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List of government schemes

List of government schemes- use these in mains answers MPPSC 
Scheme
Ministry
Date of Launch
Outlay/Status
Sector
Provisions
References

2007
Insurance
Scheme extends the benefit of life insurance coverage as well as coverage of partial and permanent disability to the head of the family or an earning member of the family of rural landless households and educational assistance to their children studying from 9th to 12th standard as an extended benefit.

May 9, 2015
Pension
Social Sector Scheme pertaining to Pension Secto
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2009
reduce the cost of compact fluorescent lamps

1954
Health
comprehensive medical care facilities to Central Government employees and their family members

Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme
2003
Create an enabling environment to ensure equal opportunities, equity, social justice and empowerment of persons with disabilities.

MoP
2015
Rural Power Supply
It is a Government of India program aimed at providing 24x7 uninterrupted power supply to all homes in Rural India

Digital IndiaProgramme [4]
MoC&IT
July 1, 2015
1 Lakh Crore
Digitally Empowered Nation
Aims to ensure that government services are available to citizens electronically and people get benefited from the latest information and communication technology

Gramin Bhandaran Yojna
March 31, 2007
Creation of scientific storage capacity with allied facilities in rural areas to meet the requirements of farmers for storing farm produce, processed farm produce and agricultural inputs. Improve their marketability through promotion of grading, standardization and quality control of agricultural produce.

1985
Housing, Rural
Provides financial assistance to rural poor for constructing their houses themselves.[5]

Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana
2010
Mother Care
A cash incentive of Rs. 4000 to women (19 years and above) for the first two live births [6]

October 2, 1975
Child Development
tackle malnutrition and health problems in children below 6 years of age and their mothers

1978
Rural Development
self-employment program to raise the income-generation capacity of target groups among the poor and The scheme has been merged with another scheme named Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) since 01.04 1999.

2005
Mother Care
One-time cash incentive to pregnant women for institutional/home births through skilled assistance

MoUD
December 3, 2005
Urban Development[7]
a programme meant to improve the quality of life and infrastructure in the cities. To be replaced by Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation.

July 2004
Education
Educational facilities (residential schools) for girls belonging to SC,STOBC, minority communities and families below the poverty line(BPL) in Educationally Backward Blocks

Scholarships for top Science students , Fellowships for pursuing PhD , Research Grants to researchers

1999
Scholarship program to encourage students to take up research careers in the areas of basic sciences, engineering and medicine

Livestock Insurance Scheme (India)
Education
Insurance to cattle and attaining qualitative improvement in livestock and their products.

February 6, 2006[8][9]
Rs. 40,000 crore in 2010–11
Rural Wage Employment
Legal guarantee for one hundred days of employment in every financial year to adult members of any rural household willing to do public work-related unskilled manual work at the statutory minimum wage of Rs. 120 per day in 2009 prices.

December 23, 1993
Each MP has the choice to suggest to the District Collector for, works to the tune of Rs.5 Crores per annum to be taken up in his/her constituency. The Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament can recommend works in one or more districts in the State from where he/she has been elected.

August 15, 1995
Health, Education
Lunch (free of cost) to school-children on all working days

Namami Gange Programme [10]
March 1995
20000 crore for 5 years
Clean & Protect Ganga
Integrates the efforts to clean and protect the River Ganga in a comprehensive manner

May 5, 1988
Education
Make 80 million adults in the age group of 15 – 35 literate

January 1, 2004
Pension
Contribution based pension system

National Scheme on Welfare of Fishermen
Agriculture
Financial assistance to fishers for construction of house, community hall for recreation and common working place and installation of tube-wells for drinking water

1969
Personality development through social (or community) service

August 15, 1995
Pension
Public assistance to its citizens in case of unemployment, old age, sickness and disablement and in other cases of undeserved want


July 23, 2010
Model Village
Integrated development of Schedule Caste majority villages in four states

May 9, 2015
Insurance
Accidental Insurance with a premium of Rs. 12 per year.

May 9, 2015
Insurance
Life insurance of Rs. 2 lakh with a premium of Rs. 330 per year.

August 28, 2014
Financial Inclustion
National Mission for Financial Inclusion to ensure access to financial services, namely Banking Savings & Deposit Accounts, Remittance, Credit, Insurance, Pension in an affordable manner

December 25, 2000
Rural Development
Good all-weather road connectivity to unconnected villages

MhUPA
2013
Urban Housing
It envisages a “Slum Free India" with inclusive and equitable cities in which every citizen has access to basic civic infrastructure and social amenities and decent shelter

Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana [12]
MoP
April 2005
Rural Electrification
Programme for creation of Rural Electricity Infrastructure & Household Electrification for providing access to electricity to rural households

August 1, 2007
Agriculture
Achieve 4% annual growth in agriculture through development of Agriculture and its allied sectors during the XI Plan period

April 1, 2008
Insurance
Health insurance to poor (BPL), Domestic workers, MGNERGA workers, Rikshawpullers, Building and other construction workers, and many other categories as may be identified by the respective states

1997
Health
Tuberculosis control initiative

Saksham or Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Boys
2014
Skill Development
Aims at all-round development of Adolescent Boys and make them self-reliant, gender-sensitive and aware citizens, when they grow up. It cover all adolescent boys (both school going and out of school) in the age-group of 11 to 18 years subdivided into two categories, viz. 11-14 & 14–18 years. In 2014–15, an allocation of Rs. 25 crore is made for the scheme.

Sabla or Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls
2011
Skill Development
Empowering adolescent girls (Age) of 11–18 years with focus on out-of-school girls by improvement in their nutritional and health status and upgrading various skills like home skills, life skills and vocational skills. Merged Nutrition Programme for Adolescent Girls (NPAG) and Kishori Shakti Yojana (KSY).

September 25, 2001
Rural Self Employment
Providing additional wage employment and food security, alongside creation of durable community assets in rural areas.
July 15, 2015
Skill Development
seeks to provide the institutional capacity to train a minimum 40 crore skilled people by 2022 [13]
Swabhiman
February 15, 2011
Financial Inclusion
To make banking facility available to all citizens and to get 5 crore accounts opened by Mar 2012. Replaced by Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana.
April 1, 1999
Rural Employment
Bring the assisted poor families above the poverty line by organising them into Self Help Groups (SHGs) through the process of social mobilisation, their training and capacity building and provision of income generating assets through a mix of bank credit and government subsidy.
September 26, 2010
To be replaced by Atal Pension Yojana
Pension
pension scheme to the workers in unorganised sector. Any citizen who is not part of any statutory pension scheme of the Government and contributes between Rs. 1000 and Rs. 12000/- per annum, could join the scheme. The Central Government shall contribute Rs. 1000 per annum to such subscribers.
Child Care
Training Program for ICDS workers
June 18, 1997
Closed on 31 December 1998
Opportunity to the income tax/ wealth tax defaulters to disclose their undisclosed income at the prevailing tax rates.
June 2011[14]
$5.1 Billion[14]
This scheme will organize rural poor into Self Help Group(SHG) groups and make them capable for self-employment. The idea is to develop better livelihood options for the poor.
Jan 2015[15]
Urban Development
The scheme seeks to preserve and rejuvenate the rich cultural heritage of the country.
Jan 2015[14]
The scheme primarily ensures equitable share to a girl child in resources and savings of a family in which she is generally discriminated as against a male child.
MoUD
June 25, 2015
Urban Development
To enable better living and drive economic growth stressing on the need for people centric urban planning and development.
Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT)
June 25, 2015
Urban Development
To enable better living and drive economic growth stressing on the need for people centric urban planning and development.
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY)
June 25, 2015
Housing
To enable better living and drive economic growth stressing on the need for people centric urban planning and development.
National Child Labour Projects(NCLP)
launched in 9 districts in 1987 and has been expanded in January 2005 to 250 districts in 21 different states of the country
The objective of this project is to eliminate child labour in hazardous industries by 2010.
Under this scheme, the target group is all children below 14 years of age who are working in occupations and processes listed in the Schedule to the Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986 or occupations and processes that are harmful to the health of the child.
Antyodaya Anna Yojna
NDA government
25 December 2000
Under the scheme 1 crore of the poorest among the (Below Poverty Line)BPL families covered under the targeted public distribution system are identified.
Issue of Ration Cards Following the recognition of Antyodaya families, unique quota cards to be recognized an "Antyodaya Ration Card" must be given to the Antyodaya families by the chosen power.
The scheme has been further expanded twice by additional 50 lakh BPL families each in June 2003 and in August 2004,thus covering 2 crore families under the AAY scheme
National Food Security Mission
2007 for 5 years
It launched in 2007 for 5 years to increase production and productivity of wheat, rice and pulses on a sustainable basis so as to ensure food security of the country.
The aim is to bridge the yield gap in respect of these crops through dissemination of improved technologies and farm management practices.