Government Schemes

Let us understand all the government schemes:

Make in India:  Make in India campaign launched by PM Narendra Modi, this campaign will facilitate investment and encouraging the Indian MSME’s to manufacture the products and collect more FDI for business development and build best in manufacturing infrastructure in the country.

Atal Pension Yojana: Atal Pension Yojana is the government-sponsored scheme for the Indian citizen where they voluntary contribute some amount as per their convenience and after retirement, they get a pension as per the taken plan.

Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana: Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana is a National Mission on Financial Inclusion, aim to ensure access to financial services such as  Credit, Insurance, Banking Savings & Deposit Accounts and Pension.

Digital India:  The aim of this scheme to enhance the government services infrastructure so the citizen can access the government services electronically and people get benefits from the latest information and communication.

Startup India:  This is the centrally sponsored scheme, the aim of the scheme is to encourage the entrepreneurship among the young and skilled worker so they can extend their work criteria and promote their businesses by getting loans from the banks from 10 lakh to 1 crore. The loan provided to some enterprise such as manufacturing, services and trading sector.

Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana: The objective of the scheme is to enhance and develop road connectivity and connect all the unconnected villages.

Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Kendra (PMBJK): This campaign launched by the Department of Pharmaceuticals, Govt. Of India with the aim to provide quality generic medicine at a reasonable price to the masses through the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Kendra.

Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana: This scheme is launched by the ministry of petroleum and natural gas with that aim to provide free LPG connections to women who stand below the poverty line.

National Career Service (India): This scheme launched by the ministry of labour and employment on 20 Jul 2015, the objective of the scheme is to help the job-seekers land up at the job they deserve. provided a common platform for the job seeker, employers, skill providers, govt. departments, placement organisations and counsellors through the National Career Service portal.

Sukanya Samridhi Yojana (Girl Child Prosperity Scheme): Scheme launched on 22 July 2015 and managed by Ministry of women and child development. The objective of the scheme is to encourage the parents to build a fund for future education and marriage expenditure for their girl child. The scheme was launched by PM Narendra Modi as part of the “Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao” campaign. An account can be open at any post office or authorised branch of commercial banks.

National Urban Livelihood Mission (NULM): This scheme was launched on 24 Sept 2013, the aim of this scheme is to enhance the employment sector. The objective of this scheme is to reduce the poverty of the urban poor households and offering them the opportunity to access gainful self-employment and skilled wage employment.

Central Government Health Scheme: Scheme was launched in 1954, The objective of the scheme is to provide comprehensive medical care facilities to central government workers along with their family members.

Integrated Child Development Services: This scheme was launched on 2nd Oct 1975 for child development. The scheme objective to address health issues and malnutrition in children below 6 years and their mothers by providing incentives in term of cash depending upon the registration at Anganwadi centres.

Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awaas Yojana: Scheme was first launched in 1985 and restructured on 25 June 2015 fo the rural housing development by the government of India with the help of ministry of rural development, the objective of the scheme is to provide financial aid to poor rural families for constructing their houses by themself.

National Literacy Mission Programme: Scheme was launched on 5 May 1988 for education development. The objective of the scheme is to literate 80 million adults in the age group of 15–35 years.

Namami Gange Programm: Scheme was launched on Mar 1995 to protect river Ganga by cleaning it, the government allocated 20,000 crores for 5 years. The objective of the scheme is to integrate the efforts to clean the river Ganga in a comprehensive way.

Midday Meal Scheme: Midday Meal Scheme was launched on 15 Aug 1995 for health and education development by the government of India. The objective of the scheme is to provide launch free of cost to school children on all working days.

National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP): The National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) is a centrally sponsored scheme. The objective of the scheme is to provide financial assistance in the form of social pension to old age citizen, widows and person with disabilities.

Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana:  It is also known as the Young Scientist Incentive Plan is a scholarship scheme funded by the Department of science and technology. KVPY aims to encourage the students to take part in a research career in the area of basic science.

Antyodaya Anna Yojana: Antyodaya Anna Yojana is a government-sponsored scheme for the families who below the BPL. Government has issued “Antyodaya Ration Card” to these families so they can get ration. Between Jun 2003 to Aug 2004, an additional 50 lakh BPL families added, thus this scheme covering 2 crore families as of now.

Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana: The Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana is the government-sponsored schemes was launched on 25th Sept 2001. The objective of the scheme is to provide gainful employment for the rural poor. it is the merger of two schemes Employment Assurance Scheme (EAS) and Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojana (JGSY). A budget of 10,000 crores has been allocated including 50 lakh tonnes of food grains.

National Pension Scheme: National Pension Scheme is the centrally sponsored scheme was launched on 10th Dec 2018. Government of India made NPS an entirely tax free instrument in India. It is a voluntary based contribution pension system in India.

Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya: Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya was launched in July 2004 by the government of India. The objective of the scheme is to provide educational facilities for underprivileged girls belonging to SC, ST and other backward classes.

Janani Suraksha Yojana: Janani Suraksha Yojana was launched on 12 Apr 2005 by the government of India. The objective of the scheme is to provide a one-time incentive in term of cash, reduce the neo-natal mortality and as well as maternal mortality.

Ayushman Bharat Yojana: Ayushman Bharat Yojana is a government-sponsored scheme was launched on 23 Sept 2018. The government allocated 1.43 billion USD to promote and implement this scheme. The objective of the scheme is to provide free access to health care. It provides a cover of 5 lakh per family per year for medical treatment.

Swamitva Yojana: This scheme was launched in 2020 and managed by Ministry of Panchayati Raj.  This scheme helps in mapping properties in the village using drones. The villager easily can avail the loan via the official portal.

Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan: Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan scheme was launched on 20 Jun 2020, it is government-sponsored schemes. The main objective of the scheme is to tackle the impact and consequence of COVID-19 on shramik workers in India. This scheme was launched with initial funding of 50,000 crores. Another objective of the GKRA is to provide 125 days of employment, this scheme covers 116 districts in six states. It is the effort of 12 different ministries of India.

Government Schemes in India