NIRMAL BHARATH ABHIYAN (NBA)

*Launched on
Ans : April 1,1999
*Prime Minister
Ans : A. B. Vajpayee
*Five Year Plan
Ans : Ninth Five Year Plan
*Nirmal Bharath Abhiyan was formerly known as
Ans : Total Sanitation Campaign

OBJECTIVE

*To eradicate the practice of open defecation by 2017
*The campaigning ambassador of Nirmal Bharath Abhiyan
Ans : Vidya Balan
*The first Indian state to achieve 100% sanitation coverage under Nirmal Bharath Abhiyan
Ans : Sikkim
*First Indian state to get Nirmal Bharath Puraskar
Ans : Sikkim
*First open defecation free district in India
Ans : Nadia (West Bengal)

GRAM SWAROZGAR YOJANA (SGSY)

*The scheme which aims at providing sustainable income to the rural poor SGSY
*Launched on
Ans : April 1,1999
*Prime Minister
Ans : A. B. Vajpayee
*Five Year Plan
Ans : Ninth Five Year Plan
*Fund sharing
Ans : 75: 25 (Centre and State)
*The scheme which aims at providing sustainable income to the rural poor
Ans : SGSY
*Fund reserved for SC/ST under SGSY 
Ans : 50%
*Fund reserved for women under SGSY 
Ans : 40%
*Fund reserved for Physically handicapped under SGSY 
Ans : 3%
*The authority which authenticates the list of the beneficiaries under SGSY 
Ans : Gramasabha

SAMAGRA AWAAS YOJANA (SAY)

*Lanuched on - April 1,1999
*Prime minister - A.B.Vajpayee
*Five Year Plan - Ninth Five Year Plan

ANTYODAYA ANNA YOJANA (AAY)

*Launched on
Ans : December 25,2000 
*Prime Minister
Ans : A. B. Vajpayee 
*Five Year Plan
Ans : Ninth Five Year Plan
*Anthyodaya list in rural areas are approved by
Ans :  Department of Rural Development
*Anthyodaya list in urban areas are approved by
Ans :  Department of Urban Development
*AAY was implemented by Department of
Ans :  Food and Civil Supplies
*Anthyodaya Anna Yojana scheme first started in India in
Ans :  Rajasthan
*The scheme aims to provide food security for all through public distribution system
Ans :  Anthyodaya Anna Yojana
*The scheme which was implemented for providing rice and wheat at low rate
Ans :  AAY
*The scale of issue that was initially 25kg per family per month was increased to 35Kg with effect from
Ans :  April 1,2002
*Antyodaya Anna Yojana is mainly concerned for
Ans :  The poorest of the poor
*AAY allocated food grains: 
*35kg of food grains per month 
*Rs 2 per kg - for wheat 
*Rs 3 per kg - for rice

ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES OF

 *Senior citizens who have no regular means of subsistence or social support
*Families headed by widows
*Widows
*A person belonging to a primitive tribe
*Terminally ill and physically handicapped persons. Even if they are not in possession of any APL or BPL Card
*Antyodaya Ration cards are issued to such families who have the income of less than Rs. 250/- per month
*Colour of Anthyodaya Ration Card
Ans :  Green
*Other name of Anthyodaya Anna Yojana Card
Ans :  PDS Yellow Card
*Anthyodaya Day is observed on
Ans :  September 25
*The fee for applying Anthyodaya Anna Yojana
Ans :  Nil

MAHILA SWAYAM SIDH A YOJANA (MSSY)

*Launched in - 2001 
*prime Minister - A.B.Vajpayee 
*Five Year Plan - Ninth Rve Year Plan



*A.PJ. Abdul Kalam discussed about PURA concept in his book
Ans :  Target 3 Billion
*Co-author of the book Target 3 Billion
Ans :  Srijan Pal Singh
*Provisions of Urban Amenities to Rural areas is a strategy for rural development in India

NATIONAL FOOD FOR WORK PROGRAMME (NFFWP)

*Launched on
Ans :  Novemberl4,2004 
*Prime Minister
Ans :  Manmohan Singh
*Five Year Plan
Ans :  Tenth Five Year Plan
*NFFWP was merged with NREGP in
Ans :  2006
*NFFWP was launched by the
Ans :  Ministry of Rural Development
*The programme is open to all rural poor who are prepared to do manual, unskilled labour
Ans :  NFFWP
*The Nodal Officer of NFFWP at the district level
Ans :  District Collector
*The number of backward districts identified for initiating NFFWP
Ans :  150

OBJECTIVES

*To provide additional resources under the Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (SGRY) to 150 most backward districts of the country

NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY ACT 2013

*Passed by Lok Sabha 
Ans :  August 26,2013
*Passed by Rajya Sabha 
Ans :  September 2,2013
*President signed on 
Ans :  September 12,2013
*Prime Minister 
Ans :  Man Mohan Singh
*Five Year Plan
Ans :  Twelfth Five Year Plan
*NFSA
Ans :  National Food Security Act

OBJECTIVE

*To provide subsidized food grains to approximately two third of the Indian people. The beneficiaries can purchase 5kgs of cereals per month at lower rate
Rice at - Rs. 3 per kg
Wheat at - Rs. 2 per kg
Coarse grains(millet) at - Rs. 1 per kg
*Pregnant women, lactating mothers, and certain categories of children are eligible for mally free cereals
*First state to & pass Food Security Act in India
Ans :  Chhattisgarh
*Chhattisgarh passed the Food Security Acton
Ans :  December 21,2012


*The Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY) was transferred to the Ministry of Rural Development in 
Ans : March 2012 
*PMAGY was launched by 
Ans : UPA government

NATIONAL RURAL LIVELIHOOD MISSION (NRLM)

* Launched in - June, 2011 
* Prime Minister - Manmohan Singh 
* Five Year Plan - Eleventh Five Year Plan
*Governing authority of NRLM
Ans : Ministry of Rural Development 
*The scheme that aims at removal of poverty by creating and increasing opportunities for self employment amongst the villagers 
Ans : National Rural Livelihood Mission

NATIONAL URBAN LIVELIHOOD MISSION(NULM)

*NULM was launched in 
Ans : 2011
*The scheme which was remodified as NULM
Ans : Swama Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana 
*The scheme which aims at reducing poverty and vulnerability of the urban poor housewives by giving gainful self employment 
Ans : NULM
*The basic idea of NRLM
Ans : Organise the poor into Self Help Group (SHG)
*The scheme which was remodified as NRLM 
Ans : Swama Jayanti Gram Swarozgar 1 Yojana

RAJIV AWAAS YOJANA (RAY)

*Launched in - 2013
*Prime Minister - Man Mohan Singh
*Five Year Plan  - Twelfth Five Year
*Rajiv Awaas Yojana was a Centrally ! Sponsored Scheme, and it run 
Ans : From-2013 to 2014 
*RAY comes under the 
Ans : Ministry of Housing and Alleviation

OBJECTIVE

*To make India slum-free by 2022 by providing people with shelter or housing free of cost
*Rajiv Awaas Yojana aims at 
Ans : Slum Free India

SWAVALAMBAN YOJANA

*The scheme launched for pension for all citizen in the unorganised sector who joined the New Pension System (NPS) in India 
Ans : Swavalamban Yojana


*The scheme which replaced Swavalamban Yojana
Ans : Atal Pension Yojana 
*Annual Government contribution to each NPS account
Ans : Rs.1000/-
*Minimum contribution to NPS account 
Ans : Rs.1000/-
*Maximum contribution to NPS account 
Ans : Rs.12,000/-
*National Pension Schemed is governed by 
Ans : Interim Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA)

PRADHAN MANTRI JAN -DHAN YOJANA (PMJDY)

*Launched on
Ans : August 28,2014 
*Prime Minister
Ans : Narendra Modi 
* Five Year Plan
Ans : Twelfth Five Year Plan

OBJECTIVE

*To open bank account for all citizens in India
*Slogan of PMJDY
Ans : "My Bank Account - the creator of the good fortune"
*The logo of PMJDY scheme was designed by
Ans : Priya Sharma

SOCIAL WELFARE SCHEME

*First Indian states to achieve 100% financial inclusion under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana
Ans : Kerala and Goa
*First Indian Union Territories to achieve 100% financial inclusion under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana
Ans : Chandigarh, Puducherry and Lakshadweep
*PMJDY account has no minimum balance (zero balance) restriction
*Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana entered in the Guinness Book of world Record on
Ans : 20th January 2015
*Minimum amount that can be granted as overdraft under PMJDY Scheme
Ans : Rs. 5000/-
*The debit card linked to Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana
Ans : Rupay
*The premium on accidental insurance under PMJDY will be administrated by
Ans : National Payments Corporation of India
*Accidental insurance cover of Rs.1 lakh under PMJDY will be given by
Ans : HDFC Ergo
*Life Insurance cover under PMJDY for Rs. 30,000/- will be provided by
Ans : LIC
*Mobile banking for the poor would be available through
Ans : National Unified USSD Platform(NUUP)
*The total number of accounts opened under
Ans : PMJDY within the first five months 11.5 crores

SWACHH BHARAT ABHIYAN

*Launched on
Ans : October 2,2014 
*Prime Minister
Ans : Narendra Modi 
*Five Year Plan
Ans : Twelfth Five Year Plan 
*Fund sharing
Ans : 75:25 (Central State) and 90:10 (in North East)

OBJECTIVE

*To accomplish the vision of clean India by
Ans : October 2, 2019 (Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary) 
*Swachh Bharat Campaign was designed by
Ans : Anant Khasbardar
*Tag line 'Ek Kadam Swachhta ki or designed by
Ans : Bhagyasri Sheth
*Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is a new version of 
Ans : Nirmal Bharat Abiyan
*Lyrics
Ans : 'Swachh Bharat ka Irada kar liya hum ne'
*The logo of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan 
Ans : The spectacles of Mahatma Gandhi
*Swachh Bharat ka Irada kar liya hum ne' was written by
Ans : Prasoon Joshi
*Swachh Bharat Run was organised at Rashtrapati Bhavan on
Ans : October 2,2014
*Swachh Bharat Run was flagged off by 
Ans : Pranab Mukherjee
*Swachh Bharath Abhiyan consists of two submissions namely
Ans : Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) and Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban)
*The Governing body of Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen)
Ans : Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation
*The Governing body of Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban)
Ans : Ministry of Urban Development 
*The Clean India Campaign was described as 
Ans : Beyond Politics and Inspired Patriotism
*Swachh Bharat Abhiyan exhorts people to devote
Ans : 100 hrs every Year
*The contributions to clean India campaign can share on social media using the hash tag
Ans : My Clean India
*Short film on Swachh Bharat Abhiyan was made by
Ans : NIT, Rourkela
*The country which assisted to implement Swachh Bharat Abhiyan 
Ans : Finland
*The cleanest city as part of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
Ans : Mysore
*Swachh Bharat Kosh is related to 
Ans : Clean India Campaign


*The fund launched by Central Government to attract Corporation Social Responsibliity (CSR)
Ans : Swachh Bharat Kosh
*Governing Council of Swachh Bharat Kosh
Ans : Secretary,Department of Expenditure

BAL SWACHHTHA MISSION

*Bal Swachhta Mission launched on
Ans : November 14,2014
*Launched by
Ans : Maneka Gandhi (Minister of women and child development)
*Balswachhta mission is a part of
Ans : Swachh Bharat Mission
*Balswachhta week is being observed from
Ans : November 14 - 19,2014

SANSAD ADARSH GRAM YOJANA

*Launched on - October 11,2014
*Prime Minister - Narendra Modi
*Five Year Plan - Twelfth Five Year Plan
*Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana was launched by  prime Minister Narendra Modi on the birth anniversary of
Ans : Jayaprakash Narayanan

OBJECTIVES

*Each Member of Parliament has to make one Village of his constituency a model village by 2016 and two more villages by 2019

ADOPTED VILLAGES BY PROMINENT MPS UNDER SAGY

*Narendra Modi - Jayapur (UP)
*Sachin Tendulkar - Puttamraju Kandrika (Andhra)
*Sonia Gandhi - Udwa(UP)
*Rahul Gandhi - Deeh(UP)
*V.K.Singh - Gaziabad (UP)
*Manmohan Singh - Paschim bekeli gaon (Assam)
*Sumitra Mahajan - Pachnod (Madhya Pradesh)
*Nitin Gadgari - Pachgaon (Maharashtra)
*Hema Malini - Raval (UP)
*Arun Jaitley - Karnali (Gujarat)
*Rajnath Singh - Beti(UP)
*V.K.Singh - Mirpur Hindu (UP)
*Chiranjeevi - Perupalam (Andhra Pradesh)

DEEN DAYAL UPADHYAY ANTHYODAYA YOJANA (DAY)

*Launched on - September 25,2014
*Prime Minister - Narendra Modi
*Five Year Plan - Twelfth Five Year Plan
*Development of poor people by providing Skill training
*DAY has two components 
Ans : Rural and Urban
*Urban component come under the
Ans : Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
*Rural component comes under the
Ans : Ministry of Rural Development
*Rural component is also known as
Ans : Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana

MAKE IN INDIA

*Launched on - September25,2014
*Prime Minister - Narendra Modi
*Five Year Plan - Twelfth Five Year Plan
*Make in India is a fully Central Government Programme
*Make in India was launched at
Ans : Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi
*The Make in India Campaign was designed by
Ans : Weiden and Kennedy Group
*The programme designed facilitate investment, foster innovation, enhance skill development, protect intellectual property etc.
Ans : Make in India
*Number of key sectors have been identified under Make in India campaign
Ans : 25
*Under Make in India campaign the validity of industrial licence was increased to 
Ans : 3 years

OBJECTIVE

*To convert India to a self-reliant country and to give the Indian Economy a global recognition

 

VANABANDHU KALYAN YOJANA

*launched on - October 28,2014 
*Prime Minister - Narendra Modi 
*Five Year Plan -Twelfth Five Year Plan
*Launched by
Ans : Union Tribal Minister Jual Oram
*Fund provided for each block for the development of facilities for tribal group under Vanabandhu Kalyan Yojana
Ans : Rs.10 crore
*The initial phase targeted blocks having at least
Ans : 33% of tribal population

HRIDAY (HERITAGE CITY DEVELOPMENT AND AUGMENTATION YOJANA)

*100% Centrally Sponsored Scheme
*The scheme shall support development of core heritage infrastructure projects
*including revitalisation of urban infrastructure for heritage assets such as monument ghats, temples etc.
*Launched on - January 21,2015 
*Prime Minister - Narendra Modi 
* Five Year Plan - Twelfth Five Year
*HRIDAY was launched by 
Ans : M.Venkaiah Naidu
*Number of cities selected under HRIDAY 
Ans : 12

BETIBACHAO BETI PADHAO 

*Launched on - January 22,2015
* Prime Minister - Narendra Modi
*Five Year Plan -Twelfth Five Year Plan
*Beti Bachao Beti Padhao was launched at 
Ans : Panipat

OBJECTIVE

*To generate awareness and improve the efficiency of welfare service for women
*The programme to spread awareness about the declining trend of child sex ratio in the country
Ans : Beti Bachao Beti Padhao
*Brand Ambassador of. Beti Bachao Beti Padhao
Ans : Maduri Dixit
*The place selected from Kerala under Beti Bachao Beti Padhao
Ans : Thrissur
*Nodal Ministry for Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme
Ans : Ministry of Women and Child Development
*The logo of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao was designed by
Ans : A.J.Raghuvendra (Hyderabad) 
*Displaying Gudda - Guddi board relates to 
Ans : Beti Bachao Beti Padhao
*The responsible authority to prevent child marriage under Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme
Ans : Grama Panchayat
*Initial corpus announced for the campaign of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme is
Ans : Rs. 100 crore
*Twin plan of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao 
Ans : Sukanya Samridhi Yojana

SUKANYA SAMRIDHI YOJANA 

*Launched on - January 22,2015 
* Prime Minister - Narendra Modi 
* Five Year Plan -Twelfth Five Year Plan
*Sukanya Samridhi Yojana was launched at
 Ans : Jaunpur(UP)
*Sukanya Samridhi account is opened by 
Ans : Girl's parents or legal guardians 
*Sukanya Samridhi account money is deposited for a period of 
Ans : 14 years
*The maturity period of Sukanya Samridhi Account
Ans : 21 years from the date of opening the account 
*Age of the child at the time of opening the account
Ans : Not more than 10 years 
*Initial deposit required to open an account 
Ans : Rs.1000/- 
*Maximum deposit
Ans : Rs. 1,50,000/- per year 
*The number of girl children from a family to get the benefit of Sukanya Samridhi account 
Ans : 2
*Sukanya Samridhi Yojana scheme comes under the
Ans : Ministry of Finance

PRADHAN MANTRI SURAKSHA BIMA YOJANA (PMSBY)

*Launched on -May 9,2015
*Prime Minister - Narendra Modi
*The programme which aims at extending insurance coverage to all Savings Bank Account holders in case of accidental death
Ans : PMSBY
*Age limit under PMSBY
Ans : 18-70
*Insurance amount for accidental death and full disability under PMSBY 
Ans : Rs. 2 Lakhs  
*Insurance amount for partial disability under  PMSBY
Ans : Rs. 1 Lakh
*The premium amount of PMSBY
Ans : Rs. 12 per annum
*The Insurance coverage under PMSBY is managed by
Ans : All Public Sector General Insurance Companies

PRADHAN MANTRI JEEVAN JYOTI BIMA YOJANA (PMJJBY)

 
*Launched on -May 9,2015
*Prime Minister - Narendra Modi
*The programme which aims at extending insurance coverage to all Savings Bank Account holders
Ans : PMJJBY
*Age limit under PMJJBY
Ans : 18-50
*Insurance amount for death case in any reason
Ans : Rs. 2 Lakhs
*The premium amount of PMJJBY 
Ans : Rs. 330 per annum
*The Insurance coverage under PMJJBY is managed by
Ans : LIC

ATAL PENSION YOJANA (APY)

*Launched on - May 9,2015  
*Prime Minister - Narendra Modi
*The APY came into effect from 
Ans : June 1,2015
*The pension scheme for citizens of unorganised sector 
Ans : APY
*Age limit under APY 
Ans : 18 - 40
*Beneficiary contribution under APY 
Ans : Rs. 42 - 210 per month 
*Period of Government Contribution 
Ans : 5 years 
*APY replaces
Ans : Swavalamban Yojana

DIGITAL INDIA

*Launched on - July 1,2015
*Prime Minister - Narendra Modi
*Five Year Plan - Twelfth Five Year Plan
*Digital India logo was designed by 
Ans : Rana Bhowmik

OBJECTIVES

*To transform India into a digitally empowered knowledge economy 
*To connect rural areas with high speed international networks 
*Slogan
Ans : Power to empower 
*The system of keeping the important documents of the citizens in digital forms 
Ans : Digital Locker
*The biometric enabled digital service for pensioners
Ans : Jeevan Pramaan
*The Chairman of Controlling authority of Digital India
Ans : Prime Minister

DEEN DAYAL UPADHYAYA GRAM JYOTI YOJANA

 
*Launched on
Ans : July 25,2015
*Prime Minister
Ans : Narendra Modi
*Five Year Plan
Ans : Twelfth Five Year Plan

OBJECTIVES

*To provide access of electricity to rural house holds across the country
*Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana has been subsumed to
Ans : Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram
Jyoti Yojana
*The new app launched by the Ministry of Power to provide real-time data of all six lakh villages of the country
Ans : GARV-H

AMRUT (ATAL MISSION FOR REJUVENATION AND URBAN TRANSFORMATION)

*Launched on - June 24,2015
*Prime Minister - Narendra Modi
*Five Year Plan - Twelfth Five Year Plan

OBJECTIVE

*To establish infrastructure that could ensure adequate sewerage, networks and water supply for urban transformation
*First state in the country to submit state annual action plan under AMRUT
Ans : Rajasthan

JANANI SURAKSHA YOJANA

* Launched on - April 12,2005 
* Prime Minister - Man Mohan Singh 
* Five Year Plan - Tenth Five Year Plan 
*Fund Sharing - 100% (Central)
*The entire expenditure of Janani Suraksha Yojana is financed by
Ans : Central Government

OBJECTIVE

*Reducing the neo-natal or maternal deaths 
*Janani Suraksha Yojana Came into being by modifying the
Ans : National Maternity Benefit scheme (NMBS)
*The scheme incorporates cash assistance to the,mothers along with free delivery 
Ans : Janani Suraksha Yojana 
*NMBS provides a financial assistance of 
Ans : Rs.500 per births
*Financial assistance will be given to maximum
Ans : Two births
*Minimum age limit of the pregnant woman 
Ans : 19