Major Government Programs

Indian Government, at all levels, announces Welfare Schemes for a cross section of the society from time to time. These schemes could be either Central, State specific or a joint collaboration between the Centre and the States. In this section, we have attempted to provide you an easy and single point access to information about several welfare schemes of the Government and their various aspects including eligible beneficiaries, types of benefits, scheme details etc.

S.No	Scheme	Ministry	Date of Launch	Sector	Provisions
1	Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY)	MoF	2007	Insurance	Scheme extends the benefit of life insurance coverage as well as coverage of partial and permanent disability to the head of the family or an earning member of the family of rural landless households and educational assistance to their children studying from 9th to 12th standard as an extended benefit.
2	The Atal Pension Yojana (APY)	MoF	9-May-15	Pension	Social Sector Scheme pertaining to Pension Sector
3	Bachat Lamp Yojna	MoP	2009	Electrification	reduce the cost of compact fluorescent lamps
4	Central Government Health Scheme	MoHFW	1954	Health	comprehensive medical care facilities to Central Government employees and their family members
5	Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme	MoSJE	2003	Social Justice	Create an enabling environment to ensure equal opportunities, equity, social justice and empowerment of persons with disabilities.
6	Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana	MoP	2015	Rural Power Supply	It is a Government of India program aimed at providing 24×7 uninterrupted power supply to all homes in Rural India
7	Digital India Programme	MoC&IT	1-Jul-15	Digitally Empowered Nation	Aims to ensure that government services are available to citizens electronically and people get benefited from the latest information and communication technology
8	Gramin Bhandaran Yojna	MoA	31-Mar-07	Agriculture	Creation of scientific storage capacity with allied facilities in rural areas to meet the requirements of farmers for storing farm produce, processed farm produce and agricultural inputs. Improve their marketability through promotion of grading, standardization and quality control of agricultural produce.
9	Indira Awaas Yojana	MoRD	1985	Housing, Rural	Provides financial assistance to rural poor for constructing their houses themselves.
10	Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana	MoWCD	2010	Mother Care	A cash incentive of Rs. 4000 to women (19 years and above) for the first two live births
11	Integrated Child Development Services	MoWCD	2-Oct-75	Child Development	tackle malnutrition and health problems in children below 6 years of age and their mothers
12	Integrated Rural Development Program	MoRD	1978	Rural Development	self-employment program to raise the income-generation capacity of target groups among the poor and The scheme has been merged with another scheme named Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) since 01.04 1999.
13	Janani Suraksha Yojana	MoHFW	2005	Mother Care	One-time cash incentive to pregnant women for institutional/home births through skilled assistance
14	Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM)	MoUD	3-Dec-05	Urban Development	a programme meant to improve the quality of life and infrastructure in the cities. To be replaced by Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation.
15	Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya	MoHRD	Jul-04	Education	Educational facilities (residential schools) for girls belonging to SC, ST, OBC, minority communities and families below the poverty line(BPL) in Educationally Backward Blocks
16	INSPIRE Programme	Department of Science and Technology (India)			Scholarships for top Science students , Fellowships for pursuing PhD , Research Grants to researchers
17	Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana	MoST	1999		Scholarship program to encourage students to take up research careers in the areas of basic sciences, engineering and medicine
18	Livestock Insurance Scheme (India)	MoA		Education	Insurance to cattle and attaining qualitative improvement in livestock and their products.
19	Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act	MoRD	6-Feb-06	Rural Wage Employment	Legal guarantee for one hundred days of employment in every financial year to adult members of any rural household willing to do public work-related unskilled manual work at the statutory minimum wage of Rs. 120 per day in 2009 prices.
20	Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme	MoSPI	23-Dec-93		Each MP has the choice to suggest to the District Collector for, works to the tune of Rs.5 Crores per annum to be taken up in his/her constituency. The Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament can recommend works in one or more districts in the State from where he/she has been elected.
21	Midday Meal Scheme	MoHRD	15-Aug-95	Health, Education	Lunch (free of cost) to school-children on all working days
22	Namami Gange Programme	MoWR	Mar-95	Clean & Protect Ganga	Integrates the efforts to clean and protect the River Ganga in a comprehensive manner
23	National Literacy Mission Programme	MoHRD	5-May-88	Education	Make 80 million adults in the age group of 15 – 35 literate
24	National Pension Scheme		1-Jan-04	Pension	Contribution based pension system
25	National Scheme on Welfare of Fishermen	MoA		Agriculture	Financial assistance to fishers for construction of house, community hall for recreation and common working place and installation of tube-wells for drinking water
26	National Service Scheme	MoYAS			Personality development through social (or community) service
27	National Social Assistance Scheme	MoRD	15-Aug-95	Pension	Public assistance to its citizens in case of unemployment, old age, sickness and disablement and in other cases of undeserved want
28	Pooled Finance Development Fund Scheme
29	Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana	MoRD	23-Jul-10	Model Village	Integrated development of Schedule Caste majority villages in four states
30	Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana	MoF	9-May-15	Insurance	Accidental Insurance with a premium of Rs. 12 per year.
31	Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana	MoF	9-May-15	Insurance	Life insurance of Rs. 2 lakh with a premium of Rs. 330 per year.
32	Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana	MoF	28-Aug-14	Financial Inclustion	National Mission for Financial Inclusion to ensure access to financial services, namely Banking Savings & Deposit Accounts, Remittance, Credit, Insurance, Pension in an affordable manner
33	Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana	MoRD	25-Dec-00	Rural Development	Good all-weather road connectivity to unconnected villages
34	Rajiv Awas Yojana	MhUPA	2013	Urban Housing	It envisages a “Slum Free India” with inclusive and equitable cities in which every citizen has access to basic civic infrastructure and social amenities and decent shelter
35	Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana	MoP	Apr-05	Rural Electrification	Programme for creation of Rural Electricity Infrastructure & Household Electrification for providing access to electricity to rural households
36	Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana	MoA	1-Aug-07	Agriculture	Achieve 4% annual growth in agriculture through development of Agriculture and its allied sectors during the XI Plan period
37	Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana	MoHFW	1-Apr-08	Insurance	Health insurance to poor (BPL), Domestic workers, MGNERGA workers, Rikshawpullers, Building and other construction workers, and many other categories as may be identified by the respective states
38	RNTCP	MoHFW	1997	Health	Tuberculosis control initiative
39	Saksham or Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Boys	MoWCD	2014	Skill Development	Aims at all-round development of Adolescent Boys and make them self-reliant, gender-sensitive and aware citizens, when they grow up. It 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. In 2014–15, an allocation of Rs. 25 crore is made for the scheme.
40	Sabla or Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls	MoWCD	2011	Skill Development	Empowering adolescent girls (Age) of 11–18 years with focus on out-of-school girls by improvement in their nutritional and health status and upgrading various skills like home skills, life skills and vocational skills. Merged Nutrition Programme for Adolescent Girls (NPAG) and Kishori Shakti Yojana (KSY).
41	Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana	MoRD	25-Sep-01	Rural Self Employment	Providing additional wage employment and food security, alongside creation of durable community assets in rural areas.
42	Swabhiman	MoF	15-Feb-11	Financial Inclusion	To make banking facility available to all citizens and to get 5 crore accounts opened by Mar 2012. Replaced by Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana.
43	Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana	MoRD	1-Apr-99	Rural Employment	Bring the assisted poor families above the poverty line by organising them into Self Help Groups (SHGs) through the process of social mobilisation, their training and capacity building and provision of income generating assets through a mix of bank credit and government subsidy.
44	Swavalamban	MoF	26-Sep-10	Pension	pension scheme to the workers in unorganised sector. Any citizen who is not part of any statutory pension scheme of the Government and contributes between Rs. 1000 and Rs. 12000/- per annum, could join the scheme. The Central Government shall contribute Rs. 1000 per annum to such subscribers.
45	Udisha	MoWCD		Child Care	Training Program for ICDS workers
46	Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme		18-Jun-97		Opportunity to the income tax/ wealth tax defaulters to disclose their undisclosed income at the prevailing tax rates.
47	National Rural Livelihood Mission(NRLM)	MoRD	Jun-11		This scheme will organize rural poor into Self Help Group(SHG) groups and make them capable for self-employment. The idea is to develop better livelihood options for the poor.
48	HRIDAY – Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana	MoUD	Jan-15	Urban Development	The scheme seeks to preserve and rejuvenate the rich cultural heritage of the country.
49	Sukanya Samridhi Yojana (Girl Child Prosperity Scheme)	MoWCD	Jan-15		The scheme primarily ensures equitable share to a girl child in resources and savings of a family in which she is generally discriminated as against a male child.
50	Smart Cities Mission	MoUD	25-Jun-15	Urban Development	To enable better living and drive economic growth stressing on the need for people centric urban planning and development.
51	Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT)	MoUD	25-Jun-15	Urban Development	To enable better living and drive economic growth stressing on the need for people centric urban planning and development.
52	Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY)	MoUD	25-Jun-15	Housing	To enable better living and drive economic growth stressing on the need for people centric urban planning and development.
53	National Child Labour Projects(NCLP)	Ministry of Labour and Employment	Jan-05		The objective of this project is to eliminate child labour in hazardous industries by 2010. launched in 9 districts in 1987 and has been expanded in January 2005 to 250 districts in 21 different states of the country Under this scheme, the target group is all children below 14 years of age who are working in occupations and processes listed in the Schedule to the Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986 or occupations and processes that are harmful to the health of the child.
54	Antyodaya Anna Yojna	NDA government	25-Dec-00		Under the scheme 1 crore of the poorest among the (Below Poverty Line)BPL families covered under the targeted public distribution system are identified. Issue of Ration Cards Following the recognition of Antyodaya families, unique quota cards to be recognized an “Antyodaya Ration Card” must be given to the Antyodaya families by the chosen power.
55	National Food Security Mission	Government of India	2007 for 5 years		It launched in 2007 for 5 years to increase production and productivity of wheat, rice and pulses on a sustainable basis so as to ensure food security of the country. The aim is to bridge the yield gap in respect of these crops through dissemination of improved technologies and farm management practices.

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