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Social Security Schemes for Farmers:
NREGA 2005:
- National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 was initiated with the objective of “enhancing livelihood security in rural areas by providing at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year, to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work”.
- In 2009 an amendment was made to the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005, to change the nomenclature of the Act from NREGA to MGNREGA.
Deendyaal Antyaoday Yojana
- Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihood Mission (DAY-NRLM) is a new name given to Aajeevika – NRLM in November 2015.
- The initiative to move towards a demand-driven strategy enabling the states to formulate their own livelihoods-based poverty reduction action plan is at the core of the mission.
Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana (MKSP):
- The “Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana” (MKSP) is a sub component of the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-NRLM (DAY-NRLM)
- It aims at improving the capacities of women in agriculture to access the resources of other institutions and schemes with a convergence framework.
National Social Assistance programme
- The National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) is a welfare programme being administered by the Ministry of Rural Development.
- It provides assistance to elderly people, widows, disabled people, and bereaved families when the primary breadwinner in a household falls below the poverty line.
PM KISAN:
- Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) is a central sector scheme under the government of India which provides income support to the farmers and their families.
- This scheme was introduced to augment the source of income of many small and marginal farmers.
Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana (PM-KMY):
- PM-KMY Scheme in India is a central sector scheme for farmers aged between 18 to 40 years.
- LIC is the Pension Fund Manager for PM Kisan Maan-Dhan Yojana which provides an assured monthly pension of Rs. 3000/- to all the small and marginal farmers (who own cultivable land up to 2 hectares) after the age of 60 years.
Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)
- PMFBY is the flagship scheme of the government for agricultural insurance in India in line with the One Nation-One Scheme theme.
- To address the challenges in the implementation of the crop insurance scheme, the Union Cabinet has approved revamping the PMFBY and bringing modifications to its existing provisions.