Since 2005, JSY pays Rs.1,400 to poor women who deliver in a hospital, for the first two deliveries. National Food Security Act (2013) mandated the payment of no less than Rs.6,000 to all pregnant women, irrespective of their income status. Read More …
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Nari Shakti Puraskar
Support to Training and Employment Programme for Women (STEP)
It is a ‘Central Sector Scheme’ that aims to provide skills that give employability to women and to provide competencies and skill that enable women to become self-employed/ entrepreneurs. The Scheme is intended to benefit women who are in the Read More …
Swadhar
It caters to primary needs of women in difficult circumstances. This is a Central sector scheme for integrated services to women in difficult circumstances like destitute widows, women prisoners released from jail and without family support, women survivors of natural Read More …
UJJAWALA Scheme
It is comprehensive Scheme for Prevention of Trafficking and Rescue, Rehabilitation and Re-Integration of Victims of Trafficking for Commercial Sexual Exploitation. The Objectives of the Schemes – To prevent trafficking of women and children for commercial sexual exploitation through social Read More …
Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana
It is launched as a part of the ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ campaign. It is a small deposit scheme for girl child to motivate parents to open an account in the name of a girl child and for her welfare Read More …
Kishori Shakthi Yojana
Namami Gange Programme
It is an integrated Conservation Mission for Ganga Rejuvenation by consolidating the existing ongoing efforts and planning for a concrete action plan for future. The programme covers 8 states such as Uttarakhand, U.P, Bihar, W.B, Jharkhand, M.P, Haryana and Delhi. Read More …
Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP)
AIBP was launched to give loan assistance to the States to help them complete some of the incomplete major/medium irrigation projects which were at an advanced stage of completion and to create additional irrigation potential in the country. The ratio Read More …
HRIDAY
National Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY) is focused on holistic development of heritage cities. The main objective of HRIDAY is to preserve character of the soul of heritage city and facilitate inclusive heritage linked urban development in partnership Read More …