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The first urea subsidy scheme was in 1977 in the form of Retention Price cum Subsidy scheme (RPS). From ₹ 4,389 crore (US$2.51 billion) in 1990 to ₹ 75,849 crore (US$17.43 billion) in 2008. As %ofGDP this is an increase from 0.8% to 1.5%. In 2022-23 financial outlay is ₹ 63,222 crore (equivalent to ₹ 710 billion or US$8.2 billion in 2023).
The Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS) is a non-contributory old age pension scheme that covers Indians who are 60 years and above and live below the poverty line. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] All individuals above the age of 60 who live below the poverty line are eligible to apply for IGNOAPS. [ 8 ]
Originally, the scheme was brought under the National Food Security Act, 2013 to implement the provision of cash maternity benefit of ₹6,000 (US$84) stated in the Act.[2] Then, all pregnant women of 19 years of age and above were eligible for conditional cash transfer benefits of ₹ 5,000 (US$58) to paid in three installments, except those ...
Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY, literally "National Health Insurance Programme", [1]) is a government-run health insurance programme for the Indian poor. The scheme aims to provide health insurance coverage to the unrecognised sector workers belonging to the BPL category and their family members shall be beneficiaries under this scheme. [2]
It enables migrant workers and their family members to access PDS benefits from any Fair Price Shop anywhere in the country, thus ensuring the food security through the inter-state portability of ration cards. By March 2021, 20 states have already joined the scheme and the rest were in the process of migrating to this scheme. [4]
One request for this entire household would then suffice and be taken into account: "If the applicant is living with any other family members, the application has to be made on a household basis. The total resources and needs of all family members in the same household are taken into account in determining the family’s eligibility for assistance.
Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY; lit. ' Prime Minister's People's Health Scheme ', Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY lit. ' Live Long India Prime Minister's People's Health Scheme '), also colloquially known as Modicare, [2] [3] is a national public health insurance scheme of the Government of India that aims to provide free access to health insurance coverage for low income ...
Direct Benefit Transfer [a] or DBT is an attempt to change the mechanism of transferring subsidies launched by Government of India on 1 January 2013. This scheme or program aims to establish a Giro system to transfer subsidies directly to the people through their linked bank accounts. It is hoped that crediting subsidies into bank accounts will ...