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Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY)
Make in India
Digital India
Skill India
Mission Indradhanush
Udaan Scheme
DigiLocker
Sagarmala Project
Vikalp Scheme
Launched
Main Objective: To help Panchayat Raj Institutions deliver Sustainable Development Goals.
It is a new proposed scheme announced in the union financial budget 2016-17 by the Finance
Minister Mr. Arun Jaitley.
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Gramin (PMAY-G) | Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awas Yojana
Implementation of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Gramin has been approved by the Narendra
Modi Government on 23rd March in a cabinet meeting. The rural housing scheme will help
achieve housing for all by 2022 in Rural areas across the country.
Narendra Modi Government is all set to launch Gram Uday Se Bharat Uday Abhiyan on 14 April.
It is a nationwide movement towards social harmony, strengthening of Panchayati Raj
Named as Shala Asmita Yojana (SAY), the scheme is basically a tracking system for over 25
Crore students from class 1st to 12th. The tracking system will keep records of academic journey
of every students
Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Sadak Yojana is all set to be launched by the Ministry of Road
Transport and Highways. The scheme is basically an initiative to make the roads safer by
eliminating the dangerous spots on highways. Under the Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Sadak
Yojana, the central government will eliminate dangerous sites where accidents occur more •
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Vidyanjali, a school volunteer programme by the Ministry of HRD has been launched on 16th
June with an aim of enhancing the involvement of community and private sector in Government
run elementary schools. The Vidyanjali scheme has been launched under the overall aegis of the
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan.
Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA) – Free Health Checkup for Pregnant
Women
Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan or Yojana is a new initiative of the Narendra Modi
Government launched on June 9, 2016. The scheme has been launched with the objective of
boosting the health care facilities for the pregnant women, especially the poor
Swayam Prabha, a scheme to allow 32 Direct-to-home (DTH) channels to broadcast programs for
school and university students has been given clearance by the Union HRD ministry.
Pradhan Mantri Gram Parivahan Yojana for 80,000 Commercial PVs in Rural Areas
The central government is planning to launch a new scheme to provide commercial pessanger
vehicles in rural areas at subsidized rates. To be named as “Pradhan Mantri Gram Parivahan
Yojana“, the scheme has been proposed to create a better transport systems in the rural areas
across the country.
Gangajal delivey scheme has been launched by the Government from Patna in Bihar. It is a new
initiative of the central government to deliver “Gangajal” to doorstep through Indian Postal
Services. Under the Gangajal Delivery Scheme, any person can get the pious Gangajal delivered
to the doorstep at nominal prices.
The union government has approved a new scheme named as National Apprenticeship
Promotion Scheme (NAPS) for promoting industrial training. The scheme is aimed at providing
training to students in their field which will further help them in the placement and obtaining a
suitable job.
Ministry of HRD has decided to launch a new scheme named as Vidyalakshmi to assist IIT
students in getting loans to pay the fee. Under the Vidyalakshmi scheme, the Ministry will help
students in getting interest free loans from the banks to pay their fee. The ministry has taken
into consideration the launch of the •
Mission Bhagiratha, a great initiative by the state government of Telangana has been launched
by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Ji. Mission Bhagiratha is an initiative to provide safe
drinking water to everyone through dedicated water pipeline in the state.
Smart Ganga City project has been launched in 10 cities located along the Ganga river across
the country to set up Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) and improve drainage network there on
hybrid annuity mode on public private partnership basis.
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ZED or Zero Defect, Zero Effect scheme is a new initiative launched by the Narendra Modi led
NDA government. The scheme is for MSME (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) Sector to
increase the quality of products matching global standards. ZED (Zero Defect, Zero Effect)
Scheme The main objective of ZED (Zero Effect, Zero Defect) scheme •
Pradhan Mantri Yuva Yojana (PMYY), launched by the Ministry of Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship is a new scheme to scale up an ecosystem of entrepreneurship for youngsters.
Under the scheme, the central government will arrange entrepreneurship education and training
programs for youngsters for next 5 years.
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Gramin (PMAY-G) has finally been launched by the Prime
Minister Shri Narendra Modi in Agra on 20th November 2016. Under the PM Awas Yojana
Gramin affordable housing scheme, central government aims to develop 3 Crore homes by the
year 2022 in rural areas for poor families including BPL. PMAY-G is •
Lucky Draw Yojana is a new scheme announced by think-tank NITI Aayog to promote use of
cashless digital payment methods among consumers. The government has announced daily,
weekly and mega awards for the consumers using digital payments for any kind of payment.
The central government along with Lucky Grahak Yojana has also launched Digi Dhan Vyapar
Yojana for merchants to encourage them for use of digital payment methods. Both the schemes
will begin on Christmas Day, i.e. 25th December and daily, weekly and mega cashback awards of
worth Rs. 340 Crore would be distributed to the consumers. •