WELFARE PROGRAMMES AND SCHEMES
Indian state is a welfare state, which takes steps to do away the human sufferings and provides an infrastructure that is conducive to development. The Indian government, since Independence, has been launching various multi-dimensional social welfare Programmes.
Rural Development Schemes
Rural development schemes are as follows
Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA)
PMGDISHA was launched on 8th October, 2017. It aims at imparting digital literacy to citizens in rural areas free of cost. It aims to provide access to information, knowledge, education and healthcare. It will create avenues for livelihood generation and financial inclusion through digital payments and help bridge the digital divide.
Deendayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana
This scheme is designed to provide continuous power supply to the entire rural India. It is one of the flagship schemes of the power ministry and will facilitate 24x7 supply of electricity. This scheme will replace Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) but features of RGGVY have been subsumed in this scheme. Major component of this scheme includes separation of agriculture and non-agriculture feeders facilitating judicious supply of electricity to consumers in rural areas.
Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana
It is a rural development and cleanliness programme broadly focusing upon the development in the villages, which includes social development, cultural development and spread motivation among the people on social mobilization of the village community.
The goal is to develop three Adarsh Grams by March 2019, of which one would be achieved by 2016. Thereafter, five such Adarsh Grams (one per year) will be selected and developed by 2024.
MGNREGA
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) Was enacted in 2005. It was implemented in three phases, starting with 200 districts on 2nd February, 2006 to cover the whole country by 2008.
On 2nd October, 2009, it was renamed as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Act (MGNREGA) India’s rural employment guarantee programme MGNREGA has been ranked as the world’s largest public work programme.
The features of MGNREGA are as follows
It seeks to provide at least 100 days (150 days for tribals) of guaranteed wage employment in one financial year to at least one adult member of every rural household who volunteers to do unskilled manual work.
At least 33% of the beneficiaries are women.
Originally, it promised a wage rate of Rs.100 per day. From January, 2011, wages have been linked to increase with Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labour (CPI-AL) for each state.
It provides a time bound employment guarantee and wage payment within 15 days.
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