Welfare Schemes

Name of the Scheme: Scheme of Strengthening Education among Scheduled Tribe (ST) Girls in Low Literacy Districts Purpose: The scheme aims to bridge the gap between the general female population and tribal women in terms of literacy, through facilitating 100% enrolment of tribal girls in the identified Districts or Blocks, ...

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 ...

Name of the scheme: Financial Assistance for support to Centres of Excellence Purpose: The main purpose of this scheme is to strengthen the institutional resource capabilities of various NGOs, Research Institutes and University Departments to conduct qualitative, action oriented and policy research on tribal communities and to enhance and upgrade ...

Name of the scheme: Top Class Education for ST Students Purpose: It is a central government scholarship scheme for students belonging to Scheduled Tribes to encourage meritorious ST students for pursing higher studies at Under-Graduate and Post Graduate level in any of the Institutes identified by the Ministry of Tribal ...

Name of the Scheme: Upgradation of Merit of ST Students Purpose: The purpose of the scheme is to upgrade the merit of ST students by providing them remedial and special coaching in classes IX to XII. Salient features: The State Government/UT Administration first selects certain schools in different Districts or ...

Name of the scheme: Scheme of Coaching for Scheduled Tribes Purpose: The main purpose of this scheme is to give candidates belonging to Scheduled Tribe a better chance to succeed in competitive examinations by providing them adequate coaching in quality coaching institutions to enable them to appear in competitive examinations ...

Name of the Scheme: Vocational Training Centres in Tribal Areas Purpose: The main purpose of this scheme is to upgrade the skills of the tribal youth in various traditional/ modern vocations depending upon their educational qualification, present economic trends and the market potential thereby enabling them to get employed or ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jansankhya Sthirata Kosh (JSK) has been registered as an autonomous society of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The Government has provided a Rs 100 crore Corpus fund to signify its commitment to the activities of the Kosh. JSK has to use the interest on the Corpus and also ...