Welfare Schemes

  Indian government has recently launched a scheme to provide interest subsidy for the period of moratorium on education loans taken by economically weaker sections from scheduled banks. The loans will be provided for technical and professional studies. It is projected that by 2030 India will become the largest contributor ...

Andhra Pradesh Brahmin Welfare Corporation (ABC) Limited, a Government of Andhra Pradesh undertaking, has introduced the following Schemes for the Brahmin students in Andhra Pradesh. Under these schemes, financial assistance shall be paid to the selected applicants as one time grant through the prescribed process. S.No Scheme Name Who can ...

News: “At present, more than 17.5 crore bank accounts have been opened under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY). More than Rs 22,000 crore have been deposited by the people in their bank accounts opened under the PMJDY,” the Finance Ministry said. Milestones achieved under PMJDY: Banks have opened ...

News: Bharati Vidya Scheme is to ensure poor brahmins are educated and protected. Under this scheme financial aid is provided of Rs. 10,000 for inter and polytechnic students, Rs. 15,000 for degree students and Rs. 20,000 for engineering, medical, BL and PG students. Source: TDPOfficial Also Read: Where to Register for ...

News: The government has launched three social security programmes – the Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY), the Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) and the Atal Pension Yojana (APY) under the Jan Dhan umbrella, says finance minister Arun Jaitley. The government plans to bring these social security schemes ...

News There is no proposal to increase the percentage of women personnel in CAPF upto 33 percent. However, in compliance of recommendations given by Parliamentary Committee on Empowerment of Women in its sixth report, directions have been issued to all CAPFs to bring percentage of women in the forces to ...

News JanDhan Yojna is soon going to be a worldwide template for achieving rapid financial inclusion. The Financial Action Task Force, a global anti-terror financing agency, has given initial approval to a paper by India on how it achieved the task in a few months while adhering to know your ...

News Maharashtra government has decided to appoint ‘swacchata doots’ or cleanliness ambassadors in every village to help achieve the target of building 56 lakh toilets across the state over the next five years. Half of them will be women and each cleanliness ambassador will be given an annual renumeration of ...

News Utilising Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pet scheme, the Jan Dhan Yojna, the home ministry has asked all states to transfer the relief meant for distraught farmers to bank accounts opened under the scheme. A top home ministry official said direct disbursement of the compensation into the farmers’ bank accounts ...

Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao (Save girl child, educate girl child) is a Government of India scheme that aims to generate awareness and improving the efficiency of welfare services meant for women. Prime Minister Modi launched the programme on January 22, 2015 from Panipat, Haryana. The scheme was initiated with an initial corpus of Rs 100 crore. According to ...