Pradhan Mantri Gramoday Yojana
| Name of the Scheme | Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana (PMGY) | |
| Sponsored by | Central Government | |
| Ministry/Department | Community and Rural Development Department. | |
| Description | Housing is a basic requirement for human well-being. Not only do all citizens need shelter, they also require facilities such as drinking water and proper sanitation in their houses. It is towards this end that a new initiative has recently been announced, as part of the Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana (PMGY), in the field of provision of rural shelter, which is focussed to extend benefits to the rural poor. | |
| Beneficiaries | Family,Community, | |
| Benefits | ||
| Benefit Type | Others, | |
| Other Benefits | Housing, Rural Shelter | |
| Validity of the Scheme | ||
| Introduced On | 01 / 01 / 2006 | |
| Valid Upto | 01 / 01 / 2012 | |
Swarnjayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana
The Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY)was launched as an integrated programme for self-employment of the rural poor with effect from 1 April 1999. The objective of the scheme is to bring the assisted poor families above the poverty line by organising them into Self Help Groups (SHGs) through the process of social mobilisation, their training and capacity building and provision of income generating assets through a mix of bank credit and government subsidy. The scheme emphasizes establishment of activity clusters through selection of key activities based on aptitude and skill of the people, availability of resources and market potentiality.
Sampoorn Gramin Rojgar Yojana
The Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (SGRY) was launched on 25 September, 2001 by merging the on-going schemes of EAS and the JGSY with the objective of providing additional wage employment and food security, alongside creation of durable community assets in rural areas. The programme is self-targeting in nature with provisions for special emphasis on women, scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and parents of children withdrawn from hazardous occupations. While preference is given to BPL families for providing wage employment under SGRY, poor families above the poverty line can also be offered employment whenever NREGA has been launched.
Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojana
The critical importance of rural infrastructure in the development of village economy is well known. A number of steps have been initiated by the Central as well as the State Governments for building the rural infrastructure. The public works programme have also contributed significantly in this direction.
Objective:
Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojna (JGSY) is the restructured, streamlined and comprehensive version of the erstwhile Jawahar Rozagar Yojana. Designed to improve the quality of life of the poor, JGSY has been launched on 1st April, 1999. The primary objective of the JGSY is the creation of demand driven community village infrastructure including durable assets at the village level and assets to enable the rural poor to increase the opportunities for sustained employment. The secondary objective is the generation of supplementary employment for the unemployed poor in the rural areas. The wage employment under the programme shall be given to Below Poverty Line(BPL) families.
Scope:
JGSY is implemented entirely at the village Panchayat level. Village Panchayat is the sole authority for preparation of the Annual Plan and its implementation.
Funding:
The programme will be implemented as Centrally Sponsored Scheme on cost sharing basis between the Centre and the State in the ratio of 75:25 respectively.
INDIRA AWAAS YOJAN
With a view to meeting the housing needs of the rural poor, Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) was launched in May 1985 as a sub-scheme of Jawahar Rozgar Yojana. It is being implemented as an independent scheme since 1 January 1996. The Indira Awaas Yojana aims at helping rural people below the poverty-line belonging to SCs/STs, freed bonded labourers and non-SC/ST categories in construction of dwelling units and up gradation of existing unserviceable kutcha houses by providing grant-in-aid. From 1995-96, the IAY benefits have been extended to widows or next-of-kin of defence personnel killed in action. Benefits have also been extended to ex-servicemen and retired members of the paramilitary forces as long as they fulfill the normal eligibility conditions of Indira Awaas Yojana.
