2023)
Implementing Agency: Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO)
Additional Information: Recently (June 2021), Finance Minister has announced extension of Aatma
Nirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana (ABRY) till 31st March 2022.
220 Portal Santusht

Launch Year: 2020
Aim
To promote transparency, accountability, effective delivery of public services and implementation of
policies of ministry at grassroot level through constant monitoring.
Key Features
• It has been launched to monitor the implementation of labour laws and schemes at the grass-
root level through constant monitoring.
• The portal would monitor all services provided by Employees Provident Fund Organisation
(EPFO) and health insurance and services provider Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC)
to formal sector workers.
221 Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-dhan (PM-SYM) Yojana

Launch Year: 2019
Aim
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• Should be an unorganized worker.
• Entry age should be between 18 and 40 years.
• Monthly income should be Rs 15,000 or below.
• Should not be
o Engaged in Organized Sector (membership of EPF/NPS/ESIC)
o An income tax payer
Key Features
• It is a voluntary and contributory pension scheme on 50:50 basis.
• Under the scheme, each subscriber shall receive minimum assured pension of Rs 3000 per
month after attaining the age of 60 years.
• If the subscriber dies, the spouse of the beneficiary shall be entitled to receive 50% of the
pension received by the beneficiary as family pension.
o Family pension is applicable only to spouse.
• If a beneficiary has given regular contribution and died due to any cause (before age of 60
years), his/her spouse will be entitled to join and continue the scheme subsequently by
payment of regular contribution or exit the scheme as per provisions of exit and withdrawal.
• Subscriber’s contributions shall be made through ‘auto-debit’ facility from his/ her savings bank
account/ Jan- Dhan account.
• Contribution needs to be made from the date of joining till the age of 60 years.
• Monthly contribution varies from Rs. 55 per month at the age of 18 years to Rs. 200 per month
at the age of 40 years.
• Matching contribution would be made by the Central Government.
• Enrollment agencies: The enrolment will be carried out by all the Common Services Centers in
the country.
• Fund Management:
o PM-SYM will be a Central Sector Scheme administered by the Ministry of Labour and
Employment and implemented through Life Insurance Corporation of India and CSC e-
Governance Services India Limited (CSC SPV).
o LIC will be the Pension Fund Manager and responsible for Pension pay out.
Additional Requirement
• Aadhaar card
• Savings Bank Account / Jan Dhan account number with IFSC
222 Pradhan Mantri Laghu Vyapari Maan Dhaan Yojana

Launch Year: 2019
Aim
• To provide a pension for shopkeeper’s/ retail traders and self-employed persons for providing
monthly minimum assured pension of Rs 3000.
• The scheme is open to Laghu Vyaparis, who are self-employed and working as shop owners,
retail traders, rice mill owners, oil mill owners, workshop owners, commission agents, brokers of

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real estate, owners of small hotels, restaurants and other Laghu Vyaparis.
• Age group of 18-40 years
• Laghu Vyapari whose annual turnover does not exceed Rs 1.5 crore, based on self-declaration.
GSTIN is required only for those with turnover above Rs. 40 lakhs.
• Who has a savings bank account in his/her name and Aadhar number.
• The following are not eligible to join the Scheme:
o If covered under National Pension Scheme (NPS) contributed by the Central Government
or Employees’ State Insurance Corporation Scheme under the Employees’ State Insurance
Act, 1948 or Employees’ Provident Fund Scheme under the Employees’ Provident Fund
and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952.
o He is an income-tax assessee.
Key Features
• It is a voluntary and contribution based central sector scheme.
• Pension Fund
o The Central Government will establish a Pension Fund to be administered by Life
Insurance Corporation of India in consultation with the Government.
o The eligible subscriber, who joins the Scheme, shall subscribe to the Pension Fund.
o The Central Government shall also contribute to the Pension Fund the equal amount as
contributed by an eligible subscriber.
o The contribution from subscriber and government varies from Rs 55 to Rs 200 per
month.
• Benefits of the Scheme
o Each eligible subscriber under this Scheme shall receive assured minimum monthly
pension of Rs 3000 after attaining the age of 60 years.
o Benefits on disablement: If an eligible subscriber has given regular contributions and
become permanently disabled due to any cause before attaining his age of 60 years, and
is unable to continue to contribute under this Scheme, his spouse shall be entitled to
continue with the Scheme subsequently by payment of regular contribution as
applicable or exit the Scheme by receiving the share of contribution deposited by such
subscriber, with interest as actually earned thereon by the Pension Fund or the interest
at the savings bank interest rate thereon, whichever is higher.
o Benefits to the family on death of an eligible subscriber: During the receipt of pension,
if an eligible subscriber dies, his spouse shall be only entitled to receive 50% of the
pension received by such eligible subscriber, as family pension (such family pension shall
be applicable only to the spouse).
o Benefits on leaving the Pension Scheme:
✓ In case an eligible subscriber exits this Scheme within a period of less than 10
years from the date of joining the Scheme by him, then the share of
contribution by him only will be returned to him with savings bank rate of
interest payable thereon.
✓ If an eligible subscriber exits after completion of a period of 10 years or more
from the date of joining the Scheme by him but before his age of 60 years,
then his share of contribution only shall be returned to him along with
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accumulated interest thereon as actually earned by the Pension Fund or the
interest at the savings bank interest rate thereon, whichever is higher.
✓ After death of subscriber and his or her spouse, the corpus shall be credited
back to the fund.
Additional Information:
• The scheme is based on self-declaration as no documents are required except bank account and
Aadhaar Card.
• Enrolment Agency: Under the scheme, CSC e-Governance Services India Limited (CSC SPV) has
been chosen as enrolment agency
223 Samadhan (Software Application for Monitoring and Disposal, Handling of Industrial
Disputes) Portal
Launch Year: 2019
Aim
Hassle free and timely disposal of Industrial Disputes in a simple and transparent manner
Key Features
• It is for conciliation, arbitration and adjudication of the Industrial Disputes (IDs) as defined in
the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (ID Act).
• Launched on a pilot basis for workers belonging to 5 states – Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Karnataka,
Rajasthan, and Odisha
• The portal will only aid industries belonging in the central sphere, essentially public sector
companies, banks, insurance, major ports, mines, Food Corporation of India, among others.
• The main features of the Portals are: -
o Online registration for raising Industrial Dispute by the aggrieved party;
o Online submission of relevant documents;
o Instant access to documents accelerating the pace of decision making;
o Use of ICT tools for communication amongst stakeholders and;
o Online information about the current status of the Industrial Dispute
224 Atal Bimit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana

Launch Year: 2018
Aim
To financially support those who lost their jobs or rendered jobless for whatsoever reasons due to
changing employment pattern.
Eligibility Conditions for Insured Persons
• Employees covered under Section 2(9) of the ESI Act 1948 and unemployed during the period-
the relief is claimed.
• The Insured Person (IP) should have been in insurable employment for a minimum period of 2
years.
• The Insured Person should have contributed for not less than 78 days in the contribution period
immediately preceding the unemployment and minimum 78 days in one of the remaining three
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• The contingency of the unemployment should not have been as a result of any punishment for
misconduct or superannuation or voluntary retirement.
Disqualification/Termination of relief under ABVKY

1. During lock out.
2. Strike resorted to by the employees declared illegal by the competent authority.
3. Voluntary abandonment of employment/ voluntary retirement/ premature retirement.
4. Less than two years contributory service.
5. On attaining the age of superannuation.
6. Convicted (i.e. punished for false statement) under the provisions of Section 84 of the ESI Act
read with Rule 62 of the ESI (Central) Rule
7. On being re-employed elsewhere during the period he/she is in receipt of Relief under scheme.
8. Dismissal/termination under disciplinary action.
9. On death of IP
Insured persons covered under Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 for period of 2 years
continuously.
Key Features
• The scheme provides relief to the extent of 50% of the average per day earning during the
previous four contribution periods to be paid up to maximum 90 days of unemployment once in
lifetime of the Insured Person.
• Claim shall become due 30 days after date of unemployment. Earlier this period was 90 days.
• The claim of the IP need not be forwarded by the employer.
• Benefit will be settled within 15 days from date of an application.
Implementing Agency: Employee's State Insurance Corporation (ESIC)
225 PENCIL (Platform for Effective Enforcement for No Child Labour) Portal
Launch Year: 2017
Aim
To achieve the target of child labour free society
Key Features
• PENCIL is an electronic platform that aims at involving Centre, State, Districts, Governments,
civil society and the general public in achieving the target of child labour free society.
• It ensures effective enforcement of the provisions of the Child Labour Act and smooth
implementation of the National Child Labour Project (NCLP) scheme.
Components of the Platform

• Child Tracking System
• Complaint Corner
• State Government
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• Convergence.
Implementation
The Districts will nominate District Nodal Officers (DNOs) who will receive the complaints and
within 48 hours of receiving, they will check the genuineness of the complaint and take the rescue
measures in coordination with police, if the complaint is found to be genuine.
National Child Labour Project
Launch Year: 1988
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment
Objective
• To eliminate all forms of child labour.
• To identify and withdraw of all child and adolescent workers in the project area from child
labour.
• To contribute to the withdrawal of all young workers from occupation and facilitating them
with vocational training opportunities for such adolescents through the existing scheme of skill
developments.
• To create awareness amongst stakeholders, target communities, the orientation of NCLP and
other functionaries on the issues of child labour.
• To create monitoring, tracking and reporting system in Child Labour.
Applicability of the Scheme
• It applies to all child workers below 14 years of age in the identified target area.
• Adolescent workers below 18 years of age in the target area engaged in hazardous works.
• Families of Child workers in the identified target area
Funding
• NCLPS is a central sector scheme where 100% of the funding is provided by the Government of
India through the Ministry of Labour and Employment. Funds under the existing NCLP scheme
are released by the Central Government directly to the registered NCLP District Project Society.
Implementation of the Scheme
• National Child Labour Project Scheme was successfully implemented in coordination with State,
District administration and Civil society.
• Elimination of Child Labour is the joint responsibility of the Ministry of Labour and Employment
and the State Governments.
• This scheme is implemented in the areas of high concentration of child labour.
• The implementation of the project is carried out at the district level by the dedicated District
Project Society (DPS) set up for the NCLPS.
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Launch Year: 2016
Aim
• To incentivize employers for generation of new employment
• To bring informal workers to the formal workforce
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incentivizing them, and on the other hand, gets a large number of workers find jobs.
Eligibility Criteria for Establishments
• Should be registered with EPFO and have a valid Labour Identification Number (LIN) that one
can acquire under the Shram Suvidha Portal.
• Should have a valid organizational PAN.
• Should have added new employees on or after 01 April 2016.
Eligibility Criteria for Employees

• Should have joined in the establishment on or after 01 April 2016
• Should not have been a regular employee in any EPF registered establishment prior to this.
• The monthly wages of the new employee should be less than Rs. 15,001.
Key Features
• Under the scheme, Government of India is paying Employer’s full contribution i.e. 12% towards
Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) and Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS) both (as admissible
from time to time) for a period of three years to the new employees through Employees’
Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO).
• The beneficiaries registered up to 31st March, 2019 will continue to receive the benefits for 3
years from the date of registration under the scheme.
• Duration - This scheme is scheduled to be in operation for a span of 3 years.
Implementing Agency: Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO)
227 National Career Service (NCS)

Launch Year: 2015
Aim
• To bridge the gap between those who need jobs and those who want to hire them, between
people seeking career guidance and training and those who can provide the counselling and
training
• NCS brings jobseekers, employers, counselors, trainers and placement organizations together
on one platform by offering convergence of information that enlightens minds and empowers
people.
Key Features
• The NCS project reaches out to the people of this country through its three essential pillars –
o A well-designed ICT based portal which is NCS portal
o Country wide set up of Model Career Centers
o Inter-linkage with all the states through employment exchanges.
Components
• NCS Portal: The NCS Portal links job-seekers, employers, counsellors and training providers, all
through Aadhaar-based authentication. Registration is online and free of charge.
• Career Centres – Hubs of Career related services: In case people are unable to register online,
they can register themselves Development by visiting the nearest Career Centre and get
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related services. The Government is transforming Job Fairs Employment Exchanges and
University Placements Employment Information Guidance Bureaus into Career Centres.
• Call Centre - A helpline to get started on the NCS platform: A multilingual call centre to cater to
the needs of those who face difficulty in registration or have other queries. The services of the
call center are available in 7 different languages i.e Hindi, English, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam,
Tamil and Telugu.
Implemented By: Directorate General of Employment, Ministry of Labour & Employment
228 Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Shramev Jayate Programme

Launch Year: 2014
Aim
To create conducive environment for industrial development and doing business with ease and
also expanding government support to impart skill training for workers.
Sub-schemes/Initiatives
• Shram Suvidha Portal
• Labour Inspection Scheme
• Universal Account Number (UAN)
• Apprenticeship Protsahan Yojana
• Revamped Swasthya Bima Yojana
228.1 Shram Suvidha Portal

Aim
To consolidate information of Labour Inspection and its enforcement.
Key Features
• The portal facilitates businessmen to get all kinds of registrations and submit returns that are
required under labour laws at a single online window.
• It would allot Unique Labour Identification Number (LIN) to Units to facilitate online
registration.
• Bring transparency and accountability in enforcement of labour laws.
• File self-certified and simplified single online annual return for multiple labour laws to ease the
complexity of compliance.
• Unified ECR (Electronic Challan cum return) under EPFO/ESIC to encourage compliance by
reducing transaction costs and promoting ease of business.
• It would allow mandatory uploading of inspection Reports within 72 hours by the Labour
inspectors.
228.2 Labour Inspection Scheme

Aim
To bring in transparency in labour inspection.
Key Features
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• A computerized list of inspections will be generated randomly based on pre-determined
objective criteria.
• Complaints based inspections will also be determined centrally after examination based on data
and evidence.
• Mandatory uploading of Inspection Reports within 72 hours.
228.3 Universal Account Number

Aim
To improve accessibility and portability of the Provident Fund account.
Key Features
• It is a 12-digit number which is allotted by the EPFO.
• If a person has multiple member ID’s issued by multiple organizations, all the ID’s will come
under one single UAN number which will be the same for a lifetime.
• This number will not change even when an employee changes his organization.
228.4 Apprenticeship Protsahan Yojana

NOTE: The Apprenticeship Protsahan Yojana has been replaced by the National Apprenticeship
Promotion Scheme (NAPS) with effect from 2016. NAPS comes under the Ministry of Skill
Development and Entrepreneurship. We have covered this scheme separately in the document.
229 Rajiv Gandhi Shramik Kalyan Yojana (RGSKY)

Launch Year: 2005
Key Features
• The term "permanent invalidity" shall mean permanent disability arising out of non-
employment injury of 40% or more, as certified by a Medical Board constituted by the Central
or State Governments.
• The person should have been, an insured person, under the ESI Act on the date of loss of
insurable employment, on account of closure of the factory or establishment, retrenchment, or
permanent invalidity arising out of non-employment injury.
• Insured person should have contributed under the ESI Scheme, for a minimum period of five
years prior to loss of employment.
• Unemployment Allowance shall cease to be payable from the date the insured person is re-
employed elsewhere.
• An Insured Person who become unemployed after being insured three or more years, due to
closure of factory/establishment, retrenchment or permanent invalidity are entitled to :-
o Unemployment Allowance equal to 50% of the wage for a maximum period of two years
o Medical care for self and family from ESI Hospitals/Dispensaries during the period IP
receives unemployment allowance.
o Vocational Training provided for upgrading skills - Expenditure on fee/travelling
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230 Employees’ Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme
Launch Year: 1976
Objective
To provide income security to the family of a private sector employee after his/her death
Beneficiaries
All surviving dependent family members of this scheme are eligible to avail benefits of EDLI in case
of death in harness of the member
Key Features
• This scheme works in combination with EPF and Employees' Pension Scheme (EPS).
• The extent of the benefit is decided by the last drawn salary of the employee.
• The registered nominee of the EDLI scheme receives a lump-sum payment in the event of the
death of the EPF member, during the period of the service .
• It covers all active members of the employees’ provident fund.
• For availing the insurance cover, employees need not contribute any amount. It is supported by
a nominal contribution by the employer.
• The Employees’ Provident Fund Act, 1952 allows some organisations to opt out from the EDLI
scheme provided they meet some conditions.
• The benefit under this scheme is based on the monthly wages (basic + dearness allowance)
and/or the average balance in the member’s PF account, subject to minimum and maximum
limits.
o Monthly wages here are capped at Rs 15,000.
• Under this scheme, the benefits extended in case of death of a worker are - no requirement of
minimum service for payment of Gratuity, payment of family pension as per provisions under
EPF & MP Act, payment of sickness benefit of 70% of wages for 91 days in a year in the event of
worker falling sick and not being able to attend the office.
• The amount of maximum benefit has been increased from 6 lakhs to 7 lakhs to the family
members of deceased employee.
• Minimum assurance benefit of Rs 2.5 lakh to eligible family members of deceased employees
who was a member for a continuous period of 12 months in one or more establishments
preceding his death.
• It has replaced the existing provision stipulating continuous employment in the same
establishment for 12 months.
• Restoration of provision of minimum 2.5 lakh compensation retrospectively, i.e., from 15th
February 2020.
• This life insurance benefit being given to the EPFO member is free of cost for the PF/EPF
account holders. Minimal contribution by employer at 0.5% of employee's monthly wages, up
to wage ceiling of Rs 15,000, no contribution made by employee.
• Auto enrolment of PF members in EDLI scheme
• Benefit directly credited to bank account of legal heir or nominee
Nodal Agency: Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO)

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231 Employees’ State Insurance Scheme
Launch Year: 1952
Objective
Scheme provide comprehensive social security benefits like reasonable Medical Care and a range of
Cash Benefits in times of need such as employment injury, sickness, death etc.
Key Features
• Employee State Insurance scheme is an integrated measure of social Insurance embodied in
the Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948.
• The ESI Corporation extends health insurance and medical services to all those establishment
which have 10 or more workers and all those employees whose monthly wages are up to Rs
21,000 (Rs 25,000 per month for persons with disability).
• Benefits
o Medical Benefit - Full medical care to the insured person and his family members with no
ceiling on expenditure of the treatment.
o Sickness Benefit - In the form of cash compensation at the rate of 70% of wages.
o Maternity Benefit - For confinement/pregnancy is payable for 26 weeks, which is
extendable by further one month on medical advice.
o Disablement Benefit - Temporary disablement benefit (TDB) and Permanent disablement
benefit (PDB)
o Dependants Benefit - Paid in the form of monthly payment to the dependants in cases
where death is due to employment injury or occupational hazards.
o Other Benefits - Funeral Expenses, Confinement Expenses, Vocational Rehabilitation,
Physical Rehabilitation, Old Age Medical Care
o Apart from various benefits, the employees covered under ESI Scheme are also entitled
to unemployment allowance. There are two unemployment allowance schemes namely
✓ Atal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojna (ABVKY) – Covered Separately
✓ Rajiv Gandhi Shramik Kalyan Yojna (RGSKY) – Covered Separately
Funding Assistance
• The funds under the ESI scheme are primarily built out of the contribution from the employees
(Currently 0.75% of basic Pay) and employers (Currently 3.25% of basic pay) payable monthly.
• Employees, earning less than Rs 137 a day as daily wages, are exempted from payment of their
share of contribution.
• The State Governments contribute 1/8th of the expenditure of medical benefit within a per
capita ceiling of Rs 1500 per Insured Person per annum.
• Any additional expenditure incurred by the State Governments, over and above the ceiling and
not falling within the shareable pool, is borne by the State Governments concerned.
Implementing Agency: Employees' State Insurance Corporation
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232 Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship (Phase II)
Launch Year: 2021
Aim
To create opportunity for young, dynamic individuals to contribute to enhancing skill development
at the grassroots
Eligibility
• Age - 21-30 years
• Graduation degree from a recognized university
• Citizens of India.
• Proficiency in official language of state of fieldwork is mandatory.
• Preferred work experience of 0-3 years.
Key Features
• Duration: 2 years
• This scheme has been launched in collaboration with IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM-
Jammu, IIM Kozhikode, IIM Lucknow, IIM Nagpur, IIM Ranchi, IIM Udaipur and IIM
Visakhapatnam.
• Designed under Skills Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion
(SANKALP).
• Certificate Program in Public Policy and Management offered by IIMs.
• The MGNF programme has an in-built component of on-ground practical experience with the
district administration.
• It seeks to combine classroom sessions by academic partner IIMs with an intensive field
immersion at the district level to create credible plans and identify barriers in raising
employment, economic output, and promote livelihoods in rural areas
• Phase I was launched in 2019.
233 Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY 3.0)

Focus on - New-age and COVID-related skills
Objectives:
• Create an ecosystem for the youth to make informed choices on the available skilling avenues.
• Provide support to youth for skill training and certification.
• Promote sustainable Skill Centres for greater participation of private sector.
• Benefit 8 lakh youth over the scheme period (2020-21)
Key Features
• It envisages training of 8 lakh candidates over a scheme period of 2020-2021 with an outlay of
Rs. 948.90 crore.
• Cross utilization of existing infrastructure for establishment of skilling centres
• Introduction of significant reforms in the assessment ecosystem
• Creation of a pool of certified trainers through direct funding for the Training of Trainers
Program (ToT)
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States/UTs and Districts
• Coverage
o Launched in 717 districts, 28 States/8 UTs
o 729 Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendras (PMKKs), empanelled non-PMKK training centres
and more than 200 industrial training institutes under Skill India will be rolling out PMKVY
3.0 training to build a robust pool of skilled professionals.
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Launch Year: 2019 (by Directorate General of Training (DGT) has launched in collaboration with
IBM)
Key Features
• As part of the programme, a two-year advanced diploma in IT, networking and cloud
computing, co-created and designed by IBM, will be offered at the Industrial Training Institutes
(ITIs) & National Skill Training Institutes (NSTIs).
• The platform will be extended to train ITI & NSTI faculty in basic Artificial Intelligence (AI) skills.
• Skills Build will focus on personalised coaching and experiential learning.
• This platform will provide personal assessment for cognitive capabilities and personality via
MyInnerGenius (one of the world’s leading career assessment companies) to youths/students.
• They will learn basics about digital technologies as well as professional skills like resume writing,
problem solving and communication.
• Platform offers digital learning content from IBM and partners such as CodeDoor,
Coorpacademy and Skillsoft.
• The platform is deployed with the support of leading NGOs like Unnati and Edunet Foundation.
• This initiative is part of IBM’s global commitment to create a job-ready workforce and to build
the next generation of skills needed for new collar careers.
235 Skill Saathi Scheme

Aim
• Help candidates develop their skills and learning abilities.
• To counsel 1 crore candidates from the age group of 15– 35 years pan India from August 2018.
Objectives
• Create awareness about the Skill India Mission and inform the youth of India about vocational
education and its opportunities.
• Sensitize prospective candidates about available market opportunities under the Skill India
Mission
• Facilitate Psychometric Testing and Face-To-Face Counseling interventions to create an
individual-level impact to guide aspirants to make the right choice of training and subsequent
employment/entrepreneurship.
• Facilitate understanding of the concepts of New India
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students, polytechnic students, ITI students, diploma students, graduates, post-graduates, NEET
category (Not in Employment education or Training) and the youth of India at large, preferably in
the age group of 15 – 35 years.
Key Features
• Facilitate Awareness and Guidance among the Candidates about the available courses as per
their aptitude and Psychometric Test results and availability of skill training prospects.
• Counselling will be conducted on a standardized module/content as defined by NSDC/MSDE.
• Capacity Building of Counsellors to fulfil the objective of the scheme.
• Skills on Wheels – Skills on Wheels will be a part of the Skill Saathi in order to create awareness
about skill development among youth at their doorsteps.
o Specially branded vehicles shall tour the villages/towns for propagating the skill India
mission and counsel the students.
• The scheme will have outcome-based payouts.
• Mind mapping/ Psychometric test/ interest mapping would also be encouraged through
appropriate incentive structure.
236 Aspirational Skilling Abhiyan

Launch Year: 2018
Aim
To facilitate strengthening of governance and institutional infrastructure in the aspirational districts
by supporting skilling initiatives.
Objectives
• Mapping of skill profile of the district.
• Evaluation of district skill ecosystem.
• Identifying district specific challenges and potential areas of support required in the district.
• Development of District Skill Development Plan through consultation process.
• Implementation support for the work plan to the districts.
Key Features
• The program will be implemented in 117 districts of all 28 states.
• The program involves identifying challenges for skill development and designing customized
solutions to help districts meet these challenges.
• This Abhiyan has been conceived to aid and complement the Aspirational District program.
• The campaign shall support the skilling initiatives/component of the aspirational districts by
addressing district level challenges.
• Dedicated team of over 150 officers from MSDE, Directorate General of Training (DGT), National
Skill Development Agency (NSDA), National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) are being
deputed to work with these districts in three phases.
• Important elements of Programme
o Institutional mechanisms to ensure coordination among Central, State and District
Administration
✓ District Skill Committee
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o Convergence of Initiatives of the Central and State Governments
o Documentation of dissemination of best practices
o Partnering with expert organizations and leveraging their strengths and reach for
assisting districts.
o Provide Technical and Financial Assistance.
237 Skills Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion (SANKALP)
Launch Year: 2018
Aim
• To implement the mandate of the National Skill Development Mission.
• It will focus on the overall skilling ecosystem covering both Central (MSDE, NSDA and NSDC) and
State agencies.
Objectives
To address the ongoing challenges like bringing about convergence, infusing quality in skill
development programs and making them market relevant and accessible while ensuring private
participation in the context of short-term training.
Key Features
• Tenure: Till March 2023
• It is an outcome-oriented project being implemented in mission mode with the support of the
World Bank.
• SANKALP will provide market relevant training to 3.5 crore youth.
• The project focus on the overall skilling ecosystem covering both Central (MSDE, NSDA and
NSDC) and State agencies, and outcomes will be measured through Disbursement Linked
Indicators (DLIs) agreed between MSDE and the Bank.
• It has been designed to operationalize the sub-missions under the National Skill Development
Mission.
• India International Skill Centers (IISC) are being set up to train for overseas placements
Components of the Scheme
The following would be set up under SANKALP:
• National Skill Certification Body: For independent, standardized and credible skills assessment.
• National Accreditation board within NSDA: To standardize registration and accreditation criteria
for trainers & training centres for both long term and short-term skill ecosystem.
• National Skill Research Division within NSDA: To establish an independent think tank in the skills
domain to analyze the labour market trends and informs policy action.
• Development of Labour Market Information System (LMIS)
• Kaushal Mart: To ensure that skilling resources and reference material are readily available to
skill seekers through verified content providers.
• Takshila: Developed as National Portal for Trainers and Assessors, that shall manage the
database and life-cycle of trainers and assessors.
• Skills Fund: To set up industry lead and job oriented skill training institutions.
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Funding
• SANKALP is funded through three major parts:
o World Bank loan assistance of $ 500Mn (Rs. 3300 cr);in two tranche of $ 250Mn each;
under Program for Results (PforR) instrument which includes Program funding and
Technical Assistance (TA)
o States’ contribution $100 Million (Rs. 660 cr)
o Industry contribution of $75 Million (Rs 495 cr).
• MSDE has rolled out the Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship (MGNF) Programme under the
SANKALP programme to further strengthen district skill administration and the District Skill
Committees (DSCs).
• As a pilot, 75 fellows will be deputed in 75 districts.
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Launch Year: 2017
Aim
Imparting skill training to Indian youth seeking employment overseas
Objectives
• Training and certification of Indian workforce keen on overseas employment in select sectors
and job roles, in line with international standards, to facilitate overseas employment
opportunities
Key Features
• Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) and Ministry of
External Affairs (MEA)
• The short term program (of 2 weeks to one month) will prepare the candidates holistically in
taking up challenging assignments in different countries.
• It involves training them in suitable skill sets which address the requirements in
communication, trade specific knowledge and skills along with cultural orientation.
• Indian youth will be trained and certified under the scheme.
• MEA’s role would be to support Pre-Departure Orientation Training (PDOT), which will include
language and soft skills training modules.
• Training offered will also be backed by an internationally recognized assessment and
certification system.
Implemented by: National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) through its training partners in
consultation with MEA and MSDE
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Launch Year: 2016
Aim
• Create awareness through industry clusters/ geographical chambers that would address the
challenge of involvement of Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs).
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Key Features
• It is a central sector project, with half of the project outlay as World Bank assistance.
o The project falls under the Programme for Results (P4R) based category of World Bank
that ensures outcome based funding.
• It is an outcome-based project, marking a shift in government’s implementation strategy in
vocational education and training from inputs to results.
• The scheme will incentivize ITIs to improve overall performance including apprenticeship by
involving SMEs (Small Scale Enterprises), business association and industry clusters.
• It will develop robust mechanism for delivering quality skill development training by
strengthening institutions- National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), State Skill
Development Missions (SSDMs), Sector Skill Councils, ITIs and National Skill Development
Agency (NSDA) etc.
• It will support universalization of National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF) including
National Quality Assurance Framework (NQAF) across skill development schemes.
• It will provide required push to National Skill Development Mission 2015 and its various sub
missions.
• It is also aligned to flagship Government programs such as Make in India and Swachhta
Abhiyan.
240 National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS)

Launch Year: 2016
Target
To promote apprenticeship training and to increase the engagement of apprentices from 2.3 lakh
to 50 lakh cumulatively by 2020.
Eligibility and Requirements for Employers
• Employer validation through TIN/TAN and EPFO/ESIC/LIN/ any other identifier decided by Govt.
• Aadhar linked bank account
Eligibility and Requirements for Apprentices
Key Features
• NAPS has replaced Apprentice Protsahan Yojana (APY).
• Courses approved by State Government/Central Government such as PMKVY, DDU-GKY etc.
shall be linked with apprenticeship training.
• Online portal would be used for administering the implementation of the Apprenticeship
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• Scope of the Scheme: It covers all categories of apprentices except the Graduate, Technician and
Technician (Vocational) apprentices which are covered by the scheme administered by Ministry
of Education (erstwhile Ministry of Human Resource Development).
• NOTE: The Budget 2021-22 has proposed amendments to the Apprenticeship Act 1961 (as
amended in 2014) and realign the National Apprenticeship Training Scheme for post-education
apprenticeship, training of graduates and diploma holders in engineering.
Components
• Share 25% of the prescribed stipend, subject to a maximum of Rs 1,500 per month per
apprentice to the employer.
• Share of cost of basic training with Basic Training Providers (BTP); up to Rs 7,500 for 3 months/
500 hours.
• Regional Directorates of Apprenticeship Training (RDATs) under the control of Directorate
General of Training (DGT) will act as implementing agencies in their regions for Central Public
Sector Undertaking and establishments operating their business in 4 or more States.
• State Apprenticeship Advisers will act as implementing agencies for state public sector and
private establishments under their jurisdiction.
241 Pradhan Mantri YUVA Yojana (Yuva Udyamita Vikas Abhiyan)

Launch Year: 2016
Aim
• Creating an enabling ecosystem for Entrepreneurship development through Entrepreneurship
education and training.
• Advocacy and easy access to entrepreneurship support network and Promoting social
enterprises for inclusive growth.
Objectives
• Educate and equip potential and early stage entrepreneurs.
• Connect entrepreneurs in enabling networks of peers, mentors, incubators, funding and
business services.
• Coordinate and support entrepreneurs through Entrepreneurship Hubs (E-Hubs).
• Catalyze a culture shift to support aspiring entrepreneurs.
• Traditional students enrolled in degree programme across undergraduate/ postgraduate
courses/ PhD programme/ Diploma.
• School Students.
• Students in Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs).
• All citizens including unorganized sector, women, and existing entrepreneurs in rural as well as
urban areas, who would like to take up entrepreneurship education through coordination and
support programmes.
Key Features
• It is a centrally sponsored Scheme on entrepreneurship education and training.
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2020-21) through 3050 Institutes.
• Entrepreneurship Mart: Delivered through Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and will be
facilitated by faculty with in-class discussions and experimental learning.
• Creating Mentors: Creation of a national network of high quality- screened mentors by
leveraging existing networks and successful local entrepreneurs.
• Entrepreneurship Resource and Coordination Hubs (E-hubs): Establish a network of E-hubs to
coordinate and support entrepreneurship development programs.
• Entrepreneurship Promotion: Create a culture of dynamic entrepreneurship through events,
branding and marketing along with entrepreneurship research & advocacy.
• Factory on Wheels: Bring entrepreneurship and job opportunities at the door-step of under-
privileged youth from remote and rural areas.
Implementation
• The Yojana will be supported by a network of Entrepreneurship and Coordination Hubs (E-
hubs).
• The enrolled colleges, schools and ITIs under this program will be the implementation arm of
the Project.
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Launch Year: 2016
Aim
Bring online learning to the skill-aspirants registered for skill training schemes.
Objectives
• Take anytime, anywhere skilling opportunities to the skill aspirants.
• Leverage technology to further the objective behind the Skill India Mission.
• Expand the reach and effectiveness of the skilling initiative.
• Contribute towards assuring quality of the output of the skilling initiatives across the country.
Key Features
• It is an initiative of the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) under the Ministry of
Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
• The web portal (indiaskillsonline.com) is a part of the government’s Skill India campaign that
aims to provide vocational training to 1 crore workers in the next four years.
• It will provide free online courses to aspirants registered for skill training schemes that can also
be downloaded as mobile applications.
• Apart from domain specific, qualification pack courses, the website will also offer courses on soft
skills, languages, digital literacy, orientation to regional cultures as well as modules on
entrepreneurship.
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Launch Year: 2015
Aim
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• To act as an integrated platform for all skilling initiatives and schemes run by various central
ministries, state governments, NSDC and Corporates among others.
Key Features
• Skill India Portal initiative is mainly targeted at citizens seeking to enhance their existing skills.
• This portal will help in empowering skill training by creating a repository of candidates, their
skilling lifecycle, placement etc. and would be a rich data pool for better analytics, which would
empower informed decision making for future development programs.
244 Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)

Launch Year: 2015
Objectives
To enable a large number of Indian youths to take up industry-relevant skill training that will help
them in securing a better livelihood.
Target
The scheme will cover 1 crore youth during the period 2016-20 in Phase 2 (PMKVY 2.0).
Eligible Beneficiaries:
The scheme is applicable to any candidate of Indian nationality who:
• An unemployed youth, college / school dropout
• Has a verifiable identity proof - Aadhaar / Voter ID and a bank account
Key Features
• Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendras (PMKKs) were set up in districts.
Components
• Short Term Training: at PMKVY Training Centres (TCs) will benefit candidates of Indian
nationality who are either school/college dropouts or unemployed. Training in Soft Skills,
Entrepreneurship, Financial and Digital Literacy will also be imparted.
• Recognition of Prior Learning: Individuals with prior learning experience or skills shall be
assessed and certified. It aims to align the competencies of the unregulated workforce of the
country to the NSQF. MSDE has launched a dedicated portal for this.
• Special Projects: It is a platform that will facilitate trainings in special areas and/or premises of
Government bodies, Corporates or Industry bodies, and trainings in special job roles not defined
under the available Qualification Packs (QPs)/National Occupational Standards (NOSs).
• Kaushal and Rozgar Mela: Social and community mobilization is extremely critical for the
success of PMKVY. It would ensure transparency and accountability and help leverage the
cumulative knowledge of the community for better functioning.
• Placement: Placement opportunities would be provided to candidates who are trained and
certified under the scheme. Support for entrepreneurship development would also be provided.
• Monitoring: To ensure that high standards of quality are maintained by PMKVY Training Centres,
NSDC and empaneled Inspection Agencies shall use various methodologies, such as self-audit
reporting, call validations, surprise visits, and monitoring through the Skills Development
Management System (SDMS).
Implementation
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• In addition, Central / State Government affiliated training providers would also be used for
training under the scheme.
• All training providers will have to register on the SMART (Skill Management & Accreditation of
Training Centres) portal before being eligible for participating under this scheme.
• Training would include soft skills, personal grooming, behavioral change for cleanliness, good
work ethics.
• Sector Skill Councils and the State Governments would closely monitor skill training that will
happen under PMKVY.
SMART (Skill Management & Accreditation of Training Centres) Portal
• It provides a single window IT application that focusses on the Accreditation, Grading,
Affiliation and continuous monitoring of the Training Centres (TC) in the skill ecosystem.
• It intends to address issues like quality benchmarks, fostering excellence in training centres,
enabling trainees to make informed choices with regard to Training Centres etc.
• It aims at convergence of efforts of all the stakeholders in the skill ecosystem in providing the
standardized infrastructure.
Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendras
Launch Year:
• In 2017, India’s first Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra (PMKK) was inaugurated at Mandir Marg,
New Delhi.
• It has been set up Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana by National Skill Development
Corporation (NSDC) in collaboration with New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC).
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Implementing Agency: National Skill Development Corporation
Objective:
• Create benchmark institutions that demonstrate aspirational value for competency-based skill
development training.
• Focus on elements of quality, sustainability and connection with stakeholders in skills delivery
process.
Assistance
• NSDC provides the funding support in form of secured loan up to a maximum of INR 70 lakhs per
PMKK.
• PMKK are equipped to run industry-driven courses of high quality with focus on employability
and create an aspirational value for skill development training.
Key Features
• Centre Size: 3000 sq. ft. - 8000 sq. ft. built up area (depending on district population)
• Standardized external & internal branding and infrastructure requirements across all centres
• Courses based on district population catering to local youth aspirations
• Smart Classrooms, Audio-visual training aids, Biometric attendance
• Dedicated counselling, mobilization and placement cell
• Residential support as per PMKVY guidelines
• Mandatory training in the manufacturing trades, as per the PMKVY guidelines
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• Delhi Police has tied up with NSDC and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for providing
mass job linked skill training for the selected youth.
Launch Year: 2017
Aim
• The police would engage with the youth who are prone to drug addiction and other crimes.
• To connect with youth by upgrading their skill as per their competencies.
• Provide them with gainful employment.
Target Beneficiary:
• Youth in the age of 17-25 years belonging to categories such as school dropouts, juvenile
offenders, victims of crimes and families in dire state due to incarceration of the bread earner of
the family.
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Objectives
• Enable and mobilize a large number ofyouths to take up industry designed quality skill training,
become employable and earn their livelihood.
• Increase productivity of the existing workforce,and align skill training with the actual needs of
the country.
• Encourage standardisation of the Certification process and put in place the foundation for
creating a registry of skills.
• Benefit 10 million youth over the period of four years (2016- 2020).
Key Features
The scheme is being implemented through two components:
• Centrally Sponsored Centrally Managed (CSCM): This component is implemented by National
Skill Development Corporation. 75% of the PMKVY 2016-20 funds and corresponding physical
targets have been allocated under CSCM.
• Centrally Sponsored State Managed (CSSM): This component is implemented by State
Governments through State Skill Development Missions (SSDMs). 25% of the PMKVY 2016-20
funds and corresponding physical targets have been allocated under CSSM.
246 National Skill Development Mission (NSDM)

Launch Year: 2015
Aim
• To create convergence across sectors and States in terms of skill training activities.
• To expedite decision making across sectors to achieve skilling at a faster pace.
Objectives
• Create an end-to-end implementation framework for skill development which provides
opportunities for life-long learning.
• Align employer/industry demand and workforce productivity with trainees’ aspirations for
sustainable livelihoods.
• Establish and enforce cross-sectoral, nationally and internationally acceptable standards for skill
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transition into formal sector employment.
• Offer a passage for overseas employment through specific programmes mapped to global job
requirements and benchmarked to international standards.
• Enable pathways for transitioning between the vocational training system and the formal
education system, through a credit transfer system.
• Promote convergence and co-ordination between skill development efforts of all Central
Ministries/Departments/States/implementing agencies.
Mission Statement
To rapidly scale up skill development efforts in India, by creating an end-to-end, outcome-focused
implementation framework, which aligns demands of the employers for a well-trained skilled
workforce with aspirations of Indian citizens for sustainable livelihoods.
Target
NSDM envisages to train a minimum of 300 million skilled people by the year 2022.
Key Features
Mission Strategy
National Skill Development Mission will initially consist of seven sub-missions under its purview.
Each sub-mission will act as a building block for achieving the overall objectives of the Mission. Key
focus areas of the sub-mission include:
• Addressing the long-term and short-term skilling needs through revamp of existing institutional
training framework and establishing new institutions
• Undertake sector specific skill training initiatives
• Ensure convergence of existing skill development programmes
• Leverage existing public infrastructure for skilling
• Focus on training of trainers
• Facilitate overseas employment, and
• Promote sustainable livelihoods.
• The Mission will consist of a Governing Council at apex level, a Steering Committee and a
Mission Directorate (along with an Executive Committee) as the executive arm of the Mission.
• Mission Directorate
will be supported by three
other institutions: National
Skill Development Agency
(NSDA), National Skill
Development Corporation
(NSDC), and Directorate
General of Training (DGT).
• At the State level,
States are being encouraged
to create State Skill
Development Missions (SSDM) along the lines of National Skill Development Mission.

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National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC)
• NSDC is a not-for-profit public limited company incorporated on July 31, 2008 under section 25
of the Companies Act, 1956 (corresponding to section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013).
• NSDC was set up by Ministry of Finance as Public Private Partnership (PPP) model.
• Government of India through Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE) holds
49% of the share capital of NSDC, while the private sector has the balance 51% of the share
capital.
Major Functions
• To promote skill development by catalyzing creation of large, quality and for-profit vocational
institutions.
• To provide funding to build scalable and profitable vocational training initiatives.
247 Skill India Mission

Launch Year: 2015
Aim
To provide market-relevant skills training to more than 40 crore young people in the country by the
year 2022.
Objectives
• To create opportunities, space and scope for the development of talents of the Indians.
• To develop sectors that has already been put under skill development for the past many years.
• To identify new sectors that require skill enhancement.
Key Features
• Ministry imparts employable skills to the youth through long term and short term training.
o For short term training - Ministry is implementing Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana
(PMKVY 2.0) and Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS).
o Long Term Training is imparted through Industrial Training Institutes under Craftsmen
Training Scheme.
• The mission offers training, guidance, and support for all traditional types of employment like
weavers, cobblers, carpenters, welders, masons, blacksmiths, nurses, etc.
• Training imparted would be of international standards so that India’s youth get jobs not only in
India but also abroad where there is demand .
Sub-schemes under Skill India
• National Skill Development Mission (NSDM)
• Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)
• Indian Skill Development Service
• National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 2015
• Skill Loan Scheme
• Pradhan Mantri Yuva Udyamita Vikas Abhiyan (PM-YUVA)
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Launch Year: 1950
Objectives
• To ensure a steady flow of skilled workers in different trades for the domestic industry
• To raise quantitatively and qualitatively the industrial production by systematic training
• To reduce unemployment among the educated youth by providing them employable skills
• To cultivate and nurture a technical and industrial attitude in the minds of younger generation.
Key Features
• The development of training schemes at National level, the evolution of policy, laying of
training standard, norms, conducting of examinations, certification, etc. are the responsibilities
of the central government.
• Day to day administration including an admission in ITIs rests with the respective State
Governments / UTs.
• Presently, training courses under this scheme are being offered through a network of 15,042
ITIs (Govt. 2,738 + Private 12,304) located all over the country with total trainees enrolled 22.82
lakhs (in the trades of 1 year and 2 year durations) on NCVTMIS portal with an objective to
provide skilled workforce to the industry in 138 NSQF compliant trades.
• From 1st April 1969, the financial control of the Industrial Training Institutes in the States as
well as in the Union Territories was transferred to the respective State Governments / Union
Territory.
• The financial assistance was granted to them in the form of bulk grant in consultation with the
erstwhile Planning Commission and the Ministry of Finance.
Nodal Agency: Directorate General of Training, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship
(MSDE)
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Objective
To train Instructors in the techniques of transferring hands-on skills, in order to train semi-skilled /
skilled manpower for industry
Eligibile Beneficiaries
Under the programme, the eligible candidates are those who possess NTC (National Trade
Certificate)/ NAC (National Apprentices Certificate)/ Diploma/ Degree qualifications
Key Features
• Directorate General of Training (MSDE) offers this programme.
• Training in 27 Engineering trades and 9 non-engineering trades is being offered.
• Structure of the training programme is such that Comprehensive training both in skills and
training methodology is imparted to the instructor trainees to make them conversant with
techniques of transferring hands-on skills, to train skilled manpower for the industry.
• A candidate trained in CITS scheme can –
o Work as instructor in Industrial Training Institutes and impart efficient Skill Training
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term and long term scheme.
o Work as training coordinators in Industries for workers
o Compete with global training in the field of vocational training.
o Prepare Written Instructional Materials (WIM) for Vocational Training
o Become a Test Item writer.
250 Jan Shikshan Sansthans (JSS)

Launch Year:
• The scheme of Jan Shikshan Sansthans had its genesis formerly known as Shramik Vidyapeet,
was established in 1967.
• In the year 2000, the scheme was renamed as Jan Shikshan Sansthan and its coverage was
extended to rural areas covering non-literates, neo literates and persons having rudimentary
level of education.
Aim
To provide vocational training to non-literate, neo-literate, as well as school drop-outs by
identifying skills as would have a market in the region of their establishment.
Key Features
• This scheme is implemented through NGOs.
• Jan Shikshan Sansthans are registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.
• The affairs of Jan Shikshan Sansthan are managed by respective Board of Management
approved by the Government of India.
• The mandate of the scheme is to provide vocational skills in non-formal mode to non-literate,
neo-literates, persons with rudimentary level of education upto 8th and school drop-outs upto
12th standard in the age group of 15-45 years.
• The priority groups are women, SC, ST, minorities and other backward sections of the society.
JSSs are reaching to the unreached areas to cater the needs of the poorest of the poor.
• They work at the door step of the beneficiaries with a minimum infrastructure and resources.
Scope of Work of Jan Shikshan Sansthans
• Develop appropriate curriculum and training modules covering vocational elements general
awareness and life enrichment components.
• Training equivalent to courses designed by the Directorate of Adult education, National
Institute of Open Schooling and Director General Employment & Training.
• Provide training to a pool of resource persons and master trainers for conducting training.
• Administer simple tests and award certificates.
• Network with employers and industries for trainees to get suitable placements.
New Guidelines released by Central Government in January 2019

• Alignment of JSS course and curriculum with National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) to
provide standardize training across sectors
• Decentralization of powers for JSSs by providing accountability and independence to district
administration.
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• Evidence-based assessment system.
• Easy Online certification.
• Linking JSS to Public Finance Management system to maintain transparency and accountability
of the ecosystem.
• Creating livelihood linkages.
• Training of Trainers to develop the capacity through National Skills Training Institutes.
Funding Assistance
It is funded through 100% annual grant from the Government of India
It was transferred from Ministry of Human Resource Development to Ministry of Skill Development
and Entrepreneurship in July, 2018
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Key Features
• The scheme allows industries to train candidates as per their skill set requirements and
provides trainees with an industry environment aligned with the market demand and latest
technology to undergo training.
• It is designed to cater to the needs of both industry as well as trainees.
• The scheme, as an Employer Skiller model, envisages prospective employer (industry) with
established infrastructure, robust training facilities, as well as trained faculty, to conduct in-
house skilling of prospective employee to add industry ready trainees to its workforce.
• The scheme offers flexibility to Industry, for their tailored & customized courses, having market
relevant content that meets the industry requirements.
o These courses developed by ITP are intended to provide more weightage towards
industrial training and are high employment potential.
o For IT/ITES and similar sectors, purely online courses may be developed.
o Duration of training including classroom and industry training ranges from 6 months,
upto 24 months (2 years).
o While training is the sole responsibility of ITP, assessment is jointly done by ITP and
Directorate General of Training (DGT).
o Industry conducts practical and formative assessments, with ensured placement of at-
least 50% of the total successful trainees trained.
• The participating entities need to enter into agreement or MoU with DGT, as an Industrial
Training Partner (ITP).
o ITP can be Industry/Organization, Industry Cluster/ Association, Skill University.
• ITP has flexibility of selecting the trainees according to their criteria over and above the
prescribed criteria.
• Admission time and training cycle has been kept flexible.
• Training in industry relevant courses with high employment potential, interactions with
experienced industry experts/ professionals and exposure to industry shop-floor environment &
latest equipment are benefits to trainees with increased employment avenues in multiple
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• The pass out trainees is Industry ready, with exposure to best practices, latest machines, tools,
and equipment.
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252 Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for White Goods (Air Conditioners and LED Lights)
Launch Year: 2021
Objectives
To create complete component ecosystem for Air Conditioners and LED Lights Industry in India and
make India an integral part of the global supply chains
• Incentives shall be open to companies making brown field or green field Investments.
• Companies meeting the pre-qualification criteria for different target segments will be eligible to
participate in the Scheme.
• The applicant will have to fulfill both criteria of cumulative incremental investment in plant and
machinery as well as incremental sales over the base year in that respective year to be eligible
for PLI.
• The first year of investment will be FY 2021-22 and the first year of incremental sale will be FY
2022-23.
• Actual disbursement of PLI for a respective year will be subsequent to that year.
Selection Criteria
• Only manufacturing of components of ACs and LED Lights will be incentivized under the
Scheme.
• Selection of companies for the Scheme shall be done so as to incentivize manufacturing of
components or sub-assemblies which are not manufactured in India presently with sufficient
capacity.
• Mere assembly of finished goods is not being incentivized.
Key Features
• The PLI Scheme will be implemented within the overall financial limits of Rs. 6,238 Crores over
a period of 5 years during FY 2021-22 to FY 2028-29
• The scheme is Fund Limited.
• This scheme proposes a financial incentive to boost domestic manufacturing and attract large
investments in the White Goods manufacturing value chain.
• The scheme will extend an incentive of 4-6% on incremental sales of goods manufactured in
India for a period of 5 years to companies engaged in manufacturing of air conditioners and LED
lights.
o The period of 5 years will be calculated subsequent to the base year and one year of
gestation period.
• One entity may apply for one target segment only.
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• Also, within a target segment, 'Large Investment' shall have a higher priority over 'Normal
Investment'.
• The actual number of beneficiaries within a target segment shall be decided on the basis of the
response of the industry.
• An entity availing benefits under any other PLI Scheme of the Centre will not be eligible under
this scheme for the same products but the entity may take benefits under other applicable
schemes of the union government or schemes of state governments.
• An Empowered Group of Secretaries (EGoS) chaired by Cabinet Secretary will monitor the
scheme.
o In addition, EGoS will be empowered to make any changes in the modalities of the
scheme within the overall financial outlay of Rs 6,238 crore.
Nodal Agency: Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade
As per the government, it is estimated that over the period of five years, the PLI scheme will lead
to incremental investment of Rs 7,920 crore, incremental production worth Rs 1.68 lakh crore,
exports worth Rs 64,400 crore, earn direct and indirect revenues of Rs 49,300 crore and create
additional 4 lakh direct and indirect employment opportunities.
253 New Industrial Development Scheme for Jammu & Kashmir (J&K IDS, 2021)
Launch Year: 2021 (Proposed by Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade)
Objectives
• To generate employment which directly leads to the socio economic development of the area
• To take industrial development to the block level in Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and
Kashmir and attempts for a more sustained and balanced industrial growth in the entire UT.
Key Features
• Smaller units with an investment in plant & machinery upto Rs. 50 crore will get a capital
incentive upto Rs. 7.5 crore and get capital interest subvention at the rate of 6% for maximum
7 years.
• The scheme is applicable for any eligible industrial (manufacturing) entity or eligible service
sector enterprise other than those run departmentally by Government, which is registered
business enterprise under Goods and Service Tax.
• Scheme has been simplified on the lines of ease of doing business by bringing one major
incentive- GST Linked Incentive- that will ensure less compliance burden without compromising
on transparency.
• Scheme envisages greater role of the UT of J&K in registration and implementation of the
scheme while having proper checks and balances by having an independent audit agency
before the claims are approved.
• It is not a reimbursement or refund of GST but gross GST is used to measure eligibility for
industrial incentive to offset the disadvantages that the UT of J&K face.
• Earlier schemes though offered a plethora of incentives. However, the overall financial outflow
was much lesser than the new scheme.
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• Capital Investment Incentive at the rate of 30% in Zone A and 50% in Zone B on investment
made in Plant & Machinery (in manufacturing) or construction of building and other durable
physical assets(in service sector) is available.
o Units with an investment upto Rs. 50 crore will be eligible to avail this incentive.
Maximum limit of incentive is Rs 5 crore and Rs 7.5 crore in Zone A & Zone B respectively
• Capital Interest subvention: At the annual rate of 6% for maximum 7 years on loan amount up
to Rs. 500 crore for investment in plant and machinery (in manufacturing) or construction of
building and all other durable physical assets(in service sector).
• GST Linked Incentive: 300% of the eligible value of actual investment made in plant and
machinery (in manufacturing) or construction in building and all other durable physical assets(in
service sector) for 10 years.
o The amount of incentive in a financial year will not exceed one-tenth of the total eligible
amount of incentive.
• Working Capital Interest Incentive: All existing units at the annual rate of 5% for maximum 5
years. Maximum limit of incentive is Rs 1 crore.
Funding
Central Sector Scheme - The financial outlay is Rs. 28,400 crore for the scheme period upto the year
2037
254 Startup India Seed Fund Scheme

Launch Year: 2021 [By Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)]
Aim
To provide financial assistance to startups for proof of concept, prototype development, product
trials, market entry, and commercialization
Eligibility Criteria for Start-ups
• A startup, recognized by DPIIT, incorporated not more than 2 years ago at the time of
application.
• Startup must have a business idea to develop a product or a service with market fit, viable
commercialization, and scope of scaling.
• Startup should be using technology in its core product or service, or business model, or
distribution model, or methodology to solve the problem being targeted.
• Preference would be given to startups creating innovative solutions in sectors such as social
impact, waste management, water management, financial inclusion, education, agriculture, food
processing, biotechnology, healthcare, energy, mobility, defence, space, railways, oil and gas,
textiles, etc.
• Startup should not have received more than Rs 10 lakh of monetary support under any other
Central or State Government scheme. This does not include prize money from competitions and
grand challenges, subsidized working space, founder monthly allowance, access to labs, or
access to prototyping facility
• Shareholding by Indian promoters in the startup should be at least 51% at the time of
application to incubator for the scheme, as per Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI (ICDR)
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• Any startup will not receive seed support more than once each as per provisions of guidelines.
Eligibility Criteria for Incubators
• Incubator must be a legal entity.
• Incubator should be operational for at least two years on the date of application to the scheme.
• Incubator must have facilities to seat at least 25 individuals.
• Incubator must have at least 5 startups undergoing incubation physically on the date of
application.
• Incubator must have a full-time Chief Executive Officer, experienced in business development
and entrepreneurship, supported by a capable team responsible for mentoring startups in
testing and validating ideas, as well as in finance, legal and human resources functions.
• Incubator should not be disbursing seed fund to incubatees using funding from any third-party
private entity.
• Incubator must have been assisted by Central/State Government(s).
• In case the incubator has not been assisted by Central or State Government(s):
o Incubator must be operational for at least three years
o Must have at least 10 separate startups undergoing incubation in the incubator physically
on the date of application
o Must present audited annual reports for the last 2 years
• Any additional criteria as may be decided by the Experts Advisory Committee (EAC).
Key Features
• It has been approved for a time period of four years, starting from 2021-22
• Rs. 945 Crore corpus will be divided over the next 4 years for providing seed funding to eligible
startups through eligible incubators across India
• It is expected that the Startup India Seed Fund Scheme shall help over 3600 startups in the
country
• This scheme is in line with the Atmanirbhar Bharat Campaign launched in May 2020.
• Constitution of Experts Advisory Committee
o An Experts Advisory Committee (EAC) will be constituted by DPIIT, which will be responsible
for the overall execution and monitoring of the Startup India Seed Fund Scheme.
o The EAC will evaluate and select incubators for allotment of Seed Funds, monitor progress,
and take all necessary measures for efficient utilization of funds towards fulfilment of
objectives of Startup India Seed Fund Scheme.
o The Experts Advisory Committee (EAC) will comprise of the following members:
✓ Chairman, an individual of eminence
✓ Financial Advisor, DPIIT or his representative
✓ Additional Secretary/ Joint Secretary/ Director/ Deputy Secretary, DPIIT (Convener)
✓ Representative of Department of Biotechnology (DBT)
✓ Representative of Department of Science & Technology (DST)
✓ Representative of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeiTY)
✓ Representative of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
✓ Representative of NITI Aayog
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investors, experts in the domain of R&D, technology development and commercialization,
entrepreneurship and other relevant domains.
• Disbursement of Seed Fund to Startups by Incubators
o Up to Rs. 20 Lakhs as grant for validation of Proof of Concept, or prototype development,
or product trials.
o Up to Rs. 50 Lakhs of investment for market entry, commercialization, or scaling up
through convertible debentures or debt or debt-linked instruments
o Seed fund shall strictly not be used by startups for creation of any facilities and shall be
utilized for the purpose it has been granted for.
Financial Assistance to Incubators
• Experts Advisory Committee (EAC) shall evaluate incubators for grant assistance.
• A Grant of up to Rs. 5 crore would be provided to a selected incubator in milestone-based three
(or) more installments.
• The exact quantum of grant and instalments for each incubator will be decided by the Experts
Advisory Committee (EAC) based on its evaluation.
255 Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP)

Launch Year: 2020, to be implemented from 1 st Jan 2021
Aim
• Rs 50,000-crore exports programme which is supposed to replace Merchandise Exports From
India Scheme (MEIS).
Objectives
• To offset infrastructural inefficiencies and associated costs involved in exporting goods which are
manufactured in India, including products manufactured by the MSME Sector.
Key Features
• RoDTEP rates would be notified by the Department of Commerce, based on the
recommendation of a Committee chaired by Dr. G.K. Pillai, former Commerce and Home
Secretary.
• Reimburse input taxes and duties: RoDTEP will initiate the refund of various taxes to exporters.
• WTO compliant: It is supposed to reimburse all taxes and duties paid on inputs consumed in
exports in sync with the WTO norms.
• Automatic refund-route: It will have a fully automated route for Input Tax Credit (ITC) in the GST
• Avoid double taxation: Scheme helps in avoiding double taxation and the cascading effect of
taxes
• Attempt to reverse export fall: Measures in the new scheme include:
o Easier priority - sector lending norms for exports
o Greater insurance cover under ECGC
o Lower premium for MSMEs to avail of such cover
256 Transport and Marketing Assistance (TMA) Scheme for Specified Agriculture Products Scheme
Launch Year: 2019
Aim

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• To provide assistance for the international component of freight
• To mitigate disadvantage of higher freight costs faced by the Indian exporters of agriculture
products
Coverage
• All exporters, duly registered with relevant Export Promotion Council as per Foreign Trade
Policy, of eligible agriculture products shall be covered under this scheme.
• The assistance, at notified rates, will be available for export of eligible agriculture products to
the permissible countries, as specified from time to time.
Key Features
• The level of assistance would be different for different regions as notified from time to time for
export of eligible products.
• The scheme covers freight and marketing assistance for export by air as well as by sea.
• The scheme will help in increasing farm export from India.
• The scheme was initially applicable for exports effected during the period from 01 March 2019
to 31 March 2020 and was later extended for exports effected up to 31 March 2021
Notified By: Department of Commerce
• Recently (Sep 2021), Department of Commerce has notified ‘Revised Transport and Marketing
Assistance (TMA) for Specified Agriculture Products Scheme’ for exports effected on or after 01
April 2021 up to 31 March 2022.
• The existing scheme will remain in operation for exports effected up to 31.03.2021.
• Following major changes have been made in the revised scheme:
o Dairy products will be eligible for assistance under the revised scheme.
o Rates of assistance have been increased, by 50% for exports by sea and by 100% for
exports by air.
257 Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Programme

Launch Year: 2019
Key Features
• Union Cabinet has approved the proposal for adoption of Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH)
programme by the Indian Patent Office (IPO) under the Controller General of Patents, Designs &
Trade Marks, India (CGPDTM) with patent offices of various other interest countries or regions.
• The said programme will initially commence between Japan Patent Office (JPO) and Indian
Patent Office (IPO) on pilot basis for a period of 3 years only.
• Under this, IPO may receive patent applications in certain specified technical fields only,
namely, Electrical, Electronics, Computer Science, Information Technology, Physics, Civil,
Mechanical, Textiles, Automobiles and Metallurgy while JPO may receive applications in all fields
of technology.
• The ambit of the programme may be extended in future, as decided by the Commerce &
Industry Minister.
• The patent offices will frame their own guidelines for implementation of the programme.
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Reduction in disposal time and pendency of patent applications, consistency in quality of granted
patents and an opportunity for Indian inventors including MSMEs and Start-ups of India to get
accelerated examination of their patent applications in Japan.
258 GeM Samvaad

Launch Year: 2019
Aim
To bring on-board more local sellers
Key Features
• It is a national outreach programme.
• The programme will take place from 19th December to 17th February 2020 and will cover all the
States and Union Territories of the country.
• Under the ‘Voice of Customer’ initiative, GeM is looking forward to receive feedback from users
which would be used for making improvements and advancements in systems.
• Through this programme, GeM expects to make the actual users aware about the new features
and functionalities of the portal.
259 NIRVIK (Niryat Rin Vikas) Scheme

Launch Year: 2019 (by Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India)
Aim
To ease the lending process and enhance loan availability for exporters
Key Features
• It is an insurance cover guarantee scheme that will cover up to 90% of the principal and
interest.
o ECGC provides credit guarantee up to 60% loss.
• The increased cover will ensure that foreign and rupee export credit interest rates are below 4%
and 8% respectively for the exporters.
• The insurance cover will include both pre- and post-shipment credit.
• The gems, jewellery and diamond (GJD) sector borrowers with limit of over Rs 80 crore will
have a higher premium rate in comparison to the non-GJD sector borrowers of this category
due to the higher loss ratio.
• For accounts with limits below Rs 80 crore, the premium rates will be moderated to 0.60 per
annum and for those exceeding Rs 80 crore, the rates will be 0.72 per annum.
• It mandates inspection of bank documents and records by ECGC officials for losses exceeding Rs
10 crore as against the present Rs 1 crore.
• The banks shall pay a premium to ECGC monthly on the principal and interest as the cover is
offered for both outstanding.
260 ARTIS (Applications for Remedies in Trade for Indian Industry and other Stakeholders)
Launch Year: 2019 (by Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR))
Aim
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increase the accessibility of directorate to all the stakeholders.
• To enhance transparency, efficiency and provide expedited relief to the domestic producers.
Key Features
• ARTIS is an online system which will be used for the filing of anti-dumping applications by the
domestic industry.
• ARTIS is developed for filing applications, responses and other related submissions with respect
to various trade remedial measures.
• ARTIS will be presently functional for filing of applications by the domestic industry in the
original investigation and concluding investigation of anti-dumping cases.
• Applicants can also monitor the current status of their applications through this portal.
Additional Information: Directorate is an investigation arm of the ministry which deals with anti-
dumping duty, safeguard duty, and countervailing duty.
261 L2Pro (Learn to Protect, Secure and Maximize Your Innovation) India
Launch Year: 2019
Objectives
To help startups with Intellectual Property process
Key Features
• Developed By: Cell for IPR Promotion and Management (CIPAM) – DPIIT in collaboration with
Qualcomm and National Law University, Delhi.
• The modules of platform will aid and enable youth, innovators, entrepreneurs and small and
medium industries (SMEs) in understanding IPRs for their ownership and protection.
• This platform will have 11 modules for three different levels: Basic, Intermediate and
Advanced.
o Each module comprises of e-text, short animated videos, links to additional resources on
the subject and quizzes for assessment and grading the learner’s knowledge and
understanding of the subject.
• The L2Pro has been successfully implemented in Germany, United Kingdom, Italy and France,
benefiting immensely from close collaboration with respective IP organizations and public
research institutions.
262 ‘SWAYATT’ (Startups, Women and Youth Advantage Through eTransactions)

Launch Year: 2019
Aim
To bring the key stakeholders in the Indian entrepreneurial ecosystem into GeM, which is the
national procurement portal
Objectives
• To promote inclusiveness by catapulting various categories of sellers and service providers.
• Take proactive steps to facilitate the training and registrations of such specific category of
manufacturers and sellers.
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ups in public procurement.
263 GeM Start-up Runway Initiative

Launch Year: 2019
Aim
• To promote entrepreneurship through innovation.
• Enable Startups to introduce their unique innovations to government and PSU buyers.
• Assess utility and market acceptability of startup products/services.
• Ultimately spur hyper-local job-creation and wealth generation
Key Features
• It is a unique concept initiated by GeM to promote entrepreneurship through innovation.
• This program is an opportunity for agile and lean Startups to reach out to the universe of
Government Buyers by offering products and services that are unique in concept, design,
process and functionality through StartUp Runway corner.
• This program will enable Start-ups to conduct market trials with government buyers, seek time-
bound feedback and gain realistic product, price comparison and market valuation from
potential buyers and investors.
• It seeks to support technology development, spur research and innovation by ensuring a
conducive policy environment for industrial diversification and value addition to commodities.
• It will address goals and objectives under United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 9: Build
resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster
innovation.
264 Integrate to Innovate (i2i) Programme

Launch Year: 2018 (by Invest India under DPIIT in partnership with energy companies)
Aim
To foster collaboration between startups and large corporations of the energy sector.
Key Features
• It is a 3-month corporate acceleration programme for energy startups housed at the corporate
premises.
• The program provides an opportunity for startups for collaboration and conversation around
valuable energy transitions by bringing their ideas to life with guidance and support from
corporates.
• The selected startups will receive cash prize grant of up to Rs 5 lakh along with opportunity to
pilot their product with corporates.
• The corporates will offer selected startups access to technology, technical and commercial
mentorship and access to potential customers through corporate network of partners.
• Startups from innovators across various stages of energy life-cycle i.e. generation, transmission
and distribution, storage and consumption in multiple sectors such as households, industry,
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265 North East Industrial Development Scheme (NEIDS) 2017
Notified in: 2018
Aim
To promote industrialization in North East States and to boost employment and income generation
Key Features
• The scheme is effective from April 2017 and will remain in force upto March 2022.
• The Scheme covers both manufacturing and service sector.
• It will give encouragement to MSME in manufacturing, services. Information technology will be
leverage to process and approve proposals and release of payment.
• The scheme provides -
o Central Capital Investment Incentive (30% of the investment in plant & machinery with an
upper limit of Rs.5.00 crore),
o Central Interest Incentive (3% interest on working capital for 5 years),
o Central Comprehensive Insurance incentive (Reimbursement of 100% insurance premium
for 5 years),
o Income Tax Reimbursement of Centre’s share for 5 years
o GST reimbursement of Central Share of CGST & IGST for 5 years
o Employment Incentive under which additional 3.67% of the employer’s contribution to EPF
in addition to Government bearing 8.33% Employee Pension Scheme (EPS) contribution of
the employer in PMPRY
o Transport Incentive on finished goods movement by Railways (20% cost of
transportation), by Inland Waterways Authority (20% of the cost of transportation) & by air
(33% of cost of transportation by air freight) form the station / port / airport nearest to unit
to the station / port / airport nearest to the destination point.
• Also, under this Scheme a single unit can avail overall benefits up to Rs.200.00 crore.
• The North East Industrial Development Finance Corporation L.td (NEDFI) will be the nodal
agency for disixircal of incentives under various components of the Scheme.
266 HORTINET APP

Launch Year: 2017
Key Features
• Developed by: Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority
(APEDA)
• It is an integrated traceability system developed for providing internet based electronic
services to the stakeholders for facilitating farm registration, testing and certification of Grape,
Pomegranate and Vegetables for export from India to the European Union in compliance with
standards.
• It will also assist State Horticulture/ Agriculture Department to capture real time details of
farmers, farm location, products and details of inspections directly from the farm.
• This app has in-built GPS capabilities to identify the farm location.
• Online farm registration application and status tracking.
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• Registration of farmers, farms and products by State Horticulture/Agriculture department.
• Sample collection by APEDA authorized laboratories along with geo location of the sample.
267 Scheme for IPR Awareness – Creative India; Innovative India

Launch Year: 2017
Aim
It aims at raising IPR awareness amongst students, youth, authors, artists, budding inventors and
professionals to inspire them to create, innovate and protect their creations and inventions across
India including Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3 cities as well as rural areas in the next 3 years.
Targets
• 4000 IPR awareness workshops/seminars in academic institutions and the industry across India.
• 40 training programmes (Training of Trainers) to create a resource pool of persons for
conducting IPR Awareness workshops/seminars.
• 5 workshops with eminent International speakers on IP in the global context.
• 270 IP training and sensitization programmes for enforcement agencies and judiciary
Key Features
• The scheme targets to conduct IP awareness workshops/seminars in collaboration with
industry organizations, academic institutions and other stakeholders across the country.
• It is also proposed to undertake training programmes to create a resource pool of trainers who
would conduct the IP Awareness workshops/seminars for the public, enforcement agencies and
judiciary.
• These awareness programmes will be tailored for 4 categories:
o Primary School (up to Grade 8)
o Secondary School (Grade 9 to Grade 12)
o University/ College
o Industry, including MSMEs and Startups.
• The Scheme for IPR Awareness would be implemented through partner organizations to
promote innovation and entrepreneurship.
Implementing Agency
Cell for IPR Promotion and Management (CIPAM) under the aegis of the Department for Promotion
of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)
268 Startups Intellectual Property Protection (SIPP) Scheme

Initiated in: 2016 (on pilot basis)
Objectives
• To promote awareness and adoption of Intellectual Property Rights amongst startups
• To nurture and mentor innovative and emerging technologies among Startups and assist them
in protecting and commercialize it by providing them access to highquality IP services and
resources.
Key Features
• This scheme facilitates the startups to file applications for patents, designs and trademarks
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government organisations like TIFAC, NRDC, etc.) in appropriate IP offices by paying only the
statutory fees.
• Facilitators under this Scheme are responsible for providing general advisory on different IPRs,
and information on protecting and promoting IPRs in other countries.
• The Government bears the entire fees of the facilitators for any number of patents, trademark
or designs, and startups only bear the cost of the statutory fees payable.
• Startups are provided with an 80% rebate in filing of patents and 50% rebate in filling of
trademark vis-a-vis other companies.
• Facilitators will claim their fees from the Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs
and Trade Marks (CGPDTM).
• CGPDTM shall regulate conduct and functions of empanelled facilitators from time to time.
• Functions and duties of Facilitators among other functions as may be decided by the CGPDTM,
facilitators will be responsible for –
o Providing general advisory on different intellectual property rights to startups on pro bono
basis
o Providing information on protecting and promoting IPRs to startups in other countries on
pro bono basis
o Providing assistance in filing and disposal of the IP applications related to patents,
trademarks and Design under relevant Acts at the national IP offices under the CGPDTM
o Drafting provisional and complete patent specifications for inventions of startups
o Preparing and filing responses to examination reports and other queries, notices or letters
by the IP office
o Appearing on behalf of startup at hearings, as may be scheduled
o Contesting opposition, if any, by other parties
o Ensuring final disposal of the IPR application
SIPP scheme was extended for a period of three years with effect from 1st April 2017 to 31st March
2020 and further from 1st April 2020 till 31st March 2023.
269 Startup India Programme

Launch Year: 2016
Aim
To build a strong ecosystem that is conducive for the growth of startup businesses, to drive
sustainable economic growth and generate large scale employment opportunities.
Key Features
Process and Mechanism/Focus Areas
A) Simplification and Handholding:
• Compliance Regime based on Self-Certification -
o To reduce the regulatory burden on Startups thereby allowing them to focus on their
core business and keep compliance cost low.
• Startup India Hub -
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exchange and access to funding.
• Rolling-out of Mobile App and Portal
• Legal Support and Fast-tracking Patent Examination at Lower Costs
• Relaxed Norms of Public Procurement for Startups
• Faster Exit for Startups - Ministry of Corporate Affairs has notified Startups as ‘fast track firms’
enabling them to wind up operations within 90 days vis-a-vis 180 days for other companies.
B) Funding Support and Incentives:
• Providing Funding Support through a Fund of Funds with a Corpus of Rs 10,000 crore
o The day to day operations of the Fund of Funds will be managed by SIDBI.
• Credit Guarantee Fund for Startups
o Credit guarantee mechanism through National Credit Guarantee Trust Company (NCGTC)/
SIDBI is being envisaged with a budgetary Corpus of Rs 500 crore per year for the next four
years (2016-2020).
• Tax Exemption on Capital Gains
o With this objective, exemption shall be given to persons who have capital gains during the
year, if they have invested such capital gains in the Fund of Funds recognized by the
Government.
o In addition, existing capital gain tax exemption for investment in newly formed
manufacturing MSMEs by individuals shall be extended to all Startups.
• Tax Exemption on Angel Tax:
o On investments above Fair Market Value of startup. Under the new rules, the overall
consideration for shares issued by a start-up has been increased to Rs 25 crore from the
earlier limit of Rs 10 crore. With recent amendment in Income Tax Act, condition of
minimum holding of 50% of share capital or voting rights in a startup has been relaxed to
25%.
• Tax Exemption to Startups for 3 years
o The profits of Startup initiatives are exempted from income-tax for a period of 3 years. The
exemption shall be available subject to non-distribution of dividend by the Startup.
C) Industry – Academic Partnership and Incubation:
• Organizing Startup Fests to showcase innovations and providing collaboration platforms
• Launch of Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) with Self –Employment and Talent Utilization (SETU)
Program of NITI Aayog
• Harnessing private sector expertise for setting up incubators
• Setting up of 7 new research parks modeled on the Research Park at IIT Madras
• Launching of innovation focused programs for students.
• Annual Incubator Grand Challenge to promote good practices among incubators.
Inter-Ministerial Board
• The Inter-Ministerial Board setup by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion validates
Startups for granting tax related benefits. The Board comprises of the following members:
o Joint Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Convener
o Representative of Department of Biotechnology, Member
o Representative of Department of Science & Technology, Member

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Latest Definition of a Start-up
In February 2019, the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) released a
gazette notification which has widened the definition of start-ups from the earlier definition under
the ‘Startup India, Stand Up India’ Scheme.
In the new definition, an entity will be considered a startup,
• The Startup should be incorporated as a private limited company or registered as a partnership
firm or a limited liability partnership.
• Till up to 10 years from its incorporation date.
• If an entity’s turnover for any of the financial years since its incorporation hasn’t exceeded INR
100 crore.
• The Startup should be working towards innovation/ improvement of existing products,
services and processes and should have the potential to generate employment/ create wealth
270 Government e-Marketplace

Launch Year: 2016
Aim
To enhance transparency, efficiency and speed in public procurement.
Key Features
• It is a one stop portal to facilitate online procurement of common use Goods & Services
required by various Government Departments / Organizations / PSUs.
• It provides the tools of e-bidding, reverse e-auction and demand aggregation to facilitate the
government users achieve the best value for their money.
• Directorate General of Supplies and Goods (DGS&D) with technical support of National
eGovernance Division under MeitY has developed GeM portal for procurement of both
products and services.
National Mission on Government e-Marketplace
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Commerce and Industry
What is it? It was launched on 5th September 2018 till 17th October 2018 to accelerate the
adoption and use of procurement by major Central Ministries, States and UTs and their agencies
(including CPSUs/PSUs, Local Bodies) on the GeM platform.
Objectives:
• Promote inclusiveness by catapulting various categories of sellers and service providers.
• Increase transparency and efficiency in public procurement, including corruption free
governance.
• Achieve cashless, contactless and paperless transaction, in line with Digital India objectives.
• Increase overall efficiency leading to significant cost saving on government expenditure in
procurement.
• Maximize ease in availability of all types of products and services bought by Government buyers.
Womaniya Initiative
Launch Year: 2019

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Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Aim: To develop women entrepreneurship on the margins of society to achieve gender-inclusive
economic growth.
Key Features:
• It is an initiative of GeM which seeks to develop women entrepreneurship on the margins of the
society to achieve gender-inclusive economic growth.
• The initiative would enable women entrepreneurs and women self-help groups to sell
handicrafts and handloom, jute and coir products, home décor and office furnishings, directly to
various government ministries, departments and institutions.
271 Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS)

Aim
To enhance the exports of notified goods manufactured in the country.
Objective
To offset infrastructural inefficiencies and associated costs involved in export of goods/products,
which are produced/manufactured in India, especially those having high export intensity,
employment potential and thereby enhancing India’s export competitiveness.
Key Features
• The scheme was notified by Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT).
• It is launched under the Foreign Trade Policy of India (FTP 2015-20).
• It covered almost 5000 goods notified for the purpose of the scheme.
• The incentives provided by the government in form of duty benefits are for goods widely
exported from India, industries producing or manufacturing such goods with a view to making
Indian exports competitive.
• Rewards under the scheme are payable as percentage of realised free-on-board value (of 2%,
3% and 5%) and MEIS duty credit scrip can be transferred or used for payment of a number of
duties including the basic customs duty.
• It was in existence till 2020.
There are essentially three country groups.

• Group A has India’s traditional destinations such as the EU countries and USA.
• Group B has the maximum number of countries and covers almost all of India’s major export
destinations globally. Group B has the highest quantum of incentive.
• Group C on the other hand has no incentive at all. It can be divided into, SAARC, Australia and
New Zealand, some EU and African countries.
272 Service Exports from India Scheme (SEIS)

Aim
To promote export of services from India by providing duty scrip credit for eligible exports.

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Eligibility
• Service Providers of notified services, located in India are eligible for the Service Exports from
India Scheme.
• To be eligible, a service provider (Company / LLP / Partnership Firm) should have a minimum
net free foreign exchange earnings of $15000 in the preceding financial year to be eligible for
duty credit scrips.
• For proprietorships or individual service providers, a minimum net foreign exchange earnings of
$10,000 in the preceding financial year is required to be eligible for the scheme.
• Also, in order to claim reward under the SEIS scheme, the service provider shall have to have an
active Import Export Code (IE Code) at the time of rendering such services for which rewards are
claimed.
Key Features
• The scheme was notified by Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT).
• It is launched under the Foreign Trade Policy of India (FTP 2015-20).
• It was earlier termed as Served from India Scheme (SFIS) for financial year 2009-14.
• Under the scheme, service providers, located in India, would be rewarded, for all eligible export
of services from India.
• The service providers of notified services are incentivized in the form of duty credit scrips at the
rate of 3% or 5% on their net foreign exchange earnings.
o These duty credit scrip can be transferred or used for payment of a number of duties
including the basic customs duty.
o Duty credit scrip are valid for 18 months from the date of issue.
273 Make in India Programme

Launch Year: 2014
Aim
• To attract investments from across the globe and strengthen India’s manufacturing sector.
• To utilize the existing Indian talent base, creating additional employment opportunities and
empowering secondary and tertiary sector for sustainable economic growth.
• To improve India’s rank on the Ease of Doing Business index by eliminating the unnecessary
laws and regulations, making bureaucratic processes easier, making the government more
transparent, responsive and accountable.
Target
• Target an increase in manufacturing sector growth to 12-14% per annum over the medium
term.
• An increase in the share of manufacturing in the country’s Gross Domestic Product from 16% to
25% by 2022.
• To create 100 million additional jobs by 2022 in manufacturing sector.
Key Features
• Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal trade (DPIIT) coordinates action plans for
manufacturing sectors while Department of Commerce coordinates service sectors.
• An Investor Facilitation Cell (IFC) dedicated for the Make in India campaign was formed with an

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objective to assist investors in seeking regulatory approvals, hand-holding services through the
pre-investment phase, execution and after-care support.

• The initiative is based on four pillars, which have been identified to give boost to
entrepreneurship in India, not only in manufacturing but also other sectors:
o New Processes: A number of initiatives have been undertaken to ease the business
environment.
o New Infrastructure: Develop industrial corridors and smart cities, create world class
infrastructure with state-of-the-art technology and high-speed communication.
o New Sectors: FDI has been opened up in Defence Production, Insurance, Medical Devices,
Construction and Railway infrastructure in a big way. Similarly, FDI has been allowed in
Insurance and Medical Devices.
o New Mindset: In order to partner with industry in economic development of the country
Government shall act as a facilitator and not a regulator.
• Since its launch, Make in India initiative has made significant achievements and presently
focuses on 27 sectors under Make in India 2.0.
274 Scheme for Investment Promotion (SIP)

Launch Year: 2008
Aim
Creating an atmosphere in the country that would lead to both increased domestic and foreign
direct investment
Key Features
• The scheme comprises a number of components and activities for the promotion of investment
into the country, enhancing international co-operation for promoting FDI and capacity building.
• Department for Promotion of Industry & Internal Trade (DPIIT) has been entrusted with the
task of attracting domestic and foreign investments in the country.
• To increase the investment inflow, DPIIT has been undertaking various initiatives and reforms
such as the launching of Make in India, setting up of project development cells, creating a GIS-
based Industrial Information System and National Investment Clearance Cell.
o These activities are being supported under this scheme.
• Apart from this, the scheme will empower the promotional events held domestically & abroad
making sustained efforts towards overcoming procedural challenges in bringing investments.
• The scheme will also enable the department in providing hand-holding support to domestic and
foreign business investors through focused workshops and training programs.
• Continuation of the Scheme has been approved with the following components –
o Investor targeting & facilitation – Domestic & International activities
o Investment promotion - Amplification & outreach activities
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o Foreign Travel
• Recently (Nov 2021), Central Government has approved for continuation of the SIP, a Central
Sector scheme, for the duration of five years (2021- 22 to 2025-26) with a financial outlay of Rs
970 crore
275 Market Access Initiative (MAI) Scheme

Launch Year: 2003
Objectives
To promote exports of Indian goods and services by providing financial support to eligible agencies
to undertake necessary initiatives and projects
Eligibile Agencies
• Departments of Central Government and Organisation of Central/
• State Governments including
• Indian Missions abroad
• Export Promotion Councils
• Commodity Boards
• Apex Trade Bodies recognized under Foreign Trade Policy of Govt of India
• Recognized Industrial & Artisan Clusters
• National Level Institutions (e.g. Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), Indian Institutes of
Management (IIMs), National Institute of design (NIDs), NIFT etc.)/ Research
Institutions/Universities/ Recognized laboratories, etc.
• Industrial & Artisan Clusters recognized by the State/ Central Government
• Research Institutions/Universities/Recognized laboratories, etc., recognized by the
Departments/ Ministries of Central Government.
Key Features
• It is a Central Sector Scheme
• It is an Export Promotion Scheme envisaged to act as a catalyst to promote India’s exports on a
sustained basis.
• It is formulated on focus product-focus country approach to evolve specific market and specific
product through market studies/survey.
• Assistance would be provided to Export Promotion Organizations/Trade Promotion
Organizations/ National Level Institutions/ Research Institutions/ Universities/ Laboratories,
Exporters etc., for enhancement of exports through accessing new markets or through
increasing the share in the existing markets.
• Under the Scheme the level of assistance for each eligible activities has been fixed.
Activities eligible for Finance
• Marketing Projects Abroad
• Capacity Building
• Support for Statutory Compliances
• Studies

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• Project Development
• Developing Foreign Trade Facilitation web Portal
• To support Cottage and handicrafts units.
276 Advance Authorization Scheme

Key Features
• This scheme is also known as Advance License Scheme.
• This scheme allows duty free import of inputs, which are physically incorporated in an export
product.
o In addition to any inputs, packaging material, fuel, oil, catalyst which is consumed / utilized
in the process of production of export product, is also be allowed.
o For spare parts that have to be mandatorily exported with the final product, the
authorisation scheme grants a cover of up to 10% of the CIF (cost, insurance, freight) value.
o Biotechnological items are allowed if the Department of Biotechnology approves and issues
a no-objection certificate.
o Specified spices can be imported duty-free only by manufacturers, who crush, grind, sterilise
or manufacture oil or oleoresin. Cleaning, grading and packaging do not qualify as
manufacturing, so spices imported for this purpose will not qualify for duty exemption.
• The quantity of inputs allowed for a given product is based on specific norms defined for that
export product, which considers the wastage generated in the manufacturing process.
• DGFT provides a sector-wise list of Standard Input-Output Norms (SION) under which the
exporters may choose to apply.
• Alternatively, exporters may apply for their own ad-hoc norms in cases where the SION does not
suit the exporter.
• Scheme covers manufacturer exporters or merchant exporters tied to supporting
manufacturer(s).
• Under this scheme, manufacturers enjoy exemption from basic customs duty, education cess,
social welfare cess, anti-dumping duty, and countervailing duty and safeguard duty.
• Integrated goods and services tax and compensation cess are also exempted under this scheme.
Nodal Agency: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT)
277 Export Market Development Assistance (EMDA)

Key Features
This scheme supports the under mentioned activities -
• Assist exporters for export promotion activities abroad
• Assist Export Promotion Councils (EPCs) to undertake export promotion activities for their
products and commodities
• Assist approved organization/ trade bodies in undertaking exclusive non-recurring innovative
activities connected with export promotion efforts for their members
• Assist Focus export promotion programmes in specific regions abroad like FOCUS (LAC), Focus
(Africa), Focus (CIS) and Focus (ASEAN +2) programmes
• Residual essential activities connected with marketing promotion efforts abroad.

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278 Residential Education for Students in High Schools in Targeted Areas (SRESHTA) scheme
Launch Year: 2021
Objectives
Socio-economic upliftment and overall development of Scheduled Castes students by providing
quality residential education to meritorious students in reputed private schools
Key Features
• This scheme will enable meritorious SC students to have a better future and aid in controlling
dropout rates of students from classes 9 to 12.
• Each year 2200 meritorious SC students in States/UTs will be selected for quality residential
education in top-class residential High Schools available in or nearby to the District.
• This will aid in controlling dropout rates of SC students.
• The students and the schools will be recommended by the District Administration.
• The admissions would be in Class 9 and Class 11 and would be automatically renewed up to
class 12.
o Thereafter it will be connected to Post Matric Scholarship Scheme or Top Class
Education Scheme.
• The good quality highly reputed and performing higher secondary schools with residential
facilities having classes from 9 to 12, whether existing projects or new projects will be covered.
• The existing schools should have 100% pass percentage for the last 5 years or since their
inception if they are less than 5 years old.
• The students must belong to SC category and their family income should not exceed Rs.
2,50,000 per annum.
• Preference will be given to students whose family income is less than Rs. 1,00,000 and students
having physical disability.
• 30% of the slots will be reserved for girl students.
• The students will be selected through an open competitive examination/transparent selection
process by the District Administration.
• The grants will be provided for tuition fee and residential charges as required by the school,
subject to a ceiling of Rs. 75,000 per annum per student of class 9 and 10 and Rs. 1,25,000 per
annum per student of class 11 and 12.
• Payment shall be made in two Installments each installment of 50% of annual admissible grants.
• Payment of 2nd installment (remaining 50% of GIA) shall be made after examining the Aadhar
based attendance system on half-yearly basis i.e. from April to September.
279 SMILE – ‘Support for Marginalized Individuals for Livelihood and Enterprise’ Scheme
Launch Year: 2021
Key Features
• This umbrella scheme would cover several comprehensive measures including welfare
measures for both transgender persons and persons who are engaged in the act of begging.
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• The focus of the scheme is extensively on rehabilitation, provision of medical facilities,
counselling, basic documentation, education, skill development, economic linkages and so on
with the support of State Governments/UTs/Local Urban Bodies, Voluntary Organizations,
Community Based Organizations (CBOs) and institutions and others.
• Scheme provides for the use of the existing shelter homes available with the State/UT
Governments and Urban local bodies for rehabilitation of the persons engaged in the act of
Begging.
o In case of non-availability of existing shelter homes, new dedicated shelter homes are to
be set up by the implementing agencies.
Sub Schemes
• It includes 2 subschemes –
o Central Sector Scheme for Comprehensive Rehabilitation of persons engaged in the act of
Begging
o Central Sector Scheme for Comprehensive Rehabilitation for Welfare of Transgender
Persons
• One of the components of the sub-scheme ‘Comprehensive Rehabilitation for Welfare of
Transgender Persons’ is setting up of Garima Grehs (Shelter Home for Transgender Persons)
with the aim of setting up of atleast one Garima Greh in each State.
280 Ambedkar Social Innovation and Incubation Mission (ASIIM) under Venture Capital Fund
(VCF) for SCs
Launch Year: 2020
Aim
To promote innovation and enterprise among SC students studying in higher educational
institutions
Objectives
• To promote entrepreneurship among the SC Youth with special preference to Divyangs
• To support, promote, hand-hold the start-up ideas till they reach commercial stage by providing
liberal equity support
• To incentivise students with innovative mind-set to take to entrepreneurship with confidence.
• Youth who have been identified by the TBIs being promoted by Department of Science &
Technology
• Youth who are identified for incubation by reputed private TBIs
• Students who have been awarded under the Smart India Hackathon or Smart India Hardware
Hackathon being conducted by Ministry of Education
• Innovative ideas focusing on the socio-economic development of the society identified in the
TBIs
• Start-ups nominated and supported by corporates through CSR funds.
Key Features
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through the Technology Business Incubators (TBIs) in various higher educational institutions.
o They will be funded @ Rs. 30 lakhs in 3 years as equity funding so that they can translate
their start-up ideas into commercial ventures.
o Successful ventures would further qualify for venture funding of up to Rs. 5 Crore from
the Venture Capital Fund for SCs.
• Under this initiative VCF-SC shall target SC students/young entrepreneurs working in TBI
supported by Department of Science and Technology (DST) in higher education and technology
institution including Business / Management schools.
• The VCF-SC shall extend all support in the form of hand-holding, guidance, mentoring, besides
providing equity support up to Rs 30 lakh over a period of 3 years to each entity of young SC
students / entrepreneurs.
• The budget of ASIIM for the next four years has been kept at Rs 19320 lakhs.
• The ASIIM initiative will be implemented by the Venture Capital Fund for SCs (VCF-SCs) which
was set up in 2016 with the Fund size of Rs. 500 crore.
• It would further give fillip to the ‘Stand Up India’ initiative.
281 Vanchit Ikai Samooh aur Vargon ko Aarthik Sahayata Yojana (VISVAS Yojana)
Launch Year: 2020
Aim
Financial empowerment of economically marginalized OBC SHGs & Individuals
Objectives
Under the scheme, interest subvention will be provided to Self Help Groups with 100% OBC
members and OBC individuals who have taken loan for various income generating activities from
those Lending Institutions who have signed MoA with National Backward Classes Finance &
Development Corporation (NBCFDC).
• Members of Backward Classes, as notified by Central Government/State Governments from
time to time.
• Applicant’s annual family income should be less than Rs. 3.00 Lakh.
• SHGs must be registered with NRLM/NULM/NABARD with more than two years of credit history
• SHGs/Individuals must have made all repayments timely to be eligible for Interest Subvention
• All OBC Antoday Anna Yojana (AAY) card holders, and OBC individuals facing three or more
Deprivations in terms of SECC-2011, as per records available at the relevant BDO Office shall be
eligible for Interest Subvention.
• All OBC beneficiaries involved in Agricultural activities and getting coverage under the PM Kisan
shall be eligible for coverage under Interest Subvention
Key Features
• Maximum loan limit (for SHG) : Rs. 4.00 Lakh
• Maximum loan limit (for individual) : Rs. 2.00 Lakh
• Maximum Subvention Amount : @5% p.a.
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o Through Direct Transfer of Subvention Amount into operating account of SHG or Individual
• Period of Scheme
o Valid for 2020-21 as of now. Further extension contingent on the evaluation of the Scheme
by way of its impact assessment.
282 National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction (2018-23)

Launch Year: 2018
Aim
Reduction of adverse consequences of drug abuse through a multi-pronged strategy involving
education, de-addiction and rehabilitation of affected individuals and their families.
Objectives
• Create awareness and educate people about the ill-effects of drugs abuse on the individual,
family, workplace and the society at large.
• Develop human resources and build capacity for working towards these objectives
• Facilitate research, training, documentation, innovation and collection of relevant information
• Provide for a whole range of community-based services for the identification, motivation,
counselling, de-addiction of addicts
• Formulate and implement comprehensive guidelines, schemes, and programmes using a
multiagency approach for drug demand reduction
• Alleviate the consequences of drug dependence amongst individuals, family and society at large.
Key Features
• Focus on preventive education, awareness generation, counselling, treatment and
rehabilitation of drug-dependent people, besides training and capacity-building of service
providers through the collaborative efforts of the Centre, state and NGOs.
• Involvement of stakeholders: Coordination with implementing agencies for controlling the sale
of sedatives, painkillers and muscle relaxant drugs, and checking online sale of drugs by stringent
monitoring by the cyber cell are proposed under the Action Plan.
• Awareness generation through social, print, digital and online media, and engagement of
celebrities, besides strengthening the national toll-free helpline for drug prevention.
• Increase community participation and public cooperation in the reduction of demand by
involving Panchayati Raj institutions, Urban Local Bodies, Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan and
other local groups like Mahila Mandals, self-help groups etc to tackle the menace of drugs.
• A steering committee would be constituted under the chairmanship of the secretary, Social
Justice Ministry, and with representatives from several other Ministries to monitor the
implementation of the Action Plan.
• National Institute of Social Defence (NISD) carries out programmes for capacity building and
training of functionaries of de-addiction centres through NCDAP.
Components admissible for financial assistance:

• Preventive Education and Awareness Generation, Capacity Building
• Treatment and Rehabilitation

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• Setting quality standards
• Focused Intervention in vulnerable areas
• Skill development, vocational training and livelihood support of ex-drug addicts
• Survey, Studies, Evaluation, Research and Innovation on the subjects covered under the Scheme.
• Programmes for Drug Demand Reduction by States/UTs
• Programme Management
• Any other activity or item which will augment/strengthen the implementation of NAPDDR
283 Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana

Launch Year: 2017
Aim
Providing Senior Citizens, belonging to BPL category and suffering from any of the age-related
disability/infirmity viz. Low vision, Hearing impairment, Loss of teeth and Locomotor disability, with
such assisted-living devices which can restore near normalcy in their bodily functions, overcoming
the disability/infirmity manifested.
Target Beneficiary
• Senior citizens (aged 60 years or above) of BPL category
• Senior citizens with monthly income not more than Rs. 15000
Key Features
• It is a scheme for providing Physical Aids and Assisted-living Devices for Senior citizens
belonging to BPL category.
• Free of cost distribution of the devices, commensurate with the extent of disability/infirmity
that is manifested among the eligible senior citizens.
• In case of multiple disabilities/infirmities manifested in the same person, the assistive devices
will be given in respect of each disability/impairment.
• The devices will help the Senior Citizens to overcome their age related physical impairment and
to lead a dignified and productive life with minimal dependence on care givers or other
members of the family.
• ALIMCO will undertake one year free maintenance of the aids & assisted living devices.
• The maximum cost of generic devices will not be exceed Rs. 15000 per beneficiary and for
special items Rs. 20000 per beneficiary.
• Beneficiaries in each district will be identified by the State Governments/UT Administrations
through a Committee chaired by the Deputy Commissioner/District Collector.
• State Government/UT Administration/District Level Committee can also utilize the data of BPL
beneficiaries receiving Old Age Pension under the NSAP or any other Scheme of the State/UT for
identification of senior citizens belonging to BPL category.
• As far as possible, 30% of the beneficiaries in each district shall be women.
• The devices will be distributed in Camp mode.
• For the senior citizens aged 80 years or more, the devices are provided at their doorsteps.
Funding Pattern
It is a central sector scheme funded from the Senior Citizens’ Welfare Fund. The fund was notified
in the year 2016.

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Implementing Agency: Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation (ALIMCO)
284 Inclusive India Initiatives

Launch Year: 2017 (by National Trust)
Aim
It aims to cater to the persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Key Features
• The objective is to include people in the mainstream and in all important aspects of social life,
namely education, employment and community ‘Inclusive India’ in about changing the attitudes.
• The initiative attempts to bring about change in attitudes, and attempt to facilitate the
realization of equal opportunities, protection of rights and full participation of people with
disabilities.
• The three core focus areas of the initiative are:
o Inclusive Education
o Inclusive Employment
o Inclusive Community Life.
• In the domain of Inclusive Education, large-scale awareness campaigns would be executed on
pan-India basis, making the schools and colleges inclusive for the children and adults with
intellectual disabilities.
o Association with government and private organisations will be explored for making the
infrastructure of educational institutes accessible and inclusive, by providing necessary
mobility aids, assistive devices, accessible information and social support.
• The initiative will engage at least 2000 corporate sector organisations; public and private, for
creating awareness towards inclusive employment for persons with intellectual disabilities,
during the current financial year.
• The efforts towards accomplishing inclusive community life can be made successful, only when
the people with intellectual and development disabilities, their families, Civil Society
organisations and State Government connect.
285 Sugamya Pustakalaya

Launch Year: 2016
Key Features
• Developed By: It has been created in collaboration with National Institute of Visually
Handicapped (NIVH), member organizations of Daisy Forum of India (DFI), Bookshare and
powered by TCS Access.
• It is an online platform that makes accessible content available to print-disabled people.
• The library houses publications across diverse subjects and languages and multiple accessible
formats.
• Books are available in Accessible formats for people with visual impairment and other print
disabilities.

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286 Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan (Accessible India Campaign)
Launch Year: 2015
Aim
• To serve Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) in country and create an accessible physical
environment that benefits everyone, not just PwDs.
• Providing equal opportunity to persons with disabilities to participate in all the aspects of life
and live independently.
• To develop an inclusive society in which equal opportunities and access is provided for the
growth and development of Persons with Disabilities.
Objectives
• Enhancing the proportion of accessible government buildings, airports, railway stations and
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
• Enhancing the proportion of daily captioning and sign-language interpretation of public
television news programmes
Targets
• Making 50% of all the government buildings of NCT and all the State capitals fully accessible by
June 2022
• Completing accessibility audit of at least 25-50 most important government buildings and
converting them into fully accessible buidlings in 50 selected cities by June 2022.
• Ensuring that 50% of railway stations in the country are converted into fully accessible railway
stations by June 2022
• Ensuring that 25% of Government owned public transport carriers in the country are converted
into fully accessible carriers.
• Conducting accessibility audit of 50% of all government (both Central and State Governments)
websites and converting them into fully accessible websites by June 2022
• Conducting audit of 50% of government buildings and converting them into fully accessible
buildings in 10 most important cities / towns of all the States (other than those, which are
already covered above) by June 2022.
• Conducting accessibility audit of all the international airports and converting them into fully
accessible international airports by June 2022.
Key Features
Components
• Built Environment Accessibility
• Transportation System Accessibility
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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.
• Sugamya Bharat App - A Crowdsourcing Mobile Application is a means for sensitising and
enhancing accessibility in the 3 pillars of the Accessible India Campaign i.e. built environment,
transportation sector and ICT ecosystem in India.
287 Dr. Ambedkar Scheme of Pre-Matric Scholarship and Post Matric Scholarship for students
belonging to Denotified and Nomadic Tribes (DNTs)
Objective
To improve educational empowerment of the DNTs who are not covered under SC/ST/OBC
category
Key Features
• The income ceiling for eligibility is Rs. 2.00 lakh per annum.
• The scheme is implemented through State Governments/UT Administrations.
• The expenditure is shared between the Centre and the States in the ratio of 75:25.
• The scheme of Pre-matric Scholarship for DNT students is helpful in spreading education
amongst DNT children especially the girl child.
• The scholarship schemes is for individual beneficiaries not covered under any scheme.
The rates of the Scholarship are -

Pre-Matric Scholarship to DNT Students -
Standard Rate
Class I to VIII Rs 1000 per student for 10 month
Class IX to X Rs 1500 per student for 10 month
Post-Matric Scholarship to DNT Students -

• The rates under different Post-Matric Courses range between Rs. 1200 per month and Rs. 380
per month for hostellers. For the day scholars, the range is Rs. 550 to Rs. 230 per month.
• The outlay for the year 2015-16 will be met from the scheme of Educational & Economic
Development of DNTs which is Rs. 5.00 crore.

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288 Nanaji Deshmukh Scheme of Construction of Hostels for DNT Boys and Girls
Aim
Providing hostel facilities to students belonging to those DNT students who are not covered under
SC, ST or OBC, to enable them to pursue secondary and higher education
Key Features
• It is being implemented through State Governments/UT Administrations/ Central Universities.
• The income ceiling for eligibility is Rs. 2.00 lakh per annum.
• The Central Government will provide a maximum of 500 seats per annum throughout the
country.
• The cost norm under the scheme is Rs.3 lakh per seat for the hostel (which is said between
Centre and State in 75:25 ratio) and Rs.5,000 per seat for furniture.
• The construction work of the Hostel has to be completed within 18 months from award of work
order or 2 years from the release of Central assistance, whichever is earlier.
• In no case the time will be extended beyond 2 years.
• Any cost escalation due to delay in project will be borne by the State/Institute.
289 Pre-Matric Scholarship for Students with Disabilities

Objectives
• To provide financial assistance to the students with disabilities for studying in class IX & X
• To support students with disabilities for their study in classes IX and X onwards so that the
incidence of drop-out, especially in the transition from the elementary to the secondary stage is
minimized
• To improve participation of students with disabilities in classes IX and X and at the pre-matric
stage of education
• She/he should be a regular, full time student studying in class IX or X in a Government school or
in a school recognized by Govt. or by a Central/State Board of Secondary Education
• Equal to or more than 40% disabilities
• Annual Parental income ceiling - Rs.2.00 lakh
Key Features
• The Scheme is being implemented through National Scholarship Portal (NSP).
• Scholarship amount is disbursed direct to the beneficiaries under DBT Mode.
• 50% of the total scholarships available each year shall be reserved for girl candidates.
• Rates of Scholarship –
Items Day Scholars Hostellers
Rate of maintenance 500 800
allowance (in Rs. Per
month) payable for 12
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months in an academic
year
• Book Grant – Rs 1000 per annum

• Disability allowance is also paid under the scheme.
290 Swachhta Udyami Yojana - Swachhta Se Sampannta Ki Aur

Launch Year: 2014
Objectives
Cleanliness and providing livelihood to Safai Karamcharis and liberate Manual Scavengers to
achieve the overall goal of “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan”.
• Individual beneficiaries/ self-help groups, through State Channelizing Agencies (SCAs), in
collaboration with reputed organizations.
• Target group of Manual scavengers / Safai Karamcharis
Key Features
• The “Swachhta Udyami Yojana” is for extending financial assistance for Construction,
Operation & Maintenance of Pay and Use Community Toilets in Public Private Partnership (PPP)
Mode and Procurement & Operation of Sanitation related Vehicles.
• Concessional loan for viable community toilet projects and sanitation related vehicles to collect
the garbage, to consolidate the ongoing efforts for realising the objectives of the ‘Swachh Bharat
Abhiyan’
• Entrepreneurs among safai karmacharis and identified manual scavengers can avail loan upto
defined ceiling at concessional rate of interest @ 4% per annum.
o In case of women beneficiaries, there is a rebate of 1% in the rate of interest charged.
o A rebate of 0.5% will be extended for the beneficiaries for timely repayment.
• The maximum amount allowed for construction toilets and for procurement of sanitation
related vehicles will be 25 lakhs rupees and 15 lakhs rupees respectively.
• Each identified Manual Scavenger will be provided capital subsidy upto 3.25 lakhs rupees.
• Repayment Period – Upto 10 years
• Moratorium Period - 6 Months in addition to implementation period of six months
Implementing Agency: National Safai Karamcharis Finance and Development Corporation (NSKFDC)
291 Dr. Ambedkar Scheme for Social Integration through Inter-caste Marriages
Launch Year: 2013
Objectives
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.
• An Inter-caste marriage means a marriage in which one of the spouses belongs to Scheduled
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• 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.
Key Features
• Under the scheme, 500 couples can apply annually.
• Rs. 25,000 would be released to the district administration for organizing a program in which
the incentive can be handed over to the couple.
• 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.
• 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.
• The number of couples who can avail the scheme in a state depends on its Scheduled Caste
population as per the 2011 census.
292 Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana

Launch Year: 2009-10 (Pilot Basis)
Objectives
• To ensure integrated development of the selected villages having population > 500 and with
more than 50% SC population so that, inter alia, there is:
o Adequate Infrastructure: All requisite infrastructure necessary for the socio-economic
development needs are to be provided under the Scheme.
o 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.
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
Key Features
• An ‘Adarsh Gram’ is one wherein people have access to various basic services so that the
minimum needs of all the sections of the society are fully met and disparities are reduced to a
minimum.
• These villages would have all such infrastructure and its residents will have access to all such
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everyone is enabled to utilize her/his potential to the fullest.
• At the National level, the National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj (NIRD&PR),
Hyderabad, will provide technical resource support for the Scheme.
• Similarly, at the State and District levels, the State Institute of Rural
Development(SIRD)/Extension Training Centers (ETCs) of NIRD&PR or any other reputed
Institutions as identified and selected by the States/UTs, will provide technical resource support
for the implementation of the Scheme.
• The particulars of the 50 Monitorable Indicators under 10 domains are:
o Drinking water and Sanitation
o Education
o Health and Nutrition
o Social Security
o Rural Roads and Housing
o Electricity and Clean Fuel
o Agricultural Practices etc.
o Financial Inclusion
o Digitization
o Livelihood and Skill Development
Components
• Territorial Area Development Component
o Convergence of Schemes: The twin objectives of providing adequate infrastructure and
improving socio-economic indicators will be sought to be achieved by convergence of
Schemes.
o ‘Gap-filling’: The specifically identified developmental requirements of the selected
villages which cannot be met under any of the existing schemes of the Central and State
Governments would be undertaken from ‘Gap-filling’ fund under this Scheme.
• For every new village selected, the Scheme provides for a total of Rs. 21 lakh of which Rs.20.00
lakh is for the ‘Gap-filling’ component and Rs.1.00 lakh is meant for ‘administrative expenses’
in the ratio of 1:1:1:2 at the Centre, State, District and Village level respectively.
293 Niramaya Insurance Scheme

Launch Year: 2008
Objectives
To provide affordable Health Insurance to persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental
Retardation and Multiple Disabilities.
Key Features
• Under the scheme, health expenses to the extent of Rs 1 lakh, which includes a maximum of Rs
70,000 towards hospitalisation, Rs 14,500 towards out-patient charges, and Rs 10,000 for
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• All persons with disabilities under the National Trust Act with valid disability certificate will be
eligible and included.
• Facility for OPD treatment including the medicines, pathology, diagnostic tests, etc, Regular
Medical checkup for non-ailing disabled, Dental Preventive Dentistry, Surgery to prevent further
aggravation of disability, Non- Surgical/ Hospitalization, Corrective Surgeries for existing
Disability including congenital disability, Ongoing Therapies to reduce impact of disability and
disability related complications, Alternative Medicine.
• Transportation costs.
• The scheme will be available in the entire country.
• No pre-insurance medical tests required.
• Treatment can be taken from any hospital.
Nodal Agency: The National Trust under Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
294 Self-Employment Scheme for Rehabilitation of Manual Scavangers

Launch Year: It was launched in 2007 and was revised in 2013 under the “Prohibition of
Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013”
Objectives
To provide assistance the manual scavengers and their dependents for their rehabilitation in
alternative occupations.
Key Features
• Identification of manual scavengers is done by the concerned State Governments through
survey by the Urban Local Bodies/Gram Panchyats
Definition of Manual Scavengers and their dependents:

• “Manual Scavenger” means a person engaged or employed by an individual or a local authority
or a public or private agency, for manually cleaning, carrying, disposing of, or otherwise
handling in any manner, human excreta in an insanitary latrine or in an open drain or pit into
which human excreta from insanitary latrines is disposed of, or on a railway track, before the
excreta fully decomposes.
• The dependent of manual scavengers is one who is a member of their family or is dependent
on them.
• Onetime cash assistance of Rs 40,000 to identified manual scavenger
• Skill Development Training upto two years with stipend of Rs.3,000 per month.
• Loans up to a maximum project cost of Rs. 15 lakhs will be admissible to identify manual
scavengers and their dependents under the scheme. However, for projects of Self Help Groups/
groups, the maximum project cost shall be limited to Rs. 50 lakh.
• The period of repayment of loan, including moratorium period will be five years for projects
upto Rs. 5,00,000 and 7 years for projects above Rs. 5,00,000 with a moratorium period to start
the repayment of loan will be upto 6 months.
• The rate of interest chargeable from the beneficiaries will be as follows -
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o For projects above Rs 100000 - 6% per annum
• Where the rate of interest chargeable by the banks on loans will be higher than the rates
prescribed in the scheme, interest subsidy to the extent of the difference will be given to the
banks by the respective State Channelising Agencies (SCAs)/ or NSKFDC.
• Rate of Subsidy –
o For individuals Project
✓ Upto Rs. 5,00,000 is 50% of project cost
✓ Rs. 5,00,000 to 15,00,000 is Rs. 2.5 lakh + 25% of remaining project cost
o For Group Projects - Same as admissible to individuals subject to maximum Rs. 3.75 lakh
per beneficiary
Implementing Agency: National Safai Karamcharis Finance and Development Corporation (NSKFDC)
295 Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme

Launch Year: 2003
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
Objectives
• To create an enabling environment to ensure equal opportunities, equity, social justice and
empowerment of persons with disabilities.
• To encourage voluntary action for ensuring effective implementation of the People with
Disabilities (Equal Opportunities and Protection of Rights) Act of 1995.
Key Features
• The "Scheme to Promote Voluntary Action for Persons with Disabilities" was revised and was
renamed as the "Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme (DDRS) from April 2003.
• NGOs are being given assistance under DDRS for providing a wide range of services to
children/persons with disability, e.g.
o Programmes for pre-school and early intervention
o Special education
o Vocational training and placement
o Community based rehabilitation
o Manpower development
o Psycho-social rehabilitation of persons with mental illness
o Rehabilitation of leprosy-cured persons, etc.
• The maximum level of support could be up to 90% of the eligible amount of grant for the
project.
• Recommendation from the District Social Welfare Officer and the State Government is
necessary for issuing grants-in-aid to NGOs.
296 Construction of Hostel for OBC Boys and Girls

Aim
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especially from rural areas, to enable them to pursue secondary and higher education.
• Priority will be given for the proposals for construction of hostels for under-graduate students
vis-a-vis below under-graduate level
Beneficiaries
• Agencies eligible for financial assistance under the revised Scheme will be as follows
• State Governments and UT Administrations
• Institutions or organizations set up by the Central Government as autonomous bodies under a
statute (e.g. Central Universities, IIT, NIT, etc.) or as Societies under the Registration of Societies
Act, 1860, or otherwise.
Key Features
• The cost per hostel seat in different areas are as follows –
o North Eastern Region - Rs.3.50 lakh per seat
o Himalayan Regions - Rs.3.25 lakh per seat
o Rest of country - Rs.3.00 lakh per seat
o Or as per the schedule of the rates for the concerned State Government, whichever is
lower.
• The construction work of the Hostel has to be completed within 18 months from award of work
order or two years from the release of 1st installment of Central assistance, whichever is earlier.
o In no case the time will be extended beyond 2 years. Any cost escalation due to delay in
project will be borne by the State/Institute.
• The amount of grant will be released in 3 installments in 50:45:5 ratio, of which 5% grant will
be released after completion of the work and occupation of the rooms by the OBC Boys and
Girls
• There will be a one-time non-recurring grant of Rs.2500 per seat for providing
furniture/equipment to the hostels constructed under the Scheme.
• Students fulfilling the following eligibility criteria may be allotted seats in Hostels constructed
under the Scheme
o Students whose castes are included in the Central/State/UT list of Other Backward
Classes and who do not belong to the "creamy layer”
o Hostels would be essentially for post matric students. However, if there are vacant
seats, pre-matric students especially of the secondary level, would also be eligible to be
accommodated.
o Other things, being equal preference will be given to OBC students hailing from low
income families
o At least 5% of the total seats should be reserved for students with disabilities.
297 Assistance to Disabled Persons Scheme

Launch Year: 1981
Aim
To assist the needy disabled persons in procuring durable and scientifically manufactured appliances
that can promote their physical, social and psychological rehabilitation by reducing the effects of
disabilities and enhance their economic potential.

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• Indian citizen of any age
• Has 40% disability or more
• Monthly income not more than Rs 20000
• Must not have received assistance during the last 3 years and for children (below age 12 years)
in last 1 year.
• Aids/appliances which do not cost more than Rs. 10,000 are covered under the Scheme for
single disability. However, in some cases the limit would be raised to Rs.12,000.
• In the case of multiple disabilities, the limit will apply to individual items separately in case more
than one aid/appliance is required.
• Full cost of aid/appliance is provided if the income is up to Rs. 15,000 per month and 50% of
the cost of aid/appliance is provided if the income is between Rs. 15,001 to Rs. 20,000 per
month.
• The scheme also envisages conduct of corrective surgeries, wherever required, before providing
an assistive device.
Implementing Agency
It is implemented through NGOs, National Institutes under the Ministry and ALIMCO (a PSU that
manufactures artificial limbs).
298 Assistance to Scheduled Castes Development Corporations (SCDCs)

Objectives
• Identification of eligible SC families and motivating them to undertake economic development
schemes
• Sponsoring those schemes to financial institutions for credit support.
• Providing financial assistance in form of margin money on low rate of interest and subsidy in
order to reduce their repayment liability; and
• Providing necessary link/tie up with other poverty alleviation programme.
Key Features
• There are in total 27 such State-level Corporations which are working for the economic
development of Scheduled Castes, although some of these Corporations are also catering to the
requirements of other weaker sections of the Society, e.g. Scheduled Tribes, OBCs, Minorities
etc.
• The SCDCs finance the employment oriented schemes covering diverse areas of economic
activities which inter-alia include agriculture and allied activities including minor irrigation, small
scale industry, transport and trade and service sector.
Functions
• The main functions of SCDCs include identification of eligible SC families and motivating them
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for credit support, providing financial assistance in the form of the margin money at a low rate
of interest, providing subsidy out of the funds made available to the States under the Scheme of
Special Central Assistance to Special Component Plan of the States to reduce the repayment
liability and providing necessary tie up with other poverty alleviation programmes.
• For facilitating loans to Scheduled Castes, the SCDCs tie up with the local banks, National
Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation (NSFDC) and National Safai
Karamcharis Finance and Development Corporation (NSKFDC).
Funding Pattern
• Government of India and State Government have been participating in the share capital of the
State Scheduled Castes Development Corporations in the ration of 49:51.
• The cost norms of the projects/schemes have been left to the State Government and SCDCs
• The Central share of equity capital is sent directly to the State SCDCs. Wherever necessary, the
Ministry might route the funds through the National Scheduled Cates and Scheduled Tribes
Finance and Development Corporations (NSFDC)
• The quantum and ceiling of subsidy in the same as for the schemes in IRDP;
• There are two nominees on the Board of Management of the State SCDCs-one form the NSFDC
and the other from Government of India. The nominees, as far as possible, are to be professional
and not necessarily the officers of either the Central Government or of NSFDC.
299 Pre-Matric Scholarships for the children of those engaged in unclean occupation involving
cleaning and prone to health hazards
Objectives
To provide financial assistance to children of whose parents/guardians belong to one of the
following categories, to pursue Pre-matric education -
• Persons who are Manual Scavengers as defined under section 2(I) (g) of Manual Scavengers Act
2013
• Tanners & Flayers
• Waste pickers
• Persons engaged in hazardous cleaning as defined in section 2 (I) (d) of Manual Scavengers Act
2013.
Eligibility Conditions
• Scholarship will be admissible to the children/wards of Indian Nationals who, irrespective of
their religion belongs to one of the following categories:
o Persons who are Manual Scavengers as defined under section 2(I) (g) of Manual
Scavengers Act 2013
o Tanners & Flayers
o Persons engaged in hazardous cleaning as defined in section 2(l) (d) of Manual
Scavengers Act 2013.
• Eligible candidates will submit a certificate from District Social Welfare officer, identified officer
of Local body, Civic Agency or any such authority as designated by State Government.
Key Features

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• Under the scheme, 100% central assistance is provided to State Governments/UT
Administrations from the Government of India for the total expenditure under the Scheme, over
and above their respective Committed Liability to implement this Scheme.
Duration and course of studies -

• The scholarships may be given to students enrolled in class I or any subsequent class of pre-
matric stage in the case of day scholars, and class III or any subsequent class of pre-matric stage
in case of hostellers.
• The scholarship will terminate at the end of class X.
• The duration of scholarship in an academic year is 10 months.
The rates under the scheme are as follows -

• Day Scholars - Class I to X Rs. 225 p.m. for ten month
• Hostellers -Class III to X Rs. 700 p.m. for ten month
• In addition an ad-hoc grant of Rs. 750 per student per annum to day scholars and Rs. 1000 per
student per annum to hostellers would be admissible. Besides this there are additional
provisions of allowances for students amongst target groups with disabilities.
300 Pradhan Mantri Welfare Scheme for Economic Empowerment of DNT/NT/SNTs (SEED)
Objectives
To provide financial assistance for health insurance, coaching of good quality, livelihoods initiative
and construction of houses for Denotified Tribes (DNTs), Nomadic Tribes (NT) & Semi Nomadic
Tribes (SNTs).
Key Features
• A total of 1.82 lakh DNT, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic communities would be benefited under
this.
Components
• To provide coaching of good quality for DNT candidates to enable them to appear in competitive
examinations.
• To provide Health Insurance to them.
• To facilitate livelihood initiative at community level
• To provide financial assistance for construction of houses for members of these communities.
301 National Overseas Scholarship Scheme for SC etc.

Objectives
To facilitate the low income students belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Denotified Nomadic and
Semi-Nomadic Tribes, Landless Agricultural Labourers and Traditional Artisans category to obtain
higher education viz., Master degree or Ph.D courses by studying abroad thereby improving their
Economic and Social status
Eligiblity
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• Family income from all sources does not exceed Rs. 8 lakh
Key Features
• In each Selection Year, 100 fresh awards, subject to availability of funds, will be given.
• The Scheme provides financial assistance to the selected candidates for pursuing Masters level
courses and Ph.D. courses abroad in the Institutions/Universities accredited by the
Government/ an authorized body of that country in any fields of study.
• If for any specific year, successful candidates are not available to the extent prescribed for each
of the above listed categories, the awards for that year will become open for candidates
belonging to other categories.
• 30% of the awards for each year shall be earmarked for women candidates. However, in case,
adequate women candidates are not available as per the stipulations of the scheme, then the
unutilized slots will be utilized by selecting suitable male candidates.
• Bachelor Level courses in any discipline are not covered under the Scheme.
• Candidates already staying/ studying abroad are not eligible for scholarship under the Scheme.
• Candidates having unconditional offer of admission to top 1000 ranked foreign
Institutes/Universities as per the latest available QS ranking only will be selected for grant of
scholarship during the first three rounds of selection out of a total of four rounds in the selection
year
• Not more than two children of the same parents/guardians will be eligible for scholarship
under the scheme
• Minimum Qualification:
o In order to be eligible for scholarship, at least 60% of marks or equivalent grade in
the qualifying examination would be required.
o In case of Ph.D courses, the qualifying exam would be Master’s Degree and for
Master’s Degree courses, the qualifying examination would be Bachelor's Degree.
Implementing Agency: Department of Social Justice and Empowerment
302 Post-Matric Scholarship for Schedule Caste Students

Objectives
The Scheme provides financial assistance to the Scheduled Caste students studying at post
matriculation or post-secondary stage to enable them to complete their education.
Key Features
• These scholarships are available for studies in India only and are awarded by the government
of the State/Union Territory to which the applicant actually belongs i.e. permanently settled.
• The value of scholarship includes the following for complete duration of the course: -
o Maintenance allowance amounting to Rs 380 to 1200 per month for hostellers and Rs
230 to Rs 550 per month for day scholars.
o Reimbursement of compulsory non-refundable fees, study tour charges, thesis
typing/printing charges for Research Scholars, book allowance for students pursuing
correspondence courses, book bank facility for specified courses, and additional
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• This scheme allows students to pursue any post matric course starting from class 11th and
onwards, with the Govt meeting the cost of education.
• Scholarships will be paid to the students whose parents/guardians’ income from all sources
does not exceed Rs. 2,50,000 per annum w.e.f. academic session 2013-14.
Funding Pattern
Sharing ratio of 60:40 between the Centre and the States (90:10 in case of NE States).
Implemented by: State Government and UT administration
• It is aimed to provide scholarships to about 4 crore beneficiaries during the period 2020-21 to
2025-26 by, inter alia, focusing on the poorest households, generating awareness and
developing robust IT framework for processing of scholarships.
303 In-service training and sensitisation of key functionaries of Central and State Government and
Local bodies
Aim
To focus on the need based training of key functionaries dealing with disability sector to be
conducted in co‐ ordination with the Administrative Training Institutes as far as possible.
Objectives
• To train and sensitize key functionaries of the Central/ State Govt./ Local Bodies and other
Service Providers on regular basis on disability related matters through State/ District/ Block
level training programmes
• To raise the awareness among policy makers and field functionaries about rights and
entitlements of persons with disabilities with a purpose of creating inclusive environment in
communities /workplace.
• To create awareness about disability related legislations, development programmes, schemes
and programmes for the benefits of PwDs, rehabilitation and referral services amongst the
various stakeholders.
• To create awareness about the importance of prevention, early identification, intervention,
rehabilitation and inclusive development of persons with disabilities (Divyangjan).
• To provide in‐service training on some important schemes like oralism, sign language, Braille
etc.
• To obtain feedback about the quality of delivery of the schemes/programmes of Govt.
Key Features
• The scheme proposes to train approximately 10,000 key functionaries every year through short
term training programmes.
• The outcome of the scheme will be Human Resource Development through skill enhancement
with a view to effect efficiency, effectiveness and economy in jobs assigned to them.
• The training programmes are meant to sensitize the officers to new and important issues facing
the disability sector in the changing and economic scenario.
Implementing Agency: Rehabilitation Council India (at national level)

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304 Mahila Samridhi Yojana
Aim
To provide Micro Finance to women entrepreneurs of Backward Classes
• Women belonging to the Backward Classes as notified by Central / State Govt. from time to
time and living below double the poverty line.
• The annual family income of the women is fixed as Rs.3.00 Lakh
• In a SHG 60% of members can be from Backward Classes and remaining 40% members may be
from other weaker section like SC/Handicapped/Minorities etc.
Key Features
• Maximum loan limit per SHG - Rs.15.00 Lakh
• Maximum loan limit beneficiary – Rs 1.25 lakh
• Maximum number of women in one SHG – 20
• The scheme is to be implemented by Channel Partners in rural and urban areas by way of
financing the women beneficiaries either directly or through Self -Help Groups (SHGs).
305 Atal Vayo Abhyudaya Yojana (AVYAY)

Key Features
• This scheme was formerly known as National Action Plan for Senior Citizens.
• This Plan takes care of the top four needs of the senior citizens viz financial security, food,
health care and human interaction /life of dignity.
• It also includes the facets of safety/protection and general wellbeing of the elderly beginning
from awareness generation and sensitization of the society.
Sub - Schemes
AVYAY is an umbrella scheme, effective since 1st April 2021, has following schemes under it,
namely -
• Scheme of Integrated Programme for Senior Citizens (IPSrC)
• State Action Plan for Senior Citizens (SAPSrC)
• Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana (RVY)
• (a) Livelihood and Skilling Initiatives for Senior Citizens - Senior Able Citizens for Re-Employment
in Dignity (SACRED) (b) Action Groups Aimed at Social Reconstruction (AGRASR Groups):Elderly
Self Help groups
• Promoting silver economy
• Channelizing CSR funds for Elderly care
• Scheme for Awareness Generation and Capacity Building for welfare of Senior Citizens – Training,
Awareness, Sensitization, Setting up of National Helpline for Senior Citizens
Nodal Department: Department of Social Justice and Empowerment
306 Pre-Matric Scholarship for SC Students studying in class IX and X

Objectives
• To support parents of SC children for education of their wards studying in classes IX and X so
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that the incidence of drop-out, especially in the transition from the elementary to the secondary
stage is minimized, and
• To improve participation of SC children in classes IX and X of the pre-matric stage, so that they
perform better and have a better chance of progressing to the post-matric stage of education.
• Student should belong to Scheduled Caste.
• His/ her Parent/Guardian’s income should not exceed Rs. 2.50 lakh per annum
• He / she should not be getting any other Centrally-funded Pre Matric Scholarship. However
benefit of National Means-cum- Merit scholarship scheme of D/o School Education, Ministry of
Education can be availed by the beneficiaries of Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme for SC students.
• She/ he should be a regular, full time student studying in a Government School or in a School
recognized by Govt. or a Central/State Board of Secondary Education.
• Scholarship for studying in any class will be available for only one year. If a student has to
repeat a class, she / he would not get scholarship for that class for a second (or subsequent)
year.
Key Features
• Pre-Matric Scholarship to the SC Students studying in classes IX & X is a Centrally Sponsored
Scheme and implemented through State Government and UT administration.
• The Scheme will be available for studies in India only and will be awarded by the Government
of the State/Union Territory to which the applicant belongs i.e. where he is domiciled.
• The value of scholarship includes the following for complete duration of the course –
o Scholarship and other grant
o Additional allowance for students with disabilities studying in private un-aided recognized
Schools.
• The details are as follows: Rates of scholarship and other grant will be as follows -
Item Day Scholars Hostellers
Scholarship (Rs p.m.) 225 525
(for 10 months)
Books and Ad hoc 750 1000
Grant (Rs p.a.)
• The scholarship will be payable for 10 months in an academic year.

• The award once made will continue subject to good conduct and regularity in attendance. It
will be renewed for Class X after the student passes Class IX.
307 Babu Jagjivan Ram Chhatrawas Yojana for Boys

Objectives
• To attract implementing agencies for undertaking construction of hostels, especially for SC
girls, towards the broader vision of containment and reduction of their dropout rate.
• Having a girls/ boys hostel with a capacity of 100 seats, in every block headquarters of low
literacy districts not having one as of now, by way of priority
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• Having an effective mechanism for monitoring, review, etc.
Key Features
• The scheme of construction of hostels for SC girls is in operation from the Third Five Year Plan
(1961-66), the same for boys was started with effect from the year 1989-90.
o The scheme was revised in 2008 and recently in 2018.
• This scheme is launched to enable and encourage students belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC)
to attain quality education.
• Such hostels are immensely beneficial to the students hailing from rural and remote areas of
the country.
• The capacity per hostel should not normally exceed 100 students. In exceptional cases, hostels
with larger capacities (maximum upto 250 students) can be considered. Each hostel room
should accommodate at least 2-3 students.
• The cost norms for construction/expansion of girls and boys hostels will be as under -
o North Eastern Region : Rs.3.50 lakh per inmate
o Northern Himalayan Regions : Rs.3.25 lakh per inmate
o Gangetic Plains & Lower : Rs.3.00 lakh per inmate Himalayan Region
• In addition to the admissible central assistance under the Scheme, a one-time grant of Rs.5000
per student would also be provided for making provisions of a cot, a table and a chair for each
student and for common facilities like Television, Computer, Kitchen equipment, etc.
• It shall be mandatory for the educational institutions concerned to provide 70% reservation to
SC students in the hostels created under the scheme.
• Priority in allotment of hostel accommodation should be given to SC students whose parents
are either 'SafaiKaramcharis' or engaged in unclean occupations.
• The scheme is implemented through the State Governments, Union Territory Administrations
and the Central & State Universities/ Institutions.
• These implementing agencies are provided eligible central assistance as per provisions of the
scheme, for fresh construction of hostel buildings, for expansion of the existing hostel facilities
and for periodic repair and maintenance of the hostels constructed under this Scheme.
Location and Scope of Hostels

• While sanctioning hostels, priority maybe given to areas having concentration of SC population
of 15% and more, and without adequate hostel facilities for SC students.
• Preference will be given to integrated hostels (part of established educational institutions) over
stand-alone hostels.
• State Governments, while selecting schools for construction of hostels will give priority to top
performing Government schools not having any hostel at present.
• In case of girls, the hostels will be located in areas having low SC female literacy. The girls
hostels will be constructed in close vicinity of the educational institution.
• Focus will be given on construction of hostels for middle and higher secondary levels of
education. However, hostels can also be constructed under the scheme for college and
university levels of education.
• The construction of boundary walls, two rooms set quarter for hostel wardens and one room

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set for Chowkidars/ Lady Guards would be an integral part of the scheme.
For Girls Hostels -
• 100% Central Assistance is provided to the State Governments/ UT Administrations and Central
& State Universities/ Institutions, as per the cost norms prescribed in the Scheme.
For Boys Hostels -
• 50% central assistance is provided to State Governments on matching share basis.
• 100% central assistance to UT Administrations.
• 90% central assistance to Central Universities/Institutions. The remaining 10% cost is to be
borne by the Central University/ Institution concerned.
• For State Universities/ Institutions, the central assistance is 45%. The remaining 55% cost is to
be borne by the State University/Institution and the State Government/UT Administration
concerned in the ratio of 10:45.
o In case the State Governments/ UT Administrations concerned do not contribute their
expected share of 45% to the State Universities/ Institutions as prescribed above, the
share of the former will also have to be borne by the Universities/ Institutions, by raising
their contribution to 55%.
308 Central Assistance to States/UTs for effective implementation of the Protection of Civil Right
Act 1955 and Prevention of Atrocities Act, 1989
Key Features
• Under the scheme, Central assistance is provided to State governments and UT administration
for implementation of the PCR and PoA Acts, mainly for following purposes -
o Functioning and strengthening of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Protection
Cell and Special Police Stations.
o Setting up and functioning of exclusive Special Courts
o Relief and Rehabilitation of atrocity victims
o Incentive for Inter-Caste Marriages
o Awareness generation
309 Pre-Matric Scholarship for OBCs for studies in India

Objective
To motivate children of OBCs studying at pre-matric stage
Key Features
• This is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme.
• The expenditure is shared between centre and state in 50:50 ratio. The aim of this Scheme is.
• The income ceiling for eligibility is Rs. 2,50,000 per annum.
• The scheme has been revised w.e.f. 2017-18.
• The rates under the scheme are as follows -
o Day Scholars - Class I to X Rs. 100 p.m for 10 months.
o Hostellers -Class III to X Rs. 500 p.m. for 10 months.

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• In addition, Rs.500 per student per annum to all students i.e. hostellers as well as day scholars is
also given as Ad-hoc grant.
310 Post-Matric Scholarship for OBCs students

Objective
To provide financial assistance to the OBC students studying at post-matriculation or post-
secondary stage to enable them to complete their education
Key Features
• This is a 100% centrally sponsored scheme being implemented through the State Government
and Union Territories.
• The income ceiling of parents/guardians for eligibility is Rs. 2.50 lakh per annum (including self-
income, if employed).
• The rates under different Post-Matric Courses ranges between Rs. 750 per month and Rs. 260
per month for hostellers.
• For the day scholars the range is Rs. 350 to Rs. 160.
• Scholarship also include study tour charges @ Rs. 900 per annum (subject to actual
expenditure), Thesis typing and printing charges @ Rs. 1000 (maximum), Book allowance for
correspondence course @ Rs. 900 per annum and Reader charges for blind students in the
range between Rs. 90 p.m. to Rs. 175 p.m.
• The scholarship for Commercial Pilot License (CPL) course is also covered under this scheme.
o Up to 20 awards per year for the whole country are provided on the first come first-serve
basis.
o The selected candidates are provided an amount of Rs.5000 per flying hour in
single/multiengine aircraft for 200 hours.
o In addition, maintenance allowances @ Rs. 750 p.m. for hostlers and Rs. 350 p.m. for
day scholars is also paid.
311 Dr. Ambedkar Medical Aid Scheme

Objective
To extend medical aid grants to the patients belongs to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled
Tribes suffering from serious ailments requiring surgery of Kidney, Heart, Liver, Cancer and Brain or
any other life threatening - diseases including organ transplant and spinal surgery
• The applicant shall belong to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Community'
• Annual family income shall not exceed Rs 3 lakh
Key Features
• The medical aid released to the Hospital should be utilized within a period of one month of its
release.
• The scheme is implemented through designated Hospitals in the country.
Implementing Agency: Dr. Ambedkar Foundation

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312 Dr. Ambedkar National Relief for Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes Victims of Atrocities
• The victim should belong to Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes.
• The victim should be a SC/ST who has suffered atrocities committed by other communities on
the ground of his/her caste, community or identity.
• The atrocity should be of heinous type under the Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribes
(Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (POA Act) like murder, rape, arson etc.
Key Features
• The relief amount up to Rs 5 lakh would be paid to each victim, with the approval of the
Chairperson of the Foundation.
• The amount of relief will be in addition to the relief grant/amount being given by the respective
State Governments.
Implementing Agency: Dr. Ambedkar Foundation
313 Dr. Ambedkar National Merit Award Scheme for meritorious students of Secondary
School Examinations belonging to SCs & STs
Objective
To recognizing, promoting and financially assisting meritorious students belonging to Scheduled
Castes (SC) or Scheduled Tribe (ST)
• Students should belong to Scheduled Castes (SC) or Scheduled Tribe (ST).
• The student should have appeared in any of the recognized State/Central Board of Secondary
Education and scored not less than 50% marks in the aggregate in the Secondary School
Examination (10th Class)
Key Features
• This will be given to 3 students scoring highest marks in the regular Class X level examination
conducted by the Education Board/Council.
• This will be separate for Scheduled casts and Scheduled Tribes.
• In case none of the first three eligible students are girls, the girl student scoring the highest
marks will get a special award.
• In case more than one student scoring the same marks, the number of awards would be
accordingly increased for covering all such eligible students.
• The Award will be given as one-time grant as per the following norms: -
Student securing highest marks Rs 60, 000
nd
Student securing 2 highest marks Rs 50, 000
rd
Student securing 3 highest marks Rs 40, 000
Girl student securing highest marks Rs 40, 000
(In case she is not in the above
three categories)
Total Rs.1,90,000/-(Per Board/Council)
• This award amount will be payable over and above any other award; the student may receiving
from other sources

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Implementing Agency: Dr. Ambedkar Foundation, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
314 Dr. Ambedkar National Merit Award Scheme for meritorious students of Senior Secondary
School Examinations belonging to SCs
Objective
Recognizing, promoting and financially assisting meritorious students belonging to Scheduled
Castes
Eligibility
• Students should belong to Scheduled Castes (SC).
• The students should have appeared in any of the recognized State/Central Board of Secondary
Education Examination, Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination and National
Institute of Open Schooling and scored not less than 50% marks in the aggregate in the Senior
Secondary Certificate Examination
Key Features
• This will be given to 3 students scoring highest marks in the regular Class XII level examination
conducted by the Senior Secondary Board/Council in 4 streams such as Arts, Science (with
Maths), Science (with Biology / Maths & Biology) and Commerce.
• In the case of more than one student getting the same marks, the number of awards would be
suitably increased for covering all such eligible students.
• The Award will be given as one time grant as per the following norms -
•
• This award will be given over and above any other Award the student may receive from other
sources.
• After first three positions of merit, the next three girl students securing the highest marks in
each stream would be given a special Award @ Rs.20,000 each.
• This is in addition to the other Awards in order to encourage girl students.
Implementing Agency: Dr. Ambedkar Foundation, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
315 Dr. Ambedkar Scheme of Interest Subsidy on Educational Loan for Overseas Studies for
OBCs/EBCs
Objective
To award interest subsidy to meritorious students belonging to the Other Backward Classes and
Economically Backward Classes so as to provide them better opportunities for higher education
abroad and enhance their employability.

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• The students should have secured admission in the approved courses at Masters, M.Phil or
Ph.D levels abroad
• He/She should have availed loan from a scheduled bank under the Education Loan Scheme of
the Indian Banks Association (IBA) for the purpose.
• For the candidate applying under the OBC category, OBC Caste certificate issued by the
competent authority must be taken by the Banks.
• Income from all sources (parental and self-employment) shall not exceed present creamy layer
limit of Rs. 8.00 lakh per annum for OBCs and EBCs
Key Features
• The is a Central Sector Scheme to provide interest subsidy to the student belonging to the
OBCs and EBCs on the interest payable for the period of moratorium for the Education Loans
for overseas studies to pursue approved courses of studies abroad at Masters, M.Phil. and Ph.D.
level.
• The Scheme will be implemented by the Nodal Bank as per MoU between the Banks and the
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment.
• The benefits under the scheme is available for –
o Studies abroad
o Courses leading to Masters (i.e. Post-Graduation, including PG Diploma), M.Phil and Ph.D.
o One time only (and not allowed even if similar benefit has been availed under different
scheme)
• The students obtaining benefits under this Scheme shall not be given the interest subsidy if he
gives up Indian citizenship during the tenure of the loan.

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2 Agri Udaan – Food & Agribusiness Accelerator 4.0

3 Seed Minikit Programme

5 National Agricultural Infra Financing Facility

6 Formation and Promotion of Farmer Producer Organizations (FPO) scheme

8 FARMS (Farm Machinery Solutions) App

9 Agri-Market Infrastructure Fund (AMIF)

10 National Beekeeping and Honey Mission (NBHM)

11 Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana

12 Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN)

13 Micro Irrigation Fund

14 Promotion of Agriculture Mechanization for In-Situ Management of Crop Residue

Structure of the Scheme

15 Gramin Agriculture Markets (GrAMs)

17 Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA)

19 National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP)

21 Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana

22 National Agriculture Market (eNAM)

23 Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (WBCIS)

24 Kisan Suvidha App

25 Pusa Krishi App

26 Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Unnat Krishi Shiksha Yojana

27 Sub-Mission on Agroforestry Scheme

28 Attracting and Retaining Youth in Agriculture (ARYA)

29 Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY)

29.1 Bhartiya Prakritik Krishi Padhati (BPKP)

30 Soil Health Card Scheme

31 STUDENT READY (Rural Entrepreneurship Awareness Development Yojana)

32 Farmers FIRST Initiative

33 Mera Gaon Mera Gaurav (My Village – My Pride) Scheme

Process and Mechanism

34 Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana

35 National Mission on Agricultural Extension and Technology (NMAET)

36 National Innovations on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA)

37 Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY)

Implementing Agency – State Agriculture Department

41 Green Revolution – Krishonnati Yojana

41.1 Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH)

Project CHAMAN (Phase 2)

41.1.1 National Horticulture Mission (NHM)

41.1.3 National Horticulture Board (NHB)

41.1.5 Central Institute of Horticulture (CIH)

National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP):

41.3.2 National Bamboo Mission

41.4 Sub-Mission on Agriculture Extension (SMAE)

41.4.1 Support to State Extension Programmes for Extension Reforms (ATMA)’

41.5 Sub-Mission on Seeds and Planting Material (SMSP)

41.6 Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM)

41.8 Integrated Scheme on Agriculture Census, Economics and Statistics (ISACES)

41.9 Integrated Scheme on Agricultural Co-operation (ISAC)

41.11National e-Governance Plan - Agriculture (NeGP-A)

42 National Project on Organic Farming (NPOF)