Various Development and Employment Programmes in India - At a Glance

S.N.
Programme/Plan/Institution
Year of beginning
Objective/Description
1
Community Development Programme (CDP)
1952
Overall development of rural areas with people's participstion
2
Intensive Agriculture Development Programme (IADP)
1960-61
To provide loan, seeds, fertilizer tools to the farmers
3
Intensive Agriculture Area Programme (IAAP)
1964-65
To develop the special harvests
4
Credit Authorisation Scheme (CAS)
November 1965
A Scheme of Qualitative Credit Control of Reserve Bank
5
High Yielding Variety Programme (HYVP)
1966-67
To increase productivity of foodgrains by adopting latest varieties of inputs for crops
6
Indian Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC)
October 1966
To arrange for the construction of Hotels and Guest houses at various places of the country
7
Green Revolution
1966-67
To increase the foodgrains, specially wheat production
8
Nationalisation of 14 Banks
July 1969
To provide loans for agriculture, rural development and other priority sectors
9
Rural electrification Corporation
July 1969
Electrification in rural areas
10
Housing and Urban Development Corporation
April 1970
Loans for the development of housing and provision of resources for technical assistance
11
Scheme of Discriminatory Interest Rate
April 1972
To provide loan to the weaker sections of the society at a concessional interest rate of 4%
12
Employment Guarantee Scbeme of Maharashtra
1972-73
To assist the economically weaker sections of the rural society
13
Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme (ARWSP)
1972-73
For providing drinking water in the villages
14
Drought-Prone Area Programme (DPAP)
1973
To try an expedient for protection from drought by achieving environmental balance and by developing the ground water
15
Crash Scheme for Rural Employment (CSRE)
1972-73
For rural employment
16
Marginal Farmer and Agriculture Labour Agency (MFALA)
1973-74
For technical and financial assistance to marginal and small farmers and agricultural labour
17
Small Farmer Development Agency (SFDA)
1974-75
For technical and financial assistance to small farmers
18
Command Area Development Programme (CADP)
1974-75
To ensure better and rapid utilisation of irrigation capacities of medium and large projects
19
Twenty Point Programme (TPP)
1975
Poverty eradication and raising the standard of living
20
National Institution of Rural Development
1977
Training, investigation and advisory organisation for rural development
21
Desert Development Programme (DDP)
1977-78
For controlling the desert expansion and maintaining environmental balance
22
Food for Work Programe
1977-78
Providing foodgrains to labour for the works of development
23
Antyodaya Yojana
1977-78
To make the poorest families of the village economically independent (only in Rajasthan State)
24
Training Rural Youth for Self-Employment (TRYSEM)
August 15, 1979
Programme of training rural youth for self-employment
25
Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP)
October 2,1980
All-round development of the rural poor through a programme of esset endowment for self-employment
26
National Rural Employment Programme (NREP)
1980
To provide profitable employment opportunities to the rural poor
27
Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas (DWCRA)
September 1982
To provide suitable opportunities of self-employment to the women belonging to the rural families who are living below the poverty line
28
Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme (RLEGP)
August 15, 1983
For providing employment to landless farmers and labourers
29
Self-Employment to the Educated Unemployed Youth (SEEUY)
1983-84
To provide financial and technical assistance for self-employment
30
Farmer Agriculture Service Centre's (FASC's)
1983-84
To popularise the use of improved agricultural instruments and tool kits
31
National Fund for Rural Development (NFRD)
February 1984
To grant 100% tax rebate to donors and also to provide financial assistance for rural development projects
32
Industrial Reconstruction Bank of India
March 1985
To provide financial assistance to sick and closed industrial units for their reconstruction
33
Comperhensive Crop Insurance Scheme
April 1, 1985
For insurance of agricultural crops
34
Council for Advancement of People's Action and Rural Technology (CAPART)
September 1, 1986
To provide assistance for rural prosperity
35
Self-Employment Programme for the Urban Poor (SEPUP)
September 1986
To provide self-employment to urban poor through provision of subsidy and bank credit
36
Service Area Account (SAA)
February 1988
A new credit policy for rural areas
37
Formation of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
April 1988
To safeguard the interest of investors in capital market and to regulate share market
38
Tourism Finance Corporation of India (TFCI)
1989
To arrange the finance for the schemes related to tourism
39
Jawahar Rozgar Yojana
April 1989
For providing employment to rural unemployed
40
Nehru Rozgar Yojana
October 1989
For providing employment to urban unemployed
41
Agriculture and Rural Debt Relief Scheme (ARDRS)
1990
To exempt bank loans up to Rs. 10,000 of rural artisans and weavers
42
Scheme of Urban Micro Enterprises (SUME)
1990
To assist the urban poor people for small enterprise
43
Scheme of Urban Wage Employment (SUWE)
1990
To provide wages employment after arranging the basic facilities for poor people in the urban areas where population is less than one lakh
44
Scheme of Housing and Shelter Upgradation (SHASU)
1990
To provide employment by the means of shelter upgradation in the urban areas where population is between 1 to 20 lakhs
45
National Housing Bank Voluntary Deposit Scheme
1991
To utilise black money for constructing low cost housing for the poor
46
National Renewal Fund (NRF)
February 1992
To protect the interest of the employees of Public Sector
47
Supply of Improved Toolkits to Rural Artisans
July 1992
To supply modem toolkits to the rural craftsmen except the weavers, tailors, embroiders and tobacco labourers who are living below the poverty line
48
Employment Assurance Scheme (EAS)
October 2, 1993
To provide employment of at least 100 days in a year in villages
49
Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS)
December 23, 1993
To sanction Rs. 1 crore per year to every Member of Parliament for various development works in their respective areas through DM of the district
50
Scheme of Infrastructural Development in Mega Cities (SIDMC)
1993-94
To provide capital through special institutions for water supply, seewage, drainage, urban transportation, land development and improvement of slum projects undertaken in Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad
51
Scheme of Integrated Development of Small and Medium Towns
Sixth Five Year Plan
To provide resources and create employment in small and medium towns for prohibiting the migration of population from rural areas to big cities.
52
District Rural Development Agency (DRDA)
1993
To provide financial assistance for rural development
53
Mahila Samridhi Yojana
October 2, 1993
To encourage the rural women to deposit in Post Office Saving Account
54
Child Labour Eradication Scheme
August 15, 1994
To shift child labour from hazardous industries to schools
55
Prime Minister's Integrated Urban Poverty Eradication Programme (PMIUPEP)
November 18, 1995
To attack urban poverty in an integrated manner in 345 town having population between 50,000 to 1 lakh
56
Group Life Insurance Scheme in Rural Areas
1995-96
To provide insurance facilities to rural people on low premium
57
National Social Assistance Programme
1995
To assist people living below the poverty line
58
Ganga Kalyan Yojana
1997-98
To provide financial assistance to farmers for exploIing and developing ground and surface water resources
59
Kasturba Gandhi Education Scheme
August 15, 1997
To establish girls schools in districts having low female literacy rate
60
Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY)
December 1997
To provide gainful employment to urban unemployed and under employed poor through self-employment or wage employment
61
Bhagya Shree Bal Kalyan Policy
Oct, 19, 1998
To uplift the girls conditions
62
Rajrajeshwari Mahila Lalyan Yojana
Oct, 19, 1998
To provide insurance protection to women
63
Annapurna Yojana
March 1999
To provide 10 kg food grains to senior citizens (who did not get pension)
64
Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana
April 1999
For eliminating Rural poverty and unemployment and promoting self-employment
65
Samagra Awas Yojana
1999-2000
For providing shelter sanitation and drinking water
66
Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojana
April 1999
Creation of demand dIiven community village infrastructure
67
Jan Shree Bima Yojana
Aug. 10, 2000
Providing Insurance Security to people living poverty line
68
Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana
2000
To fulfil basic requirements in rural areas
69
Antyodaya Anna Yojana
Dec. 25, 200
To provide food secuIity to poor
70
Ashraya Bima Yojana
June 2001
To provide compensation to labourers who have lost their employment
71
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)
Dec. 25, 200
To line all villages with Pacca Road
72
Khetihar Mazdoor Bima Yojana
2001-2002
Insurance of Landless Agricultural workers
73
Shiksha Sahyog Yojana
2001-2002
Education of Children Below Poverty Line
74
Sampurna Gramin Rojgar Yojana
Sept. 25, 2001
Providing employment and food secuIity
75
Jai Prakash Narain Rojgar Yojana
Proposed in 2002-03 Budget
Employment Guarantee in most poor distt
76
Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana (VAMBAY)
Dec. 2, 2001
Constructing Slum houses in urban areas
77
National Slum Development Programme
Aug. 1996
Development of Urban Slums
78
Social Security Pilot Scheme
Jan. 23, 2004
Scheme for labours of uuorganised sector for providing family pension. insurance and medical
79
Vande Matram scheme
Feb. 9, 2004
Major initiative in public-pIivate partnership during pregnancy check-up
80
National food far Work Programme
Nov. 14, 2004
Programme to intensify the generation of supplementary wage employment
81
Janani Suraksha Yojana
April 12, 2005
Providing care to expectant mothers
82
Bharat Nirman Programme
Dec. 16, 2005
Development of Rural Infrastructure including six components : Irrigation. Water Supply. Housing. Road, Telephone and ElectIicity
83
National rural Employment Guarantee
Feb. 2, 2006
To provide at least 100 days wage employment in rural areas
84
National Rural Livelihood Mission
2011
Restructured from Swarna Jayami Gram Swarojgar Yojana
85
National Urban Livelihood Mission
2012-13
Restructured from Swarna Jyanti Shahari Swarojgar Yojana.
86
Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana
2014-15
To develop model village
87
Pradhanmantri Jan Dhan Yojana
2014-15
To provide bank accounts to poor
88
Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Sramev Jayate scheme
2014-15
To improve employability. skill development and other convenience for labour
89
Sukanya Samriddhi Account Yojana
2015
A small deposit scheme for girl child