Social Welfare Schemes 1

സെക്രട്ടറിയേറ്റ് അസിസ്റ്റൻറ് പോലുള്ള ഡിഗ്രി ലെവൽ പരീക്ഷകളിൽ പത്ത് മാർക്കിനുള്ള ചോദ്യങ്ങൾ സാമൂഹ്യക്ഷേമ പദ്ധതികളിൽ നിന്നും ചോദിക്കാറുണ്ട്. നന്നായി പഠിച്ചുകഴിഞ്ഞാൽ പോലും പരീക്ഷാ ഹാളിൽ കൺഫ്യൂഷൻ ഉളവാക്കാൻ പോന്നവയാണ് ഈ ഭാഗത്തെ ചോദ്യങ്ങൾ. ഇപ്പോളും പുതിയ പുതിയ പദ്ധതികൾക്ക് കേന്ദ്ര-സംസ്ഥാന സർക്കാരുകൾ രൂപം കൊടുക്കുന്നതിനാൽ ആനുകാലികവുമായും ഈ ഭാഗം ബന്ധപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്നു. സാമൂഹ്യക്ഷേമ പദ്ധതികളുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട ചോദ്യങ്ങൾ ആണ് നമുക്ക് തുടർന്ന് PSC ക്ലാസ്സ്മുറിയിൽ പഠിക്കാനുള്ളത്

 അന്ത്യോദയ അന്ന യോജന, ബാലിക സമൃദ്ധി യോജന, ഭാരത് നിർമ്മാൺ, ഇന്ദിര ആവാസ് യോജന എന്നീ പദ്ധതികളാണ് ഇന്നത്തെ പാഠത്തിൽ ഉൾപ്പെടുത്തിയിട്ടുള്ളത് 

• Prime Minister who started Anthyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY)

                 AB Vajpayee

• Anthyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) was started on

                 25th December 2000

• Anthyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) was started at

                 Rajasthan

• Anthyodaya Anna Yojana was concerned for

                 Poorest of poor among BPL families

• Scheme started to provide rice and wheat at low rate through public distribution system

                 Anthyodaya Anna Yojana

• Anthyodaya Anna Yojana was implemented by

                 Food and civil supplies department

• AAY was started during the period of 

                 9th five year plan

• Food grains allocated through AAY

                 35 Kg of rice and wheat with 3Rs/Kg rice and 2Rs/Kg wheat

• Anthyodaya list in rural areas are approved by

                 Department of rural development

• Anthyodaya list in urban areas are approved by

                 Department of urban development

• Color of Anthyodaya ration card

                 Yellow

• Identification of Anthyodaya families and issuing ration cards is the responsibilities of 

                 State government

• Prime Minister who started Balika Samridhi Yojana (BSY)

                 IK Gujral

• BSY started on 

                 15th August 1997

• Five year plan during which BSY introduced 

                 9th Five year plan

• Grant amount for girl children under BSY

                 Rs. 500

• Beneficiaries of BSY

                 2 girl children in each household born on or after 15/8/1997

• Eligibility criteria for BSY

                 Girl children belongs to BPL, SC\ST family

• BSY implemented through

                 ICDS infrastructure in rural areas and functionaries of Health department in Urban areas

• Objectives of BSY are

                 To change the negative attitude towards girl children, To improve enrollment and retention of girl children in school, To raise the age of marriage of girls, To assist the girl to undertake income generating activities

• Insurance policy for girls associated with BSY

                 Bhagya Shri Balika Kalyan Bima Yojana

• Prime Minister who started Bharat Nirman

                 Manmohan Singh

• Bharat Nirman started on 

                 16th December 2005

• Five year plan during which Bharat Nirman introduced 

                 10th Five year plan

• Main objective of Bharat Nirman

                 Building infrastructure and bringing basic amenities to Rural India

• Aims of Bharat Nirman are

                 To provide safe drinking water to all under developed areas in India by 2012, To develop housing facilities for the poor, Provide electricity to every village, To provide additional 1 crore hecters of irrigational useful land by 2012, To cover 40% of rural areas with telecommunication by 2014, Provide broadband coverage to all Panchayath by the year 2012, Construct all weather roads by 2012 to connect all villages of India having a minimum population of 500

• Six parts included in Bharat Nirman

                 Water (National Rural Drinking Water Program), Roads (Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana), Housing (Indira Awas Yojana), Telephone, Electricity (Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana), Irrigation

• Prime Minister who started Indira Awas Yojana (IAY)

                 Rajiv Gandhi

• IAY started on 

                 22 May 1985

• Five year plan during which IAY introduced 

                 7th Five year plan

• Amount granted under IAY for repairing house

                 Rs. 15000

• IAY was launched as a sub-scheme of 

                 RLEGP (Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Program)

• IAY merged to Jawahar Rozgar Yojana in 

                 1989

• Which department has the responsibility of IAY 

                 Ministry of Rural Development

• Objective of IAY 

                 Construction of houses free of cost to SC/ST and poor below poverty line

• IAY is related to the construction of

                 Rural Housing

• IAY houses are allotted in the name of

                 Woman of the family or jointly between husband and wife

• IAY houses shall not be alienated for a period of

                 15 Years

• Software launched in 2010 to assist improved administration of IAY

                 Awaas Soft

• Amount of financial assistance given under IAY

                 70,000 in plain areas and 75,000 in high land areas

• Main sponsor of IAY is

                 Central Government

• IAY changed to an independent scheme on 

                 1st January 1996

• Necessary conditions to built houses in IAY

                 Sanitary Latrine, Smokeless kitchen, No involvement of contractors

• To integrate the provision of shelter with sanitation and drinking water, IAY enlarged in 1999-2000 as

                 Samagra Awas Yojana (SAY)

• New name of IAY

                 National Gramin Awaas Mission

• Extended beneficiaries of IAY

                 Non-SC/ST Categories, widows or next kin of defence personnel killed in action. Ex-service men and retired members of the para military forces

• Top up loan eligible for IAY beneficiaries

                 20,000/-
                                                                                                       (To be Continued...)