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Lakhpati Didi: 3 crore rural women are being empowered to become "Lakhpati Didis". Free ration: Under the PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, the BJP announced that it would give 80 crore citizens free rations for the next five years.
The Namo Drone Didi Scheme was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi through video conferencing on November 30, 2023. Under the Drone Didi scheme, the government will spend Rs 1,261 crore. Drones will be provided to 15,000 women self-help groups with this money.
The Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls (RGSEAG) is an initiative launched on 1 April 2011 to offer benefits to adolescent girls in the age group of 10 to 19. It was offered initially as a pilot programme in 200 districts and offers a variety of services to help young women including nutritional supplementation and education ...
The scheme is envisaged to help senior citizens over 60–75 years of age to undertake pilgrimage on trains with government assistance [52] ଉଜ୍ଜ୍ବଳ ଯୋଜନା Ujjwal Scheme: 7 April 2016: School & Mass Communication Department: Education: Improve primary and secondary school education.
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]
National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) is a not-for-profit public limited company incorporated on July 31, 2008, under section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956 (corresponding to section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013).
ASHAs are women trained to act as health educators and health promoters in their communities. The Indian MoHFW describes them as: [5]...health activist(s) in the community who create awareness on health and its social determinants and mobilize the community towards local health planning and increased utilization and accountability of the existing health services.
In Odisha, for instance, all elderly above 59 years of age and widows whose annual income from all sources is below ₹ 24,000 (US$280) are eligible for the Madhu Babu Pension Scheme. [11] As the Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme (IGNWPS) only covers widows aged 40–59, some State Governments have launched state widow pension schemes.