Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched various Schemes here are list of top Programmes and Schemes Launched By Narendra Modi.
Narendra Damodardas Modi is the 15th Prime Minister of India, in office since 26 May 2014. A leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament from Varanasi. He led the BJP in the 2014 general election, which gave the party a majority in the Lok Sabha, the first for any political party in India since 1984.
On May 16, 2014 Modi Government came to Power, from that time they have managed to come up with various welfare schemes and few of the top public welfare schemes are:
1. Make in India
Make in India is an initiative launched by the Government of India to encourage multi-national, as well as national companies to manufacture their products in India. It was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 25 September 2014. India would emerge, after initiation of the program in 2015, as the top destination globally for foreign direct investment, surpassing the United States of America as well as China.
2. Smart City Mission
Modi government announced the names of 98 cities which were selected for smart city project. Smart cities are projected to be equipped with basic infrastructure and will offer a good quality of life through smart solutions. Assured water and power supply, sanitation and solid waste management, efficient urban mobility and public transport, robust IT connectivity, e-governance and citizen participation along with safety of its citizens are some of the likely attributes of these smart cities. It is a flagship project of the Modi government for which the Union Cabinet has announced 48000 crores. The Union Development Ministry too has proposed to provide 100 crores over the next five years.
3. Skill India
Modi said that India Should emerge as Human Resource Capital as China has become the ‘manufacturing factory’ Skill India is one of the projects of Modi government to fight against poverty. NDA government said it will work towards equipping over 40 crore people with adequate skills by 2022.
4. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is a national campaign by the Modi government, covering 4,041 cities and towns, to clean the streets, roads and infrastructure of the country.
It was officially launched on 2 October 2014 at New Delhi, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself cleaned the road. It was performed in remembrance of Mahatma Gandhi’s words. It is India’s biggest ever cleanliness drive and 3 million government employees and school and college students of India participated in this event.
5. GiveItUp
Domestic LPG is heavily subsidized by the Government of India and every cylinder that we use in our kitchen carries a substantial subsidy. This translates to a huge annual subsidy burden on the Government.
Modi Government has launched the GiveItUp campaign which is aimed at motivating LPG users who can afford to pay the market price for LPG to voluntarily surrender their LPG subsidy. This money will be used in helping the poor.
6. Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana is National Mission for Financial Inclusion to ensure access to financial services, namely Banking Savings & Deposit Accounts, Remittance, Credit, Insurance, Pension in an affordable manner. This financial inclusion campaign was launched by the Narendra Modi on 28 August 2014. Run by Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance, on the inauguration day, 1.5 Crore (15 million) bank accounts were opened under this scheme. Guinness World Records Certificate says “The most bank accounts opened in 1 week as a part of financial inclusion campaign is 18,096,130 and was achieved by Banks in India from 23 to 29 August 2014”. By 10 February 2016, over 20 crore bank accounts were opened and Rs. 323.78 billion were deposited under the scheme.
7. Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana
This scheme will be linked to the bank accounts opened under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana scheme. Most of these account had zero balance initially. The government aims to reduce the number of such zero balance accounts by using this and related schemes.
Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana is available to people between 18 and 50 years of age with bank accounts. It has an annual premium of ₹330 which is above 14% of the premium. The amount will be automatically debited from the account. In case of death due to any cause, the payment to the nominee will be ₹2 lakh.
8. Digital India
On August 21, 2014, the “Digital India” campaign was launched. The idea is to change India into an electronically empowered economy. According to this programme, the Government of India wants all Government departments and the people of India to connect with each other digitally or electronically, so that there is effective governance. It also aims at reducing paperwork by making all the Government services available to the people electronically. There is also a plan to connect all villages and rural areas through internet networks.
There are three major components of Digital India: Digital infrastructure, digital literacy and digital delivery of services. The Government plans to complete this project in five years. That is, by 2019, the Digital India project is expected to be fully functional.
9. Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana
On October 11, 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana. According to this yojana, each MP will take the responsibility of developing three villages by 2019. The idea is to make India’s villages to be fully developed with physical and institutional infrastructure. There are certain guidelines for this scheme, which has been formulated by the Department of Rural Development. The Prime Minister released the guidelines on October 11, 2014 and requested all MPs to develop one model village by year 2016 in their constituency and two more by 2019.
More Schemes Launched by Modi
10. Atal Pension Yojana
11. One Rank One Pension Scheme
12. Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana
13. Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana
14. MUDRA Bank Yojana
15. Garib Kalyan Yojnaye
16. Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana
17. Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Scheme
18. Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation
19. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
20. DigiLocker: Features, Benefits and Safety
21. eBasta – Features and Benefit for students
22. Seventh Pay Commission
23. Pahal Scheme
24. Jan Dhan Yojana
25. Modi’s Sagar Mala Project
Top Schemes Launched by Narendra Modi
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