Social Welfare Schemes 10

PMJDY, ബേട്ടി ബചാവോ ബേട്ടി പഠാവോ, സുകന്യ സമൃദ്ധി, വനബന്ധു കല്യാൺ യോജന, HRIDAY, PRASAD, PMSBY, PMJJBY, APY തുടങ്ങിയ പദ്ധതികളുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട ചോദ്യങ്ങളാണ് ഇന്നത്തെ പാഠത്തിൽ ഉൾപ്പെടുത്തിയിട്ടുള്ളത് 

• Prime minister who started Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY)

                  Narendra Modi

• PMJDY Started on

                  28 August 2014

• PMJDY started during which five year plan

                  12th Five year plan

• Aim of PMJDY

                  To open bank account for all citizens in India

• First states to achieve 100% financial inclusion under PMJDY

                  Kerala and Goa

• Debit card issued to the accounts under PMJDY

                  RuPay Card

• Minimum amount that can be granted as overdraft under PMJDY

                  Rs. 5000\-

• Minimum balance required for an account under PMJDY

                  No Minimum Balance required

• Slogan of PMJDY

                  Mera Khata- Bhagya vidhata (My Bank account- The creator of good fortune)

• Union government scheme that entered into Guiness book of world record on 20th January 2015

                  PMJDY

• Prime minister who started Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao

                  Narendra Modi

• Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Started on

                  22 January 2015

• Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao started during which five year plan

                  12th Five year plan

• Aim of Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao

                  Generate awareness and improve the efficiency of welfare services for women. To aware the people of the country towards the concerns of girl child and women. Spread awareness about the declining trend of child sex ration

• Objective of Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao

                  Highlight the importance of education of girls and become empowered citizens of the country with equal rights

• Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao scheme first implemented in

                  100 worst child sex ratio districts in the country

• Brand ambassador of Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao scheme

                  Madhuri Dixit

• Sukanya Samridhi Account launched by

                  Narendra Modi

• Age of child at the time of opening Sukanya Samridhi Account

                  Not more than 10 years

• Initial deposit to open Sukanya Samridhi Account

                  Rs. 1000 per year

• Maximum possible deposit in Sukanya Samridhi Account

                  Rs. 150000 per year

• Money must be deposit in Sukanya Samridhi Account for

                  14 years

• Maturity of the Account is

                  21 Years from the date of opening of account

• From a family how many girl child will get beneficiaries of Sukanya Samridhi Account

                  Two girl child

• Prime minister who started Vanabandhu Kalyan Yojana 

                  Narendra Modi

• Vanabandhu Kalyan Yojana Started on

                  28 October 2014

• Vanabandhu Kalyan Yojana started during which five year plan

                  12th Five year plan

• Vanabandhu Kalyan Yojana intented for

                  Welfare of Tribal People

• The initial phase target blocks having atleast

                  33% tribal population

• HRIDAY means

                  National Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana

• HRIDAY was launched on

                  21 January 2015

• HRIDAY was launched by

                  M Venkaiah Naidu

• HRIDAY objectives

                  To conserve and preserve the heritage sites in the country

• How many cities are selected under HRIDAY

                  12 (Varanassi, Amritsar, Warangal, Ajmeer, Gaya, Mathura, Kanchipuram, Vallankanni, Amaravati, Badami, Dwaraka, Puri)

• PRASAD means

                  National Mission on Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual Augmentation Drive

• Objective of PRASAD

                  Develop world class infrastructure in the respective destination

• Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) was launched on

                  9 May 2015

• PMSBY was launched at

                  Kolkata

• Objective of PMSBY

                  Renewable one year accidental death cum disability cover to all savings bank account holders

• Accidental death and full disability under PMSBY

                  2 Lakh

• Partial disability under PMSBY

                  1 Lakh

• Age group for PMSBY

                  18-70 Years

• Premium for PMSBY

                  Rs.12 Per annum

• Premium for PMSBY would be debited through

                  Auto debit

• PMSBY will be offered by

                  All pubic sector general insurance companies

• Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyothi Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) was launched on

                  9 May 2015

• PMJJBY was launched at

                  Kolkata

• Objective of PMJJBY

                  Renewable one year life cover to all savings bank account holders

• Accidental death and full disability under PMJJBY

                  2 Lakh

• Age group for  PMJJBY

                  18-50 Years

• Premium for PMJJBY

                  Rs 330 per annum

• PMJJBY offered through

                  Life Insurance Corporation

• Atal Pension Yojana (APY) was launched on

                  9 May 2015

• Atal Pension Yojana came into effect on

                  1 June 2015

• Aim of APY is

                  Pension for citizens of unorganized sector

• APY replaced

                  Swavalamban Yojana

• Age group of APY is

                  18-40 Years

• Pension scheme started by Agricultural department for farmers of age 60 above

                  Kisan Abhiman

• Monthly pension as per Kisan Abhiman

                  Rs 300

• First state to start a pension scheme for the farmers

                  Kerala

• Union Government scheme to immunize all children by 2020

                  Mission Indradhanush

• Union Government Scheme to improve the performance of public sector banks

                  Indradhanush
                                                                                   (To be Continued...)

Social Welfare Schemes 9

ദീൻ ദയാൽ ഉപാധ്യായ അന്ത്യോദയ യോജന, സ്വച്ഛ് ഭാരത്, SPMRM, സൻസദ് ആദർശ് ഗ്രാം യോജന എന്നീ പദ്ധതികളുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട ചോദ്യങ്ങളാണ് ഇന്നത്തെ പാഠത്തിൽ ഉൾപ്പെടുത്തിയിരിക്കുന്നത്

• Prime minister who started Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Anthyodaya Yojana (DAY)

                  Narendra Modi

• Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Anthyodaya Yojana Started on

                  25th September 2014

• DAY started during which five year plan

                  12th Five year plan

• DAY aims at

                  Development of poor people by providing skill training

• Urban part of DAY is implemented by

                  Union Ministry of Housing and Urban poverty alleviation

• Rural component of DAY is named as

                  Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana

• Rural component of DAY is implemented by

                  Union ministry of rural development

• Minimum age for entry under DAY is 

                  15 Years

• DAY aims at training 10 lakh rural youth by

                  2017

• Anthyodaya Day (Birthday of Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya)

                  September 25

• Prime minister who started Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM)

                  Narendra Modi

• SPMRM Started on

                  16th August 2015

• Objectives of SPMRM

                  Deliver integrated project based infrastructure in the rural areas, development of economic activities and skill development

• Aim of SPMRM

                  Develop a cluster of smart villages by 2020

• SPMRM is implemented by

                  Ministry of rural development

• Union government scheme to make all National highways free of railway crossings in 2019

                  Setu Bharatham Project

• Union government scheme to promote entrepreneurs among SC/ST and women by extending loans at cheaper rates 

                  Stand up India

• Prime minister who started Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

                  Narendra Modi

• Swachh Bharat Abhiyan Started on

                  2nd October 2014

• Swachh Bharat Abhiyan started during which five year plan

                  12th Five year plan

• Swachh Bharat Abhiyan aims at

                  Accomplish the vision of Clean India by 2nd October 2019 (150 birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi)

• Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is the restructured form of

                  Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan

• Governing body of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan Gramin version

                  Ministry of drinking water and sanitation

• Governing body of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan Urban version

                  Ministry of Urban development

• Logo of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

                  Gandhi Spectacles

• Logo of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan designed by

                  Anant Khasbardar

• Tag line of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

                  Ek Kadam Swachhta Ki Ore

• Tag line of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan designed by

                  Bhagyasri Sheth

• Lyrics of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

                  Swachh Bharat Ka Irada kar liya hum ne

• Contest for Logo and Tagline of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan organised under

                  Ministry of drinking water and sanitation

• Fund that utilizing to build toilets in schools, rural and urban areas to achieve cleanliness across the country is known as 

                  Swachh Bharat Kosh

• Bal Swachhta Mission was launched on

                  14th November 2014

• Bal Swachhta Mission is a part of

                  Swachh Bharat Mission

• Prime minister who started Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY)

                  Narendra Modi

• SAGY Started on

                  11th October 2014 (Birth anniversary of Jayaprakash Narayanan)

• SAGY started during which five year plan

                  12th Five year plan

• SAGY aims at

                  Turning villages into model villages and put special focus on empowering the poor to come out of poverty

• Objective of SAGY

                  Each member of parliament needs to choose one village from their representing constituency and make it a model village called Adarsh Grams

• Magazine started to inform details of SAGY activities

                  Panchayat Darpan

• Web portal started to coordinate SAGY activities

                  Samanway

• Village adopted by Narendra Modi under SAGY scheme

                  Jayapur (UP)

• Village adopted by Sonia Gandhi under SAGY scheme

                  Udwa (UP)

• Village adopted by Rahul Gandhi under SAGY scheme

                  Deeh (UP)

• Village adopted by Manmohan Singh under SAGY scheme

                  Pachim Bekeli Gaon (Assam)

• Village adopted by Sachin Tendulkar under SAGY scheme

                  Puttamraju kandrika (Andhra Pradesh)

• Village adopted by Hema Malini under SAGY scheme

                  Raval (UP)

• Village adopted by Chiranjeevi under SAGY scheme

                  Perupalam (Andhra Pradesh)

• Village adopted by Sumitra Mahajan under SAGY scheme

                  Pachnod (Madhya Pradesh)

• Village adopted by Rajnath Singh under SAGY scheme

                  Beti (UP)

• Village adopted by Arun Jaitley under SAGY scheme

                  Karnali (Gujarath)
                                                                                      (To be Continued...)

Social Welfare Schemes 8

മിഡ് ഡേ മീൽസ്, RAY, ഡിജിറ്റൽ ഇന്ത്യ, മേക്ക് ഇൻ ഇന്ത്യ, വൺ റാങ്ക് വൺ പെൻഷൻ, PMFBY, DDUGJY തുടങ്ങിയ ആധുനിക പദ്ധതികളുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട ചോദ്യങ്ങളാണ് ഇന്നത്തെ പാഠത്തിൽ ഉൾപ്പെടുത്തിയിരിക്കുന്നത്

• Prime Minister who started Mid day meal scheme

                   PV Narasimha Rao

• Mid day meal scheme started on

                   15 August 1995

• Mid day meal scheme started during which five year plan

                   8th Five year plan

• Objective of Mid day meal scheme

                   Provide day lunch to students during working school days

• Mid day meal scheme first started by

                   K Kamaraj in Tamil Nadu

• K Kamaraj started Mid day meal scheme in

                   1960

• Initial name of Mid day meal scheme

                   National Program for nutrition support to primary education

• Mid day meal scheme implemented all over India in

                   1st April 2008

• Supreme court instruction to start Mid day meal scheme in all Indian states is given in

                   28 November 2001

• Kerala implemented Mid day meal scheme in

                   1984

• Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) was started during which five year plan

                   12th Five year plan

• Rajiv Awas Yojana aims at

                   Slum Free India

• RAY is fully sponsored by 

                   Central Government

• RAY aims to make India slum free by

                   2022

• Scheme address the specific vulnerability of women in difficult circumstances through home based holistic and integrated approach

                   SWADHAR Scheme

• Prime Minister who started Digital India

                   Narendra Modi

• Digital India scheme started on

                   1st July 2015

• Aim of Digital India

                   To transform India into a digitally empowered knowledge economy. Connect rural areas with high speed internet networks

• Logo of digital India campaign was designed by

                   Rana Bhowmik

• Digital India scheme to reform government through technology

                   E-Governance

• Digital India scheme for electronic delivery of services

                   E-Kranti

• Prime Minister who started Make in India

                   Narendra Modi

• Make in India scheme started on

                   25th September 2014

• Make in India scheme started during which five year plan

                   12th five year plan

• Aim of Make in India scheme

                   Convert India to a self reliant country give the Indian economy global recognition

• Make in India scheme organized by

                   Central Government

• Objectives of Make in India scheme are

                   Manufacture in India and sell the products world wide, Creating job market, Boost India's GDP, trade and economic growth, Enforcement of secondary and tertiary sector.

• One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme implemented on

                   5th September 2015

• OROP scheme effective from

                   1st July 2014

• Judicial commission appointed for the implementaion of One Rank One Pension scheme

                   Js. S Narasimha Reddy Committee

• Prime Minister who started Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)

                   Narendra Modi

• PMFBY started on

                   13th January 2016

• Theme of PMFBY 

                   One nation One Scheme

• PMFBY is a

                   Crop insurance scheme

• PMFBY target

                   Provide more efficient financial support to the farmers of the country

• Scheme which replacing all the existing National agricultural Insurance schemes

                   PMFBY

• Prime Minister who started Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY)

                   Narendra Modi

• DDUGJY started on

                   25th July 2015

• Aim of DDUGJY

                   Provide access of electricity to rural households across the country

• DDUGJY implemented through

                   Rural Electrification Corporation (REC)
                                                                                         (To be Continue...)

Social Welfare Schemes 7

JSY, IGMSY, RSBY, AABY, RMSA, സർവശിക്ഷാ അഭിയാൻ എന്നീ പദ്ധതികളുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട ചോദ്യങ്ങളാണ് ഇന്നത്തെ പാഠത്തിൽ ഉൾപ്പെടുത്തിയിട്ടുള്ളത്

• Prime minister who launched the scheme Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY)

                Manmohan Singh

• Janani Suraksha Yojana launched on

                12 April 2005

• During which five year plan JSY was launched

                10th five year plan

• Entire expenditure of JSY is financed by

                Central Govt

• Objective of Janani Suraksha Yojana

                Cash assistance to the mothers along with free delivery and care after delivery

• Janani Suraksha Yojana formed by modifying 

                National Maternity Benefit Scheme (NMBS)

• Link between Govt and poor pregnant women identified by JSY

                ASHA

• Financial assistance provided by NMBS 

                Rs. 500\- per birth upto two life births to pregnant woman who have attained 19 years of age

• Reason for introducing JSY

                Reducing the neo-natal or maternal deaths

• Prime minister who launched the scheme Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana (IGMSY)

                Manmohan Singh

• IGMSY was launched in

                2010

• During which five year plan IGMSY was launched

                11th five year plan

• IGMSY was introduced  under

                Ministry of women and child development

• Implementation of IGMSY was through

                Anganwadi

• Goal of IGMSY 

                Compensate pregnant woman for the wage loss suffered by them during childcare and childbirth and also provide them good nutrition, feeding practice and safe delivery conditions.

• Prime minister who launched the scheme Rashtriya Sawasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY)

                Manmohan Singh

• RSBY launched on

                1st April 2008

• During which five year plan RSBY was launched

                11th five year plan

• RSBY was introduced under

                Labor and employment ministry

• RSBY was intended for

                health cover plan for poor in India, which gives cashless cover in case of hospitalization

• Color of bio-metric smart card RSBY

                Yellow

• Health care provided by RSBY per family

                INR 30,000 per year

• Which plan won applause from UN, World bank and ILO as world finest health cover plan

                RSBY

• Prime minister who launched the scheme Aam Admi Bima Yojana (AABY)

                Manmohan Singh

• AABY launched on

                2nd October 2007

• During which five year plan AABY was launched

                11th five year plan

• AABY was launched at

                Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

• Objective of AABY is

                To provide insurance cover to the head of the family or an earning member of rural landless household

• AABY annual premium per person

                Rs. 200

• AABY is merged with

                Janasree Bima Yojana (JBY)

• Merged scheme AABY came into effect from

                1st January 2013

• Fund for AABY is maintained by

                LIC

• AABY members should be aged between

                18-59 Years

• Benefits of AABY 

                On natural death Rs. 30000, Death due to accident or permanent total disability Rs 75000, Partial permanent disability due to marriage Rs. 37500/-

• Prime minister who launched the scheme Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)

                AB Vajpayee

• SSA launched in

                2001

• During which five year plan SSA was launched

                9th five year plan

• Central government plan for universalization of elementary education

                Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

• Prime minister who launched the scheme Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA)

                Manmohan Singh

• RMSA launched in

                March 2009

• During which five year plan RMSA was launched in

                11th five year plan

• Central government plan to entrance secondary education and to improve quality

                RMSA

• Objectives of RMSA

                Enhancement of quality education in secondary level, removal of gender bias, offering universal standard of education by the end of 2017
                                                                                       (To be Continued...)

Social Welfare Schemes 6

RGGVY, NRLM, NREP, NRHM, JNNURM, DWCRA, TRYSEM, MWS തുടങ്ങിയ പദ്ധതികളുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട ചോദ്യങ്ങളാണ് ഇന്നത്തെ പാഠത്തിൽ ഉൾപ്പെടുത്തിയിരിക്കുന്നത്

• Prime minister who started Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY)

                    Manmohan Singh

• RGGVY started on

                    2005 April

• RGGVY started during the period of which five year plan

                    10th Five year plan

• Objective of RGGVY

                    Provide proper electricity to every rural households and to offer electricity to all BPL families with no charge

• Major nodal agency for RGGVY

                    REC (Rural Electrification Corporation)

• In 2015, RGGVY subsumed into

                    Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grama Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY)

• Prime minister who started National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM)

                    Man Mohan Singh

• NRLM started on

                    2011 June

• NRLM started during the period of which five year plan

                    11th Five year plan

• Aims of NRLM

                    Removal of poverty with aims of creating and increasing opportunities for self employment amongst the villages

• Basic idea behind NRLM

                    Organise the poor into SHG (Self Help Group)

• Prime minister who started National Rural Employment Program (NREP)

                    Indira Gandhi

• NREP started on

                    1980 October

• NREP started during the period of which five year plan

                    6th Five year plan

• Food for work program was restructred in 1980 as

                    NREP

• NREP become a regular program from

                    1981

• In 1989, NREP was merged into

                    Jawahar Rozgar Yojana

• Integrated Rural Development Program (IRDP) was lunched in

                    1978

• Aim of IRDP was

                    Provide self employment and the economic and social upwardness for the poor

• Aim of Million Wells Scheme (MWS) was

                    Provide open irrigation wells free of cost to the members of the SC/ST categories

• In 1999, IRDP combined with TRYSEM, DWCRA, SITRA, GKY, MWS etc to form

                    Swarna Jayanthi Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SJGSY)

• Largest urban renewal program launched on 3rd December 2005

                    Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM)

• Objective of JNNURM

                    Fastrack development of cities across the country with focus on bringing about efficiency in urban infrastructure

• Prime minister who started National Rural Health Mission (NRHM)

                    Manmohan Singh

• NRHM started on

                    12 April 2005

• NRHM is conducted by

                    Health Ministry

• Accredited Social Health Activits (ASHA) and Janani Suraksha Yojana are introduced under

                    NRHM

• 108 ambulance was introduced by

                    NRHM

• Home women skilled to perform as fitness education and advertisers in their societies are introduced under

                    Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA)

• Accredited Social Health Activits (ASHA) workers are selected by

                    Gram Panchayat

• Educational qualification for Accredited Social Health Activits (ASHA)

                    Class 8 or Higher

• Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas (DWCRA) started in 

                    September 1982

• Aim of DWCRA

                    Improve the living conditions of women and children through the provision of opportunities for self employment and make them self reliant

• DWCRA implemented as a sub scheme under

                    IRDP

• Beneficiaries of DWCRA

                    Rural woman under below poverty line

• DWCRA merged with SGSY on

                    1st April 1999

• Prime minister who started Training Rural Youth for Self Employment (TRYSEM)

                    Chran Singh

• TRYSEM started on

                    15 August 1979

• TRYSEM started during the period of which five year plan

                    5th Five year plan

• Beneficiaries of TRYSEM

                    People between age group 18-35 and belonging to families below poverty line

• Objectives of TRYSEM

                    Provide technical skills to the rural youth to enable them to seek employment in fields of agriculture, industry, services and business activities

• TRYSEM infrastructure funds are used for 

                    Strengthening Nirmithi Kendras sponsored by HUDCO for training of Youth

• TRYSEM merged with SGSY in

                    April 1999
                                                                                                               (To be Continued...)

Social Welfare Schemes 5

RLEGP, PMGSY, SJSRY, MGPSY, നിർമൽ ഭാരത് അഭിയാൻ തുടങ്ങിയ പദ്ധതികളാണ് ഇന്നത്തെ പാഠത്തിൽ ഉൾപ്പെടുത്തിയിരിക്കുന്നത്.

• Prime minister who started Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Program (RLEGP)

                   Indira Gandhi

• During which five year plan RLEGP introcuced

                   6th Five year plan

• RLEGP started on

                   15th August 1983

• Entire expenditure of RLEGP is financed by

                   Central Govt

• Objective of RLEGP

                   Provide gurantee of employment to atleast one member of every landless household upto 100 days in a year

• Wages of RLEGP are given as per

                   Minimum wages Act

• Labor cost of any project in RLEGP 

                   Should not be less than 50% of total expenditure

• RLEGP was merged to

                   Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (1989-90)

• Prime minister who started Pradhan Manthri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)

                   AB Vajpayee

• During which five year plan PMGSY introcuced

                   9th Five year plan

• PMGSY started on

                   25th December 2000

• PMGSY working under 

                   Ministry of Rural Development

• Entire expenditure of PMGSY is financed by

                   Central Govt

• Objective of PMGSY

                   Provide connectivity to all unconnected habitations in rural areas with a population of  more than 500 persons by end of 10th plan

• Plan for PMGSY in an area finalized by

                   Intermediate Panchayats

• The draft district rural roads plan for PMGSY would be presented to the district panchayat by

                   Chief executive of the District Planning Committe

• Who have the responsibility to select villages for PMGSY

                   The District Panchayats

• Operational and technical support for PMGSY is given by

                   National Rural Roads Development Agency

• First open defecation-free districts in India

                   Nadia (West Bengal)

• Community led total sanitation program launched by central government in 1999

                   Nirmal Bharath Abhiyan (NBA)

• The program which is formaly called as Total Sanitation Campaign

                   NBA

• The grant aided to each family under NBA is

                   Rs. 10,000\-

• Campaigning ambassador of NBA

                   Vidya Balan

• First state in India to attain 100% sanitation coverage under NBA

                   Sikkim

• First Indian state in India to got Nirmal Gram Puraskar

                   Sikkim

• Main goal of NBA is to eradicate open defecation by

                   2017

• Provision for Urban Amenities in Rural Areas (PURA) scheme was launched in

                   2004

• Concept of PURA was put forwarded by

                   APJ Abdul Kalam

• APJ Abdul Kalam discussed about PURA concept in his book

                   Target 3 Billion

• In 2015, PURA has been merged into

                   Shyam Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission

• Prime minister who started Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY)

                   I K Gujral

• During which five year plan SJSRY introcuced

                   9th Five year plan

• SJSRY started on

                   1st December 1997

• Objective of SJSRY

                   To provide profitable jobs to the urban jobless and under employed and starting the self employment ventures by the urban deprived living under the poverty line

• Urban counterpart of Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY)

                   SJSRY

• The scheme which is introduced in the golden jubilee year of independence and is operational since 1st December

                   SJSRY

• Nodal agency for project identification and co ordination in SJSRY

                   CDS

• Development of woman and children in the Urban area (DWCUA) is an important componnt program of 

                   SJSRY

• Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana scheme was introduced by 

                   Overseas Indian Affairs Ministry

• Primary Aim of Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana scheme

                   To create a fund for pension and insurance for Indian workers who work overseas and who are in possession of ECR passports

• Maximum period of MGPSY

                   5 Years

• Official partner of MGPSY

                   Bank of Baroda

• Scheme specially being launched for Blue collar Indians working in UAE 

                   MGPSY

• Life insurance coverage provided by MGPSY

                   Rs. 1 lakh
                                                                                                           (To be Continued...)

Social Welfare Schemes 4

PMRY, ആദർശ് ഗ്രാം യോജന, സമഗ്ര ആവാസ് യോജന, SGRY, VAMBAY തുടങ്ങിയ പദ്ധതികളുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട ചോദ്യങ്ങളാണ് ഇന്നത്തെ പാഠത്തിൽ ഉൾപ്പെടുത്തിയിരിക്കുന്നത്

• Prime minister who started Prime Minister's Rozgar Yojana (PMRY)

                   PV Narasimha Rao

• PMRY was started during the period of which five year plan

                   8th Five year plan

• PMRY started on

                   2nd October 1993

• PMRY scheme was administrated by

                   Ministry of labor

• Criteria to become a beneficiary of PMRY

                   Educational qualification is 8th passed, income should not exceed 40,000\-, should be a permanent resudent of area for atleast 3 years

• Major aim of PMRY

                   Giving self employment to learned jobless youth age group of 18-35 years

• PMRY introduced throughout the country on 

                   1st April 1994

• PMRY merged to which program in 1st April 2008

                   Prime Ministers Employment Generation Program (PMEGP)

• Self Employment Scheme for the Educated Unemployed Youth (SEEUY) was a part of which program 

                   PMRY

• Prime minister who started Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY)

                   Manmohan Singh

• PMAGY was started during the period of which five year plan

                   11th Five year plan

• PMAGY started on

                   23rd July 2010

• PMAGY was launched at

                   18 B B village in Sriganga district of Rajastan

• Objectives of PMAGY are 

                   Provide connectivity to all the eligible unconnected habitations of more than 500 persons in the rural areas (250 in hilly and desert areas) by good quality all weather roads, development of villages having a higher ratio (over 50%) of people belonging to Scheduled Casts, eliminate disparity between SC and other communities

• Main aim of PMAGY was

                   Build an Adarsh gram with adequate physical and institutional infrastructure to meet all the sections of the society

• Plans included in PMAGY

                   Bharat Nirman, PMGSY, SSA, MGNREGA and ICDS

• Prime Minister who started Samagra Awas Yojana (SAY) 

                   AB Vajpayee

• SAY was started during the period of which five year plan

                   9th Five year plan

• SAY started on

                   1999 April 1

• Aim of SAY 

                   Improve the quality of life of people and overall habitation in rural areas

• SAY monitored by

                   Ministry of rural development throgh state government

• Nodal officer of SAY

                   District Collector

• Prime Minister who started Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (SGRY) 

                   AB Vajpayee

• SGRY was started during the period of which five year plan

                   9th Five year plan

• SGRY started on

                   2001 September 25

• Which is called as Universal Rural Employment Program

                   SGRY

• Plan which is formed by merging Employment Assurance Scheme (EAS) and the Jawahar Grama Samridhi Yojana (JGSY)

                   SGRY

• Employment Assurance Scheme (EAS) was implemented on

                   2nd October 1993

• SGRY was implemented through

                   Panchayati Raj institutions

• Aim of SGRY

                   Providing gainful employment in rural areas

• Objectives of SGRY

                   Provide additional wage employment in rural areas, food security, creation of durable community, social and economic infrastructure in rural areas

• Asset disctribution of SGRY among Distric punchayats, Intermediate Panchayat and Gram panchayats

                   20:30:50

• SGRY replaced by National Rural Employment Gurantee Scheme (NRGS) on

                   1st April 2008

• Prime Minister who started Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana (VAMBAY) 

                   AB Vajpayee

• VAMBAY was started during the period of which five year plan

                   9th Five year plan

• VAMBAY started on

                   2001 December 2

• Aim of VAMBAY 

                   Provide or upgrade the schelter for people living below the poverty line in urban slums

• Main Objective of VAMBAY 

                   To facilitate construction and upgradation of the dwelling units for the slum dwellers

• VAMBAY was launched by AB Vajpayee at

                   Hyderabad

• Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan is a component of 

                   VAMBAY

• First scheme meant exclusively for slum dwellers

                   VAMBAY

• VAMBAY subsumed in the Integrated housing and slum development program on

                   3rd December 2005
                                                                                                 (To be Continued...)

Social Welfare Schemes 3

മഹിളാ സമൃദ്ധി യോജന, നാഷണൽ ഫുഡ് ഫോർ വർക്ക്, ദേശീയ തൊഴിലുറപ്പ് പദ്ധതി തുടങ്ങിയവയാണ് ഇന്നത്തെ പാഠത്തിൽ ഉൾക്കൊള്ളിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നത് 

• Mahila Samridhi Yojana (MSY) sheme was launched during th period of which Prime Minister

                  PV Narasimha Rao

• MSY was launched on

                  2nd October 1993

• MSY was launched during which five year plan

                  8th Five year plan

• Aims of MSY are

                  Empowering the rural women through building thrift habit, self reliance and confidence. Encourage their habit of saving through post offices

• MSY eligibility criteria

                  Thr rural women above 18 years

• Minimum amount that can deposit in MSY post office account

                  Rs. 4\-

• MSY was merged with Mahila Swayam Sidha Yojana in 

                  2001

• The limit of micro credit to a beneficiary under MSY

                  Rs. 25000

• National Food dor Work Program (NFFWP) was launched during th period of which Prime Minister

                  Manmohan Singh

• NFFWP was launched on

                  14th November 2004

• NFFWP was launched during which five year plan

                  10th Five year plan

• NFFWP intended for

                  Rural poor who are in need of wage employment and desire to do manual and unskilled labor

• The nodal officer of NFFWP at the district level

                  District collector

• Responsibility of Planning, Implementation, Coordination, monitoring and supervision of NFFWP done by

                  District collector

• NFFWP was subsumed in National Rural Employment Guarantee Program (NREGP) in

                  2006

• Food grains are provided per working day as per NFFWP

                  5 Kg

• Food security bill was introduced in Lok sabha by

                  KV Thomas

• Food security bill was passed in Lok sabha on

                  26th August 2013

• Food security bill was passed in Rajya sabha on

                  2nd September 2013

• Food security bill was signed by the President on

                  12th September 2013

• Example of non govermental, non profitable program

                  NRDP (National Rural Development Program)

• Aim of NRDP

                  Empowerment of poor by providing additional employment to the employed and under employed persons

• National Rural Employment Guarantee Program (NREGP) was launched during th period of which Prime Minister

                  Manmohan Singh

• NREGP was launched on

                  2nd February 2006

• NREGP was launched during which five year plan

                  10th Five year plan

• NREGP was launched at

                  Bandlapally Village in Ananthpur district of Andhra Pradesh

• NREGP was Inagurated by

                  Manmohan Singh

• First wage employment program

                  NREGP

• Aim of NREGP is

                  Enhansing the security of households in rural areas by providing atleast 100 days of guaranteed wage employment

• NREGP guarantee work for a rural person within

                  5 Km distance of his house

• Ongoing Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (SGRY) and National Food for Work Program (NFFWP) are submerged to

                  NREGP

• NREGP introduced to all disctricts in India on

                  2008 April 1

• The name NREGP has been changed to Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Program on

                  2009 October 2

• MGNREGP known in urban areas of Kerala

                  Ayyankali National Employment Guarantee Program

• Present wage for MGNREGP in Kerala

                  Rs. 240 per day

• State which giving highest wages for MGNREGP

                  Haryana (Rs. 259 per day)

• State which developed mobile app named MGNREGAM- Platform for monitoring  MGNREGP

                  Karnataka

• National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was passed in

                  2005

• Organization which was instrumental in the passage of the National Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA)

                  Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangatan

• Who was called as Father of Employmet gurantee programs

                  Jean Drese (Belgium)

• Which local body have the key role in planning and monitoring of NREGP

                  Gram Panchayath

• Who have the power of  Social audit in NREGP

                  Gram Sabha

• World bank ranked which welfare program in India as World's largest public works program

                  MGNREGP

• An anthology of reserch studies of MGNREGA

                  MGNREGA Sameeksha

• Who is responsible to pay penalty in case of absence of work in MGNREGP

                  State Government
                                                                                           (To be Continued...)

Social Welfare Schemes 2

ICDS, ജവഹർ റോസ്ഗാർ യോജന, കുടുംബശ്രീ തുടങ്ങിയ പദ്ധതികളാണ് ഇന്നത്തെ പാഠത്തിൽ ഉൾക്കൊള്ളിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നത്

• Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) was started by which Prime Minister

                  Indira Gandhi

• ICDS was started during which Five year plan

                  5th Five year plan

• ICDS was lunched on

                  2nd October 1975 (106th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi)

• ICDS comes under

                  Ministry of women and child development

• Coordination of ICDS in block level is by

                  Child development project officer

• Coordination of ICDS in district level is by

                  District Program Officer

• Main services sponsored under ICDS are

                  Immunization, Supplementary nutrition, Health checkup, Pre-school non-formal education, nutrition and health information, Referral services

• The institution provides credit for ICDS projects like construction of Anganvadi buildings

                  World bank

• Main beneficiaries of ICDS

                  Children belongs to 0-6 years of age, Pregnant and lactating mothers and adolescent girls in backward rural areas, tribal areas and urban areas

• For nutritional purpose of children below 6 years of age ICDS provide

                  300 Calories with 8-10 gms of protein everyday

• For nutritional purpose of adolescent girls ICDS provide

                  500 Calories with 25 gms of protein everyday

• Activities of ICDS are conducted through

                  Anganvadies

• International organizations providing assistance to ICDS

                  World bank and UNICEF

• Sneha Shivir is the component of

                  ICDS

• First ICDS project in Kerala was setup in 1975 at

                  Vengara Block, Malappuram

• Primary target of ICDS was

                  Reduce the child death ration to 2/3 by 2015

• Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY) was started by which Prime Minister

                  Rajiv Gandhi

• JRY was started during which Five year plan

                  7th Five year plan

• Main objective of JRY

                  Additional gainful employment for the unemployed and under employed person in rural areas

• Program which came into existence after the merging of National rural employment program (NREP) and Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Program (RLEGP)

                  JRY

• Minimum number of days of employment provided by JRY

                  90-100 Days

• Percentage of opportunities shared for women in JRY

                  30%

• Who is responsible for the work planning and implementation of JRY

                  Grama Panchayats

• Plan which is considered as successor of JRY

                  Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojana (JGSY)

• JGSY was introduced in

                  1st April 1999

• JGSY was merged with Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (SGRY) on

                  25th September 2001

• Kudumbashree was started by which Prime Minister

                  AB Vajpayee

• Kudumbashree was started during which Five year plan

                  9th Five year plan

• Kudumbashree was lunched on

                  17th May 1998

• Kudumbashree started functioning in urban local bodies in

                  1st April 1999

• Meaning of Kudumbashree is

                  Prosperity of the family

• Largest woman movement in Asia

                  Kudumbashree

• The base unit of Kudumbashree is

                  Neighbourhood group

• No of members in Kudumbashree unit

                  10 to 20

• Slogan of Kudumbashree

                  Reaching out of families through women and reaching out to community through families

• Kudumbashree was lunched by

                  Govt of Kerala with support of Govt of India and NABARD

• Objective of Kudumbashree

                  Empowerment of women through self help groups and encouraging entrepreneurial or other wide range of activicties

• Kudumbashree units are registered in

                  Local self government

• Funds for Kudumbashree channelized through

                  Local self government

• Second level of Kudumbashree

                  Area Development Society (ADS)

• ADS is forming at

                  Ward level of Panchayat/Municipality

• Third level of Kudumbashree

                  Community Development Society (CDS)

• Kudumbashree initiative to sell quality food in corporation limit (Started in Kozhikode)

                  Food on wheels

• Brand ambassador of Kudumbashree organic farming

                  Manju Warrier

• Taxi service initiated by Kudumbashree for women

                  Kudumbashree travels

• Kudumbashree received the award from Commonwealth association for public administration and management in 

                  2000

• Kudumbashree inaugurated in 

                  Malappuram

• Kudumbashree inaugurated by

                  AB Vajpayee

• Female oriented community based poverty reduction project of Govt of Kerala

                  Kudumbashree

• Three components of Kudumbashree

                  Micro credit, entrepreneurship and empowerment

• Chairman of governing body of Kudumbashree is

                  Minister of local self government (2011 onwards Minister of Panchayat and Social welfare)

• Kudumbashree registered as 

                  State Poverty Eradication Mission

• Web portal of Kudumbashree 

                  Sree Sakthi

• Newly formed cultural wing of Kudumbashree

                  Rangashree
                                                                                   (To be Continued...)

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...)