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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