Schemes launched by the BJP Government - A step towards Empowering India!!

            The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi who became the face of the Indian Politics, has not only proved his political skills, but also by his great works, won the hearts of millions around the world in very short span of time. He has been known for his great initiatives taken as a Prime Minister towards the growth of the nation. 

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Let’s learn about few of those initiatives/schemes –

Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana was launched on August 15^th 2014 to ensure access to the financial services, namely Banking Savings & Deposit Accounts, Remittance, Credit, Insurance, and Pension in an affordable manner. Under this scheme more than 15 crore bank accounts were opened.

Make in India initiative was launched on September 25^th 2014 to encourage national as well as multi-national companies, to manufacture their products in India. After this initiative has been launched, India has received more than US $63 billion as Foreign Direct Investment in 2015. This initiative has focused on more than twenty sectors; few of them are Automobiles, Leather, Mining, Railways, Information Technology, and Wellness etc.

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan was officially launched on October 2^nd 2014, which is also known as Clean India Movement. This is the largest drive of India with three million government employees, along with students of schools and colleges all over the country. Target is to achieve Open-Defecation Free India by October 2^nd 2019.

Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana was launched on January 22^nd 2015 as an extended version of ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ campaign. This scheme is backed by Government of India and targeted towards the parents of the girl children. This saving scheme helps parents to build a corpus for the future education and marriage expenses of the girl child.

Suraksha Bima Yojana was launched on May 9^th 2015 by concerning over the fact that only 20% of country’s population has any kind of insurance. This scheme is backed by the Government of India. This scheme will certainly help people under poverty to get insurance cover.

 Digital India was launched on July 1^st 2015 by the Government of India to make sure the citizens of the country can access Government services via electronic mode, by improved online infrastructure and make the country digitally empowered in the field of technology. Its main focus is to connect the rural India with high-speed internet connectivity.

Start up India scheme was launched on January 16^th 2016, almost 13 months ago, with the motive to promote bank financing for various start-ups to boost entrepreneurship and motivate startups with jobs creation. This scheme is also aimed at promoting the entrepreneurship among the rural areas, SC/STs, and women communities.

Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana was launched on July 16^th 2015, it is also known as Skill Development initiative scheme. This scheme is important for the recognition and standardization of the skills. More than US $1.8 billion has been approved for this project by the cabinet.

BHIM App was launched on December 30^th 2016 and has been named after Bhim Rao Ambedkar to facilitate electronic Payments directly through banks. It has been great effort towards making less cash economy. Twelve digit Aadhaar can also be listed as payment ID on the BHIM app.

Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awas Yojana was launched to promote the housing for the rural poor people in the country. Previously similar scheme was launched in 2015 to the urban poor people under ‘Housing for All by 2022’.

Disclaimer – 
Not all schemes are included in this article.
Facts/figures/dates are taken from Wikipedia. 
Logos are taken from various government /and other websites.

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