Here are the top 10 public welfare schemes that NDA government has launched in 2015
Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned 65 on Thursday and greetings poured in from leaders within and outside the country, with the highlight being the message of President Pranab Mukherjee who lauded his “dynamism” and “out of box” thinking.
Here are the top 10 public welfare schemes that NDA government has launched in 2015:
- Smart City Mission: Modi government declared the names of 98 cities selected for the ‘Smart City Project’. This is a flagship project which was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi after his government was sworn into power last year.
PM Modi’s Union Cabinet announced the approval of Rs 48,000 crore that will be allocated to the Smart cities Project.
The Union Development Ministry said that they will provide Rs 100 crore per city per year over the next five years.
- One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme: Under the OROP scheme the government said it would revise pension every five years where the veterans protested and demanded that it should be revised every two years.
The government announced that OROP will be implemented from July 1, 2014 and the base year would be 2013 but the ex-servicemen objected and said it should nbe implemented from April 1, 2014 instead of July 1.
The veterans even demanded that every person in the army should be a benefiaciary under the OROP scheme.
The estimated cost to implement OROP will be between Rs 8,000 crore to Rs 10,000 crore.
- Skill India: Launching ‘Skill India’, Narendra Nodi had said that India should emerge as the ‘human resource capital’ of the world as China has become a global ‘manufacturing factory’.
Skill India Mission is a part of the government’s ‘war against poverty’.
The NDA government said it will work towards equipping obver 40 crore people with adequate skill by 2022.
- Atal Pension Yojana (APY): The scheme looks to provide monthly pension to subscribers from 60 years of age. The scheme mainly focusses on workers in the unorganised sector and is open to Indian citizens who are between 18-40 years of age.
- Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana: This scheme launched by the NDA government is an Indian program which aims to provide 24*7 power supply to all homes in rural India.
6.Digital India Programme: Launched on July 1, 2015, the programme targets at empowering the nation digitally. The main aim of this programme is to ensure that government services are available to the citizens eletronically and people get all the latest information and benefits of technology.
- Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana: This insurance scheme was launched on may 9, 2015 which says that a person will be given Rs 2 lakh for accidental death. In case of partila disability a person will be given Rs 1 lakh. This scheme is available for people whose age is between 18 to 70 years.
- Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana: This is also an insurance scheme which gives a life insurance of Rs 2 lakh with a premium of Rs 330 per year.
- Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT): This scheme launched by the NDA government deals with urban development and aims towards better living. It drives economic growth stressing on the need for people centric urban planning and development.
10. Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY): Launched on June 25, 2015, the PMAY is a Housing for All scheme which focusses to enable better living. The NDA government identified 305 cities and towns across nine states for implementation of this scheme.
