Summary Notes

Schemes and initiatives by

Central Government
(January-February 2022)
Central Govt. Schemes in News January-February 2022

Central Government Schemes in News

SL No. Scheme Name Launched By Details

January 2022
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana is a financial
Pradhan Mantri Jan inclusion program of the Government of India open to
1 Dhan Yojana Ministry of Finance Indian citizens, that aims to expand affordable access
(PMJDY) scheme to financial services such as bank accounts,
remittances, credit, insurance and pensions.
 The UJALA scheme also known as the LED-based
Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme (DELP) aims to
promote the efficient usage of energy for all i.e., its
Union Ministry of consumption, savings and lighting. This scheme is
2 UJALA Scheme
Power considered the world’s largest program.
 Aims to promote efficient use of energy at the
residential level.
 Implemented by EESL.
 The scheme guarantees one meal to all children in
government and aided schools and madarsas
supported under Samagra Shiksha.
 Students up to Class VIII are guaranteed one nutritional
Pradhan Mantri cooked meal at least 200 days in a year.
Poshan Shakti Ministry of  The Scheme comes under the Ministry of HRD.
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Nirman (PM Education  It was launched in 1995 as the National Programme of
POSHAN) scheme Nutritional Support to Primary Education (NP – NSPE),
a centrally sponsored scheme. In 2004, the scheme
was relaunched as the Mid Day Meal Scheme.
 The Scheme is also covered by the National Food
Security Act, 2013.
 Samagra Shiksha is an integrated scheme for school
education extending from pre-school to class XII to
ensure inclusive and equitable quality education at all
levels of school education.
 It subsumes the three Schemes of Sarva Shiksha
Samagra Shiksha Ministry of Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan
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scheme Education (RMSA) and Teacher Education (TE).
 The scheme treats school education holistically as a
continuum from Pre-school to Class 12.
 The main emphasis of the Scheme is on improving the
quality of school education by focussing on the two T’s
– Teacher and Technology.
 The chief objective of the scheme is to provide financial
assistance and other help to athletes in their pursuit of
medals in the Olympics and other international sporting
events.
Target Olympic Ministry of Youth
5  Under this scheme, athletes and sportspersons will get
Podium Scheme Affairs and Sports
customized training from top coaches at modern and
well-equipped sports facilities and institutions.
 The sportspersons are also given assistance for buying
sport-specific equipment.

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February 2022
 The ECLGS provides for the Guaranteed Emergency
Credit Line (GECL) facility. The GECL is a loan for
which 100% guarantee is provided by the National
Credit Guarantee Trustee Company (NCGTC) to
Member Lending Institutions (MLIs) - banks, financial
institutions and Non-Banking Financial
Companies (NBFCs).
 The loans are extended in the form of additional
working capital term loan facility in case of banks and
additional term loan facility in case of NBFCs to
eligible Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Emergency Credit
(MSMEs)/business enterprises and
6 Line Guarantee Ministry of Finance interested Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY)
Scheme borrowers.
 First-time borrowers and Non-Performing Asset
(NPA) accounts cannot raise funds under the
scheme.
 The tenor of loans provided under the GECL facility
is four years from the date of disbursement.
 A moratorium period of one year on the principal
amount is provided.
Interest rates of banks and financial institutions have
been capped at 9.25% per annum, while NBFCs can
lend at a maximum of 14% per annum.
 It was launched to achieve the objective of “Housing for
All” by 2022.
 The erstwhile rural housing scheme Indira Awaas
Yojana (IAY) was restructured to Pradhan Mantri
PM Awas Yojana- Ministry of Rural Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) from 1st April, 2016.
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Gramin development. People belonging to SCs/STs, freed bonded labourers
and non-SC/ST categories, widows or next-of-kin of
defence personnel killed in action, ex-servicemen and
retired members of the paramilitary forces, disabled
persons and minorities.
 It will be a Central Sector Scheme (Scheme
implemented by the Central Government machinery and
100% funding by the Union Government).
 It is a Pan India Sports Scholarship scheme covering
Khelo India –
the 1000 most deserving and talented athletes across
National
Ministry of Youth the sports discipline, every year.
8 Programme for
Affairs and Sports  Selected athletes will be entitled to a scholarship
Development of
amount of Five Lakh Rupees for eight consecutive
Sports
years.
 It is an unprecedented scheme, a first-ever plan to be
implemented for creating a long-term development
pathway for athletes.
 Scheme for Modernisation of Police Forces (MPF
Modernization of Scheme) has been implemented by the union
Ministry of Home
9 State Police Forces government since 1969-70 for reforming the state police
Affairs (MHA)
(MPF Scheme) forces.
 The government has approved the continuation of the

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umbrella scheme of Modernisation of Police Forces
(MPF).
 The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is responsible for
implementing the Modernization of Police Forces (MPF)
Scheme.
 It also aims to “strengthen the criminal justice system by
developing a robust forensic set-up in India”.
 It is a centrally sponsored scheme.
 More than Rs 18,000 crore of this money will go
towards security related expenditure in Jammu and
Kashmir, Left Wing Extremism areas and the Northeast.
 This umbrella scheme is designed to provide welfare
measures to the Transgender community and the
people engaged in the act of begging.
SMILE: Support for
 Under this includes two sub-schemes - ‘Central Sector
Marginalised Department of
Scheme for Comprehensive Rehabilitation for Welfare
10 Individuals for Social Justice &
of Transgender Persons’ and ‘Central Sector Scheme
Livelihood and Empowerment
for Comprehensive Rehabilitation of persons engaged
Enterprise
in the act of Begging’.
 The Ministry has allocated Rs. 365 Crore for the
scheme from 2021-22 to 2025-26.
 A Scheme for empowerment of DNT communities have
been formulated for families having income from all
sources of Rs. 2.50 lakh or less per annum and not
availing any such benefits from similar Scheme of
Centre Government or the State Government.
 One important feature of this scheme is the online portal
which has been developed by the Department. This
portal will ensure seamless registration and will also act
Scheme for
Ministry of Social as a repository of the data on these communities. It will
Economic
11 Justice and provide real time status of the application to the
Empowerment of
Empowerment applicant. The payment to the beneficiaries will be made
DNTs (SEED)
directly in to their accounts.
 The other implementing agencies are Ministry of Rural
Development, National Rural Livelihood Mission
(NRLM) and National Health Authority (NHA).
 The Scheme will have following four components with
an approximate cost of Rs 200 crore to be spent over a
period of 5 years starting Financial Year 2021-22 to
2025-26.
 RUSA is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for
funding the state government universities and colleges
to achieve the aims of equity, access and excellence.
Rashtriya  The proposal entails an expenditure of Rs 12,929.16
Ministry of
12 Uchchatar Shiksha crore out of which the central share is Rs 8,120.97
Education
Abhiyan (RUSA) crores and the state share is of Rs 4,808.19 crores. It
has been envisaged to support around 1,600 projects
under the new phase of the scheme.
 The new phase of RUSA targets to reach out the

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unserved, underserved areas, remote and rural areas,
difficult geographies, aspirational districts, tier-2 cities,
areas with low GER, to benefit the most disadvantaged
areas and SEDGs (Socio-Economically Disadvantaged
Groups).
 The Rashtriya Yuva Sashaktikaran Karyakram Scheme
is a Central Sector Scheme of the Ministry of Youth
Affairs & Sports and has been continuing since 12th
Five Year Plan. The Scheme aims to develop the
Rashtriya Yuva personality and leadership qualities of the youth and to
Ministry of Youth engage them in nation building activities.
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Affairs & Sports
Karyakram (RYSK)  The Scheme beneficiaries are youth in the age-group of
15-29 years, in line with the definition of 'youth' in the
National Youth Policy, 2014. In case of programme
components specifically meant for the adolescents, the
age group is 10-19 years.

 Launched in 2020
 A scheme to bring about Blue Revolution through
sustainable and responsible development of fisheries
sector in India under two components namely, Central
Sector Scheme (CS) and Centrally Sponsored Scheme
(CSS)
Ministry of
Pradhan Mantri  It envisages enhancing fisheries exports to about Rs.1
Fisheries, Animal
14 Kisan Sampada lakh crore, and increasing the fish production to 22
Husbandry and
Yojana (PMKSY) million metric tons by 2024-25
Dairying
 Total estimated investment of Rs. 20,050 crores
comprising of (i) Central share of Rs. 9,407 crores, (ii)
State share of Rs. 4,880 crore and (iii) Beneficiaries'
share of Rs. 5,763 crores.
 PMMSY will be implemented over a period of 5 years
from FY 2020-21 to FY 2024-25

Central Government Portals/Initiatives in News

SL No. Portal/Initiative Launched By Details
January 2022
The Railway  The Railway Protection Force (RPF) of the Western
Protection Force Railways zone of Indian Railways has launched a
1 Mission Amanat (RPF) of the Western new initiative called “Mission Amanat” to make it
Railways zone of easier for railway passengers to get back their lost
Indian Railways luggage.
 Minister of State for Culture Meenakashi Lekhi
launched 'North East on Wheels Expedition’ in New
North East on Delhi to promote the Culture of Northeastern States.
2 Ministry of Culture
Wheels Expedition  The Bike Expedition is scheduled between 8th to
16th April this year to mark the celebrations of Azadi
Ka Amrit Mahotsav.

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February 2022
 National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)
recently announced the UPI Safety and Awareness
initiative, to create awareness amongst consumers.
Under this initiative, NPCI and the UPI ecosystem
UPI Safety and will observe February 1-7 as ‘UPI Safety and
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Awareness initiative Awareness Week’ and the whole of February as
‘UPI Safety and Awareness Month’.
 It urged users to follow the concept of UPI Safety
Shield which mentions 5 tips for safe UPI
transactions.
 The Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog and
the US Agency for International Development
(USAID) announced a new partnership under the
Sustainable Access to Markets and Resources for
Atal Innovation Innovative Delivery of Healthcare (SAMRIDH)
Sustainable Access
Mission (AIM), NITI initiative, to improve access to affordable and quality
to Markets and
Aayog and the US healthcare for vulnerable the population in tier-2 and
Resources for
4 Agency for tier-3 cities, and rural and tribal areas.
Innovative Delivery
International  The focus of this partnership would traverse the
of Healthcare
Development healthcare landscape with the common goal to
(SAMRIDH) initiative
(USAID) mount an effective response to the ongoing third
wave of the pandemic.
 The collaboration would also look at building health
system readiness for future infectious disease
outbreaks and health emergencies.