List of Important Schemes Launched by the Modi Government

Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana abbr: (SAGY) is a rural development programme that focuses on the development of villages in general, including social development, cultural development, and spreading motivation among the people on social mobilisation of the village community. On the 11th of October 2014, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi started the programme in honour of Jayaprakash Narayan’s birthday. The Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana was established to combine members of parliament from all political parties under one roof, with the goal of strengthening physical and institutional infrastructure in villages and transforming them into model villages. 

Under this scheme, each member of parliament must select one village from their constituency, excluding their own or their in-laws’ villages, and set requirements for it to become a model village by 2019.Then, by the time the next general elections come around in 2019, they can take on two or three additional communities and do the same, and then set themselves ten-year village or rural improvement programmes. 

Smart schools, universal access to basic health facilities, and other services will be provided to villages.

What is Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan?

Atmanirbhar Bharat which translates to self-reliant India,’ is a phrase used and popularised by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Indian government in regard to the country’s economic agenda and progress. Competitive, and robust, as well as policies that promote equity and are self-sustaining and self-generating.

Modi has used the English word in regard to national security, poverty, and digital India since 2014. During the announcement of India’s COVID–19, the ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan,’ or ‘Self-Reliant India Mission,’ was the first widespread mention in Hindi.During India’s independence struggle, there was a push for political self-reliance, or swaraj (defined as self-governance or self-rule). 

Self-reliance was defined by thinkers of the time, such as Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore, not only in terms of a nation, but also in terms of the individual. This encompassed an individual’s discipline as well as societal values. Tagore had a part in bringing India closer to educational self-sufficiency by founding educational facilities such as the Visva-Bharati University.

1. S. Swaminathan notes that as a young man in the 1930s, he, like his peers, “The ideal of a free and self-sufficient India was shared by both young and old. Our objectives were purna swaraj (complete freedom) and swadeshi (self-reliance).

Define Pradhan Mantri SVANidhi Scheme 

The PM SVANidhi Scheme was established to provide loans of up to INR 10,000 to street vendors across India who had been affected by the Covid-19 outbreak and were in a severe financial crisis. The loan, which has a 12-month repayment period, is part of the Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative.

The number of people applying for loans under this plan was approximately 20.65 lakhs in June, totaling INR 2,045 crores, but it has now risen to around 24.48 lakhs, totaling INR 2,426.47 crores. According to data, the majority of applicants (about 44 percent) were fruit and vegetable merchants. A parliamentary panel recommends that loan credit under the PM SVANidhi plan be converted into cash grants. 

The Pradhan Mantri Street Vendors Atma Nirbhar Nidhi Scheme was created to help street vendors.The Pradhan Mantri Street Sellers Atma Nirbhar Nidhi Scheme was launched in June 2020 to help street vendors in metropolitan areas get working capital loans if their companies and daily revenue were impacted by the pandemic. The loan serves as a means of recovery following the epidemic, ensuring that these suppliers do not lose their jobs.

What is Samarth Scheme?

This programme was created by the government to turn the unskilled labour force into a skilled workforce that could work in a variety of industries. Knitting, processing, garments, and other unorganised sectors such as handloom, carpet, jute, silk, and many others fall into this category.

The Samarth Scheme seeks to train 10 lakh young people over a three-year period (2017-2018 and 2019-2020).

The Samarth Scheme intends to provide 10 lakh young people with market-responsive and job-oriented National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF) relevant upskilling programmes (9 lakh in organised sector and 1 lakh in the unorganised sector).

The government hopes to augment and incentivize the effort in this way.

This programme aims to foster skill development in traditional industries like hand looms and jute. Samarth Scheme aims to establish a sustainable livelihood for all sections of India by giving wages or possibilities for self-employment. In 18 states, the Samarth Scheme is in existence. With at least 80% of assessment, this plan will follow the Aadhaar Enabled Biometric Attendance System. Trainees will get skill development training from persons who have received Training of Trainers (ToT) accreditation from RSA/SSCs under this initiative.

Conclusion

On the 11th of October 2014, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi started the programme in honour of Jayaprakash Narayan’s birthday. The Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana was established to combine members of parliament from all political parties under one roof, with the goal of strengthening physical and institutional infrastructure in villages and transforming them into model villages. Atmanirbhar Bharat which translates to self-reliant India,’ is a phrase used and popularised by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Indian government in regard to the country’s economic agenda and progress competitive, and robust, as well as policies that promote equity and are self-sustaining and self-generating. During the announcement of India’s COVID-19, the ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan,’ or ‘Self-Reliant India Mission,’ was the first widespread mention in Hindi. Self-reliance was defined by thinkers of the time, such as Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore, not only in terms of a nation, but also in terms of the individual.