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.
