Benito Z. Swu
With the coming to power of the BJP led NDA Government in India came more than a slew of new development schemes for the development of the country and for the direct benefit of the people of the country. It is good for the general Naga public to know about the development schemes and how these schemes can greatly benefit our state. Here are those developmental programmes exclusively under the “Pradhan Mantri Schemes”.
1) Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transportation (AMRUT): The aim of this scheme is to rejuvenate five hundred cities over 5 years.
2) Apprentice Protsahan Yojana: The aim of this scheme is to support manufacturing units and other establishments by reimbursing 50% of the stiphend paid to apprentices during first two years of their training. It also aims to create a new perception to respect labour. The revamped apprenticeship scheme and Industrial Training Institutes would have a total of 34 lakh seats for students.
3) Atal Pension Yojana: The aim of this scheme is to provide a monthly pension of Rs 1000 to Rs 5000 from the age of 60 years for all bank account holders in the unorganized sector which does not pay any income tax and whose age is between 18 to 40 years.4) Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Yojana: The aim of this scheme is to generate awareness and improve the efficiency of delivery of welfare services meant for women with an initial corpus of Rs 100 crore.
5) Bal Swachhta Mission: The aim of this mission is to provide atleast a toilet in every school, and a separate one for girls.
6) Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Antyodaya Yojana for Urban and Rural Poor: The aim of this scheme is to alleviate urban and rural poverty through enhancement of livelihood opportunities through skill development and other means.
7) Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Shramev Jayate Karyakram: The aim of this scheme is to create an environment conducive for industrial development under “Make in India” to make it easy for businesses in India to succeed.
8) Digital India: The aim is to connect every Indian through technology, to provide governance in an easier, effective and economic way, via, mobile phones and have every village on a broadband platform.
9) Digital Life Certificate’ Jeevan Pramaan: The aim of this scheme is to create a Life Certificate issued by specified authorities which retired employees of government and Public Sector Units can digitally provide as proof of his or her existence to authorities for continuity of pension every year instead of requiring to present oneself physically.
10) Housing for All (URBAN): The aim of this scheme is to construct 2 crore affordable houses in urban area for urban poor in the next seven years, i.e. by 2022, when India celebrates its 75th year of Independence.
11) HRIDAY Scheme (National Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana): The aim of this scheme is to preserve and conserve the heritage character of 12 cities.
12) Krishi Amdani Beema Yojana: The aim of this scheme is to help farmers financially in case their produce gets destroyed due to unexpected weather, don’t fetch good market price, or any other reason.
13) ‘Make in India’ Global Initiative: The aim is to boost India’s manufacturing sector. It invites global manufacturers to come to India and, produce in India and sell it to the world, with an aim to strike a balance between imports and exports and create jobs.
14) NITI Aayog: The aim is to give a new direction to the country through creative thinking, public-private partnership and optimum utilization of resources. This new institution has been formed by dismantling the Planning Commission.
15) Shramev Jayate Programme (Work alone triumphs): The aim of this scheme calls for ‘Minimum Government and Maximum Governance’ where the emphasis is that all actions of the ministry are geared to bring about greater transparency and speed in the system.
16) Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana (Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency): This scheme is aimed at funding the unfunded small enterprises who provide employment and contribute to nation building.
17) PMRD Fellows Scheme: The aim of this scheme is to engage young professionals to work with District Collector (Deputy Commissioner) in improving the development facilitators who will be available as a ready resource for rural developmental activities over a long term.
18) Pradhan Mantri Gram Sinchai Yojana: The aim of this scheme is designed to increase the agricultural productivity.
19) Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana: This scheme aims for a comprehensive economic inclusion, to provide the bank accounts, insurance cover and a debit card to all the citizens of the country.
20) Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana: The aim of this scheme is to provide a renewable one year life insurance cover for Rs 2 lakhs for a premium of Rs 330 for all bank account holders whose age is between 18 to 50 years. The life insurance amount goes to the bereaved family.
21) Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana: The aim of this scheme is to provide a renewable accidental death-cum-disability cover of Rs 2 lakh for a premium of Rs 12 per annum for all bank account holders whose age is between 18 to 70 years.
22) Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana: The aim of this scheme is to introduce a smart card for the workers in the unorganized sector seeded with details of two more social security schemes.
23) Sansad Aadarsh Gram Jojana: Under this scheme, all Members of Parliament are to adopt a village in their constituencies as a model village by 2016 and two more villages by 2019 using their development funds.
24) Skill India Initiative: The aim of this scheme is to train over 40 crore people in different skills by 2022. The initiatives include National Skill Development Mission, National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 2015, Pradhan mantra Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVSY) scheme and the Skill Loan Scheme. The scheme will recognize and provide skill to 24 lakh youths who lack formal certification, such as workers in vast unorganized sector. Such skilled workforce could be employed anywhere in the world and encourage entrepreneurship to create more jobs at home. Special camps are being organized with Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan to build awareness of the program.
25) Smart Cities Mission: The aim is to set up 100 smart cities across India on the basis of demand from the residents and municipalities, with provisions for technology, energy efficiency, efficient transport, walk-to-work, and cycling.
26) Swachch Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India Campaign): This is a national level campaign covering 4041 statutory towns to clean the streets, roads and infrastructure of the country. It aims to accomplish the vision by 2nd October 2019, 150th birthday of Mahatma Gandhi.
27) Sukanya Samriddhi account: Under this scheme, an interest of 9.2% (FY 2015-16) is provided on deposited amount which is tax free. The account under this scheme – a saving account – can be opened by the parent or legal guardian of a girl child of less than 10 years of age with a minimum deposit of Rs 1000 in any post office or authorized branches of a commercial bank.
28) Swavavlamban Abhiyaan (Self reliance drive): The aim of this scheme is to uplift the poor, empowering women and youth and those people living below poverty line inorder to ensure dignity besides self-sufficiency.
29) Universal Account Number Scheme: The aim of this scheme is to enable 41.7 million employees to make their Provident Fund account portable, hassle-free and universally accessible.
30) Zero-Defect, Zero-Effect: The aim is to encourage domestic manufacturers to adopt a ‘Made in India’ policy to make top-of-the-line products with no defects and ill-effect on the environment.
