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(PM Skill Development Scheme) CS MoSD&E: 2015: Skill Development Seeks to provide the institutional capacity to train people in hirable skills. It had a 20% placement rate in 2021. [81] PM Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Kendra (PM Indian Public Medicine Scheme, PMBJK) — MoCF: 2015 Generic Medicine The scheme launched by the Department of ...
Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maandhan is a social welfare scheme launched by the Ministry of Labour and Employment of the Government of India in February 2019 [1] for poor labourers in the unorganised sector from minimum 18 years of age to maximum 40 years. According to government figures, about 42 crore people in India are associated with the ...
Under the scheme, dedicated stores known as Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Kendras( launched as Jan Aushadhi Kendras in 2008 and later renamed to PMBJK post-2016) were established to distribute generic drugs and surgical devices. These kendras offer medicines at prices 50–90% lower than those of branded equivalents, ensuring ...
The scheme, rechristened Maternity benefits programme is set to cover the entire nation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his 2017 New Year's Eve speech, announced that the scheme will be scaled up to cover 650 districts of the country. [7] The announcement assumes significance as India accounts for 17% of all maternal deaths in the world.
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (transl. Prime Minister's Public Finance Scheme) is a financial inclusion program of the Government of India open to Indian citizens (minors of age 10 and older can also open an account with a guardian to manage it), that aims to expand affordable access to financial services such as bank accounts, remittances, credit, insurance and pensions.
The scheme was initially launched on 26 March 2020 with an announcement by the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, who announced the program as part of the existing Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana welfare initiative in his first address to the nation during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The scheme led to an increase in LPG consumption by 56% in 2019 as compared to 2014. [ 9 ] The highly popular scheme has benefited over 14.6 million BPL families in Uttar Pradesh, 8.8 million in West Bengal , 8.5 million in Bihar, 7.1 million in Madhya Pradesh , 6.3 million in Rajasthan and 3.24 million in Tamil Nadu .
The PMGSY is under the authority of the Ministry of Rural Development and was begun on 25 December 2000. [6] It is fully funded by the central government. During November 2015, following the recommendations of the 14th Finance Commission, the Sub-Group of Chief Ministers on Rationalization of Centrally Sponsored Schemes, it was announced that the project will be funded by both the central ...