1. Pradhan
Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana(PMGSY):
a. Launched on 25th December
2000.
b. It is a nationwide plan to provide
good all-weather road connectivity to
unconnected villages of more than 500 persons in the rural areas (250 persons
in the hilly and desert areas).
c. It is a 100% Centrally Sponsored Scheme.
2. Rajiv
Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY):
a. launched on 2005 for providing access
to electricity to all
households in the country in five years
b. Under the programme, 90% grant is provided
by Govt. of India
c. Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) is the nodal agency
for the programme.
d. The scheme aims at electrification of
over 1 lakh un-electrified
villages and providing electricity connections to 2.34 crore rural households. The
estimated cost of the scheme is approximately Rs. 51,000 crore.
e. All the BPL families are eligible for free
connections under the scheme.
3. Indira
Awaas Yojana(IAY):
a. Launched during 1985-86 as a sub-scheme of
Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme (RLEGP) and continued as a
sub-scheme of Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY) since its launching from April, 1989.
b. It has been delinked from the JRY and has
been made an independent scheme with effect from January 1, 1996.
c. The objective of IAY is primarily to
provide grant for construction of
houses to members of Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes, freed
bonded labourers and also to non-SC/ST rural people living below poverty line.
d. Funding is shared between the Centre &
State in the ratio of 75:25.
4. Bharat
Nirman:
a. launched in 2005 for building rural infrastructure.
b. Phase I of the programme was implemented in
the period 2005-06 to 2008-09. Phase II is being implemented from 2009-10 to
2011-12.
c. Bharat Nirman comprises of six components:
1. Water Supply--Cover
approximately 55 thousand uncovered habitations and provide safe drinking water
to approximately 2.16 lakh villages affected by poor water quality
2. Housing--Provide
additional 1.2 crore houses at the rate of 24 lakh houses each year to be built
by funds allocated to the homeless through Panchayats
3. Telecommunication
and Information Technology --Increase rural tele-density to 40% and
provide broadband connectivity and Bharat Nirman Seva Kendras to all 2.5 lakh
Panchayats
4. Roads--Provide
road connections to remaining 23,000 villages approximately with population of
1000 or 500 in case of hilly or tribal areas
5. Electrification--Provide
electricity to remaining 40,000 villages approximately and connections to about
1.75 crore poor households
6. Irrigation--6.5
million hectares brought under assured irrigation till 2009. Remaining 3.5 lakh
hectares to be completed by 2012
d. Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), Rajiv Gandhi Vidyutikaran
Yojana(RGVY) & Indira Awas
Yojana (IWY) come under Bharat
Nirman.
5. Pradhan
Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana(PMAGY):
a. It is a new scheme launched in the Union Budget 2009-10 by the Union
Government on a pilot basis for integrated development 0f 1,000 villages, each having more
than 50% SC population.
b. There are about 44,000 villages in which
the population of scheduled castes is above 50 per cent.
c. If the pilot scheme is successful the
scheme will be expanded to remaining villages.
6. National
Rural Health Mission
a. Launched in 2005.
b. The NRHM covers the entire country, with
special focus on 18 States.
7. Accredited
Social Health Activist (ASHA):
a. One of the key components of the National
Rural Health Mission is to provide every village in the country with a trained female community health activist – ‘ASHA’ or Accredited Social
Health Activist for every village with a population of 1000.
b. ASHA will take steps
to create awareness in woman on birth preparedness, safe delivery and care of
the young child. She will also work as DOTS provider under tuberculosis
programme
c. ASHA must primarily be a woman resident of
the village – married/ widowed/ divorced, preferably in the age group of 25 to
45 years.
8. National
Rural Employment Guarantee Act(NREGA):
a. Act was came in 2005 and scheme launched in 2006
b. The scheme provides a legal guarantee
for one hundred days of employment
in every financial year to adult members of any rural household
willing to do public work-related unskilled manual work at the
statutory minimum wage of Rs.100 per
c. Around one-third of the stipulated work force must be women.
d. The scheme started from February 2, 2006 in
200 districts, was expanded to cover another 130 districts in 2007-2008 and
eventually covered all 593 districts in India
e. It has been renamed as Mahatma Gandhi Rural
Employment Guarantee Act on 2nd October, 2009.
9. Sarva
Siksha Abhiyan(SSA):
a. launched in 2001.
b. It is a flagship programme of
the Government of India
c. education cess are
credited into a Prarambhik Shiksha Kosh (PSK) and are utilised exclusively for
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) and Mid-Day Meal (MDM)
d. 85:15 sharing arrangement during the Ninth
Plan, 75:25 sharing arrangement during the Tenth Plan, and 50:50 sharing
thereafter between the Central Government and the State Government except for
8 NE states.
10. Rashtriya
Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan(RMSA):
a. To cover children
in secondary school (8th to 12th standard). The main objective of the programme
will be to provide universal access to education for all children by 2015 and
universal retention by 2020.
b. The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan has created a
need for strengthening secondary education
infrastructure across the country.
c. Announced in 2007 and it is proposed to
implement during 11th Five Year plan. In Jan 2009 CCEA (Cabinet
Committee on Economic Affairs) approved the implementation
d. Rs.20,120 crore has been allocated for the
Scheme during the 11th Five Year Plan.
11. Swarna
Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY):
a. Launched as an integrated programme for self-employment of the rural poor with
effect from 1 April 1999.
b. Assistance is given to BPL family in rural
areas for taking up self employment.
c. They may take up the activity either
individually or in Groups, called the Self-Help Groups.
d. There are over 22 lakh Women’s Self Help Groups linked with banks. Reach of
SHGs to be widened to enrol at least 50 per cent of all rural women in India
e. A Self- Help Group (SHG) may generally
consist of 10-20 persons.
f. It is financed on
75:25 cost-sharing basis between the Centre and the states
g. In Union Budget 2009-10, The Swarna
Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) restructured as National Rural Livelihood Mission
12. Rashtriya
Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY):
a. launched in 2007.
b. It is a new health insurance scheme for the Below Poverty Line (BPL)
families in the unorganized sector.
c. objective is to provide insurance cover to
BPL households from major health shocks that involve hospitalization.
d. By the end of the year, 2009-10, 1.2 crore BPL families ( a unit
of five) are expected to be covered and all the estimated 6 crore BPL families
are proposed to be covered in the next four years.
e. In the Union Budget 2009-10, It is proposed
that All BPL families to be covered under this scheme.
13. Rajiv
Awas Yojana:
a. It is a new scheme announced in the Union
Budget 2009-10 for making slum-free
India
b. Rajiv Awas Yojana comes under
JNNURM on the lines of Indira Awas Yojana for rural poor.
14. Jawaharlal
Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission
a. launched on 2005
b. for development of 63 identified cities.
c. Centre- Rs. 50,000
crore. State- 50,000 crore and municipalities – 25,000 crore total amount will go upto to Rs. 1,25,000
crores over the seven year period.
d. National Steering
Group chaired by urban development minister
e. It comprises two Sub-Missions:
1. Urban Infrastructure and Governance (UIG)
(Sub-mission I)
2. Basic Services to the Urban Poor Urban
(BSUP) (Sub-mission II)
15. Swarna
Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY):
a. Launched in 1997.
b. Swarna Jayanthi Shahari Rozgar Yojana
(SJSRY) shall sheek to provide gainful
employment to the Urban unemployed or underemployed poor through
encouraging the setting up of self-employment ventures or provision of wage
employment.
c. The programme shall target the urban poor,
defined as those living below the urban poverty line, as defined from time to
time.
d. funding pattern of
Centre and State in 75:25 basis
e. The Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana
shall consist of two special schemes, namely-
f. i)The Urban Self-Employment Programme
(USEP)
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