Latest Government Schemes of last 1 year 2019-20 – Set 1

Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (Bbbp)

Launched in January, 2015 at Panipat in Haryana to address the declining child sex ratio.
Central Sector Scheme with 100% financial assistance for District level component and the fund are directly released to the DC/DM’s account for smooth operation of the Scheme.
In news: The Union Ministry has organized a felicitation and award function for those Districts and States who have successfully implemented the BBBP scheme in the country.
Nodal Ministry: Ministries of Women and Child Development, Health & Family Welfare and Human Resource Development

The objectives of this initiative are:
Prevention of gender biased sex selective elimination
Ensuring survival & protection of the girl child
Ensuring education and participation of the girl child

Target group:

Primary: Young and newly married couples; Pregnant and Lactating mothers; parents
Secondary: Youth, adolescents (girls and boys), in-laws, medical doctors/ practitioners, private hospitals, nursing homes and diagnostic centres
Tertiary: Officials, PRIs; frontline workers, women SHGs/Collectives, religious leaders, voluntary organizations, media, medical associations, industry associations, general public as a whole.

Sukanya Samriddhi Account Yojana

Launched as a part of the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao campaign. Small deposit scheme for girl child to motivate parents to open an account in the name of a girl child.

One Stop Centre (OSC) Scheme

Started: 1st April 2015.
Centrally sponsored scheme. It will be funded through Nirbhaya Fund.
Target group:
all women including girls below 18 years of age affected by violence, irrespective of caste, class, religion, region, sexual orientation or marital status.
The Nirbhaya Fund Framework provides for a non-lapsable corpus fund for safety and security of women to be administered by the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) of the Ministry of Finance (MoF)
Under the scheme, One Stop Centres (popularly known as Sakhi centres) are being established across the country
A sub – scheme of Umbrella Scheme for National Mission for Empowerment of women including Indira Gandhi Mattritav Sahyaog Yojana

Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY)

Incentive-based maternity benefit scheme. Direct Benefit Transfer.
The scheme is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme Cash incentive of Rs. 5000/- is provided through DBT to pregnant and lactating mothers for 1st living child of the family
The eligible beneficiaries also receive cash incentive under Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY). Thus, on an average, a woman gets Rs. 6,000
Exceptions: The maternity benefits are available to all Pregnant Women & Lactating Mothers (PW&LM) except those in regular employment with the Central Government or State Government or Public Sector Undertaking or those who are in receipt of similar benefits under any law for the time being in force.

POSHAN ATLAS

The MWCD in association with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Deendayal Research Institute is developing a POSHAN atlas under POSHAN Abhiyan.
In bid to tackle malnutrition government is developing an atlas to map the crops and food grains grown in Different regions of the country so that nutritious protein rich Food in local areas can be promoted

POSHAN MAAH (National Nutrition Month)

The entire month of September is celebrated as Poshan Maah to take the messages of POSHAN to the grass root level.
It is an initiative of WCD Ministry and NITI Aayog.
The programme focuses on 8 themes – Antenatal Care, Optimal Breastfeeding (Early & Exclusive), Complementary Feeding, Anemia, Growth Monitoring,Girlseducation, diet, right age of Marriage, Hygiene & Sanitation, Food Fortification.

POSHAN Abhiyan

POSHAN Abhiyaan (National Nutrition Mission) was launched on 8th March, 2018 from Jhunjhunu in Rajasthan.
The International Bank of Reconstruction and Development of World Bank has contributed 50%.
Strives to reduce the level of Stunting, Under-nutrition, Anaemia and Low Birth Weight in
Children from 0-6 years
Adolescent Girls,
Pregnant Women & Lactating Mothers
For implementation of POSHAN Abhiyaan the four-point strategy/pillars of the mission are:

Inter-sectoral convergence for better service delivery
Use of technology (ICT) for real time growth monitoring and tracking of women and children
Intensified health and nutrition services for the first 1000 days
Jan Andolan

National Creche Scheme

Centrally Sponsored Scheme aimed to provide day care facilities for children (6 months to 6 years) of working mothers who are employed for a minimum period of 15 days in a month or 6 months in a year in both urban and rural areas.
Service is chargeable by the service provider

Q: Which of the following implementing organizations can be eligible under National Creche Scheme?

State Government
Voluntary Institutions
Mahila Mandals

Select the correct answer using code given below:
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 3 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Tejaswini Project

Initially the project has been implemented in 17 districts in Jharkhand.
Tejaswini Socio-Economic Empowerment of Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) Project.
Project is financed by World Bank.
Mahila e-Haat
It is a unique direct online digital marketing platform for women entrepreneurs/ SHGs/ NGOs.
To act as a catalyst by providing a web based marketing platform to the women entrepreneurs

Rastriya Mahila Kosh (RMK)

Provide micro-credit to poor women for various livelihood support and income generating activities at concessional terms in a client-friendly procedure to bring about their socio-economic development.
It was registered under the Societies Registration Act 1860.
Rashtriya Mahila Kosh (RMK), established in 1993.

Vayoshreshtha Samman

It is a Scheme of National Awards instituted by the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment.
It was upgraded to the status of National Awards in 2013.
The award is for institutions involved in rendering distinguished service for the cause of elderly persons especially indigent senior citizens and to eminent citizens in recognition of their service/achievements.
These awards are presented as part of the celebration of the International Day of Older Persons (IDOP) on 1st October.

Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana

Senior Citizens, belonging to BPL category and suffering from any of the agerelated disability/infirmity Low vision, Hearing impairment, Loss of teeth and Locomotor disability.
What assistance is provided?
Assisted-living devices which can restore near normalcy in their bodily functions, overcoming the disability/infirmity manifested. They are free-of cost.
Funding: This is a Central Sector Scheme, fully funded by the Central Government.
As far as possible, 30% of the beneficiaries in each district shall be women.

Accessible India Campaign (AIC)

Aim: The aim of the Campaign is to make a barrier free and conducive environment for Divyangjans all over the country. For creating universal accessibility for Persons with Disabilities, the campaign has been divided into three verticals:
Built Environment;
Transport and
Information & Communication Technology (ICT) ecosystem.
Accessible India Campaign is in line with the Article 9 of UNCRPD (UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities) to which India is a signatory since 2007.
Assistance to Disabled Persons for purchase/fitting of Aids/appliances (ADIP Scheme)
Being implemented by the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment. Objective: to assist the needy disabled persons in procuring durable, sophisticated and scientifically manufactured, modern, standard aids and appliances that can promote their physical, social and psychological rehabilitation, by reducing the effects of disabilities and enhance their economic potential.
Implementation: The scheme is implemented through implementing agencies such as NGOs, National Institutes under the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment and ALIMCO (a PSU that manufactures artificial limbs).

Other Schemes by MWCD

SwadharGreh Scheme

MWCD (Ministry of Women and Child Development) implements SwadharGreh Scheme which targets the women victims of unfortunate circumstances who are in need of institutional support for rehabilitation so that they could lead their life with dignity.

Other Schemes by MWCD

Ujjawala Scheme

The Scheme is being implemented for Prevention of trafficking and for Rescue, Rehabilitation, Re-integration and Repatriation of victims of trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation.

Other Schemes by MWCD

Support to Training and Employment Programme for Women (STEP) Scheme
To provide skills that give employability to women and to provide competencies and skill that enable women to become selfemployed/entrepreneurs.
The Scheme is intended to benefit women who are in the age group of 16 years and above across the country.

Other Schemes by MWCD

Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS)
Launched in 1975.
Provides food, education, and primary healthcare via Anganwadi Centres to children under 6 years of age and their mothers.

Other Schemes by MWCD

Pradhan Mantri Mahila Shakti Kendra scheme
Promote community participation through involvement of Student Volunteers for empowerment of rural women.