The scheme shall be known as ‘Artistes Pension Scheme and Welfare Fund’. The Scheme will cover the following two types of requests: Existing beneficiaries under the 1961 Scheme; and Fresh cases of writers, artists, etc. who are eligible for a grant under the Scheme. Eligibility: To be eligible for assistance ...
Read More »Integrated Scheme for Agricultural Marketing (ISAM)
Integrated Scheme for Agricultural Marketing (ISAM) is to provide farmers with access to competitive markets with adequate infrastructure including cold chain logistics, to enable them to realise better prices on the one hand and providing nutritious food to consumers at stable and affordable prices on the other. Central Government has ...
Read More »Unified Package Insurance Scheme (UPIS)/ Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna (PMFBY)
General Provisions: The UPIS will be implemented in 45 selected districts on Pilot basis from Kharif 2016 season. A farmer (both Loanee and Non- Loanee) can access to Banks whereas non-loanee farmer shall be covered through banks and/or insurance intermediaries. UPIS contain total 7 Sections out of which Section 1 ...
Read More »Reproductive Child Health (RCH) Programme
In order to effectively improve the health status of women and children and fulfil the unmet need for Family Welfare services in the country, especially the poor and under served by reducing infant child and maternal mortality and morbidity, Government of India launched the RCH Programme during 1997-98. Goals: Currently ...
Read More »National Programme for Control of Blindness (NPCB)
National Programme for Control of Blindness was launched in the year 1976 as a 100% centrally sponsored programme. The purpose of the programme is to develop eye care infrastructure and to provide appropriate eye care services to reduce the prevalence of blindness. Objectives: Develop Eye Care infrastructure throughout the country ...
Read More »Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana (SSY)
The Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana (SSY), also known as girl child prosperity scheme is launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. SSY account is to ensure a bright future for girl children in India. This yojana is to facilitate them proper education and carefree marriage expenses. The scheme has well been accepted ...
Read More »Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY)- The Scheme
Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) is a government- run health insurance scheme for the BPL family under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. It provides cashless insurance for hospitalization in public as well as selected private hospitals. The objective of RSBY is to provide protection to BPL households from financial ...
Read More »Health Ministers Discretionary Grant (HMDG)
Financial Assistance up to a maximum of Rs. 1,00,000/- is available from 01.01.13 to the poor indigent patients from the Health Minister’s Discretionary Grant to defray a part of the expenditure on Hospitalization/treatment in Government Hospitals in cases where free medical facilities are not available. Criteria: Reimbursement of expenditure already ...
Read More »Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN)
The Scheme provides for financial assistance to patients, living below poverty line who is suffering from major life threatening diseases, to receive medical treatment at any of the super specialty Govt. hospitals / institutes or other Govt. hospitals .The financial assistance to such patients is released in the form of ...
Read More »Parvaaz (Empowerment Scheme for Minority Youth)
Parvaaz is a pilot programme and is one of the sub-schemes under ASDP. The main objective of the program is to mainstream minority BPL youth of the country by empowering them with education, skills and employment. The project will serve as a plateform for the marginalized youth to take their ...
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