IMPORTANT SCHEMES – IN
SHORT
Schemes
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Purpose
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Pradhan
Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana
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Aim:
Financial Inclusion
National
mission for financial inclusion to ensure access to financial services,
namely Banking savings and Deposit accounts, remittance, credit, insurance,
pension in affordable manner
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Sukhanya
Samridhi Account
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Aim:
For girl child
Sukanya
Samriddhi Account: Government is trying to give a social message that Girl
Child is not a financial burden if parents of a Girl child secure their
future through proper financial planning
[Click more for Sukhanya Samridhi] |
MUDRA
Bank
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Aim:
Financial Inclusion
MUDRA-Micro
Units Development and Refinance Agency; extends finance and credit support to
microfinance institutions and agencies that lend money to small businesses
Launched
on April 08, 2015 @ New Delhi
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Pradhan
mantra Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana
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Aim:
Social Security Scheme
Bank
account holders aged b/w 18-50 years are eligible to apply for this scheme
Launched
on May 09, 2015 @ Kolkata
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Pradhan
Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana
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Aim:
Social Security Scheme
Bank
account holders aged b/w 18-70 years are eligible to apply for this scheme
Launched
on May 09, 2015 @ Kolkata
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Atal
Pension
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Aim:
Social Security Scheme
Min
age: 18 years; maximum age: 40 years
Would
receive the fixed monthly pension of Rs. 1000 to Rs. 5000 at the age of 60
years
Launched
on May 09, 2015 @ Kolkata
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Kisan
Vikas Patra
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Aim:
saving certificate scheme
Scheme
was re-introduced; provided facility of unlimited investment by way of
purchase of certificates from post offices in various denominations; interest
rate: 8.7%
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Krishi
Amdani Beema Yojana
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Aim:
agricultural insurance
Plight
of small and marginal farmers can be addresses; farmers don’t bear any
financial burden if their products gets destroyed due to unexpected weather
or for any other reason
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Pradhan
Mantri Gram Sinchai Yojana
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Aim:
Micro irrigation
To
ensure water supply to farmers round the year
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Pradhan
Mantri Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana
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Aim:
Rural Development
MPs
will be responsible for developing the socio-economic and physical
infrastructure of three villages by 2019 and a total of eight villages by
2024; funds through MPLADS
[Click more for Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana] |
Soil
Health Card
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Aim:
soil data
Used
to access the current status of soil health and when used over time, to
determine changes in soil health that are affected by land management
Program
started in Rajasthan
First
Soil health Card issued in Punjab
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Make
in India
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Aim:
to showcase India as an investment destination
Launched
on Sep 25, 2014 @ New Delhi
Partnership: State Governments,
FICCI and Invest India (newly created)
Focus on 30 manufacturing sectors;
improve infrastructure; train the labour power; simplify the process for
setting up industries; special team to guide first time investor
[Click more for Make in India] |
Some
of Make in India initiatives:-
Spice
Group: would start a mobile manufacturing unit in Uttar Pradesh with an
investment of Rs. 500 crore
Hitachi:
an auto-component plant will be set up in Chennai in 2016
Huwaei:
opened a new R&D campus in Bengaluru
Samsung:
Samsung Technical Schools will be established across the nation
Airbus
with Mahendra: will manufacture its products in India and invest $2 billion
US dollars
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Digital
India
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Aim: to transfer the country into a
digitally empowered society and knowledge economy
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Skill
India
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World Youth Skill Day: July 15
Aim: focus on creating jobs for
youth by empowering the skill development to them
Will set up 1500 new it is across
the country and another 100 odd such centres in North East and Left Wing
extremism affected states
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Smart
Cities
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A smart city should be able to
respond faster to city and global challenges than one with a simple
transactional relationship with its citizens; 100 proposed smart cities
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Smart Cities assistance from other
countries:-
Singapore – 100 Smart Cities across
the country
USA – Ajmer, Ahmedabad,
Visakhapatnam
Japan – Varanasi, Mumbai
France – Puducherry, Nagpur, Gujarat
Spain – Delhi
Israel – Maharashtra
China – Pune, Andhra Pradesh
Australia – ATAL Scheme
Austria – JNNUM Scheme
Canada – Wooden multi storey housing
technology in urban cities
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Swachh
Bharat Abhiyan
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Aim: to make the country clean
Launched on Aus 15, 2014 @ New Delhi
Mission has to be completed by 150th
birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi (Oct 02, 2019) in next five years
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Namami
Ganga
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Aim: to make River Ganga clean
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Beti
Bachao Beti Padhao
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Aim: to protect girl child
Campaign to promote the cause of
girl child
Brand Ambassador: Maduhri Dixit
For Haryana (Brand Ambassador):
Parineeti Chopra
Launched on Jan 22, 2015 @ Panipat
(Haryana)
There are three objectives in this
scheme. They are: Prevent female infanticide, Ensure every girl child is
protected and Ensure every girl child is educated
[Click more for Beit Bacho Beti Padhao] |
Indradhanush
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Aim: to achieve full immunization
coverage for all children in the country by 2020
Plan aims at providing immunization
for seven diseases which can be prevented by vaccination (Hepatitis B,
Whooping Cough, Tetanus, Polio, Diphtheria, Tuberculosis and Measles
Launched on Dec 25, 2014 (Good
Governance Day)
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Deendayal
Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana
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Strengthening of sub transmission
and distribution network, feeder separation, metering at all levels
Scheme replaced Rajiv Gandhi Grameen
Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY)
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Jyotigram
Yojana
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Government of Gujarat
To ensure availability of 24-hour
three phase quality power supply to rural areas of the state and to supply
power to farmers residing in scattered farm houses through feeders having
specially designed transformers
Scheme dedicated by President APJ
Abdul Kalam in 2006
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States and their important Schemes - Part 1
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