Government of India's Welfare and Employment Generation Programs

Anti-Poverty and Employment Generation Programs Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY)

Started on April 1, 1999. It has replaced the

1.Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP) : Started in 1978 – 1979.

2.Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas (DWCRA) : Started in 1978 – 1979.

3.Ganga Kalyan Yojana (GKY) : Started in 1997.

4.Million Wells Scheme (MWS) : Started in 1989.

5 Supply of Improved Tool – kits to Rural Artisans (SITRA) : Started in 1992.

The plan takes into account all the strengths and weaknesses of the earlier self employment programs.

It aims at establishing a large number of micro – enterprises in the rural areas.

Every assisted family will be brought above the poverty line. It is proposed to cover 30% of the rural poor in each block.

To target at least 50% Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, 40% Women and 3% disabled.

Shared 75 : 25 by Centre and States.

Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana (PMGY)

It was introduced in 2000 – 2001 with the objective of focusing on village level development in five critical areas, i.e., Primary Health, Primary Education, Housing, Rural Roads and Drinking Water and Nutrition with the overall objective of improving the quality of life of people in rural areas. Rural electrification was added as an additional component from 2001 – 2002.

It has the following components.

Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)

It was launched on December 25, 2000 with the objective of providing road connectivity through good all weather roads to all rural habitations with a population of more than 1000 persons by the Year 2003 and those with a population of more than 500 persons by the Year 2007.

Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana (Gramin Awas)

Launched on April 1, 2000. Based on the pattern of Indira Awas Yojana, the scheme is being implemented in the rural areas throughout the country with the objective of sustainable habitat development.

Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana (Rural Drinking Water Project).

National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme(NREGS)

It was launched on February 2, 2006. The on – going programs of Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (SGRY) and National Food for Work Programme (NFFWP) were subsumed within the NREGS in the 200 districts identified in the initial stage. All the districts in the country are covered under the scheme now. The features of the scheme are :

State Government to provide at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in every financial Year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.

Until such time as a wage rate is fixed by the Central Government, the minimum wage for agricultural laborers shall be applicable for the scheme.

An applicant not provided employment within fifteen days, to be entitled to a daily unemployment allowance as specified by the State Government subject to its economic capacity, provided such rate is not less than quarter of the wage rate for the first thirty days during the financial Year and not less than a half of the wage rate for the remaining period of the financial Year.

Sampoorna Gramin Rozgar Yojana (SGRY)

It was started on September 25, 2001, with the mergence of the Employment Assurance Scheme (EAS) and the Jawahar Gram Samriddhi Yojana (JGSY). Earlier Jawahar Rozgar Yojana, which started in 1989, was merged with Jawahar Gram Samriddhi Yojana.

This scheme has been subsumed in National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.

Bharat Nirman Yojana

Accepting the policy ‘a step towards village’, Union Government launched a new scheme, named ‘Bharat Nirman Yojana’ on December 16, 2005. This scheme aims at developing rural infrastructure. The duration of implementing this scheme has been determined for four Years with the expected expenditure of 1,74,000 crore. The major six sectors and their targets for next four Years are :

Irrigation: To ensure irrigation for additional one crore hectare of land by 2009.

Roads: To link all villages of 1,000 populations with roads and also to link all ST and hilly villages up to 500 populations with roads.

Housing: Construction of 60 lakh additional houses for the poor.

Water Supply: To ensure drinking water to all remaining 74,000 villages.

Electrification: To supply electricity to all remaining 1, 25,000 villages and to provide electricity connection to 2.3 crore houses.

Rural Communication: To provide telephone facility to all remaining 66,822 villages.

Swarnajayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY)

The SJSRY came into operation in December 1997, through a restructuring and streamlining of the earlier urban poverty alleviation programs, the Nehru Rozgar Yojana (NRY), the Urban Basic Services for the Poor (UBSP) and the Prime Ministers Integrated Urban Poverty Alleviation Programme (PMIUPEP).

It seeks to provide employment to the urban employed or underemployed living below poverty line and educate up to IX standard through encouraging the setting up of self – employment ventures or provision of wage employment.

It is funded by the Centre and States on 75 : 25 bases.

Antyodaya Anna Yojana

Launched on December 25, 2000, the scheme aims at providing food security to poor families.

The Scheme contemplates identification of 10 million poorest of the poor families and providing them with 35 kg of food grains per family per month at a low price of  2 per kg of wheat and  3 per kg for rice.

Annapurna Yojana

Inaugurated on March 19, 1999.

Initially the scheme provided 10 kg food grains to senior citizens who were eligible f0r old age pension but could not get it due to one reason or the other. Later on, it was extended to cover those people also who get old age pensions.

Food grains are provided to the beneficiaries at subsidized rates of  2 per kg of wheat and  3 per kg of rice.

Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojana (PMRY)

The scheme was launched on October 2, 1993 and initially was in operation in Urban areas From April 1, 1994, the scheme is being implemented throughout the country.

Under this scheme every selected educated unemployed youth in the age group of 18 – 35 Years and having family income below  40,000 is provided a loan of up to  1 lakh for opening his own enterprise and  2 lakhs for other activities.

Projects involving two or more than two partners may be given a loan up to  10 lakhs. Under this scheme, 15% of the total project cost (maximum  15,000) is given to the beneficiary as subsidy. 5% of equity is to be invested by the beneficiary himself and the remaining cost of the project is financed by the concerned bank.

The entrepreneurs of these tiny units are provided adequate training and also given assistance of raw material and marketing, if required.

Micro – enterprises from commercial sector should not comprise more than 30 percent. This scheme is being administered by Union Industry Ministry. SC/ST and other backward classes have been given reservation of 22.5% and 27% respectively.

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

The Scheme of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) was launched in 2001. The goals of SSA are as follows :

All 6 – 14 age children in School / Education Guarantee Scheme Centre / bridge course by 2003.

All 6 – 14 age children complete five Year primary education by 2007.

All 6 – 14 age children complete eight Years of schooling by 2010.

Focus on elementary education of satisfactory quality with emphasis on education for life.

Bridge all gender and social category gaps at primary stage by 2007 and at elementary education level by 2010.

Universal retention by 2010.

The assistance under the program of SSA was on a 85:15 sharing arrangement during the Ninth Plan, 75:25 sharing arrangement during the Tenth Plan, and 50:50 sharing thereafter between the Central Government and State Government.

SSA addresses the needs of 194 million children in the age group of 6 – 14 Years. Under the scheme, 9.72 lakh existing primary and upper primary schools and 36.95 lakh existing teachers have been covered

Anti-Poverty and Employment Generation Programs Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY)

Started on April 1, 1999. It has replaced the

1.Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP) : Started in 1978 – 1979.

2.Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas (DWCRA) : Started in 1978 – 1979.

3.Ganga Kalyan Yojana (GKY) : Started in 1997.

4.Million Wells Scheme (MWS) : Started in 1989.

5 Supply of Improved Tool – kits to Rural Artisans (SITRA) : Started in 1992.

The plan takes into account all the strengths and weaknesses of the earlier self employment programs.

It aims at establishing a large number of micro – enterprises in the rural areas.

Every assisted family will be brought above the poverty line. It is proposed to cover 30% of the rural poor in each block.

To target at least 50% Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, 40% Women and 3% disabled.

Shared 75 : 25 by Centre and States.

Jharkhand Government failed to provide Employment in State

Jharkhand was separate from the Bihar with the spark of expectation that the state will able to grow and reached to the prosperity but all the euphoria was short-lived as the governments in the state was unable to deliver for the people.

Jharkhand has only become a political battleground with incapable and unstable government at Ranchi.

Unemployment in the state surged at record high GSDP is still moving at snail pace while the parent state Bihar who was considered as the place of sand and flood is consecutively reflecting double digit GSDP and showing new color to entire country as per recent data Bihar posted 14.15% growth which is highest among all the states in the country.

Nitish Kumar has changed the fortune of Bihar with his policy and governance he derived his vision to provide employment to educated youth of the state by filling the vacant post of the government office and created several additional positions in the state that contributed in the growth and development for the Bihar.

Jharkhand on the other hand gripped with corruption and misgovernance particularly since the incorporation of state every single recruitment examination came under the cloud of corruption according to recently published report more than two lakh posts in various department of the state government is vacant but government is unable to recruit on such post.

The prime recruiter Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) has been the centre stage because of the corruption in their appointment process, every recruitment till now is forged by them. JPSC 1st,2nd,examination were investigated by the vigilance department and they found that most of the position were filled by backdoor 3rd civil services examination is also under doubt ,and 4th civil service examination drama is known for everybody, same story has been repeated with appointment of lecturer and other important post.

Similarly the second important recruitment agency Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSSC) dont have proper installation ,Jharkhand Government has appointed Ex DGP Niyaj Ahmad as a chairman of the JSSC he joined the organization and tried hard to make it functional by asking government to send the vacancy to the commission but government didn’t responded his request so after waiting some time he resigned from the post.

Recently concluded teacher Recruitment examination and sub inspector recruitment examination is also gripped with corruption charges.

Corruption in recruitment is normal story in Jharkhand, most surprisingly the exam taking agencies are so inefficient that they consistently committing technical and functional errors like wrong question setting, wrong model answer and errors in result publication without looking after the fundamental regulation.

Unemployment is the core issue in the Jharkhand which can solve the basic issue for the people but government is mum over providing the clean and transparent system to recruit the capable candidate for desired post.  

Arvind Kejriwal an Introduction

Arvind Kejriwal was born in Hissar, Haryana in 1968. His father was an engineer and he spent most of his childhood living in small northern Indian towns like Sonepat, Mathura and Hissar.

Kejriwal is a Mechanical Engineer from India's leading technology school IIT Kharagpur worked at Tata Steel and then cleared UPSC civil services examination where he secured IRS (posted at IT Commissioner’s office)

He is an active person over Social canvas of India.He is an important brain behind Right to Information Act and Lok Pal bill

Kejriwal got several Awards that include Various Ashoka Fellow, Civic Engagement.2005: 'Satyendra Dubey Memorial Award', IIT Kanpur for his campaign for bringing transparency in Government,2006: Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership,2006: CNN-IBN, 'Indian of the Year' in Public Service,2009: Distinguished Alumnus Award, IIT Kharagpur for Emergent Leadership,2010: Policy Change Agent of the Year, Economic Times Corporate Excellence Award along with Aruna Roy.

He left his job in IRS to fight against corruption!!

Joined with Anna Hazare to Launched an important movement for Jan Loakpal Bill.

JPSC to Release Fresh Result Based on Correct Answers

Ranchi,Nov,1:Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) is working for making new set of result as per the revised answer key which was prepared by the expert committee constituted by the commission after they found that the Model answer published by them were full of anomaly.

The sources close to the development confirmed that JPSC will released the fresh result for 4th Civil Services preliminary examination by the end of November however as far as number of result is concerned it will be same as it was earlier.

The sources also said that Chairman is ready to increase the result up to 10% of the appearance but it will be done only after when government will order to do so.

Ranchi High Court is going to hear the matter on November 9 so JPSC is also waiting for final verdict to proceed in this matter.

The experts found several error in model answer (Sociology- 30, History -3, Public Administration- 11, Law -10,Geography-8 ,Botany-5, General Studies-7 etc).

Earlier replying to the question asked by chief secretary S.K. Chaudhary JPSC has said to the government that if government wants then they can release more result according to pattern of Bihar which releases 10% of the total appeared student.