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Government Schemes Compilation for UPSC 2020 - Prelims 2020 Current Affairs Yearly Compilation - Programme & Policies 

Every year the Central Government or the State Governments introduce various schemes and initiatives for welfare, growth and development of various sections of the society which are both important for the UPSC Prelims as well as the Mains Examination.  On analyzing previous year Prelims Question Papers we identify that every year one or two questions have been asked from this section.

The questions in the exam are majorly focused on the areas such as the Purpose of the scheme, Objective/Aim, Targets of the schemes, Target groups of the schemes and the Features of the Scheme. To help the students to answers these questions and to help identify which schemes are relevant for the Examination the GS SCORE brings out the Target PT Yearly Compilation of Programmes and Policies. This compilation consists of programmes and policies launched by the Government under various Ministries for the past one and a half years that are relevant for the examination.

How to know whether the Government scheme for UPSC 2020 is relevant or not?

• If new scheme has been launched
• Any changes in the existing schemes
• Anniversary of the schemes
• Schemes in the news (Issues and design of the Schemes)

The revision through GS SCORE’s Target PT Yearly Compilation of Current Affairs 2020 will ensure the effective utilization of your crucial time and maximize your score in UPSC preliminary examination by providing one point solution to your current affairs need.

Government Schemes in India:

Government Schemes in India are launched by the government with the purpose of addressing the social and economic welfare of the citizens of this nation.

These Government schemes play a crucial role in solving many socio-economic problems that beset Indian society and thus their awareness is a must for any concerned citizen.

List of Important schemes launched by Government Schemes:

1. POLICIES ................................. 01-08
 Draft National Child Protection Policy ...............1
 National Electronics Policy 2019 ...........................2
 National Mineral Policy 2019 .................................2
 National Policy on Software ..................................3
Products – 2019
 National Education Policy .......................................4
 National Logistics Policy ..........................................5
 Steel Scrap Recycling Policy ...................................6
 National Steel Policy, 2017 ......................................6
 National Health Policy, 2017 ..................................7
2. E- GOVERNANCE INITIATIVES .... 09-18
 Parivesh ..........................................................................9
 PRAGATI .......................................................................10
 PRAKASH Portal ........................................................10
 ICEDASH & ATITHI ...................................................11
 eBkray - Online auction platform for ..............12
assets attached by banks
 Centralized Access Control System ..................12
(CACS) & Training Module of e-BCAS
 ‘Build for Digital India’ programme ...................13
 Indian Ports Association launches ‘PCS 1x’ ....13
 Operation Digital Board .........................................14
 National Knowledge Network (NKN) ................14
 National Digital Health Blueprint 2019 ............15
 e-Governance Initiatives for ST Welfare .........16
Schemes
 Womaniya on GeM ..................................................16
 One Nation One FASTag: Govt’s RFID .............17
Solution for Digital Payment of Highway Toll
 ‘goAML’- New Anti-Money Laundering ..........18
Platformby UAE
3. FINANCE & BANKING ............... 19-24
SCHEMES & INITIATIVES
 Utkarsh 2022 ..............................................................19
 BHIM 2.0 ......................................................................19
 Gold Monetization Scheme ..................................21
 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) ............21
 Mahila Samridhi Yojana (MSY) ............................22
 DIGITAL PAYMENTS - Trends, Issues and .......23
Opportunities in India
 Sabka Vishwas-Legacy Dispute Resolution ....23
Scheme, 2019
 Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme, 2020 .........................23
4. EDUCATION SCHEMES .................. 25
& INITIATIVES
 Paramarsh ....................................................................25
 Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta .....25
Abhiyan (PMGDISHA)
 All India Survey on Higher Education .............27
(AISHE)
 School Education Quality Index (SEQI) ............27
 Performance Grading Index (PGI) .....................28
 Programme for International Students ...........29
Assessment (PISA) 2021
 Scheme for Higher Education Youth in ..........29
Apprenticeship and Skills (SHREYAS)
5. HEALTH & FOOD SECURITY ....... 31-51
SCHEMES & INITIATIVES
 FEMALE HEALTH & HYGIENE ..............................31
PROGRAMMES - Khushi & Ujjawala .....................
Sanitary Napkin Initiatives
 Certifi ed Open Defecation Free .........................32
protocol (ODF ++) under SBM
 Menstrual Hygiene Scheme .................................33
 Measles Rubella Vaccination ................................33
 National Girl Child Day ...........................................34
 Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana .........35
(PMMVY)
 Important initiatives under Ministry ................36
of Drinking Water and Sanitation
 Swachh Survekshan Programme ........................37
 Swachh Survekshan Leauge 2020 ......................37
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 Darwaza Band -Part 2 .............................................37
 Global Fund for AIDS, Malaria and ...................38
Tuberculosis
 Global Infl uenza Strategy for 2019-2030 ........38
 Poshan Abhiyaan - Eat Right Campaign ..........39
 National Nutrition Survey .....................................40
 UMMID initiative .......................................................41
 Ayushman Bharat Scheme ....................................41
 Ayushman Bharat -Pradhan Mantri ..................42
Jan Arogya Yojana
 AYUSH System ...........................................................43
 Mapping of Child Care Institutions Report ....43
 One Nation One Ration Card Scheme .............44
 National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA) .......45
 Universal Public Distribution System (PDS) ....45
 Food and Nutrition Security Analysis, .............46
India, 2019
 State of Food Security and Nutrition ...............47
in the World 2019 report
 Bharatiya Poshan Krishi Kosh ...............................47
 Food Fortifi cation .....................................................48
 National Blindness and Visual ............................49
Impairment Survey
 SAANS aims to reduce child mortality ............50
due to Pneumonia
 Accessible India Campaign (Sugamya ............50
Bharat Abhiyan)
6. SOCIAL SECURITY, .................... 52-59
POVERTY ELIMINATION, ...................
EMPLOYMENT GENERATION ............
& SKILL DEVELOPMENT
 Second Delta Ranking of the Aspirational ....52
Districts Programme
 SDG India Index 2019 .............................................52
 Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-dhan .......53
(PM-SYM)
 SWAYATT and GeM Start-up Runway ...............54
 National Rural Economic Transformation ......54
Project
 Review of Ujjwala Scheme ....................................55
 Women Livelihood Bonds .....................................56
 Atal Innovation Mission .........................................56
 Atal Community Innovation Centre .................57
(ACIC) Program
 Atal Bimit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana(ABVKY) ..........57
 National Pension Scheme for Traders .............58
and Self Employed Persons
 Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana ..............59
(PMAGY)
 Targeted PMKVY and Skills Framework ...........59
7. AGRICULTURE, FARMER ........... 60-71
WELFARE & RURAL DEVELOPMENT
 PM – KISAN scheme ................................................60
 Agri-Market Infrastructure Fund (AMIF) ..........61
 ‘Soil Health Card’ ......................................................61
 Kisan Credit Card ......................................................62
 Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana .....63
(PM-KMY)
 Kisan Urja Suraksha Evam Utthaan ...................64
Mahabhiyan (KUSUM) Scheme
 ‘Meri Fasal Mera Byora’ ..........................................65
 Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) ...............66
 Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana ............66
 Odisha’s KALIA scheme ..........................................67
 Khadi Gramodyog Vikas Yojana ..........................67
 Kaleshwaram Project ...............................................68
 Jal Jeevan Mission ....................................................68
 Atal Bhujal Yojana - A scheme for ....................69
groundwater
 Comprehensive Water Management Index ...70
(CWMI) 2019, Second-edition
 Jal Shakti Abhiyan ....................................................70
 Watershed Management Programmes ...........71
in India
8. INDUSTRY, TRADE & .................. 72-77
COMMERCE SCHEMES ......................
& INITIATIVES
 SPICe+ web form ......................................................72
 National Entrepreneurship Awards 2018 ........72
 Sabka Vishwas Scheme ..........................................73
 New FDI guidelines for the e-commerce ........74
 The Industrial Relations Code, 2019 ..................75
 MoU between Competition Commission ......76
of India and Government e-Marketplace ...........
(GeM)
 ENSURE Portal ...........................................................76
9. INFRASTRUCTURE SCHEMES ...... 78-89
& INITIATIVES
 National Infrastructure Pipeline ..........................78
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 Street Lighting National Programme ................79
 Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) ..............79
Programme
 Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin .............80
(PMAY-G)
 Global Housing Technology Challenge ............82
 Grid Connected Rooftop Solar Programme ...82
 Star Labelling Programmes...................................83
 UNNATEE (Strategy Document) ..........................84
 Flood Management and Border Areas ............84
Programme (FMBAP)
 National Mission on Transformative ................85
Mobility and Battery Storage
 Real Estate Investment Trust ................................86
 FAME India Scheme .................................................87
 Delhi Government’s Draft Electric .....................88
Vehicle Policy
 City Momentum Index ............................................88
10. SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY .........90-100
& DEFENCE
 107th Indian Science Congress .............................90
 UNNATI .........................................................................91
 National Supercomputing Mission ....................92
 National Mission on Quantum ...........................92
Technologies & Applications (NM-QTA)
 Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) .....93
 Defence India Start-Up Challenge .....................94
 Mission SHAKTI – Growing Stature of .............94
India’s Space Programme
 ‘Project NETRA (Network for space object ....95
Tracking and Analysis)’
 Project 75 India .........................................................95
 National Mission on Transformative ................96
Mobility and Battery Storage
 Samudrayaan Project ..............................................97
 SATHI .............................................................................97
 HOG Technology in Railways ...............................98
 AIM-SIRIUS Deep Technology Learning,
Innovation Programme ..........................................98
 Wifi Access Network Interface (WANI) .............99
 Maritime Information Sharing Workshop .......99
 Govt to Host Artifi cial Intelligence ................100
Summit ‘RAISE 2020’
11. ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY .. 101-119
SCHEMES & INITIATIVES
 Green India Mission ..............................................101
 Sixth National Report (NR6) on ......................102
Biological Diversity
 International Solar Alliance (ISA) .....................103
 New Agri Project- “Green Ag.” ..........................104
 National Clean Air Programme ........................105
 Air Quality Index ....................................................105
 SAFAR .........................................................................106
 Global Environment Facility’s Small ...............106
Grants Programme
 Green Credit Scheme ...........................................107
 India-Norway Marine Pollution Initiative .....107
 Repurpose Used Cooking Oil (RUCO) ...........109
initiative
 Super-Effi cient Air Conditioning .....................109
Programme
 Pradhan Mantri Jl-VAN Yojana .........................110
 SATAT Initiative .......................................................111
 India Cooling Action Programme ...................112
 Bharat Stage IV (BS-IV) cars...............................112
 Global Carbon Project Report ..........................113
 Certifi cation Standard for Sustainable .........114
Forest Management (SFM)
 National Green Corps ‘Eco Club’ ....................115
Programme
 National Mission of Clean Ganga ..................116
(NMCG)
 Jalyukta Shivar ........................................................116
 Forest-PLUS 2.0 .....................................................117
 Reducing Emissionsfrom Deforestation ........117
and Forest Degradation (REDD+) .........................
Himalayan programme
 Swachh-Nirmal Tat Abhiyaan ............................118
 Alliance to End Plastic Waste ............................118
 Miyawaki Method of Afforestation .................118
 Flood Management and Border Areas .........119

List of Important schemes launched by India Government:

India Government has launched many new schemes for the development of the country and the residents.

They are:

• PM-KISAN (Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi) Scheme
• Pradhan Mantri Kisan Pension Yojana
• PM Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY)
• Mega Pension Scheme
• New Jal Shakti Ministry
• Jan Dhan Yojana
• Skill India Mission
• Make in India
• Swachh Bharat Mission
• Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana
• Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-Dhan (PM-SYM)
• Beti Bachao Beti Padhao
• Hridaya Plan
• PM Mudra Yojna
• Ujala Yojna
• Atal Pension Yojana
• Prime Minister Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana
• Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana
• AMRUT Plan
• Digital India Mission
• Gold Monetization Scheme
• UDAY
• Start-up India
• Setu Bhartam Yojana
• Stand Up India
• Prime Minister Ujjwala Plan
• National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG)
• Atal Bhujal Yojana (ABY)
• Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situation (PM CARES)
• Aarogya Setu
• Ayushman Bharat