Schemes

Ministry of Women and Child Development

Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0

In Financial Year (FY) 2021-22, the Government of India (GoI) restructured the Integrated Child
Development Services (ICDS) and POSHAN (Prime Minister's Overarching Scheme for Holistic
Nourishment) Abhiyaan into Saksham Anganwadi and POSHAN 2.0.

Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0

Category Nutrition Support Programme

Types Centrally-sponsored programme

About the Saksham ● Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 is an Integrated Nutrition
Anganwadi and Support Programme.
Poshan 2.0 ● Aims to address challenges in children, adolescent girls, pregnant
scheme women, and lactating mothers.
● Focuses on strategic changes in nutrition content and delivery
methods.
● Establishes a convergent eco-system for collaborative efforts.
● Aims to develop and promote practices nurturing health,
wellness, and immunity.

Poshan 2.0

About the scheme ● Poshan 2.0 shall focus on Maternal Nutrition, Infant and Young
Child Feeding Norms, Treatment of MAM/SAM and Wellness
 through AYUSH.
● Mission POSHAN 2.0 brings together the Integrated Child
Development Services (ICDS)—Anganwadi Services,
Supplementary Nutrition Programme, POSHAN Abhiyaan,
Scheme for Adolescent Girls and National Crèche Scheme.
● The ICDS Scheme is primarily designed to bridge the gap between
the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) and the Average
Daily Intake (ADI).
○ The ICDS Anganwadi Services or the Saksham
Anganwadi Scheme was designed to upgrade the
Anganwadi infrastructure and transform them into
learning and healthcare centres for children.
○ The supplementary nutrition programme is one of the
six services provided under the ICDS Scheme to improve
the health and nutrition status of pregnant & lactating
women and children aged 6 months–6 years.
○ The role of the Scheme for Adolescent Girls and the
National Creche Scheme in Mission POSHAN 2.0 is yet to
be defined.

Sub-schemes ● Anganwadi Services

● POSHAN Abhiyaan
● Scheme for Adolescent Girls (SAG)
● National Creche Scheme

Components of ● Nutrition Support for POSHAN through Supplementary Nutrition

Poshan 2.0 Programme (SNP) for children of the age group of 06 months to 6
years, pregnant women and lactating mothers (PWLM); and for
Adolescent Girls in the age group of 14 to 18 years in Aspirational
Districts and North Eastern Region (NER);
● Early Childhood Care and Education [3-6 years] and early
stimulation for (0-3 years);
● Anganwadi Infrastructure including modern, upgraded Saksham
Anganwadi; and
● Poshan Abhiyaan

Objectives ● To contribute to human capital development of the country;

● Address challenges of malnutrition;
● Promote nutrition awareness and good eating habits for
sustainable health and wellbeing; and
● Address nutrition related deficiencies through key strategies.

Focus of Poshan 2.0 ● focus is on diet diversity, food fortification, and popularizing use
of millets.
● Dietary diversification in the Anganwadi platform encourages the
consumption of micronutrient rich foods, viz., dark green leafy
vegetables, lentils and vitamin C rich fruits.
● Millets need to be mandatorily supplied at least once a week
and suitably integrated in Take Home Ration (not raw ration) and
Hot Cooked Meals in a palatable form.
Key Developments ● POSHAN Gyan Portal: Enables search and has information
And Initiatives under pertaining to communication materials on 14 thematic areas of
Poshan 2.0 health and nutrition across diverse languages, media types,
target audiences and sources.
● POSHAN Tracker Mobile Application: A robust ICT-enabled
platform—‘POSHAN Tracker’—was developed to ensure real-time
monitoring of providing supplementary nutrition for improving
nutritional status of beneficiaries and real-time information for
prompt supervision and management of services.

Achievements under ● rolled out across all the 36 States/UTs. It covers around 730
Poshan 2.0 Districts including 112 Aspirational Districts.
● 11 lakh smart phones have been provided to Anganwadi workers.
● A Web and App based ‘Grievance Redressal Cell’ has been
established for effective service delivery and beneficiary
feedback.
● Wasting has improved from 21% (NFHS-4) to 19.3 % (NFHS-5),
○ Under-weight has improved from 35.7% (NFHS-4) to
32.1% (NFHS-5) and
○ Stunting has improved from 38.4% (NFHS-4) to 35.5%
(NFHS-5).

Anganwadi Services

About the scheme Anganwadi Services provides the following package of services in an
integrated manner to eligible beneficiaries:
● Supplementary Nutrition;
● Pre-school Non-formal Education;
● Nutrition & Health Education;
● Immunization;
● Health Check-up; and
● Referral Services to all eligible beneficiaries,

Eligible beneficiaries ● Beneficiaries covered under the Scheme are

○ ‘Children upto the age of 6 years;
○ Pregnant Women and Lactating Mothers (PW&LM)
○ Adolescent Girls (14-18 years)in Aspirational Districts and
North Eastern States
● Note: A child's Aadhaar card shall not be mandatory for availing
the benefits under the Scheme. The benefits under the scheme
can be accessed using the mother's Aadhaar card.

Features ● Iron syrup for 6 months to 5-year-old child

● IFA tablets during pregnancy and post-pregnancy
● 12 months to 5-year-old child: De-worming tablet once in 6
months
● Pregnant Women: 1 de-worming tablet during second trimester
● Vitamin A supplementation for 9 months to 5-year-old child
bi-annually
● Diarrhoea management: ORS, Zinc Supplementation
● For pregnant women two Tetanus Toxoid shots and all vaccines
 for children under Health schedule
● Diet Diversity including Integration of Fortified Rice and Millets
○ Also include local dietary inputs and fresh produce
○ Only jaggery should be used for sweetening; white sugar
should not be used
● Hot Cooked Meals
● Take Home Ration (not raw ration)
● Development of Community Food Habits

Saksham Anganwadi ● Under Saksham Anganwadi, 2 lakh AWCs @ 40,000 AWCs per
year shall be strengthened, upgraded and rejuvenated across the
country for improving nutrition delivery including Poshan Vatikas
for stimulating the creative, social, emotional, cognitive and
intellectual development of children under 6 years of age.
● States/UTs shall decide on engaging BharatNet/other Internet
Services Providers for provision of broadband Wi-Fi connectivity
at Saksham Anganwadi

Poshan Abhiyan

About the scheme ● Poshan Abhiyan is a key component of Mission Saksham

Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0.
● Focus on social and behavioural change communication (SBCC)

Features of the ● To Provide for the organization of Community Based Events

scheme (CBEs). Examples: Annaprashan Diwas, Suposan Diwas, messages
related to public health for improvement of nutrition and to
reduce illness, importance of hand-wash and sanitation, p
● Jan Andolan: At the national level, the RashtriyaPoshanMaah is
celebrated in the month of September across the country, while
PoshanPakhwada is celebrated in the month of March.
● Gender Sensitive Water Management and Traditional Food for
Women & Child were especially emphasized upon.

Mission Shakti

Category Stengthening women safety, security and empowerment.

Type Central sector scheme and Centrally sponsored scheme

Scheme components Sambal and Samarthya

● The "Sambal" sub-scheme is for safety and security of women
● Samarthya" sub scheme is for empowerment of women

Funding Pattern ● Sambal: 100% funding will be provided by the Central

Government.
● Samarthya: implemented with a funding ratio of 60:40
between Centre and State Governments and UTs with
 legislature except North East & Special Category States where
ratio is 90:10.

Components of 'Sambal' ● One Stop Centre (OSC): To provide integrated support and
sub-scheme assistance to women affected by violence in private and
public spaces.
● Women Helpline (WHL): To provide immediate, 24-hour
emergency and non-emergency referral services to women
affected by violence
● Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP): to address the decline in
Child Sex Ratio (CSR) and other issues related to women
empowerment
● Nari Adalats: to promote and facilitate alternative dispute
resolution and gender justice in society and within families.
Will be implemented at Gram Panachayat level. It will be
formed of committed and socially respected women.

Component of ● Ujjwala and Swadhar Greh: Swadhar and Ujjawala Scheme

"Samarthya" sub scheme have been merged and these will be known as ‘Shakti Sadan’
- Integrated Relief and Rehabilitation Home. Other support:
○ opening Bank Accounts for the resident
○ Unmarried girls of any age and boys up to the age of
12 years would be allowed to stay in Shakti Sadans
with their mothers.
● Anti Human Trafficking Units: Reintegration and Repatriation
of the victims of trafficking and of commercial sexual
exploitation.
● Home for Widows: To provide the widows a safe and secure
place of stay, health services, nutritious food, legal and
counseling services has been established.
● Palna – Creche facility: To provide the day-care créche
facilities through the component of Palna irrespective of their
employment status of the mothers.

Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY)

Category Maternity Benefit Programme

Type Centrally sponsored scheme

Part of PMMVY has been revamped and included as a sub-scheme under

Mission Shakti

Benefits ● Cash incentives of ₹5,000/- is provided directly to the

Bank/Post Office account of the beneficiary in Direct Benefit
Transfer (DBT) mode for the first child.
● The eligible beneficiaries also receive cash incentive under
Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY). Thus, on an average, a woman
gets Rs. 6,000.
● In the revamped PMMVY maternity benefit amounting to Rs.
 6000/- is also to be provided for the second child, but only
if, the second child a girl child.
○ The number of installments under the scheme has
also been reduced from 3 to 2 in the revamped
scheme.

Mission Vatsalya

Category Child protection

Type Centrally Sponsored Scheme

Background Erstwhile Child Protection Services (CPS) Scheme, since 2009-10 for the
welfare and rehabilitation of children.

Aim of the mission ● Support and sustain Children in difficult circumstances;

● Develop context-based solutions for holistic development of
children from varied backgrounds;
● Provide scope for encouraging innovative solutions;
● Cement convergent action.

Institutional Services ● Child Care Institutions (CCIs): Serve as a home away from home
and provide comprehensive child care facilities.
● Swachhata Action Plan (SAP)

Non-Institutional Care ● Sponsorship:

for Children ○ Government Aided Sponsorship: Financial assistance
provided through government funds.
○ Private Aided Sponsorship: Financial assistance
provided through private sources or individuals.
● Foster Care: An arrangement whereby a child is placed for the
purpose of alternate care in the domestic environment of a
family.
● Adoption: Finding suitable families for children who are legally
free for adoption. The Central Adoption Resource Authority
(CARA) facilitates the adoption process.
● After Care: Financial support is provided to children leaving a
Child Care Institution upon turning 18 years old. Assistance may
be extended from the age of 18 years up to 21 years, with the
possibility of extension up to 23 years.

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana

Category Universal Health Coverage (UHC)

Type Centrally Sponsored Scheme

Launched 2018

Purpose To address the healthcare system (covering prevention, promotion

and ambulatory care) at the primary, secondary and tertiary level.

Components ● Health and Wellness Centres (HWCs)

● Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY)

Health and Wellness ● These centres deliver Comprehensive Primary Health Care
Centers (HWCs) (CPHC) bringing healthcare closer to the homes of people.
● They cover both, maternal and child health services and
non-communicable diseases, including free essential drugs
and diagnostic services.
● Funding is through National Health Mission (NHM)

Pradhan Mantri Jan ● provides cashless cover of up to ₹ 5,00,000 to each eligible

Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) family per annum for listed secondary and tertiary care
conditions.
● 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.
● PM-JAY was earlier known as the National Health Protection
Scheme (NHPS).
● PM-JAY is fully funded by the Government and cost of
implementation is shared between the Central and State
Governments.

Key Features of PM-JAY ● World’s largest health insurance/ assurance scheme fully
financed by the government.
● Provides a cover of Rs. 5 lakhs per family per year for
secondary and tertiary care hospitalization across public and
private empanelled hospitals in India.
● Provides cashless access to health care services at hospitals.
● covers up to 3 days of pre-hospitalization and 15 days
post-hospitalization expenses
● There is no restriction on the family size, age or gender.
● Public hospitals are reimbursed for the healthcare services
at par with the private hospitals.

Benefit Cover Under ● Medical examination, treatment, and consultation

PM-JAY ● Pre-hospitalization
● Medicine and medical consumables
● Non-intensive and intensive care services
● Diagnostic and laboratory investigations
● Medical implantation services (where necessary)
● Accommodation benefits
● Food services
● Complications arising during treatment
 ● Post-hospitalization follow-up care up to 15 days

Implementing Agency ● National Health Authority (NHA)

National Health Mission

Category Health System Strengthening in rural and urban areas- Reproductive,

Maternal, Neonatal, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCH+A), and
Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases.

Type Centrally Sponsored Scheme

Launched 2005

Purpose Achievement of universal access to equitable, affordable & quality

health care services that are accountable and responsive to people’s
needs

Beneficiaries NHM is implemented for universal benefit – i.e. entire population;

services are offered to everyone visiting the public healthcare
facilities with a special focus to vulnerable section of the society.

Targets under NHM by ● Reduce MMR to 90 from 113

2025 ● Reduce IMR to 23 from 32
● Reduce U5MR to 23 from 36
● Sustain TFR to 2.1
● Reduce prevalence of Leprosy to <1/10000 population and
incidence to zero in all districts
● Annual Malaria Incidence to be <1/1000
● Prevent and reduce mortality & morbidity from
communicable, non- communicable; injuries and emerging
diseases
● Reduce household out-of-pocket expenditure on total health
care expenditure
● Ending the TB epidemic by 2025 from the country.

Major Initiatives ● Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK).

Supported Under NHM ● Janani Suraksha yojana
● Mainstreaming AYUSH: Revitalizing local health tradition
● Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK).
● Implementation of Free Drugs and Free Diagnostics Service
Initiatives.
● PM National Dialysis Programme.
● Implementation of National Quality Assurance Framework in
all public health facilities.
 ● Mobile Medical Units (MMUs) & Tele-consultation services
are also being implemented to improve access to healthcare
particularly in rural areas.
● Ayushman Bharat.
● Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY).

Support to states Major instrument of financing and support to the States to

strengthen public health systems and healthcare delivery.
○ The financing to the state will be based on the state’s
Programme Implementation Plan (PIP).
○ Part of PIP:
■ NRHM-RCH Flexipool
■ NUHM Flexipool,
■ Flexible pool for Communicable disease,
■ Flexible pool for Non-communicable disease
including Injury and Trauma,
■ Infrastructure Maintenance and
■ Family Welfare Central Sector component.

Sub Schemes ● National Rural Health Mission (NRHM)

● The National Urban Health Mission (NUHM).

National Rural Health ● To provide accessible, affordable and quality health care to
Mission (NRHM) the rural population, especially the vulnerable groups.
● The thrust of the mission is on establishing a fully functional,
community owned, decentralized health delivery system with
inter-sectoral convergence at all levels.
● It will ensure simultaneous action on a wide range of
determinants of health such as water, sanitation, education,
nutrition, social and gender equality

National Urban Health ● To provide equitable and quality primary health care services
Mission (NUHM) to the urban population with special focus on the slum and
vulnerable population.
● It envisages for setting up of Urban Primary Health Centre
(U-PHC) for population more than 50,000 and Urban
Community Health Centre (U-CHC) in cities with more than
five lakh population and targeted interventions for slum areas

Progress under NHM ● Improvements in Core Health Outcomes: There has been
during 2020-21 acceleration in decline of Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR),
Under Five Mortality Rate (U5MR) and the IMR.
○ India should able to reach its SDG target (MMR-70,
U5MR-25) much before the due year i.e. 2030.
○ Total Fertility Rate (TFR) declined from 2.3 in 2013 to
2.2 in the year 2018.
○ Kala-azar endemic blocks have achieved the
elimination target of <1 KA case per 10,000
population at block level.
● Growth in Public Health Facilities: NHM adopts a health
system approach and targets to build a network for public
 health facilities with Health & Wellness Centres at the
grassroot level and District Hospitals, with robust referral
linkage, to offer Comprehensive primary and secondary care
services to citizens.
● Equitable Development: There was also a sustained focus on
the health of tribal populations, those in Left Wing Extremism
areas, and the urban poor.
● National Ambulance Services: So far, 20,990 Emergency
Response Service Vehicles are operational under NRHM.
● Health Sector Reforms: NHM enabled the design and
implementation of reforms specifically related to
Governance, Procurement and Technology.
● Addressing high Out-of-Pocket Expenditure (OOPE): The Free
Drugs and Free Diagnostics Services Initiatives have been
implemented under the NHM.
○ The National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM) and
the Essential Diagnostics Lists have been notified and
are periodically updated to include more essential
drugs based on new initiatives undertaken.

Janani Suraksha Yojana

Category Maternal Health

Type Centrally sponsored scheme

Launched in 2005

Eligibility ● Pregnant women under the below poverty line (BPL)

category, whether rural or urban.
● Only those pregnant women who are above 19 years of
age.
● Women with only up to two live births are eligible under
the scheme.
● Only those pregnant women who have registered under the
JSY scheme and have delivered in government hospitals or
the selected private medical centers are eligible under the
scheme.

Benefits given ● Provides ‘cash assistance’ + Delivery and post delivery

care.
● Focus: Poor pregnant women + Special attention is given to
Low performing states (where institutional delivery rates
are low).
● ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) are given bonus for
bringing women to the hospital.
● Eligible women are given conditional cash transfer for
institutional delivery (delivering child at hospital).
● Cash Assistance for Institutional Delivery: Amount varies
depending on whether it is a rural or urban area, Low or
 high performing state etc.
● Cash assistance for home delivery: BPL pregnant women,
who prefer to deliver at home, are entitled to a cash
assistance of Rs. 500 per delivery regardless of the age of
pregnant women and number of children.

Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram

Category Programme for adolescents

Launched in 2014

Beneficiaries Age group of 10-19 years

Objectives ● Improve nutrition: Reduce malnutrition, prevalence of

iron-deficiency anaemia (IDA) among adolescent girls and boys.
● Improve sexual and reproductive health: Reduce teenage
pregnancies, improve birth preparedness, provide early
parenting support for adolescent parents.
● Enhance mental health
● Prevent injuries and violence
● Prevent substance misuse
● Address NCDs

Strategies ● Community based interventions

● Peer Education (PE)
● Weekly Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation Programme (WIFS)
● Menstrual Hygiene Scheme (MHS)
● Strengthening of Adolescent Friendly Health Clinics (AFHC)
● Social and Behaviour Change Communication with focus on
Inter Personal Communication
● National Adolescent Health Strategy has been developed by the
MoHFW in collaboration with UN Population Fund (UNFPA).
● Saathiya resource kit to help peer educators, especially in
villages, discuss sensitive issues and answer teenage queries.

Miscellaneous schemes under MoHFW

Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK)

An initiative to provide free services to pregnant women and sick newborn in Government health
institutions in both rural and urban areas.
Features

● Zero – expense deliveries - Free normal / caesarean deliveries

● Entitlement based approach – Free entitlements are given to both pregnant women and
sick newborns (till 30 days after birth).
● Examples of entitlements given – Free delivery, diagnostics, transport etc.
● No component for cash assistance.

Objective

● Mitigate the problem of out - of - pocket expenditure.

● Provide better health facilities for pregnant women and sick neonates.

Surakshit Matritva Aashwasan (Suman-2019)

Aim

● Delivery of quality healthcare services at zero cost.

● No tolerance towards denial of services to any woman and newborn visiting a public
health facility.
● End all preventable maternal and newborn deaths & morbidities + provide a positive
birthing experience.

Benefits

● The scheme allows zero expense delivery and C-section facilities at public health facilities.
● Beneficiaries will get four antenatal check-ups, one check-up during the 1st trimester, and
one check-up under Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan.
● The scheme also covers Tetanus-Diphtheria injection iron-folic acid supplementation, six
home-based newborn care visits and components of the ANC package.
● Pregnant women will get free transport from home to the health facility and will get
dropped back after discharge.
● Counseling and IEC/BCC facilities for safe motherhood
● Pregnant women will receive hassle-free access to all medical facilities.

Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA)

● On the 9th of every month pregnant women are given – free medical checkup, iron folic
acid (IFA), calcium tablets etc
● Focus of the scheme – ‘Antenatal period’ (before the delivery). Encourages voluntary
participation of private doctors.
● Guarantees a minimum package of antenatal care services to women in their 2nd / 3rd
trimesters of pregnancy at designated government health facilities.

eSanjeevani

● A national telemedicine service that strives to provide an alternative to conventional

physical consultations via digital platform.
● The National Health Authority (NHA) announced the successful integration of eSanjeevani
with ABDM.
 ● The integration allows the existing eSanjeevani users to easily create their Ayushman
Bharat Health Account (ABHA) and use it to link and manage their existing health records.

Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM)

● To support the integrated digital health infrastructure of the country to bridge the gaps in
existing digital health solutions.
● The Digital Ecosystem will also enable a host of other facilities like Digital Consultation,
Consent of patients in letting medical practitioners access their records, etc.
● With the implementation of this scheme, old medical records cannot get lost as every
record will be stored digitally.
Components
● Healthcare Professionals Registry (HPR): It is a comprehensive repository of all
healthcare professionals involved in delivery of healthcare services across both modern
and traditional systems of medicine.
○ Enrolling in the Healthcare Professionals Registry will enable them to get
connected to India’s digital health ecosystem.
● ABHA number and Mobile App (PHR) : ABHA number is a 14 digit number that will
uniquely identify you as a participant in India’s digital healthcare ecosystem.
○ ABHA number will establish a strong and trustable identity for you that will be
accepted by healthcare providers across the country.
○ ABHA Mobile App is an electronic application through which patients can maintain
and manage their health information (and that of others for whom they are
authorized) in a private, secure, and confidential environment.
○ Health Facility Registry: It is a comprehensive repository of all the health facilities
of the country across different systems of medicine.
○ Unified Health Interface (UHI): UHI is envisioned as an open protocol for various
digital health services. UHI Network will be an open network of End User
Applications (EUAs) and participating Health Service Provider (HSP) applications.

Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP) (1985)

● 100% Funded by the central government.
● Launched in 1985 and is one of the largest immunizations programmes in the world.
● Universal Immunization Programme has always been an integral part of National Rural
Health Mission
● It is one of the most cost-effective public health interventions and largely responsible for
reduction of vaccine preventable under-5 mortality rate.
● Under UIP, Government of India is providing vaccination free of cost against ten vaccine
preventable diseases i.e.
○ Across the Country:
■ Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus, Polio, Measles, severe form of Childhood
Tuberculosis, Hepatitis B and Meningitis & Pneumonia caused by
Hemophilus Influenza type B across the country.
○ Selected states.
■ Japanese Encephalitis in JE endemic districts and Rotavirus diarrhoea
○ Other Vaccines:
■ Rotavirus Vaccine (RVV): Introduced in India in March 2016 to reduce
mortality and morbidity caused by Rotavirus diarrhea. Coverage: Acoss the
country.
■ Measles-Rubella (MR) Vaccine: launched in 2017. Coverage: Acoss the
country.
■ Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV): launched in a phased manner in
 May 2017 for reducing infant mortality and morbidity caused by
pneumococcal pneumonia. Coverage: Acoss the country.
■ Tetanus and adult Diphtheria (Td) vaccine: Td vaccine has replaced TT
vaccine & given to pregnant woman and children of 10 and 16 years of age
from February 2019 as per national Immunization schedule.
■ Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV): Introduced in November 2015 initially in
6 states. Coverage: expanded across the country.
○ A child is said to be fully immunized if child receives all due vaccine as per national
immunization schedule within 1st year age of child.
○ The two major milestones of UIP have been the elimination of polio in 2014 and
maternal and neonatal tetanus elimination in 2015.

Mission Indradhanush (2014)

● Flagship programme to ensure Full Immunization coverage to Children & Women.

● It aims to reduce child mortality and accelerate the process of full immunization coverage
for children at a rapid pace, ensuring that all children under the age of 2 years and
pregnant women are fully immunized with all available vaccines.
● The mission initially aimed to immunize unvaccinated and partially vaccinated children of
the country against seven vaccine preventable diseases.
○ These diseases were identified as diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, polio,
tuberculosis, measles and hepatitis-B.
○ Later, the basket of vaccines was expanded to cover 12 diseases including
pertussis, meningitis and pneumonia (Hemophilus influenza type B infections),
Japanese encephalitis (JE) in JE endemic districts with introduction of newer
vaccines such as rotavirus vaccine, IPV, adult JE vaccine, pneumococcal conjugate
vaccine (PCV) and measles-rubella (MR).
● It was also identified as one of the flagship schemes under Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (16,850
villages across 541 districts) and Extended Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (48,929 villages across
117 aspirational districts).
● Achievement: As of February 2023, 4.45 Crore Children and 1.2 Crore Pregnant Women
have been vaccinated.

Intensified Mission Indradhanush (2017)

● To cover atleast 90% children below age of 2 and all pregnant women by 2018.

Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 3.0 (2021 onwards)

Target:

● Children and pregnant women who have missed their (non-corona) vaccine doses during
the corona pandemic/lockdown.
● Migrants and remote area/ hard to reach areas.

Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 4.0 (2022)

● Routine Immunization services reach the unvaccinated and partially vaccinated children
and pregnant women.
● Three rounds of IMI 4.0 has been conducted in 416 districts across 33 States/UTs.

System strengthening for immunization

1) e-VIN (Electronic Vaccine Network) (2015)

● Online monitoring of vaccine stocks.

● Digitizes the entire vaccine stock management, their logistics and temperature tracking at
all levels of vaccine storage – from national to the sub-district.
● eVIN is to be scaled up to entire country.
● National Cold Chain Management Information System (NCCMIS) to track the cold chain
equipment inventory, availability and functionality.
● Health Ministry (Funding and technology given by UNDP (United Nation development
programme).

2). Surveillance for Vaccine Preventable Disease (2015)

● Surveillance for Diphtheria, Pertussis and Tetanus was initiated in 2015 and is being
expanded thereafter in a phase wise manner.
● Fever and Rash surveillance for Measles & Rubella and Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP)
surveillance for Polio are functional across India.
3). Effective Vaccine Management

● Effective Vaccine Management (EVM) is a globally accepted tool for safe and effective
supply chain for vaccines.
● 1stNational EVM assessment was done in 2013.
● In 2018, 2nd National EVM assessment was done in which the country witnessed a
significant increase in National EVM score from 53% in 2013 to 68% in 2018.

Labour Room & Quality Improvement Initiative (LaQshya) 2017

● The initiative was launched to:
○ Reduce maternal and newborn morbidity and mortality
○ Improve quality of care pre and post delivery period
○ Positive birthing experience to all pregnant women attending public health
facilities.
● Benificiary: Every pregnant woman and newborn delivering in public health institutions
● Strategy: Ensure that the room is sterilized & has necessary medicines/equipment to deal
with delivery related complications / emergencies.
○ Aligning LabourRoom & Maternity Operation Theatre layout as per Standard
Guidelines issued by the MoHFW
○ Capacity-building of healthcare workers by skill-based training like Dakshta &
improving quality processes in the labour room.
○ The Quality Improvement in labour room and maternity OT will be assessed
through NQAS (National Quality Assurance Standards).
■ Every facility achieving 70% score on NQAS will be certified as LaQshya
certified facility.
Mother's Absolute Affection (MAA 2016)

● Awareness generation to encourage mothers to breastfeed babies.

● Exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months is essential to improve child health &
immunity.

Mission Parivar Vikas (2016)

● Focus of the scheme is to reduce the total fertility rate in 7 ‘highly populated’
states (not an all India programme).
 o Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand
and Assam
● The population in these regions constitute 44% of the country’s population.
● Mission aims for – 1) Encouraging family planning in these states. 2)Provide FREE
contraceptives in Govt hospitals

National Deworming Day (2015)

● February 10 is observed as National Deworming Day.

● The objective of NDD is to deworm all preschool and school-age children between the
ages of 1-19 years.
○ How is deworming done? The deworming is done through schools and
Anganwadi Centers in order to improve their overall health, nutritional status,
access to education and quality of life.
● What do intestinal worms do?
○ Soil Transmitted Helminths is a parasitic worm infection.
○ It is transmitted through soil contaminated with faecal matter.
○ Once transmitted, adult worms live in human intestines for food and survival and
produce thousands of eggs each day. Eggs are passed in the faeces of the infected
person.
○ When an infected person defecates outdoors, they spread the worm eggs in the
soil.
○ Eggs contaminate the soil and spread infection when they are ingested through
vegetables that are not carefully cooked, washed or peeled, ingested from
contaminated water sources, ingested by children who play in soil and then put
their hands in their mouths without washing them.

National Viral Hepatitis Control Program (NVHCP) (2018)

● 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 to end viral hepatitis by
2030.
● It 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.
● Objective:
○ 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 linkages with the existing National programmes 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 and its sequelae.

National AIDS and STD Control Programme (NACP, Phase-V)

● Tenure: Till 2026

 ● The NACP Phase-V will take the national AIDS and STD response towards the attainment of
United Nations’ SDG 3.3 of ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic as a public health threat by
2030.
● The Programme will offer free HIV Prevention, detection and treatment services in facility
and community settings to high-risk, vulnerable.
● Monitoring: Decentralized model of district-level programme monitoring and community
feedback loop.

Ministry of Agriculture And Farmers Welfare

Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi

Category Income Support to Farmer

Type Central Sector scheme with 100% funding from Government of India.

Launched 2019

Purpose To provide income support to all land holding eligible farmer families

About the Scheme Under the scheme an income support of 6,000/- per year in three equal
installments will be provided to all land holding farmer families.

Eligibility Criteria ● Provided to all landholding eligible farmer families. Family for the
scheme is husband, wife and minor children.
● State Government and UT administration has to identify the
farmer families which are eligible for support as per scheme
guidelines.

Scheme Exclusion ● All Institutional Land holders.

● Farmer families which belong to one or more of the following
categories:
○ Former and present holders of constitutional posts
○ Former and present legislatures/ministers at three tiers
of governance.
○ All superannuated/retired pensioners whose monthly
pension is Rs.10,000/-or more
○ Every person who paid Income Tax in the last assessment
year.
○ Professionals like Engineers, Doctors, Chartered
Accountants, Lawyers

PM-Kisan Samman ● The government has linked the Kisan Credit Card (KCC) with the
Nidhi Credit Card PM-Kisan scheme.
● The PM-Kisan beneficiaries can apply for KCC cards and obtain
short-term loans with low-interest rates under the KCC cards.
 Self-registration ● Through mobile app, PM KISAN portal and walk-ins via Common
Mechanism Service Centers (CSC).

Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan-Dhan Yojana (PM KMY)

Category Social security to Small and Marginal Farmers

Type Central Sector Scheme

Launched 2019

Purpose To provide social security to Small and Marginal Farmers in their old age
when they have no means of livelihood and minimal or no savings to take
care of their expenses.

Benefits ● A minimum fixed pension of Rs.3,000/- is provided to the small

and marginal farmers on attaining the age of 60 years.
● It is a voluntary and contributory pension scheme.

Eligibility ● Small and Marginal Farmer (SMF): a farmer who owns cultivable
land upto 2 hectare as per land records of the concerned State/UT.
● Age of 18- 40 years

Farmers who are ● All Institutional Land holders;

not eligible for the ● Former and present holders of constitutional posts
scheme ● Former and present legislatures/ministers at three tiers of
governance.
● All Persons who paid Income Tax in last assessment year
● Professionals like Doctors, Engineers, etc.
● All serving or retired officers and government or PSE excluding
Multi Tasking Staff /Class IV/Group D employees.
● SMF covered under any other statuary social security schemes
such as NPS.
● SMFs covered under any other statuary social security schemes
such as NPS, ESIC,etc.
● Farmers who have opted for Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan
Dhan Yojana (PM-SYM)

Voluntary and ● The eligible farmer is required to contribute to a Pension Fund

Contributory between Rs.55 to Rs.200 per month depending on the entry age.
● The Central Government also contributes in equal amount to the
Pension Fund.

PM Fasal Bima Yojana

Category crop insurance

Type

Launched 2016

Purpose ● To support production in agriculture by providing affordable crop

insurance to ensure comprehensive risk cover for crops of farmers
against all non-preventable natural risks from pre-sowing to
post-harvest stage, on an ‘Area Approach Basis’.

Coverage ● Yield Losses

● Prevented Sowing
● Post-Harvest Losses
● Localised Calamities: Inundation has been incorporated as a
localized calamity in addition to hailstorm and landslide for
individual farm level assessment.

Eligibility ● The farmer must be a cultivator or a sharecropper on the insured

land.
● Farmers must have a valid and authenticated land ownership
certificate or a valid land tenancy agreement.
● The farmer must have applied for insurance coverage within the
prescribed time frame, which is generally within 2 weeks of the
start of the sowing season.
● They must not have received any compensation for the same crop
loss from any other source.
● The farmer should have a valid bank account and provide details
of their bank account, along with a valid identity proof, at the time
of enrollment
● All farmers growing notified crops in a notified area during the
season who have an insurable interest in the crop are eligible.

Premium paid ● Uniform maximum premium of only 2%, 1.5% and 5% to be paid
by farmers for all Kharif crops, Rabi Crops and Commercial/
horticultural crops respectively.
● The difference between premium and the rate of Insurance
charges payable by farmers shall be provided as subsidy and
shared equally by the Centre and State.
●

Use of Technology ● Use of Remote Sensing technology, Smart phones and

Drones for quick estimation of crop losses to ensure early
settlement of claims.
● National Crop Insurance Portal (NCIP) was launched in
2022 for ensuring better administration, coordination,
transparency, dissemination of information and delivery
of services including crediting the claim amount
electronically to the individual farmer’s Bank Account.
 Through NCIP and Crop Insurance App, farmers can track
their crop insurance and get all information about it.
● API-based land record integration with the PMFBY portal.
● Use of smart sampling techniques through satellite data
for crop cutting experiments.
● Use of drones for surveying the crops.
● Various innovative technologies have been piloted and
integrated with the scheme to make the process of yield
estimation and crop loss assessment more accurate, like
Yes-Tech, WINDS and CROPIC.
● In March 2023, the Union Agriculture Minister also
launched NCIP’s claim settlement module namely
DigiClaim in pilot mode in 6 states of Rajasthan, Uttar
Pradesh, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and
Chhattisgarh.

Implementation ● By empanelled Insurance companies (Public sector General

insurance companies + Empanelled private sector insurance
companies).

Revamped PMFBY ● Completely Voluntary: It has been decided to make enrolment

2.0 (2020) 100% voluntary for all farmers from 2020 Kharif.
● The Cabinet has decided to cap the Centre’s premium subsidy
under these schemes for premium rates up to 30% for
unirrigated areas/crops and 25% for irrigated areas/crops.
● The government has given the flexibility to states/UTs to
implement PMFBY and given them the option to select any
number of additional risk covers/features like prevented sowing,
localised calamity, mid-season adversity, and post-harvest losses.
● Insurance companies have to now spend 0.5% of the total
premium collected on information, education and communication
(IEC) activities.

National Mission For Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA)

Category Agricultural productivity

Type Centrally Sponsored Scheme

Launched 2014

Purpose To evolve and implement strategies to make Indian agriculture more

resilient to the changing climate.

Sub scheme It is one of the Missions within the National Action Plan on Climate
Change (NAPCC).
 Objective ● To make agriculture more productive, sustainable, remunerative
and climate resilient
● Promoting location specific Integrated/Composite Farming
Systems;
● 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.,

Mission Strategy ● Promote integrated farming systems covering crops, livestock,

fishery, plantation, and pasture-based composite farming.
● Adopt resource conservation technologies for both on and off
the farm.
● Introduce practices to support mitigation efforts during extreme
climatic events.
● Emphasize effective water resource management and enhance
water use efficiency with technology.
● Encourage improved agronomic practices for higher
productivity, soil treatment, and carbon storage.
● Create a soil resource database through land use survey, soil
profile study, and GIS analysis.
● Promote location and crop-specific integrated nutrient
management for soil health and productivity.
● Involve knowledge institutions in developing climate change
adaptation and mitigation strategies.
● Implement programmatic interventions in select blocks as pilots
for integrated development.
● Coordinate with schemes like MGNREGS, IWMP, RKVY, NFSM,
MIDH, NMAE&T for greater reach in disadvantaged areas.

Interventions ● Rainfed Area Development (RAD)

● On Farm Water Management (OFWM)
● Soil Health Management (SHM)
● Climate Change and Sustainable Agriculture: Monitoring,
Modeling and Networking (CCSAMMN)

National Agriculture Market (e-NAM)

Category Unified national market for agricultural commodities.

Type Central Sector scheme

Launched 2016
Purpose Networking the existing mandis on a common online market platform as
“One Nation One Market” for agricultural commodities in India.

About e-NAM ● It is a pan-India electronic trading portal that networks the

existing APMC/Mandis to create a unified national market for
agricultural commodities.
● It is completely funded by the Central Government And is
implemented by the Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium
(SFAC).
● It promotes better marketing opportunities for the farmers to sell
their produce through online competitive and transparent price
discovery system and online payment facility

Benefits ● Transparent Online Trading.

● Real-Time Price Discovery
● Better Price Realization For Farmers
● Reduced Transaction Cost For Buyers
● Stable Price and Availability to Consumers
● Quality Certification, Warehousing and Logistics
● More Efficient Supply Chain
● Convenient e-Payment options.
● Error-Free Reporting of Transactions
● Enhanced Accessibility to more APMCs.

Pre-requisites for ● The state APMC Act must have a specific provision for
e-NAM e-auction/electronic trading as mode of price discovery.
● There must be one single trading license to be valid across the
state/UT
● A single point levy of market fee across the State/UT.

Monitoring of the ● Overall monitoring of the progress of the scheme interventions in

Scheme all the states and national level is undertaken by PAC.
● A coordinated approach for monitoring and evaluation by
involving following agencies will be undertaken:
○ National level: lead implementing agency (SFAC) along
with DMI/NIC with the support of SP (NFCL)
○ State level: respective department with supporting
agencies (SAMB/DAM/NFCL)

New Features ● e-NAM platform has been further strengthened by launching FPO
incorporated (Farmer Producer Organisation) trading module in e-NAM
○ whereby FPOs can trade their produce from their
collection center without bringing the produce to APMC.
● Warehouse based trading module has also been launched in
e-NAM to facilitate trade from warehouses based on e-NWR.
● Platform of Platforms (POP) under the National Agriculture
Market (e-NAM) was launched.
○ To facilitate farmers to sell the produce outside their state
borders.

Outcomes ● More than 1.75 crore Farmers & 2.43 Lakh traders have registered
on e-NAM platform (as on March 31, 2023).
 ● As on March 16, 2023, 1361 mandis of 23 States and 4 UTs have
been integrated with e-NAM platform.
● The Electronic National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) initiative of
the Ministry of Agriculture won Platinum Award (1st) in the
Digital Empowerment of Citizens Category.

National Mission on Agricultural Extension and Technology (NMAET)

Category Technology dissemination

Type Centrally Sponsored Scheme

Background ● The National Mission on Agricultural Extension and Technology

(NMAET) was approved during the 12th Plan period.
● Introduced under Agriculture Technology Management Agency
(ATMA)

Purpose ● To make the extension system farmer-driven and

farmer-accountable by way of new institutional arrangements for
technology dissemination.
● It aims to restructure and strengthen agricultural extension to
enable delivery of appropriate technology and improved
agronomic practices to farmers.
● To be achieved by a judicious mix of extensive physical outreach
and interactive methods of information dissemination, use of
ICT, institution strengthening to promote mechanisation and
○ encourage aggregation of Farmers into Interest Groups
(FIGs) to form Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs).

Sub Missions of ● Sub Mission on Agricultural Extension (SMAE): Focuses on

NMAET awareness creation and enhanced use of appropriate
technologies in agriculture & allied sectors.
● Sub-Mission on Seed and Planting Material (SMSP): To create
and deliver high-quality seeds to farmers through initiatives
such as the Seed Village Programme, the establishment of Seed
Processing and Storage Warehouses, and the National Seed
Reserve, among other efforts.
● Sub Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM): Support is
offered for the establishment of 'Custom Hiring Centres (CHCs)'
and 'Hi-tech Hubs of High-Value Machines' through financial
assistance.
● Sub Mission on Plant Protection and Plant Quarantine (SMPP):
Conducting regulatory, surveillance, and capacity-building
activities to safeguard our biosecurity against the invasion and
dissemination of foreign species.
Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA)

Category Price support to the farmers

Type Central sector scheme

Launched 2018

Purpose To ensure remunerative prices to the farmers

Components ● Price Support Scheme (PSS): Central agencies will physically

procure pulses, oilseeds and Copra.
● Price Deficiency Payment Scheme (PDPS): Farmer sells his
produce to private merchants (at less price than MSP). This
difference (or deficiency) in MSP and Price offered is covered by
the Central Government.
● Pilot of Private Procurement & Stockist Scheme (PPPS): Private
agencies will be hired for procuring the commodities at MSP on
behalf of the Government.

Note ● Under PM-AASHA, States/UTs are offered to choose either PSS

and PDPS in a given procurement season with respect to
particular oilseeds crop for the entire State.
● Pulses and Copra are procured under PSS.
● Only one scheme i.e. PSS or PDPS may be made operational in
one State with respect to one commodity.

Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana

Category Organic Farming

Type Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS),

Launched 2015

Part of National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA)

Purpose to produce agricultural products free from chemicals and pesticides

residues by adopting eco- friendly, low- cost technologies. Key Thrust
areas of PKVY in promoting organic farming include the following:
● Promote organic farming among rural youth/ farmers/ consumers/
traders
● Disseminate latest technologies in organic farming
● Utilise the services of experts from public agricultural research
system in India
● Organise a minimum of one cluster demonstration in a village
 Features of the ● promotes organic farming through a cluster approach i.e. a group
scheme of farmers are promoted to take up organic farming.
● A financial assistance of Rs 50000/ha/3 years is provided for
cluster formation, capacity building, incentive for inputs, value
addition and marketing.
● At least 30% of the budget allocations need to be earmarked for
women beneficiaries/ farmers.
● Includes PGS certification which facilitates farmers to certify their
organic produce, label and market their products domestically.

Large Area ● Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare under its flagship
Certification (LAC) scheme of Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojna (PKVY) has launched a
Programme unique quick certification programme “Large Area Certification”
(LAC).
● to harness the potential of traditional/default organic areas in
hills, tribal districts, desert and rained areas in India that continue
to remain free from chemical input usage by giving them organic
certification almost immediately.
● LAC is a Quick certification process that is cost-effective and
farmers do not have to wait for 2-3 years for marketing PGS organic
certified products.

National Mission on Natural Farming

Category Chemical free farming

Launched 2023

Purpose ● To promote alternative system of farming for freedom from

external purchased inputs, cost reduction and thereby increasing
income of farmers
● To popularize integrated agriculture-animal husbandry models
based on desi cow and local resources.
● To collect, validate and document Natural Farming practices being
practiced in various parts of the country and to encourage
participatory research with farmers on further up scaling
● To undertake activities for awareness creation, capacity building,
promotion and demonstration of Natural Farming.
● To create standards, certification procedure and branding for
Natural Farming products for national and international markets.

Benefits to farmers ● A financial assistance of Rs. 15000/- per ha @ Rs. 5000/- per
ha/year for three years
● Training of farmers by Champion farmer and CRP: 6 such trainings
of one day duration will be organized at village level for all the
farmers in a batch of 50 farmers.
● A sum of Rs. 30,000/- is provided for such trainings @ Rs. 50 per
 farmer per training.

Operational ● National level: National Steering Committee (NSC) under the

structure Chairmanship of Agriculture Minister.
● NSC will be the policy making body providing overall direction and
guidance to Mission.
● State Level: States can engage consultants, technical assistants at
state and district level

Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY)

Category assured irrigation

Launched in 2015

Purpose ● To focus on enhancing water use efficiency at the farm level

through Micro Irrigation (Drip and Sprinkler Irrigation System).
● It also supports micro-level water storage, and water
conservation/management activities (Other Interventions) to
supplement source creation for Micro Irrigation.

Components of ● Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Program (AIBP): It aims to

PMKSY concentrate on speedier fulfilment of continuous Major and
Medium Irrigation including National Projects.
o It is being implemented by the Department of Water
Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
under the Ministry of Jal Shakti.
● Har Khet Ko Pani (HKKP): Distribute water to each and every farm
by setting up canal network.
● Per Drop More Crop (PDMC): Improve the water usage efficiency
through Micro-irrigation devices (drips, sprinklers, pivots,
rain-guns)
● Watershed Development (WD): It is being implemented by Dept.
of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development. Set up water
harvesting system + Promote traditional water storage system.

Benefits ● Financial assistance to farmers for the installation of irrigation

components under Micro Irrigation.
● Installation of drip or sprinkler irrigation in the farmers’ field for
selected crops.
● The pattern of assistance payable to the beneficiary under the
micro irrigation scheme will be 55% for small and marginal
farmers and 45% for other farmers which will be met by both the
Central Government and State Government in the ratio of 60:40
for all states except the North Eastern and Himalayan states. In the
case of these states, the ratio of sharing is 90:10.
Miscellaneous Initiatives under Ministry of Agriculture And Farmers Welfare
Integrated Scheme for Agricultural Marketing schemes (AGMARKNET) portal
● A Central Sector Scheme to to develop agricultural marketing infrastructure for effectively
managing marketable surplus of agriculture including horticulture and of allied sectors.
● It is a G2C e-governance portal that caters to the needs of various stakeholders such as
farmers, industry, policy makers and academic institutions by providing agricultural
marketing related information from a single window.
● It facilitates web- based information flow, of the daily arrivals and prices of commodities in
the agricultural produce markets spread across the country.

National Innovations on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) 2011

● Launched by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
● It aims at strategic research on adaptation and mitigation, demonstration of technologies
on farmers’ fields and creating awareness among farmers and other stakeholders to
minimize the climatic change impacts on agriculture.

Attracting and Retaining of Youth in Agriculture (ARYA) 2015

● Launched by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
● Project ARYA encourages the youth in India to participate in various kinds of agricultural
activities and entrepreneurial ventures related to the allied sectors.

Farmer FIRST (FARM, Innovations, Resources, Science and Technology), 2016

● Launched by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
● Enriching farmer-scientist interface for technology development and application. Focus on
capacity development, technology adaptation and application, on-site input management,
feedback and institution building.

Bharatiya Prakritik Krishi Paddhati, 2020

● It is a sub scheme of Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY).
● It promotes traditional indigenous practices.
● It 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.
○ 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.

Krishi Udan 2020

● The scheme aims to ensure seamless, cost-effective, time-bound air transportation and
associated logistics for all Agri-produce originating especially from Northeast, hilly and tribal
regions of the country.

Agri-Market Infrastructure Fund (AMIF)

● Fund with a corpus of Rs. 2000 crore.
● For developing and upgrading agricultural marketing infrastructure in the 22000 Gramin
Agricultural Markets (GrAMs) and 585 Agricultural Produce Market Committees (APMCs).
E-Krishi Samvad, 2017
● e-Krishi Samvad is 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.
Meghdoot app 2019
● It is a joint initiative of India Meteorological Department (IMD), Indian Institute of Tropical
Meteorology (IITM) and Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).
● It is a mobile application which provides crop advisories to the farmers based on the
weather information.
● Information is not based on real time but updated twice a week.

Micro Irrigation Fund

● MIF with an initial corpus of ₹ 5000 crore was operationalized in NABARD in 2019-20.
● to provide top up/additional incentives to farmers for incentivising micro irrigation beyond
the provisions available under PMKSY-P‘Per Drop More Crop (PDMC).
● The GoI provides 3% interest subvention on loans extended to State Govt. under MIF.

Soil Health Card scheme (2015)

● It was introduced to assist State governments to issue Soil Health Cards to all farmers in the
country.
● Soil health card provides information to farmers on nutrient status of their soil along with
recommendation on appropriate dosage of nutrients to be applied for improving soil health
and its fertility.
● Soil Health Card is a printed report that a farmer will be handed over for each of his
holdings. It will contain the status of his soil with respect to 12 parameters, namely N,P,K
(Macronutrients); S (Secondary- nutrient); Zn, Fe, Cu, Mn, Bo (Micro - nutrients); and pH,
Electrical Conductivity (EC) and Organic Carbon(OC) (Physical parameters). Based on this, the
SHC will also indicate fertiliser recommendations and soil amendment required for the farm.

Unified Package Insurance Scheme (UPIS) (2016)

● UPIS aims at providing financial protection to citizens associated in agriculture sector,
○ by ensuring food security, crop diversification and enhancing growth and
competitiveness of agriculture sector besides protecting farmers from financial
risks.
● The scheme provides yield-based crop insurance to the farmer based on his ownership
rights of land.
● The scheme protects the farmer and his family members in case of the Accidental Death,
accidental insurance protection of farmer’s school or college going children and
provisioning of education fee to the student in case of death of the parents.
● Sections Covered under UPIS: Crop Insurance + Personal Accident Insurance + Building and
Contents Insurance + Agriculture Pumpset Insurance (Upto 10 Horse Power) + Agricultural
Tractors Insurance + Student Safety Insurance + Life Insurance
Ministry of Ayush

National Ayush Mission

Category Promote AYUSH medical systems

Type Centrally Sponsored Scheme

Launched 2014

Purpose ● To provide cost effective and equitable AYUSH health care

throughout the country by improving access to the services.
● To revitalize and strengthen the AYUSH systems making them as
prominent medical streams in addressing the health care of the
society.
● better access to AYUSH services through increase in number of
AYUSH Hospitals and Dispensaries.
● improvement in quality of AYUSH Education through
enhancement in the number of educational Institutions.
● To promote the adoption of Quality Control of ASU&H Drugs
and making available the sustained supply of AYUSH
raw-materials.

Components of NAM ● Obligatory Components

o AYUSH Services: The National AYUSH Mission aims to
improve the availability and accessibility of quality
AYUSH healthcare services through AYUSH
dispensaries, hospitals, and mobile units.
o AYUSH Educational Institutions: The mission also
focuses on improving the quality of education and
training in AYUSH by supporting the development of
AYUSH educational institutions.
o Quality Control of ASU&H Drugs: The Government of
India has set up various regulatory bodies and
laboratories to ensure the quality, safety, and efficacy
of ASU&H drugs.
o Medicinal Plants: The mission supports the cultivation,
conservation, and sustainable use of medicinal plants
to promote the production of quality ASU&H drugs and
ensure their availability.
● Flexible Component
o AYUSH Wellness Centres comprising Yoga and
Naturopathy,
o Tele-medicine,
o Innovations in AYUSH including Public Private
Partnership,
o IEC (Information, Education and Communication)
activities,
o Voluntary certification scheme: Project based, etc.
Implementation The Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), the
Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine (CCRUM), the Central
Council for Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH), and the Central Council
for Research in Siddha (CCRS) are implementing the programme.

Initiatives Undertaken
● Swasthya Rakshan OPDs organized on a weekly basis in each
village.
● Swasthya Parikshan Camps organized on a weekly basis.
● Survey undertaken to identify prevalent diseases.
● Individual health screenings conducted.
● Mass campaigns organized to create awareness about personal,
environmental, and social hygiene

AYURSWASTHYA Yojana

Category advanced/ specialized AYUSH medical health uniit

Type Central Sector Scheme

Launched 2021-22

Components ● AYURSWASTHYA Yojana has two main components:

o AYUSH and Public Health (PHI): This component focuses
on promoting AYUSH interventions in public health
initiatives.
o Centre of Excellence (CoE): This component focuses on
providing financial assistance to eligible organizations for
upgrading their functions, facilities, and research &
development activities in AYUSH.

Objectives ● To promote AYUSH intervention for community health care.

● To demonstrate advantages of AYUSH health care in public health.
● To support for implementing Sustainable Development Goal-2
(SDG2) and Sustainable Development Goal -3 (SDG 3) through
integrating AYUSH system.
● Documentation of the efficacy of AYUSH systems through AYUSH
interventions in various public health issues which can be taken up
in larger scale for implementation in national health programm

Eligibility ● All Government and Non-Government Non-Profit organizations

engaged in AYUSH Education/Drug Development &
Research/Clinical Research are eligible for financial assistance
under the Centre of Excellence component of AYURSWASTHYA
Yojana.
 ● The organization should have a proven track record in the relevant
field for a minimum period of three years.
● The organization should have a valid registration and must be
compliant with all legal and statutory requirements.

Ayush Grid Project

Category Information Technology backbone for Aayush Sector

Launched 2018

Purpose ● To create a comprehensive Information Technology backbone for

entire Ayush sector.
● Digitalization of the entire Ayush Sector will lead to its
transformation in fields of health care delivery at all levels,
including research, education, various health programmes and
drug regulations.

Objectives ● Increase access to Ayush services such as healthcare, education,

and research in India and beyond.
● Provide comprehensive digital coverage of the Ayush sector.
● Enhance Ayush stakeholders' digital collaboration and exchange
of best practises.
● Obtaining the maximum attainable degree of health and
well-being in accordance with the 2017 National Health Policy.
● Good Health & Well-being (Ensure healthy lives and promote
well-being for all at all ages) in accordance with Sustainable
Development Goal 3 (SDG-3) by 2030.

Ayush Grid Project ● According to the report of the High Level Advisory Committee
Design (HLAC) and the Detailed Project Report (DPR).
● The Ayush Grid adheres to the relevant design principles of India
Enterprise Architecture (IndEA) 2.0.
● The Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) Framework, as
well as the related design principles and standards of the
National Digital Health Blueprint (NDHB) framework.

The Ayush Grid ● Ayush Core Layer: The Ayush Core Layer is the foundation of the
Project follows a Ayush Grid Project and is responsible for creating the necessary
four-layer model infrastructure for the project. other external ecosystems,
ensuring interoperability with other health initiatives.
 ● Ayush National Layer: The Ayush National Layer consists of
developing all Ayush IT Applications and common reference
applications and handholding for use of applications developed.
● Ayush State Layer: The Ayush State Layer will allow State/UT
Governments and private stakeholders to use IT Applications
developed under Ayush Grid or to use their own IT systems if
available.
● Ayush Citizen Access Layer: The Ayush Citizen Access Layer
consists of public-facing portals and mobile apps through which
the envisaged services are to be offered to the public.

AOGUSY Scheme

Category Quality of AYUSH drugs

Type Central Sector Scheme

Launch 2021

Purpose ● to provide support for quality of AYUSH drugs and to achieve

specific objectives and outcomes related to promotion of AYUSH
drug industry and strengthen the regulatory framework.

Components ● Strengthening and up-gradation of Ayush Pharmacies and Drug

Testing Laboratories to achieve higher standards.
● Pharmacovigilance of ASU&H drugs including surveillance of
misleading advertisements.
● Strengthening of Central and State regulatory frameworks including
Technical Human Resource & Capacity Building programs for Ayush
drugs.
● Support for the development of standards and
accreditation/certification of Ayush products & materials in
collaboration with BIS, QCI, and other relevant scientific institutions
and industrial R&D centers

Other Schemes/ Initiatives

Scheme for promoting pharmacovigilance of AYUSH drugs (2018)
● The scheme aims to establish a practice of documenting adverse effects, conducting safety
monitoring for Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani, and Homoeopathy drugs, and overseeing
misleading advertisements in both print and electronic media.
● The scheme intends to facilitate the establishment of three-tier network of:
○ National Pharmacovigilance Centre (NPvCC),
○ Intermediary Pharmacovigilance Centres (IPvCCs)
 ○ Peripheral Pharmacovigilance Centres (PPvCC)
● Type: Central Sector Scheme
● All India Institute of Ayurveda, New Delhi, an autonomous body under the Ministry of
AYUSH, has been designated as National Pharmacovigilance Centre for coordinating
various activities of the initiative.

SPARK Program 2022

● The SPARK Program is an initiative by the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic
Sciences (CCRAS).
● The program aims to support the research ideas of young undergraduate students
enrolled in Ayurveda Colleges across India.
● The program will support the innovative ideas of young students and promote the culture
of evidence based scientific research in the field of Traditional Medicine.

AYURGYAN 2021

The Ministry of AYUSH was implementing two separate schemes for the promotion of AYUSH’s
education and Research. It was proposed to merge both schemes under one umbrella scheme
namely “AYURGYAN Scheme” which has two components namely (i) Capacity Building and
Continuing Medical Education (CME) in AYUSH; and (ii) Research and Innovation in AYUSH.

Ministry of Finance

PM Vaya Vandana Yojana

Category Social security during old age

Type Central Sector Scheme

Launched 2017

Purpose ● To provide social security during old age and to protect elderly
persons aged 60 and above against a future fall in their interest
income due to uncertain market conditions.
● The scheme pays out regular pension and the frequency can be
monthly, quarterly, half-yearly or yearly.

Purchase price ● The money invested by the purchasers of the scheme is called
the purchase price. As the sovereign guarantees back the
scheme, it offers an assured rate of return on investment.

Eligibility for PMVVY ● Subscriber must be a senior citizen, i.e. (above the age of 60
years).
● The applicant must be an Indian citizen.
● There is no maximum entry age for the PMVVY scheme.
● The applicant must be ready to avail of the policy term of ten
years.
 ● The total purchase price under the PMVVY should not exceed
Rs.15 lakh.

Tax No tax benefits, except for GST exemption on principal.

Benefits of the ● The PMVVY scheme provides subscribers with an assured return
scheme at for 10 years.
● The entire amount (including the final pension and the purchase
price) would be paid out once the policy term of 10 years is
completed.
● On the death of the pensioner at any time during the term of 10
years, the purchase price will be refunded to the legal
heirs/nominees.
● A loan of up to 75% of the purchase price can be availed after
three years to cover emergencies.
● The scheme allows premature exit during the term of the policy
under exceptional circumstances such as when the pensioner
requires money for the treatment of any critical/terminal illness
of self or spouse.
● If a policyholder is not satisfied with the policy, he/she can
return the policy to the LIC within 15 days (30 days if this policy
is purchased online) from the policy receipt date stating the
reason for objections.
● There is an exclusion to this policy’s purchase price return. The
entire purchase price is payable if a policyholder commits
suicide.

Managed by ● The scheme is operated and managed by the Life Insurance

Corporation of India (LIC), the largest life insurance provider in
India.

Stand Up India Scheme

Category financing SC/ST and/or Women Entrepreneurs

Type Central Sector Scheme

Launched 2016

Purpose ● 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.

Eligibility criteria ● SC/ST or woman entrepreneurs above 18 years age.

● Greenfield project: Loans under the scheme are available only
for Greenfield project.
 ● Greenfield signifies 1st time venture (or building a project for the
1st time) in manufacturing, services, agri – allied activities or the
trading sector.
● What about non-Individual enterprises? 51% (majority)
shareholding should be held by either SC/ST or women.
● Non defaulter in paying previous loans.
● The Scheme envisages ‘up to 15%’ margin money which can be
provided in convergence with eligible Central/State schemes. In
any case, the borrower shall be required to bring in minimum of
10 % of the project cost as own contribution.

Features (Loan) ● Loan amount: Between 10 lakh and 1 crore.

● Loan repayment: In 7 years (18 months moratorium)
● Borrower: In all cases, has to contribute 10% of the loan cost.
● Loan extending entity: All the branches of the Scheduled
Commercial Banks as per commercial parameter.
● Handholding Support: The online portal www.standupmitra.in
developed by Small Industries Development Bank of India
(SIDBI) for Stand Up India Scheme is also providing guidance to
prospective entrepreneurs.

Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY)

Category Micro credit/Loan

Type Central Sector Scheme

Launched 2015

Purpose ● The program enables micro credit/loans of up to Rs. 10 lakh for

income-generating micro enterprises in the non-farm sector,
encompassing manufacturing, trading, and service activities.
● MUDRA (Micro Units Development & Refinance Agency Ltd.)
supports the finance Institutions (FIs) involved in lending to
micro / small business entities.

Eligible Member The loans under Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana can be availed through
Lending Institutions eligible Member Lending Institutions (MLIs), which include:
(MLIs) ● Public Sector Banks
● Private Sector Banks
● State operated cooperative banks
● Rural banks from regional sector
● Micro Finance Institution (MFI)
● Non-Banking Finance Company (NBFC)
● Small Finance Banks (SFBs)
● Other financial intermediary approved by Mudra Ltd. as
member financial institutions
 Eligibility for ● Individuals
Borrowers ● Proprietary concern.
● Partnership Firm.
● Private Ltd. Company.
● Public Company.
● Any other legal forms.

Loan Limits ● Shishu: Covering loans upto Rs.50,000/-

● Kishore: Covering loans above Rs.50,000/- and upto Rs. 5 lakh
● Tarun: Covering loans above Rs. 5 lakh and upto Rs. 10 lakh.

Funding support The funding support from MUDRA are of two types:
● Micro Credit Scheme (MCS) for loans up to 1 lakh finance
through MFIs:
○ Offered mainly through Micro Finance Institutions
(MFIs),
● Refinance Scheme for Commercial Banks / Regional Rural Banks
(RRBs) / Small Finance Banks / Non Banking Financial Companies
(NBFCs)
○ Different banks like Commercial Banks, RRB, SFB and
NBFCs are eligible to avail of refinance support from
MUDRA for financing micro enterprise activities.

MUDRA Card ● MUDRA Card is a debit card issued against the MUDRA loan
account, for working capital portion of the loan.
● 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.
● MUDRA Card also helps in digitalization of MUDRA transactions
and creating credit history for the borrower.
● MUDRA Card can be operated across the country for withdrawal
of cash from any ATM / micro ATM and also make payment
through any ‘Point of Sale’ machines.

National Pension System (NPS)

Category Voluntary retirement savings scheme

Launched 2004

Purpose ● It is a voluntary retirement savings scheme laid out to allow

the subscribers to make defined contribution towards planned
savings thereby securing the future in the form of Pension.
● It is an attempt towards a sustainable solution to the problem
of providing adequate retirement income to every citizen of
India.
Eligibility ● Any person fulfilling the following eligibility criteria can join
NPS:

○ Should be an Indian citizen (resident or non-resident)

or a Non-Resident Indian (NRI).

○ Should be aged between 18 – 70 years.

○ Should comply with the Know Your Customer (KYC)

norms detailed in the application form.

○ Should be legally competent to execute a contract as

per the Indian Contract Act.

○ Overseas citizen of India (OCI), Persons of Indian Origin

(PIOs) and Hindu Undivided Families (HUFs) are not
eligible to subscribe to NPS.

○ NPS is an individual pension account, thus it cannot be

opened on behalf of a third person.

Features ● Regulator: Pension Fund Regulatory and Development

Authority (PFRDA) is the regulator for NPS.
● Contribution: It is a participatory scheme, where employees
contribute to their pension corpus from their salaries, with
matching contributions from the government.
○ The funds are then invested in earmarked investment
schemes through Pension Fund Managers.
○ In this NPS, those employed by the government
contribute 10% of their basic salary to NPS, while their
employers contribute up to 14%.
○ At retirement, they can withdraw 60% of the
corpus, which is tax-free and the remaining 40% is
invested in annuities, which is taxed.
● Determination of Pension: Amount of contribution made, the
age of joining, the type of investment, and the income drawn
from that investment.
● Central record Keeper for NPS: National security depository
limited (NSDL)
● Coverage: Public, private and unorganised sector.
● Tax benefits:The subscriber are also eligible for tax deduction in
NPS as per declaration made by Ministry of Finance.
● Withdrawal Rules After Retirement: Presently, a person can
withdraw up to 60% of the total corpus as a lump amount, with
the remaining 40% going into an annuity plan. Subscribers can
withdraw the entire corpus if it is less than or equal to Rs 5 lakh
without purchasing an annuity plan under the new NPS
guidelines. These withdrawals are also tax-free.
 Permanent Retirement ● A unique Permanent Retirement Account Number (PRAN) is
Account allotted to the applicant which is portable and can be used
Number(PRAN) from any location in India.

Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana

Category Financial inclusion of every individual

Launched 2014

Purpose ● To ensure financial inclusion of every individual who does not

have a bank account in India.
● This scheme aims at providing access to financial services,
namely, Banking / Savings & Deposit Accounts, Remittance,
Credit, Insurance, and Pension in an affordable manner to all.

Eligibility ● The applicant should be an Indian National.

● If minors above ten years apply, they will require support from
their legal guardians for administering their PMJDY account.

Benefits ● One basic savings bank account is opened for unbanked person.
● There is no requirement to maintain any minimum balance in
PMJDY accounts.
● Interest is earned on the deposit in PMJDY accounts.
● Rupay Debit card is provided to PMJDY account holder.
● Accident Insurance Cover of Rs.1 lakh (enhanced to Rs. 2 lakh to
new PMJDY accounts opened after 28.8.2018)
● An overdraft (OD) facility up to Rs. 10,000 to eligible account
holders is available.
● PMJDY accounts are eligible for Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT)

Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana

Catergory Food Security

Launched 2020

Purpose ● To supply free food grains to migrants and poor.

● was designed to provide 5kg free foodgrains to eligible ration
card holders under the National Food Security Act, 2013
(NFSA).

Features ● Phase-I and Phase-II of this scheme was operational from April
to June, 2020 and July to November, 2020 respectively.
● Phase-III of the scheme was operational from May to June,
2021.
 ● The scheme was extended until December 2023.
● PMGKAY has been extended for another five years from
January 1, 2024 over a 5 year period.

Benefits ● PMGKAY provides 5 kg of food grain to each family holding a

ration card free of cost and the 5 kg of subsidized food grain
already offered through the Public Distribution System (PDS).

Eligibility ● Families belonging to Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) and

Priority Households (PHH) categories will be eligible for the
scheme.
● PHH are to be identified by State Governments/Union Territory
Administrations as per criteria evolved by them.
● AAY families are to be identified by States/UTs as per the
criteria prescribed by the Central Government:
● Households headed by widows or terminally ill persons or
disabled persons or persons aged 60 years or more with no
assured means of subsistence or societal support.
● All primitive tribal households.
● Landless agriculture labourers, marginal farmers, rural
artisans/craftsmen.
● All eligible Below Poverty Line families of HIV positive persons.

Recent Update ● From January 1, 2023, the PMGKAY had subsumed other
schemes under the National Food Security Act such as the
Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) and Priority Households (PHH)
for one year.
● AAY card holders would get 35 kilogrammes of foodgrains per
family per month and PHH scheme beneficiaries will get five
kilogrammes per person per month.

Other Schemes / Initiatives

Atal Pension Yojana (2015)
● Atal Pension Yojana (APY) is an old age income security scheme for a savings account
holder in the age group of 18-40 years who is not an income tax-payee.
● Special Focus: The scheme is mainly targeted at the poor, the under-privileged and
workers in the unorganized sector.
● Benefits:
○ First, it provides a minimum guaranteed pension on attaining 60 years of age.
○ Subscribers would receive the guaranteed minimum monthly pension of Rs. 1000
or Rs. 2000 or Rs. 3000 or Rs. 4000 or Rs. 5000 at the age of 60 years.
○ the amount of pension is guaranteed for lifetime to spouse on death of the
subscriber.
○ in the event of death of both the subscriber and the spouse, entire pension
corpus is paid to the nominee.
● Note: From 1st October, 2022, any citizen who is or has been an income tax payer, shall
not be eligible to join APY.
Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana
● PMJJBY is an insurance scheme offering life insurance cover for death due to any reason.
It is a one-year cover, renewable from year to year.
● All individuals who are account holders of participating banks/ post office in the age group
of 18 to 50 years are entitled to join.
● Feature:
○ Premium - ₹ 436 per year
○ Insurance amount - ₹ 2 lakh
● Eligibility
○ The age of the applicant must be between 18 and 50 Years.
○ The applicant must hold an individual bank / post office account.
○
Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana(PMSBY), 2015
● General Insurance worth ₹2 lakhs at ₹ 12 per annum.

Features:

● Type – General Insurance

● Nature – Term accident cum death Insurance (Term of 1 year)
● Age - 18-70 years
● Need to have a bank account in India.
● Premium - ₹ 20 per year
● Insurance amount - ₹ 2 lakh
● How to purchase? Public Sector General Insurance Companies

Atmanirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana (ABRY), 2020

● Aim: The scheme is designed to stimulate the creation of new job opportunities by
extending financial support to employers of establishments registered with the
Employees' Provident Fund Organization (EPFO).
○ to incentivize employment of unemployed individuals, including those who lost
their jobs due to the pandemic, by covering both the employee and employer
contributions (24% of wages) for establishments with up to 1000 employees.
○ For establishments with over 1000 employees, only the employee's EPF
contributions (12% of wages) were covered in respect of new employees.
● Implementing Agency: Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO)

Special Assistance to States for Capital Expenditure (SASCE) scheme, 2022

● Under this Scheme, financial assistance is provided to the States Governments in the
form of 50-year interest free loan for capital investment projects.
● The loan provided under the scheme is over and above the normal borrowing ceiling
allowed to the states for the year 2022-23.
Ministry of Education

Samagra Siksha- An Integrated Scheme For School Education

Category School education (pre-school to class XII)

Type Centrally Sponsored Scheme

Purpose ● To provide support for the implementation of the Right of

Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009.
● Aligned with the recommendations of National Education
Policy (NEP) 2020.
● To ensure that all children have access to quality education
with an equitable and inclusive classroom environment
● It should take care of their diverse background, multilingual
needs, different academic abilities and make them active
participants in the learning process.

Implementing ● State Implementation Society (SIS) at the State/UT level

agency

The scheme subsumes ● Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA): Flagship programme of

following three Government of India to attain Universal Elementary Education
schemes (UEE).
● Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan: Enhance access to
secondary education and to improve its quality.
● Schemes on Teacher education: To create a sound institutional
infrastructure for pre-service and in-service training of
elementary & secondary school teachers and for provision of
academic resource support to elementary and secondary
schools.

Features ● Holistic approach to education:

○ Treat school education holistically as a continuum from
Pre-school to Class 12
○ Inclusion of senior secondary levels and pre-school
levels in support for School education for the first time
● Focus on Quality of Education
○ Enhanced focus on improving quality of education by
focus on the two T’s – Teachers and Technology
○ Enhanced Capacity Building of Teachers and School
Heads
○ Focus on strengthening Teacher Education Institutions
like SCERTs and DIETs to improve the quality of
prospective teachers in the system
○ SCERT to be the nodal institution for in-service and
pre-service teacher training – will make training
dynamic and need-based.
○ Support for Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan to promote
Science and Maths learning in schools.
 ○ Support Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat Programme to
develop foundational skills at primary level.
○ Provision of library grants for every school ranging from
Rs. 5000 to Rs. 20000.
● Focus on Digital Education
○ Support ‘Operation Digital Board’ in all secondary
schools over a period of 5 years,
○ Enhanced use of digital technology in education
through smart classrooms, digital boards and DTH
channels
○ Digital initiatives like UDISE+, Shagun, to be
strengthened
● Strengthening of Schools
○ Enhanced Transport facility to children across all
classes from I to VIII for universal access to school
○ Specific provision for Swachhta activities – support
‘Swachh Vidyalaya’.
● Focus on Girl Education
○ Upgradation of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas
(KGBVs) from Class 6-8 to Class 6-12.
● Focus on Inclusion
● Focus on Skill Development
● Focus on Sports and Physical Education
● Focus on Regional Balance

Interventions ● Provision of training of Master Trainers for training of

incorporated in the Anganwadi workers and In-service teacher training for ECCE
Samagra Shiksha based teachers.
on the ● Provision of upto Rs 500 per child for Teaching Learning
recommendations of Materials (TLM), indigenous toys and games, play based
the National Education activities per annum for pre-primary sections in Government
Policy 2020 Schools.
● NIPUN Bharat, a National Mission on Foundational Literacy and
Numeracy has been launched under the scheme.
● Specific training modules under NISHTHA by NCERT to
train Secondary teachers and Primary teachers.
● Incinerator and sanitary pad vending machines in all girls'
hostels.
● Addition of new subjects instead of Stream in existing senior
secondary schools.
● Provision for Establishment of New SCERT has been included
and new DIETs in districts
● Provision of Classroom cum workshop for Vocational Education
in schools serving as Hub for other schools.

NIPUN Bharat, 2021 ● National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with

Understanding and Numeracy (NIPUN Bharat), has been
launched under the aegis of the centrally sponsored scheme of
Samagra Shiksha.
○ It will ensure that every child in the country
necessarily attains foundational literacy and numeracy
 by the end of Grade 3, by 2026-27.
● Focus of the Mission
○ Providing access and retaining children in foundational
years of schooling;
○ teacher capacity building;
○ development of high quality and diversified Student
and Teacher Resources/Learning Materials; and
○ tracking the progress of each child in achieving learning
outcomes.
● Coverage: 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.
● Implementation strategy: Five-tier Implementation mechanism
will be set up at National-State-District-Block-School level.

NISHTHA scheme ● National Initiative for School Heads’ and Teachers’ Holistic
(2019-20) Advancement
● Sub-component under Samagra Shiksha Scheme.
● Objective: For training of teachers and headmasters.
○ They’ll also be sensitized & trained for gender rights,
PH-students’ rights, and the Protection of Children from
Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

Shiksha Shabdkosh ● Document on glossary of various terminologies in School

Education prepared by Department of School Education &
Literacy (DoSEL)

RUSA - Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA)

Category Development of higher education in India.

Type Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS)

Launched 2013

Purpose Funding the state government universities and colleges to achieve the
aims of equity, access and excellence.

Obective ● Improve the overall quality of state institutions by ensuring

conformity to prescribed norms and standards
● Transformative reforms in the state higher education system
● Adequate availability of quality faculty in all higher educational
institutions.
● Correct regional imbalances in access to higher education.
● Improve equity in higher education by providing adequate
opportunities to SC/STs and socially and educationally backward
classes.
 Features ● Coverage: State Higher Education institutions funded by the
government or receiving government assistance.
● Approach: States are advised to engage in strategic thinking and
planning, considering the future requirements of higher
education.
● Subsuming existing schemes: Model Degree Colleges and
Sub-mission on Polytechnics were subsumed under RUSA in the
first phase.
● Quality and Research Focus: Ensure all the State Institutions are
NAAC Accredited by the end of March 2020 as a part of
mandatory quality assurance framework.
● New phase of RUSA targets to reach out the unserved,
underserved areas; remote/ rural areas;
○ difficult geographies; LWE areas; NER; aspirational
districts, tier-2 cities, areas with low GER etc., and to
benefit the most disadvantaged areas.

Study In India

Category Information about the studying in India.

Type Central Sector Scheme

Launched 2018

Purpose To facilitate and encourage international students to study in India’s

premier Indian institutes.

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 percent to 2 percent.
● Improvement in overall quality of higher education.
● Increase in global ranking of India as educational destination.
● To reduce the export – Import imbalance in the number of
International students.

Features ● The programme has partnered with 400+ institutes that provide
more than, 2600 courses.
● The Study in India partner institutes:
○ have National Assessment and Accreditation Council
(NAAC) accreditation of 3.01 and above or
○ are ranked among the top 100 in any category except
medical by the National Institutional Ranking Framework
(NIRF), or
○ have the status of Institute of National Importance (INI)
or Institute of Eminence (IOE).
 ● Study in India partner institutes provides financial assistance in
form of Partner Institute Scholarship
● Admission takes place through centralised admission web-portal
(studyinindia.gov.in)
● Student awareness seminars, social media campaigns are held in
South-East Asia, middle East and Africa.
● Provision of fee waivers to meritorious foreign students.
● Key Ministries involved: Ministries of Education, Ministries of
External Affairs, Ministries of Home Affairs, Ministry of
Commerce and Industry
● Preferred countries: 30 plus countries across South-East Asia,
Middle East and Africa.

Implementing ● EdCIL (India) Limited, a Mini Ratna Category I.

agency

Recent Development ● Study In India portal: It will be a one-stop spot for student
registration, visa application process, choosing the desired
courses and receiving offer letters from the institute.
● PRAGATII: Examination named PRAGATII (Performance Rating of
Applicants through Global Aptitude Test for Indian Institutions)
conducted to offer Study in India Scholarships to meritorious
students.

SHREYAS scheme (Scheme for Higher Education Youth in Apprenticeship and Skills)

Category Industry apprenticeship

Type Central Sector scheme

Launched 2019

Purpose ● to provide industry apprenticeship opportunities to general

graduates which exited in April 2019 through the National
Apprenticeship Promotional Scheme (NAPS).
● The program aims to enhance the employability of Indian youth
by providing ‘on the job work exposure’ and earning of stipend.

Features ● Comprising the initiatives of three Central Ministries, namely

the Ministry of Educatuion, Ministry of Skill Development &
Entrepreneurship and the Ministry of Labour & Employment.
● SHREYAS Web portal to connect Non-Technical college youth
(BA/Bcom/BBA) with industries so they can join as an
apprentice. Govt will pay 25% of stipend (upto max₹ 1500 per
month), rest by the industrialist.
● Launching professional courses: They’ll contain educational
input + vocational input + a mandatory apprenticeship for 6-10
months.
 ● Colleges without ‘campus recruitment / placement’ facilities-
they’ll be connected with Labour Ministry’s National Career
Service (NCS) portal so their students can find jobs/placement.

● Target: It is conceived for students in degree courses primarily

non-technical.

○ Scheme focuses on introducing employable skills into

their learning.

○ Promote apprenticeship as integral to education.

Unnat Bharat Abhiyaan

Category Rural development

Launched 2014

Purpose ● To enable the higher educational institutions (IIT, IIM) to work

with people in the rural areas to identify and provide solutions
for local problems.
● It also aims to create a virtuous cycle between the society and an
inclusive university system by providing knowledge and practices
for emerging professions and to upgrade the capabilities of both
the public and the private sectors.

Feature ● Provide rural area with support from Institution of Higher

education (especially those institutions which have acquired
academic excellence in the field of science, engineering,
management example IIT’s, IIM’s etc.
● Build institutional capacity: Build research and training capacity
of Institutions of higher education in fields which are relevant to
needs of rural areas.
● Coordinating agency for Unnat Bharat Abhiyaan: IIT Delhi
● Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (2.0): The scheme has been extended to
750 reputed Higher educational institutes (both public and
private) of the country
● Institutes have been selected on a challenge mode.
● Adoption of villages by students: who will visit these villages to
know about the lifestyle and the problems faced by people there.

Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation

 Categaory Ranking all major higher educational institutions and universities

Launched 2019

Purpose ● To systematically rank all major higher educational institutions

and universities in India on indicators related to “Innovation
and Entrepreneurship Development” amongst students and
faculties.
● The first edition was launched in 2019.

Features ● The methodology designed to calculate ARIIA metrics

considers all major parameters/ indicators used globally to
rank education institutions for innovation output. Additionally,
ARIIA also measures some parameters which are India specific
considering the current scenario and status of higher
education in India.
● The ARIIA parameters are primarily organised in major broad
parameters with 7 indicators which are further elaborated into
suitable sub-heads.
● The overall score can take a maximum value of 100.
● The institutions will be ranked based on their scores.

Major Indicators for ● Budget & Funding Support.

consideration ● Infrastructure & Facilities.
● Awareness, Promotions & support for Idea Generation &
Innovation.
● Promotion & Support for Entrepreneurship Development.
● Innovative Learning Methods & Courses.
● Intellectual Property Generation, Technology Transfer &
Commercialization.
● Innovation in Governance of the Institution.

Eligibility ● All recognized Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) of India

are eligible for the Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation
Achievements (ARIIA).
● The ARIIA ranking includes Institute of National Importance &
Central Universities/CFTIs University & Deemed to be
University (Govt.)

Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat Campaign

Category Children’s reading, writing, and mathematical skills studying

Sub scheme under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan programme

Purpose ● To improve children’s reading, writing, and mathematical skills

studying in government primary schools.
● It ensures quality education in the foundational years of
schooling.
 ● It provides various facilities such as reading material for
children, an ideal environment full of books and timely
distribution of reading material.

Features of the Scheme ● This campaign aligns with the National Education Policy (NEP)
2020, which promotes joyful reading culture for children by
ensuring age-appropriate reading books availability for
children in regional, local, mother tongue or tribal languages.
● To improve language development by creating an enduring
interest in writing and reading with comprehension.
● To create a positive and natural interest in mathematics
related to the social and physical world.
● It ensures that maximum children get access to primary
education.
● It emphasises learning in the mother tongue and initiates
children to the joys of literature and mathematics, which are
two important fundamental subjects.
● It provides an ease to children by providing reading materials
in a language in which they are comfortable and introducing
them to books in English later, which is necessary to do well in
life.

Eligibility ● It is open to parents, children, teachers, educational

institutions, administrators, or the community at the state or
national level.
● The campaign focuses on children studying in Balvatika to
Grade 8.

New India Literacy Programme

Category Improve literacy

Type Centrally Sponsored Scheme

Launched 2022

Features ● NILP includes participation of about 3 crore students as

volunteers.
● Estimated 20 lakh students of Teacher Education and Higher
education Institutions will be actively involved.
● Support will be garnered from PRIs, Anganwadi workers,
ASHA workers and an estimated 50 lakhs NYSK, NSS and
NCC volunteers.
● Philanthropic/CSR organisations participation through
volunteerism and Vidyanjali portal.
● The new scheme will utilise all types of media – from print
to digital.
● The erstwhile used term ‘Adult Education’ has been replaced
by ‘Education for All’.
 ● Convergence of different Ministries/Departments for
effective implementation of NILP
● A central portal to be developed by NIC for aggregated data
capturing.
● Assessment of Literacy will be conducted in local schools
using scientific format to capture real-life learnings and skills
for functional literacy.
● Priority will be given in terms of categories.

Components Foundational Literacy and Numeracy, (ii) Critical Life Skills, (iii)
Vocational Skills Development, (iv) Basic Education and (v)
Continuing Education.

Eligibility ● The scheme is to be implemented through volunteerism.

● The learners will be encouraged to excess the content in
local languages in online mode through DIKSHA platform in
NCERT.
● Government/Aided schools registered under UDISE are the
units of implementation of the scheme which are run by the
State/UT Governments.

Other Schemes/Miscellaneous Initiatives

PM eVIDYA
● Aim: An initiative to unify all efforts related to digital/online/on-air education to enable
multi-mode access to education.
● Uniqueness: It caters the education content to all with its multi-mode set-up of remote
learning platforms including internet, radio, community radio, podcast, and TV.
● Initiative: It will create 200 PM eVidya TV channels on One Class-One channel to
broadcast educational content related to classes 1 to 12.

SWAYAM PRABHA
● It is a group of 40 DTH channels devoted to telecasting of high-quality educational
programmes on 24X7 basis using the GSAT-15 satellite.

SATHEE
● A project for Universalization of Quality Education through DTH TV and Web platform.
This will cater education & assistance related to study and preparation of college entrance
and job oriented competitive exam.

PM Shri Schools
● Aim: They will be state-of-the-art schools and act as the laboratory of National Education
Policy (NEP) 2020.
 ● It is a centrally sponsored Scheme to mentor and provide leadership to other schools in
their vicinity.
● It provides high-quality education in an equitable, inclusive and joyful school environment.
● The PM SHRI Schools will be developed as Green schools, incorporating environmentally
friendly aspects like solar panels and LED lights, nutrition gardens with natural farming,
etc.
● Focus will be on the learning outcomes of every child in every grade.
● Linkage with sector skill councils and local industry for enhancing employability.
● A School Quality Assessment Framework (SQAF) is being developed, specifying the key
performance indicators to measure outcomes.

Vidya Sameeksha Kendra (VSK)

● Under the National Digital Education Architecture (NDEAR), the Ministry of Education is
pushing the establishment of Vidya Samiksha Kendras (VSKs) across states.
● VSK is a data repository which will have data from all schemes run by the Ministry of
Education.
● Aim: Leveraging data and technology to bring a bid leap in learning outcomes.
○ Under this, States/UTs were recommended to set up a centralized system (Vidya
Samiksha Kendra) at the state level to monitor student enrollment, learning
progress, integration of out-of-school children, textbook delivery, and support
needed by teachers and schools.

DHRUV – Pradhan Mantri Innovative Learning Programme (2019)

● Aim: to identify and encourage talented children to enrich their skills and knowledge.
● It will act as a platform to explore the talent of extra ordinary students, and help them
achieve excellence in their specific areas of interest may it be science, performing arts,
creative writing, etc.

STRIDE – Scheme for Trans-disciplinary Research for India’s Developing Economy (2019)
● Aims: To promote an innovative culture for trans-disciplinary research especially in
universities and colleges.
● The scheme is launched by University Grants Commission (UGC).
● It plans to add new disciplines for research support with a thrust on research capacity
building, trans-disciplinary research facilitating India’s developing economy.
● Special focus is given to high impact research in areas of humanities/Human research.
Example - Arts, Indian languages, culture, knowledge systems
● Innovative projects with the following features are supported:
○ Socially relevant
○ Locally need-based
○ Nationally important
○ Globally significant

Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat (2015)

● Aim: The programme aims to enhance interaction and promote mutual understanding
between people of different states/UTs.
● This is done through the concept of state/UT pairing on a yearly basis.
● They organize Youth Exchange, sports, singing dancing, cultural programs etc.

SARTHAQ initiative: (Students and teachers Holistic advancement through quality education)
(2021)
● Provides the roadmap for the implementation of National Education Policy (NEP), 2020.
 ● To be implemented in a phased manner.
● States + Union Territories (UT’s) have been given the flexibility to adapt and modify the
plans according to local needs and requirements.

Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS) initiative (2020)

● It is an innovative cell under Ministry of Education (MoE) at AICTE, New Delhi.

● Aim: To spread rich heritage and traditional knowledge in field of Arts and literature,
Agriculture, Basic Sciences, Engineering & Technology, etc.
● It is established to promote interdisciplinary research on all aspects of IKS, preserve and
disseminate IKS for further research and societal applications.

Strengthening Teaching-Learning and Results for States (STARS) Project (2020)

● It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme

● Aim: Enhancing the monitoring and measurement practices within the Indian School
Education System.
● External support: By World Bank amounting to US $ 500 million
● The six states that have been selected to participate in the STARS Project are Himachal
Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Kerala.

Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman (PM POSHAN)

● It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme

● Aim: To improve the nutritional status of children studying in classes I-VIII in eligible
schools.
● The scheme provides one hot cooked meal in Government and Government – aided
Schools from 2021-22 to 2025-26. The Scheme is being implemented by the Ministry of
Education.
○ Under the Scheme, there is provision of hot cooked meal to children of
pre-schools or Bal Vatika (before class I) in primary schools also in addition to
children of classes I to VIII studying in 11.20 lakh schools.
● The Scheme is implemented across the country covering all the eligible children without
any discrimination of gender and social class.

IMPacting Research INnovation and Technology (IMPRINT) 2.0

● Aim: Addressing the key engineering challenges in our nation by transforming knowledge
into practical technology.
● Scope: Includes Ministry of Education-funded Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and
Centrally Funded Technical Institutions (CFTI), encompassing private institutions.
● Incorporates the former Uchhatar Avishkar Yojana.
● Funding: Supported by the Ministry of Education and the Department of Science and
Technology (DST).

Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN)

● Aim: Harnessing the expertise of scientists and entrepreneurs globally to promote their
collaboration with Higher Education Institutes in India.
● Distinguished faculty from esteemed international institutions will:
○ Visit India,
 ○ Engage and collaborate with local counterparts and students, and
○ Conduct specialized courses.
○ Lectures will be accessible to students nationwide through the SWAYAM platform,
MOOCs, and the National Digital Library.

The National Education Alliance for Technology (NEAT)

● Aim: It aims to act as a bridge between edtech companies, academic institutions and
students.
● Operated under a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model involving collaboration between
the government and education technology companies in India.
● Companies are invited through an open invitation and screening process to showcase their
products on a National Portal, allowing learners to acquire them based on their specific
requirements.

Shala Gunvatta (Shagun) Portal

● Aim: Establishing a repository of exemplary practices, photographs, videos, studies,

newspaper articles, etc., related to elementary education in schools operated by the
Central Government, States, UTs, and Autonomous bodies.
● Incorporates an online monitoring module that evaluates State-level performance and
progress based on essential educational indicators.
● Facilitates real-time assessments for education departments, overcoming limitations of
traditional paper-based monitoring mechanisms.
● Streamlines data collection and reporting processes.

Digital Gender Atlas for Advancing Girl’s Education in India

● Aim: To identify low performing geographic pockets for girls, particularly from
marginalised groups such as scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and Muslim minorities, on
specific gender related education indicators

Ministry of Labour and Employment

Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana

Category Employment generation in n post Covid recovery

Type Central sector scheme

Launched 2020

Purpose ● To increase the employment generation in post Covid recovery

phase
● To incentivize creation of new employment
● Give social security benefits and restoration of loss of
 employment during COVID-19 pandemic.

Features ● Implemented through the Employees Provident Fund

Organization (EPFO)
● Part of Atmanirbhar Bharat Package 3.0

● Under ABRY, the Government of India is bearing both the

employees’ share (12% of wages) and employers’ share (12% of
wages) of contribution payable or only the employees’ share,
depending on employment strength of the EPFO registered
establishments.

Eligibility Firms:

● All establishments registered with EPFO can apply for availing

benefits
● Establishments should have LIN number allotted to them under
Shram Suvidha Portal.

Employees

● An employee drawing monthly wage of less than Rs. 15000/-

who was not working in any EPFO registered establishment and
did not have a Universal Account Number (UAN) prior to 01st
October, 2020 who joins employment in any establishment on or
after 01.10.2020 up to 31.03.2022 and who is allotted Aadhaar
validated UAN
● Any EPF member, already allotted with UAN, who made exit from
employment during the period from 01.03.2020 to 30.09.2020
(Covid Pandemic) from any establishment and who joins in any
establishment on or after 01.10.2020 and up to 31.03.2022.
● The incentive is payable by the Central Government by upfront
credit in the UANs of the new employees.

Atal Bimit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana (ABVKY)

Category Unemployment benefit

Launched 2018

Purpose To offer cash compensation to insured persons when they are rendered
unemployed.

Features ● By ESIC (Employee State Insurance Corporation)

● Welfare measure for the employees covered under the
Employees’ State Insurance (ESI) Act, 1948 in the form of cash
compensation up to 90 days once in lifetime
● Extended upto June 30, 2024.
 Eligibility ● The Insured Person (IP) should have been rendered
unemployed during the period the relief is claimed.
● The Insured Person should have been in insurable employment
for a minimum period of two years.
● The Insured Person should have contributed not less than 78
days during each of the preceding four contribution periods.
● The contribution in respect of him should have been paid or
payable by the employer.
● Aadhar and Bank Account of the Insured Person should be
linked with insured person database.

Benefits ● Benefits under the scheme include enhanced rate of

unemployment relief of 50% of wages.
● The claim under the scheme earlier could be made after 30
days.
● Benefit will be settled within 15 days from date of an
application.
● Claims can be filed directly by workers

Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Mandhan Yojana

Category Old age pension

Type

Launched 2019

Purpose Old age protection and social security of Unorganized Workers (UW).

Eligibility ● For Unorganized Workers (UW)

● Entry Age between 18 to 40 years
● Monthly Income up to Rs 15000/-

Features ● Assured Pension of Rs. 3000/- month

● Voluntary and Contributory Pension Scheme
● Matching Contribution by the Government of India
● The applicants between the age group of 18 to 40 years will
have to make monthly contributions ranging from Rs 55 to Rs
200 per month till they attain the age of 60.
● Provisions in case of death of Beneficiary:
○ If applicant dies before age of 60, the Spouse will be
entitled to continue the scheme and shall be entitled to
receive 50% of the amount.
○ After the death of subscriber as well as his/her spouse,
the entire corpus will be credited back to the fund.
● Default: If a subscriber has not paid the contribution
continuously he/she will be allowed to regularize his
contribution by paying entire outstanding dues, along with
penalty charges, if any, decided by the Government.
● Pension Payout: Once the beneficiary joins the scheme at the
entry age of 18-40 years, the beneficiary has to contribute till
 60 years of age.

Exclusions ● Income Tax Payer

● Member / Beneficiary for ESIC (Employees' State Insurance
Corporation)
● Member / Beneficiary for EPFO (Employees' Provident Fund
Organisation)

National Child Labour Project Scheme

Category Rehabilitation

Type Central Sector Scheme

Launched 1988

Purpose To rehabilitate working children in 12 child labour endemic districts of

the country.

Objectives ● Eliminate all forms of child labour

● To contribute to the withdrawal of all adolescent workers
from Hazardous Occupations and their Skilling and integration
in appropriate occupations through
● Creation of a Child Labour Monitoring, Tracking and Reporting
System.

Target Group ● All child workers below the age of 14 years in the identified
target area.
● Adolescent workers below the age of 18 years in the
target area engaged in hazardous occupations / processes.

Features ● Subsumed with Samagara Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) Scheme of

Ministry of Education.
● Implemented through a registered society under the
Chairmanship of administrative head of the district.
● Children in age group 5-8 years will have to be mainstreamed
directly to formal educational system through the SSA.
● Working children in the age group of 9- 14 years will have to be
rehabilitated through NCLP schools established by the Project
Society.

Pradhan Mantri Laghu Vyapari Maan-Dhan Yojana

Category National Pension Scheme

Type Central sector scheme.

Launched 2019
Purpose ● Old age protection and social security for small-scale traders
and retailers.

Features ● Assured Pension of ₹ 3000/- month

● Voluntary and contributory pension scheme – 50:50 basis.
● Matching contribution done by the Government of India (GoI).

Eligibility: Who are the ‘intended beneficiaries’

● Target – Self employed shop owners, retail owners and other

Vyaparis.
● Entry Age – Between 18 to 40 years
● Annual Turnover – Should not exceed ₹ 1.5 crore

Provisions in case of death of Beneficiary

Death during the contribution period

● Spouse is entitled to join + continue under the scheme by

paying regular contributions.
● Incase Spouse doesn’t want to continue – Exit the scheme as
per provisions of Exit and Withdrawal.

Death during receiving Pension

● Spouse is entitled to receive 50% of pension amount as

‘Family Pension’.

Death during receiving Pension

● Spouse is entitled to receive 50% of pension amount as

‘Family Pension’.

Other Schemes/Miscellaneous Initiatives

eShram (2021)

● Aim: To improve the implementation efficiency of the social security services for the
unorganized workers
● It is a comprehensive National Database of Unorganised Workers verified and seeded
with Aadhaar.
● Features: eShram portal register and support the unorganised workers by providing them
a Universal Account Number (UAN).
○ It captures details of workers such as name, permanent address, current address,
occupation, etc.
○ eShram portal allows registration under 30 broad occupation sectors and around
400 occupations.
● Benefits given to the unorganised workers registered on eShram:
○ eShram has been integrated with National Career Service (NCS) Portal.
○ integrated with the Pradhan Mantri Shram-yogi Maandhan (PM-SYM).
 ○ integrated with Skill India Digital portal of Ministry of Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship.
○ eShram registrant, who is registered on NCS can also avail digital trainings through
DigiSaksham Programme.

Shram Suvidha Portal (2014)

● The Unified Shram Suvidha Portal is developed to facilitate reporting of Inspections, and
submission of Returns.
● It is a single point of contact between employer, employee and enforcement agencies
bringing in transparency in their day-to-day interactions.
● For integration of data among various enforcement agencies, each inspectable unit under
any Labour Law has been assigned one Labour Identification Number (LIN).

Universal Account Number(UAN)

● UAN is a is a 12 digit number number allotted to all salaried employees, who contribute a
part of their income towards the Employee Provident Fund (EPF).
● It is linked to your EPF and is allotted by the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation
(EPFO).
● The EPFO UAN is issued by the Government of India under the Ministry of Employment
and Labor.

Ministry of Civil Aviation

UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik)

Category Infrastructure and connectivity

Type Central sector Scheme

Launched 2016

Purpose To develop infrastructure and connectivity throughout India, particularly

in distant and neglected areas.

Features ● Various versions of UDAN Scheme were launched:

○ UDAN 1.0: 5 airlines companies were awarded 128 flight
routes to 70 airports
○ UDAN 2.0: For the first time, helipads were also
connected.
○ UDAN 3.0: Tourism Routes and Seaplanes for connecting
Water Aerodromes, were included.
○ UDAN 4.0: Impetus to North-Eastern Regions, Hilly
States, and Islands.
○ UDAN Version 5 – 5.0, 5.1 and 5.2: Focuses on aircraft
classified as Category-2 (20–80 seats) and Category-3
(>80 seats).
○ UDAN 5.1 was designed specifically for helicopter routes.
○ UDAN 5.2 provide impetus to the tourism sector through
small aircraft (<20 seats).
 ● Revival of existing airstrips and airports to provide connectivity
to underserved and unserved airports.
● RCS-UDAN is a demand-driven scheme, where airline operators
undertake assessment of demand on particular routes.
● Selected airlines receive financial incentives from the central
government, state governments, and airport operators.
● Incentives are given to encourage operations from unserved and
under-served airports while keeping airfares low.
● It also stands as a prominent contributor to the growing tourism
sector.
● A minimum of 50% of an aircraft's total seats must be available
at a lower cost.
● Maximum fare for fixed-wing aircraft is Rs. 2500 per hour,
covering 50% of the seating capacity for unserved and
under-developed regional airports.
● Regional Connectivity Fund: to provide the Viability Gap Funding
(VGF) through a levy on certain domestic flights.

Key initiative ● Krishi UDAN: To promote the transportation of agricultural

products via air cargo. It guarantee seamless, cost-effective,
time-bound air transportation and associated logistics for all
Agri-produce originating primarily from Northeast, mountainous
and tribal regions of the country.
● Lifeline UDAN: for transportation of medical cargo during
pandemic)
● International Air Connectivity Scheme (IACS) scheme
(International Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik(UDAN): to connect
North Eastern States with selected international destinations and
to promote socio-economic growth.

Other Schemes/Miscellaneous Initiatives

Digi Yatra (2022)

● It is a Digital experience for Air Travellers through DigiYatra Platform.

● It is an industry-led initiative to transform the nation into a digitally empowered society.
● Passengers will be automatically processed based on facial recognition system at check
points.
● Digi Yatra Id to each passenger
● Digi Yatra Foundation: It is a joint venture (JV) company formed in 2019 under Section 8
of the Companies Act, 2013.
○ Its objective is to create the Digi Yatra Central Ecosystem (DYCE) and develop
consensus amongst aviation stakeholders in India.

NABH (Nextgen Airports for Bharat) (2018)

● The aim of the scheme is to expand airport capacity more than five times to handle a
billion trips a year.
 ● This scheme constitutes investments to be made in airport upgrade by both the private
sector and the state-owned Airports Authority of India (AAI) in the due course of time.
● Three key aspects of NABH Nirman are:
○ fair and equitable land acquisition,
○ long-term master plan for airport and regional development and
○ balanced economics for all stakeholders

Ministry of Coal

SHAKTI (Scheme for Harnessing and Allocating Koyala Transparently in India) Policy

Category Allocation of coal to power plants

Launched 2017

Purpose To provide coal linkages to the power plants which do not have
linkage, thus helping the generators to get cheaper coal and thereby
reduction in cost of generation.

Features ● Gradually discontinue the previous Letter of Assurance

(LoA)-Fuel Supply Agreement (FSA) system.
● Introduce coal linkages through auctions for power plants
without existing linkages or FSAs.
● This initiative enables power generators to access more
affordable coal, thereby reducing the overall cost of electricity
generation.
● The Coal Distribution Policy (NCDP), 2007, regulates coal
linkage to the power sector.

Other Schemes/Miscellaneous Initiatives

UTTAM (Unlocking Transparency By Third Party Assessment Of Mined Coal) App (2018)
● Aim: It is aimed at ensuring transparency, effectiveness, and efficiency in coal quality
ecosystem.
● It provides a platform for monitoring of sampling and coal dispatches.
● Developed by the Ministry of Coal and Coal India Limited (CIL).
● Features:
○ Provides coverage of Third Party Sampling which includes information on
production, dispatch and quantity sampled of coal.
○ Has interactive map-based view to provide holistic coverage of coal quality across
subsidiaries.
Khan Prahahri
● Aim: A mechanism for reporting any instances of illicit coal mining activities, such as rat
hole mining and pilferage.
● Users can submit geo-tagged photographs of the incident along with textual information
directly to the system, ensuring the confidentiality of the complainant's identity.
 PRAKASH (Power Rail Koyla Availability through Supply Harmony)
● Aim: Enhancing collaboration for coal distribution among various stakeholders, including
the Ministry of Power, Ministry of Coal, Coal India, Railways, and power utilities.
● Facilitates the mapping and monitoring of the entire coal supply chain for power plants,
encompassing
○ coal stock at the supply source (mines), planned coal quantities or rakes, coal in
transit, and coal availability at power generating stations.

Ministry of Communications

Production Linked Incentive Scheme (pli) For Promoting Telecom & Networking Products
Manufacturing In India

Category domestic manufacturing

Type Central Sector Scheme

Launch 2021

Purpose ● To boost domestic manufacturing, investments and export in

the telecom and networking products

Implementing Agency Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)

Features ● Implementation of the Scheme over a period of 5 years.

● Support under the Scheme will be provided to companies
who will manufacture specified telecom and networking
products in following 4 product categories in India :
○ Core transmission Equipment
○ 4G/5G, Next Generation RAN and Wireless Equipment
○ Access & CPE, IoT Access Devices and Other Wireless
Equipment
○ Enterprise Equipment: Switch and Router
● Eligibility
○ Only to companies for manufacturing of goods in India
○ Rate of incentive:
■ For MSMEs: 7%-4% on the incremental sales
over Base Year (FY 2019-20)
■ For others: 6% to 4 %
■ Additional 1% incentive: Under Design-led PLI
for products that are designed and
manufactured in India.
Other Schemes/Miscellaneous Initiatives
National Broadband Mission (2019)
● Aim: To facilitate universal and equitable access to broadband services across the country,
especially in rural and remote areas.
● It also involves laying of incremental 30 lakh route km of Optical Fiber Cable and increase
in tower density from 0.42 to 1 tower per thousand of population by 2024.
● Key connectivity:
○ Broadband Connectivity to Villages
○ Availability of Broadband Speeds (Mbps
○ Fiberization (Lakh Kms) Cumulative
○ Fiberization of Telecom Towers/ Base Transceiver Station (BTS) (%) Cumulative
○ Mapping of Fiber Cumulative

BharatNet (2011)
● Aim: To deliver on-demand, cost-effective broadband connectivity ranging from 2 Mbps to
20 Mbps for every household.
● Scope: Initially aimed at all Gram Panchayats, the coverage now includes all inhabited
villages.
● Implementation: Carried out by Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL).
● Funding: Supported by the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF).
● National Significance: Recognized as a project of national importance. To establish a highly
scalable network infrastructure accessible on a non-discriminatory basis, aligning with the
vision of Digital India.

Tarang Sanchar portal (2017)

● Aim: To provide information on Mobile Towers and Electro Magnetic Frequency (EMF)
Emission Compliances.
● Information could be accessed by paying the fee.

Prime Minister Wi-Fi Access network Interface (PM-WANI) (2020)

● Aim: Enhancing wireless internet connectivity nationwide by promoting the provision of
broadband through Public Wi-Fi Hotspot providers.
● Encourages local shops and establishments to offer Wi-Fi for last-mile internet delivery
without the need for a license or registration fee.

Sampoorna Bima Gram Yojana (2017)

● Objective: Offering cost-effective life insurance services to residents in rural areas using
the postal network.
● The goal is to provide a minimum of one Rural Postal Life Insurance (RPLI) policy to
households in each village (with a minimum of 100 households) in every revenue district.
○ RPLI is designed to offer insurance coverage to individuals in rural areas,
particularly those belonging to the economically weaker sections. Additionally, all
villages under the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana will be transformed into
Sampoorna Beema Gram, ensuring comprehensive insurance coverage.

National Digital Communications Policy, 2018

● It was formulated to replace National Telecom Policy, 2012 to cater modern needs of the
digital communication sector of India such as 5G, Internet of Things etc.
● Policy advocates-
 ○ Establishment of a national digital grid by creating a national fibre authority.
○ Removal of barriers to approvals.
○ Creating a collaborative institutional mechanism between centre, states and local
bodies
○ Establishing common service ducts and utility corridors in all new city and
highway road projects.
○ Facilitating development of next generation open access networks
● Features of the policy
○ Broadband for All
■ Universal broadband connectivity at 50 Mbps to every citizen.
■ Provide 1 Gbps connectivity to all Gram Panchayats by 2020 and 10 Gbps
by 2022;
○ Ensure connectivity to all uncovered areas
○ Train one million manpower for building New Age Skill
○ Attract investments of USD 100 billion in the Digital Communications Sector
○ Expand IoT ecosystem to 5 billion connected devices
○ Digital Sovereignty
■ Establish a comprehensive data protection regime for digital
communications that safeguards the privacy, autonomy and choice of
individuals
■ Secure digital communications infrastructure and services
○ Enhancing India’s contribution to the Global Value chain and global digital
economy.
○ Increasing contribution of digital communications sector to 8% of GDP
○ Achieve Top 50 rank in ICT development index of ITU from 134 in 2017.

Ministry Of Chemicals and Fertilizers

Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for the Pharmaceutical Sector

Category To enhance India’s manufacturing capabilities

Type Central Sector scheme

Launched 2021

Purpose ● To boost India's manufacturing capabilities by fostering

increased investment and production in the pharmaceutical
sector, aiming to diversify products toward high-value goods.
● To create global champions from India who have the potential to
grow in size and scale using cutting edge technology.

Salient features ● The scheme will provide financial incentives on the incremental
 sales of pharmaceutical goods and in-vitro diagnostic medical
devices to selected applicants based on pre-defined selection
criteria.
● The incentives will be paid for a maximum period of 6 years.
● SIDBI is the Project Management Agency for the Scheme.
● Applicant: Both MSMEs as well as Non-MSMEs are covered
under:
○ Proprietary Firm
○ Partnership Firm or
○ Limited Liability Partnership (LLP)
○ Company registered in India proposing to manufacture
eligible products
● Eligible investment: Expenditure incurred on:
○ New Plant, Machinery and Equipment should be
purchased/ leased in the name of the applicant.
○ Research and Development
○ Transfer of Technology
○ Product Registration
○ Construction of Building
● Product Category:
○ Category I: Bio-pharmaceuticals, Complex generic drugs,
Patented drugs or drugs nearing patent expiry, Cell
based or gene therapy drugs, Orphan drugs, etc.
○ Category II: Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients / Key
Starting Materials, Drug Intermediates (DIs) / Active
Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) in India, etc.
○ Category III: Repurposed drugs, Auto immune drugs,
anti-cancer drugs, anti-diabetic drugs, anti-infective
drugs, cardiovascular drugs, psychotropic drugs and
anti-retroviral drugs, etc.

PLI Scheme for Promotion of Domestic Manufacturing of Medical Devices

Category Domestic manufacturing

Type Central Sector scheme

Launched 2020

Purpose ● To boost domestic manufacturing and attract large

investment in medical devices segments such as cancer care
devices, radiology and imaging devices, anaesthetics devices,
implants etc.

Salient features ● Eligible Product

○ Cancer care / Radiotherapy
○ Radiology, Imaging and Nuclear Imaging Devices
○ Anaesthetics, Cardio-Respiratory and Renal Care
○ All Implants
● Eligible investment: Expenditure incurred on:
 ○ New Plant, Machinery and Equipment should be
purchased/ leased in the name of the applicant.
○ Research and Development
○ Transfer of Technology
○ Product Registration
○ Construction of Building
● Financial incentive:
○ Tenure of incentive payment: Maximum 5 years
○ 5% of incremental sales over base year 2019-20.

Strengthening Pharmaceuticals Industry (SPI)

Category Strengthening Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)

Launched 2022

Purpose ● To bolster India's capabilities in the pharmaceutical sector,

with the goal of enhancing competitiveness in terms of both
quality and cost.
○ Additionally, the schemes aim to integrate Indian
pharmaceutical MSMEs into the global supply chain
by providing incentives for obtaining Schedule M and
WHO GMP certifications.

Features ● The Scheme provides for credit linked capital and interest
subsidy for Technology Upgradation of MSME units in
pharmaceutical sector.
● SIDBI will be the Project management Consultant for
implementing the scheme.
● Three sub-schemes:
○ Assistance to Pharmaceutical Industry for Common
Facilities (APICF):
■ to provide infrastructure support for pharma
MSMEs clusters for strengthening the
infrastructure facilities;
■ Support: Up to 70% of the sanctioned project
cost (90% for the Himalayan and north-east
regions) or Rs 20 crore, whichever is lower.
○ Promotion of Technology Upgradation Assistance
Scheme (PTUAS):
■ To address the issues of technology
upgradation of individual pharma MSMEs
■ Offers financial support to enhance the
production facilities SMEs and MSMEs to
align with both national and international
regulatory standards, such as WHO-Good
Manufacturing Practices (GMP) or
Schedule-M.
○ Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Promotion and
 Development Scheme (PMPDS):
■ To create awareness, to conduct survey,
studies, organize seminars, events.

Other Schemes/Miscellaneous Initiatives

Nutrient Based Subsidy (NBS) for P&K fertilizers (2010)
● Aim: to promote balanced use of fertilisers and to limit fertiliser subsidy of the
government. It provides subsidies for all non-urea based fertilisers.
● Type: Central Sector Scheme
● Under NBS, the fertilisers are provided to the farmers at the subsidised rates based on the
nutrients (N, P, K & S) contained in these fertilisers. Idea was to fix subsidy as per nutrients
(in per kg) in the fertiliser.
● Additionally, additional subsidies are provided for fertilisers that are enriched with
secondary and micronutrients like Zinc and Molybdenum.
● Urea is not covered under NBS
● Import of all the subsidized P&K fertilizers, including 13 grades of complex fertilizers has
been placed under Open General License (OGL)

Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Jan Urvarak Pariyojana- One Nation, One Fertiliser scheme (2022)
● Aim: To promote single brand for fertilisers i.e. “Bharat” brand.
● Under this, a single brand name for Urea, DAP, MOP and NPK etc. would be Bharat Urea,
Bharat DAP, Bharat MOP and Bharat NPK respectively for all fertiliser companies (both
public and private limited companies).
● The fertiliser companies are allowed to display their brand, name, logo and other relevant
product information only on one-third of their bags whereas on the remaining two-third
space, the “Bharat” brand and Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Jan Urvarak Pariyojana will be
shown.
Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samriddhi Kendras (PMKSK) (2022)
● Aim: to establish 3.25 lakh PMKSKs across the country by converting existing village/sub
district/block/taluk and district level fertiliser shops into Model Fertilizer Retail Shops.
● These shops will act as “one stop shops” for all agriculture related inputs and services.
● From these centres, farmers will be able to buy agri-inputs (fertilisers, seeds, implements)
and avail soil, seed and fertiliser testing and useful information about farming techniques.
● These shops will also be used to create awareness among farmers, provide information
regarding various government schemes and ensure regular capacity building of retailers at
block/district level outlets.

Pharma SahiDaam’ Mobile App

● Aim: Shows the MRP fixed by National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) for various
scheduled drugs on real time basis.

Promotion of Bulk Drug Parks (2020)

 ● Aim: To provide for financial assistance to three States for establishing Bulk Drug Parks.
○ For providing easy access to world class Common Infrastructure Facilities (CIF)
○ In-principle’ approval granted to Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh
for setting up bulk drug park.
● Type: Central Sector Scheme
● Duration: FY 2020-2021 to FY 2024-2025
● The scheme will be implemented through a State Implementing Agency (SIA), a legal
entity, set up by the concerned State Government.
● Under the scheme, a one-time grant-in-aid is provided for creation of common
infrastructure facilities (CIF) in selected Bulk Drug Park proposed by a State Government.
○ 70% of the project cost of the common infrastructure facilities (CIF).
○ 90% of the project cost in North Eastern States and Hilly States.

Promotion of Medical Device Parks (2020)

● Aim: Creation of world class infrastructure facilities in order to make Indian medical
device industry a global leader.
○ Easy access to standard testing and infrastructure facilities through creation of
world class Common Infrastructure Facilities.
● Type: Central Sector Scheme
● Duration: FY 2020-2021 to FY 2024-2025
● Approval given to Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh for
establishing Medical Device Parks.
● Under the scheme, a one-time grant-in-aid is provided for creation of common
infrastructure facilities (CIF).
● Financial assistance:
○ 70% of the project cost in Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh
○ 90% of the project cost in Himachal Prades

Ministry of Tourism

Swadesh Darshan Scheme

Category Tourism infrastructure

Type Central sector Scheme

launched 2014

Purpose ● To position tourism as a major engine of economic growth

and job creation.

Objectives of the scheme ● Develop circuits having tourist potential in a planned and
prioritized manner;
● Promote cultural and heritage value of the country to
generate livelihoods in the identified regions;
● Enhancing the tourist attractiveness in a sustainable manner
by developing world class infrastructure in the
circuit/destinations;
● Follow community based development and pro-poor tourism
 approach;
● To create employment through active involvement of local
communities;
● Harness tourism potential for its effects in employment
generation and economic development.

Features ● Completely funded by the central government of India. There

are 13 cities that are under consideration of development.
These 13 cities are all pilgrimage sites.
● There are 13 tourist circuits that are proposed and started
under the scheme.
○ Under these 13 circuits there are many cities and
sites are added for the visitors to get down there and
enjoy their holiday.
● Projects under the scheme shall be under the following
identified themes; Eco-tourism, Wildlife, Buddhist, Desert,
Spiritual, Ramayana, Krishna, Coastal, Northeast, Rural,
Himalayan, Tribal and Heritage.
● The scheme aims to leverage the funding available for
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives of Central
Public Sector Undertakings and Corporate sector.
● The scheme focus on developing facilities like last mile
connectivity, solid waste management, tourist reception
centres etc.
● Suitable Public Private Partnerships to be taken up for
improved sustainability of the projects.
● Some of the prominent circuits launched under this were the
Buddhist tourist circle, Ambedkar Tourist Circle and the
North-East Tourist Circle.

Swadesh Darshan 2.0 ● to develop sustainable and responsible tourism

(launched in 2022) destinations, following a tourist & destination centric
approach.
● Fifteen States are part of the first phase which include
Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, and
Maharashtra.
● revamped with the mantra of “vocal for local”

National Mission on Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual heritage Augmentation Drive

(PRASHAD)

Category Pilgrimage Rejuvenation

Type Central sector scheme

Launched 2014

Purpose ● To develop and identify pilgrimage sites across India for

enriching the religious tourism experience.
● To integrate pilgrimage destinations in a prioritised, planned
 and sustainable manner to provide a complete religious
tourism experience.

Features ● For components within public funding, Central government

will provide 100% fund.
● The Ministry of Tourism provides central financial assistance
to the respective State/UTs to promote tourism in
pilgrimage sites.
● Involvement of Private Sector-For improved sustainability of
the project, Public Private Partnerships (PPP) and Corporate
Social Responsibility (CSR) are encouraged.
● Promotion of local culture- It also focuses on promotion of
local art, culture, handicraft and cuisine.
● Infrastructure development- The Scheme aims at
infrastructure development like basic tourism facilities,
money exchange, eco-friendly modes of transports etc.
● Initially,12 cities were selected under the scheme

Recent Development In Dec 2022 Indian President laid the foundation stone for the
project ‘Development of Pilgrimage Facilities at
Bhadrachalam Group of Temples’ in Telangana. (under the
PRASHAD Scheme)

Other Schemes/Miscellaneous Initiatives

Apni Dharohar Apni Pehchan Project (Adopt a Heritage Project) (2017)

● Aim: The project aims to encourage companies from public sector, private sector, trusts,
NGOs, individuals and other stakeholders to become ‘Monument Mitras’ and take up the
responsibility of developing and upgrading the basic and advanced tourist amenities at
these sites as per their interest and viability in terms of a sustainable investment model
under CSR.
● It is an initiative of the Ministry of Tourism, in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture
and the Archaeological Survey of India.
● Under it, the government invites entities, including public sector companies, private sector
firms as well as individuals, to develop selected monuments and heritage and tourist sites
across India.

Paryatan Parv
● An initiative to propagate the message of Dekho Apna Desh , encourage Indians to visit
tourist spots and spread the message of Tourism for All.
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution

National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013

Category Food Security

Type Central Sector Scheme

Launched 2013

Purpose ● To provide for food and nutritional security in human life cycle
approach, by ensuring access to adequate quantity of quality
food at affordable prices to people to live a life with dignity.

Features ● Life Cycle Approach:

○ Children (6 months - 14 years) Higher nutritional norms
for malnurished children upto 6 years
○ Pregnant women and lactating mothers will be entitled
to meals and maternity benefits of not less than Rs
6000. (Restricted to two children only)
● Coverage and Benefits: 75% of the rural population and upto
50% of the urban population for receiving subsidized foodgrains
under Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS)
○ 5 Kgs of foodgrains per person per month at subsidised
prices of Rs. 3/2/1 per Kg for rice/wheat/coarse grains.
○ Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) households (Poorest of
the poor) to receive 35 Kgs of foodgrains per
household per month.

Merger of PMGKAY ● In January 2023 the PMGKAY was merged with the NFSA.
and NFSA ● This merger eliminated the extra provisions(5 KG per person
above their monthly entitlements) that were introduced during
the Covid-19 pandemic by incorporating the free component of
the PMGKAY into the NFSA.
● Now, the entire quantity of 5 kg and 35 kg under the NFSA
would be available free of cost.

One Nation One Ration Card

Category Food Security

Type Central Sector Scheme

Launched 2019

Purpose ● Nationwide portability of ration cards under National Food

Security Act (NFSA).
● Through this all eligible ration card holders/beneficiaries
covered under NFSA can access their entitlements from
anywhere in the country.
 Features ● Nationwide portability of ration cards is achieved through an
IT-driven system.
● ePoS (electronic Point of Sale) devices are installed at Fair
Price Shops (FPSs) to facilitate the distribution process.
● Beneficiaries' Aadhaar numbers are linked with their ration
cards for authentication.
● Operationalization of biometrically authenticated ePoS
transactions is implemented in the State/UTs.
● The system enables the distribution of highly subsidized food
grains with increased efficiency and transparency.
● Anyone in the family, who have seeded Aadhaar in the ration
card can undergo authentication and lift the ration.
● There is no need to share or carry the ration card or Aadhaar
card with ration dealer to avail of the benefit.

Benefits ● Allows all NFSA beneficiaries, particularly migrant

beneficiaries, to claim either full or part foodgrains from any
Fair Price Shop (FPS) in the country.
● The system also allows their family members back home, if
any, to claim the balance foodgrains on same the ration card.

Other Schemes/Miscellaneous Initiatives

Price Stabilization Fund (PSF) (2014)
● Aim: To regulate the cost volatility of essential agricultural commodities, such as onion,
potatoes and pulses.
● Commodities are procured and stored for regulated release to moderate the prices.
● Promotes direct purchase from farmers/farmers’ association at farm gate/Mandi.
● Fund is utilized for granting interest free advance of working capital to Central Agencies,
State/UT
● Governments/Agencies to undertake market intervention operations.

Ministry of Jal Shakti

Jal Jeevan Mission

Category Water conservation

Type Central sponsored scheme.

Launched 2019

Purpose To provide safe and adequate drinking water through individual

household tap connections by 2024 to all households in rural India.

Objective ● Providing Functional Household Tap Connections (FHTC) to

every rural household, as well as to schools, anganwadi
 centres, GP buildings, health centres, wellness centres, and
community buildings.
● To prioritize provision of FHTCs in quality affected areas,
villages in drought-prone and desert areas, Sansad Adarsh
Gram Yojana (SAGY) villages, etc.;
● Promoting voluntary ownership within local communities
through contributions in cash, kind, and/or labor, including
voluntary labor (shramdaan).
● Assisting in ensuring the sustainability of water supply
systems, including water sources, water supply infrastructure,
and funds for regular operation and maintenance (O&M).
● Empowering and developing human resources in the sector to
address the demands of construction, plumbing, etc
● Raising awareness about various aspects and the significance
of safe drinking water and involving stakeholders to make
water everyone's business.

Eligibility applicable to all households in rural India.

Features ● It is upgraded version of National Rural Drinking Water

Programme launched in 2009.
● Community driven Approach: Gram Panchayats and local
community play the pivotal role under the scheme.
● Convergence: the scheme collaborate with other schemes like
MGNREGA to implement measures like rain water harvesting,
groundwater recharge etc.
● Incentives: the scheme incentivise community by rewarding
them to the tune of 10% of capital expenditure on their
respective in village water supply scheme.
● Water quality monitoring and surveillance: The scheme also
includes setting up and maintenance of water quality testing
labs and surveillance activities by community.

Related Initiative ● Jal Mani program: The objective is to install Stand-Alone

Water Purification Systems (SAWPS) in rural primary and
secondary schools.

Swachh Bharat Mission – Grameen Phase I

Category Universal Sanitation

Type

Launched 2014

Purpose ● To accelerate the efforts to achieve universal sanitation

coverage and to put the focus on sanitation.
Objectives of the ● It aims to accelerate sanitation coverage in rural areas.
scheme ● It motivates communities and Panchayati Raj Institutions to
adopt sustainable sanitation practices.
● It encourages cost effective and appropriate technologies for
ecologically safe and sustainable sanitation.
● Develop Community managed sanitation system focusing on
scientific Solid & Liquid Management systems.
● Promote social inclusion.

Features ● Launched by restructuring erstwhile Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan to

make country Open Defecation Free.
● It is considered as world’s largest behavioural change
programme.
● Incentives- for Construction of Individual Household latrines in
rural households.

Phase I- From 2014-2019 (Major focus on ODF).

Phase-II- from 2020-2025.

● Centrally Sponsored scheme.

● Focus on effective Solid and Liquid waste Management in
every gram Panchayat of the country.
● ODF+ (plus)-monitored on basis of output outcome indicators
from 4 key areas-
● Plastic waste management
● Biodegradable solid wastes.
● Grey water.
● Faecal sludge.

Activities under the ● Construction of Individual Household Latrines (IHHL)

Scheme ● Construction of Community Sanitary Complexes (CSCs).
● Solid Liquid Waste Management (SLWM) activities.
● Information, Education and Communication (IEC)
● Human Resource Development (HRD) activities.

Eligibility Any rural household that does not have access to an individual
household toilet.

Exclusions ● All houses constructed with the Central and/or State

assistance should invariably have a safe sanitation facility as an
integral part.
● Provision will be separately included in the Pradhan Mantri
Awas Yojana Gramin (PMAYG) for provision of functional toilets
for PMAY houses.
Namami Gange programme

Category Ganga Rejuvenation

Type Central Sector scheme

Launched 2014

Purpose ● To accomplish the objectives of conservation, rejuvenation and

effective reduction of pollution of the National River, Ganga.

Implementation The implementation of Namami Gange is divided into:

Entry-level activities for immediate impact + Medium-term activities
that are to be implemented within five years + Long-term activities to
be implemented within ten years.
● A high-level task force under Cabinet Secretary assisted by the
NMCG at the national level,
● A state-level committee under Chief Secretary assisted by the
SPMG at the state level, and
● A district-level committee under the District Magistrate.

Features ● It is an umbrella programme that integrates the previous and

current ongoing initiatives by increasing efficiency and
supplementing them with better coordinated and more
comprehensive interventions.
● Under the aegis of the State Program Management Groups
(SPMGs) and the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG)
(under the Societies Registration Act 1860), the States, Urban
Local Bodies, and Panchayati Raj institutions will be involved in
this programme.
● Setting up a river-centric urban planning process to facilitate
better citizens connections through interventions at
river-fronts and ghats.
● Development of efficient irrigation methods and rational
agricultural practices under this programme.
● The Centre funds 100% of the projects/activities under this
programme.
● The Centre provides assets operation and uses an SPV/PPP
method for fighting pollution hotspots.
● Emphasis on coordinated mechanisms between agencies and
ministries of the Central and State Government.
● Focus on pollution elimination.

Pillars of Namami Gange ● Sewerage Treatment Infrastructure

Programme ● River-Surface Cleaning
● River-Front Development
● Afforestation
 ● Biodiversity
● Industrial Effluent Monitoring
● Public Awareness
● Ganga Gram

Activities Under ● Creating Sewage Treatment Capacity

Namami Gange ● River Surface Cleaning
Programme ● Creating River-Front Development
● Afforestation
● Biodiversity Conservation
● Industrial Effluent Monitoring
● Public Awareness
● Ganga Gram

Galvanizing Organic Bio-Agro Resources Dhan (GOBARdhan)

Category Solid and Liquid Waste Management

Launched 2018

Purpose ● To positively impact village cleanliness and generate wealth

and energy from cattle and organic waste.
● To keep villages clean, increase the income of rural
households, and generate energy and organic manure from
cattle waste.

Objectives ● To support villages in effectively managing their cattle waste,

agricultural waste/residue, and all other organic waste
● To support communities to convert their organic waste
(especially cattle dung) to wealth through the generation of
manure and energy out of waste
● To create livelihood opportunities in rural areas and enhance
the income of farmers and other rural people by supporting
them to convert their waste to wealth
● To promote rural entrepreneurship by involving entrepreneurs,
SHGs, and Youth Groups in the setting up and operation and
management of biogas plants
● To promote environmental sanitation and curb vector-borne
diseases through effective disposal of waste in rural areas

Benefits ● Substantially reduces vector-borne diseases and promotes

public health.
● Promotes household income and saving as the use of biogas
reduces the expenditure on LPG.
● Helps in generating organic manure which enhances
agriculture and farm productivity.
● Promotes employment and income generation opportunities
for SHGs/farmers' groups.
 ● Helps in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and promotes
environmental sustainability.
● Helps to save foreign exchange by reducing the need for the
import of natural gas.

Eligibility ● For Individual Household Model: Individual Households

identified by the Gram Panchayats.
● For Cluster Model: Cluster of Households identified by the
Gram Panchayats, in association with Cooperatives, Milk
Unions, Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs), SHGs, CBOs
developed under DAY-NRLM, Private entrepreneurs, etc. These
households should have a minimum of 3 to 4 cattle.
● For Community Model: Households identified by the Gram
Panchayats.

Clean Ganga Fund ● In 2014, it was formed for cleaning up Ganga River, setting up
waste treatment plants and conservation of biodiversity.

Bhuvan Ganga App ● It ensures involvement of Public in monitoring river pollution

in Ganga.

ARTH GANGA It is a sustainable development model through economic activity along

the banks of river Ganga.

Features

● Encourage farmers to adopt sustainable agriculture practises

like organic and Zero Budget Natural Farming along banks of
Ganga.
● Water sports infrastructure creation
● Hybrid tourism-religious and adventure tourism (Tourism
circuits to be developed.

Other Schemes/Miscellaneous Initiatives

Swajal programme (2018)
● Aim: to provide every rural person with adequate safe water for drinking, cooking and
other domestic basic needs on a sustainable basis.
● 90 per cent of this project is funded by the government and 10 per cent is funded by the
beneficiary communities.
● It is community driven, decentralised, single village, mini piped water supply programme
for 117 aspirational districts. The scheme will train hundred of rural technicians for
operation and maintenance of swajal units.

Nal Se Jal Yojana

● Aim: It aims to provide piped drinking water to every Rural Household in the country by
2024.
 ● The scheme is based on a unique model where Paani Samitis (water committees)
comprising villagers will decide the amount they will pay against water consumption.

Swachh Swasth Sarvatra Initiative (2016)

● Aim: To build on and leverage achievements of two complementary programmes –
Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) and Kayakalp – of the Ministry of Drinking Water and
Sanitation and Ministry of Health and FamilyWelfare, respectively.
● It is a joint initiative of ministry of health and Family Welfare and Jal shakti to achieve
better health outcomes through improved sanitation and increased awareness.
● It is focused on the twin objectives of constructing toilets and enabling behavioural
change, with the goal of making India free of open defecation.

Atal Bhujal Yojana (2019)

● Aim: to demonstrate community-led sustainable ground water management which can be
taken to scale.
● It is central sector scheme.
● Implementation: It is being implemented in 7 states- Gujarat, Karnataka, Haryana,
Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh.
● Community participation: Since communities are at forefront of the mission, it focuses on
capacity building of communities.
● Program for Results: The funds from World Bank are disbursed to Government on the
basis of performance of states.

Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP) (2012)

● Aim: It aims to improve safety and operational performance of existing dams and
strengthen dam safety institutional setup.
● Features
○ Central Sector Scheme
○ Assistance– World Bank
○ Phases-
● Phase -1: It was launched in 2012 with help of world bank. It covered 7 states (MP,
Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand).
● Phase -2 and 3: Recently, phase 2 and 3 of this project was approved by World Bank for
duration of 10 years (2021-2031). Under this phase, assistance is provided by World Bank
and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.

DHARMA App: Dam Health and Rehabilitation Monitoring Application (DHARMA) is a web based
tool to digitize all dams’ related data effectively. It provides real time data about safety status of
any dam.

NAQUIM (2012)
● It was initiated as a part of the ‘Ground Water Management and Regulation’ scheme with
the objectives to delineate and characterize the aquifers and develop plans for sustainable
ground water management in the country.
● Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) is implementing National Aquifer Mapping and
Management program (NAQUIM)
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

SAMRIDH (Start-Up Accelerators of MEITY for Product Innovation, Development And Growth)
Programme

Category Indian Software Product

Launched 2021

Purpose ● To create a conducive platform to Indian Software Product

startups to enhance their products and securing investments for
scaling their business. Accelerating the 300 start-ups by
providing customer connect, investor connect, and international
immersion inthree years (from 2021).

Implementation ● MeitY Start-up Hub (MSH)

● MSH will take equity in Start-Ups for Government’s
contribution via Promissory Note same as accelerator which will
be utilized for self-sustainability of the program.

Objective ● To support existing and upcoming Accelerators to select and

accelerate potential product based startups to scale.
● To focus on accelerating the startups by providing customer
connect, investor connect and internationalization connect
services.

Features ● Commit an investment of up to ₹ 40 lakh to the startup based

on the growth stage of the Start-Up
● Equal matching investment by the accelerator / investor of up to
₹ 40 lakh
● Eligibility for Accelerator Qualification:
○ Have been in the business of incubation for more than 3
years and supported more than 50 start-ups of which at
least 10 have received non-public investment.
○ Have operations in India
○ Have necessary space and infrastructure to carry out
activities for the start-ups.

Startup accelerators ● They support early-stage, growth-driven companies through

education, mentorship, and financing.

Digital India Programme

Category Digitally empowerement

launched 2015

Purpose ● To prepare India for a knowledge future

 ● Focus is on making technology central to enabling change.

Nature ● It is an Umbrella Programme – covering many departments.

○ It clubs together various e- governance initiatives
across Ministries and Departments

Objectives ● To prepare India for a knowledge future.

● To utilise Indian talent in field of Information Technology for
transforming India.
● Making Technology a centre for enabling change.

Vision of Digital India ● Digital Infrastructure as a Utility to Every Citizen

○ High speed internet as a core utility
○ Mobile phone & Bank account
○ Common Service Centre
○ private space on a public cloud
○ Safe and secure Cyber-space
● Governance & Services on Demand:
○ Seamlessly integrated across departments or
jurisdictions
○ Services digitally transformed for improving Ease of
Doing Business
○ Making financial transactions electronic & cashless
● Digital Empowerment of Citizens:
○ Universal Digital Literacy
○ All documents/ certificates to be available on cloud
○ Availability of digital resources / services in Indian
languages

Nine Pillars of Digital ● Broadband Highways

India ● Universal Access to Phones
● Public Internet Access Programme
● E-Governance –Reforming government through Technology
● eKranti –Electronic delivery of services
● Information for All
● Electronics Manufacturing – Target NET ZERO Imports
● IT for Jobs
● Early Harvest Programmes

Key initiatives under ● E-kranti: Electronic delivery of services ensures a government

Digital India wide transformation by delivering all government services
Programme electronically to the citizens. It ensures efficiency, transparency
and reliability of such services. E.g.
○ Digilocker
○ UMANG app (unified mobile application for new age
Governance)
● Common service Centres: A vast network of more than 2.5
lakh CSCs has been created.
 ● Chief Information Officers in ministries to ensure faster
implementation of e-governance projects.
● Public- private Partnership (PPP) is preferred to implement
e-governance projects.

National Supercomputing Mission

Category Supercomputers

Launched 2015

Purpose ● Empowering India’s national academic and R&D institutions

spread over the country by installing supercomputers of
various capacities.

Objectives ● To empower India’s scientists and researchers with

state-of-the-art supercomputing facilities and enable them to
carry out research in this field.
● To enhance India’s capability in solving the challenges of
national and global relevance.
● To ensure self-reliance in the strategic area of supercomputing
technology.

Application areas ● Climate Modelling

● Weather Prediction
● Aerospace Engineering including CFD, CSM, CEM
● Computational Biology
● Molecular Dynamics
● Atomic Energy Simulations
● National Security/ Defence Applications
● Seismic Analysis
● Disaster Simulations and Management
● Computational Chemistry
● Computational Material Science and Nanomaterials
● Discoveries beyond Earth (Astrophysics)
● Large Complex Systems Simulations and Cyber Physical
Systems
● Big Data Analytics
● Finance
● Information repositories/ Government Information Systems

Features ● Target: The Mission aims to establish supercomputing facilities

across 70 national research and academic institutions and
connect them to a NATIONAL KNOWLEDGE NETWORK (NKN).
● Implementing agency: The mission is being implemented by
C-DAC Pune and IISc (Indian Institute of Science) Bengaluru.
● Funding: jointly funded by MEITY and Department of Science
and Technology (DST).
National Policy on Software Products (2019)

Category IT Industry

Launched 2019

Purpose Accelerating growth of entire spectrum of IT Industry of the country.

Features of the Policy ● It aims to align with other schemes of Government like,
Digital India, Start-up India, Make in India etc.
● It aims to make industry grow at CAGR (compound annual
growth rate) of 40% and create employment opportunities
for 3.5 million people.
● An outlay of ₹1500 crore is involved to implement
programmes envisaged under the policy.
● Strategies:
○ Promoting Software Products Business Ecosystem:
■ Creation of an Indian Software Software
product registry
■ Facilitate active participation of participation
of software companies in companies in
Capital Market
■ Single Window Single Window platform
platform for fast-tracking legal and
regulatory issues
■ Tax relaxation on investment investments
made (on an accrued basis) in R&D of
indigenous software products
○ Promoting Entrepreneurship & Innovation for
Employment
■ Initiating a programme of incubation to
nurture at least 10,000 software software
product startups startups,targeted to be set
up in Tier-II and Tier-III town -III town & cities
■ A dedicated Software Product Development
Development Fund (SPDF) with a corpus of
Rs. 1000 Crore in the form of Fund of Funds.
■ A Programme to support Research and
Innovation on Software Products in Institutes
of Higher Learning.
○ Skilling and Human Resource Development
■ A national “Talent Accelerator” programme
targeting, 100,000 school , 100,000 school
and college students, will be initiated.
■ A talent pool of 10,000 committed 10,000
committed software product leader software
product leaders will be created.
 ○ Improving Access to Domestic Market and Cross
Border Trade Promotion
■ Preference in procurement: Registry of
Indian software products integrated with
Government Government e-market -market
(GeM).
■ Cross border trade promotion Cross border
trade promotion: Implementation of open
APIs for public and private sector to foster
incremental to foster incremental
innovation.

Other Schemes/Miscellaneous Initiatives

Scheme for Promotion of Manufacturing of Electronic Components and Semiconductors (SPECS)
(2020)
● Aim: This scheme focuses on deepening the electronic value chain and to develop an
electronic components manufacturing ecosystem.
● Features of the scheme:
○ Financial incentive: The Scheme provides a financial incentive of 25% of capital
expenditure on electronic components, semiconductor / display fabrication
units, ATMP units, specialized sub-assemblies and capital goods for manufacture
of aforesaid goods.
○ Nodal Agency: A Project Management Agency will serve as a nodal agency for the
scheme,
● Benefits of the scheme:
○ Attract new investments in electronics sector.
○ Expected employment to nearly 1, 50,000 people in manufacturing units.
○ Reduce import dependence of the country.

Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA) (2017)

● Aim: This scheme aims to make 6 crore rural households digitally literate .
● Features of the scheme:
○ Age group covered- 14-60 years.
○ Priority: non-smartphone users, antyodaya households, college drop-outs,
students who do not have computer training facilities in their schools.
○ Identification of beneficiaries: The beneficiaries will be identified through
Common Service Centres –special purpose vehicle in collaboration with Gram
Panchayats, Block Development Officers etc.
○ Course duration: 20 hours
○ Fee: Nil
○ Medium of instruction: official languages of India

Software technology park scheme

 ● Aim: The scheme focuses on development and export of computer software including
export of professional services.
● Salient features of the Scheme
○ A 100% export oriented scheme .
○ It integrates the concept of Export Processing Units/ Export Processing Zones and
the concept of Science/ Technology parks.
● Terms and conditions:
○ A company can set up STP (Software Technology Park) in any part of the India.
○ 100% foreign equity is permitted.
○ Complete duty free imports of hardware and software in STP.
○ Sale in Domestic Tariff Area is permitted up to 50% of the export in value

Stree Swabhiman (2018)

● It is an initiative for women’s health and hygiene. It creates a sustainable model for
providing affordable and accessible sanitary products close to the homes of adolescent
women and girls in rural areas.

Electronics Development Fund (EDF) policy (2015)

● Aim: to promote the electronics system design and manufacturing.

● Type: Central nSector Scheme
● About Fund: “Fund of Funds” to participate in professionally managed “Daughter Funds”
which provide risk capital to companies developing new technologies in the area of
Electronics, Nano-electronics and Information Technology (IT).
● The Electronics Development Fund (EDF) will be created in a financial institution like SIDBI
or a similar organisation.

Gyan Circle Ventures (2020)

● Gyan Circle Ventures is a technology business incubator (TBI) of Indian Institute of

Information Technology, Sri City.
● It would function as a technology incubation and development of entrepreneurs (TIDE
2.0) incubation center
● The aim is to promote deep-tech entrepreneurship through financial and technical
support to incubators engaged in using emerging technologies such as IoT, AI, Block-chain,
etc.

DigiLocker (2015)

● It is an initiative under the government’s vision of Digital India.

● It aims to make India go paperless while providing a “secure document access platform
on a public cloud.”
● It is a secure cloud based platform for storage, sharing and verification of documents &
certificates.
● Indian citizens who sign up for a DigiLocker account get a dedicated cloud storage space
that is linked to their Aadhaar (UIDAI) number.

UMANG (Unified Mobile Application for New-Age Governance) (2017)

 ● It provides a single platform for all Indian Citizens to access pan India e-Gov services
ranging from Central to Local Government bodies and other citizen centric services.
● One of the key initiatives under the Digital India program.
● UMANG supports 12 major Indian languages in addition to English.
● Aim: To abridge inconvenience faced by users in managing multiple mobile apps and
facilitate a one-stop-solution to avail varied government services.

Digishala (2016)

● A free DTH channel for Doordarshan.

● The purpose is to enlighten and educate the public about the different forms of electronic
payment.

Secure, Scalable & Sugamya Website as a Service (S3WAAS) (2022)

● S3WaaS is a cloud service developed for government entities to generate Secure, Scalable
& Sugamya (Accessible) websites.
● It enables government entities to choose from various themes for generating websites as
well as customizing and managing the content easily, thus empowering them to maintain
their online presence.
● Designed, Developed, Hosted and Maintained by: National Informatics Centre (NIC).

GI Cloud – MeghRaj (2014)

● GI Cloud, also known as Meghraj, is an ambitious initiative launched by the Government of

India to utilize and harness the benefits of cloud computing.
● The focus of this initiative is to accelerate delivery of e-services in the country while
optimizing ICT spending of the Government.
● The Cloud Services available are Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service
(PaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS) and Storage as a Service (STaaS).

National Information Centre-Computer Emergency Response Team (NIC-CERT) (2017)

● The National Informatics Center's (NIC) NIC-CERT Division serves as the nodal branch for
handling cyber security incidents.
● serves as NIC Infrastructure's single point of contact for cyber security incidents and
coordinates with relevant parties.
● Function: Undertakes measures to issue periodic threat intelligence, Security Alerts/ Tips
and advisories to safeguard NIC’s assets against cyber threats.

Project Cyber Shikshaa (2018)

● Launched by the Data Security Council of India (DSCI) and Microsoft.

● Aim: to produce effective skilled women professionals in India. Under this initiative, the
deserving women trained in Cyber Security courses across the country and provide them
with employment opportunities.
Ministry of Environment, Forest And Climate Change (MoEFCC)

Secure Himalaya (Securing Livelihoods, Conservation, Sustainable Use and Restoration of High
Range Himalayan Ecosystem Himalaya) Project

Category Conservation and Protection

Launched 2017

Tenure 2017-24

Purpose To ensure conservation of locally and globally significant biodiversity,

land and forest resources in high Himalayan ecosystem.

International Support Funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and UNDP

Project Objectives ● Conserving Biodiversity: Conservation of key biodiversity areas

and their effective management to secure long-term ecosystem
resilience.
● Diversifying Livelihoods: Securing sustainable livelihoods and
socio-economic benefits of the local communities, and
conservation of their traditional knowledge.
● Gender Mainstreaming & Knowledge Management
● Preventing Wildlife Crime & Human-Wildlife Conflict

Feature ● This initiative is a component of the "Global Partnership on

Wildlife Conservation and Crime Prevention for Sustainable
Development," also known as the Global Wildlife Program,
which is financed by the Global Environment Facility (GEF).
● Contributes to the Global Snow Leopard Ecosystem Protection
Program (GSLEP), a joint initiative of 12 range country
governments, international agencies, civil society, and the
private sector.
● Promotes sustainable management of alpine pastures and
forests in the high range Himalayan ecosystems.
● Areas Covered:
○ Changthang (Jammu and Kasmir),
○ Lahaul - Pangi and Kinnaur (Himachal Pradesh),
○ Gangotri - Govind and Darma - Byans Valley in
Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand)
○ Kanchenjunga - Upper Teesta Valley (Sikkim)
● Components:
○ Secure long term economic resilience: by conservation
and effective management of key biodiversity areas.
○ Securing sustainable community livelihoods and natural
resource management in high range Himalayan
ecosystems
○ Conservation of Snow leopard and other endangered
species. Ensure connectivity of habitats of various
endangered species.
 ○ Improve enforcement, monitoring and cooperation – to
reduce wildlife crime and related threats.

National action plan on Climate Change

Category Adapting climate change

Type Central Sector Scheme

Launched 2008

Purpose ● To enable the country to adapt to climate change and enhance

the ecological sustainability of India‘s development path.

8 National Missions ● National Solar Mission

● National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency
● National Mission on Sustainable Habitat
● National Water Mission
● National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Eco-system
● National Mission for a Green India
● National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture
● National Mission on Strategic Knowledge for Climate Change

Principles of NAPCC ● Protecting the poor through an inclusive and sustainable

development strategy, sensitive to climate change
● Achieving national growth and poverty alleviation objectives
while ensuring ecological sustainability
● Efficient and cost-effective strategies for end-use demand-side
management
● Extensive and accelerated deployment of appropriate
technologies for adaptation and mitigation
● New and innovative market, regulatory, and voluntary
mechanisms for sustainable development
● Effective implementation through unique linkages – with civil
society, LGUs, and public-private partnerships

About the missions ● National Solar Mission: To achieve 280 GW of installed solar
capacity by 2030.
● National Mission for Enhanced Energy Enhanced Energy
Efficiency (NMEE): To strengthen the market for energy
efficiency by creating conducive regulatory and policy regime.
● National Mission on Sustainable Habitat: Improvements in
energy efficiency, Management of Municipal Solid Municipal
Solid Waste (MSW), and Promote urban public transport.
● National Water Mission: Conserving water, ensuring more
equitable distribution through integrated water resource
integrated water resource management and facilitating water
use facilitating water use efficiency by 20% efficiency by 20%
● National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Eco-system
(NMSHE): Empowering local communities especially Panchayats
 to play a greater role in managing ecological resources.
● National Mission for a Green India (NMGI): Enhancing
ecosystem services such as carbon sinks. It is to be
implemented on degraded forest land through Joint Forest
Management Committees set up under State Departments of
Fores.
● National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture: It aims at making
agriculture more productive, sustainable, remunerative and
climate resilient.
● National Mission on Strategic Knowledge for Climate Change:
Strives to work with the global community in research and
technology development and will also have its own research
agenda supported by a Climate Research Fund.

Other Schemes/Miscellaneous Initiatives

National Clean air programme (NCAP) (2019)

● National clean air programme (NCAP) is long term + Time - bound + National level strategy
to tackle air pollution in India.
● Objectives:
○ Implement mitigation measures against air pollution.
○ Focus on public awareness and capacity building measures
● Target: To achieve reduction in Particulate Matter (PM10) levels up to 40% or achievement
of national standards (60 microgram/cubic meter) by 2025-26 (base year 2017)
● Coverage: 131 cities of 24 States
● Initiatives under NCAP
○ Augmenting Air Quality Monitoring Network
○ Air Quality Management Plan for 100 Non-Attainment Cities
○ Indoor Air Pollution Monitoring & Management
○ National Emission Inventory
○ Network of Technical Institutions
○ Technology Assessment Cell
○ Extending source apportionment studies to all non-attainment cities
○ PRANA” –Portal for Regulation of Air-pollution in Non-Attainment cities

PARIVESH – (Pro-Active and Responsive facilitation by Interactive, Virtuous and Environmental

Single-window Hub) (2018)

● PARIVESH is a Single-Window Integrated Environmental Management System, developed

in pursuance of the spirit of ‘Digital India’.
● The portal automates the entire tracking of proposals which seek clearances from
authorities.
● It includes online submission of a new proposal, editing/updating the details of proposals
and displays status of the proposals at each stage of the workflow.
 Features

● Web based portal which provides for online submission + monitoring of proposals which
are submitted for seeking clearances (1) Environment, 2) Forest,3) Wildlife and 4) CRZ
(Coastal regulation zone) clearances.)
● Covers clearances from all authorities: Central, State and district level authorities.
● Automates the entire tracking of proposals.

Nagar Van (Urban forest) scheme (2020)

● Aim - To develop 200 Urban Forests across the country in next 5 years.
● Collaborative approach: Focus on people’s participation + collaboration between Forest
Department, Municipal bodies, NGOs, Corporates and local citizens.
● Focus to plant trees on land that has been marked as forest lands but do not have any
trees
● Established forests will be maintained by State Government.

LeadIT (Leadership for Industry Transition) Initiative (2019)

● Aim: To focus on low carbon transition of the hard to abate industrial sector..
● Launched by: India and Sweden together with some other countries
● Supported by World Economic Forum
● LeadIT gathers countries and companies that are committed to action to achieve the Paris
● LeadIT members subscribe to the notion that energy-intensive industry can and must
progress on low-carbon pathways, aiming to achieve net-zero carbon emissions

Ministry of External Affairs

Know India Programme (KIP) (2003)

● KIP is a three-week knowledge programme designed for the diaspora youth.
● Objective: The primary objective of the KIP is to foster a closer connection between Indian
diaspora youth and their ancestral homeland by augmenting their understanding of India.
● Eligibility: Youth (age between 18-30 years) of Indian origin (excluding non-resident Indians)
from all over the world having graduation from a recognized University/Institute or enrolled
for graduation and ability to speak in English.
● Preference is given to individuals of Indian origin (PIO) from Girmitiya countries, which
include Mauritius, Fiji, Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, South Africa, and Jamaica.

Pravasi Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PKVY) (2017)

● Objective: To provide training and certification to the Indian workforce interested in
overseas employment in specific sectors and job roles, aligning with international standards.
● Ministries: MEA in partnership with the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship.
 ● Implementing Agency: National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC).

e-VidyaBharati AarogyaBharati (e-VBAB) Network Project

● To offer free of cost tele-education and tele-medicine services to African countries.

Ministry of Food Processing Industry

PM Formailsation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PM-FME) Scheme

Category Upgradation and formalization

Type Centrally Sponsored Scheme

Launched 2020

Purpose To address the challenges faced by the micro-enterprises and to tap

the potential of groups and cooperatives in supporting the upgradation
and formalization of these enterprises.

Benefits ● Support to Individual Micro Enterprises

● Support for Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs)/Producer
Cooperatives FPOs and Producer Cooperatives
● Support for Self-Help Groups (SHGs)
● Support for Common Infrastructure
● Branding and Marketing Support

Features ● Subsidy: About 2 lakh Micro food processing enterprises will

be given direct assistance in the form of credit linked subsidy.
● One District One Product:Tthe scheme adopts the component
of ODOP to reap the benefit of scale in terms of procurement
of inputs, availing common services and marketing of products.
○ The state government would identify one product for
a district keeping in view the existing clusters and
availability of raw materials.
● Priority sectors: The scheme focuses on waste to wealth
products, minor forest products and Aspirational Districts.
● Nodal Bank- Union Bank of India.

Eligibility ● Farmer Producer Organization (FPO)

● Self-Help Groups
● Co-operatives
● Existing Micro Food Processing Entrepreneurs
● New Units, whether for individuals or groups would only be
supported for One District One Product (ODOP)
 Recent development ● Recently, PMFME Seed Capital Module was launched to
facilitate seed capital assistance i.e. initial money required to
start a new business for members of SHGs in food processing
sector.

Production linked incentive for Food Processing Industry (PLISFPI)

Category Manufacturing

Type Central sector scheme.

Launched 2021

Purpose To support food manufacturing entities with stipulated minimum sales

and creation of global manufacturing champions.

Objectives ● To strengthen select Indian brand of food products for global

visibility and wider acceptance international markets.
● To increase employment opportunities of off farm jobs.
● To ensure remunerative prices of farm produce and higher
income to farmers

Features of the scheme- ✔ Eligibility-

● Applicants of the scheme should be Limited Liability
Partnership or a company registered in India,
co-operatives Small and medium enterprises.
● Eligibility under the scheme will not affect coverage
under other schemes like PM Kisan Sampada Yojana.
✔ It is a fund limited scheme i.e. maximum incentive payable to
the beneficiary will be fixed in advance and regardless of the
achievement the incentive shall not be exceeded.

Implementation ● The scheme is rolled out on All India basis.

strategy and targets ● The scheme shall be implemented through a Project
Management Agency (PMA).
● The PMA would, inter-alia, be responsible for appraisal of
applications/ proposals, verification of eligibility for support,
scrutiny of claims eligible for disbursement of incentive
● The incentive under the scheme would be paid for six years
ending 2026-27. The incentive payable for a particular year will
be due for payment in the following year. The duration of the
scheme will be six years i.e. 2021-22 to 2026-27.
● The scheme is "fund-limited", i.e. cost shall be restricted to the
approved amount. The maximum incentive payable to each
 beneficiary shall be fixed in advance at the time of approval of
that beneficiary. Regardless of achievement/ performance, this
maximum shall not be exceeded.
● The implementation of the scheme would facilitate expansion
of processing capacity to generate processed food output of Rs
33,494 crore and create employment for nearly 2.5 lakh
persons by the year 2026-27.

Administrative and ● The Scheme would be monitored at Centre by the Empowered

Implementation Group of Secretaries chaired by the Cabinet Secretary
Mechanisms ● Inter-Ministerial Approval Committee (IMAC) would approve
selection of applicants for coverage under the scheme,
sanction and release of funds as incentives.
● The Ministry will prepare Annual Action Plan covering various
activities for implementation of the scheme.

Other Schemes/Miscellaneous Initiatives

Operation Greens (2018)
● An initiative to enhance value realisation of TOP (tomat ,onion, potato ) farmers by
targeted interventions.
● Objectives
○ Price stabilisation for producers and consumers
○ Reduction in post harvest losses by creation of farm gate infrastructure.
○ Increase in food processing capacities and value addition.

Salient features of the scheme

● In 2020, the scheme has been extended from TOP to other notified crops (TOP TO
TOTAL)
● Grants in aid: The pattern of assistance will comprise of grants-in-aid at the rate of 50% of
the eligible project cost in all areas.
● Eligible organisations- State Agriculture and other marketing federations, FPOs,
cooperatives, SHGs, logistic operators, supply chain operators etc.
● Marketing Intelligence and Early warning System portal- To provide real time monitoring
of prices and generating alerts.

Nivesh Bandhu Scheme (2017)

It is an investor facilitation portal which provides information on central and state government’s
investor friendly policies, agro-producing clusters, infrastructure and potential area of investment
in food processing.

Eat Right movement

 It is a campaign started by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to promote food
safety and hygiene.

Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairy Farming

PM Matsya Sampada Yojana

Category Development of the fisheries

Type Central Sector and Central Sponsored

Launched 2020

Purpose to bring about ecologically healthy, economically viable, and socially

inclusive development of the fisheries sector of India.

Features ● The scheme aims to consolidate achievements of Blue

Revolution.
● Scope: the scheme is to be implemented in all state/UTs across
the country.
● Approach: the Scheme adopts a Cluster based approach and
create fisheries cluster through backward and forward linkages.

Targets of PMMSY ● Fish Production: Additional production of 70 lakh tonnes and

increase export earning to ₹1,00,000 crore by 2025.
● Income: It aims to double the income of fish farmers and
fishers.
● Reduce post-harvest losses: It aims to reduce post harvest
losses to about 10% from existing 20-25%
● employment: It targets to generate additional 55 lakh direct
and indirect gainful employment opportunities.
● Value Addition: Increasing contribution of the fisheries sector
to the Agriculture GVA to about 9% by 2024-25 from 7.28% in
2018-19. Doubling export earnings to ₹ 1,00,000 crores by
2024-25 from ₹ 46,589 crores in 2018-19.

Benefits ● Financial assistance for fishing infrastructure

● Financial assistance for fish farmers
● Assistance for fisheries management
● Credit-linked subsidy for fish farmers
● Assistance for marketing and export of fish products

Recent Development ● In Union budget 2023-24 Government announced a new sub

scheme named PM Matsya Kisan Samriddhi Sah-Yojana as a
 central sector scheme to enhance the earnings of fishermen,
fish vendors and MSMEs engaged in fisheries sector

Neeli kranti – BLUE Revolution : An integrated development and management of fisheries

programme

Category fish production

Type Central sponsored scheme.

Purpose It is an umbrella initiative to increase the overall fish production and

modernise fisheries sector.

Objectives ● To ensure food and nutritional security

● To generate employment and export earnings.
● To empower fishermen and aquaculture farmers.

Features ● Financial assistance: The scheme provides financial assistance

to fishermen and aquaculture farmers.
● Kisan credit cards: It provides Kisan Credit Cards to meet their
credit needs.
● Fisheries and aquaculture development fund: For
development of infrastructure in fisheries sector. Central
Government provide up to 3% interest subvention to nodal
lending agencies for providing the concessional finance to
fisheries sector.

Components of the ● National fisheries Development Board.

scheme ● Development of Inland Fisheries and aquaculture
● Institutional arrangement for fisheries sector.
● National scheme on welfare of fishermen
● Monitoring, control and surveillance
● Development of marine fisheries, infrastructure and
post-harvest operations.

Rashtriya Gokul Mission (RGM)

Category development of indigenous bovine breeds

Launched 2014
Part of The scheme is also continued under umbrella scheme Rashtriya
Pashudhan Vikas Yojna from 2021 to 2026 with a budget outlay of
Rs.2400 crore

Purpose for development and conservation of indigenous bovine breeds since

December 2014

Objectives ● To enhance productivity of bovines and increasing milk

production in a sustainable manner using advance
technologies.
● To propagate use of high genetic merit bulls for breeding
purposes.
● To enhance Artificial insemination coverage through
strengthening breeding network and delivery of Artificial
insemination services at farmers doorstep.
● To promote indigenous cattle & buffalo rearing and
conservation in a scientific and holistic manner.

Funding Pattern All the components of the scheme will be implemented on 100%
grant-in-aid basis except the following components:
● Accelerated breed improvement programme- the Govt of
India provides a subsidy of Rs 5000 per IVF pregnancy
● 50% of the cost of the sex sorted semen
● Establishment of breed multiplication farm- the Govt of India
provides a capital subsidy up to 50% of the total project cost
maximum up to Rs 2 crore.

Components ● Availability of High genetic Merit Germplasm

○ Bull Production Programme through progeny testing,
pedigree selection, genomic selection and import of
germplasm
○ Strengthening of existing semen stations
○ Implementation of IVF technology
○ Breed Multiplication Farms
● Extension of Artificial Insemination network
○ Nationwide AI programme
○ Using sex sorted semen for getting assured
pregnancy
○ Establishment of MAITRIs
○ Implementation of National Digital Livestock Mission
● Development and conservation of indigenous breeds
○ Assistance to Gaushalas, Gosadans and
Pinjarapoles
○ Administrative expenditure/ operation of
Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog
● Skill development
 ● Farmers Awareness
● Research development and Innovation in Bovine breeding
● MAITRI under RGM: Multi Purpose Artificial Insemination
Technicians in Rural India (MAITRI) are trained personnel who
provide Artificial Insemination services at the farmers’
doorstep in rural areas covering all States and UT’s.

Initiatives under ● Gokul Grams: These are integrated cattle development

Rashtriya Gokul Mission centres to develop indigenous breeds including up to 40%
nondescript breeds. These are set up in Native breeding
tracts and near metropolitan cities for housing urban cattle.
● National Kamdhenu Breeding Centre: Under RGM, two
“National Kamdhenu Breeding Centres” (NKBC) have been
established as Centres of Excellence to develop and conserve
Indigenous Breeds in a holistic and scientific manner.
● E-Pashu Haat Portal: It is an e-market portal connecting
breeders and farmers.
● Pashu Sanjivani: It is an Animal Wellness Programme
encompassing provision of Animal Health cards (‘Nakul
Swasthya Patra’) along with UID identification and uploading
data on the National Database.
● Nationwide Artificial Insemination (AI) Programme:
Nationwide AI Programme has been initiated in September
2019 and under the programme AI services delivered free of
cost at farmers’ doorstep.
● Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART): It includes various
techniques such as In-Vitro Fertilisation (IVF), Multiple
Ovulation Embryo Transfer (MOET) and sex sorted semen
technique to improve availability of disease free female
bovines.

Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF)

Category Efficiency in dairy processing plants.

Type Central Sector Scheme.

Launched 2017

Purpose ● to create additional milk processing capacity, invest in

infrastructure to modernise and bring efficiency in dairy
processing plants.
Features ● Beneficiaries- milk producers and end borrowers like Milk
Unions, Dairy Federations etc.
● DIDF with corpus of ₹ 8004 crore has been set up under
NABARD.
● Funding will be provided in form of interest bearing loans.
Loan Component-80% and 20% will be end borrower’s
contribution.
● Loan at 6.5 % per annum.
● Guarantor of loan repayment- The respective State
Government is guarantor of loan repayment.
● NABARD raises the fund from market and disburses loans
to dairy cooperatives with 2.5% interest subvention
through National Dairy Development Board and National
Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC)

Implementing Agency and ● Implemented by National Dairy Development Board

End Borrowers (NDDB) and National Cooperative Development
Corporation (NCDC)
● End Borrowers: Milk Unions, State Dairy Federations,
Multi-state Milk Cooperatives, Milk Producer Companies
and NDDB subsidiaries.

Component ● Milk processing, Chilling and Value added Products plants

● Milk Chilling infrastructure
● Electronic milk testing kit
● Cattle feed/ feed supplement plants
● Milk transportation system (Refer van/insulated tankers
etc)
● Marketing infrastructure (including e-market system, bulk
vending system, Parlour, deep freezer, cold storage etc.
● Commodity and Cattle feed go-downs
● ICT infrastructure (e.g. block chain technology, servers, IT
solutions, Near Real Time devices etc)
● R&D (lab & equipment, new technology, innovations,
product development etc)
● Renewable energy infrastructure/ plants, trigen/ energy
efficiency infrastructure
● Pet bottle/packaging material manufacturing units for dairy
purposes
● Training centre (complete with civil and other necessary
infrastructure)

Note In 2023, DIDF and Animal Husbandry Infrastructure

Development Fund (AHIDF) have been merged together.
Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme

Category Animal health

Type Central Sector Scheme

Launched 2013

Purpose reducing risk to animal health by prophylactic vaccination against

diseases of animals, capacity building of veterinary services,
disease surveillance and strengthening veterinary infrastructure.

Objectives of the scheme ● To implement Critical Animal disease control programme

to eradicate Peste des Petits (PPR) by 2030 by vaccinating
all sheep and goats and to control Classical Swine Fever
(CSF) by vaccinating the entire pig population.
● To provide veterinary services at the farmers’ doorstep
through Mobile Veterinary Units (MVUs)
● To assist States/UTs for Control of Animal Disease
(ASCAD) by prevention & control of important livestock
and poultry diseases prevalent in different States / UTs as
per the State /UT’s priorities.

Components of the scheme ● Peste des Petits Ruminants Eradication Program (PPR-EP)
● Classical Swine Fever Control Programme (CSF-CP)
● Assistance to States for Control of Animal Diseases
(ASCAD)
● Mobile Veterinary Units (MVU)
● Call Centres
● Establishment and Strengthening of existing Veterinary
hospitals and dispensarie

Other Schemes/Miscellaneous Initiatives

Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF) (2020)

The scheme was launched in 2020 to incentivise investments by individual entrepreneurs, private
companies, MSME, Farmers Producers Organizations (FPOs) and Section 8 companies to establish:
● Dairy Processing and Value Addition Infrastructure
● Meat Processing and Value Addition Infrastructure
● Animal Feed Plant
● Breed Improvement Technology and Breed Multiplication Farm
● Animal Waste to Wealth Management (Agri Waste Management)
● Setting up of Veterinary vaccine and Drugs Manufacturing facilities

Kisan Credit Card to Animal Husbandry and Dairy farmers (2019)

The Government of India extended KCC facility to Animal Husbandry farmers including Dairy
farmers for their working capital requirements wherein farmers either individual or joint borrower,
Joint Liability Groups or Self Help Groups including tenant farmers having owned/rented/leased
sheds are eligible for getting benefits under the scheme.

National Animal Disease Control Programme (NADCP) (2019)

It is an initiative to control livestock diseases the foot and mouth disease (FMD) and brucellosis in
livestock by 2025 and eradicate them by 2030.

Features:

● Central Sector Scheme.

● Targets to vaccinate 600 million livestock against FMD and 36 Million female bovines
against brucellosis.
● NOTE: NADCP has been subsumed under Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme
(LHDCP)
Animal Health System Support for One Health (2023)

● It is a collaborative project between the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying

and the World Bank.
● Aim: It envisages improving capacity building of stakeholders involved in animal health
and disease management.
● It will be implemented over a five-year period as a Central sector scheme with a financial
provision of Rs. 1228.70 Cr.
● The project calls for participation by the Human Health, Forest and Environment
Department at the national, regional as well as local for creating and strengthening the
One Health architecture including community engagement.

Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund (FIDF) (2018)

● Aim: It aims to augment the fish production to achieve the target of 15 million tonnes by
2020 set under the Blue Revolution.
○ Besides, the FIDF aims to achieve a sustainable growth of 8-9 per cent, in a move
to augment the country’s fish production to the level of about 20 million tonnes
by 2022-23.

National Fisheries Policy, 2020

The Policy has been drafted after merging three policies, namely the National Policy on Marine
Fisheries, 2014, Draft National Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Policy, and Draft National
Mariculture Policy with the inclusion of Post-harvest elements.

Some of the Objectives of the Policy are:

● Participatory approach: The policy will provide a more responsible, sustainable, and
participatory approach. The policy will provide productive integration with other
economic sectors such as agriculture, coastal area development, and eco-tourism to meet
the goals of the ‘Blue Economy’.
● Socio-economic development: Apart from socio-economic development and prosperity of
fishers and fish farmers the policy focuses on small-scale fisheries at the core of the Policy.
● Assistance to States and UTs: The policy framework will provide guidance to States and
UTs in developing state-specific policies and legislations having both regulatory and
developmental features to be implemented.
● Nutritional security: The Policy also aims to ensure food and nutritional security by
increasing the per capita availability of safe, affordable, and quality fish.
● Sustainable growth: The policy seeks to consolidate the sectoral gains and ensure
sustainable growth through policy support to enable and accelerate fisheries development
in a responsible and inclusive manner through multi-pronged strategies.
● Modernising fishing sector: Modernise, rationale and diversity fishing practices in the
ocean and seas with sustainable resources as the core philosophy.
● Conservation: Managing native fish genetic stocks and associated habits and ecosystem.

Key recommendations of the Policy

● Efficient governance framework: The state should take appropriate steps for habit
conservation, measures for protection and rehabilitation of native fish stocks in
association with concerned agencies, and active participation of communities. The
management of fisheries in all reservoirs should be brought under the administrative
control of the State Fisheries Department for scientific management and an efficient
governance framework.
● Culture-based fisheries: The focus will be on production optimization through
culture-based fisheries in small and medium reservoirs while for large reservoirs,
integrated site-specific Action Plans will be developed by the respective State Fisheries
Departments with the inclusion of Post-harvest and marketing facilities.
● Maintaining ecological integrity: The ecological integrity of important natural wetlands
has to be conserved and restored for the promotion of sustainable fisheries in these
water bodies. The connectivity between natural wetlands and rivers has to be maintained
or restored to ensure the physical health of these areas.
● Seed rearing: Facilities for seed rearing will be developed in the vicinity of potential
areas by following scientific practices. State and UTs may declare some water bodies as
“Reserves for fish” only to conserve important fish species in a suitable wetland.
● Comprehensive Action Plan: A Comprehensive Action Plan for the development and
conservation of Cold Water Fishing resources will be put in place in the Himalayan and NE
region States.
 ● Availability of infrastructure: Availability of adequate broodstock of cultivable species
will be ensured along with strengthening of seed production infrastructure by adopting a
sustainable model about ownership, revenue expenditure, and technical up-gradation.
● New technologies: The introduction of new technologies and international collaboration
would be explored for acquiring improved germplasm, disease management, and farming
practices.
● Recreational Fisheries; Appropriate sustainable models of recreational fisheries and
ecotourism enterprises will be developed and promoted by the States/UTs in association
with local communities and the private sector within the existing regulatory framework
and guidelines.

Ministry of MSME

PM Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP)

Category Employment generation

Type Central Sector scheme

Launched 2008

Purpose ● To generate employment opportunities through the

establishment of micro-enterprises in the non-farm sector for
rural as well as urban areas

Feature ● PMEGP was formed by merging the two schemes that were in
operation till 31st March 2008, namely Prime Minister's
Rojgar Yojana (PMRY) and Rural Employment Generation
Programme (REGP).
● Eligibility
○ Any individual above 18 years of age.
○ Minimal qualification- class 8th (for project above 10
lakhs in manufacturing sector)
○ Self Help Groups and Charitable Trusts are also
eligible.
○ Production based co-operatives.
○ Only new units are eligible for assistance (existing
units are excluded).
● Benefits: Loan up to ₹ 25 Lakh (manufacturing sector) and₹
10 lakh in service sector.
● Implementing agency: Khadi Village Industries Commission
(KVIC) at national level and its state counterparts at state
level.
● Priority to vulnerable sections: Higher rate of subsidy 25-35%
to women, SC/ST/OBC, physically challenged etc. recently,
 Aspirational Districts and Transgender are also included in this
category.
● Exclusions: Existing Units (under PMRY, REGP, or any other
scheme of the Government of India or State Government) and
the units that have already availed of Government Subsidy
under any other scheme of the Government of India or State
Government are not eligible.

Other Schemes/Miscellaneous Initiatives

Samarth Programme (2022)

● It is a special entrepreneurship promotion drive for women

● Aim: To train more than 7500 women candidates from rural and sub-urban areas in FY
22-23.
Features

● 20% seats in free Skill Development Programmes of Government will be allocated for
women.
● 20% of MSME business delegations sent to domestic and international exhibitions will be
dedicated to women owned-MSMEs.
● Special drive for registration of women-owned MSMEs.

Raising and Accelerationg MSME Performance Programme–(RAMP) (2022)

● Aim: To scale up the implementation capacity and coverage of MSMEs in the States, with
impact enhancement of existing MSME schemes.

Features

● Assistance by: World Bank.

● Components
o Disbursement linked indicators(DLI)-The Finds from World Bank will be provided
on fulfilling several indicators like reducing incidence of delayed payments, better
collaboration between centre-states in MSME acceleration, enhancing the
effectiveness of MSME Schemes etc.
o Strategic Investment Plans (SIPs)- A significant component of RAMP scheme is
preparation of SIPs. It includes plan for mobilising MSMEs, identification of key
constraints, set milestones for priority sectors intervention etc.
● Monitoring: By National MSME council headed by Minister of MSME.
● Eligibility
○ The MSME should be registered under the Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises
Development (MSMED) Act, 2006.
○ The MSME should have a valid Udyog Aadhaar Number (UAN).
Zero Defect Zero Effect Scheme (ZED) (2016)

● The scheme envisages to develop a Zero defect ( zero non-compliance and zero waste )
and Zero effect( zero air pollution/liquid discharge/ solid waste generation) culture in
India.
● The scheme accounts for productivity, quality, pollution mitigation, energy efficiency,
financial status, human resource and technological depth including design and IPR in both
products and processes.
● Its mission is to develop and implement the ‘ZED’ culture in India based on the principles
of Zero Defect & Zero Effect.
● Zero Defect: The Zero defect concept is focusing on the customer, Zero non-conformance
or non-compliance, Zero waste
● Zero Effect: Zero air pollution, liquid discharge, solid waste, Zero wastage of natural
resources

Components of the scheme

● Industry Awareness Programmes/Workshop

● Training Programmes
● Assessment & Certification
● PR campaign, Advertising & Brand Promotion
● Digital Platform

Eligibility

● All MSMEs registered with the UDYAM registration portal (of the MoMSME) will be eligible
to participate in MSME Sustainable (ZED) Certification and avail related
benefits/incentives.

Implementing Agency

● The scheme is implemented by Quality Council of India (QCI).

Scheme of Fund For Regeneration of Traditional industries (SFURTI) (2005)

● It is a Central Sector Scheme to promote Cluster development of traditional industries

(specifically khadi, coir and village industries).
● Aim: To make the traditional industries more competitive, market-driven, productive,
profitable and capable of providing sustainable employment for traditional industry
artisans and rural entrepreneurs.
● Implementing agency- KVIC (Khadi Village Industries Commission)
● For development of Coir- Coir Board is the nodal agency.

MSME Portals

● MSME SAMADHAAN Portal: for empowering micro and small entrepreneurs across the
country to directly register their cases relating to delayed payments.
● MSME SAMBANDH Portal: to help in monitoring the implementation of public
procurement policy for micro and small enterprises.
● MSME SAMPARK Portal: A digital platform wherein jobseekers (passed out
trainees/students of MSME Technology Centres) and recruiters get connected.
Ministry of Power

UJALA Scheme

Category Energy efficiency

Launched 2015

Objective ● To promote energy efficiency and reduce energy

consumption in households.
● To encourage the use of energy-saving lighting.
● To raise awareness about energy conservation.
● To maintain the environment
● Employing energy-efficient lighting minimises the
monthly cost of power.
● There is no effect on electrical traffic.

Features ● Implementation: The scheme is implemented by the Energy

Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a joint venture of PSUs under
the Ministry of Power.
● Coverage: The scheme covers all Indian states and union
territories.
● Distribution of LED bulbs at subsidized rates.
● LED bulbs provided are of 9 watts and have a long-life span.
● Consumers can purchase a maximum of 10 LED bulbs per
household.
● The scheme also provides a free replacement warranty for 3
years.

Benefits ● Reduction in energy bills.

● Reduction in carbon footprint and greenhouse gas
emissions.
● Improved lighting quality.
● Job creation in the LED manufacturing industry.

SAUBHAGYA- Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana

Category energy access to all

Launched 2017

Purpose to provide energy access to all by last mile connectivity and electricity
connections to all remaining un-electrified households in rural as well
as urban areas to achieve universal household electrification in the
country.
 Objective ● Primary objective is universal household electrification
● Focuses on households below the poverty line, including those
in villages and remote areas not covered under other schemes
● Provide energy access to all by last mile connectivity and
electricity connections to all remaining un-electrified
households in rural as well as urban areas.

Target Beneficiaries ● Aims to benefit rural and urban households across India
● Targets households below the poverty line, especially those in
remote areas
● Includes households not covered under DDUGJY and IPDS
schemes
● The beneficiaries would be identified using Socio Economic
and Caste Census (SECC) 2011 data.

Key Features ● Provides last-mile connectivity and installation of

household-level electricity connections
● Covers both rural and urban areas
● Scheme aims to achieve 24x7 power for all by 2019 by
providing electricity connection to each household across the
country.
● Installation of pre-paid and smart meters
● Aims to reduce technical and commercial losses of distribution
companies
● Repair and Maintenance (R&M) for 5 years.

Funding Funded by the Government of India

Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana

Category Electricity distribution

Launched 2014

Purpose to provide 24x7 power supply to rural areas and improve the quality
of life of rural households and boost rural economies.

Objective ● To provide electrification to all villages

 ● Feeder separation to guarantee adequate electricity to
farmers and a constant supply to other consumers.
● Enhancement of the Sub-transmission and Distribution
Network to enhance the supply's quality and dependability
● Using metering to decrease losses

Features ● Coverage: The scheme covers all rural households and

agricultural consumers in the country. It aims to provide
electricity to over 18,000 villages and about 12 crore rural
households in the country.
● Funding: The scheme is funded by the government of India
and the state governments. The central government provides
60% of the total project cost, and the rest is contributed by
the state governments.
● Cost: The total cost of the scheme is estimated at ₹76,000
crore. This includes the cost of separating agriculture and
non-agriculture feeders and strengthening the
sub-transmission and distribution networks.
● Implementation: The scheme is being implemented by the
Power Finance Corporation (PFC) and Rural Electrification
Corporation (REC).
● Timeframe: The scheme was launched in 2015 and was
expected to be completed by 2022. The scheme is being
implemented in a phased manner.

Component ● Separation of agriculture and non-agriculture feeders

● Strengthening of sub-transmission and distribution networks
● Progress: As of 2021, over 2.8 crore rural households have
been electrified under the scheme, and over 1.8 lakh villages
have been electrified. The scheme has been successful in
providing electricity to remote and inaccessible areas of the
country.

Ujjwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana

Category strengthen power distribution companies

Launched 2015

Purpose to financially strengthen power distribution companies (DISCOMs) in

India.

Objective ● Reduce the debt burden of DISCOMs.

● Improve the operational efficiency of DISCOMs.
● Ensure a sustainable power supply to consumers.
● Promote the use of renewable energy.
● Enforcing financial discipline on DISCOMs by aligning their
finances with those of the State.

Features ● Participation: The scheme is voluntary for states and aims to

cover all DISCOMs across India.
● Debt restructuring: UDAY provides for the financial
restructuring of DISCOM debt, with the state governments
taking over 75% of the debt as of September 2015 and
issuing bonds to pay off the lenders.
● Operational improvements: DISCOMs are required to meet
operational milestones such as reducing the cost of supply,
improving billing and collection efficiency, and reducing the
gap between the cost of supply and revenue realized.
● Tariff reforms: UDAY provides for tariff reforms such as
timely revision of tariffs, reduction in transmission and
distribution losses, and promotion of renewable energy
sources.
● Eligibility: All states and DISCOMs in India are eligible to join
UDAY.
● Benefits: The scheme is expected to lead to a reduction in
the cost of power, improved operational efficiency of
DISCOMs, and an increase in the utilization of power
generation capacity.
● Implementation: UDAY is implemented through a tripartite
agreement between the state government, DISCOMs, and
the Ministry of Power.

Other Schemes/Miscellaneous Initiatives

Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP) (2006)
Features

● Objective: Replace conventional street lights with energy-efficient LED lights.

● Implementation: Implemented by Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL).
● Coverage: Implemented in all the states and union territories of India.
Target

● Replace 3.5 crore conventional street lights with LED lights.

● Annual energy savings of 9,000 crore kWh.
● Reduction of 7.5 million tonnes of CO2 emissions per year.

Progress

● Over 3.3 crore conventional street lights replaced with LED lights.
● Energy savings of over 8,000 crore kWh.
● Reduction of over 6.8 million tonnes of CO2 emissions per year as of March 2023.

Standards and Labelling (S&L) Scheme

● Aimed at reducing energy consumption and promoting energy efficiency in household

and industrial appliances.

Objectives

● To inform consumers about the energy efficiency of different appliances.

● To help consumers make informed purchasing decisions.
● To incentivize manufacturers to produce energy-efficient appliances.

Types of appliances

● The S&L Scheme covers a wide range of household and industrial appliances.
● Appliances covered include air conditioners, refrigerators, televisions, washing machines,
and more.

Labels

● Manufacturers must display energy labels on their products.

● Labels indicate the appliance's energy efficiency level.
● Labels range from 1-star to 5-star, with 5-star being the most energy-efficient.

Energy efficiency standards

● The S&L Scheme sets energy efficiency standards for different appliances.
● Manufacturers must adhere to these standards.
● Standards are regularly updated to encourage the use of the latest technology and
advancements in energy efficiency.

Implementation

● The S&L Scheme is implemented by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE).

● The BEE is responsible for setting standards, testing and rating appliances, and enforcing
compliance.
 ● The BEE works closely with manufacturers, consumers, and other stakeholders to ensure
the success of the S&L Scheme

Gram Ujala Programme (2021)

● Aim: It was launched to provide affordable and high-quality LED bulbs to the rural
population.
● Under it, Each rural household can get high quality 7-Watt and 12-Watt LED bulbs with 3
years warranty at a cost of INR 10 per bulb in exchange of working incandescent bulbs.
Every household can exchange a maximum of 5 bulbs.

SAATHI for powerlooms (2018)

● It is a joint initiative of the Ministry of Power and Ministry of Textiles.
● It aims to increase efficiency of small and medium Powerloom units through energy and
cost savings.
● Under it, Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), would procure energy efficient
Powerlooms, motors and Rapier kits in bulk and provide them to the small and medium
Powerloom units at no upfront cost.
● EESL will be repaid over a period of 4 to 5 years in instalments through resulting energy
and cost savings by the owner.

Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP) (2015)

● It was launched to replace conventional street lights with smart and energy efficient LED
street lights across India.
○ It is the world's largest street light replacement programme.
○ Also, Free replacements and maintenance of lights at no additional cost is done by
EESL.
● Till December 2022, EESL has installed over 1.26 crore LED street lights in ULBs and Gram
Panchayats across India.

Perform Achieve and Trade (PAT) (2008)

● It was introduced NMEEE to improve energy efficiency in Indian industries and
consequently reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
● Aims: It aims at reducing Specific Energy Consumption (SEC) i.e. energy use per unit of
production for Designated Consumers (DCs) in energy intensive sectors
● Under it, the government shortlists industries (Designated consumers) and restricts the
amount of energy they can consume and defines a time limit of three years called one
PAT cycle by when this restriction should be met.
● The excess energy savings are converted into tradable instruments called Energy Saving
Certificates (ESCerts) that are traded at the Power Exchanges.
● PAT cycle-VII has been notified by the government in October 2021 for the period 2022-23
to 2024-25 with inclusion of industries like Cement, Commercial buildings (hotels), Iron
and Steel, Petroleum Refinery, Pulp and Paper and Textile.
Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme: Reforms-Based and Result-Linked (2021)

Aim

● Improve operational efficiencies and financial sustainability of DISCOMs

● Provide result-linked financial assistance based on meeting pre-qualifying criteria and
achieving basic minimum benchmarks

Outlay

● Rs 3,03,758 Crore over 5 years (FY 2021-22 to FY 2025-26)

● Includes an estimated Government Budgetary Support (GBS) of Rs 97,631 Crore
● Nodal Agencies: REC and PFC

Components

● Part A – Financial support for Prepaid Smart Metering & System Metering and
up-gradation of the Distribution Infrastructure.
● Part B – Training & Capacity Building and other Enabling & Supporting Activities.

Objectives

● Reduction of AT&C losses to pan-India levels of 12-15% by 2024-25

● Reduction of ACS-ARR gap to zero by 2024-25
● Improvement in the quality, reliability and affordability of power supply to consumers
through a financially sustainable and operationally efficient distribution sector

Prepaid Smart Metering

● Prioritized for 500 AMRUT cities, UTs, MSMEs, Industrial and Commercial consumers, and
Government offices at Block level and above
● Proposed to be implemented through PPP on TOTEX (CAPEX+OPEX) mode
● Grant of Rs 900 or 15% of cost per consumer meter (whichever is lower) for “Other than
Special Category” States; Rs 1350 or 22.5% of cost per consumer for “Special Category”
States
● Additional incentive of 7.5% of cost per consumer meter or Rs. 450 (whichever is lower)
for fast-track installation by Dec 2023; 11.25% or Rs. 675 (whichever is lower) for “Special
Category” States

Salient features

● Prepaid Smart Metering priority for 500 AMRUT cities, Union Territories, MSMEs,
Industrial and Commercial users, all Government offices at Block level and above, and
other high-loss regions.
● Prepaid smart and system metering through PPP on TOTEX mode.
● Feeder segregation for unsegregated feeders, solarized under KUSUM for cheap/free
daytime irrigation electricity.
● DISCOMs must meet pre-qualifying criteria before Outcome Evaluation Matrix evaluation
for scheme funding.
 ● Financial aid for non-smart metering works: maximum 60% of approved cost for DISCOMs
in "Other than Special Category" States and 90% for Special Category States.

Feeder Segregation

● Provision of feeder segregation for unsegregated feeders

● Feeders to be solarized under KUSUM – leading to cheap/ free daytime power for
irrigation.

Scheme for Procurement of Aggregate Power (SHAKTI Policy) ( (2022)

Background

● Prior to SHAKTI policy, coal was allocated to power plants through various methods like
fuel supply agreements (FSAs), long-term linkages, etc.
● These methods faced challenges like under-utilization of coal, disputes over coal quality,
etc.
● The SHAKTI policy aimed to address these challenges by introducing a more transparent
and market-based mechanism for coal allocation.

Objectives

● To ensure adequate availability of coal for power plants in India.

● To ensure transparent and competitive allocation of coal.
● To reduce dependence on imported coal.
● To ensure optimal utilization of domestic coal reserves.

Methodology of Coal Allocation

● Auction of coal linkages to power plants through a transparent online bidding process
● Auction is conducted by the nominated authority, Coal India Limited (CIL)
● Power plants are divided into three categories based on the date of commissioning: i)
those commissioned before 2009, ii) those commissioned between 2009-2014, and iii)
those commissioned after 2014
● Coal linkages are allotted based on the efficiency of the power plant, the cost of power
generation, and the availability of coal in the region

Features

● Coal linkages are allotted through a transparent online bidding process

● Power plants are divided into three categories based on the date of commissioning
● Coal linkages are allotted based on the efficiency of the power plant, the cost of power
generation, and the availability of coal in the region
● Power plants can surrender their coal linkages and bid for new ones based on the above
criteria
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas

Pradhan Mantri JI-VAN

Category setting up Second Generation (2G) ethanol project

Launched 2019

Purpose ● to create a viable alternative to fossil fuels and reduce

dependence on crude oil imports, while also promoting the
use of agricultural and other waste materials to produce
biofuels.

Features ● The total financial outlay: Rs. 1969.50 crore for

● Period of operation: 2018-19 to 2023-24.
● Contribution - government's goal of achieving 20% ethanol
blending with petrol by 2025.
● Under this scheme, financial assistance of Rs. 880 crore has
been approved to Public and Private Sector Oil Marketing
Companies (OMCs) for six commercial Second Generation
(2G) bio-ethanol projects in Punjab, Haryana, Odisha, Assam
and Karnataka and two demonstration 2G ethanol projects
one each in Haryana and Andhra Pradesh
● Focus: on the production of second-generation ethanol
● Implementation: The scheme is implemented by the
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas through its PSU, Indian
Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL). The IOCL will provide
financial assistance to the farmers for setting up CBG plants.
● Eligibility: Farmers, farmer producer organizations (FPOs),
and entrepreneurs are eligible to apply for the scheme. The
applicant must have a minimum of 25 acres of land for the
project.
● Capacity: The scheme aims to set up 5000 CBG plants with a
total capacity of 15 million metric tonnes per annum
(MMTPA) by the year 2023

financial assistance ● Rs.150 crore per project for commercial projects and
● Rs.15 crore per project for demonstration projects
● for the setting up of these plants, including a viability gap
funding of up to Rs. 2,500 crore over six years.
● for the establishment of supply chain infrastructure

Benifits ● to generate employment in rural areas and

 ● contribute to the growth of the biofuels industry in the
country.
● reduce the country's dependence on crude oil imports
● Promote a cleaner and greener environment.

SATAT (Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation) scheme

Category Compressed Bio Gas (CBG) production

Launched 2018

Purpose to create a sustainable ecosystem for the production and use of CBG,
which is produced from biodegradable waste such as agricultural
residue, municipal solid waste, and sewage.

Features ● Objectives: The primary objectives of the SATAT scheme are

to reduce India's dependency on imported fossil fuels,
promote sustainable agricultural practices, and reduce
carbon emissions from the transportation sector.
● Implementation: The scheme is being implemented by the
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas through its Public
Sector Undertakings (PSUs) such as Indian Oil Corporation
Limited (IOCL), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
(BPCL), and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
(HPCL).
● Eligibility: Any individual, company, or organization can
participate in the scheme by setting up a CBG plant. Priority
is given to projects based on agricultural residues, municipal
solid waste, and other organic waste.
● To promote: The use of compressed biogas (CBG) as an
alternative fuel for transportation.
● Target: Reducing crude oil imports by 10% by 2022.
● Aims to set up - 5,000 CBG plants across the country
● Deadline- 2023,
● Total production capacity -15 million tonnes per year.

Financial assistance ● for the setting up of CBG plants, including a subsidy of

up to 75% of the cost of the plant.
● establishment of supply chain infrastructure for the
collection, processing, and transportation of
biodegradable waste to the CBG plants
Ethanol Blending Petrol Programme (EBP)

Catregory Alternative and environment friendly fuels

Launched In 2003 in 9 states and 4 Union territories for supply of 5% Ethanol

Blended Petrol.

Purpose To promote the use of alternative and environment friendly fuels

and to reduce import dependency for energy requirements.

Features ● Coverage- This programme has been extended to the whole

of India except Union Territories of Andaman Nicobar and
Lakshadweep islands with effect from 01st April, 2019.
● Target- Initial target was to achieve 10% Ethanol Blending
by 2022 which India has already achieved in 2021-22.
○ Now, Present target is to achieve 20% Ethanol
Blending by 2025.
● E20 fuel will start to sell in the Indian market from April 1,
2023 as per recent government order.
● Oil Marketing Companies have to procure Ethanol from
domestic sources (sugarcane is the biggest source followed
by Molasses and then damaged food grains like Maize and
Rice).
● Under the programme,
○ Government has reduced the GST rate on ethanol
meant for EBP Programme from 18% to 5%
○ Government is providing funds for R&D for E20
compliant vehicle engines and Tax / Subsidies for
purchase of E20 compliant vehicles.

Other Schemes/Miscellaneous Initiatives

PM Ujjwala Yojana (2016)
Objective
 ● Provide clean cooking fuel to women belonging to BPL households
● Improve their health and living conditions
Eligibility
● Available to women belonging to BPL households
● Identification done through SECC 2011 data
Benefits:
● Free LPG connections to eligible households
● Subsidy on purchase of LPG cylinders to sustain use of clean cooking fuel
Implementation
● Implemented by Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas through its PSUs (IOCL, BPCL, and
HPCL)
Financial assistance
● Government provides financial assistance of Rs. 1600 per LPG connection to cover cost of
security deposit and pressure regulator
● Cost of LPG cylinder and stove to be borne by beneficiary
Subsidy
● Beneficiaries receive a subsidy of Rs. 835 per LPG cylinder for a period of three years from
the date of issue of the first connection
● Subsidy amount directly transferred to beneficiary's bank account

Ujjwala 2.0 scheme (2021)

● Launched to provide an additional 1 crore deposit-free LPG connections to those
low-income families who could not be covered under the earlier phase of PMUY.
● Under this, first refill and hotplate is also provided to the beneficiaries.
● Migrants will not be required to submit ration cards or any address proof. A
self-declaration will be sufficient.

Pratyaksh Hanstantrit Labh (PAHAL) (2013)

Objective
● Provide subsidy on LPG directly to consumers' bank accounts
● Prevent diversion and black marketing of LPG cylinders
● Streamline the delivery and payment process
Eligibility
● All domestic LPG consumers, including those who use subsidised LPG cylinders and those
who opt for non-subsidised LPG cylinders, are eligible to enrol for the scheme.
Benefits
● Subsidy on LPG cylinders transferred directly to consumers' bank accounts
● Option to receive LPG cylinders at market price for those who choose to forego subsidy
Enrolment
● Consumers can enrol for the scheme by linking their Aadhaar number with their bank
account and LPG consumer number.
 Subsidy amount
● The subsidy amount varies depending on the market price of LPG cylinders and is
calculated on a monthly basis.
● The subsidy is transferred directly to the bank account of the consumer.

Ministry of Railways

Avataran

Category Transformation of Indian Railways

Launched 2016

Purpose ● To transform Indian Railways through seven Mission activities –

Avataran.

Features Seven Mission are as follows

● Mission 25: It aims to increase revenue by augmenting carrying

capacity.
● Mission zero accident: Elimination of unmanned level crossings
and Train Collision avoidance system
● Mission PACE: Aims to improve our procurement and
consumption practice.
● Mission Raftaar: It targets the doubling of average speed of
freight trains.
● Mission Hundred
● Mission beyond book keeping-It will establish an accounting
system.
● Mission Capacity utilization- It purposes to prepare a blue print
for making full use of the huge new capacity that will be created
through two dedicated freight corridors between Delhi-Mumbai
and Delhi-Kolkata

Other Schemes/Miscellaneous Initiatives

Mission Satyanishtha (2018)

 ● A Program on Ethics in Public Governance
Aim

● Sensitizing all railway employees about need to adhere to good ethics and to maintain
high standards of integrity at work.
Objectives

● To train every employee to understand need and value of ethics in personal and public life.
● To deal with ethical dilemmas in life and public governance.
● To help understand policies of Indian Railways on ethics and integrity and employee’s role
in upholding same.
● To develop inner governance through tapping inner resources.

Vikalp scheme (2015)

● To make sure available berths are optimally used.
Objective
● Helps passengers get a confirmed seat in an alternate train if a waitlisted ticket doesn’t
make it to the confirmed list.
Features
● Opt-in: Passengers can opt for the Vikalp scheme while booking their ticket Alternative
options: If a train is cancelled or delayed by more than 3 hours, the Vikalp scheme will
provide the passenger with an alternative train option, either on the same route or a
nearby route.
● No extra charge: There is no extra charge for availing the Vikalp scheme. However, if the
new train option is more expensive, the passenger will have to pay the difference.
● Automatic rebooking: If the passenger has opted for the Vikalp scheme and their train is
cancelled or delayed, the system will automatically rebook them on an alternate train.
● SMS notification: Passengers will receive an SMS notification about the new train option
and the updated details.
● Waiting list: If the passenger has a waiting list ticket and the new train option has
confirmed seats available, their ticket will be automatically confirmed.
● No cancellation fee: If the passenger chooses not to travel on the new train option
provided by the Vikalp scheme, they can cancel their ticket without any cancellation fee.
● Limited availability: The Vikalp scheme is subject to availability and not applicable on all
trains and routes.

Rail Cloud (2017)

● Rail Cloud is a virtual server that allows Indian Railways to deploy various IT applications
and services on a single platform
● Aim: It is aimed at optimizing server the resources and its management.
● Enable faster connectivity at a reduced cost.
● Developed by Rail PSU RailTel
Features
 ● Scalability: Rail Cloud is a highly scalable platform that can handle a large amount of data
and traffic, making it suitable for a vast transportation network.
● Centralized Data Management: It provides a centralized data management system that
stores all the information related to railway operations, such as train schedules, passenger
information, and freight management.
● Real-time Data Analysis: Rail Cloud uses advanced analytics tools that enable real-time
analysis of data, helping railway operators to make informed decisions and improve
operational efficiency.
● Interoperability: The Rail Cloud platform is designed to be interoperable with other
railway systems, allowing seamless integration of data and services across the network.
● Enhanced Security: Rail Cloud uses state-of-the-art security measures to ensure the
protection of sensitive data, such as passenger information, against cyber threats and
unauthorized access.

Rail Kausal Vikas Yojana (2021)

● Skill development programme launched under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas
Yojana (PMKVY).
Features

● Aim: Training will be provided to youth with a special focus on jobs that are relevant to the
Railways.
● Objective: The primary objective of the Rail Kaushal Vikas Yojana is to improve the skills of
the railway workforce and make them more efficient and effective in their roles. + To train
50,000 candidates over the next three years.
● Implementation: The scheme is implemented by the National Skill Development
Corporation (NSDC) and its training partners.
● Coverage: The scheme covers railway employees across all levels, from frontline staff to
senior officers.
● Certification: After completing the training, the employees are awarded certificates by
NSDC, which are recognized across the country.
● Funding: The scheme is funded by the Ministry of Railways, which provides the necessary
resources to NSDC and its training partners.
● Eligibility: Candidates who are 10th passed and between 18-35 years. + The training will be
provided in four trades viz. Electrician, Welder, Machinist and Fitter

Bharat Gaurav Scheme (2021)

● To tap the huge potential tourism in India
● Under this scheme, private tour operators can take trains on lease from railways and run
these trains on any circuit of their choice.
Features
● Operated by private players and run on theme-based circuits
● Any operator or service provider, or virtually anyone, can lease trains from Indian Railways
to run on a theme-based circuit as a special tourism package.
 ● The operator has the freedom to decide the route, the halts, the services provided, and,
most importantly, the tariff.
Service Providers
● Service providers will offer all-inclusive packages to tourists.
● The packages will include rail travel, hotel accommodation, sightseeing arrangements,
visits to historical/heritage sites, and tour guides.

Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFC) scheme (2005)

● Dedicated Freight Corridor scheme was announced in 2005-06.
● Need for scheme
○ Over the years, Railways lost the share in freight traffic from 88% in 1950-51 to
26% in 2021-22.
● Presently, two DFCs are being built with total sanctioned length of 2843 kms which are-
○ Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor from Ludhiana to Sonnagar (1337 km) and
○ Western Dedicated Freight Corridor from JawaharLal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) to
Dadri (1506 kms)
○ World Bank and JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) are providing
loans to implement the project along with budgetary support from the
Government of India.
● Benefits of these two DFCs
○ After operationalisation, average speed of freight trains on this route will increase
from 25 kmph to 70 kmph.
○ decongest the Indian Railways network and average speed of passenger trains will
also increase.
○ increase rail share in freight transportation from 26% to 45%.
○ connect existing ports and Industrial centres for faster movement of goods.
● The Government is also planning to build
○ East Coast corridor with a length of 1115 km
○ East-West corridor (2163 km) and
○ North-South sub corridor (975 km)

Ministry Of Minority Affairs

Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK)

Category minority communities

Type Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS)

Launched 2018

Purpose To provide better socio economic infrastructure facilities to the minority

communities particularly in the field of education, health & skill
development which would further lead to lessening of the gap between
the national average and the minority communities with regard to
backwardness parameters.
 Features ● It is a restructured form of Multi-Sectoral Development
Programme (MsDP)
● Identification of areas- They have been identified on the basis
of minority population, socio-economic and basic amenities
data of 2011 census.
● Earmarked funds- 80% of the resources under the scheme are
earmarked for projects women.
● The scheme will continue to support the state/UTs in creating
infrastructure to improve quality of life of people and reduce
imbalances in the minority concentration areas.
● To ensure that benefits reach the intended beneficiaries, project
proposals are accepted under the scheme from Central
Government Departments/Organisations, Central Public Sector
Enterprise and Universities etc

PM Virasat se Samvardhan Scheme (PM VIKAS)

Category Education, skilling, and employment

Type Central Sector Scheme

Purpose To facilitate opportunities for minority communities in education, skilling,

and employment to ensure their inclusive development in the national
fabric.

Objectives ● To provide formal education and certification up to class 8th,

10th and 12th through open schooling to dropouts.
● To preserve and promote traditional art and craft forms.
● To empower women from minority and artisan families.
● To provide employment opportunities to minority communities.
● To develop model and sustainable art and craft villages.

Features ● Family centric approach- special focus on artisan families,

women, youth and differently abled.
● Minority communities include 6 notified minorities – Muslims,
Sikhs, Jains, Parsis, Buddhist and Christians.
● The scheme is intended to be implemented in convergence with
Skill India Mission.

Components under Skilling and training component-

the scheme
● Traditional training (earlier known as USTTAD and Hamari
Dharohar)-
It covers training in need based courses for minority artisan
communities and their family members who are engaged in
traditional arts and crafts.
● Non-traditional skilling (earlier known as Seekho aur kamao) –
 It seeks to impart skill training, particularly to minority and
artisan families in National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF)
complaint job roles in sectors having linkages with art and crafts.

Leadership and Entrepreneurship Component- (earlier Nai Roshni)

● It seeks to promote leadership development and basic

entrepreneurship primarily among youth from minority
communities.
● Biz Sakhis- The scheme intends to select aspiring women
entrepreneurs to become business mentors (Biz Sakhis).

Education component- (earlier Nai Manzil)-

It aims to provide education bridge program to school dropouts from

minority and artisan communities for pursuing open schooling in class
8th, 10th and 12th and provide certification through National Institute of
Open School (NIOS).

Infrastructure Development component- (Hub and Spoke villages)-

A hub and spoke model should be leveraged wherein art and craft
villages known as Vishwakarma Villages should be developed. These
villages will strive to provide artisans with a unique and dignified cultural
identity.

Other Schemes/Miscellaneous Initiatives

Cyber Gram (2018)

● Under this initiative, students of minority communities are provided hands on training in
computers to enable them to acquire basic Information and Communication Technology
(ICT) skills to become digitally literate and to actively participate in knowledge based
activities, access financial, social and government services and to use internet for
communications.
Features
● It will cover students from class 6th-10th studying in recognised madarsas/schools having
no facility of computers.
● 39 hours of basic computer training through common service centres.

Manas-Maulana Azad National Academy for skills (2014)

An initiative to fulfil the vision of skill India and achieve the over-riding goal of Sabka Sath Sabka
Vikas

Features
 ● It offer a National-level training framework. This is achieved through its collaborations
with National and International training organisations through PPP mode.
● It plays a vital role in imparting knowledge and training for skills that are in-demand to
members of various minority communities which face a shortage of workforce or labour,
and where employment opportunities are expected to surge.
● Assistance is provided by the National Minorities Development and Finance Corporation
(NMDFC) with respect to credit for individuals trained at MANAS in order to help them
establish their own businesses and to even be self-employed.
● MANAS has collaborations with multiple national and international agencies in order to
provide certification and assistance with respect to placements for the trainees at MANAS.
These collaborations also help MANAS to secure funding to run the program

Tehreek –e-Taalim Scheme (2017)

● It has been launched in 100 districts of the country to bring Madarsas and minority
institutions into mainstream.
● Training will be provided to teachers in maths, science, computer, Hindi and English.

Naya Savera scheme (2007)

● It is a free coaching and allied scheme with the aim to enhance skills and knowledge of
students and candidates from minority communities to get employment in Government
sector/ PSUs, jobs in private sector etc.
● It is also provided for preparing for entrance exams to get admission in reputed
institutions in technical and professional courses.

Nayi Udaan
This initiative supports students from minority communities clearing prelims conducted by UPSC,
State PSCs and Staff Selection Commission (SSC).

Ministry Of Defence

One Rank One Pension Scheme

Aim: The Scheme aims to provide uniform pension to armed forces personnel retiring at the same
rank with same length of service, regardless of their date of retirement.

features of the scheme

● Launched: 2015
● Pension to be re-fixed for all the pensioners retiring at the rank and with same length of
service as the average of minimum and maximum pensions in 2013.
● Exception- The personnel who voluntary retire will not be covered under the scheme.
● The pension would be re-fixed in every 5 years in future.
● The arrears will be paid in 4 half-yearly instalments. However, war widows and widows will
be paid arrears in single instalment.
Defence Testing Infrastructure (DTI) Scheme
Aim: The scheme aims to promote indigenous defence production with special focus on
participation of MSMEs and Start ups by bridging gaps in defence testing infrastructure in the
country.

Features of the Scheme

● Launched: 2020
● Duration- 5 years.
● Collaboration with private sector-It envisages setting up 6-8 new facilities in collaboration
with private industry.
● Special purpose vehicle- Each DTI will be set up through a special purpose vehicle (SPV).
Such SPVs will be registered under Companies Act, 2013.
● Eligibility- Only private entities registered in India and State Government agencies will
qualify for forming the special purpose vehicle.
● Funding: The projects under the scheme will be provided with up to 75% government
funding in the form of grants in aid. The remaining 25% of the project cost will have to be
borne by the SPV.

Ministry Of New and Renewable Energy

National Green Hydrogen Mission

Category increasing renewable energy

Launched 2021

Purpose becoming energy independent by 2047 and achieving Net Zero by 2070.

Objective ● To incentivise the commercial production of green hydrogen and

make India a net exporter of the fuel
● To decarbonise the energy sector and Reduce dependence on
imported fossil fuels
● To facilitate demand creation, production and utilization of
Green Hydrogen
● To create export opportunities for Green Hydrogen and its
derivatives
● Development of indigenous manufacturing capabilities

Projected Outcomes- ● Development of at least 5MMT (million metric tonnes) /annum

production capacity of Green hydrogen
● Renewable energy capacity addition to about 125GW in the
country
● Over ₹8 lakh crore investment in the sector
● Creation of over 6 lakh jobs
 ● Abatement of nearly 50 MMT of annual greenhouse gas
emissions
● Cumulative reduction in fossil fuel imports over ₹ 1 lakh crore

Features ● A coordinated skill development programme will also be

undertaken under the scheme.
● 2 phases under the mission-
○ Phase-1- 2022-2026- focus on demand creation and
technology up-gradation
○ Phase-2- 2026-2030- focus on sustainable increase in
production of green hydrogen

Component ● SIGHT (Strategic Interventions for Green Hydrogen Transition

Programme)-It focuses on targeted domestic manufacturing of
electrolysers and production of green hydrogen.
● SHIP (Strategic Hydrogen Innovation Partnership)-Under this
programme, public-private partnership framework for R&D will
be facilitated.
● Green Hydrogen Hubs- Regions capable of supporting large
scale production will be identified and developed as Green
Hydrogen hubs.

PM Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM)

Category solar irrigation pumps for cultivation.

Launched 2019

Purpose ● To subsidize farmers to install solar irrigation pumps for

cultivation. Each farmer will receive a 60% subsidy to set up tube
wells and pump sets. They will also get 30% of the total cost as a
loan from the Government.

Features- ● Targets- 20 lakh farmers to be provided assistance for setting up

stand-alone solar pumps.
● Another 15 lakh farmers to be helped to solarise their grid-
connected pump sets.

Component ● Component A: Install a total of 10GV grid-connected

stilt-mounted decentralized solar plants and other renewable
energy-based power plants. Each plant is sized up to 500KW to
2MV.
 ● Component B: Install stand-alone solar pumps of up to 7.5HP
individual capacity and worth 17.50 lakh.
● Component C: Provide financial support to Solaris 10 lakh
grid-connected agricultural pumps of 7.5HP of capacity each.

Other Schemes/Miscellaneous Initiatives

Scheme for development of Solar parks and ultra mega power project (2014)

It is an initiative to facilitate the solar project developers to set up projects in a plug and play
model.

Objectives

● To provide a huge impetus to solar energy generation.

● To enable states to meet their Renewable Purchase Obligation mandate.
● To reduce carbon footprints by avoiding emissions.
● To avoid extensive procurement of fossil fuels.

Features of the scheme-

● Target- To set up at least 25 solar parks and ultra mega solar power projects targeting
over 40GW of solar power installed capacity to be set up by 2021-22.
● It envisages supporting states in setting up solar parks at various locations in the
country.
● The capacity of solar park shall be 500 MW or above. However, smaller parks are
considered depending on difficult terrain.
● Implementing agency- Solar power park developer.
● Funding- Central financial assistance of up to 25 lakh per solar park.
● Collaboration- The solar parks are developed in collaboration with state governments and
their agencies, Central PSUs and private entrepreneurs.

Suryamitra Skill Development Programme (2015)

Aims: It aims to develop the skills of youth, considering the opportunities for employment in
the growing solar energy power projects’ in India.

Salient features of the scheme-

● Central Sector Scheme.

● Implementing Agency- National Institute of Solar Energy.
● Eligibility- qualification required is ITI/Diploma in engineering.
● Training- 90 days /600 hours.
● Short term training programmes are organised under the scheme for small hydro power,
entrepreneurship development, operation and maintenance of solar energy devices etc.
Grid Connected Solar Rooftop (Phase-II) Scheme (2019)
● Target- To achieve a cumulative installed capacity of 40,000 MW from Grid Connected
Rooftop Solar (RTS) projects by the end of the scheme period.
○ 4000 MW in residential sector (rest in commercial sector)
● Financial assistance
○ For individual capacity, Central Financial Assistance (CFA) is
■ 40% of the project cost (up to 3 KW projects)
■ 20% of the project cost (3 KW to 10 KW)
○ For housing societies/ Resident Welfare Associations CFA is
■ 20% of the project cost for up to 10 kW capacities per house
■ 20% of plant cost for supply of power to common facilities of max 500 KW
capacity.

Development of Solar Parks and Ultra Mega Solar Power Projects (2014)
● A solar park is a large chunk of land developed with common infrastructure facilities like
transmission infrastructure, road, water, drainage, communication network etc. with all
statutory clearances so that solar power developers can set up solar power projects
hassle free.
● Target- to set up 25 solar parks and Ultra Mega Solar Power Projects targeting 40 GW of
solar power installed capacity by 2023-24.
● All the states/UTs are eligible to get benefits under the scheme.
● Solar parks are developed in collaboration with State governments and their agencies,
CPSUs, and private entrepreneurs

Off-Grid Solar PV Applications Programme

● It is one of the oldest programmes of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
○ Its Phase-1 was launched from 2010-13 with a target of 200 MWp
○ In Phase-2 (2013-17), target was 500 MWp
○ Currently, Phase-III is under implementation with a target of 118 MWp excluding
solar pumps, which are covered under the PM-KUSUM scheme.
● It is aimed at providing solar PV based applications in areas where grid power is either
not available or is unreliable.
● Applications such as solar home lighting systems, solar street lighting systems, solar
power plants, solar pumps, solar lanterns and solar study lamps are covered under the
programme.

Atal Jyoti Yojana (2016)

● Phase-1- 2016-18
● Phase-2- 2018-20
● Implementing Agency- EESL
● Objective-
 ○ To provide Solar Street Lights (SSLs) for public use like lighting roads, bus stops
etc and improvement in security & safety through better lighting.
○ Target states were-
■ Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Jharkhand and Bihar,
■ Hilly states of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jammu and Kashmir
■ North Eastern states including Sikkim
○ It also included UTs of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and Lakshadweep and
Aspirational Districts of other states.
● It is a sub scheme under Off –grid and Decentralised Solar Thermal Application scheme.
● Under this, SSLs with LED capacity of 12W have been provided in areas which do not
enjoy adequate coverage of power.
● Funding ratio- 75% from MNRE Budget and 25% from MPLAD funds.

SuryaMitra Skill Development Programme (2015)

● The scheme is being implemented by the MNRE through National Institute of Solar
Energy, Gurugram since 2015-16 to train youth of age above 18 years as solar PV
technicians for installation, operation and maintenance of solar power projects
○ Training module is of 600 hrs or 90 days duration.
○ Under this, Special emphasis is given to skill youth from SC/ST/OBC categories.

National BioEnergy Programme (2022)

● Implementing Ministry- MNRE
● Tenure- 2021-22 to 2025-26
● It has 3 components
○ Waste to Energy Programme
■ to support setting up of waste to energy projects for generation of
Biogas/BioCNG/Power or syngas from urban, industrial and agricultural
wastes/residues.
■ Under it, Central Financial Assistance will be provided to project
developers for setting up Waste to Energy plants.
○ Biomass Programme
■ to support setting up of Biomass Briquette/Pellet manufacturing plants
and Biomass (non-bagasse) based cogeneration projects in the country.
■ Under it, Central Financial Assistance will be provided to project
developers for setting up of Biomass projects.
○ Biogas programme
■ To support setting up of family and medium sized Biogas plants in rural
areas.
■ for clean cooking fuel, lighting, meeting thermal and small power needs
of users which ultimately results in GHG reduction, improved sanitation,
women empowerment and creation of rural employment.
 Development of solar cities scheme

Aim: It is an initiative to promote the use of renewable energy in urban areas by providing
support to municipal corporations to develop Solar Cities.

Salient features-

● It aims at providing financial assistance up to ₹ 50 lakhs/ city/ town.

● A total of 60 cities are approved to be supported for development as solar cities.
● Criteria for identification of cities-
● A city with population between 50,000 to 50 lakh
● Promotes energy efficiency and renewable energy

National Bio Energy Programme (2022)

Aim: It aims to aid the use of huge surplus biomass, cattle dung and industrial and urban
bio-waste available in the country.

National Bio Energy Programme

● Waste to Energy Programme-It will support the setting-up of large Biogas, BioCNG plants
to generate energy from biomass.
● Biogas Programme-To support setting-up of large and medium size biogas plants in rural
areas
● Biomass Programme- It is a scheme to support manufacturing of Briquettes and Pellets
and Promotion of Biomass (non –bagesse) based Co-generation in Industries

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

Bharatmala Pariyojana

Category Road Infrastructure

Launched 2017

Purpose ● Bridging critical infrastructure gaps through development of

34,800 km of National Highways.

Phases 2
● Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase-I comprising of 24,800 km. of
various categories of roads and about 10,000 km. of
residual NHDP projects has been approved at a cost of Rs.
5.35 Lakh Crore. As of Dec 2022 about 23,500 km. has been
awarded and about 11,400 km. has been completed. The
 balance projects are targeted for award by Financial Year
2024-25.

Components of the scheme ● Economic Corridors: Integrating the economic corridors

facilitates larger connectedness between economically
important production and consumption centres.
● Inter-corridor and Feeder routes: This would ensure first
mile and last mile connectivity.
● National Corridor Efficiency Improvement: Through this,
the greater actionable goal is to undertake lane expansion
and decongestion of existing National Corridors.
● Border and International connectivity roads: Better border
road infrastructure would ensure greater manoeuvrability,
while also boosting trade with neighbouring countries.
● Coastal and Port connectivity roads: Port-led economic
development is further boosted through connectivity to
coastal areas, encouraging both tourism and industrial
development.
● Green-field Expressways: Expressways have higher traffic
configuration and choke points would benefit from
green-field expressways

Implementation of the ● 27 greenfield corridors are planned with an overall length

scheme of 9000+ kms.
● India’s largest expressway- Delhi-Mumbai Expressway of
length 1386 kms is being built.
● 60% of the projects are implemented in Hybrid Annuity
Model, 10% on BOT (Toll) Mode and 30% projects on EPC
mode.

Other Schemes/Miscellaneous Initiatives

Setu Bharatam (2016)
● Aim: to make all National Highways free of railway-level crossings by constructing Railway
Over Bridges (ROB)/Railway Under Bridges (RUB) by 2019.
○ Also, 1500 bridges will be widened, rehabilitated or replaced.
● It is a Central Sector Scheme (funded entirely by the Government of India).

Char Dham Mahamarg Vikas Pariyojana (2016)

● Aim: to improve connectivity for Char-Dham (Gangotri, Yamunotri, Kedarnath and
Badrinath) in Uttarakhand.
● The project is being opposed by the environmentalists on the grounds that it will affect the
entire ecology of the state.

Green National Highway Corridor Project (GNHCP)

 ● The Government of India and the World Bank have signed an agreement in 2023 for the
construction of GNHCP in an aggregate length of 781 km in the states of Himachal
Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh, with loan assistance of US $ 500
million against total project cost of US $ 1288.24 million.
● Aim: to demonstrate safe and green highway keeping in view climate resilience and use
of green technologies by incorporating the provisions of conservation of natural resources.

Green Highways (Plantation, Transplantation, Beautification & Maintenance) Policy, 2015

● Aim- to promote greening of Highway corridors with participation of the community,
farmers, private sector, NGOs, and government institutions.
● Under this, 1% of the total project cost of all highways projects will be kept aside for the
highway plantation and its maintenance.

National Electronic Toll Collection (NETC) (2019)

● National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has developed the NETC programme to
meet the electronic tolling requirements of the Indian market.
○ Under this, NPCI has developed FASTag technology.
● FASTag is a device that uses Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology for making
toll payments when the vehicle is in motion.
● FASTag offers the convenience of cashless payment along with benefits like - savings on
fuel and time as the customer does not have to stop at the toll plaza.

Bharat- NCAP (New Car Assessment Programme) norms (2022)

● It is a rating based safety assessment of Indian cars based on various parameters. It will
be aligned with global benchmark testing protocols.
● Under this, cars will be assigned a “safety” star rating from one to five and consumers will
be able to make informed choices.
● This was introduced to reduce the number of accident deaths in the country.
○ India accounts for the maximum number of road accident deaths with 14 people
getting killed every hour on the roads.

Vehicle Scrappage policy (2021)

● Aim: The policy was introduced with an aim to phase out old passenger and commercial
vehicles and thereby reduce air pollution, increase passenger and road safety and
stimulate vehicle sales.
● The policy requires passenger vehicles older than 20 years and commercial vehicles older
than 15 years to pass a “fitness and emissions test” to keep their registration.
● Vehicles failing the mandatory test are defined as end-of-life vehicles, lose their
registration certificate and are recommended to be scrapped.
● The policy further introduces incentives to scrap old vehicles, including discounts on the
purchase of new vehicles against a scrappage certificate.
● The government is planning to promote the setting-up of the Registered Vehicle
Scrapping Facility across the country.

Multi-Modal Logistics Parks (MMLP) (2017)

● MMLPs are logistical facilities developed with support from state and union government
agencies and active collaboration from the private sector.
● Aim: They are envisioned to have the necessary infrastructure to support containerised
cargo, bulk cargo, liquid cargo, grain silos, and other logistics modes based on regional
economic needs, and facilitate seamless logistics operations.
 ● As an integrated freight handling facility, MMLPs are designed to effect seamless
intermodal shifts in transportation and perform an array of value-added services to make
the entire supply chain lean and efficient.
● India’s first MMLP is being set up in Thiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu under the PM Gati
Shakti National Master Plan launched in 2021.
○ It will be implemented in PPP mode with Reliance Industries as its private partner.

Ministry of Shipping

Jal Marg Vikas Project

Category navigation on National Waterway-1

Launched 2014

Purpose capacity augmentation of navigation on National Waterways-1

Features ● It is an initiative to develop the National Waterway-1 (NW-1),

which is a navigable stretch of the river Ganga between Varanasi
in Uttar Pradesh and Haldia in West Bengal.
○ States: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal
● The project is being implemented by the Inland Waterways
Authority of India with technical assistance and investment
support from the World Bank.
● The project aims to improve the navigability of this stretch and
develop it as an efficient and eco-friendly mode of
transportation for cargo and passengers.
● The project includes infrastructure development such as the
construction of multi-modal terminals, jetties, mechanised
handling equipment, and navigation aid.
○ It will also include terminals for Roll-on-Roll-off (Ro-Ro)
ferries, Digital dashboards, and portals for River
Information systems (RIS) and Vessel Traffic
Management Systems (VTMS) and integrated vessel
repair and maintenance facilities.
● 2018-Nov: PM inaugurated India’s first multi-modal terminal at
Varanasi & welcomed the cargo ship ‘MV Rabindranath Tagore
coming from Kolkata.
Sagarmala Programme

Category port-led development

Launched 2015

Purpose ● To promote port-led development in the country through

harnessing India’s 7,500 km long coastline, 14,500 km of
potentially navigable waterways and strategic location on key
international maritime trade routes.

Objective ● Enhancing the capacity of major and non-major ports and

modernising them.
● Under it, for the Holistic Development of Coastal Districts 567
projects with an estimated cost of Rs. 59,000 crore have been
identified under the four pillars
○ Coastal Infrastructure development
○ Coastal Industrial development
○ Coastal Tourism development
○ Coastal Community development

Components ○ Port modernisation (capacity expansion of existing

ports) and new port development
○ Port led Industrialisation
■ A National Perspective Plan has been prepared
to identify 14 geographical regions called
Coastal Economic Zone (CEZ).
■ These CEZs are port-proximate industrial
clusters to reduce the logistics cost and time
of Export-Import and domestic cargo.
○ Port Connectivity Enhancement through coastal
shipping and Inland Waterways Transport.
○ Coastal Community Development
■ Employment generation
■ Fisheries and Tourism
■ PM Matsya Sampada Yojana has been
launched for development of fisheries and
fishermen.

Coastal berth scheme of Under this, financial assistance up to 50% of total project cost for
Sagarmala creation of infrastructure for movement of cargo and passengers by
sea/national waterways is provided to ports/state governments

Initiatives under ● Ferry service

Sagarmala ○ Water transport is economical as well as eco-friendly
mode of transport. Ministry of Ports, Shipping and
Waterways under Sagarmala programme has
 undertaken Ro-Ro/Ro-Pax and passenger jetty
projects across several routes. In June 2022, the
Ministry issued a draft of the “Guidelines for
Operationalization of Ro-Ro and Ro-Pax ferry service
along the coast of India.
○ The ministry has operationalized Ro-Pax Ferry service
between Ghogha - Hazira in Gujarat and Mumbai -
Mandwa in Maharashtra. These services have
transported more than 7 lakh passenger and 1.5 lakh
vehicles, contributing towards clean environment and
public welfare.
○ Ro-Ro/Ro-Pax has multiple benefits including reduced
travel time, reduced logistics cost and lower pollution
in comparison to conventional mode of
transportation.

● National Maritime Heritage Complex, Lothal

○ Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways approved
setting up of a National Maritime Heritage Complex at
Lothal - proposed to be implemented in 3 phases.
○ It would be the first of its kind world class Museum
complex and an international tourist destination in the
country to showcase India's rich Maritime Heritage
dating back from Harappan times.

● Coastal trade
○ Promotion of Coastal Shipping is topmost priority of
the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways under
Sagarmala and the ministry has undertaken several
initiatives to promote coastal shipping in the country.
○ In order to continue this pace and seek further growth
of coastal trade, a perspective plan up to 2025 on
development of coastal shipping in India has been
prepared by Asian Development Bank.
○ To encourage a modal shift, Coastal vessels are being
provided a discount of 40% in port charges over
foreign going vessels.
● Cruise Terminals
○ Under the coastal shipping and IWT pillar of Sagarmala
programme, there are various projects which
specifically focus on promotion of cruise passenger
transport.
● Coastal Community Development
 ○ For the welfare of fishermen community, the Ministry
of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, is part-funding
fishing harbour projects in convergence with Ministry
of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
(MoFAH&D) under their Centrally Sponsored Scheme
‘Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY).

Other Scheme/Miscellaneous Initiative

MV Ganga Vilas (2023)

● India’s longest river cruise MV Ganga Vilas has been launched by Indian PM which will
herald a new age of river cruise tourism in India.
○ In Jan 2023, Indian PM flagged off the world’s longest river cruise, MV Ganga
Vilas in Varanasi.
● The luxury cruise will cover a distance of more than 3,200 kms across 27 river systems in 5
states in India (Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Assam) and Bangladesh.
● The cruise will operate between Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh and Dibrugarh in Assam.
● The 51 days cruise is planned with visits to 50 tourist spots including World Heritage Sites,
National Parks, river Ghats, and major cities along the route.
● The itinerary of MV Ganga Vilas has been curated to showcase the rich heritage of India
with stopovers in spots of historical, cultural and religious importance.

Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

PM Awas Yojana (Urban)

Category Housing

Type Central sponsored scheme.

Launched 2015
Purpose To address urban housing shortage (validated demand of 1.12 crore
houses) among the EWS/ LIG and MIG category, including the slum
dwellers by ensuring a pucca house to eligible urban households by the
year 2022. (Now, the scheme has been extended till 2024)

Eligibility ● The beneficiary family should not own a pucca house either in
his/her name or in the name of any member of his/her family in
any part of India.
● Annual income cap
■ For EWS (Economically Weaker Section)- up to Rs
3 lakh
■ For LIG (Low Income Group)-Rs 3-6 lakh
■ For MIG (Middle Income Group)- Rs 6-18 lakh

Four components of
the scheme ● In-Situ Slum Redevelopment (ISSR): GoI grant at Rs 1 lakh per
house
● Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS): Interest subsidy of 3-6.5%
(Rs 2.67 lakh)
● Affordable Housing in Partnership : GoI grant at Rs 1.5 lakh per
house
● Beneficiary-led construction: GoI grant at Rs 1.5 lakh per house

Features ● The beneficiaries can take advantage under one component only.
○ EWS eligible for all components.
○ LIG and MIG available only for CLSS.
● The houses constructed/acquired with central assistance under
the mission should be in the name of the female head of the
household or in the joint name of the male head of the
household and his wife, and only in cases when there is no adult
female member in the family, the house can be in the name of
male member of the household.
● Use of technology
○ Geo-tagging for monitoring the progress of construction
of houses,
○ Public Financial Management System (PFMS) to ensure
electronic fund flow
○ Technology Sub-Mission to implement new construction
technologies, have been introduced
● Government has also sanctioned ‘infrastructure status’ for the
affordable housing sector, giving a boost to PMAY

Affordable Rental ● It is a sub-component under the PMAY-U launched in 2020 under

Housing Complex the Atma Nirbhar Bharat initiatives to provide affordable shelter
(ARHCs) to migrant workers living in cities.
● Target Beneficiaries:
○ Economically Weaker Section (EWS)/ Low Income Group
(LIG) who are urban migrants/poor.
○ Also, It includes labour, industrial workers, street
 vendors,rickshaw pullers, students etc.
● Two models of Implementation:
○ Utilising existing Government funded vacant houses to
convert into ARHCs through Public Private Partnership or
by Public Agencies;
○ Construction, Operation and Maintenance of ARHCs by
Public/ Private Entities on their own vacant land.
● Central government will provide concession project finance
under the Affordable Housing Fund (AHF) and Priority Sector
Lending (PSL).
● This scheme will be implemented in all Statutory towns, Notified
Planning Areas, and areas of Development/ Special Area
Development/ Industrial Development Authorities

Jal Jeevan Mission (Urban)

Category water supply to all households

Type Centrally Sponsored Scheme

Launched 2021

Purpose ● To provide universal coverage of water supply to all households

through functional taps and coverage of sewerage
management in 500 AMRUT cities.

Objective ● Water Supply- universal coverage of water supply to all

households through functional taps in all 4,378 statutory
towns in accordance with SDG Goal- 6.
● Sewer- Providing coverage of sewerage/septage management
in 500 AMRUT cities.
● Rejuvenation of water bodies- to augment sustainable fresh
water supply and creating green spaces and sponge cities to
reduce floods.

Funding Pattern ● 100% for Union Territories;

● 90% for North Eastern and Hill States;
● 50% for cities with less than 1 lakh population;
● 33% for cities with 1 lakh to 10 lakh population;
● 25% for cities with a million plus population.

Features of the scheme ● A Technology Sub-mission for Water is being implemented to

leverage latest global technologies in the field of water.
 ● It aims to create a Jan Aandolan for water, thereby making
water everyone’s priority through an Information, Education
and Communication (IEC) campaign.
● Pey Jal Survekshan will be conducted in the cities to ascertain
equitable distribution of water, reuse of wastewater and
mapping of water bodies.
● It is mandatory for cities having millions plus population to
take up PPP projects.
● It aims to promote a circular economy of water.
■ A city water balance plan will be formulated
for each city focusing on recycling/ reuse of
treated sewage,rejuvenation of water bodies
and water conservation.
■ Recycling used water to meet at least 20% of
total city water demand and 40% for industrial
water demand at State level.

AMRUT (Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation)

Category Infrastructure Development

Launched 2015

Purpose development of basic infrastructure, in the selected cities and towns,

in the sectors of water supply; sewerage and septage management;
storm water drainage; green spaces and parks; and non-motorized
urban transport.

Coverage ● All Cities and Towns with a population of over one lakh with
notified Municipalities as per Census 2011, including
Cantonment Boards (Civilian areas),
● All Capital Cities/Towns of States/ UTs, not covered in above ,
● All Cities/ Towns classified as Heritage Cities by MoHUA
under the HRIDAY Scheme,
● Thirteen Cities and Towns on the stem of the main rivers with
a population above 75,000 and less than 1 lakh, and
● Ten Cities from hill states, islands and tourist destinations (not
more than one from each State).

Focus Area ● water supply,

● sewerage facilities and septage management,
● storm water drains to reduce flooding,
 ● pedestrian, non-motorized and public transport facilities,
parking spaces, and
● enhancing amenity value of cities by creating and upgrading
green spaces, parks and recreation centers, especially for
children.

Note ● AMRUT mission has been subsumed under the AMRUT 2.0
and ongoing projects of AMRUT 1.0 will be funded with central
assistance till 31st March, 2023.

Progress made during ● 1.1 crore household tap connections and 85 lakh sewer/
Phase I septage connections have been provided. 6,000 MLD sewage
treatment capacity is being developed, of which 1,210 MLD
capacity is already created, with provision for reuse of 907
MLD treated sewage.

AMRUT 2.0

Launched 2021

Purpose ● Making the cities ‘water secure’ and ‘self-sustainable’ through

circular economy of water.

Objective- ○ Universal coverage of water supply by providing

household tap connections in all 4,378 statutory
towns.
○ 100% coverage of household sewage/ septage
management in 500 AMRUT cities by providing
around 2.64 crore sewer/ septage connections.
○ Promote conservation and rejuvenation of surface and
groundwater bodies.

Features ● It will promote a circular economy of water through

development of the City Water Balance Plan (CWBP) for each
city focusing on recycle/reuse of treated sewage, rejuvenation
of water bodies and water conservation.
○ It will help cities to identify scope for projects focusing
on universal coverage of functional water tap
connections, water source conservation, rejuvenation
of water bodies and wells, recycle/reuse of treated
used water, and rainwater harvesting.
● It is a Centrally Sponsored scheme Ratio of central funding is
○ 100% for Union Territories;
○ 90% for North Eastern and Hill States;
○ 50% for cities with less than 1 lakh population;
○ 33% for cities with 1 lakh to 10 lakh population;
○ 25% for cities with a million plus population.
● It has a reform agenda on ease of living of citizens
 ○ It is focused towards financial sustainability and
water security of ULBs.
○ For financial sustainability,
■ Reforms on property tax, user charges, and
enhancing credit worthiness of ULBs and
urban planning will be implemented.
○ For Water security
■ Meeting 20% of water demand through
recycled water.
■ Reducing non revenue water to less than 20%
and rejuvenation of water bodies
● PPP projects are mandatory in million plus cities and at least
a minimum of 10% of total fund allocation at the city level
shall be committed to PPP projects.
● Other components of AMRUT 2.0 are
○ Pey Jal Survekshan to ascertain equitable distribution
of water, reuse of wastewater, mapping of water
bodies and promote healthy competition among the
cities /towns.
○ Technology Sub-Mission for water to leverage latest
global technologies in the field of water.
○ Information, Education and Communication (IEC)
campaign to spread awareness among masses about
conservation of water.

Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban)

Category cleanliness and hygiene

Type Central sponsored scheme.

Launched 2014 (implemented for 5 years from 2014 to 2019)

Purpose to ensure cleanliness and hygiene in public places to make all cities
clean and garbage free with scientific processing of Municipal Solid
Waste.

Objectives- ● Elimination of open defecation in all towns,

● eradication of manual scavenging,
● conversion of unsanitary toilets to pour flush toilets,
● municipal solid waste management (100% collection and
scientific processing) and
● bringing about a behavioural change in people regarding
healthy sanitation practices.
Components of the ● Construction of individual household toilets
mission ● Construction of community toilets in residential areas where
it is difficult to construct individual household toilets.
● Construction of public toilets in designated locations such as
tourist places, markets, bus stations, railway stations, etc.
● Information, Education and Communication (IEC) campaign
to bring behavioural change among people to enhance the
usage of toilets

other features ● Focus on creating Garbage free cities

● Convergence- it is a collaborative effort of State/UTs, Urban
Local Bodies and MoHUA.
● Competition for impact based approach- The Swachhta
Survekshan under the Mission leverage a healthy
competition among cities and encourage them to adopt
innovative technologies.
● The mission encourages locally innovated, cost-effective
solutions in field of sanitation and waste management e.g.
BioCNG model of Indore.
● Digital enablement- it is mandatory for all projects to
deploy digital tools to provide real time data on efficiency
parameters.

Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0

Launched 2021 (implemented for 5 years (2021-22 to 2025-26) with an

outlay of Rs 1.41 lakh crore.

Objective ● to make all cities ‘Garbage Free’

● ensure grey and black water management in all
cities other than those covered under AMRUT,
● make all urban local bodies as ODF+ and those with a
population of less than 1 lakh as ODF++.

Focus ● The Mission will focus on source segregation of solid waste,

utilising the principles of 3Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle),
scientific processing of all types of municipal solid waste and
remediation of legacy dumpsites for effective solid waste
management.

Expected Outcomes ● All statutory towns will become ODF+ certified.

● All statutory towns with less than 1 lakh population
will become ODF++ certified.
 ● 50% of all towns with less than 1 lakh population will
become Water+ certified.
● Bioremediation of all legacy dump sites.
● All statutory towns will be at least 3-star Garbage
Free rated as per MoHUA’s Star Rating Protocol for
Garbage Free cities

Fund Sharing ● 100% for UTs without legislature

● 80%: 20% for UTs with legislature
● 90%:10% for ULBs in NE/Himalayan States
● 50%: 50% for ULBs with less than 1 lakh population
● 33%: 67% for ULBs with 1 lakh to 10 lakh population
● 25%: 75% for 10 lakh plus ULBs
Note: As of December 2022, Over 3,500 cities have certified as ODF+
and 1,191 cities as ODF++

Standards ● A city/ward is notified as ODF city/ward if, at any point of the

day, not a single person is found defecating in the open.
● “ODF plus” means to maintain the open defecation free
status (includes the maintenance of toilets with water and
hygiene)
● “ODF plus plus” means safe management of faecal
sludge/septage with no discharging/dumping in open spaces
and water bodies.
● “Water plus” means that no untreated waste (used) water is
discharged into the open environment or water bodies

Smart Cities Mission

Category Urban renewal and retrofitting programme

Launched 2015

Type Central sponsored scheme

Purpose to develop smart cities and make them citizen friendly and
sustainable

objective ● to promote cities that promote core

infrastructure,
● clean and sustainable environment and;
● To give a decent quality of life to their citizens
through the application of ‘smart solutions’.

Pillars of a Smart city ● Institutional infrastructure including governance

● Physical infrastructure including urban mobility,
storm water drainage, solid waste management,
traffic management, reliable utility services like
 electricity, water, sanitation, internet and
telephone
● Social infrastructure including education,
healthcare, good sports facilities and housing.
● Economic Infrastructure including financial hubs,
creation of jobs.

Features ● Integrated Command and Control Centres

○ Integrated Command and Control Centres (ICCCs)
are set up by ULBs under the mission based on the
use of Information, Communication and
Technology (ICT) which is the backbone of the
mission.
○ These are set up to coordinate traffic
management, delivery of utility services,
grievance redress and monitoring the
implementation of various initiatives like door to
door collection of garbage and maintaining
cleanliness in the city.
○ Total 100 cities are selected by the government to
be developed as smart cities and ICCCs are being
set up in every city.
○ These centres acted as war rooms during the
CoVID-19 for information dissemination,
improving communication, surveillance of public
areas and tracking of the cases.
● Implementation and progress of the scheme
○ As per mission guidelines, the Government of
India will provide financial support of Rs 48000
crore over five years, on an average of Rs 100
crore per city per year and an equal amount on
matching basis will be contributed by state
government/ULB. Now, the mission has been
extended up to June 2023.
○ Of the total investments of Rs 2.05 lakh crore,
projects worth 93,552 crores were proposed to be
developed by centre and state funds, 21% of funds
have been proposed from convergence with other
missions, 21% from Public Private Partnerships
(PPPs), around 5% from loans, 1.3% from own
sources and remaining from other sources (As of
March, 2022).
○ All 100 Smart cities have developed and
operationalised their Integrated Command and
Control Centres (ICCCs) in the country.
 Other Schemes/Miscellaneous Initiative
HRIDAY (National Heritage City development and Augmentation Yojana) (2015)
● Purpose- Heritage related infrastructure development in 12 identified cities at a total cost
of Rs 500 crores.
● Objective-
○ To focus on holistic development of heritage cities
○ To preserve and revitalise soul of the heritage city to reflect the city’s unique
character
● Selected cities under the scheme are
○ Ajmer, Amritsar, Amravati, Badami, Dwarka, Gaya, Warangal, Puri, Kanchipuram,
Mathura, Varanasi and Velankanni.
● It is a central sector scheme (100% funding from the central government)
● The Scheme has supported development of core heritage linked civic infrastructure
projects which includes revitalization of urban infrastructure for areas around heritage,
religious, cultural and tourism assets of the cities.
○ These initiatives include development of water supply, sanitation, drainage,
waste management, etc.

National Urban Transport Policy, 2014

The objective of this policy is to plan for the people rather than vehicles by providing sustainable
mobility and accessibility to all citizens to jobs, education, social services and recreation at
affordable cost and within reasonable time. This will involve
● Incorporating urban transportation as an important parameter at the urban planning stage
● Bringing about a more equitable allocation of road space with people, rather than
vehicles, as its main focus
● Walk and cycle should become safe modes of Urban Transportation
● Introducing Intelligent Transport Systems for traffic management
● Addressing concerns of road safety and trauma response
● Raising finances, through innovative mechanisms
● Building capacity (institutional and manpower) to plan for sustainable urban transport.

Star rating protocol of Garbage Free Cities –Toolkit 2022

● It is a 7 star rating system based on 25 key parameters for solid waste management like
door to door collection, bilk generator compliance, source segregation etc. cities are
required to carry out self assessment and self verification for achieving certain star ranking
like 1 star, 3 star, 5 star and 7 star.
● The release of grants and funds to urban local Bodies under SBM-U has been made
conditional subject to ULBs achieving at least 1 star certification.

Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)

Category Skill Development

Launched 2015

Purpose To promote skill development inthe country by providing free short

duration skill training and incentivizing this by providing monetary
rewards to youth for skill certification. The overall idea is to boost both
industry and employability of youths. During its pilot phase in 2015-16,
19.85 lakh candidates were trained.

Features ● Adhering to standards (National Occupational Standards – NOS

and Qualification Packs – QPs for specific job roles).
● Direct transfer of funds to the trainee's bank account.
● Training based on assessment of skill demand and skill gap
studies.
● Alignment with the industry requirements.
● Short Term Training (STT).
● Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).
● Special Projects.
● Kaushal and Rozgar Mela.

Implementation 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.

Eligibility ● The applicant should be an Indian national with a valid identity

proof such as Voter's ID, Aadhaar Card, or Bank account.
● The age of the applicant should be between 15 and 45 years.
● The applicant should be unemployed or should not have any
formal education.
● The monetary award can only be availed once during the
function of PMKVY.
● There is no fee charged for participating in the Recognition of
Prior Learning (RPL) program, and INR 500 is given to each
successfully certified candidate.
Recognition Of Prior Learning (RPL) Program

Category Skill Certification

Component of Component of Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)

(2015) Scheme in which individuals with prior learning experience or
skills are assessed and certified.

Purpose to enable a large number of Indian youth to take up

industry-relevant skill training that will help them in securing a
better livelihood. It largely refers to an assessment process used to
evaluate a person's existing skill sets, knowledge and experience
gained either by formal, non-formal or informal learning.

Features ● RPL is a way of benchmarking competencies and mapping

skill gaps.
● It is targeted to individuals with prior experience, who may
have acquired skills informally or on the job.
● Aims to level the playing field between academically or
formally trained and the unskilled or informally trained
workforce of the country.
● The program intends to enhance productivity amongst
employees and offer them a chance to compete on a larger
scale.
● No fee is charged from a candidate for participating in the
RPL program.
● RPL recognizes the value of learning acquired outside a
formal setting and provides a government certificate for an
individual’s skills.
● Every successfully certified candidate receives INR 500.
● Candidates receive exposure to concepts of digital and
financial literacy.
● Candidates receive an accidental insurance coverage for
three years at free of cost.

Objective ● To align the competencies of the unregulated workforce to

the standardised National Skills Qualification Framework
(NSQF)
● To enhance employability opportunities and provide
alternative routes to higher education
 ● To accomplish national policies concerning employment,
poverty reduction, development, migration, education and
training
● To assess evidence provided by an individual to support
their claim for competence against a given set of standards.

Eligibility ● RPL is applicable for any candidate of Indian nationality who

Is of age between 18-45 years.
● Has prior experience in the job role for which they want RPL
certification and as specified by the SSCs for those job roles.
● Possesses an Aadhaar card and Aadhaar linked bank
account.
● Fulfils other criteria related to work experience as defined
by the SSCs for the respective job roles.

National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS)

Category Promote the Apprenticeship

Launched 2016

Purpose to promote the Apprenticeship in the country by providing financial

incentives, technology and advocacy support.

Component ● Sharing of 25% of prescribed stipend subject to a maximum of

Rs. 1500/- per month per apprentice with the employers.
● Sharing of basic training costs up to a maximum of Rs. 7,500
per apprentice.

Objectives ● To develop skilled manpower for the industry by promotion of

on-the-job experiential training.
● To encourage establishments to enrol apprentices by sharing
partial stipend support to the apprentices.
● To provide up-skilling opportunities for candidates who have
undergone short-term skill training.
● To encourage enrolment of apprentices in small establishments
(MSMEs), and those located in under served areas like in
aspirational districts and in North-East region.

Routes of
apprenticeship training 1. ITIs pass outs
○ Duration of basic training - Not required
○ Duration of practical training/on the job training -
Minimum 1 year and maximum 2 years
2. Trainees who have completed PMKVY/ MES-SDI courses or
 courses approved by State Governments/ Central Government
■ Duration of basic training - Not required
■ Duration of practical training/on the job
training - Minimum 1 year and maximum 2
years
3. Graduates/ diploma holders or persons pursuing graduation/
diploma in any engineering stream or medical or paramedical
(Apprentices who are not covered under NATS administered
by MHRD)
■ Duration of basic training - Not required
■ Duration of practical training/on the job
training - Maximum 1 year
4. Graduates/ diploma holders / 10+2 vocational certificate
holders or persons pursuing graduation/ diploma in Arts or
Commerce or Science streams such as B.A., B.Sc., B.Com., L.L.B
etc.
■ Duration of basic training - Not required
■ Duration of practical training/on the job
training - Maximum 1 year
5. Dual-learning mode from ITIs
■ Duration of basic training - Not required
■ Duration of practical training/on the job
training - Minimum 5 months and maximum 9
months
6. Fresher apprentices
■ Duration of basic training - 3 Months
■ Duration of practical training/on the job
training - Minimum 1 year and maximum 2
years

Eligibility ● The candidate must be an Indian citizen.

● The minimum age limit is 14 years, and there is no upper age
limit.
● The candidate must have completed at least 10th standard or
equivalent qualification from a recognized board.
● For designated trades related to "Hazardous industries," the
minimum age limit is not less than 18 years.

PM-YUVA Yojana (Pradhan Mantri Yuva Udyamita Vikas Abhiyan)

Category Entrepreneurship education

Type centrally sponsored scheme

Launched 2016

Purpose to establish an enabling ecosystem for entrepreneurship development

through entrepreneurship training, education and advocacy.

Features of the Scheme ● Entrepreneurship market: Under this scheme, access and
introduction to the entrepreneurship market are facilitated
through the Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), faculty
through in-class discussions and experiential learning like
mock business training and internships.
● Creating mentors: This feature of the scheme includes
establishing a national network consisting of high
quality-screened mentors/consultants through competent
local entrepreneurs and existing networks.
● Social entrepreneurship: Under this scheme, vocational
training centres provide elective courses on social
entrepreneurship to educate the younger generations on
social interoperability and leverage their businesses

Objective ● Equip and educate early-stage and potential entrepreneurs.

● Connecting entrepreneurs in enabling networks of mentors,
peers, funding, incubators, and business services.
● Support and coordinate entrepreneurs through
Entrepreneurship Hubs (E-Hubs).
● Organise a culture shift to provide support to the aspiring
entrepreneurs.

Eligibility ● All the students, either pursuing or completed the following

course:
○ Undergraduate courses
○ Post-graduate courses
○ PhD program
○ Degree students
○ Diploma students
● Students studying or completed study from the Industrial
Training Institutes (ITI’s).
● Students studying belonging to unorganised sectors in rural
and urban areas.
● Women and active entrepreneurs in rural and urban areas.

Other Schemes/Miscellaneous Initiative

Skills Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion (SANKALP) (2018)
● SANKALP is a programme of the Ministry of Skill Development with loan assistance from
the World Bank.
● Aim: It aims to improve short term skill training qualitatively and quantitatively through
strengthening institutions, bringing in better market connectivity and inclusion of
 marginalised sections of the society. SANKALP was launched in 2018 and has a tenure till
2023
● SANKALP has three result areas namely (i) Institutional Strengthening at National, State
and District level; (ii) Quality Assurance of skill development programmes; and (iii)
Inclusion of marginalized population in skill development programmes.

Skill Strengthening for Industrial Value Enhancement (STRIVE) (2018)

(STRIVE) project is a World Bank assisted-Government of India project with the objective of
improving the relevance and efficiency of skills training provided through Industrial Training
Institutes (ITIs) and apprenticeships.
Features of the Scheme
● It is a Central Sector Scheme (CSS) with a budget outlay of INR 2200 Crore covering the
following 4 result areas:
○ Improved performance of ITI.
○ Increased Capacities of State Governments to support ITIs and Apprenticeship
Training
○ Improved Teaching and Learning.
○ Improved and Broadened Apprenticeship Training.
● It is an outcome focused scheme marking a shift in the government's implementation
strategy in vocational education and training from inputs to results.
● It is aimed at institutional reforms and improving quality & market relevance of skill
development training programs in long term vocational education training.
● It shall incentivize ITIs to improve overall performance including apprenticeship by
involving SMEs, business associations and industry clusters.
● The project aims to develop a robust mechanism for delivering quality skill development
training by strengthening institutions such as State Directorate of training & Employment,
CSTARI, NIMI, NSTIs, ITIs etc.

Ministry of Rural Development

Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission

Category Poverty reduction

Type Centrally Sponsered Scheme

Purpose Promoting poverty reduction through building strong institutions for

the poor, particularly women, and enabling these institutions to access
a range of financial services and livelihoods.

Lunched 2011.

Background National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) is a restructured version of

restructuring Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY). NRLM was
renamed as DAY-NRLM (Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural
Livelihoods Mission) w.e.f. March 29, 2016.

The Core Values ● Inclusion of the poorest, and meaningful role to the poorest in
 all the processes
● Transparency and accountability of all processes and
institutions
● Ownership and the key role of the poor and their institutions in
all stages – planning, implementation, and, monitoring
● Community self-reliance and self-dependence

Eligibility ● SHGs should be in active existence at least for the last 6

months as per the books of account of SHGs and not from the
date of opening of the S/B account.
● SHGs should be practicing ‘Panchasutras’ i.e., Regular
meetings; Regular savings; Regular inter-loaning; Timely
repayment; and Up-to-date books of accounts.
● Qualified as per grading norms fixed by NABARD. As and when
the federations of the SHGs come to existence, the grading
exercise may be done by the Federations to support the banks.
● The existing defunct SHGs are also eligible for the credit if they
are revived and continue to be active for a minimum period of 3
months

Features ● One member (preferably a woman) from each rural poor

household would be brought under the Self Help Group (SHG)
network.
● Training and capacity building of the poor, particularly in
relation to managing the institutions, livelihoods, credit
absorption, and creditworthiness.
● Provision of Revolving Fund as support to SHGs to strengthen
their institutional and financial management capacity and build
a good credit history.
● Provision of Interest Subvention on loans availed by SHGs to
cover the difference between the lending rate of the banks and
7%.
● With highly decentralized planning; States will have liberty in
developing their own action plan for poverty reduction.

Initiatives under ● Aajeevika Grameen Express Yojana (2017-18): 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
● Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana (MKSP): 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.
● National Rural Livelihoods Project (NRLP): 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.
● National Rural Economic Transformation Project (NRETP): To
promote cluster development in the farm and nonfarm sector.
The key focus of the project is to transform the economic
 participation of institutional groups by enabling them to engage
in farm and non-farm activities with a strong footing

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

Category Employment

Type Centrally Sponsered Scheme

Launched 2005

Purpose Providing provide at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in

a financial year to every rural household whose adult members
volunteer to do unskilled work.

Benifits ● The applicant receives guaranteed employment within 15 days

from the date of application.
● Work is to be provided within a radius of 5 kilometers of the
applicant’s residence if possible, and in any case within the
Block.
● If the applicant lives more than 5 km away from the worksite,
he/she will be entitled to a travel and subsistence allowance
(10% of the minimum wage).
● Wages are paid within a week, or fifteen days at most. Men and
Women are paid equally.Shade, drinking water, and first-aid are
provided at every worksite.
● The wage is deposited directly in the Bank Account / Post Office
Account of the applicant.
● Men and Women are paid equally.
● MGNREGA covers the entire country with the exception of
districts that have a hundred percent urban population.

Exclusive measures ● Identification of suitable works

for the promotion of ● Mobilization of disabled persons by focussing on awareness and
the participation of special provisions
the disabled persons: ● Specifically identified works for disabled persons in the case of
large GPs
● Preference to appoint as mates and as workers for providing
drinking water, to manage crèches, etc., at the worksites
● Adoption of tools and equipment/facilities at workplaces

Specific attention and ● Exclusive senior citizen groups may be formed and special works
provisions for Senior which require lesser physical effort are identified and allotted to
Citizens these groups.

Eligibility ● The applicant must be at least 18 years of age.The applicant must

be residing in a Rural Area.
 Cost Sharing ● Financial assistance shall be provided by Central and State
Governments in the ratio of 90:10 respectively.

Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana - Gramin

Category Rural Housing

Type Centrally Sponsered Scheme

Launched 2016

Purpose ● Providing a pucca house, with basic amenities, to all houseless

households and those households living in kutcha and
dilapidated house

Implementation ● Implemented by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

(MoHUA).

Objectives ● PMAY-G aims to provide a pucca house with basic amenities to

all houseless households and households living in kutcha and
dilapidated house in rural areas by 2024.
● The immediate objective is to cover 1.00 Crore households in
rural areas, that are houseless or living in kutcha / dilapidated
house, in three years from 2016-17 to 2018-19 and enable
construction of quality houses by the beneficiaries using local
materials, designs and trained masons.
● For houses to become homes, adoption of a habitat approach
through convergence is proposed.

Benifits ● Financial Assistance of ₹ 1,20,000 per unit for plain areas; and
₹ 1,30,000 per unit for hilly areas, difficult areas, and IAP
districts (Himalayan states, North-Eastern states, and Union
Territories of Jammu & Kashmir).
● A willing beneficiary can avail of institutional finance (loan) of
up to ₹ 70,000 at 3% lower interest rate, to build a permanent
house. The maximum principal amount for which subsidy can be
sought is ₹ 2,00,000.
● The minimum size of the house shall be is 25 sq m including a
dedicated area for hygienic cooking.
● In convergence with Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin (SBM-G),
the beneficiaries get financial assistance of up to ₹ 12,000 for
the construction of toilets.
● In convergence with MGNREGA, the beneficiary is entitled to
employment as unskilled labor (Rural Mason Training) at ₹ 90.95
per day for 95 days.
● In convergence with Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, one LPG
connection per house is provided.
● Convergence with different government programmes for piped
 drinking water, electricity connection, clean & efficient cooking
fuel, treatment of social and liquid waste, etc.
● Payments are made electronically directly to bank accounts or
post office accounts that are linked to Aadhaar.

Eligibility Eligible beneficiaries under PMAY-G will include all the houseless
households living in zero, one, or two-room houses with kutcha walls
and kutcha roofs (as per SECC data, and subject to the exclusion
process).
Criteria for Automatic/Compulsory Inclusion -
● Households without shelter
● Destitute/ living on alms
● Manual scavengers
● Primitive Tribal Groups
● Legally released bonded laborer

Exclusions ● All households living in houses with pucca roofs and/or pucca
walls and households living in houses with more than 2 rooms
are filtered out.
● All households fulfilling any one of the 13 parameters listed
below are automatically excluded:-
○ Motorised two/three/four wheeler/ fishing boat
○ Mechanised three/four-wheeler agricultural equipmen
○ Kisan Credit Card with a credit limit of Rs.50,000 or
above
○ Household with any member as a Government
employee
○ Households with non-agricultural enterprises registered
with the Government
○ Any member of the family earning more than Rs.10,000
per month
○ Paying income tax
○ Paying professional tax
○ Own a refrigerator
○ Own a landline phone
○ Own 2.5 acres or more of irrigated land with at least one
irrigation equipment
○ Owning at least 7.5 acres of land or more with at least
one irrigation equipment

Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

Category Rural connectivity

Type Centrally Sponsered Scheme

Launched 2000: Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana-I (PMGSY-I)

2013: PMGSY-II
2019: Government launched PMGSY-III

Purpose ● to provide all-weather access to eligible unconnected

habitations with a population of up to 500(Census 2001) in
plain area and 250 and above in Special category States(States
of North East, Jammu, and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh,
Uttarakhand), Desert Area as identified by Desert Development
Program and 88 selected Backward Districts as identified by
the Ministry of Home Affairs/Planning Commission as a
strategy for poverty alleviation.

Funding ● This scheme was centrally funded only up to 2015-16. Since

then, the funds have been divided between the Centre and
the State.
● For North Eastern and Himalayan States (Jammu & Kashmir,
Uttarakhand, and Himachal Pradesh) 90% of a project is the
Union Government funds, and 10% of this cost, is the State
Government funds.
● For the Other States, the Union Government funds around 60%
of a project while the remaining 40% is by State Government
funds.

Features ● Proper decentralized planning for the building of roads.

● Build roads according to the Indian Road Congress and Rural
Roads Manual.
● 3-tier quality management system.
● An unbroken flow of funds.
● The scheme has four verticals, (i) PMGSY I, (ii) PMGSY II, (iii)
Road Connectivity Project for Left Wing Extremism Areas
(RCPLWEA), and (iv) PMGSY III.

Benefits ● All-weather connection to the hamlets that are least or not

connected.
● Overall Development of the country allows for easy movement
of goods and vehicles.
● There are better employment opportunities for those from
villages thanks to road connections.

Eligibility ● A region must be a habitation. It cannot be a hamlet or

revenue village to be eligible for the Pradhan Mantri Gram
Sadak Yojana (PMGSY).
● The Central Government describes habitation as a population
cluster residing within an area that remains constant over time.
Some of the local words used to describe a habitation are:
Majras, Desam, Hamlets, Tolas, Dhanis
 ● The hamlet must have a higher population as per the 2001
Census to be eligible for road connection. The eligible
habitations have a population of above 500 persons in plain
areas and around 250 persons and above in hilly areas.

Progress ● Since inception till date (15.03.2023), a total of 8,06,681 km

road length (1,85,667 roads & 10,549 bridges) has been
sanctioned under various verticals of the PMGSY, out of which
7,29,221 km road length has already been completed (1,74,423
roads & 7,912 bridges).

Monitoring ● The programme is monitored at regular intervals by way of

Regional Review Meetings (RRMs), Performance Review
Committee (PRC) Meetings and Pre-Empowered/ Empowered
Committee Meetings with the States.

Emphasis on Road ● RCPLWEA, ensures socio-economic development in areas

Connectivity Project for affected by left-wing extremism. It was launched in 2016 and
Left Wing Extremism was targeted to be completed by 2020. It has been extended
Affected Areas till March 2023. As of January 2023, only 56% of the work has
(RCPLWEA) been completed.

Other Schemes/Miscellaneous Initiative

Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) (2014)
● Aim: to develop three Adarsh Grams by March 2019, of which one was to be achieved by
2016. Thereafter, five such Adarsh Grams (one per year) will be selected and developed by
2024.
● Process
○ Gram Panchayat: The basic unit for development.
○ Lok Sabha MP: chooses a Gram Panchayat from within his/her constituency.
○ Rajya Sabha MP: chooses Gram Panchayat from the rural area of a district of
his/her choice in the State from which he/she is elected.
○ Nominated MPs: choose a Gram Panchayat from the rural area of any district in
the country
● Outcomes
○ Increased livelihoods/employment opportunites
○ Reduction in distress migraton
○ Freedom from bonded labour, child labour and manual scavenging
○ 100% registraton of deaths and births

Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission (2016)

● Aim: to stimulate local economic development, enhance basic services, and create well
planned Rurban clusters.
● A ‘Rurban cluster’ is a cluster of geographically contiguous villages with a population of
about 25000 to 50000 in plain and coastal areas and with a population of 5000 to 15000
in desert, hilly or tribal areas
 ● Fourteen components have been suggested as desirable for inclusion in the
development of the Rurban cluster:
○ Skill development training linked to economic
○ activities
○ Agro Processing, Agri Services, Storage and
○ Warehousing
○ Fully equipped mobile health unit
○ Upgrading school/higher education facilities
○ Sanitation
○ Provision of piped water supply
○ Solid and liquid waste management
○ Village streets and drains
○ Street lights
○ Inter-village road connectivity
○ Public transport
○ LPG gas connections
○ Digital Literacy
○ Citizen Service Centres - for electronic delivery of
○ citizen centric services/e-gram connectivity
● Funding: SPMRM is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS).
○ The Mission has 2 fund streams: Convergence through various schemes (Central
sector, centrally sponsored schemes, State sector/ sponsored schemes/
programmes, CSR funds etc) and Critical Gap Funds (CGF).

National Family Benefit Scheme (1995)

● In this scheme, financial assistance is provided to the bereaved households in case of the
death of the primary breadwinner irrespective of the cause of death.
● The family benefit will be paid to such surviving member of the household of the
deceased poor , who after local inquiry, is found to be the head of the household.
● The death of such a breadwinner should have occurred whilst he/ she is more than 18
years of age and less than 60 years of age.
● ₹ 20000/ - will be given as a lump sum assistance to such surviving member of the
household of the deceased poor, who after local inquiry, is found to be the head of the
household.
● The assistance would be given to every case of death of breadwinner in a family.

Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment

National Action Plan for Mechanized Sanitation Ecosystem (NAMASTE)

Category Safety and dignity of sanitation workers

Type Central Sector Scheme

Launched 2007

Purpose To Ensure safety and dignity of sanitation workers in urban India and
 providing sustainable livelihood and enhancing their occupational safety
through capacity building and improved access to safety gear and
machines.

Objective ● Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers (MS) and Persons Engaged

in Hazardous Cleaning of Sewer and Septic Tank (SSWs).
● Promotion of safe and mechanised cleaning of sewers and
septic tanks through trained and certified sanitation workers.

Expected outcomes ● Zero fatalities in sanitation work in India

● All sanitation work is performed by skilled workers
● No sanitation workers come in direct contact with human faecal
matter
● Sanitation workers are collectivized into SHGs and are
empowered to run sanitation enterprises
● All Sewer and Septic tank sanitation workers (SSWs) have
access to alternative livelihoods
● Strengthened supervisory and monitoring systems at national,
state and ULB levels to ensure enforcement and monitoring of
safe sanitation work
● Increased awareness amongst sanitation services seekers
(individuals and institutions) to seek services from registered
and skilled sanitation workers

Implemenation The National Safai Karamcharis Finance and Development

Corporation (NSKFDC) is the implementing agency for
NAMASTE.

NAMASTE Component ● Extending Health Insurance Scheme Benefits: For providing a

safety net to identified SSWs and their families, they will be
covered under the Ayushman Bharat- Pradhan Mantri Jan
Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY).
● Livelihood Assistance: National Safai Karamcharis Finance &
Development Corporation (NSKFDC) will provide funding
support and capital subsidy to the Manual Scavengers,
sanitation workers and their dependents to procure sanitation
related equipment and vehicles under Swachhata Udyami
Yojana (SUY) to make them “Saniprenure”.
● Identified manual scavengers and their dependents will be
provided skill development training for a period upto two years
with monthly stipend of Rs.3000/-
● Convergence of Programmes of MoSJE & MoHUA: The safety
of SSWs is a joint responsibility of MoSJE and MoHUA.
● IEC Campaign: Massive campaigns would be undertaken jointly
by the ULBs & NSKFDC to spread awareness about the
interventions of NAMASTE.
● MIS and Website: There will be strong MIS implementation and
monitoring with the help of dedicated website for NAMASTE.

Tenure 2022-23 to 2025-26

Eligible Cities ● All Cities and Towns with a population of over one lakh with
 notified Municipalities, including Cantonment Boards (Civilian
areas),
● Ten Cities from hill states, islands and tourist destinations (not
more than one from each State).

Implementing bodies ● National NAMASTE Management Unit: National Safai

Karamchari Financial Development Corporation(NSKFDC) would
be implementing agency for NAMASTE. The Scheme will
operate as a joint initiative of MOSJE and MoHUA, with a
dedicated national team.
● State Namaste Management Unit: The State Govt. will decide a
suitable officer to be designated as State Namaste Director to
head State Namaste Management Unit (SNMU).
● City NAMASTE Monitoring Unit: While constituting the Project
Management Unit as implementation body at the city level, the
PMU would be organised in clusters of municipalities to work
as City NAMASTE Monitoring Unit (CNMU) so as to coincide
with the SBM clusters.

SMILE Scheme for Support for Marginalised Individuals for Livelihood and Enterprise

Category Addressing beggary

Type Central Sector Scheme

Launched 2022

Purpose ● To provide welfare and rehabilitation to the Transgender

community and the people engaged in the act of begging.

Sub Schemes ● Includes two sub-schemes -

○ ‘Central Sector Scheme for Comprehensive
Rehabilitation for Welfare of Transgender Persons’ and
○ ‘Central Sector Scheme for Comprehensive
Rehabilitation of persons engaged in the act of
Begging’.

Benefits of the ● It provides Scholarships for Transgender Students studying in IX

scheme and till post-graduation to enable them to complete their
education.
● It has provisions for Skill Development and Livelihood under
PM-DAKSH scheme.
● Through Composite Medical Health it provides a comprehensive
package in convergence with PM-JAY supporting
Gender-Reaffirmation surgeries through selected hospitals.
● The Housing facility in the form of ‘Garima Greh’ ensures food,
clothing, recreational facilities, skill development opportunities,
recreational activities and medical support etc. to the
Transgender community and the people engaged in the act of
begging.
 ● The Provision of Transgender Protection Cell in each state will
monitor cases of offences and to ensure timely registration,
investigation and prosecution of offences.
● The National Portal & Helpline will provide necessary
information and solutions to the Transgender community and
the people engaged in the act of begging when needed.
● The sub-scheme - ‘Comprehensive Rehabilitation of persons
engaged in the act of Begging’ – will focus on Survey and
identification, Mobilisation, Rescue/ Shelter Home and
Comprehensive resettlement.

Central Sector Scheme ● This sub-scheme includes the following components:

for Comprehensive ○ Scholarships for Transgender Students: Scholarships
Rehabilitation for for students studying in Class IX and till post-graduation
Welfare of to enable them to complete their education.
Transgender Persons ○ Skill Development and Livelihood: Skill Development
and Livelihood under PMDAKSH scheme.
○ Composite Medical Health: A comprehensive package
in convergence with Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana
(PM-JAY) supporting Gender-Reaffirmation surgeries
through selected hospitals.
○ Housing in the form of ‘GarimaGreh’: Shelter Homes
‘GarimaGreh’ where food, clothing, recreational
facilities, skill development opportunities, recreational
activities, medical support etc. will be provided.
○ Provision of Transgender Protection Cell: Setting up of
Transgender Protection Cell in each state to monitor
cases of offences and to ensure timely registration,
investigation and prosecution of offences.
○ E-Services (National Portal & Helpline and
Advertisement) and other Welfare Measures: The
provision of National Portal & Helpline will provide
necessary information and solutions to the problems of
the Transgender community and the people engaged in
the act of begging.

Comprehensive ● This sub-scheme includes the following components:

Rehabilitation of ○ Survey and identification: Survey and Identification of
persons engaged in beneficiaries shall be carried out by the Implementing
the act of Begging Agencies
○ Mobilisation: Outreach work will be done to mobilise
the persons engaged in begging to avail the services
available in the Shelter Homes
○ Rescue/ Shelter Home: The shelter homes will facilitate
education for children engaged in the act of Begging
and children of persons engaged in the act of Begging
○ Comprehensive resettlement
 Other Schemes/Miscellaneous Initiative
Scheme for Residential Education for Students in High Schools in Targeted Areas (2022)
● Purpose: For the purpose of providing seats for the meritorious Scheduled Caste (SC)
boys and girls in the best private residential schools in the country.
○ Every year, it is expected that about (3000) students would be selected for
admission in Class 9 and Class 11 under the scheme.
● The scheme is being implemented in two Modes:
○ One is SHRESHTA schools, (Best CBSE/State Board affiliated Private Residential
Schools): Under this, each year a specified number of meritorious SC students in
States/UTs will be selected through the National Entrance Test for SHRESHTA
(NETS) to be conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) and admitted in the
best private residential schools affiliated by CBSE/State Board in classes 9th and
11th for completion of education till 12th standard.
○ Second Mode is NGO/VO operated Schools/Hostels: Schools/Hostels run by
VOs/NGOs and other organizations having higher classes (up to class 12) and who
have been receiving Grant-in-aid will be continued, subject to satisfactory
performance.

Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan –Accessible India Campaign (AIC) (2015)

● Aim: For enhancing accessibility, creating awareness and sensitization for creation a
universal barrier free environment.
● Its 3 main pillars are in the process of becoming accessible. These are:
○ Built-Up Environment
○ Transportation System
○ Information & Communication (ICT) ecosystems.
● Monitoring: Activities under the Accessible India Campaign are being monitored through a
Management Information System (MIS) portal.

Miscellaneous Scheme

PM Gati Shakti Scheme

Category Multi-Modal Connectivity.

Purpose It provides for an integrated platform, the National Master Plan, where
all the economic zones and their multimodal connectivity infrastructure
are depicted, along with physical linkages.

Launched 2021

Features ● It is a digital platform to bring 16 ministries including Railways

and Roadways together for integrated planning and coordinated
implementation of infrastructure connectivity projects.
● It is a transformative approach for integrated and holistic
planning across concerned Ministries/Departments to improve
multimodal connectivity, and logistics efficiency and address
 critical gaps for the seamless movement of people, and goods,
with a focus on minimising disruptions and ensuring timely
completion of works.
● The touchstone of the Master Plan will be world-class modern
infrastructure and logistics synergy among different modes of
movement.
● It will incorporate the infrastructure schemes of various
Ministries and State Governments like Bharatmala, Sagarmala,
inland waterways, dry/land ports, UDAN etc.
○ Economic Zones like textile clusters, pharmaceutical
clusters, defence corridors, electronic parks, industrial
corridors, fishing clusters, agri zones will be covered to
improve connectivity & make Indian businesses more
competitive.
○ It will also leverage technology extensively including
spatial planning tools with ISRO.

6 pillars of PM ● Comprehensiveness: : It will include all the existing and planned

GatiShakti initiatives of various Ministries and Departments with one
centralised portal. Each and every Department will now have
visibility of each other's activities providing critical data while
planning & execution of projects in a comprehensive manner.
● Prioritisation: Through this, different Departments will be able
to prioritise their projects through cross-sectoral interactions.
● Optimisation: The National Master Plan will assist different
ministries in planning for projects after identification of critical
gaps. For the transportation of the goods from one place to
another, the plan will help in selecting the most optimum route
in terms of time and cost.
● Synchronisation: Individual Ministries and Departments often
work in silos. There is lack of coordination in planning and
implementation of the project resulting in delays. PM Gati
Shakti will help in synchronising the activities of each
department, as well as of different layers of governance, in a
holistic manner by ensuring coordination of work between
them.
● Analytical: The plan will provide the entire data at one place
with GIS based spatial planning and analytical tools enabling
better visibility to the executing agency.
● Dynamic: All Ministries and Departments will now be able to
visualise, review and monitor the progress of cross-sectoral
projects, through the GIS platform, as the satellite imagery will
give on-ground progress periodically and progress of the
projects will be updated on a regular basis on the portal. It will
help in identifying the vital interventions for enhancing and
updating the master plan.

Advantages of PM Gati ● Large scale infrastructure projects like UDAAN, expansion of

Shakti railway network, Bharatmala, Sagarmala, inland waterways, and
Bharat Net will be executed by the Gati Shakti master plan.
● The Gati Shakti master plan aims to create employment
potential for a large number of individuals.
● The Gati Shakti mission aims to create world-class infrastructure
in the country and foster logistical synergy across various modes
of movement.

Targets ● The scheme imagines the making of around 200 new airports,
heliports, and water aerodromes to support aviation.
● The limit of railways to move cargo will be expanded to around
1,600 tons by FY25.
● The transmission network for power will be extended to
454,200 circuit km to easy access.
● The scheme intends to increment renewable capacity to 225
GW by FY25 and complete around 17,000 km of gas pipelines.