Important List of Schemes/Yojana #2 (Competitive Exam Perspective)

Budgets details are as of 2018 session.

BHARATMALA (budget – 5,35,000 Cr.)

Launched - 31 July 2015

Ministry of Road Transport & Highway

The project will build highways from Gujarat and Rajasthan, move to Punjab and then cover the entire string of Himalayan states - Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttrakhand and then portions of borders of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar alongside Terai, and move to West Bengal , Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, and right up to the Indo-Myanmar border in Manipur and Mizoram.

• Special emphasis will be given on providing connectivity to far-flung border and rural areas including the tribal and backward areas.

• Bharatmala will-

Connect 550 district headquarters (from current 300) to minimum 4-lane highway by raising the number of corridors to 50 (from current 6) and move 80% freight traffic (40% currently) to national highways by connecting 24 logistics parks, 66 inter-corridors (IC) of total 8,000 km (5,000 mi), 116 feeder routes (FR) of total 7,500 km (4,700 mi) and 6 7 north east multimodal waterway ports.

PMAY (budget – 27505 CR.)

Launched - 25 June 2015

Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

• Target of building 20 million affordable houses by 31 March 2022.
• Two components: Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) (PMAY-U) for the urban poor and Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (Gramin) (PMAY-G and also PMAY-R) for the rural poor.
• This scheme is converged with other schemes to ensure houses have a toilet, Saubhagya Yojana electricity connection, Ujjwala Yojana LPG gas connection, access to drinking water and Jan Dhan banking facilities, etc.

SAUBGHYA / PMSBHGY (budget – 16000 Cr.)

Launched – Sept 2017

Ministry of Power

• Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana is an Indian government project to provide electricity to all households.
• The beneficiary household will get five LED lights, one AC fan, one AC power plug. It also includes the Repair and Maintenance (R&M) for 5 years.

e-NAM (budget – 2000 Cr.)

Launched – 14 apr 2016

Ministry of Agriculture Government of India 

• A national e-market platform for transparent sale transactions and price discovery initially in regulated markets.

• Liberal licensing of traders / buyers and commission agents by State authorities without any per-condition of physical presence or possession of shop /premises in the market yard.
• One license for a trader valid across all markets in the State.
• Single point levy of market fees, i.e. on the first wholesale purchase from the farmer.
• Provision of Soil Testing Laboratories in/ or near the selected mandi to facilitate visiting farmers to access this facility in the mandi itself. M/s. Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd. is the Strategic Partner (SP) who is responsible for development, operation and maintenance of the platform.

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MSME (budget – 3974 Cr.)

Launched –

Ministry of msme

-promote growth and development of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, including Khadi, Village and Coir industries so as to create new enterprises and more employment opportunities.

-function

•  Facilitation and credit flow to MSMEs
•  Improving competitiveness of MSMEs
• Improve manufacturing base through upgradation of technology
•  Promotion of MSMEs through cluster bases approach
•  Marketing support to MSMEs
• Skill development and entrepreneurship development training
• Creation of new Micro Enterprises through Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Program (PMEGP)
• Growth and development of Khadi and Village Industries (KVI) sector
•  Growth and development of Coir Industry

PMEGP 
PM Employment Generation Prog.
It is implemented by The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) is a statutory body formed by the Government of India, under the Act of Parliament, 'Khadi and Village Industries Commission Act of 1956.


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