Government Schemes in India

In India Government Schemes are launched by the government to address the social and economic welfare of the citizens of this nation. These programmes are critical in addressing many of the socioeconomic issues that plague Indian culture, thus everyone should be aware of them.

India's Finance Minister delivered the Union Budget 2021-22 on February 1, 2021, and made fresh announcements on government initiatives in India. Under the PM Garib Kalyan Yojana, a relief package totaling Rs 1.70 lakh crore was offered in 2020 to address the financial issues caused by the COVID-19 epidemic. This year, the government unveiled the Aatmanirbhar package, which would cost Rs. 27.1 lakh crores and would be used to combat the effects of the coronavirus.

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This article will provide all the details of the Government Schemes 2021 that are implemented in India.

Latest Government Schemes in India

A list of government programmes that have recently been launched in various industries or that have been in the news due to their updated consequences and expansion is shown below:

Government Scheme in India	Date of Launch/Implementation
Startup India Seed Fund Scheme (SISFS)	April 1, 2021
Ayushman Sahakar Scheme	October 19, 2020
Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay SanraksHan Abhiyan (PM AASHA)	September 2018
SATAT Scheme (Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation)	October 2018
Mission Sagar	May 2020
NIRVIK Scheme (Niryat Rin Vikas Yojana)	February 1, 2020
SVAMITVA Scheme (Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas)	April 24, 2020
National Technical Textiles Mission (NTTM)	February 26, 2020
Mission COVID Suraksha	November 29, 2020
DHRUV – PM Innovative Learning Programme	October 10, 2019
SERB-POWER Scheme (Promoting Opportunities for Women in Exploratory Research)	October 29, 2020
One Nation One Ration Card Scheme (ONORCS)	—
Prime Minister Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi)	June 1, 2020
Mission Karmayogi	September 2, 2020
Sahakar Mitra Scheme	June 12, 2020
Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana	May 4, 2017

List of Other Important schemes launched by Modi Government:

The Modi Government has launched many new schemes for the development of the country and the residents.

They are:

1. Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan
2. Mission Karmayogi
3. Pradhan Mantri SVANidhi Scheme
4. Samarth Scheme
5. Savya Shiksha Abhiyaan
6. Rashtriya Gokul Mission
7. Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme
8. PM FME – Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises Scheme
9. Kapila Kalam Program
10. Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana
11. National Digital Health Mission
12. Solar Charkha Mission
13. SVAMITVA Scheme
14. Samarth Scheme
15. Sahakar Pragya Initiative
16. Integrated Processing Development Scheme
17. Housing for All Scheme
18. Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme
19. Fame India Scheme
20. KUSUM Scheme
21. Nai Roshni Scheme
22. Swadesh Darshan Scheme
23. National Water Mission
24. National Nutrition Mission
25. Operation Greens Scheme
26. Deep Ocean Mission
27. PM-KISAN (Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi) Scheme
28. Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana
29. PM Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY)
30. Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-Dhan
31. New Jal Shakti Ministry
32. Jan Dhan Yojana
33. Skill India Mission
34. Make in India
35. Swachh Bharat Mission
36. Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana
37. Sukanya Samriddhi Scheme – Beti Bachao Beti Padhao
38. HRIDAY Scheme
39. PM Mudra Yojna
40. Ujala Yojna
41. Atal Pension Yojana
42. Prime Minister Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana
43. Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana
44. AMRUT Plan
45. Digital India Mission
46. Gold Monetization Scheme
47. UDAY
48. Start-up India
49. Setu Bhartam Yojana
50. Stand Up India
51. Prime Minister Ujjwala Plan
52. National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG)
53. Atal Bhujal Yojana (ABY)
54. Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situation (PM CARES)
55. Aarogya Setu
56. Ayushman Bharat
57. UMANG – Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance
58. PRASAD Scheme – Pilgrimage Rejuvenation And Spirituality Augmentation Drive
59. Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY)
60. Shramev Jayate Yojana
61. Smart Cities Mission
62. Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)
63. Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH)
64. National Beekeeping & Honey Mission (NBHM)
65. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY)
66. Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) Scheme
67. Unique Land Parcel Identification Number (ULPIN) Scheme
68. UDID Project
69. eSanjeevani Programme (Online OPD)
70. Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana

For students around the country, the government has also announced a number of national and state-level scholarship programmes. The linked article has a list of government scholarship schemes in India.

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Government Schemes

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Important facts about these projects may be found in the table below.

Government Schemes in India
Scheme	Full-Form	Date of Launch	Government Ministry
PMJDY	Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana	August 28, 2014	Ministry of Finance
PMSSY	Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana	January 22, 2015	Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
PMMY	Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana	April 8, 2015	Ministry of Finance
PMJJBY	Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana	May 9 2015	Ministry of Finance
PMSBY	Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana	May 9, 2015	Ministry of Finance
APY	Atal Pension Yojana	May 9, 2015	Ministry of Finance
KVP	Kisan Vikas Patra	2014	Ministry of Finance
GMS	Gold Monetisation Scheme	November 4 2015	Ministry of Finance
PMFBY	Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana	February 18, 2016	Ministry of Agriculture
PMGKY	Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana	July 1, 2015	Ministry of Agriculture
DDUGJY	Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana	July 25, 2015	Ministry of Power
RGM	Rashtriya Gokul Mission	December 16, 2014	Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
DI	Digital India	July 1, 2015	Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
SI	Skill India	July 15, 2015	Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurs
(PMKVY)	Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana	2015	Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurs

Important Schemes launched in India related to Employment and Poverty Alleviation

Government Schemes in India
Scheme	Full-form	Date of Launch	Government Ministry
MI	Make in India	September 25, 2014	Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Startup India	Startup India, Standup India	January 16, 2016	Government of India
PMGKY	Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY)	December 16, 2016	Ministry of Finance

Important Schemes launched in India related to Health and Sanitation

Government Schemes in India
Full-Form	Name of Scheme	Date of Launch	Government Ministry
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan	SBA	October 2nd, 2014	Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Namami Gange	NG	June, 2014	Ministry of Water Resources
National Bal Swachhta	NBS	November 14, 2014	Ministry of Women and Child Development
Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana’ (PMBJP)	(PMJAY)	September 2015	Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
National Digital Health Mission	NDHM	August 15, 2020	Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Other Government Schemes launched by the Government of India.

Government Schemes in India
Scheme	Full-Form	Date of Launch	Government Ministry/ Department
BBBPY	Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Yojana	January 22, 2015	Ministry of Women and Child Development
PDUSJY	Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Shramev Jayate Yojana	October 16, 2014	Ministry of Labour and Employment
NSTSS	National Sports Talent Search Scheme	February 20, 2015	Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports
PM SVANidhi	Prime Minister Street Vendor’s Atmanirbhar Nidhi	June 1, 2020	Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
PM FME	Pradhan Mantri Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises Scheme	June 29, 2020	Ministry of Food Processing Industries
PMMSY	Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana	September 10, 2020	Department of Fisheries
SWAMITVA	Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas	April 24, 2020	Ministry of Panchayati Raj
PM-KUSUM	Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan	February 19, 2019 (Approval Date)	Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

About the Government Schemes

Knowing about all of the government's programmes is one thing, but candidates must also understand why they exist. Candidates have a higher chance of getting good grades if they read the purpose of each scheme listed below.

1. Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana: The Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana is a National Mission on Financial Inclusion that takes an integrated strategy to ensure that all families in the country have access to banking services.
2. Make in India: Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the ‘Make in India' initiative, which aims to encourage investment, stimulate innovation, strengthen intellectual property protection, and construct the greatest manufacturing infrastructure in the world.

The ‘Make in India' initiative has chosen 25 sectors in manufacturing, infrastructure, and service activities, and extensive information is being disseminated via an interactive online platform and professionally designed pamphlets.

3. Swachh Bharat Mission: The Swachh Bharat Mission was established as a nationwide movement across the country. By October 2nd, 2019, the campaign aspires to fulfil the objective of a "Clean India." The Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is the government of India's most important sanitation programme.
4. Beti Bachao Beti Padhao: The purpose of this programme is to educate girls to become socially and financially self-sufficient.
5. Atal Pension Yojna: The Atal Pension Yojna is a pension programme that primarily aims to provide a universal pension programme for individuals who work in the unorganised sector, such as maids, gardeners, and delivery boys. This scheme replaced the previous Swavalamban Yojana which wasn’t well-received by the people.

6. Digital India Mission: The Digital India Mission is the government of India's flagship programme, with the goal of transforming India into a digitally enabled society and knowledge economy.
7. Maan-dhan Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi: It is a voluntary and contributing pension plan that provides the following advantages to the subscriber:

I Minimum Assured Pension: After reaching the age of 60, each PM-SYM subscriber would get a minimum assured pension of Rs 3000 per month.

(ii) Family Pension: If a subscriber dies while receiving a pension, the beneficiary's spouse is entitled to receive 50% of the beneficiary's pension as a family pension. Only a spouse is eligible for a family pension.

(iii) If a beneficiary made a regular contribution and died before reaching the age of 60, his or her spouse will be able to join and continue the plan by paying a monthly contribution or depart the plan according to the exit and withdrawal requirements.

8. Gold Monetisation Scheme: The Government of India announced the Gold Monetisation Scheme in 2015, which allows anyone to deposit gold in any form in a GMS account and receive income when the price of gold rises.
9. The CARES Fund (Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund) was established by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a public charity trust. This national trust was established with the goal of dealing with troubled and horrific situations like as COVID-19 in the future. PM CARES was launched on March 28, 2020, under the leadership of the Indian Prime Minister, with the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Defence Minister, and the Finance Minister serving as ex-officio members.
10. Aarogya Setu: The Indian government took the lead in combating the Coronavirus outbreak. Through an app named Aarogya Setu, it launched a mobile application to raise awareness about COVID 19 among Indian population. The National Informatics Centre (NIC), which is part of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, created the Aarogya Setu smartphone app. Visit the above-mentioned Aarogya Setu page for further details.

11. Ayushman Bharat: Ayushman Bharat is a health-care programme launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2018. With nearly 50 crore beneficiaries, it is the world's largest government-funded healthcare programme. PM-JAY and HWCs are two sub-missions of the Ayushman Bharath initiative.

Pradhan Mantri Pradhan Mantri Pradhan Mantri Prad The Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY), formerly known as the National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS), would include financial protection for secondary and tertiary healthcare services.
Health and Wellness Centres (HWCs) are primary care clinics that aim to improve access to low-cost, high-quality healthcare. In the website mentioned above, you may learn more about Ayushman Bharat.

• UMANG – Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance is a mobile application launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to give citizens with secure access to a variety of government services through a single platform. UMANG is a significant component of the government's Digital India project, which aims to make all conventional offline government services available online 24 hours a day, seven days a week through a single unified app.
• Pilgrimage Rejuvenation And Spirituality Augmentation Drive (PRASAD). In the year 2015, the Ministry of Tourism introduced the Scheme. The PRASAD Scheme intends to provide a holistic religious tourist experience by integrating the development of pilgrimage places in a prioritised, planned, and sustainable way. The Pilgrimage Rejuvenation And Spirituality Augmentation Drive- PRASAD focuses on the development and attractiveness of pilgrimage places identified. The associated page link provided above in the article has further information on the PRASAD system.

14. Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan – The programme (which means "self-reliant India programme") is the term given to the Union Government's full-fledged economic stimulus programme. It was created with the goal of making people self-sufficient and overcoming the challenges posed by the coronavirus epidemic.
15. National Digital Health Goal – The mission, which began on August 15, 2020, intends to develop an integrated healthcare system that connects practitioners and patients digitally by providing them with access to real-time health information.
16. Atmanirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana (Atmanirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana) - The project aims to improve the capacity of basic, secondary, and tertiary health-care systems, as well as strengthen and build new national institutions to address the identification and treatment of new and emerging illnesses.

17. National Infrastructure Pipeline Project - This is a social and economic infrastructure project that began in 2019 with the goal of improving the overall quality of life of all residents. The NIP will address all of the critical variables that will assist India in attaining its goal of being a $5 trillion economy by 2025.