Government Schemes in India........................ 1. Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana(PMGSY): a)Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) was launched on 25th December 2000. b)It is a nationwide plan in India to provide good all-weather road connectivity to unconnected villages of more than 500 persons in the rural areas (250 persons in the hilly and desert areas). c)It is a 100% Centrally Sponsored Scheme. d)Allocations under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) increased by 59 per toRs.12,000 crore in the Union Budget 2009-10. 2.Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY): a)It was launched on 4th April 2005 for attaining the National Common Minimum Programme (NCMP) goal of providing access to electricity to all households in the country in five years by merging “Accelerated Electrification of one lakh Villages and one crore Households” and the “Minimum Needs Programme (MNP)”. b)Under the programme, 90% grant is provided by Govt. of India and 10% as loan by Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) to the State Governments. c)Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) is the nodal agency for the programme. d)All the BPL families are eligible for free connections under the scheme. 3. Indira Awaas Yojana(IAY): a)Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) was launched during 1985-86 as a sub-scheme of Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme(RLEGP) and continued as a sub-scheme of Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY) since its launching from April, 1989. b)It has been delinked from the JRY and has been made an independent scheme with effect from January 1, 1996. c)The objective of IAY is primarily to provide grant for construction of houses to members of Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes, freed bonded labourers and also to non-SC/ST rural people living below poverty line. d)Funding of IAY is shared between the Centre & State in the ratio of 75:25. e)The financial assistance provided for new construction under IAY is Rs.35,000/- per unit for the plain areas & Rs.38,500/- for the hilly/difficult areas. 4. Bharat Nirman: a)Bharat Nirman, a programme to build rural infrastructure, was launched by the Government of India in 2005. b)Phase I of the programme was implemented in the period 2005-06 to 2008-09. Phase II is being implemented from 2009-10 to 2011-12. c)Bharat Nirman comprises of six components: i)Irrigation ii)Rural Roads iii)Rural Housing iv)Rural Drinking Water Supply v)Rural Electrification vi)Telephone Connectivity. d)Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana(PMGSY) for Rural Roads , Rajiv GandhiVidyutikaran Yojana(RGVY) for Rural Electrification & Indira Awas Yojana(IWY) for Rural Housing come under Bharat Nirman. 5. Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana(PMAGY): a)This scheme launched in the Union Budget 2009-10 by the Union Government on a pilot basis for integrated development 0f 1,000 villages, each having more than 50% SC population. b)There are about 44,000 villages in which the population of scheduled castes is above 50 per cent. c)If the pilot scheme is successful the scheme will be expanded to remaining villages. d)An amount of Rs.100 crore has been allocated for this Scheme in the Union Budget 2009-10.
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