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Saturday, September 22, 2012

National Family Benefit Scheme

The Ministry of Rural Development is implementing, through State Governments and UT Administrations, a scheme namely National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS). Under this scheme, earlier a provision of grant of Rs. 5,000/- was made in case of natural death of BPL primary bread winner. The primary BPL bread winner specified in the scheme, whether male or female, had to be a member of the household whose earning contributed substantially to the total household income. The death of such primary bread winner occurring whilst he/she was in the age group of 18 to 64 years. In the year 1998, the amount of benefit has been raised to Rs. 10,000/- in case of death due to natural causes as well as accidental causes. The funds are released to State Governments and UTs by Ministry of Finance as Additional Central Assistance. The National Family Benefit Scheme is a sub-scheme of the National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) and details of funds released sub-scheme wise to State/UTs are not maintained. These sub-schemes are only for BPL families.

Schemes to Financially Help BPL Widows

The Government in the Ministry of Rural Development is implementing through State Governments and UT Administrations the major schemes /programmes namely Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), Swarnjayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY)/ National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) and Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) for providing wage, self employment and houses in rural areas respectively. These schemes have specific provision to provide benefits to rural women including widows to enhance their income and living standard. Besides, Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme (IGNWPS) is also implemented in urban and rural areas for Below Poverty Line (BPL) widows, between the age groups of 40 to 59 years.

Mahatma Gandhi Suraksha Yojana

The Government has launched a scheme called ‘Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana’ (MGPSY) for Indian workers holding Emigration Check Required (ECR) passports and a valid work permit in an ECR country. This scheme encourages and enables Overseas Indian Workers to save for their return and resettlement and to save for their old age by providing a co-contribution from the Government. This also provides a free Life Insurance Cover against natural death during the period of coverage, under this scheme. However, there is no proposal to introduce a special package for Indian workers returning to India from conflict-ridden countries. There is also no plan to start a “Pravasi Bank” for Overseas Indians by the Ministry.

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Integration of Ayush in Health Care System under National Rural Health Mission

After the launch of NRHM, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has taken several steps for strengthening health care facilities by integrating AYUSH systems in national health care delivery systems. The integration is facilitated by appointing or co-locating AYUSH doctors & supporting staff and creating infrastructure according to local needs.

There were 640 districts, 6431 blocks and 638588 villages incorporating 605 District Hospitals (DHs), 4535 Community Health Centres (CHCs) and 23673 Primary Health Centres (PHCs) till March 2011. Out of these, AYUSH facilities had been co-located with 416 District Hospitals, 2942 Community Health Centres and 9559 Primary Health Centres during 2011. About 68.76% District hospitals had been co-located with AYUSH facilities till 2011. All the District hospitals existing in the states and union territories of Goa, Haryana, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Lakshadweep and Puducherry had been co-located with AYUSH facilities, whereas, the states having more than 50% of the District hospitals co-located with AYUSH facilities were Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttarakhand., There had been no co-location of AYUSH facilities in the Districts hospitals of the remaining 12 states and union territories.

Nearly 65% Community Health Centre’s had been co-located with AYUSH facilities till 2011. All the CHCs existing in the states and union territories of Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Nagaland, Orissa, Manipur, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu, Lakshadweep and Puducherry had been co-located with AYUSH facilities., whereas, the states having more than 50% of the CHCs co-located with AYUSH facilities were Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Punjab, Tripura and West Bengal. The states having more than 25% but less than 50% of the CHCs co-located with AYUSH facilities were Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan. The states having less than 25% CHCs co-located with AYUSH facilities were Madhya Pradesh only. No co-location of AYUSH facilities had been observed in CHCs in the remaining 8 states and union territories.

About 40.4% Primary Health Centre’s had been co-located with AYUSH facilities till 2011. All the PHC existing in the Union Territory of D&N Haveli, Daman & Diu and Puducherry, Jammu and Kashmir, A& N Islands, and Lakshadweep have been co-located. The States/ Union Territories having more than 50% of the PHCs co-located with AYUSH facilities were Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Manipur, Orissa, Rajasthan, Tamilnadu and Tripura, States having more than 25% but less than 50% of the PHCs co-located with AYUSH facilities, were Karnataka, Meghalaya West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab. The states and union territories having less than 25% of the Primary Health Centres co-located with AYUSH facilities were Arunachal Pradesh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana

The Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) aims at correcting the imbalances in the availability of affordable healthcare facilities in the different parts of the country in general, and augmenting facilities for quality medical education in the under-served States in particular. The scheme was approved in March 2006.
The first phase in the PMSSY has two components - setting up of six institutions in the line of AIIMS; and upgradation of 13 existing Government medical college institutions.
It has been decided to set up 6 AIIMS-like institutions, one each in the States of Bihar (Patna), Chattisgarh (Raipur), Madhya Pradesh (Bhopal), Orissa (Bhubaneswar), Rajasthan (Jodhpur) and Uttaranchal (Rishikesh) at an estimated cost of Rs 840 crores per institution. These States have been identified on the basis of various socio-economic indicators like human development index, literacy rate, population below poverty line and per capital income and health indicators like population to bed ratio, prevalence rate of serious communicable diseases, infant mortality rate etc. Each institution will have a 960 bedded hospital (500 beds for the medical college hospital; 300 beds for Speciality/Super Speciality; 100 beds for ICU/Accident trauma; 30 beds for Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and 30 beds for Ayush) intended to provide healthcare facilities in 42 Speciality/Super-Speciality disciplines. Medical College will have 100 UG intake besides facilities for imparting PG/doctoral courses in various disciplines, largely based on Medical Council of India (MCI) norms and also nursing college conforming to Nursing Council norms.    
In addition to this, 13 existing medical institutions spread over 10 States will also be upgraded, with an outlay of Rs. 120 crores (Rs. 100 crores from Central Government and   Rs. 20 crores from State Government) for each institution. These institutions are Government Medical College, Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir, Government Medical College, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, Kolkatta Medical College, Kolkatta, West Bengal, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, Institute of Medical Sciences, BHU, Varanasi, Uttar Pardesh, Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, Sri Venkateshwara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, Government. Medical College, Salem, Tamil Nadu, B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore, Karnataka, Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Ranchi and Grants Medical College & Sir J.J. Group of Hospitals, Mumbai, Maharashtra. 
In the second phase of PMSSY, the Government has approved the setting up of two more AIIMS-like institutions, one each in the States of West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh and upgradation of six medical college institutions namely Government Medical College, Amritsar, Punjab; Government Medical College, Tanda, Himachal Pradesh; Government Medical College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu; Government Medical College, Nagpur, Maharashtra, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College of Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh and Pt. B.D. Sharma Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak. The estimated cost for each AIIMS-like institution is Rs. 823 crore. For upgradation of medical college institutions, Central Government will contribute Rs. 125 crore each.
In the third phase of PMSSY, it is proposed to upgrade the following existing medical college institutions namely Government Medical College, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh; Government Medical College, Rewa, Madhya Pradesh; Government Medical College, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh; Government Medical College, Dharbanga, Bihar; Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala; Vijaynagar Institute of Medical Sciences, Bellary, Karnataka and Government Medical College, Muzaffarpur, Bihar.
The project cost for upgradation of each medical college institution has been estimated at Rs. 150 crores per institution, out of which Central Government will contribute Rs. 125 crores and the remaining Rs. 25 crore will be borne by the respective State Governments.
It is hoped that consequent to the successful implementation of PMSSY, better and affordable healthcare facilities will be easily accessible to one and all in the country.

NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH MISSION



Recognizing the importance of Health in the process of economic and social development and improving the quality of life of our citizens, the Government of India has launched the National Rural Health Mission to carry out necessary architectural correction in the basic health care delivery system.

The Mission adopts a synergistic approach by relating health to determinants of good health viz. segments of nutrition, sanitation, hygiene and safe drinking water. It also aims at mainstreaming the Indian systems of medicine to facilitate health care.


National Rural Health Mission was launched on 12th April, 2005 with an objective to provide effective health care to the rural population, the disadvantaged groups including women and children by improving access, enabling community ownership, strengthening public health systems for efficient service delivery, enhancing equity and accountability and promoting decentralization


The scheme proposes a number of new mechanisms for healthcare delivery including training local residents as Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) and the Janani Surakshay Yojana (motherhood protection program). It also aims at improving hygiene and sanitation infrastructure. It is the most ambitious rural health initiative ever.


The mission has a special focus on 18 states Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Madhya Pradesh, Nagaland, Orissa, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.


Goals of NHRM


a)
Reduction in Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) and Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR)
b)
Universal access to public health services such as Women’s health, child health, water, sanitation &hygiene, immunization, and Nutrition
c)
Prevention and control of communicable and non-communicable diseases, including locally endemic diseases
d)
Access to integrated comprehensive primary healthcare
e)
Population stabilization, gender and demographic balance.
f)
Revitalize local health traditions and mainstream AYUSH.
g)
Promotion of healthy life styles.

Salient features of NHRM:


• Innovation in Human Resource Management


Promote access to improved healthcare at household level through the Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA). ASHA would act as a bridge between the Auxiliary Nurse and the village Midwives and be accountable to the Panchayat. ASHA would facilitate in the implementation of the Village Health Plan along with Anganwadi worker, ANM, functionaries of other Departments, and Self Help Group members, under the leadership of the Village Health Committee of the Panchayat.


• Strengthening Public Health Delivery in India


New concept of Indian Public Health Standards introduced. They are set of standards envisaged to improve the quality of health care delivery in the country under the National Rural Health Mission.


• Strengthening PHCs


Mission aims at Strengthening PHC for quality preventive, promotive, curative, and supervisory and Outreach services through adequate and regular supply of essential quality drugs and equipment (including Supply of Auto Disabled Syringes for immunization) to PHCs. Provision of 24 hour service in 50% PHCs by addressing shortage of doctors, especially in high focus States, through mainstreaming AYUSH manpower.


• Strengthen CHCs


Infrastructure strengthening of CHCs by implementation of IPHS standards which includes Promotion of Stakeholder Committees (Rogi Kalyan Samitis) for hospital management and developing standards of services and costs in hospital care.


• Decentralized Planning


This includes “District Health Mission” at the District level and the “State Health Mission” at the state level. District Health Plan would be a reflection of synergy between Village Health Plans, State and National priorities for Health, Water Supply, Sanitation and Nutrition. It also includes involvement of PRIs in planning process to improve access of facilities.


• Strengthening Disease Control Mechanisms


National Disease Control Programmes for Malaria, TB, Kala Azar, Filaria, Blindness & Iodine Deficiency and Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme has been integrated under the Mission, for improved programme delivery and new Initiatives have been launched for control of Non Communicable Diseases. Further disease surveillance system at village level would be strengthened. Supply of generic drugs (both AYUSH & Allopathic) for common ailments at village, SC, PHC/CHC level will also be included.

NATIONAL RURAL LIVELIHOOD MISSION


The National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) was established in June 2010 by the Government of India, to be implemented in all States of the country, to establish efficient and sustainable institutions of the rural poor that enable them to increase household income through livelihood enhancements and improved access to financial and selected public services. NRLM have special focus on the poorest households, who are currently dependant on MGNREGA. These families will be supported to broaden their livelihoods through assets and skill acquisition. This will enhance the quality of their livelihoods significantly.

Brief history

Pursuant to the recommendations of Hashim Committee, this Ministry restructured all the Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation programmes such as IRDP, TRYSEM, DWCRA, SITRA, GKY, and Million Wells Scheme with a view to improving the efficacy of programmes. All these Schemes were merged into a single self employment programme known as Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY).

The Ministry of Rural Development has decided to re-design and re-structure the ongoing Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY) into National Livelihood Mission (NRLM). The idea has been conceived as a cornerstone of national poverty reduction strategy.

The objective of the Mission is to reduce poverty among rural BPL by promoting diversified and gainful self-employment and wage employment opportunities which would lead to an appreciable increase in income on sustainable basis.

A comprehensive livelihoods approach encompassing four interrelated tasks:

a)    Mobilizing all rural, poor households into effective self help groups (SHGs) and SHG federations;
b)    Enhancing access to credit and other financial, technical, and marketing services;
c)    Building capacities and skills for gainful and sustainable livelihoods; and
d)    Improving the delivery of social and economic support services to poor.

Thus the objectives of NRLM are:

1.    Universal social mobilization;
2.    Formation of people's institutions;
3.    Universal financial inclusion;
4.    Training and capacity building and
5.    Enhanced package of economic assistance for setting-up of micro enterprises and larger role for Self Help Groups (SHGs)


National Rural Livelihoods Mission is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme and the financing of the programme will be shared between the Centre and the States in the ratio of 75:25, except in case of the North Eastern States where it will be on 90:10 basis. 

There are two major strategic shifts under NRLM:

a)    NRLM is a demand driven programme and the states formulate their own poverty reduction action plans based on their past experience, resources and skills base; and

b)    NRLM will provide for a professional support structure for programme implementation at all levels from the national up to the block level in different streams.

The Rural Livelihoods Mission has a three-tier interdependent structure. At the apex of the structure is the National Rural Livelihoods Mission, under the Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India. At the State level, there is an umbrella organization under the State Department of Rural Development/ Department which is responsible for implementing self-employment/rural livelihoods promotion programs. The State level Mission with dedicated professionals and domain experts under the State department of Rural Department will be guided financially, technically and supported by the NRLM on need basis. The National and the State Mission will have a symbiotic relationship. They will have mutual access to the knowledge and services in the area of rural livelihoods.

The National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) seeks to provide greater focus and momentum to poverty reduction to achieve the Millennium Development Goal by 2015.This entails a rapid increase in viable livelihoods among poor rural households (as well as urban ones).

In the longer run, the NRLM is to ensure broad-based inclusive growth and reduce disparities by spreading its benefits from ‘islands of growth’ across the communities, sectors and regions.

ROLE OF BANKS IN NRLM

The role of Banks will be of prime importance under NRLM as a source of credit for the poor at reasonable rates. NRLM will focus on getting banks to lend to the poor by making them bankable clients through smart use of subsidy. NRLM will focus on women as the best way of reaching out to the whole family is through the woman. There will be a special focus on vulnerable sections: scheduled tribes, scheduled castes, minorities, women headed families, etc. The second focus of NRLM would be rural youth of the country who are unemployed. They will be supported through placement linked skill development projects through which their skills will be upgraded through short term training courses in sectors which have high demand for services.

On June 2011 Government of India renamed the National Rural Livelihood Mission as ‘AAJEEVIKA’. Aided in part through investment support by the World Bank, the Mission aims at creating efficient and effective institutional platforms of the rural poor enabling them to increase household income through sustainable livelihood enhancements and improved access to financial services.

Friday, September 7, 2012

Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana

Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana has been extended to licensed porters, licensed vendors and licensed hawkers on the Railways in consultation with Ministry of Labour & Employment. Railways are facilitating below poverty line beneficiaries for coverage under the scheme being implemented by the concerned State Governments. In the case of above poverty line beneficiaries, 75 per cent of the premium will be borne by the Railways subject to a maximum of Rs. 565/- per family per annum, whichever is less and the remaining 25 per cent to be contributed by the beneficiaries, who will also have to pay an amount of Rs. 30/- per family per year as registration/renewal fee.

National Family Benefit Scheme

The Ministry of Rural Development is implementing, through State Governments and UT Administrations, a scheme namely National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS). Under this scheme, earlier a provision of grant of Rs. 5,000/- was made in case of natural death of BPL primary bread winner. The primary BPL bread winner specified in the scheme, whether male or female, had to be a member of the household whose earning contributed substantially to the total household income. The death of such primary bread winner occurring whilst he/she was in the age group of 18 to 64 years. In the year 1998, the amount of benefit has been raised to Rs. 10,000/- in case of death due to natural causes as well as accidental causes.

The funds are released to State Governments and UTs by Ministry of Finance as Additional Central Assistance. The National Family Benefit Scheme is a sub-scheme of the National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) and details of funds released sub-scheme wise to State/UTs are not maintained. These sub-schemes are only for BPL families.

Saturday, August 4, 2012

Rural development ministry plans big push to MNREGA to tackle drought


The rural development ministry is preparing for a big push to its flagship employment generation programme as drought has depressed demand for farm labour. The ministry has written to state governments asking them to identify development projects under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) to ensure there's enough work available for those in need.

Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh has already written to state chief ministers affected by deficient rainfall, asking them to prepare a list of new projects that could be incorporated in the MNREGA programme.

Ramesh is now touring drought-hit states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat and Rajasthan with agriculture minister Sharad Pawar to assess the water scarcity situation.

While the all-India rainfall deficiency average at 21%, some states like Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan have been worse off with deficiencies as high as 64% and 78%.

The Centre wants to expedite the implementation of new projects under MNREGA to generate enough jobs as demand for employment goes up, mainly from agricultural workers.

Although allocation for NREGA was curtailed to Rs 33,000 crore this budget from Rs 40,000 crore in 2011-12, states have surplus left over from the previous year.

MNREGA has provided 5.50 crore families or nearly one in four rural households with over 250 crore person-days of work under the programme.

Delay in payments and leakages have, however, dented the scheme's initial popularity, which many attributed as one of the reasons for UPA's return to power in 2009.

Saturday, July 28, 2012

NRHM KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

Some of the key achievements under National Rural Health Mission are:
1. Accelerated improvements in key reproductive health indicators e.g. Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR), Infant Mortality Rate (IMR), Total Fertility Rate (TFR) and Institutional Delivery Rate.
2. Upgradation and operationalization of 8250 Primary Health Centers (PHCs) as 24X7 facilities
3. Operationalization of 2312 FRUs which includes Community Health Centers (CHCs), Sub District Hospitals and District Hospitals for providing OPD and 24*7 indoor facilities especially for comprehensive emergency obstetric and newborn care.
4. 374 Special Newborn Care Units, 1638 Newborn Stabilization Units, and 11432 Newborn Care Corners have been established at different levels of health facilities.
5. Augmentation of the availability of skilled manpower by means of different skill- based trainings such as Skilled Birth Attendance for Auxiliary Nurse Midwives/Staff Nurses/Lady Health Visitors; training of MBBS Doctors in Life Saving Anaesthetic Skills and Emergency Obstetric Care including Caesarean Section.
6. Over 1.4 lakh Human Resources have been engaged across the country on contractual basis under National Rural Health Mission which includes- ANMs, Staff Nurses, Paramedics, AYUSH Doctors, Doctors, Specialists and AYUSH Paramedics.
7. Engagement of 8.61 lakhs Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) to generate demand and facilitate accessing of health care services by the community.
As per the Health Management Information System (HMIS) under the National Rural Health Mission, total institutional deliveries at public and private accredited health facilities increased from 1.62 Crores in the year 2009-10 to 1.68 Crores in the year 2010-11.
The key strategies adopted by the Government of India to strengthen NRHM are:
• Creation of strong institutional mechanisms at National and State level through Mission Steering group, State/District Health Mission.
• Strengthening Programme Management units for effective public health management through State, District and Block Programme management units.
• Enhanced fund allocation to NRHM for additional funding to States.
• Preparation of inter-sectoral District Health Plans.
• Integrating vertical Health and Family Welfare programmes at National, State, District and Block levels.
• Supporting States through united funds for the functioning of Village Health Sanitation & Nutrition Committees and thereby focusing on creation of Village Health Plans.
• Promoting access to healthcare at household level through ASHA.
• Supporting the States to train and enhance capacity of Panchayati Raj Institutions.
• Strengthening facilities from PHCs and above through grants to RogiKalyanSamitis (RKS).
• Promotion of Public Private Partnership through NRHM to improve service delivery.

Friday, July 27, 2012

Govt. Programms & Schemes

1.Community Development Programme (CDP) -1952: Overall development of rural areas and people's participation.
2. Intensive Agriculture Development program (IADP)-1960-61: To provide loan for seeds and fertilizers to farmers.
3. Intensive Agriculture Area programme (IAAP) 1964-65: To develop special harvest in agriculture area.
4.  Credit Authorization Scheme (CAS) -1965: Involved qualitative credit control of reserve bank of India.
5. High yielding variety programme (HYVP) 1966-67: To increase the productivity of food grains by adopting latest varieties of inputs of crops.
6.Green Revolution -1966-67: To Increase productivity. Confined to wheat production.
7. Rural Electrification Corporation-1969: To provide electricity in rural areas
8. Scheme of Discriminatory Interest Rate- 1972: To provide loan to the weaker sections of society at a concessional interest rate of 4%.
9. Accelerated Rural water Supply Programme (ARWSP)-1972-73: Providing drinking water in villages.
10. Drought Prone Area Programme - 1973: Protection from drought by achieving environement balace and by developing ground water.
11. Crash Scheme for Rural Employment (CSRE)-1973: For rural employment
12. Marginal Farmer and Agriculture Labor Agency (MFALA)-1973-74: Technical & financial assistance to marginal farmers
13. Small Farmer Development Scheme SFDS- 1974-75: Technical & financial assistance to small farmers
14. Command Area Development Programme  (CADP)- 1975:  Better utilization of irrigational capacities
15. Twenty Point Programme (TPP)- 1975: Poverty eradication and an overall objective of raising the level living
16.  National Institution of Rural Development-1977: Training, investigation and advisory for rural development
17.Desert Development Programme (DDP)- 1977-78 : *To control the desert expansion by maintaining environment balance
18.  Food For Work Programme-1977-78:providing food grains to labor
19.Antyodaya Yojna-1977-78 : Scheme of Rajasthan, providing economic assistance to poorest families
20.Training Rural Youth for Self Employment TRYSEM-15th August 1979 : educational and vocational training
21. Integrated Rural Development Programme :IRDP -October 2, 1980: Overall development of rural poor
22. National Rural Development programme NREP- 1980 : employment for rural manforce
23. Development of Women & Children in Rural Areas (DWCRA)- 1982: sustainable opportunities of self employment to the women belonging to the rural families who are living below the poverty line.
24. Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme (RLEGP) - August 15, 1983: employment to landless farmers and laborers
25. Farmers Agriculture Service Centers FASCs-1983-84: Tell the people use of improved instruments of agriculture
26. National Fund for Rural Development - 1984 : To grant 100% tax rebate to donors and also to provide financial assistance for rural development projects
27.  Comprehensive Crop Insurance Scheme-1985: Crop Insurance
28. Council of Advancement of People's Action & Rural Technology (CAPART)- 1986: Assistance to rural people
29.  Self Employment Programme for the Poor SEPUP-1986: Self employment through credit and subsidy
30. 1986: National Drinking Water Mission: For rural drinking water renamed and upgraded to Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission in 1991.
31.  Service Area Account* Rural Credit -1988
32. Jawahar Rozgar Yojna (JRY)-1989:  Employment to rural unemployed
33. Nehru Rozgar Yojna NRY- 1989: Employment to Urban unemployed
34. Agriculture & Rural Debt Relief Scheme: ARDRS-1990:  Exempt Bank loans up to Rs. 10000 for rural artisans and weavers
35. Scheme for Urban Micro Enterprises (SUME)-1990: Assist urban small entrepreneurs
36. Scheme of Urban wage Employment (SUWE) -1990: Scheme for urban poor's
37.Scheme of Housing and Shelter Upgradation (SHASU): Providing employment by shelter Upgradation
38.National Housing Bank Voluntary Deposit Scheme- 1991: Using black money by constructing low cost housing for the poor.
39.  National Renewal Fund- 1992: This scheme was for the employees of the public sector
40.Employment Assurance Scheme (EAS) -October, 2, 1993: Employment of at least 100 days in a year in villages
41.District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) -1993: To provide financial assistance for rural development.
42. Members of parliament Local Area Development Scheme MPLADS -December 23, 1993: Sanctioned 1 crore per year for development works
43.District Rural Development Agency (DRDA)-1993: Financial assistance to rural people by district level authority
44. Mahila Samridhi Yojna -October 2, 1993: Encourage rural women to deposit in Post office schems
45. Child labor Eradication Scheme- 1994 :Shift child labour from hazardous industries to school
46. Education Department and District Primary Education Program (DPEP)-1994: To revitalise the primary education system and to achieve the objective of universalisation of primary education for young children.
47. Prime Minister Integrated Urban Poverty Eradication programme (PMIUPEP)-1995: To eradicate urban poverty
48. Mid day Meal Scheme- 1995: Nutrition to students in primary schools to improve enrolment, retention and attendence
49.National Social Assistance programme - 1995: Assist BPL people.
50. Ganga Kalyan Yojna-1997-98; Provide financial assistance to farmers for exploring ground water resources
51. Kastoorba Gandhi Education Scheme15 August 1997: Establish girls schools in low female literacy areas (district level)
52. Swaran Jayanto Shahari Rojgar Yojna-1997: Urban employment
53. Bhagya Shree Bal Kalyan Policy-1998: Upliftment of female childs
54.Annapurna Yojna -March 1999 : 10 kgs food grains to elderly people
55. April 1999: Swaran Jayanto Gram Swarojgar Yojna: Self employment in rural areas
56. April 1999:-Jawahar Gram Samriddhi Yojna: Village infrastructure
57. August 2000 - Jan Shree Bima Yojna : Insurance for BPL people
58.  Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojna-2000: Basic needs of rural people
59. December 25, 2000 - Antyodaya Anna Yojna: To provide food security to poor 60. December 25, 2000- Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna: Connect all villages with nearest pukka road.
61. September 2001-Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojna: Employment and food security to rural people
62. December 2001-Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojna VAMBAY: Slum houses in urban areas
63. Universal health Insurance Scheme:- 2003: Health insurance for Rural people 64. Vande mataram Scheme VMS -2004 :Initiative of public Private partnership during pregnecy check up.
65. National Food for Work programme-2004: Supplementary wage as foodgrains for work
66.Kastoorba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya-2004: Setting up residential schools at upper primary levels for girls belonging to predominantly OBC, SC & ST
67. Janani Suraksha Yojna-2005: Providing care to pregnant women
68. Dec.16 , 2005 -Bharat Nirman-Development of India through irrigation, Water supply, Housing, Road, Telephone and electricity
69. National Rural Health Mission -2005: Accessible, affordable, accountable, quality health survices to the porest of the poor on remotest areas of the country.
70. Rajeev Gandhi Grameen Vidyuti Karan Yojna-2005: Extending electrification of all villages and habitations and ensuring electricity to every household.
71. Jawahar Lal Nehru national Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM)-2005: Click here to read more
72. February 2 ,2006: National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme NREGS: 100 days wage employment for development works in rural areas.
73.Rastriya Swasthya Bima Yojna-2007:  Health insurance to all workers in unorganized area below poverty line.
74. Aam Aadmi Bima Yojna-2007: Insurance cover to the head of the family of rural landless households in the country.
75 Rajiv Awas Yojna-*2009:: To make India slum free in 5 years

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Schemes for Capacity Building and Employment in Rural Areas

Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Yojana (RGSY)

The Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Yojana is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme being implemented by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj with the objective of assisting efforts of the State Governments for training and capacity building of elected representatives of Panchayati Raj Institutions.  Funding of the scheme is applicable only for the non-BRGF districts.  The scheme focuses primarily on providing financial assistance to the States/UTs for Training & Capacity Building of elected representatives (ERs) and functionaries of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs). Assistance is provided for Distance Learning infrastructure for the ERs and Functionaries of the PRIs including Satellite based training infrastructure. In respect of Hill States and States in the North Eastern Region, assistance is also given for capital expenditure on establishment of Panchayat Resource Centres/ Panchayat Bhawans at Block/Gram Panchayat levels. The scheme has a small component of Infrastructure Development under which the construction and renovation of Panchayat Ghars in all the States is funded. The scheme is demand driven in nature and provides for funding on 75:25 sharing basis between the Central and State Governments concerned. Assistance under the Training component is also given to Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), where the central assistance may be 100% and such proposals are required to be forwarded with the recommendations of the State Government concerned.

Rural Business Hub (RBH)
Rural Business Hub is aimed to eradicate rural poverty and create employment opportunity in rural India. This initiative would give a fillip to village enterprises that add value to economic activities in rural areas.
There is a steady influx of rural people to urban areas in search of employment and economic opportunity.  Also, there is a wide gap between rural and urban areas in terms of public services like health and education, in the quality of life and levels of income.  This gap is perceived to be widening.  The 73rd Constitutional Amendment, 1992, has mandated Panchayats as Institutions of Self Government, to plan and implement programmes of economic development and social justice.  Government of India has recognized that Panchayati Raj is the medium to transform rural India 700 million opportunities.  There is also a felt need to ensure that the benefits of rapid economic growth, unleashed through the reforms of the last two decades, need to flow to all sections of society, particularly to rural India.

The Ministry of Panchayati Raj has adopted the goal of "Haat to Hypermarket" as the overarching objective of the Rural Business Hubs (RBH), initiative aimed at moving from more livelihood support to promoting rural prosperity, increasing rural non-farm incomes and augmenting rural employment.  RBHs set up in association with Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) could thus constitute the fulcrum of "inclusive growth" - the theme of the 11th Plan.

Panchayat Mahila Evam Yuva Shakti Abhiyan (PMEYSA)
In order to address the empowerment of EWRs and EYRs in a systematic, programmatic manner, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Govt. of India, has launched a new scheme with the approval of the competent authority in the 11th Five Year Plan.  The objective of PMEYSA is to knit the EWRs in a network and through group action, empower themselves, so that both their participation and representation on local governance issues, improves.  PMEYSA aims at a sustained campaign to build the confidence and capacity of EWRs, so that they get over the institutional, societal and political constraints that prevent them from active participation in rural local self governments.
It is a Central Sector Scheme.  The entire amount is funded by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj for organizing the various activities under this scheme.  Fund is released to the State Panchayati Raj Department in two equal installments in the ratio of 50:50.  The balance amount (second installment of 50%) is released only on furnishing of (1) Utilization certificate in respect of funds released and (2) Audited Statement of account on the expenditure (item-wise) incurred by the State Government/SSC.

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Anti Poverty Programmes

 S.No. Anti Poverty Programmes Year of Beginning Objective/Description
 1  Antodaya Yojana 1977 To make the poorest families of the village economically independent (only in Rajasthan)
 2 Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) 1999 Assistance is given to the poor families living below the poverty line in rural areas for taking up self employment.
 4  Sampoorna Gramin Rozgar Yojana (SGRY) 2001 Providing gainful employment for the rural poor.
 6  Employment Assurance Scheme 1993 To provide gainful employment during the lean agricultural season in manual work to all able bodied adults in rural areas who are in need and desirous of work, but can not find it..
 7  Pradhanmantri Gramodaya Yojana (PMGY) 2000 Focus on village level development in 5 critical areas, i.e. primary health, primary education, housing, rural roads and drinking water and nutrition with the overall objective of improving the quality of life of people in rural areas. 
 8  National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) 2006 To provide legal guarantee for 100 days of wage employment to every household in the rural areas of the country each year, To combine the twin goals of providing employment and
asset creation in rural areas
 9 Swarnajayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJRY) 1997 It seeks to provide employment to the urban unemployed lying below poverty line and educate upto IX standard through encouraging the setting up of self employment ventures or provision of wage employment.
 10  Antidaya Anna Yojana 2000 It aims at providing food securities to poor families.
 11 National Housing Bank Voluntary Deposit Scheme 1991 To utilize black money for constructing low cost housing for the poor.
 12 Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP) 1980 All Round development of the rural poor through a program of asset endowment for self employment.
 13 Development of Women and Chidren in Rural Areas (DWCRA) 1982 To provide suitable opportunities of self employment to the women belonging to the rural families who are living below the poverty line.
 14 National Social Assistance Programme 1995 To assist people living below the poverty line.
 15 Jan Shree Bima Yojana 2000 Providing insurance security to people below poverty line.
 16 Jai Prakash Narayan Rojgar Guarantee Yojana Proposed in 2002-03 budget Employment Guarantee in most poor districts.
 17 Shiksha Sahyog Yojana 2001 Education of Children below poverty line.

Child Welfare Programmes

S.No. Child Welfare Programmes Year of Beginning Objectives/Description
 1  Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS)  1975 It is aimed at enhancing the health, nutrition and learning opportunities of infants, young children (O-6 years) and their mothers.
 2 Creche Scheme for the children of working mothers 2006 Overall development of children, childhood protection, complete immunisation, awareness generation among parents on malnutrition, health and education.
 3  Reproductive and Child Health Programme  1951 To provide quality Integrated and sustainable Primary Health Care services to the women in the reproductive age group and young children and special focus on family planning and Immunisation.
 4  Pulse Polio Immunization Programme  1995 To eradicate poliomyelitis (polio) in India by vaccinating all children under the age of five years against polio virus.
 5 Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan  2001 All children in school, Education Guarantee Centre, Alternate School, ' Back-to-School' camp by 2003; all children complete five years of primary schooling by 2007 ; all children complete eight years of elementary schooling by 2010 ; focus on elementary education of satisfactory quality with emphasis on education for life ; bridge all gender and social category gaps at primary stage by 2007 and at elementary education level by 2010 ; universal retention by 2010
 6  Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya  2004 To ensure access and quality education to the girls of disadvantaged groups of society by setting up residential schools with boarding facilities at elementary level.
 7  Mid-day meal Scheme  1995 Improving the nutritional status of children in classes I – VIII in Government, Local Body and Government aided schools, and EGS and AIE centres.Encouraging poor children, belonging to disadvantaged sections, to attend school more regularly and help them concentrate on classroom activities.
Providing nutritional support to children of primary stage in drought-affected areas during summer vacation.
 8  Integrated programme for Street Children  1993 Provisions for shelter, nutrition, health care, sanitation and hygiene, safe drinking water, education and recreational facilities and protection against abuse and exploitation to destitute and neglected street children.
 9  The National Rural Health Mission 2005 Reduction in child and maternal mortality, universal access to public services for food and nutrition , sanitation and hygiene and universal access to public health care services with emphasis on services addressing women's and children's health universal immunization, etc.

Employment Generation Programmes

S.No. Employment Generation Programme Year of Beginning Objective/Description
 1  Employment Guarantee Scheme of Maharashtra 1972 To assist the economically weaker sections of the rural society.
 2  Crash Scheme for Rural Employmement (CSRE) 1972  For rural employment
 3  Training Rural Youth for Self-Employment (TRYSEM) 1979   Program for Trainingrural youth for self employment.
 4  Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP)  1980 All-round development of the rural poor through a program of asset endowment for self employment.
 5  National Rural Employment Program (NREP) 1980 To provide profitable employment opportunities to the rural poor.
 6  Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Program (RLEGP) 1983 For providing employment to landless farmers and laborers.
 7  Self-employment to the Educated Unemployed Youth (SEEUY) 1983 To provide financial and technical assistance for self-employment. 
 8  Self-Employment programme for Urban Poor (SEPUP) 1986 To provide self employment to urban poor through provision of subsidy and bank credit.
 9  Jawahar Rozgar Yojana 1989 For providing employment to rural unemployed.
 10  Nehru Rozgar Yojana 1989 For providing employment to urban unemployed.
 11  Scheme of Urban Wage Employment (SUWE) 1990 To provide wages employment after arranging the basic facilities for poor people in the urban areas where population is less than one lakh.
 12  Employment Assurance Scheme (EAS) 1993 To provide employment of at least 100 days in a year in village.
 13  Swarnajayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) 1997 To provide gainful employment to urban unemployed and under employed poor through self employment or wage employment.
 14  Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SYGSY) 1999 For eliminating rural poverty and unemployment and promoting self employment.
 15  Jai Prakash Narayan Rojgar Guarantee Yojana (JPNRGY) Proposed in 2002-03 budget Employment guarantee in most poor distt.
 16  National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme 2006 To provide atleast 100 days wage employment in rural areas.
 17  Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana  2001 To provide wage employment and food security in rural areas and also to create durable economic ans social assets.
 18  Food for Work Programme   2001 To give food thrugh wage employment in the drought affected areas in eight states. Wages are paid by the state governments partly in cash and partly in foodgrains.
 19  Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)  2005 To create a right based framework for wage employment programmes and makes the government legally bound to provide employment to those who seek it.
 20 Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) 2008 To generate employment opportunities in rural as well as urban areas through setting up of new self-employment ventures/projects/micro enterprises.

Women Empowerment Programmes

S.No. Women Empowerment Programmes Location Year Of Estb.
 1  Support to Training and employment Programme for Women (STEP)  2003-04 To increase the self-reliance and autonomy of women by enhancing their productivity and enabling them to take up income generaion activities.
 2  Rashtriya Mahila Kosh (RMK) 1993 To promote or undertake activities for the promotion of or to provide credit as an instrument of socio- economic change and development through the provision of a package of financial and social development services for the development of women.
 3  Rashtriya Mahila Kosh  1993 To facilitate credit support or micro-finance to poor
women to start income generating activities such
as dairy, agriculture, shop-keeping, vending,
handicrafts etc.
 4 Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls (RGSEAG) – ‘Sabla’
2010 It aims at empowering Adolescent girls of 11 to 18 years by improving their nutritional and health status, up gradation of home skills, life skills and vocational skills.
 5 Central Social Welfare Board (CSWB)  1953 To promote social welfare activities and implementing welfare programmes for women and children through voluntary organizations.
 6   Rashtriya Mahila Kosh - (National Credit Fund for Women)
 1993 It extends micro-finance services through a client friendly and hassle-free loaning mechanism for livelihood activities, housing, micro-enterprises, family needs, etc to bring about the socio-economic upliftment of poor women.
 7  Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana (IGMSY)  ---- To improve the health and
nutrition status of pregnant, lactating women and infants
 8  SwayamSiddha  2001 At organizing women into Self-Help Groups to form a strong institutional base.
 9 Short Stay Home for Women and Girls (SSH) 1969 To provide
temporary shelter to women and girls who are in social and moral danger due to family problems,
mental strain, violence at home, social ostracism, exploitation and other causes.
 10 Swadhar 1995 To support women to become independent in spirit, in thought, in action and have full control over their lives rather than be the victim of others actions.
 11 Support to Training and Employment Programme for Women (STEP) 1986 To mobilise women in small viable groups and make facililies available through training and access to credit, to plovide training for skill upgradation, etc.
 12 Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas (DWCRA) 1982 To improve the socio-economic status of the poor women in
the rural areas through creation of groups of women for income-generating activities on a self-sustaining
basis. The
 13 Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women 1983 Aims at the socio-economic empowerment of women

Eradication Of Child Labor Programmes

S.No. Child Labor Programme Year of Beginning Objective/Description
 1  Child Labor Eradication Programme 1994 To shift child labor from hazardous industried to schools.
 2 National Authority for the Elimination of Child Labour (NAECL) 1994 Laying down the policies and programs for the elimination of child labour, especially in the hazardous industries, etc.
 3  National Child Labour Project Scheme (NCLP)  1998 Establishment of special schools for child labour who are withdrawn from work.
 4  Education Department and District Primary Education Program (DPEP)
 1994 To revitalise the primary education system and to achieve the objective of universalisation of primary education for young children.
 5  International Programme for Elimination of Child Labor (IPEC) 1991 To contribute to the effective abolition of child labor in India
 6  National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR)  2007 To protect, promote and defend child rights in the country.
 7 National Policy on Child Labour 1987 General development programmes benefiting
children wherever possible. Project-based
approach in the areas of high concentration
of child labourers.

National Health Programmes In India

S.No. National Health Programmes Year of Beginning Objective/Description
 1 National Cancer Control Programme  1975 Primary prevention of cancers by health education regarding
hazards of tobacco consumption and necessity of genital hygiene for prevention of cervical cancer, etc.
 2  National Program of Health Care for the Elderly (NPHCE) 2010 To provide preventive, curative and rehabilitative services to the elderly persons at various level of health care delivery system of the country, etc.
 3  National Program for Prevention and Control of Deafness (NPPCD)  ---- To prevent the avoidable hearing loss on account of disease or injury, etc.
 4  District Mental Health Program (NMHP) 1982 To ensure availability and accessibility of minimum mental health care for all in the foreseeable future, particularly to the most vulnerable and underprivileged sections of population.
 5 National Cancer Registry Programme 1982 To provide true information on cancer prevalence and incidence.
 6 National Tobacco Control Program 2007 Preventing the initiation of smoking among young people, educating, motivating and assisting smokers to quit smoking, etc.
 7 National Leprosy Eradication Program started in 1955, launched in 1983 To arrest the disease activity in all the known cases of leprosy.
 8  Universal Immunization Program (UIP)  1985 To achieve self-sufficiency in vaccine production and the manufacture of cold-chain equipment for storage purpose, etc.
 9 National Vector Borne Disease Control Program  ---- For the prevention and control of vector borne diseases

Various Development Programmes

S.No. Development Programmes Year of Beginning Objective/Description
 1  Housing and Urban Development Corporation 1970 Loans for the development of housing and provision of resources for technical assistance.
 2  Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) 1993 To sanction Rs. 1 Crore per year to every member of Parliament for various development works in their respective areas through DM districts.
 3  Scheme for Infrastructural Development in Mega Cities (SIDMC) 1993 To provide capital through special institutions for water supply, sewage, , drainage, urban 
 4  Scheme of Integrated Development of Small and Medium Towns Sixth five year plan To provide resources and create employment in small and medium towns for for prohibiting the migration of population from rural areas to big cities.
 5  District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) 1993 To provide financial assistance for rural development.
 6  National Slum Development Programme 1996 Development of Urban Slums.
 7  Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP) 1980 All-round development of the rural poor through a program of asset endowment for self employment.
 8  Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas (DWCRA) 1982 To provide suitable opportunities of self employment to the women belonging to the rural families who are living below the poverty line.