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In response to the cries for help, the Indian government put together a nationwide welfare scheme aimed at targeting this very issue: The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, or MGNREGA. The Government of India introduced the MGNREGA social welfare program in 2005 to address the problem of unemployment and poverty in rural ...
The Agnipath Scheme will be the sole method for recruiting soldiers below the rank of commissioned officers into the three branches of the armed forces. Under this scheme, all recruits, referred to as "Agniveers," will serve for a fixed term of four years. "Agniveer" will also be introduced as a new military rank. PM Poshan Shakti Nirman Abhiyaan
The Government of India launched the Gareeb Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan (GKRA) initiative to tackle the impact of COVID-19 on shramik (migrant) workers in India. [1] It is a rural public works scheme which was launched on 20 June 2020 with an initial funding of ₹ 50,000 crore (equivalent to ₹ 590 billion or US$6.8 billion in 2023).
Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana is a combination of the provisions under Employment Assurance Scheme (EAS) and Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojana (JGSY). [ 2 ] : 709 The Food For Work Programme was restructured and renamed as National Rural Employment Programme in October 1980 by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and it became a regular Programme ...
Health insurance scheme for the farmers in the state of Odisha. [70] Mamata scheme: 5 September 2011: Women & Child Development: Health care: Monetary support for pregnant women and lactating mothers [71] [72] [73] Biju Saharanchala Vidyutikaran Yojana (BSVY) September 2010: Energy Department: Energy: Provide access to electricity to ...
The Narsimha Rao Committee set up a group headed by J.S. Baijal, the then Secretary, Planning Commission to work out the details, in the light of the guidelines it recommended in its first meeting, regarding retention of CSS, mode of transfer of schemes to State Plans, allocation of outlays for the scheme proposed to be transferred. [2]
After completing their training, a PDS officer generally serves as block development officer in blocks [3] in a district. After that, they get promoted as district development officer or as project director of District Rural Development Agency or deputy commissioners of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee (popularly known as DC MGNREGA) or deputy commissioners of National Rural ...
The National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) is a poverty alleviation project implemented by the Ministry of Rural Development, a branch of the Government of India.This plan is focused on promoting self-employment and the organization of rural poor.