Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)

• Government of India’s flagship program for the achievement of Universalization of Elementary Education (UEE) in a time-bound manner, as mandated by the 86th amendment to the Constitution.
• SSA aims to provide relevant elementary education to all children in the age-group 6 to 14 by ensuring 100% enrolment, cent percent retention of children, quality education, and quality infrastructure facilities in the schools.
• Various activities include reimbursement of school fees to children’s admission under (RTE) Act, distributing free textbooks, teachers’ salaries, special training for mainstreaming out-of-school children among others.
• SSA is being implemented in partnership with State Governments to cover the entire country and address the needs of 192 million children in 1.1 million habitations.
• The program seeks to open new schools in those habitations which do not have schooling facilities and strengthen existing school infrastructure.
• SSA has a special focus on girl’s education and children with special needs. (UEE) in a time-bound manner, as mandated by the 86th amendment to the Constitution.
• SSA aims to provide relevant elementary education to all children in the age-group 6 to 14 by ensuring 100% enrolment, cent percent retention of children, quality education, and quality infrastructure facilities in the schools.
• Various activities include reimbursement of school fees to children’s admission under (RTE) Act, distributing free textbooks, teachers’ salaries, special training for mainstreaming out-of-school children among others.
• SSA is being implemented in partnership with State Governments to cover the entire country and address the needs of 192 million children in 1.1 million habitations.
• The program seeks to open new schools in those habitations which do not have schooling facilities and strengthen existing school infrastructure.
• SSA has a special focus on girl’s education and children with special needs.

Mid-day meal scheme

• To tackle the problem of hunger, malnutrition, and school drop out.
• Under this scheme, nutritious food is served in all government schools for school children.

Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana

• The government of India backed a saving scheme targeted at the parents of girl children.
• The scheme encourages parents to build a fund for future education and marriage expenses for their female child.

Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan

• Accessible India Campaign or Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan is a program that is launched by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD) to serve the differently-able community of the country.
• The program comes with an index to measure the design of disabled-friendly buildings and human resource policies.

Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme

• To create an enabling environment to ensure equal opportunities, equity, social justice, and empowerment of persons with disabilities.
• The approach of this Scheme is to provide financial assistance to voluntary organizations to make available the whole range of services necessary for the rehabilitation of persons with disabilities.

Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana

• This is a scheme offered by the Life insurance Corporation (LIC) of India that gives a guaranteed payout of pension at a specified rate for 10 years.
• It also offers a death benefit in the form of the return of purchase price to the nominee.

Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana

• It is a scheme for providing physical aids and Assisted Living Devices for Senior Citizens belonging to the BPL category.
• The Scheme is being implemented through the “Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation (ALIMCO)”, a Public Sector Undertaking under the Ministry of SJ&E, as the sole Implementing Agency. 

Swadhar Greh Scheme

• Implemented by the Ministry of Women and Child Development
• For rehabilitation of women in difficult circumstances. 
• The scheme covers women who are deserted and without any social and economic support, women victims of domestic violence, family tension, and natural disaster.

Universalization of Women Helpline Scheme

[Image: Universal Women Helpline]

• Envisaged to provide 24 hours emergency and non-emergency response to women affected by violence, both in public and private spaces by linking them with appropriate authorities such as police, One Stop Centres, hospital, and legal services. 

One-Stop Centre Scheme

[Image: Facilities offered by One-Stop Centre Scheme]

• One-Stop Centres for violence-affected women across the country as part of the Nirbhaya Framework, are established with the help of States/UTs for providing legal and psycho-social counseling along with other facilities including temporary shelter, police facilitation, and medical support to the women needing the same under one roof in an integrated manner. 

MGNREGA

• The major objective of MGNREGA is to enhance employment opportunities and increase wage rates to provide livelihood security for the poor, vulnerable and marginalized leading to a reduction of poverty in rural areas.
• The data from 2015-16 tells us that about 22 percent of the households depended on MGNREGA as a source of income.

Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana

• The financial inclusion program of the Government of India open to Indian citizens, which aims to expand affordable access to financial services such as bank accounts, remittances, credit, insurance, and pensions.

Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana

• Flagship scheme of the Government of India to extend affordable credit to micro and small enterprises.

Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana

• To provide free access to healthcare for 40% of people in the country.
• PMJAY aims to provide healthcare to 10.74 crore poor families.
• Aims to help economically vulnerable Indians who require healthcare facilities.

PM Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi)

• To empower street vendors by not only extending loans to them but also for their holistic development and economic upliftment.

Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana

• Aims to provide houses for the homeless.
• The government is offering this scheme to all UTs and states.
• It also offers an interest subsidy for home loans for first-time buyers in urban areas.

National Social Assistance Programme

• It is a welfare program being administered by the Ministry of Rural Development.
• This program is being implemented in rural areas as well as urban areas.
• Provides financial assistance to the elderly, widows, and persons with disabilities in the form of social pensions.
• Various state governments also announce their own pension schemes.

PM-KISAN Scheme

• PM Kisan is a Central Sector Scheme with 100% funding from the Government of India.
• Under the scheme, income support of 6,000/- per year in three equal installments will be provided to small and marginal farmer families having combined landholding/ownership of up to 2 hectares.
• The fund will be directly transferred to the bank accounts of the beneficiaries.