Employment and Welfare Schemes (Part 1) – Old Year Questions

• A public charity called the ‘Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund’ (PM CARES Fund) was created in March 2020 to provide support and relief in urgent situations, such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
• This fund is made up of donations from individuals and organizations and does not receive any government funding.
• The Prime Minister is the head of the fund, and the Ministers of Defence, Home Affairs and Finance are trustees.
• The Prime Minister can also appoint three more trustees, who will work for free. All of the above is true.

• In September 2018, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna (PMJAY) as part of the National Health Policy 2017 with the goal of providing Universal Health Coverage (UHC).
• It covers 10.74 crore poor and deprived families with approximately 50 crore beneficiaries and provides health insurance of up to Rs. 5 lakhs per family per year.
• When it is fully implemented, it will be the biggest government-funded health protection program in the world.

• Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna (PMJAY) is a program that aims to help those who are economically weak in India who need medical care.
• This program will give each family up to five lakh rupees each year for medical expenses, making healthcare more accessible to those who cannot afford it.
• The government is paying for most of this plan, with the Center contributing 60% and the states contributing 40%.
• For North Eastern and Himalayan States, the Center will pay 90% and the states will pay 10%.

• On September 23, 2018, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana (PM-JAY) as part of the Ayushman Bharat program in Ranchi, Jharkhand.
• This is the largest health insurance plan in the world, which gives a cover of Rs. 5 lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary medical care to more than 10.74 crore poor families (about 50 crore people) in India.

• The Prime Minister’s Ayushman Bharat Scheme (PMJAY) was started in Ranchi, Jharkhand on 23rd September, 2018.
• The National Health Authority (NHA) is the main organization in charge of executing the PM-JAY scheme.

• The Indian Government launched a health insurance program called ‘Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana’ for workers in the unorganized sector on August 15, 2007.
• This scheme went into effect on October 1, 2007.
• Additionally, the Ministry of Textiles created the Rajiv Gandhi Shilpi Swasthya Bima Yojana for health insurance for people in the handicraft sector. Therefore, statement two is correct.

• The Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) was launched in 2008 under the Social Security Act to give health insurance to people from poor backgrounds.
• It began enrolling members on April 1, 2008 and has now been included in the Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana (PM-JAY).

• The Rajasthan Government launched the Chief Minister Chiranjeevi Health Insurance Scheme on May 1, 2021.
• This scheme provides an insurance coverage of Rs. 50,000 for normal illnesses and Rs. 4.50 lakh for serious illnesses per family each year.
• This money can be used in one policy year for the whole family.
• There are 1576 packages and procedures for various diseases, which have been divided into 3219 packages in the scheme software to make them easier to access. Option (b) is not included in this scheme.

• In December 2019, Bhimashah Bima Yojana was changed to Ayushman Bharat Mahatma Gandhi Rajasthan Swasthaya Bima Yojana.
• Through this program, families of beneficiaries are given Rs. 50,000 for regular illnesses

• The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare announced the ‘AYUSHMAN SAHAKAR’ Scheme on 19 October, 2020.
• This is a special program that will help cooperatives build health infrastructure in India.
• It was developed by the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) and is focused on creating, modernizing, expanding, fixing and renovating hospitals, healthcare and educational buildings in rural areas.
• It could transform the way healthcare is provided in villages.

• The Indian government started ‘Mission Indradhanush’ in December 2014 to make sure all children and pregnant women in the country have immunization coverage.
• Prime Minister launched the ‘Intensified Mission Indradhanush’ in October 2017 to increase the immunization program.
• From December 2019 to March 2020, the government has created ‘IMI 2.0’ to make sure everyone has access to all available vaccines, especially in the areas where immunization coverage is low.

• The NRHM, which started in 2005, was designed to give rural people access to good quality and inexpensive healthcare. In 2013, it became part of the National Health Mission, with the National Urban Health Mission being the other part.

• Option (a) is wrong, while options (b), (c), and (d) are correct.
• National Rural Health Mission began in 2005 and was in effect during the 10th Five Year Plan (2002-07).

• Option (c) is wrong, but the other three options are right.
• The National Rural Health Mission began in 2005, during the 10th Five Year Plan (2002-07).

• In 2005, the National Rural Health Mission set a goal for reducing the infant mortality rate to 28 deaths per 1,000 live births by 2012. Neither of the given options is accurate.

• The National Rural Health Mission aims to provide every village in the country with a trained female health worker called an Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA).
• This person will be chosen from the village, typically between the ages of 25 and 45, and will be responsible for informing the community about health topics such as nutrition, sanitation and hygiene, and promoting access to government health services like immunization and antenatal check-ups.
• They will also provide primary medical care for minor ailments and accompany pregnant women or children to the nearest health facility.

• The National Rural Health Mission aims to provide every village in the country with an ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) worker.
• This worker is chosen from the village (usually between 25 and 45 years old) and is responsible for connecting the community with the public health system.
• The roles and responsibilities of the ASHA include creating awareness of health determinants like nutrition and sanitation, counseling on birth preparedness and immunization, helping people access government health services, providing primary medical care for minor illnesses, and escorting pregnant women and children to the nearest health facility.

• The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare released the National Health Policy in 1983. The NHP 2017 was then launched with the goal of ensuring that everyone, at any age, gets the best possible health and wellbeing.

• In India, in 2009-10 the government spent 1.09% of the country’s GDP on health – 0.39% of this came from the Union and 0.70% from the states.
• The National Health Policy, 2017 is aiming to increase this amount to 2.5% of the GDP by 2025.

• The National Family Health Survey 3 (2005-06) found that 70% of households in urban areas and 63% of households in rural areas in India got their healthcare from the private medical sector.
• This didn’t change much according to the NFHS-4 (2015-16), as private healthcare still remained the primary source for 56% of households in urban areas and 49% of households in rural areas.

• The life expectancy at birth in India during the year 2006-10, was 65.8 for males and 68.1 for females. According to the Health and Family Welfare Statistics in India 2019-20, projected population characteristics as on November, 2019 : 2011-2036 are as follows :
  2011-15 2016-20 2021-25 2026-30 2031-35
  • Life expectancy 66.87 68.3 69.37 70.37 71.17 of males
  • Life expectancy 66.96 71.46 72.66 73.66 74.66 of females

• The Prime Minister’s Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nourishment (POSHAN Abhiyaan) or the National Nutrition Mission (NNM) is a programme set up by the Indian government to help improve nutrition for kids, pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers.
• The goal of the NNM is to increase awareness about malnutrition and make sure that those children, adolescent girls, pregnant women and lactating mothers get better nutrition.
• It aims to reduce stunting, under-nutrition, anaemia (among young children, women and adolescent girls) and reduce low birth weight each year by 2%, 2%, 3% and 2% respectively. Statements 1 and 2 are correct, but statements 3 and 4 are not since NNM doesn’t mention promoting the consumption of millets, coarse cereals, unpolished rice and poultry eggs.

• The Shabri Sankalp Abhiyan is linked to the National Nutrition Mission. This initiative began in 2017 in Uttar Pradesh with the aim of getting rid of malnutrition.

• The ICDS programme was started on 2nd October 1975 and is run by the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
• It is one of the most important programmes of the Government of India and is one of the biggest programmes of early childhood care and development in the world.
• The programme includes six services such as extra nutrition, pre-school education, health education, vaccinations, health check-ups and referral services. Family planning is not included in this programme.

• The ICDS programme was started on October 2, 1975 by the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
• It is an important programme of the Indian government and is one of the biggest and most special early childhood care and development programmes in the world.
• It provides six services such as additional nutrition, pre-school education, nutrition and health education, immunization, health check-ups and referral services. Family planning is not included in this programme.

• The ICDS program was started on October 2, 1975. It’s run by the Ministry of Women and Child Development and is a program of the Indian government that focuses on early childhood care and development.
• This program provides six services: supplementary nutrition, pre-school non-formal education, nutrition and health education, immunization, health check-ups, and referral services.
• However, family planning is not included in this program.

• The ICDS scheme (started in 1975) helps children under 6 years old and their mothers by providing supplementary food, teaching, healthcare, vaccinations, health assessments, referrals, and nutrition education.
• However, this scheme does not provide school supplies or uniforms.

• The correctly matched lists are as follows :

• The correctly matched lists are as follows :

PM Rojgar Protsahan Yojna was launched in 2016 instead of 2015.

• The UGC has launched the STRIDE program, which focuses on research projects that are important to society, based on need, significant to India, and globally relevant.
• STRIDE is not a skill development scheme – that’s what STRIVE, SANKALP, and SHREYAS are for.

• In May 2007, the Ministry of Labour and Employment started a Skill Development Initiative with the goal of teaching 1 million people vocational skills based on what employers need over the next 5 years, and 1 million more each year after that.
• This program also helps with training, certification, and improving skills in the informal sector.

• The PMKVY scheme from the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship is managed by the National Skill Development Corporation.
• It was launched in July 2015 and is meant to help Indian citizens who have dropped out of school or college and are unemployed.
• The scheme teaches skills, soft skills, entrepreneurship, finance, and digital literacy.
• It also assesses and certifies those who already have skills and experience.
• This is so their skills match the National Skills Qualification Framework. So statement 2 and 3 are true, but statement 1 is not.

• In 2015, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) launched the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojna (PMKVY) to help a lot of Indian young people get training in skills that would help them get a better job.
• This scheme also includes a part called Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) which looks at and certifies skills gained outside of formal education, such as those obtained by construction workers.

• The NSQF is a system that ranks qualifications based on a learner’s level of knowledge, skills, and aptitude.
• The skill levels range from 1-10 and these levels are determined by the learner’s knowledge obtained from formal, non-formal, or informal learning.
• Statement 1 is incorrect, while statement 2 is correct as the main goal of the NSQF is to allow people to move between vocational and general education through the alignment of degrees with the NSQF.

• The National Career Service (NCS) is a project set up by the Prime Minister in July 2015.
• It is run by the Ministry of Labour and Employment. The NCS helps people in India find jobs, training and career guidance.
• It allows jobseekers to connect with employers and agencies offering career counselling.
• It is not just for uneducated people, so both of the statements are wrong.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Skill India Campaign on July 15, 2015.
• The National Skill Development Corporation of India is in charge of the campaign.
• The goal is to give 40 crore Indians the skills they need by 2022.
• This will be done with the help of different programs and classes that teach vocational skills.
• The aim is to create a strong workforce by 2022.

• By March 2016, 76 lakh young people had been trained under the ‘Skill India Mission’. Of those, 26 lakh were given jobs.
• As of July 19, 2021, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship reported that over 556.1 lakh people had been trained under the program.

• On July 3, 2017 the cornerstone of the largest Global Skill Park in the country was placed in Bhopal.
• It will provide exceptional technical education that rivals international standards to students.
• The park will cover an area of 37 acres located in Narela Shankari, Bhopal and is estimated to cost 645 crore rupees to build.

• In 2014, the United Nations General Assembly decided to celebrate the importance of giving young people the skills they need to find jobs, do good work, and start their own businesses.
• The theme of World Youth Skills Day in 2021 was ‘Reimagining Youth Skills After the Pandemic’.

• The Indian Government launched the DHRUV Programme on October 10, 2019 to help talented kids develop their skills.
• Under this Pradhan Mantri Innovative Learning Programme, experts will mentor and support gifted children in different areas in special centres around the country so they can reach their full potential.

• NITI Aayog launched the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) with the goal to develop and spread a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in India.
• AIM plans to create new programs to support innovation in various sectors, give different people opportunities to collaborate, and create an organization to oversee the innovation/entrepreneurship environment of the nation.

• NITI Aayog launched the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) to encourage and spread innovation and entrepreneurship all over India.
• The mission’s goals are to create initiatives and regulations to support innovation in all areas of the economy, bring together all involved parties, and develop a structure to manage the innovation and entrepreneurship in the country.

• NIDHI is a program created by the Department of Science and Technology in India to help develop and promote innovative ideas into successful businesses.
• It hopes to fund 20 students each year to help them start their own companies.

• The Government of India has started ‘SWAYAM’ to help provide access, equity and quality in education.
• This is to make sure everyone, even those disadvantaged, can access the same teaching and learning resources.
• SWAYAM is helping bridge the digital divide so all can be part of the knowledge economy.
• All the courses from classes 9 to postgraduate are available free of cost, interactive and created by the best teachers in India, and can be accessed anytime and anywhere.

• The Ministry of Education has started the Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, which connects universities and colleges (like IIITs, NITs, and IISERs) with rural communities in India to come up with ways to help with development issues.
• The mission of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan is to work with people in rural India to identify challenges and find solutions to improve life in rural areas.
• The vision of the program is to make positive changes in rural development.

• The Ministry of Education in India has established Vidyanjali, a project to enhance schools in the country by getting people from the Indian Diaspora such as young professionals, school alumni, teachers, government officials, and other professionals to offer their help.
• This help includes both taking part in school activities and providing resources to the government and government-aided schools.

• K. Kasturirangan was the leader of the group who was assigned to create the National Education Policy in June 2017 by the Human Resource Development Ministry, which is now called the Ministry of Education.

• The scheme ‘Apna Gaon, Apna Kam’ was started by the Rajasthan Government in January, 1991 with the following objectives :

1. 1. Construction of public properties in villages for daily uses of the people.
   2. Creation of additional employment opportunities in rural areas.
   3. Promotion of self-confidence and self-dependence in local community.
   4. Upgradation of living standard of rural population.

• The scheme ‘Apna Gaon, Apna Kam’ was started by the Rajasthan Government in January, 1991 with the following objectives :

1. 1. 1. Construction of public properties in villages for daily uses of the people.
      2. Creation of additional employment opportunities in rural areas.
      3. Promotion of self-confidence and self-dependence in local community.
      4. Upgradation of living standard of rural population.

• On 25 September, 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a new plan called Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojna – ‘Saubhagya.’
• This scheme will give free electricity connections to all households (both APL and BPL families in rural areas and BPL families in urban areas).
• The Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) has been chosen as the main agency for this scheme.

• The Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) was launched in August 2014 to give everyone in the country access to financial services, including bank accounts.
• As of October 2021, 43.7 crore accounts have been opened, with two thirds of them in rural or semi-urban areas and more than half of them owned by women.

• The Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) is a national mission to help people access financial services.
• It was started on August 28th, 2014 with the goal of providing a bank account to every family in the country.
• As of October 31st, 2021, there were 43.70 crore PMJDY accounts, with 66.75% of them in rural and semi-urban areas and 55.61% of them owned by women.

• The Prime Minister launched the Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) in New Delhi on August 28, 2014.
• This scheme offers RuPay cards with other banking services, as well as accident insurance coverage of up to Rs. 1 lakh (increased to Rs. 2 lakh for new accounts opened after August 28, 2018).
• Additionally, if people opened a bank account with a RuPay debit card before January 26, 2015, they would also get a life insurance cover of Rs. 30,000.

• The correctly matched lists are as follows :

Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana was launched on 9 May 2015 by PM Narendra Modi in Kolkata.

• The launching dates of the given schemes are as follows :

1. 1. Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana – 22 January, 2015
   2. Atal Pension Yojana – 9 May, 2015
   3. Make in India – 25 September, 2014
   4. radhan Mantri Jan -Dhan Yojana – 28 August, 2014

Hence, the correct chronological order of these schemes is IV, III, I, II which is not given in the options.

• The launching dates of the given schemes are as follows :

1. Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana – 28 August, 2014
2. Digital Gender Atlas for Advancing Girls Education in India – 9 March, 2015
3. Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana – 9 May, 2015
4. Mudra Bank Yojana – 8 April, 2015

Hence, the correct chronological order of these schemes is 1, 2, 4 and 3 which is given in option (a).

• The Indian Government’s Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment started a program called ‘Rastriya Vyosree Yojana’ on April 1, 2017 in Nellore District of Andhra Pradesh.
• This program helps poor senior citizens by providing them with physical aids and assisted-living devices.

• The ‘Atal Jyoti Yojana, 2013’ in Madhya Pradesh ensures a minimum of 10 hours of electricity for rural agricultural purposes, which was previously 8 hours.

• In 2015, the Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas was given a certificate from the Guinness Book of World Records for its ‘PAHAL’ scheme, which stands for ‘Pratyaksha Hastaantarit Laabh’.
• This is the largest cash transfer program in the world. The PAHAL scheme was started in 54 districts of India on November 15, 2014 and in the rest of the country on January 1, 2015.
• Through this program, LPG consumers can get their cylinders at market price and receive subsidies directly into their bank accounts.

• The PAHAL (cash) scheme is the biggest of its kind in the world.
• Through PAHAL, subsidies for LPG are transferred straight into people’s bank accounts.
• It is the first plan to use the combined strengths of Jan Dhan, Aadhar and Mobile.

• The Ministry of Minority Affairs started the ‘Nai Roshni’ program in 2012-13 to help empower women.
• The goal was to give women, including those from different communities in the same village, knowledge, tools and techniques to work with the government, banks and other organizations.
• The Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) was launched in 2014 and it is a mission to make sure people have access to financial services.
• The Department of Financial Services created the Swavalamban scheme in 2010 to help people in the unorganized sector save money for retirement and lower the cost of operations of the New Pension System (NPS).
• This scheme was replaced by the Atal Pension Yojana in 2015.
• The Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (NDLM) scheme was made to give IT training to over 52.5 lakh people, including Anganwadi, ASHA workers and authorized ration dealers.
• Another Disha scheme helps young persons with disabilities get therapies, trainings and support for their families.

• The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, started the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) on May 1st 2016 in Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh.
• The tagline for this social welfare scheme is ‘Swachh Indhan Behtar Jeevan’.
• The intention of the scheme is to make clean cooking fuel like LPG accessible to rural and deprived households that had been using traditional fuels such as firewood, coal, and cow-dung cakes.
• The main features of this launch are:

1. 1. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs agreed to provide 8000 crores of rupees over three years (2016-2019).
   2. PMUY will give 5 million LPG connections to households in need, with a financial help of Rs. 1600 per connection.
   3. The water connection will be given to female recipients.
   4. The Prime Minister’s ‘Give it up’ campaign has been praised, as many people from the middle and lower middle classes have willingly given up their LPG subsidies.

• The government had a goal to give 8 crore LPG connections to people in need by March 2020.
• On 7 September 2019, the Prime Minister delivered the 8 croreth connection in Aurangabad, Maharashtra.
• The 2021-22 Union Budget included a plan to give 1 crore more LPG connections. Ujjwala 2.0 was launched from Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh on 10 August 2021.
• This new scheme gives people free connections, a free first refill and a stove without requiring any deposits.
• As of 28 January 2022, 8.9 crore PMUY connections have been given out, with the most going to Uttar Pradesh, followed by West Bengal and Bihar.
• In January 2022, an extra 60 lakh LPG connections were added to the scheme.

• The Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Shri. Narendra Modi, started this plan on May 1st, 2016 in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh.
• The goal of the scheme was to give 8 million gas connections to poor households by March 2020.

• IFAD is providing money to help with the Tejaswini Rural Women’s Empowerment Programme in Madhya Pradesh.
• This programme gives poor rural women more chances and support, and builds up women’s self-help groups and access to financial services.

• In November 1991, the Madhya Pradesh Government started the Panch Dhara Yojana to help improve the lives of rural and tribal women in the state.

• Prime Minister announced the ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ (BBBP) scheme on 22 January, 2015 in Panipat, Haryana.
• This scheme is focused on improving the Child Sex Ratio (CSR) and helping women become more empowered.
• The ministries of Women and Child Development, Health and Family Welfare, and Human Resource Development (which is now known as the Ministry of Education) are all involved in this effort.
• The BBBP campaign was created to raise awareness of the decreasing CSR in India. In 2001, there were 927 girls for every 1000 boys, but in 2011 that number had dropped to 918.
• Female Foeticide is the primary reason for this decrease, which is why the BBBP scheme was put in place.
• Initially, it was focused on 100 districts with low CSR, but now it is implemented all over India.

• The Ministry of Women and Child Development in India started the Dhan-Lakshmi Yojana on 3rd March, 2008.
• This scheme was designed to prevent child marriage by giving parents an incentive to keep their children in school and cover certain medical costs for girls.
• The main goal was to show that girls are valuable and should not be seen as a burden.

• On March 8th, 2015, the Maharashtra government introduced the ‘Bhagyashree Scheme’ for girls from poor families.
• This scheme replaced the existing ‘Sukanya’ scheme. Under this scheme, the State Government puts aside Rs. 21,200 for each girl born into a family below the poverty line.
• When the girl turns 18, she will receive Rs. 1 lakh as a maturity amount.

• The West Bengal State Government has started a programme called ‘Rupashree Prakalpa’ which gives a one-time payment of Rs. 25,000 to families in economic hardship when their adult daughters get married.
• This scheme became active from 1 April, 2018.

• On February 24th, 2018, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Amma Scooter Scheme in Chennai, which was created by the Tamil Nadu Government to celebrate the 70th birthday of the late Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa.
• The scheme offers women in Tamil Nadu a 50% discount (up to Rs. 25,000) when purchasing a two-wheeler.
• This scheme applies to all of the state of Tamil Nadu, so statements 1, 3, and 4 are incorrect and statement 2 is correct.

• In 1982-83, the Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas Scheme was created to help improve the lives of rural women.
• This scheme provided financial aid and job opportunities to help the women become self-sufficient and have a better standard of living.
• It was created to give poor women in rural areas the chance to make money through group activities that could sustain themselves.
• In 1999, this scheme became part of the Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana.

• The ‘Swawlamban Scheme’ was started in 1982-83 and was initially known as the NORAD Mahila Aarthik Karykram.
• It was designed to help women by providing them with training and skills so they could get jobs or become self-employed.
• In 2010, the Indian government launched an additional ‘Swavalamban Scheme’ to assist workers in the unorganized sectors.

• The Swawlamban Scheme, formerly known as NORAD/Mahila Aarthik Karykram, was started in 1982-83 all over India.
• Its aim is to aid women by providing them training and skills in traditional and non-traditional jobs, helping them to find employment or start their own business.
• In 2010, the Indian Government started another Swavalamban Scheme to help workers in the unorganized sectors.

• The ‘Swavalamban Scheme’ (formerly known as NORAD / Mahila Aarthik Karykram) was started in 1982-83 across India.
• The purpose of the scheme is to give women the opportunity to have a job or be self-employed by teaching them different traditional and non-traditional skills.
• In 2010, the Indian government launched another ‘Swavalamban Scheme’ to help those working in the unorganized sector.

• In 2001, the Indian Government started the Swayam Siddha scheme to help women become more independent.
• It was designed to give women more opportunities through awareness, micro-level income-generating activities, literacy, health, and rural development.
• The Ministry of Women and Child Development also started the Swadhar scheme to help women in difficult circumstances, like widows, disaster victims, mentally challenged or those released from prison.
• The scheme provides them food, shelter, counselling, medical care and vocational training. Both schemes are implemented by government bodies and Self Help Groups. Both of the statements are wrong.

• The Ministry of Women and Child Development created the Swadhar scheme to provide aid to women in difficult situations, such as widows abandoned by their families, women who have been released from jail with no family support, women affected by natural disasters, and women/girls who have been rescued from trafficking.

• On December 18, 2019, the Indira Mahila Shakti Nidhi was introduced in Rajasthan to help empower women.
• This scheme was mentioned in the 2019-20 budget, and it created a fund of Rs. 1,000 crore for women’s business initiatives, modern research, skill building, and victim support.

• The Union Cabinet has approved changes to the National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) to help Women Self Help Groups in India.
• This is to help empower women in villages and reduce poverty.
• In 2013, the government announced that Women SHGs could get bank loans at an interest rate of 7%.

• The government of India introduced the ‘Mahila Samridhi Yojana’ in 1993 to help improve the lives of rural women and those with low incomes.
• In 1998, the ‘Mahila Swa-shakti Project’ was created with support from the International Fund for Agricultural Development and World Bank’s International Development Association.
• The ‘National Posahar Mission’ was first started by the Indian government in 2003.
• On International Women’s Day 2018, Prime Minister Narendra Modi introduced the ‘National Nutrition (Poshan) Mission’ which was designed to improve the nutritional needs of children, pregnant women, and nursing mothers.
• Finally, the ‘Mahila Samakhya Programme’ was launched in 1988 as part of the National Policy on Education 1986, believing that education could be a powerful tool to empower women.

• The correctly matched lists are as follows :

• The Mahila Samriddhi Yojana was launched on October 2, 1993, to help rural women.
• The aim of the program is to make them self-reliant and help them develop savings habits.
• On July 12, 2001, the Indira Mahila Yojana and Mahila Samriddhi Yojana were merged into the Mahila Swayam Siddhi Yojana to improve the social and economic status of women.

• The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017 states that working women can take 26 weeks of paid maternity leave for the first two children they have.
• Women who are expecting after two children get 12 weeks of paid leave.
• This leave can be used 8 weeks before the expected date of delivery.
• Therefore, statement 1 is wrong and statement 3 is right. The Amendment Act also states that establishments with more than 50 employees must provide crèches for working mothers.
• These mothers can visit the crèche during their working hours to look after and feed their child, which means statement 2 is false.

• In April 2005, the National Maternity Benefit Scheme (NMBS) was changed and the Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) was introduced.
• This is a government-sponsored program designed to reduce the number of mothers and babies who die during childbirth.
• Under JSY, pregnant women who are eligible get money regardless of their age or how many children they have as long as they give birth at a government hospital or an approved private one.
• The scheme focuses on poor pregnant ladies, especially in areas where the rate of giving birth in a hospital is low.

• Reimbursement of salary loss during pregnancy and confinement is not provided under this scheme.

• The Indian government started the ‘Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram’ (JSSK) in June 2011.
• This program provides free and no-cash healthcare services to pregnant women – including normal deliveries and c-sections – and newborns up to 30 days old, in both rural and urban areas.

• The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has launched the ‘MAA’ (Mother’s Absolute Affection) program across the country to promote breastfeeding and provide counseling services through the health system.
• The aim of the program is to increase breastfeeding rates by promoting, protecting, and supporting breastfeeding practices in the health system.

• The Integrated Rural Energy Programme (IREP) was created to give rural people in certain villages access to basic energy needs like cooking, heating, and lighting. The focus was on renewable energy.
• The Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP) and Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas (DWCRA) were both designed to help women generate income.

• The ABC index stands for ‘Achievements of Babies and Children index’. This index is the average of four measurements that show how healthy and successful children are. These four measurements are:
  • Survival, Immunization, Nutrition and Schooling.
• Each indicator is measured in percentage terms, and can be roughly interpreted as the probability that an average child in the relevant state achieves a particular goal :
• survival until age five, full immunization, adequate nourishment and school participation, respectively. As three out of four indicators are directly related to the health of children, option (c) is the most appropriate answer.

• In June 2018, the World Bank gave permission for the Atal Bhujal Yojana, a 6,000 crore Central Sector Scheme of the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.
• This plan is set to be used for five years from 2018 to 2022, with the World Bank providing financial help.
• Half of the 6,000 crore (450 million US $) will come from the World Bank as a loan, and the other half will be given by the Central Government.
• The plan was officially started by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 25th, 2019.

• In June 2018, the World Bank agreed to fund the Atal Bhujal Yojana (ABHY).
• This is a Rs. 6,000 crore scheme from the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation (Now the Ministry of Jal Shakti).
• The scheme will be active for five years, from 2018-19 to 2022-23. The World Bank will contribute Rs. 3,000 crore (450 million US $) as a loan and the Central Government will provide the other half of the money in the form of Central assistance.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched this scheme on 25 December, 2019.

• Under the Jaldhara Yojana, pump sets are given at nominal rent or lease to the poor farmers of the desert area.

• The Ministry of Rural Development has started the Hariyali scheme to help villages and PRI’s (Panchayati Raj Institutions) with area development efforts related to watershed management.
• The government will provide money and assistance for these projects.

• The Hariyali program wants to make sure that all rainwater is saved and used for things like watering plants, giving the village people money-making opportunities, and providing clean drinking water.

• In 1995-96, the Gujarat Government started the Gokul Gram Scheme to give all of Gujarat’s villages better infrastructure and conditions.

• In December 2005, the Indian government launched the ‘Bharat Nirman’ program with the goal of improving rural infrastructure.
• This included components like irrigation, drinking water, electricity, roads, housing and rural phone lines.
• The irrigation component was made up of things like the Accelerated Irrigation Benefit restoration Program, linking rivers, and fixing water bodies.
• This program did not include helping people who had to move due to irrigation projects.

• In December 2005, the Union Government began the ‘Bharat Nirman’ program with the goal of improving rural infrastructure.
• This included six components such as irrigation, drinking water, electricity, roads, housing, and rural phone lines.
• The irrigation section included Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Restoration Program (AIBP), interlinking of river projects, fixing and restoring water bodies (ERM), and so on.
• The program did not include rehabilitating people who were affected by the irrigation projects.

• In December 2005, the Union Government launched the ‘Bharat Nirman’ programme to improve infrastructure in rural areas.
• This programme included six components: irrigation, drinking water, electrification, roads, housing and rural telephony.
• The irrigation component included projects such as the Accelerated Irrigation Benefit restoration Programme, interlinking of rivers and the repair and renovation of water bodies, but not the rehabilitation of people displaced due to irrigation projects.

• In December 2005, the Union Government launched the ‘Bharat Nirman’ programme with the goal of improving rural infrastructure.
• This scheme had six parts, which were irrigation, drinking water, electricity, roads, housing, and rural telephones.
• The irrigation part had things like ‘Accelerated Irrigation Benefit restoration Programme’, connecting rivers, repairing and renovating water bodies, but it didn’t include helping people who had been moved because of the irrigation projects.

• In December 2005, the Indian Government started the ‘Bharat Nirman’ scheme, with the goal of improving infrastructure in rural areas.
• This included projects such as providing irrigation, clean drinking water, electricity, roads, housing, and rural telephones.
• The rural irrigation development component was made up of projects such as the Accelerated Irrigation Benefit restoration Programme (AIBP), connecting different river projects, and fixing water sources.
• However, it did not include any help for people who had been displaced from their homes due to irrigation projects.

• The Bharat Nirman is a program started by the Indian government on December 16th, 2005 to improve the lives of people living in rural areas.
• It is designed to create basic infrastructure in rural areas with an Indian business plan.