MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFAREDigital Agriculture Mission: - Purpose: Build a digital agriculture ecosystem with innovative solutions and timely, reliable crop and farmer information.
- Type: Central Sector Scheme except components of Support to states/ UTs (Centrally Sponsored).
- Intended beneficiary: Farmers
- Tenure: 5 Years (FY 2021-22 to FY 2025-26)
Agriculture Infrastructure Fund: - Purpose: To address the existing infrastructure gaps and mobilize investment in agriculture infrastructure.
- Type: Central Sector Scheme
- Implementing Agency: NABARD (National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development)
- Tenure: Up to 2032- 33
- Objective: To mobilize a medium to long term debt financing facility for investment in viable projects for post-harvest management Infrastructure and community farming assets.
- AIF was launched as part of the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan (Self-Reliant India Campaign) announced by the Centre in May 2020.
AgriSURE (Agri Fund for Start-ups & Rural Enterprises) Scheme: - Purpose: To support innovative, high-risk, high-impact activities in agriculture and allied areas.
- Fund’s sponsors: Government of India and NABARD
- Investment Manager: NABVENTURES Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of NABARD
- Tenure of the Fund: 10 years
- Objectives:
- Foster investment in agriculture and rural start-ups by supporting Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs).
- Strengthen farm produce value chains for better profits through profitable forward and backward linkage systems.
- Create jobs for skilled rural and urban youth.
- Retain and attract youth to agriculture.
- AgriSURE Fund has two schemes:
- AgriSURE – FoF Scheme:
- Supports Category I & II AIFs investing in Start-ups in preferred sectors.
- Investments in SEBI-registered sector-agnostic, sector-specific, and debt AIFs.
- Corpus: ₹450 crore, and Max Investment per AIF: ₹25 crore or 5% of AIF corpus, whichever is lower.
- AgriSURE – Direct Scheme:
- Direct equity investment in DPIIT-recognized early-stage Start-ups incorporated in India.
- Corpus: ₹300 crore and Max Investment per Start-up: ₹25 crore, as per AIF regulations.
Cluster Development Programme: - Government has launched new digital platform CDP-SURAKSHA to disburse subsidies to horticulture farmers.
- CDP aims to improve exports of targeted crops by about 20% and create cluster-specific brands to enhance the competitiveness of cluster crops.
- Purpose: To leverage geographical specialisation of horticulture clusters and promote integrated development of pre-production, production, post-harvest, logistics, branding, and marketing activities.
- Type: Central Sector Scheme
- Benefits: Financial Assistance of up to Rs 100 crore for Mega, Rs 50 crore for Midi, and Rs 25 crore for Mini types of clusters.
- Mega cluster→ Area = >15,000 ha→ up to Rs 100cr
- Midi cluster→ Area = 5000-15000 ha→ up to Rs 50cr
- Mini cluster→ Area = up to 5000 ha→ up to Rs 25cr
- Implementing Agency: National Horticulture Board (NHB)
Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM KISAN): - Purpose: To supplement the financial needs of all landholding farmers’ families in procuring various inputs and also domestic needs.
- Type: Central Sector Scheme
- Beneficiaries: All the landholding farmers, subject to certain exclusions
- Benefits: ₹6,000 per year in three equal instalments of ₹ 2,000 each every four months.
- Salient features:
- Beneficiary Identification: State/UT governments are responsible.
- Self-Registration: Available via mobile app, PM-KISAN portal, and Common Service Centers (CSC).
- Mandatory Land Records: Exceptions for forest dwellers, North-Eastern states, and Jharkhand with special land record provisions.
- Kisan Credit Cards (KCC): Provided to PMKISAN beneficiaries for short-term loans with a 4% interest on timely repayment.
- Preventing Fund Misuse: Includes physical verification of 5% beneficiaries annually, Aadhaar authentication, and Income Tax payee verification.
- Project Management Unit (PMU): Central PMU oversees monitoring; states may set up their own PMUs.
- Grievance Redressal: Complaints should be resolved within two weeks by the Grievance Redressal Committee.
- Exclusion: Higher economic status beneficiaries are ineligible.
Namo Drone Didi Scheme: - Purpose: Empower women-led SHGs by equipping them with drone technology to provide agricultural services.
- Aim: To provide drones to 15,000 selected Women SHGs for providing rental services to farmers for agriculture purpose (application of liquid fertilizers and pesticides for the present).
- Type: Central Sector Scheme
- Tenure: 2024-25 to 2025-2026
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MINISTRY OF CHEMICAL & FERTILISERSPradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP): - Purpose: To provide quality generic medicines at affordable prices to the masses
- Type: Central Sector Schemes
- Retail outlet: PMBJP Kendra to sell affordable generic medicines to all citizens.
- Implementing Agency: Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices Bureau of India (PMBI)
- Product Basket: Includes Ayurvedic immunity boosters, surgical devices, and medicines for major therapeutic areas like: Cardiovascular, Anti-cancer, Anti-diabetic, Anti-infective, Anti-allergic, etc.
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MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATIONUde Desh Ka Aam Naagrik (UDAN)/ Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS): - Purpose: To enable air operations on underserved / unserved routes, promote balanced regional growth and make flying affordable for masses.
- Type: Central Sector Scheme
- Support to airlines: In the form of Concessions and Viability Gap Funding (VGF)
- Implementing Agency: The Airports Authority of India (AAI).
- Objective: The scheme focuses on improving unserved air routes in underserved regions of the country and fulfilling the aspirations of the common citizens.
- Krishi UDAN: Supports farmers in transporting agricultural products to boost value realization, focusing on the North-East and tribal districts.
- International Air Connectivity Scheme (IACS): Helps states establish international airport connectivity in response to their requests.
- UDAN Version 5.0 to 5.4:
- UDAN 5.0→ Removed the 600 km cap and prioritized ready-to-operate airports
- UDAN 5.1→ Expanded helicopter routes with enhanced Viability Gap Funding and reduced airfare caps
- UDAN 5.2→ Focused on small aircraft and improved operational flexibility for last-mile connectivity
- UDAN 5.3 & 5.4→ Addressed discontinued routes to enhance point-to-point air connectivity
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MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRYUttar Poorva Transformative Industrialization Scheme (UNNATI), 2024: - Purpose: To strengthen the industrial ecosystem in the North East region and attract new investment.
- Type: Central Sector Scheme
- Tenure: Up to 2034 along with 8 years of committed liabilities.
- Nodal Agency: North-Eastern Development Financial Corporation Ltd. (NEDFi) for the disbursal of incentives.
- Incentives are provided to support industrial expansion and streamline operations in manufacturing and service sectors.
- Districts are categorized in two zones:
- Zone A: Industrially Advanced Districts.
- Zone B: Industrially Backward Districts.
- Minimum investment:
- Manufacturing→ ₹1 Crore in Plant & Machinery
- Services→ ₹50 lakhs in construction of building & other durable physical assets
- Micro industries→ ₹50 lakhs for both manufacturing and service sector
- Maximum eligible benefits to a single unit from all components of the scheme: Rs. 250 Crore
- Components of scheme:
- CII (Capital Investment Incentive)→ Financial support for new & expanding units
- CIS (Capital Interest Subvention)→ Financial relief for new & expanding units
- MSLI (Manufacturing & Services Linked Incentive)→ Exclusively for new units
National Industrial Corridor Development Programme (NICDP): - Purpose: To develop futuristic industrial cities in India and to cultivate a dynamic industrial ecosystem by attracting investments.
- Type: Central Sector Scheme
- Objective: To develop new industrial cities as Smart Cities, integrating next generation technologies to position the nation as a global hub for manufacturing and investment.
- Corridors and Projects: Programme comprises 32 projects across four phases under 11 corridors.
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MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTIONNATIONAL FOOD SECURITY ACT (NFSA), 2013: - Purpose: To provide food and nutritional security in human life cycle approach
- Type: Centrally sponsored scheme
- Coverage: 67% of the country’s population (75% of the rural and 5o% of the urban population)
- Identification of Household: Based on the NSS Household Consumption Survey data for 2011-12
- Objective: A legal right to persons belonging to “eligible households” to receive food grains at subsidised price (called Central Issue Prices/CIPs) under the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS).
- Foodgrains benefit:
- Central Issue Price:
- Rice: 3/kg
- Wheat: 2/kg
- Coarse-grains: 1/kg
- Monthly Entitlements:
- PHH: 5 kg/person
- AAY: 35 kg/family
- Maternity Benefit: Pregnant women and lactating mothers are entitled of not less than Rs. 6,000.
- Food Security Allowance: Compensation for non- supply of entitled food grains or meals
- Penalty Provisions: State Food Commission enforced penalties for non-compliance
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MINISTRY OF EDUCATIONSamagra Siksha Abhiyaan- An Integrated Scheme for School Education: - Purpose: Improving school education holistically as a continuum from Pre-school to Class 12
- Type: Centrally Sponsored Scheme
- Implementing agency: State Implementation Society (SIS) at the State/UT level
- Tenure: 2021 to 2026
- Objective: Universal Access, Equity and Quality, promoting Vocationalisation of Education and strengthening of Teacher Education Institutions (TEIs).
- Subsumed:
- Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan: Universalizes elementary education with infrastructure support per RTE Act, 2009.
- Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA): Enhances access and quality of secondary education.
- Teacher Education Scheme: Develops infrastructure for teacher training and academic support for elementary and secondary schools.
PM SHRI Schools (PM ScHools for Rising India): - Purpose: Provide equitable, inclusive, and joyful education while nurturing holistic, well-rounded individuals with 21st-century skills.
- Type: Centrally Sponsored Scheme
- Beneficiaries: More than 20 lakh students are expected to be direct beneficiaries of scheme
- Tenure: 5 years (2022-23 to 2026-27).
- Green Schools: Incorporation of eco-friendly practices like solar panels, water conservation, waste management, and plastic-free initiatives.
One Nation One Subscription (ONOS): - Purpose: To provide universal access to more than 13,000 scholarly journals from 30 major international publishers.
- Type: Central Sector Scheme.
- Coverage: 6,300+ government Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and central government R&D laboratories.
- Target Beneficiaries: 1.8 crore students, faculty, researchers, All Higher Educational Institutions, central government R&D institutions
- Administration: Coordinated by INFLIBNET, an autonomous inter-university center of the University Grants Commission (UGC).
- Periodic Reviews: Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) will periodically assess the usage of ONOS and the publication output of Indian authors to ensure effective utilization of resources.
“Pradhan Mantri Vidyalaxmi” (PMVidyalaxmi): - A Comprehensive Student Loan Initiative.
- Eligibility: Students admitted through open competitive exams or merit-based admission in the top 860 quality Higher Educational Institutions (QHEIs)
- MONITORING: Through PM Vidyalaxmi portal, developed and maintained by Canara Bank.
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MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS & ITDigital India Programme: - Purpose: To transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy
- Nature: Umbrella programme that clubs together various e-governance initiatives across Ministries and Departments
- Leveraging private sector: Public Private Partnerships (PPP) are preferred wherever feasible to implement e-Governance projects.
- Implementation: By the entire Government with overall coordination by the MeiTY.
- 9 Pillars:
- Broadband Highways→ Provide high-speed internet to rural and urban areas through National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) and other initiatives.
- Universal Access to Mobile Connectivity→ Improve mobile network infrastructure, especially in rural and remote areas.
- Public Internet Access Programme→ Establish Common Service Centres (CSCs) and Post Offices as multi-service delivery points to provide internet access and digital services.
- e-Governance: Reforming Government through Technology→ Digitize government processes, improve workflow automation, and promote online access to services.
- e-Kranti – Electronic Delivery of Services→ Deliver government services electronically in areas such as education, health, agriculture, and justice.
- Information for All→ Ensure open access to information for citizens through online platforms and social media.
- Electronics Manufacturing→ Promote domestic electronics manufacturing to reduce imports and boost the Make in India initiative.
- IT for Jobs→ Provide training and skill development in IT to increase employability, especially for rural youth.
- Early Harvest Programmes→ Implement quick-win projects such as biometric attendance, email for government staff, and Wi-Fi in universities.
- Project management structure:
- Monitoring committee: Chairperson = Prime Minister
- Digital India Advisory Group: Chairperson = Minister of Communication & IT
- Apex committee: Chairperson = Cabinet Secretary
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MINISTRY OF FINANCENPS Vatsalya Yojana: - Purpose: Encouraging early savings for children by opening National Pension System (NPS) accounts
- Regulated by: Pension Fund Regulatory Authority of India (PFRDA)
- Eligibility: All minor citizens (up to 18 years of age)
- PRAN: A unique Permanent Retirement Account Number (PRAN) is issued in the minor’s name.
- NPS Vatsalya is a Contributory Pension Scheme.
- Guardians:
- The account is operated by the guardian (natural/legal) with the minor as the sole beneficiary.
- NRIs/OCIs require a separate form and an NRE/NRO bank account.
- The guardian automatically becomes the nominee, eliminating the need for separate nomination.
- Withdrawal and Exit:
- Lock-in Period: 3 years.
- Withdrawal: Up to 25% of the contribution after lock in period allowed for education, specified illness, and disability. Maximum of three times.
- Exit on Attainment of 18 Years: If the corpus exceeds ₹2.5 lakh, 80% is used to purchase an annuity, and 20% can be withdrawn as a lump sum. If the corpus is ₹2.5 lakh or less, the entire amount can be withdrawn as a lump sum.
Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY): - Purpose: PMMY is set up for providing MUDRA loans to the non-corporate, non-farming small & micro enterprises.
- Type: Central Sector Scheme
- Intended beneficiary: Any Citizen who has a business plan for a non-farm sector income generating activity
- Sectors eligible for loan: Manufacturing, trading and services sectors and activities allied to agriculture.
- MUDRA: Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency Ltd (MUDRA) is a refinance agency and not a direct lending institution. It provides refinance support to its intermediaries viz. Banks, Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs) and NBFCs. It is registered as a Company under the Companies Act 2013 and as a Non-Banking Finance Institution (NBFC) with the RBI.
- MUDRA Loan categories:
- Tarun-Plus→ Loans above 10 lakh and up to 20 lakh
- Tarun→ Loans above 5 lakh and up to 10 lakh
- Kishor→ Loans above Rs 50,000 and up to 5 lakh
- Shishu→ Loans up to Rs 50,000
- No Need for Collaterals: Credit Guarantee Fund for Micro Units (CGFMU) provides guarantee coverage for these collateral free micro loans.
- Interest Rate: Deregulated, with a 2% interest subvention on prompt repayment of Shishu loans under PMMY for 12 months.
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MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY & DAIRYINGPradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY): - Purpose: Bring Blue Revolution through sustainable and responsible development of fisheries sector in India.
- Type: Both Central Sector Scheme and Centrally Sponsored Scheme.
- Approach: To the extent possible, ‘cluster or area-based approaches’ to be adopted.
- Tenure: FY 2020-21 to FY 2024-25
- Targets:
- Enhanced fish production of 22 million metric tons.
- Increase of contribution of Gross Value Added (GVA) of fisheries sector to agriculture GVA to 9%.
- Double export earnings to about Rs. 1 lakh crore.
- Reduction of post-harvest losses to about 10% (currently 25%)
- Doubling of incomes of fishers and fish farmer
- PMMSY Investment: 42% for fisheries infrastructure (harbors, cold chains, markets, villages, deep-sea fishing).
- Swath Sagar Plan: Includes bio-toilets, vessel insurance, e-trading, resource surveys, and IT databases.
- National network of Brood Banks: State/UT-based species-specific brood banks for quality fish breeding.
- Integrated Laboratory Network: For addressing diseases, antibiotics and residues issues, aquatic health management.
- Aqua Parks: One-stop hubs for fisheries and aquaculture activities.
- Project Monitoring and Evaluation Unit (PMEU): A fisheries department team led by a Joint Secretary oversees implementation.
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MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIESPradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY): - Purpose: Provide a big boost to the growth of food processing sector in the country.
- Type: Central Sector Scheme
- Potential benefits: Doubling farmers’ income, creating employment, reducing wastage of agricultural produce.
- Tenure: From 2021-22 to 2025-26
- Integrated Cold Chain & Value Addition Infrastructure: Provides seamless cold chain facilities from farm gate to consumer.
- Creation of Infrastructure for Agro Processing Cluster (APC): Aimed at setting up smaller-scale food processing units, similar to Mega Food Parks.
- Operation Greens (OG): Announced in Union Budget 2018-19 on the line of “Operation Flood”. Initially the scheme was launched for development of Tomato, Onion and Potato (TOP) value chain.
- The scheme has two components:
- Long Term Intervention-Integrated Value Chain Development Projects: Under the union budget 2021-22, its scope was enlarged to 22 perishable crops.
- Short-Term Interventions: Under “Aatmanirbhar Bharat Package” of 2020 its scope was expanded from TOP crops to all fruits and vegetables (i.e. TOP to TOTAL).
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MINISTRY OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFAREAyushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM): - Purpose: To integrate digital health solutions for continuum of care, and effective utilization of resources.
- Type: Central Sector Scheme
- Tenure: 5 years
- Implementing Agency: National Health Authority (NHA)
- Objective: To develop robust digital backbone to support the integrated digital health infrastructure and bridging gaps among stakeholders in India’s healthcare ecosystem.
- ABHA and ABHA App: 14-digit health ID for digital record access; app for uploading/scanning health documents.
- Health Facility Registry: Database of all public & private healthcare facilities.
- Healthcare Professionals Registry: Database of all medical professionals (modern & traditional medicine).
- Unified Health Interface (UHI): Open platform for appointments, teleconsultations, etc.
- Health Information Exchange and Consent Manager (HIE-CM): Empowers citizens to securely access and share their health records, ensuring that data exchange is driven by informed consent.
- National Health Claims Exchange (HCX): Standardizes and speeds up insurance claims.
- ABDM is voluntary in nature including for citizens.
Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY): - Purpose: To achieve the vision of Universal Health Coverage (UHC)
- Type: Centrally Sponsored Scheme
- Target: 12 crore families
- Components: Ayushman Arogya Mandir; Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY)
- Objective: To reduce the financial burden on poor and vulnerable groups arising out of catastrophic hospital episodes and ensure their access to quality health services.
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MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIESPM Electric Drive Revolution in Innovative Vehicle Enhancement (PM E-DRIVE) Scheme: - Purpose: Accelerate EV adoption, build charging infrastructure, and enhance the EV manufacturing ecosystem.
- Type: Central Sector Scheme.
- Tenure: October 2024-March 31, 2026
- Target: Incentivize e-2Ws, e-3Ws, e-ambulances, e-trucks, and e-buses
- Subsidies: Demand incentives for EVs like e-2Ws, e-3Ws, e-ambulances, e-trucks, and other emerging EV categories.
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MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (MOHUA):Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban 2.0: - Purpose: Addressing housing needs of 1 crore urban poor and middle-class families.
- Type: Centrally Sponsored Scheme except for Interest Subsidy Scheme (ISS) component which is a Central Sector scheme
- Family: Comprises husband, wife, and unmarried children
- Tenure: 5 years starting from September 2024
- Exclusions: Families owning a pucca house or benefiting from government housing in the last 20 years.
- Four Verticals of PM Awas Yojana (Urban) 2.0:
- Beneficiary Led Construction (BLC)→ EWS beneficiary to construct house on own land
- Affordable Housing in Partnership (AHP)→ EWS beneficiary to purchase/avail allotted houses in Apartment projects by public/private sector agencies/parastatal agencies
- Affordable Rental Housing (ARH)→ Utilizing existing Government funded vacant houses by converting them into ARH under PPP mode or by public agencies.
- Interest Subsidy Scheme (ISS)→ Max. Loan value ₹25 lakh, Max. House Value ₹35 lakh. 5 Yearly instalments of Loan subsidy
PM Street Vendor’s Atma Nirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) Scheme: - Purpose: To facilitate collateral-free working capital loans to street vendors to restart their businesses.
- Type: Central Sector Scheme
- Beneficiary: Street vendors/ hawkers vending in urban areas and surrounding peri-urban and rural areas.
- Implementing Agency: Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI).
- Objective: Facilitate collateral free working capital loan upto ₹10,000, of 1 year tenure, with enhanced loan of ₹20,000 and ₹50,000 in the second and third tranches respectively, on repayments of earlier loans.
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MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTIJal Jeevan Mission (JJM): Har Ghar Jal: - Purpose: ‘No one is left out‘, thus ensuring tap water supply to every rural home by 2024.
- Type: Centrally Sponsored Scheme
- Focus on children: Piped water supply in schools, Anganwadi centres and shramshalas
- Priority Areas: Districts affected by Japanese Encephalitis & Acute Encephalitis Syndrome, and groundwater contamination (Arsenic, Fluoride, Iron, etc.).
- Objective: To provide Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) to every rural household.
Namami Gange Programme: - Purpose: Ganga Rejuvenation
- Type: Central Sector Scheme
- Implementing Agency: National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG)
- External Financing: Through World Bank (loan), JICA, Asian Development Bank, etc.
- 8 Key pillars Under Namami Gange:
- Sewerage Treatment Infrastructure
- River-Front Development
- River-Surface Cleaning
- Bio-Diversity
- Afforestation
- Public Awarenes
- Industrial Effluent Monitoring
- Ganga Gram
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MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL & MEDIUM ENTERPRISESPM Vishwakarma Scheme: - Purpose: Holistic support to the traditional artisans and craftspeople
- Type: Central Sector Scheme.
- Coverage: Rural and urban areas with a focus on saturating districts in a phased manner.
- Tenure: FY 2023-24 to FY 2027-28.
- Objective: To enable recognition of artisans and craftspeople as Vishwakarmas and to provide skill upgradation
- Inter-ministerial: Scheme will be co-jointly implemented by the Union Ministry of MSME, Skill Development and Finance
- Inclusivity: Focus on empowering women, SCs, STs, OBCs, specially-abled, transgenders, and residents of NER, island, and hilly areas.
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MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGYNational Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM): - Purpose: To make India a Global Hub for producing, utilizing, and exporting Green Hydrogen and its derivatives.
- Type: Central Sector Scheme
- Tenure: FY 2023-24 to FY 2029-30.
- Target: 5 MMT/year by 2030, expandable to 10 MMT with exports.
- Objective: Achieve significant decarbonisation of the economy, reduced dependence on fossil fuel imports, and enable India to assume technology and market leadership in Green Hydrogen.
- Integrated Mission Strategy:
- MNRE: Leads coordination and implementation.
- Ministry of Power: Ensures low-cost renewable energy for Green Hydrogen.
- MoPNG: Promotes Green Hydrogen in refineries and city gas distribution.
- Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers: Supports green ammonia-based fertilizers.
- Other Participating Ministries: Transport, Steel, Shipping, Finance, Commerce, Railways, External Affairs, Skill Development, and Education.
Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha Evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM KUSUM): - Purpose: To subsidize farmers to install solar irrigation pumps for cultivation
- Type: Central Sector Scheme
- Demand driven: Capacities are allocated based on demand received from the states/ UTs
- Tenure: Till 2026
- 3 components:
- Component A→ Decentralized Solar Power Plants
- Component B→ Standalone Solar Pumps
- Component C→ Grid-Connected Pump Solarisation
PM-Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana: - Purpose: Boost share of solar rooftop capacity and enable households to generate their own power.
- Type: Central Sector Scheme
- Model Solar Village: One village in each district to act as a role model for the adoption of RTS in rural areas
- Tenure: 2024 to 2026-27
- Objective: Installation of 30 GW of solar capacity through residential rooftop solar system (RTS)
- Collateral-Free Loans: Households can access collateral-free low-interest loan products of around 7% for installation of RTS systems up to 3 kW.
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MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJSVAMITVA (Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas) Scheme: - Purpose: To provide an integrated inhabited (abadi) property ownership solution for rural India.
- Type: Central Sector Scheme
- Technology Implementation Agency: Survey of India
- Tenure: 2020-21 to 2024-25
- Objective: Creation of accurate rural land records for better planning and reduced property-disputes.
- Drone Mapping: Survey of India maps rural inhabited areas, generating geo-referenced maps capturing digital images of properties in rural abadi areas.
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MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES & PENSIONSNational Programme For Civil Services Capacity Building (NPCSCB) – Mission Karmayogi: - Purpose: Prescribes capacity-building programmes for civil servants.
- Coverage: All civil servants (Including contractual employees) across different ministries, departments, organizations and agencies of Union Government.
- My iGOT: Delivers targeted training courses of individual officer
- Curated Programs: Cater diverse learning needs of Ministries/Departments and Training Institutions.
- Objectives: To transform Indian civil services capacity-building landscape by establishing a robust digital ecosystem that enables continuous, anytime, anywhere learning to prepare officials for the future.
- 6 Pillars:
- Policy Framework→ New training policies focusing on continuous learning and competency development.
- Competency Framework→ Shift from rule-based to an indigenous competency framework.
- Institutional Framework→ Oversight by the PMHR Council
- i-GOT Karmayogi→ Large-scale comprehensive learning platform.
- E-HRMS→ Strategic HR management
- M&E→ Data-driven performance analysis, goal-setting, and real-time monitoring.
- Institutional Structure:
- Prime Minister’s (PMHR) HR council
- Cabinet Secretariat Coordination unit
- Capacity Building Commissions
- Karmyogi Bharat SPV (a not-for-profit company)
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MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GASPM Ujjwala Yojana: - Purpose: Safeguarding health of women & children by providing them with a clean cooking fuel-LPG
- Applicant: Woman only who must have attained 18 years of age.
- Benefits: Deposit-free connection for cooking gas cylinders
- Primary beneficiaries: Women & Children
- Objective: To provide deposit-free LPG connections to those low-income families who could not be covered under the earlier phase of PMUY.
- Eligibility under PMUY: An adult woman from a poor household without an existing LPG connection specific fulfilling criteria.
- Beneficiaries:
- Identified Households from SECC List-2011
- SC/ST households
- PMAY (Gramin) beneficiaries.
- Most Backward Classes
- Antodaya Anna Yojana
- Forest Dwellers
- Residents of Islands/River Islands
- Tea Garden and Ex-tea Garden Tribes
- Other Poor Families
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MINISTRY OF PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYSSAGARMALA: - Purpose: To reduce the logistics cost for EXIM and domestic trade with minimal infrastructure investment
- Type: Central Sector Scheme
- Funding: Equity support through Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) and Budget support
- Implementation of the projects: Projects will be taken up through Private or PPP mode
- Objective: Accelerating economic development by harnessing the potential of India’s 7,500 km long coastline and 14,500 km of potentially navigable waterways.
- Set of Projects under Sagarmala are divided into 5 pillars:
- Port-led Industrialization
- Coastal Community Development
- Coastal Shipping & IWT
- Port Modernization
- Port Connectivity
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MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS (MOR&TH)Voluntary Vehicle Fleet Modernization Programme: - Purpose: Create ecosystem for phasing out unfit, polluting vehicles via Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facilities (RVSFs) and Automated Testing Stations.
- Target: Voluntary scrapping of ~1 crore unfit vehicles strictly based on their fitness, irrespective of vehicle age.
- Strategy: Various incentive and disincentive offered to induce End-of-life vehicle owners to scrap older vehicles.
- Vehicle Age Limit: no mandatory age limit prescribed for the scrapping of vehicles and they can run as long as found fit.
- Commercial Vehicles (CVs)→ Fitness test required every 2 years for the first 8 years, then annually.
- Private Vehicles (PVs)→ Fitness certificate required for registration renewal after 15 years (valid for 5 years).
- Discount being provided by the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) for buying new vehicle against a CoD.
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MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENTDeendayal Antyodaya Yojana- National Rural Livelihoods Mission (Day-NRLM): - Purpose: Reduce poverty by organizing rural poor into SHGs and providing self-employment and skilled job opportunities.
- Type: Centrally Sponsored Scheme
- Target: To mobilize all rural poor households
- Monitoring: State Rural Livelihood Missions (SPVs)
- Objective: Building strong institutions such as Self-Help Groups (SHGs) for the poor, particularly women, and enabling these institutions to access a range of financial services and livelihoods.
- Beneficiary: All rural poor households with at least one deprivation under SECC 2011.
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Gramin) 2.0: - Purpose: Housing for All in rural area
- Type: Centrally Sponsored Scheme
- Beneficiary Identification: Based on SECC 2011 housing deprivation criteria and Awaas+ survey by MoRD.
- Tenure: FY 2024-25 to 2028-29
- Objective: Complete 35 lakh pending houses (not completed till March 2024) to meet the 2.95 crore target of previous phase.
- Automatic Exclusion criteria: Households with:
- Kisan Credit Card with credit limit of Rs. 50,000 or above
- Any member as a Government employee
- Paying income/ Paying professional tax
- 2.5 acres or more of irrigated land or 5 acres or more of unirrigated land.
- Any family member earning more than Rs.15,000 per month
- Motorised three/four wheeler
- Mechanised three/ four-wheeler agricultural equipment
- Non-agricultural enterprises registered with the Government
Lakhpati Didi Initiative: - Lakhpati Didi: It refers to a Self-Help Group member who earns an annual household income of Rupees One Lakh or more in sustainable manner.
- Income Sustainability: This income is calculated for at least four agricultural seasons and/or business cycles, with an average monthly income exceeding (Rs. 10,000), so that it is sustainable.
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MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYVigyan Dhara Scheme: - Purpose: Strengthen the country’s Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) ecosystem and contribute to India’s overall development
- Type: Central Sector Scheme
- Tenure: 2021-22 to 2025-26
- Nodal Implementing Agency: Department of Science & Technology (DST)
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MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENTPradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhyuday Yojna (PM-AJAY): - Purpose: To enable an area based developmental approach for integrated development of SC dominated villages.
- Type: Centrally Sponsored Scheme
- Launched in: 2021-22
- Implementation and Monitoring: Centralised Management Information System (MIS)
- Objective: To reduce poverty of the SC communities by generation of additional employment opportunities through skill development, etc.
- 3 Components:
- Development of SC dominated villages into an ‘Adarsh Gram’ component→ SC population >40% and total population 2500 (latest Census)
- Grants-in-aid for District/State-level Projects for Socio-Economic betterment of SCs.
- Construction/Repair of Educational Hostels for SC students (Boys and Girls)
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MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATIONMember of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS): - Purpose: To address the issue of inequity in development
- Type: Central Sector Scheme
- Non-lapsable Fund: Annual MPLADS non-lapsable fund entitlement per MP constituency is Rs. 5 crores
- Release of fund: Grants in-aid is released directly to the district authorities on receipt of requisite documents
- Background: Announced in 1993 under the Ministry of Rural Development, administration shifted to MoSPI in October 1994.
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MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRSDharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DAJGUA): - Purpose: To ensure holistic, sustainable, and inclusive growth, empowering tribal communities to thrive and flourish in a SATURATION Mode.
- Background: It was announced in in the Budget 2024-25 as Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Unnat Gram Abhiyan (PM JUGA).
- Tenure: 2024-25 to 2028-29
- Nodal Agency: Ministry of Tribal Affairs
- Objective: To develop enabling infrastructure and enhance socio-economic conditions in selected tribal majority villages (with a population of 500 or more, and at least 50% tribal residents as well as villages in Aspirational Districts with a tribal population of 50 or more).
- Coverage: Specific tribal-majority villages with populations of 500 or more, where at least 50% are tribal, and villages, in Aspirational districts, with at least 50 tribal population.
Pradhan Mantri Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana: - Purpose: To improve the socio-economic conditions of tribal populations and preserve their cultural heritage and identity.
- Type: Centrally Sponsored Scheme
- Focus: Integrated development of villages and capacity building through interventions in education and livelihood
- Tenure: 2021-22 to 2025-26
- Components:
- PM Adi Adarsh Gram Yojana
- PVTGs development
- Support to tribal research institute
- Pre-matric scholarship
- Post-matric scholarship scheme
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MINISTRY OF TEXTILESPM MITRA (Pradhan Mantri Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel) Park: - Purpose: To attract investment, boost employment generation and position itself strongly in the global textile market
- Type: Central Sector Scheme
- 5F Vision: Farm to Fibre to Factory to Fashion to Foreign
- Tenure: 2021-22 to 2027-28
- Objective: Promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation (SDG9), modern industrial infrastructure facility for entire value-chain to reduce logistic cost & improve competitiveness.
- Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV): Jointly owned by Centre (49%) and State (51%) to oversee the project.
- Finalized Locations: Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra.
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MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENTSaksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 (Mission Poshan 2.0): - Purpose: Address the challenges of malnutrition through a strategic shift in nutrition content and delivery
- Type: Centrally Sponsored Scheme
- Beneficiaries: Children (up to the age of 6 years), adolescent girls, pregnant women, and lactating mothers
- Tenure: 2021-22 to 2025-26
- Components:
- Nutrition support
- Early childhood care & education
- Anganwadi infrastructure
- Poshan Abhiyan
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MISCELLANEOUS SCHEMESAtal Innovation Mission (AIM) 2.0: - Purpose: To create an innovation culture and entrepreneurial ecosystem in the country.
- Type: Central Sector Scheme
- Tenure: Till March 31, 2028.
- Nodal Agency: NITI Aayog
- AIM Framework:
- Atal Tinkering Labs
- Atal Incubation Centers (AICs) & Atal Community Innovation Centers (ACICs)
- Mentor India Campaign
- Atal New India Challenges (ANIC)
- ARISE-ANIC
PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan (PMGS-NMP): - Purpose: To improve the productivity of industries and employment opportunities
- 7 Driving Engines: Railways, Roads, Ports, Waterways, Airports Mass Transport, Logistics Infrastructure
- Benefits: Break departmental silos, bring down the time and cost overrun of the projects
- Scope: Covers projects of social as well physical infrastructure
- Intersectoral and inter-ministerial convergence: 14 Social Sector Ministries/ Departments have been onboarded, namely Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Department of Post, etc.
PM Internship Scheme: - Ministry: Ministry of Corporate Affairs
- Purpose: To provide one crore young individuals with valuable internship opportunities over next five years in top 500 companies.
- Monthly Stipend: ₹5,000
- Rs 500 from partner companies
- Rs 4,500 from government via DBT
- Eligibility: Indian Youth Aged 21-24 Not in full-time employment or education
- NOT ELIGIBLE: Graduates from IITs, IIMs, National Law Universities, IISER, NIDs, and IIITs
Mission Mausam: - Ministry: Ministry of Earth Sciences
- Purpose: To position India as a global leader in weather and climate sciences, and making India ‘Weather Ready’ and ‘Climate Smart’, meeting the global standards.
- Making India Weather-ready and Climate-smart.
Green Tug Transition Program: - Ministry: Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways
- Purpose: Shift India’s harbour tug fleet from diesel to greener alternatives.
- Part of Maritime Amrit Kaal Vision 2047→ Targeting a 30% cut in port vessel emissions by 2030
- ‘Panch Karma Sankalp’
Biotechnology Research Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development (Bio- RIDE): - Ministry: Ministry of S&T
- Purpose: To foster innovation, promote bio-entrepreneurship, and strengthen India’s position as global leader in bio manufacturing and biotechnology.
- Beneficiaries: Researchers, startups, academic institutions, industries, and entrepreneurs in biotechnology
- Tenure: 2021-22 to 2025-26 (15th Finance Commission period)
PM Young Achievers’ Scholarship Award Scheme for Vibrant India (PM-YASASVI): - Ministry: Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
- Purpose: Uplifting students from Other Backward Classes (OBC), Economically Backward Classes (EBC), and Denotified Tribes (DNT).
- Components:
- Pre-Matric Scholarship→ ₹4,000 per year For Class IX & X students Income below 2.5 lakh
- Post-Matric Scholarship→ ₹5,000-20,000 Based on course category For post-secondary education
- Top-Class Education Support→ Up to 1.25 lakh (Class 9-12) Full funding for top college students at premier institutions
- Hostel Construction→ Accommodation for socially and educationally backward students
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