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Saubhagya Yojana CSS MoP: 2017 Electricity Last-mile electrification for all households in India. The program focuses on providing power to unelectrified homes, boosting quality of life and aiding socio-economic growth in rural and remote areas. Krishonnati Yojana CSS MoAFW 2017 Agriculture Umbrella scheme subsuming 11 schemes. [45]
The Government of India launched the Gareeb Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan (GKRA) initiative to tackle the impact of COVID-19 on shramik (migrant) workers in India. [1] It is a rural public works scheme which was launched on 20 June 2020 with an initial funding of ₹ 50,000 crore (equivalent to ₹ 590 billion or US$6.8 billion in 2023).
The Central Government, under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) has decided to continue to provide free food grains to about 81.35 crore beneficiaries (i.e. Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) households and Priority Households (PHH) beneficiaries) for a period of next five years with effect from 1st January, 2024, as per their ...
Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana, 2016 (PMGKY) (English, Prime Minister's Poor welfare scheme) is a scheme launched by the Narendra Modi led Government of India in December 2016 on the lines of the Income declaration scheme, 2016 (IDS) launched earlier in the year.
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY, translation: Prime Minister's Lightening Scheme) was launched by Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on 1 May 2016 to distribute 50 million LPG connections to women of Below Poverty Line (BPL) families. [1] [2] [3] A budgetary allocation of ₹ 80 billion (US$920 million) was made for the scheme.
However, in 2009, the number of BBL ration cards was issued by the State Government and Union Territories was 10.96 crore. [6] [7] By linking ration cards with Aadhaar cards, 5.8 crore fake ration cards have been eliminated [8] [9] and 20.4 crore BBL ration cards are in regular use. [10] [11] [12] [13]
Bihar is the second poorest state in all of India. [32] In Bihar, around 80% of the population relies on agricultural production, and over 40% of the population is considered to be below the poverty line. [33] The state has poor levels of educational attainment and a high rate of illiteracy. Access to education is a major factor in the region's ...
Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) (English: Indian Farmers' Union) is a farmer's representative organisation in India.It was founded by Chaudhary Charan Singh from the Punjab Khetibari Union (Punjab Farming Union) which became its Punjab branch. [1]