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PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana
Under this scheme, financial assistance of ₹6,000 per year is provided to small and marginal farmers…
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
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Central and state-specific schemes available for citizens of Chhattisgarh
Under this scheme, financial assistance of ₹6,000 per year is provided to small and marginal farmers…
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
World's largest government-funded health assurance scheme providing cover of ₹5 lakh per family per…
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Housing for All mission providing financial assistance to economically weaker sections, low-income g…
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Rural housing scheme providing financial assistance to homeless poor and those living in kutcha hous…
Ministry of Rural Development
A savings scheme for the girl child providing high interest rate and tax benefits, designed to ensur…
Ministry of Finance
Loans up to ₹20 lakh provided to non-corporate, non-farm small/micro enterprises for income-generati…
Ministry of Finance
Accident insurance scheme providing coverage of ₹2 lakh for accidental death and permanent total dis…
Ministry of Finance
Life insurance scheme offering ₹2 lakh death benefit for any cause at an annual premium of ₹436 for…
Ministry of Finance
A multi-sectoral programme to address declining Child Sex Ratio and related issues of women empowerm…
Ministry of Women and Child Development
One-stop platform for all central and state government scholarships. Covers pre-matric, post-matric,…
Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology
Education loan facility for students admitted to top quality higher education institutions in India.…
Ministry of Education
Statutory rural employment guarantee scheme providing at least 100 days of wage employment in a fina…
Ministry of Rural Development
Comprehensive crop insurance scheme providing risk coverage from pre-sowing to post-harvest losses d…
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Credit facility providing farmers timely and adequate credit for their agricultural activities at su…
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Government-backed pension scheme primarily targeted at workers in the unorganised sector. Guarantees…
Ministry of Finance
Voluntary and contributory pension scheme for unorganised workers with monthly income up to ₹15,000,…
Ministry of Labour and Employment
Savings scheme for women/girls offering 7.5% interest per annum with partial withdrawal facility, av…
Ministry of Finance
Survey of villages and mapping with drone technology to provide property rights cards (Adhikar Patra…
Ministry of Panchayati Raj
Facilitates bank loans between ₹10 lakh and ₹1 crore to at least one SC/ST borrower and one woman bo…
Ministry of Finance (DFS)
Government of India's flagship initiative to build a robust startup ecosystem by providing DPIIT rec…
Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), MoCI
Credit-linked subsidy programme for setting up micro-enterprises in non-farm sector, providing 15–35…
Ministry of MSME
Central government initiative to identify and promote at least one unique product per district that…
Ministry of Commerce & Industry / Ministry of MSME
Comprehensive support scheme for traditional artisans and craftspeople from 18 identified trades, pr…
Ministry of MSME
National financial inclusion mission ensuring every household has access to a basic savings bank acc…
Ministry of Finance
Free LPG gas connection to women from BPL households, eliminating indoor air pollution from traditio…
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
Extended version of PMUY providing free LPG connections to migrant workers and additional beneficiar…
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
Central government scheme providing incentive of ₹12,000 to rural BPL households for construction of…
Ministry of Jal Shakti (Dept of Drinking Water & Sanitation)
Mission to provide safe and adequate drinking water through individual household tap connections to…
Ministry of Jal Shakti
Scheme to provide last-mile electricity connectivity to every un-electrified household in rural and…
Ministry of Power
Central scheme sharing 25% of prescribed stipend (up to ₹1,500/month) for apprentices with employers…
Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship
Free short-term skill training with certification for youth in industry-relevant skills, with new fo…
Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship
Rural placement-linked skill development scheme under MGNREGS targeting rural youth from poor famili…
Ministry of Rural Development
Scheme to make 6 crore rural households digitally literate by training one member per family in basi…
Ministry of Electronics & IT
Fellowship for minority community students pursuing M.Phil and PhD in universities under UGC, provid…
Ministry of Minority Affairs
Scholarship for meritorious girls from minority communities studying in Classes 9–12, providing ₹5,0…
Maulana Azad Education Foundation (Ministry of Minority Affairs)
Flagship scheme with ₹20,050 crore investment to bring about Blue Revolution in fisheries through su…
Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying
Ensuring irrigation access to every farm field ('Har Khet Ko Pani') and improving water use efficien…
Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Ministry of Rural Development
Pan-India electronic trading portal connecting APMCs to create a unified national market for agricul…
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Free soil testing for farmers with provision of a Soil Health Card containing 12 soil nutrient indic…
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Promotes organic farming in India by providing ₹50,000/hectare over 3 years for cluster-based organi…
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Umbrella scheme ensuring farmers receive MSP for their produce through Price Support Scheme (PSS), P…
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Cash assistance to BPL pregnant women delivering in government health facilities to reduce maternal…
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (NHM)
Maternity benefit programme providing ₹5,000 cash incentive to pregnant and lactating women for firs…
Ministry of Women & Child Development
Intensified immunisation mission to vaccinate all unvaccinated and partially vaccinated children (0–…
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Mission to improve nutritional outcomes for children under 6, adolescent girls, pregnant women, and…
Ministry of Women & Child Development
World's largest school meal programme providing free cooked meals to children in Classes 1–8 in gove…
Ministry of Education
Integrated scheme for school education from pre-primary to Class 12, subsuming SSA, RMSA, and Teache…
Ministry of Education
National database of unorganised workers enabling registration of over 38 crore workers for portabil…
Ministry of Labour & Employment
Central pension under NSAP providing ₹200/month to BPL elderly aged 60–79 and ₹500/month to those ag…
Ministry of Rural Development (NSAP)
Central pension under NSAP for widows aged 40–79 from BPL households, providing ₹300/month with stat…
Ministry of Rural Development (NSAP)
Central pension under NSAP for persons with severe or multiple disabilities aged 18–79 from BPL hous…
Ministry of Rural Development (NSAP)
Ration card for the poorest-of-the-poor families, providing 35 kg of food grains per month at ₹2/kg…
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Scheme providing 5 kg of free food grains per person per month to all NFSA beneficiaries (over 81 cr…
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Portability scheme enabling NFSA beneficiaries to collect their entitled food grain quota from any F…
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Welfare fund for registered building and construction workers providing life insurance, accident cov…
Ministry of Labour & Employment
Voluntary long-term retirement savings scheme offering market-linked returns with tax benefits under…
Ministry of Finance (PFRDA)
Provides all-weather road connectivity to unconnected rural habitations with population of 500+ (250…
Ministry of Rural Development
Developing 100 smart cities with sustainable and citizen-friendly urban infrastructure including sma…
Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
Mission to provide universal coverage of water supply and sewerage/septage management in all 500 AMR…
Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
Umbrella programme transforming India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy throu…
Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY)
Digital platform integrating 16 ministries for comprehensive and coordinated infrastructure planning…
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
World's largest rural broadband connectivity programme providing high-speed broadband (100 Mbps+) to…
Ministry of Communications (DOT)
Flexible scheme providing grants to states for agriculture and allied sector development including i…
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Free health screening of children from birth to 18 years for 4Ds — Defects at birth, Diseases, Defic…
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (NHM)
Chhattisgarh government's scheme providing ₹1,000 per month to married women to promote financial in…
Women & Child Development Department, Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh's flagship health insurance scheme providing cashless treatment up to ₹5 lakh per famil…
Health & Family Welfare Department, Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh scheme providing input subsidy and financial assistance to farmers affected by natural…
Agriculture Department, Chhattisgarh
Free coaching scheme for SC/ST students in Chhattisgarh preparing for prestigious competitive exams…
Tribal Welfare Department, Chhattisgarh
Monthly pension of ₹350–₹650 per month to elderly citizens aged 60 and above in Chhattisgarh from BP…
Social Welfare Department, Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh government provides solar-powered irrigation pumps (3HP and 5HP) to farmers at highly s…
Agriculture Department, Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh's flagship nutrition mission providing fresh, hot, nutritious meals to children under 5…
Women & Child Development Department, Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh government distributes free smartphones to eligible students and BPL families to bridge…
Electronics & Information Technology Department, Chhattisgarh
Housing scheme for the homeless and urban poor in Chhattisgarh, providing free permanent houses to i…
Urban Administration & Development Department, Chhattisgarh
One-time financial assistance of ₹20,000 to first two daughters of construction workers registered u…
Labour Department, Chhattisgarh
Launched on 2 October 1952 by Prime Minister Nehru, the Community Development Programme was India's…
Ministry of Community Development and Cooperation
Introduced in October 1953 as a lighter-intensity precursor to the Community Development Programme,…
Ministry of Community Development and Cooperation
Launched in 1953, the National Malaria Control Programme used DDT indoor residual spraying to combat…
Ministry of Health
Known as the 'Package Programme', the IADP was launched in 1960-61 in seven selected districts (one…
Ministry of Food and Agriculture
Launched in 1963 by the Ministry of Education, this scheme provided merit-cum-means loan scholarship…
Ministry of Education
Launched in 1964 as an expansion of the IADP, the IAAP extended the package approach to 114 district…
Ministry of Food and Agriculture
The HYVP, launched in Kharif 1966 under M.S. Swaminathan and Agriculture Minister C. Subramaniam, in…
Ministry of Food and Agriculture
Established in 1970 in 45 selected districts, SFDA was designed to provide comprehensive support to…
Ministry of Agriculture
Launched in 1970 alongside SFDA, the MFAL scheme targeted the most vulnerable rural population — mar…
Ministry of Agriculture
Launched in 1971 during the Fourth Five Year Plan, the Crash Scheme for Rural Employment was designe…
Ministry of Labour
The Rural Works Programme, operational from 1971, was a centrally-sponsored scheme to generate suppl…
Ministry of Food and Agriculture
Initiated in 1973-74 during the Fifth Five Year Plan, the Drought Prone Areas Programme aimed at res…
Ministry of Rural Development
Launched on 2 October 1975 during the Emergency period, ICDS is one of India's largest and most endu…
Ministry of Social Welfare (later Women and Child Development)
The Food for Work Programme was launched in 1977-78 by the Janata government to utilise surplus food…
Ministry of Rural Reconstruction
Launched in 1977-78 to address the problem of desertification in hot desert areas of Rajasthan, Guja…
Ministry of Agriculture
Announced by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in July 1975 at the onset of the Emergency, the Twenty Poi…
Planning Commission / Prime Minister's Office
Universalised across India in 1980 after a pilot from 1978, IRDP was the flagship anti-poverty progr…
Ministry of Rural Development
Launched in October 1980 by the Sixth Five Year Plan, NREP replaced the Food for Work Programme and…
Ministry of Rural Development
Launched in August 1983 by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, the RLEGP was India's first explicit employ…
Ministry of Rural Development
Launched in 1982-83 as a sub-component of IRDP, DWCRA was India's first structured programme to orga…
Ministry of Rural Development
Launched on 15 August 1979 as a sub-scheme of IRDP, TRYSEM aimed to train rural youth between 18-35…
Ministry of Rural Development
Launched on 28 April 1989 by merging NREP and RLEGP, the Jawahar Rozgar Yojana was the largest rural…
Ministry of Rural Development
India's first major river action plan, launched by Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on 14 January 1985 to…
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Launched in 1989 under the National Wasteland Development Board, the IWDP aimed at developing wastel…
Ministry of Rural Development
Launched on 1 April 1999, SGSY replaced IRDP, TRYSEM, DWCRA, SITRA, GKY, and MWS by consolidating si…
Ministry of Rural Development
Launched in October 1993, the Employment Assurance Scheme guaranteed 100 days of unskilled manual wo…
Ministry of Rural Development
Launched on 1 April 1999 as a restructured version of the Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY), JGSY focused…
Ministry of Rural Development
The Million Wells Scheme, launched in 1988-89, provided free open wells to SC/ST and freed bonded la…
Ministry of Rural Development
Launched in August 1995 as part of the National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP), NOAPS provided a…
Ministry of Rural Development
Introduced in August 1995 as part of the National Social Assistance Programme, the National Family B…
Ministry of Rural Development
Introduced in August 1995 as the third component of the National Social Assistance Programme, NMBS p…
Ministry of Rural Development (transferred to Health 2001)
Launched in August 1995 on the birth anniversary of Indira Gandhi, the Indira Mahila Yojana aimed to…
Ministry of Human Resource Development (Women and Child)
Launched in August 1997 to combat the practice of female infanticide and improve the status of the g…
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare / Women and Child Development
Launched in 1991 as a redesigned version of the Adolescent Girls Scheme, Kishori Shakti Yojana provi…
Ministry of Human Resource Development
Launched in 1992 by the National Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corpo…
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Introduced in December 1993, MPLADS enables Members of Parliament to recommend works of capital natu…
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
Launched on 2 October 1993 by Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao, PMRY provided bank loans of up to ₹…
Ministry of Industry (later MSME)
Launched in August 1995 as India's first unified social protection programme for BPL households, the…
Ministry of Rural Development
Launched in 1999 as a revamp of the Central Rural Sanitation Programme (1986), the Total Sanitation…
Ministry of Rural Development (later Drinking Water and Sanitation)
Launched on 25 December 2000 by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, PMGSY aimed to provide all-weat…
Ministry of Rural Development
Launched on 25 September 2001 by merging EAS and JGSY, SGRY aimed to provide wage employment to rura…
Ministry of Rural Development
Launched in December 1997 and restructured in 2001, the Swarnjayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana was the p…
Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
Launched in November 2004 in 150 of India's most backward districts, NFFWP was a flagship programme…
Ministry of Rural Development
Launched by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on 16 December 2005, Bharat Nirman was an umbrella time-bo…
Ministry of Rural Development (coordinating ministry)
Launched on 4 April 2005, RGGVY aimed to electrify all villages (population 300+) and provide free e…
Ministry of Power
Originated in 1985 as a sub-scheme of JRY and made independent in 1996, IAY was the flagship rural h…
Ministry of Rural Development
Launched by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on 12 April 2005, NRHM was the landmark health systems str…
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Launched on 3 December 2005, JNNURM was India's largest urban infrastructure investment programme, m…
Ministry of Urban Development / Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
Launched on 2 October 2007, AABY provided life and disability insurance coverage to rural landless h…
Ministry of Finance / Labour and Employment
Launched on 1 April 2008, RSBY was India's first government health insurance scheme providing cashle…
Ministry of Labour and Employment
Launched in 2003 as an incentive award scheme under the Total Sanitation Campaign, Nirmal Gram Puras…
Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation
Launched in 2008, the Rajiv Gandhi Udyami Mitra Yojana provided handholding support to first-generat…
Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Launched in 2005-06 during the Tenth Five Year Plan to holistically develop the horticulture sector…
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperation
Renamed from Total Sanitation Campaign in 2012, the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan maintained the TSC's commu…
Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation
Announced in June 2009 and formally launched in 2011, Rajiv Awas Yojana was India's first scheme exp…
Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
Launched in October 2010, IGMSY was a conditional cash transfer scheme for pregnant and lactating wo…
Ministry of Women and Child Development
Launched in 2010, the National Mission for Empowerment of Women was designed as an overarching conve…
Ministry of Women and Child Development
Launched on 19 November 2010 by merging the Kishori Shakti Yojana (KSY) and Balika Samridhi Yojana (…
Ministry of Women and Child Development
Launched in 2009-10, the Integrated Child Protection Scheme merged several child protection programm…
Ministry of Women and Child Development
Launched in 2009-10, PMAGY was a pilot scheme for integrated development of SC-majority villages (mo…
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Launched on 11 January 2010 by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Phase I (2010-2013) of the National So…
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Established in 2006-07, the Backward Regions Grant Fund provided untied development grants to 272 id…
Ministry of Panchayati Raj
Launched in 2013-14, RGPSA was a capacity building and strengthening scheme for Panchayati Raj Insti…
Ministry of Panchayati Raj
Launched in 2007-08 during the Eleventh Plan in response to food security concerns, Phase I of NFSM…
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperation
Launched in 1996-97 to provide loan assistance to states to help complete long-pending irrigation pr…
Ministry of Water Resources
Initiated in 1974-75 for the development of specified hill areas, HADP provided plan assistance to h…
Ministry of Home Affairs (later Rural Development)
Launched in 1972-73 and substantially expanded in 1986, the Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme…
Ministry of Rural Development (later Drinking Water and Sanitation)
Launched in September 2013 by restructuring SJSRY, the National Urban Livelihoods Mission aimed at r…
Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
Launched in 2000-01, the Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana was an umbrella scheme for additional centr…
Planning Commission / Ministry of Rural Development
Launched in April 2005, the Rajiv Gandhi Shramik Kalyan Yojana provided unemployment allowance to wo…
Ministry of Labour and Employment
The Grow More Food Campaign was launched in the early 1950s to address the chronic food shortage fac…
Ministry of Food and Agriculture
The Intensive Area Development Programme of 1955 was an experimental phase during the Second Five Ye…
Ministry of Food and Agriculture
Launched in 1987 to bridge the gap between laboratory research and field application in agriculture…
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperation
Launched in July 2004 (pilot concept from 1997), KGBV established residential schools at upper prima…
Ministry of Human Resource Development
The First Five Year Plan (1951-56) included a major programme to revitalise and expand agricultural…
Ministry of Agriculture and Community Development
Upgraded from the NMCP in 1958 following WHO's Global Malaria Eradication Campaign, the NMEP aimed t…
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
The Small Industries Development Programme of the 1960s encompassed a network of Small Industries Se…
Ministry of Industry
Following the Kothari Commission Report (1964-66) and National Policy on Education 1968, a package o…
Ministry of Education
Launched on 2 October 1978 by Prime Minister Morarji Desai with a target to make 100 million illiter…
Ministry of Education
Launched on 5 May 1988 by Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, the National Literacy Mission set a target to…
Ministry of Human Resource Development
Launched in 1987-88, Operation Blackboard was a scheme to provide minimum essential facilities to al…
Ministry of Human Resource Development
Launched by LIC of India in August 2000 (with roots in the 1988 Social Security Group Insurance Sche…
Ministry of Finance
The Wadi (orchard) programme, pioneered by NABARD in Gujarat's tribal districts from 1990, enabled t…
Ministry of Finance (NABARD)
The National Policy on Education 1986 (revised in 1992) under PM Rajiv Gandhi launched several landm…
Ministry of Human Resource Development
Launched in 1997 to mark 50 years of Indian independence, this scheme provided home loans to rural h…
Ministry of Rural Development / Finance
Launched in 2000-01 (following earlier mini-missions from the 1990s), the Technology Mission on Cott…
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperation
Operational through the 1980s as a sub-component of IRDP, this scheme provided subsidised improved t…
Ministry of Rural Development
The education component of Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana (PMGY-Shiksha), launched in 2000-01, prov…
Ministry of Human Resource Development
Launched in 1990-91 and substantially expanded in 1994-95 during the Eighth Plan, NWDPRA aimed at su…
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperation
Launched by Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao on 15 August 1995 to provide cooked or processed nutri…
Ministry of Human Resource Development / Education
Launched in 2000-01, APDP provided central grants to state electricity boards for distribution netwo…
Ministry of Power
Launched in 2002-03 as a follow-up to APDP, APDRP provided central loans (convertible to grants on a…
Ministry of Power
Launched in 2000-01 under Prime Minister Vajpayee to achieve universalisation of elementary educatio…
Ministry of Human Resource Development
Launched on 12 April 2005 under NRHM, JSY modified and replaced the National Maternity Benefit Schem…
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Launched in 1986, the Central Rural Sanitation Programme was India's first Central Government scheme…
Ministry of Rural Development
Launched in 1988-89 following NPE 1986, this Centrally Sponsored Scheme aimed to divert 25% of secon…
Ministry of Human Resource Development
Launched on 2 October 1993, the Mahila Samridhi Yojana promoted thrift and savings among rural women…
Ministry of Rural Development / Department of Posts
The Shiksha Sahyog Yojana was the scholarship sub-component of the Aam Aadmi Bima Yojana (AABY) and…
Ministry of Finance
The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission was extended for a transitional period of two ye…
Ministry of Urban Development
Launched in March 2009 to achieve universalisation of secondary education (Classes 9-10), RMSA aimed…
Ministry of Human Resource Development
PMGSY Phase II, approved in 2013, focused on upgrading the existing rural roads built under Phase I…
Ministry of Rural Development
Launched in 2010-11 for 60 selected Naxal-affected and tribal districts, the Integrated Action Plan…
Planning Commission (later NITI Aayog)
Launched in 2007-08 by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Ujjawala aimed to prevent traffi…
Ministry of Women and Child Development
Launched in Rabi 1999-2000 replacing the Comprehensive Crop Insurance Scheme (CCIS), the National Ag…
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperation
The SGRY included a special component providing additional central assistance to state governments f…
Ministry of Rural Development
One of the eight national missions under the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC, 2008), N…
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperation
Launched in 2006-07, the National Bamboo Mission promoted area expansion under bamboo cultivation, d…
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperation
Launched on 15 August 2008 by merging the Prime Minister's Rozgar Yojana (PMRY) and Rural Employment…
Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Launched in 2013-14 under NULM, the Scheme for Support to Urban Street Vendors aimed to protect the…
Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
Launched in August 2007 during the Eleventh Plan, RKVY provided states with flexible untied grants f…
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperation
Launched on 25 December 2000, the Antyodaya Anna Yojana identified the poorest of poor (1 crore fami…
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
In 2005, the Employees' State Insurance Corporation extended medical benefits to retired insured per…
Ministry of Labour and Employment
Launched in Kharif 1985, the Comprehensive Crop Insurance Scheme (CCIS) was India's first national-l…
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperation
Following independence, the First Five Year Plan included a comprehensive land reform programme aime…
Ministry of Revenue and Agriculture
The Post Office Savings Account is a basic savings deposit account operated by India Post under the…
Ministry of Finance
Post Office Recurring Deposit is a 5-year RD scheme that allows individuals to save a fixed monthly…
Ministry of Finance
POMIS is a 5-year deposit scheme that provides a fixed monthly income to investors. At the current r…
Ministry of Finance
Post Office Time Deposit offers fixed-term deposits of 1, 2, 3, and 5 years at competitive governmen…
Ministry of Finance
SCSS is a government-backed savings scheme for senior citizens aged 60 and above, offering one of th…
Ministry of Finance
NSC is a fixed-income investment scheme backed by the Government of India offering 7.7% per annum co…
Ministry of Finance
Kisan Vikas Patra is a savings certificate scheme that doubles the invested amount in approximately…
Ministry of Finance
PPF is a long-term savings and tax-saving scheme with EEE (Exempt-Exempt-Exempt) tax status, meaning…
Ministry of Finance
Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana is a government savings scheme for the girl child under the Beti Bachao Bet…
Ministry of Finance
Mahila Samman Savings Certificate is a one-time special savings scheme for women and girls introduce…
Ministry of Finance
Post Office Life Insurance is one of India's oldest life insurance schemes, established in 1884, exc…
Ministry of Communications
Rural Postal Life Insurance was launched in 1995 to extend life insurance coverage to rural populati…
Ministry of Communications
PMJDY is India's flagship financial inclusion programme launched on 28 August 2014. It provides univ…
Ministry of Finance
PM MUDRA Yojana provides collateral-free micro loans to non-corporate, non-farm small/micro enterpri…
Ministry of Finance
Stand-Up India facilitates bank loans between ₹10 lakh and ₹1 crore to at least one SC or ST borrowe…
Ministry of Finance
CGTMSE provides credit guarantee to banks and financial institutions for collateral-free loans up to…
Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
PM SVANidhi provides collateral-free working capital loans to street vendors affected by COVID-19 lo…
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Kisan Credit Card provides farmers with timely and adequate credit for agricultural needs including…
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
NPS is a voluntary, market-linked pension scheme regulated by the Pension Fund Regulatory and Develo…
Ministry of Finance
PMVVY was a pension scheme for senior citizens aged 60+ administered by LIC of India, offering a gua…
Ministry of Finance
PMJJBY is a renewable one-year life insurance scheme offering ₹2 lakh coverage on death (due to any…
Ministry of Finance
PMSBY is a renewable one-year accident insurance scheme providing ₹2 lakh coverage for accidental de…
Ministry of Finance
PMFBY is India's flagship crop insurance scheme that covers yield losses due to natural calamities,…
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
PMJAY is the world's largest government health insurance scheme providing ₹5 lakh annual health cove…
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
CGHS provides comprehensive healthcare facilities to central government employees, pensioners and th…
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
The Employees' State Insurance Scheme is a self-financing social security and health insurance schem…
Ministry of Labour and Employment
EPF is a mandatory provident fund scheme for employees in the organised sector under the EPF & MP Ac…
Ministry of Labour and Employment
EDLI is a free life insurance benefit for EPF members, providing a lump-sum payment to nominees on t…
Ministry of Labour and Employment
NABARD's Rural Infrastructure Development Fund, established in 1995-96, provides low-cost loans to s…
Ministry of Finance
The SHG-Bank Linkage Programme, launched by NABARD in 1992, is the world's largest microfinance prog…
Ministry of Finance
PMEGP is a credit-linked subsidy programme administered by KVIC (Khadi and Village Industries Commis…
Ministry of MSME
CLCSS facilitates technology upgradation of micro and small enterprises by providing an upfront capi…
Ministry of MSME
The Modified Interest Subvention Scheme provides interest subvention to farmers on short-term crop l…
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
AIF is a financing facility of ₹1 lakh crore providing medium to long-term debt financing for invest…
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
ECLGS was launched under the Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan in May 2020 to provide emergency credit to…
Ministry of Finance
DEDS, implemented through NABARD, provides back-ended capital subsidies for setting up modern dairy…
Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
The National Savings Scheme 1987 was a post-office-based tax-saving scheme that offered Section 80CC…
Ministry of Finance
Indira Vikas Patra were bearer bonds issued through post offices from 1986 that doubled in value in…
Ministry of Finance
LIC Jeevan Anand is a participating non-linked endowment plan that provides both life and death bene…
Ministry of Finance
LIC Jeevan Labh is a limited premium payment endowment assurance plan where the policyholder pays pr…
Ministry of Finance
The Weavers' Credit Card scheme provides collateral-free credit to handloom weavers through a credit…
Ministry of Textiles
ATUFS (formerly TUFS) provides credit-linked capital subsidy for technology upgradation in the texti…
Ministry of Textiles
Priority Sector Lending norms mandate that Indian scheduled commercial banks lend a specified propor…
Ministry of Finance
The Lead Bank Scheme was introduced by RBI in 1969 based on Gadgil Study Group recommendations, assi…
Ministry of Finance
Regional Rural Banks, established under RRB Act 1976, are government-sponsored banks serving rural I…
Ministry of Finance
Launched under the Support and Outreach Initiative for MSME sector in 2018, this scheme enables in-p…
Ministry of MSME
The Venture Capital Fund for Scheduled Castes, managed by IFCI Ltd, provides concessional finance to…
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
The National SC-ST Hub, launched in 2016, provides a single-window platform to support SC/ST entrepr…
Ministry of MSME
The Coal Mines Provident Fund is a statutory provident fund for employees of coal mines, administere…
Ministry of Coal
The Seamens' Provident Fund is a statutory provident fund for merchant marine sailors under the Seam…
Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
EPS-95 is a defined benefit pension scheme for organised sector employees under EPFO. 8.33% of emplo…
Ministry of Labour and Employment
PM Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) transfers ₹6,000 per year in three equal installments directly to t…
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
New India Assurance Company's Mediclaim policy is one of India's oldest public sector health insuran…
Ministry of Finance
The PM Garib Kalyan Package announced in March 2020 during COVID-19 provided direct cash transfers t…
Ministry of Finance
On 1 April 2017, five SBI associate banks (State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur, State Bank of Mysore, Sta…
Ministry of Finance
On 1 April 2019, Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank were merged with Bank of Baroda, creating India's third-l…
Ministry of Finance
Effective 1 April 2020, the Government of India merged 10 public sector banks into 4 anchor banks: O…
Ministry of Finance
Under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban), the Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme provided home loan intere…
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Ayushman Mitra are trained volunteers deployed at empanelled hospitals under PMJAY to assist benefic…
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
AHIDF is a ₹15,000 crore fund providing 3% interest subvention and 90% loan with credit guarantee to…
Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
FIDF is a ₹7,522 crore fund providing concessional loans at 5% per annum to state governments, state…
Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
The three sub-categories of PM MUDRA Yojana provide tiered credit support: Shishu loans (up to ₹50,0…
Ministry of Finance
Jan Dhan account holders are eligible for an overdraft (OD) facility of up to ₹10,000, with an initi…
Ministry of Finance
Kisan Rin Portal is a unified digital platform launched in September 2023 to streamline delivery of…
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
RRBs were amalgamated in multiple phases: from 196 banks in 2005 to 82 in 2010, then 56 in 2013, and…
Ministry of Finance
India Post Payments Bank, launched in September 2018 with 100% government ownership, offers savings…
Ministry of Communications
The current NSC VIII Issue replaced the earlier NSC IX Issue (which had a 10-year tenure) and the ol…
Ministry of Finance
Under PM SVANidhi, street vendors receive cashback incentives of up to ₹1,200 per year on digital tr…
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
The Assam Tea Plantation Provident Fund is a statutory provident fund for workers of tea plantations…
Ministry of Labour and Employment
The Financial Inclusion Fund, maintained by NABARD, supports financial inclusion activities includin…
Ministry of Finance
RWBCIS provides insurance coverage against weather risks (rainfall, temperature, frost, humidity, wi…
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
The Social Security Scheme for Handloom Weavers, operated by the Ministry of Textiles, provides grou…
Ministry of Textiles
The General Credit Card scheme, introduced by RBI as part of financial inclusion directives, provide…
Ministry of Finance
The Artisan Credit Card scheme provides revolving credit to artisans for purchase of raw materials,…
Ministry of MSME
CGFSD provides credit guarantee cover for skill loans under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana…
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
The Depositor Education and Awareness Fund, established under the Banking Regulation Act by RBI in 2…
Ministry of Finance
Tarun Plus is a new sub-category under PM MUDRA Yojana announced in Union Budget 2024-25, extending…
Ministry of Finance
UPI, developed by NPCI and launched in 2016, is India's real-time payment system enabling instant in…
Ministry of Finance
PM Vishwakarma Yojana, launched on 17 September 2023, supports traditional artisans and craftsperson…
Ministry of MSME
Central government scholarship for Scheduled Caste students studying in Class 9 and 10. Provides fin…
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
One of India's largest scholarship programmes, providing financial support to Scheduled Caste studen…
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Centrally sponsored scholarship for Scheduled Tribe students from Class 9 to Class 10, aimed at redu…
Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Financial assistance for Scheduled Tribe students pursuing post-matriculation or post-secondary educ…
Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Centrally sponsored scholarship scheme for Other Backward Class students in Class 9 and 10. It aims…
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Centrally sponsored scheme providing scholarships to OBC students pursuing post-matriculation studie…
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Centrally sponsored scholarship for students from six notified minority communities studying from Cl…
Ministry of Minority Affairs
Central government scholarship for students from notified minority communities pursuing post-matric…
Ministry of Minority Affairs
Central scholarship for minority community students pursuing technical and professional courses such…
Ministry of Minority Affairs
NMMSS is a central sector scheme to award scholarships to meritorious students of economically weake…
Ministry of Education
Scholarship scheme for wards and widows of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) and Railway Protection…
Ministry of Home Affairs
PMRF attracts talented students into PhD programmes at IITs, IISc, NITs, IISERs, and other premier i…
Ministry of Education
Ishan Uday is a special scholarship scheme for students from North Eastern Region (NER) pursuing gen…
Ministry of Education
UGC provides National Fellowships to SC students for pursuing M.Phil and PhD programmes in universit…
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
UGC's Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship provides financial assistance to ST students pursuing M.Phil…
Ministry of Tribal Affairs
UGC fellowship for minority community students pursuing M.Phil and PhD degrees in universities and i…
Ministry of Minority Affairs
Scholarship for meritorious girl students from notified minority communities studying in Class 9 to…
Ministry of Minority Affairs
NSP is the integrated digital platform for all central government scholarships, bringing pre-matric,…
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Scheme providing full financial support to SC students who secure admission to top-ranked institutio…
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
A tri-ministerial campaign to address the declining Child Sex Ratio (CSR) and promote welfare and ed…
Ministry of Women and Child Development
Mahila Shakti Kendra is a sub-scheme under Mission Shakti that provides a one-stop convergence suppo…
Ministry of Women and Child Development
PMMVY is a maternity benefit programme providing ₹5,000 in cash incentives to pregnant and lactating…
Ministry of Women and Child Development
JSY is a safe motherhood intervention under the National Health Mission (NHM), integrating cash assi…
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
JSSK entitles all pregnant women delivering in public health institutions to absolutely free and no-…
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Swadhar Greh provides temporary accommodation, food, clothing, legal aid, medical facilities, and ec…
Ministry of Women and Child Development
Ujjawala is a comprehensive scheme for prevention of trafficking and rescue, rehabilitation and rein…
Ministry of Women and Child Development
Sakhi One Stop Centres (OSC) are integrated facilities that provide immediate and emergency support…
Ministry of Women and Child Development
ICDS is India's flagship programme for early childhood care and development, operating through a net…
Ministry of Women and Child Development
PM POSHAN (formerly Mid-Day Meal Scheme) provides hot cooked meals to students in government and gov…
Ministry of Education
The National Creche Scheme provides day-care facilities to children aged 6 months to 6 years of work…
Ministry of Women and Child Development
SABLA (Strengthening and Achieving Better Lives of Adolescent Girls) is a centrally sponsored scheme…
Ministry of Women and Child Development
Mission Vatsalya is the umbrella scheme for child protection and welfare in India, restructured in 2…
Ministry of Women and Child Development
PENCIL (Platform for Effective Enforcement for No Child Labour) is a digital platform for eliminatin…
Ministry of Labour and Employment
IGNOAPS is the central government's old age pension scheme under the National Social Assistance Prog…
Ministry of Rural Development
NSAP is the umbrella programme covering five sub-schemes providing social protection to BPL househol…
Ministry of Rural Development
AVYAY is the umbrella scheme for the welfare of senior citizens, consolidating programmes for elderl…
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana provides free assistive living devices to BPL senior citizens suffering fr…
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
ADIP scheme provides financial assistance to persons with disabilities to purchase durable, sophisti…
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
DDRS provides financial assistance to NGOs for establishing and running special schools, vocational…
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Accessible India Campaign (Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan) aims to create a barrier-free and inclusive India…
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
The UDID project creates a national database of PwDs and issues a Unique Disability ID card (Swavlam…
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Central scholarship scheme for students with disabilities pursuing studies at Class 9 level and abov…
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Van Dhan Vikas Kendras are tribal enterprise centres promoted under TRIFED to aggregate tribal colle…
Ministry of Tribal Affairs
EMRS are fully residential schools for Scheduled Tribe students providing quality education from Cla…
Ministry of Tribal Affairs
The PVTG Development scheme provides comprehensive development support to the 75 most vulnerable tri…
Ministry of Tribal Affairs
PMAGY aims to develop model tribal villages (Adi Adarsh Grams) with significant ST populations by pr…
Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Nai Roshni aims to empower minority women by providing leadership training and enhancing their confi…
Ministry of Minority Affairs
Seekho Aur Kamao (Learn and Earn) upgrades skills of minority youth in various modern/traditional tr…
Ministry of Minority Affairs
Padho Pardesh provides interest subsidy on education loans taken by minority students for studying a…
Ministry of Minority Affairs
Central scheme providing free coaching to minority students for preparation of competitive examinati…
Ministry of Minority Affairs
The NFSA 2013 provides legal entitlement to subsidised food grains for up to 75% of rural and 50% of…
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
AAY targets the poorest of poor households, providing 35 kg of food grains per household per month a…
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
PMGKAY was launched in April 2020 during COVID-19 to provide 5 kg additional free food grains per pe…
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
POSHAN Abhiyaan (Prime Minister's Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nourishment) is India's flagship n…
Ministry of Women and Child Development
PMAY-G provides financial assistance to rural households for construction of pucca houses with basic…
Ministry of Rural Development
PMAY-U aims to provide housing for all urban poor by 2024 through four verticals: In-Situ Slum Redev…
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
SBM-G aimed to eliminate open defecation in rural India by constructing individual household toilets…
Ministry of Jal Shakti
PMKVY is India's flagship skill development scheme enabling youth to take up industry-relevant short…
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
DDU-GKY funds skill training of rural poor youth aged 15-35 and links them to regular employment wit…
Ministry of Rural Development
MGNREGS provides a legal guarantee of 100 days of unskilled manual work per financial year to any ru…
Ministry of Rural Development
DAY-NRLM (formerly Aajeevika) is the world's largest poverty alleviation programme, mobilising rural…
Ministry of Rural Development
DAY-NULM provides livelihood support to urban poor including street vendors, homeless persons, and i…
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
PMRPY incentivised employers to generate new employment in the formal sector by having the governmen…
Ministry of Labour and Employment
STEP provides skills that give employability and competencies to women, especially those above 16 ye…
Ministry of Women and Child Development
The Working Women Hostel scheme provides safe and affordable accommodation for working women includi…
Ministry of Women and Child Development
NHFDC provides concessional loans to persons with disabilities for income-generating activities, edu…
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Hamari Dharohar is a scheme to preserve rich cultural heritage of minority communities under the ove…
Ministry of Minority Affairs
IGNDPS is a sub-scheme of the National Social Assistance Programme providing monthly pension to pers…
Ministry of Rural Development
IGNWPS provides monthly pension to BPL widows aged 40-79 years under the National Social Assistance…
Ministry of Rural Development
The PM's New 15-Point Programme ensures that an appropriate proportion of benefits under various gov…
Ministry of Minority Affairs
NFBS provides a one-time lump-sum family benefit to BPL households on death of the primary breadwinn…
Ministry of Rural Development
The MFP-MSP scheme provides Minimum Support Price for Minor Forest Produce collected by tribal fores…
Ministry of Tribal Affairs
RKSK is the National Programme for Adolescent Health targeting 253 million adolescents (10-19 years)…
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
IPOP provides grants-in-aid to NGOs and other institutions for establishing and running old age home…
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
NPHCE aims to provide accessible, affordable, and quality health care to elderly population across t…
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
The scheme provides full financial support to OBC students who secure admission to top-ranked instit…
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
PM YASASVI is a scholarship scheme for OBC, EBC (Economically Backward Classes), and DNT (De-notifie…
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Mission Shakti is the overarching scheme for safety and empowerment of women, launched in 2021-22 by…
Ministry of Women and Child Development
Nari Shakti Puraskar are national-level awards presented by the President of India on International…
Ministry of Women and Child Development
Rashtriya Mahila Kosh is an apex micro-finance institution that provides micro-credit to poor women…
Ministry of Women and Child Development
181 is the universal women helpline number providing round-the-clock immediate and emergency respons…
Ministry of Women and Child Development
NMEW was an overarching mission to strengthen inter-sectoral convergence and create an enabling envi…
Ministry of Women and Child Development
CLSS provides upfront interest subsidy on home loans to EWS, LIG, and MIG beneficiaries for purchase…
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
SBM-U aims to make urban India open defecation free and improve solid waste management in cities and…
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Centrally sponsored scheme to construct and maintain hostels for tribal students studying in pre-mat…
Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Annapurna Scheme provides 10 kg of free food grain per month to destitute senior citizens who are el…
Ministry of Rural Development
ONORC allows NFSA beneficiaries to lift their entitled food grain from any Fair Price Shop anywhere…
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
SIPDA provides grants to state governments and NGOs for the implementation of the Rights of Persons…
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
SAGE is a government portal that identifies, evaluates, enables, and supports start-ups working in t…
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
ICPS was the comprehensive child protection scheme providing a protective environment for children i…
Ministry of Women and Child Development
MsDP addresses the development deficits in minority concentration blocks identified by the Sachar Co…
Ministry of Minority Affairs
PM SVANidhi provides affordable micro-credit to street vendors to resume their livelihoods disrupted…
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Stand Up India facilitates bank loans between ₹10 lakh and ₹1 crore to at least one SC or ST borrowe…
Ministry of Finance
The Ministry of Tribal Affairs provides grants to state Tribal Research Institutes (TRIs) for resear…
Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Sakhi Niwas (rebranded Working Women Hostel under Mission Shakti) provides affordable and safe accom…
Ministry of Women and Child Development
The Development and Welfare Board for De-Notified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Communities (DWBDNC) pro…
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
The National Plan of Action for Children 2016 is a comprehensive policy framework for children's wel…
Ministry of Women and Child Development
PMKVY 4.0 (2022-26) focuses on Industry 4.0 and new-age skills including AI, robotics, mechatronics,…
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Jan Shikshan Sansthans provide vocational and life skill training to neo-literates, non-literates, a…
Ministry of Education
The National Social Defence Programme funds NGOs for de-addiction, rehabilitation, and reintegration…
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment