Various Welfare Schemes launched by Indian Government under Mr. Modi's rule (Part-1)
This article provides a list of various welfare schemes launched under Mr. Narendra Modi's regime during 2014-17. This article will be of immense help for the students who are appearing for various competitive exams where General knowledge questions on this topic may be asked and also useful for the citizens of India to know the various welfare schemes launched by Government of India.
Introduction
Narendra Modi Government in the wake of assuming power in May 2014 has initiated numerous welfare plans including the well known Jan Dhan Yojana, PM Awas Yojana, Suraksha Bima Yojana, Smart City Mission among some more. Here I am providing the details of plans propelled by Mr. Narendra Modi Government till September 2017.
The plans initiated by Mr. Narendra Modi government in 2014, 2015, 2016 and till September 2017 additionally incorporates plans of previous governments which have either been renamed or revised or both. I gave a brief account of these schemes which will be useful for the candidates who are preparing for various competitive exams as well as for the common citizens of India.
(Courtesy:-www.narendramodi.in/government's pioneering crop insurance scheme)Deendayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana (DUGJY)
Launched on 25th July 2015 in Patna.
Aim:- To bring reforms and continuous power supply to rural regions of the nation
Highlights:- Pradhan Mantri Ujjawala Yojana (PMUY)
Launched on first of May 2016 in Uttar Pradesh.
Aim:- Improve social welfare by providing LPG connections to BPL family units in the nation.
Highlights:- Urja Ganga Yojana (UGY)
Launched on 24th October, 2016 in Varanasi.
Aim:- A 2540 km long gas pipeline which will ensure supply of clean and eco cordial fuel to no less than seven principle urban areas – Varanasi, Patna, Jamshedpur, Kolkata, Ranchi, Bhubaneswar and Cuttack .
Highlights:- Deendayal Antyodaya Mission (DAM)
Launched on June 2011
Aim:-
To sustain rural India till they come out of poverty.
To improve jobs in little business undertakings, agricultural based rural India and work provision in formal segments.
Highlights:- Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA)
Launched on ninth June 2016.
Aim:- To enhance the quality and scope of Antenatal Care with Diagnostics and Counseling administrations as a component of Reproductive Maternal Neonatal Child and Adolescent Health.
Highlights:- Pradhan Mantri Vittiya Saksharta Abhiyaan (PMVSA)
Launched on first December 2016 by Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar in New Delhi.
Aim:- To go for cashless payments and transaction modes like utilizing credit or debit cards or the money wallets to decrease the economic malpractices in the nation.
Highlights:- Swachh Swasth Sarvatra Abhiyan (SSSA)
Launched on 25th December 2016 by Union Health Ministry as a team with the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation and Human Resource Development Ministry.
Aim:- To reinforce the Health Centers and to develop open defecation free blocks.
Highlights:-
Group Health Centers (CHCs) in ODF blocks bolstered to accomplish Kayakalp confirmation. Digi Dhan Vyapar Yojana (DDVY)
Launched on 15 th December 2016 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Proposed by NITI Ayog headed by Arvind Panagariya.
Aim:- To expand the "Cashless Transactions"
Highlights:-
Aim:- To provide motivation for "Cashless Transactions"
Highlights:- NTR Arogya Rakshya Scheme
Launched on first December, 2016 in Vijayawada.
Aim:- To give Medical facility to the general Public providing a place for the people belonging to the group of Above Poverty Line (APL) at Rs. 1200 premium for every annum
Highlights:- Digi-Locker conspire
Launched on 1 July 2015.
Aim:- To give a protected stock piling of records in advanced form.
Highlights:- Atal Amrit Abhiyan (AAA)
Launched on 25th December 2016 on 92nd birth commemoration of Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Aim:- To give medical coverage against 437 ailments including 5 basic illnesses.
Highlights:- Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY)
Launched in December 2016.
Aim:- To enhance the monetary position of the destitute individuals
Highlights:- Nagar Uday Scheme (NUS)
Launched on 25th December, 2016, on the birthday of previous Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Launched by Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
Aim:- The benefits being given to natives and bring them at standard life.
Highlights:- Willful Disclosure and Surcharge Wavier Scheme
Launched on nineteenth November, 2016 by Haryana Government
Aim:- For announcing altered or flawed meters for all class of customers having authorized load up to 5KW and for little local and non-residential shoppers having endorsed stack up to 2 KW in rural zones.
Highlights:- Baristha Bunkar Sahayata Yojana (BBSY)
Launched on seventh August, 2016 by Odisha Government.
Aim:- All weavers inside age of 60 years would get a month to month annuity of 500 rupees for every month.
Highlights:- Pradhan Mantri Zero Deficit Zero Effect Scheme (ZED)
Launched by 2016 by Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi.
Aim:- To supress the awful impact of products on environmental condition.
Highlights:- Kayakalp Award Scheme
Launched on fifteenth May 2015 by Ministry of Health And Family Welfare
Aim:- To improve cleanliness and to improve the nature of general well being in Hospitals, Clinics, Public Space,
To boost and perceive such open social insurance offices that show model execution in clinging to standard conventions of cleanliness and disease control.
Highlights:- E-Nirvan: Online Tax Related Grievance Scheme
Launched on September 8th 2016 by CBDT.
Aim:- To lessen the cases of tax avoidance's and to give help through electronic media.
Highlights:- Mission Bhagiratha: Safe drinking water Scheme
Launched on August 7, 2016 in Telangana
Aim:- To give safe drinking water to everybody in the State through devoted water pipeline diverts in the state.
Highlights:- Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)
Launched by thirteenth January 2016 by Government of India.
Aim:- To give protection scope and budgetary help to the agriculturists in case of disappointment of loss of notified crops due to natural hazards, pests or diseases..
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