Other Major Schemes

• Provides financial assistance to students belonging to backward classes and weaker sections for higher education.
• Aimed at reducing dropout due to financial constraints among disadvantaged student groups.

• Provides special training and financial assistance to women to help them manage a work-based (insurance-linked) programme.
• Aimed at women's economic empowerment through skill-linked livelihood support.

• Free electricity scheme for one crore families through installation of rooftop solar panels.
• Part of India's clean/renewable energy and household savings push.

• Aims at improvement in the social and economic status of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs).

Full Form: PM Programme for Restoration, Awareness, Nourishment and Amelioration of Mother Earth

• Encourages balanced use of chemical fertilisers along with organic and bio-fertilisers.
• Aims to reduce over-dependence on chemical fertiliser subsidy and promote sustainable farming.

• Focuses on all-round development of tribal villages.

Full Form: Scheme for Residential Education for Students in High Schools in Targeted Areas

• Provides quality residential education from Class 9 to 12 to meritorious students of the SC community in targeted areas.

Full Form: Support for Marginalised Individuals for Livelihood and Enterprise

• Aims to create an inclusive society for transgenders, beggars, and other marginalised individuals so they can participate in the mainstream and live a dignified life.

• Enables ration card holders to get food grains at a reduced price from any government ration shop anywhere in the country.
• Ensures portability of food security benefits, especially for migrant workers.

• Provides simple term insurance of ₹2 lakh to the poor.
• Gives financial assistance to the family in case of the insured person's death (including accidental death).

• Encourages parents to save for the future of their daughters — covering education and marriage expenses.
• Small savings scheme offering a high, government-backed interest rate exclusively for the girl child.

• Allows youth ("Agniveers") to serve in the armed forces for a 4-year tenure.

• Provides skill training to youth to improve employability and productivity.

Full Form: Upgrading the Skills and Training in Traditional Arts / Crafts for Development

• Recognises and upgrades the talent of artisans, sculptors, and traditional artists.

Also known as: Atal New Pravartana Mission

• Promotes innovation through Atal Tinkering Labs in schools and Incubation Centres in universities.

Full Form: PM Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthan Mahabhiyan

• Provides financial support to farmers for setting up solar pumps.

Full Form: Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas

• Provides a unified residential property ownership solution (property cards) for rural India using drone technology.

• Aims to provide clean drinking water and piped water connections (Har Ghar Jal) to all households by 2024.

• National Master Plan to develop basic infrastructure and promote integrated, multi-modal economic development.

• New name given to the Mid-Day Meal Scheme.
• Provides one-time cooked meal to all children studying in government and government-aided schools.

• Aims to reduce maternal, infant, and child mortality by ensuring free and dignified quality healthcare.

Full Form: Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik

• Provides convenient and affordable air travel connectivity from/to smaller cities.

• Aims to build bridges on national highways to ensure safe and smooth (railway-crossing-free) travel.