- This National Programme was launched in 1973-74 in some selected Drought Prone Areas of the country - The main objective of this plan was to reestablish the environmental balance in these areas by promoting the balanced development of land, water and other natural resources. - For this programme, the arrangement of the finance is done by the Centre and the State concerned in the ratio of 75 :...

- Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), a 100 per cent centrally sponsored scheme was launched on December 25, 2000. - The prime objective of the PMGSY was, to provide connectivity to all unconnected habitations in the rural areas having population of more than 500 persons, through goods all-weather roads. In respect of the Hill States (North-East, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir...

- During 1988-89. Million Wells Scheme was started as a sub-plan of NREPIRLEGP in order to provide open irrigation wells free of cost to the poor belonging to the schedule caste/schedule tribe, to marginal and small farmers and to freed bondedlabours. - Since April 1,1989 this plan was continued under Jawahar Rozgar Yojana, but during 1995-96 it was given an independent status. - MWS was funde...

- In the budget of 1997-98. the Central Finance Minister had declared that from August 15, 1997 a special scheme for house construction would be started in the rural areas. - In this scheme which is prepared by the ational Housing Bank. a loan of Rs. 2 lakh can be provided for constructing a house on one's own land or for repairing an old house on the condition that the recipient of loan must con...

- Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the first phase of a new scheme Rajeev Awas Yojana on June 2, 2011 for redeveloping the slums of the cities. - Centre will provide financial aid to states interested in providing houses with asset rights to the poors living in slums of the cities. About 250 cities of the country have been planned to get covered under the scheme by the end of 12...