Social Welfare Schemes

Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) – 1985

Provides financial assistance to rural poor for constructing their houses themselves

Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) – 1975 October 2

Tackle malnutrition and health problems in children below 6 years of age and their mothers

Integrated Rural Development Program (IRDP) -1978

Self-employment program to raise the income-generation capacity of target groups among the poor

Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) – 2005

One-time cash incentive to pregnant women for institutional/home births through skilled assistance

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act(MGNREGA)

Legal guarantee for one hundred days of employment in every financial year to adult members of any rural household willing to do public work-related unskilled manual work at the statutory minimum wage of Rs. 120 per day in 2009 prices.

Midday Meal Scheme

Lunch (free of cost) to school-children on all working days

Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY) - 2010 July 23

Integrated development of Schedule Caste majority villages in four states

Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) – 2000 December 25

Good all-weather road connectivity to unconnected villages

Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (SGRY) – 2001 September 25

Providing additional wage employment and food security, alongside creation of durable community assets in rural areas

Swarnajayanti Gram Sarozgar Yojana(SGSY) - 1999 April 1

Bring the assisted poor families above the poverty line by organising them into Self Help Groups (SHGs) through the process of social mobilisation, their training and capacity building and provision of income generating assets through a mix of bank credit and government subsidy

National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) – 2011 June

This scheme will organize rural poor into SHG groups and make them capable for self-employment. The idea is to develop better livelihood options for the poor