About: Aajeevika – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) was launched by the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India in June 2011. The Mission aims at creating efficient and effective institutional platforms of the rural poor, enabling them to increase household income through sustainable livelihood enhancements and improved access to financial services. The program […]
Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme (DDRS)
About: The umbrella Central Sector Scheme called the “Scheme to Promote Voluntary Action for Persons with Disabilities” was revised in 2003 and was renamed as Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme (DDRS. The approach of this Scheme is to provide financial assistance to voluntary organizations to make available the whole range of services necessary for rehabilitation of […]
Accessible India Campaign (Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan)
About: Accessible India Campaign (Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan) is a nation-wide Campaign launched by Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD) of Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment to provide universal accessibility to persons with disabilities. The campaign aims at providing equal opportunity to persons with disabilities to participate in all the aspects of life and live independently. The Sugamya Bharat […]
Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (Saubhagya)
About: Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana – Saubhagya is to provide energy access to all by last mile connectivity and electricity connections to all remaining un-electrified households in rural as well as urban areas to achieve universal household electrification in the country. The electricity connection to households include release of electricity connections by drawing […]
PRADHAN MANTRI ANNADATA AAY SANRAKSHAN ABHIYAN (PMAASHA)
About: The Government has approved a new umbrella scheme “Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan” (PM-AASHA) which will provide Minimum Support Price (MSP) assurance to farmers. It was announced in the Union Budget for 2018. Obejctive: The Scheme is aimed at ensuring remunerative prices to the farmers for their produce. Salient features: It has three components […]