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The budget of ₹ 53 billion (US$610 million) in a time span of one year 2015-2016 has been allocated to this scheme. [2] The decision was taken on 1 July 2015 at the meeting of Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, approved with an outlay of 50000 crore for period of 5 years (2015-16 to 2019-20).
[152] [153] [154] The scheme will help 10 crore families in their medical need. [155] Under the Ayushman Bharat programme, there is a new scheme has been announced by Arun Jaitley , the finance minister of India, called National Health Protection Scheme , providing a health insurance cover of ₹5 lac a family per annum. [ 156 ]
The scheme has been extended to 2028-29, with a target to construct an additional 2 crore houses. In 2025, a new survey is being conducted to identify additional eligible rural households. This survey is facilitated through the Awaas+ 2024 Mobile App, which allows for both self-surveys and assisted surveys by pre-registered surveyors.
Schemes can also be categorised as flagship schemes. [10] 10 flagship schemes were allocated ₹ 1.5 lakh crore (equivalent to ₹ 1.7 trillion or US$19 billion in 2023) in the 2021 Union budget of India. [10] The subsidy for kerosene, started in the 1950s, was slowly decreased since 2009 and eliminated in 2022. [11] [12] [13]
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (transl. Prime Minister's Public Finance Scheme) is a financial inclusion program of the Government of India open to Indian citizens (minors of age 10 and older can also open an account with a guardian to manage it), that aims to expand affordable access to financial services such as bank accounts, remittances, credit, insurance and pensions.
The Prime Minister's Farmer Income Protection Scheme (Hindi: प्रधानमंत्री अन्नदाता आय संरक्षण ...
The scheme, rechristened Maternity benefits programme is set to cover the entire nation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his 2017 New Year's Eve speech, announced that the scheme will be scaled up to cover 650 districts of the country. [7] The announcement assumes significance as India accounts for 17% of all maternal deaths in the world.
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) is a credit-linked subsidy scheme by the Government of India to facilitate access to affordable housing for the low and moderate-income residents of the country. It envisaged a target of building 2 crore (20 million) affordable houses by 31 March 2022.