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GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND SCHEMES - March 2023

Mar 2023

Sep 16, 2023

Cabinet Approves the Expansion of Ujjwala Yojana

The Union Cabinet approved the expansion of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) in order to add 75 lakh poor households to the scheme's beneficiary base over three years at an estimated cost of Rs. 1,650 crore. The nod to PMUY expansion and the scheme of release of grant to public sector oil marketing companies (OMCs) for the same followed the government's August 29 announcement of slashing cooking gas prices for all domestic consumers by Rs. 200 per cylinder and expanding the beneficiary base of PMUY to 10.35 crore from 9.60 crore at present.
The price cut and expansion of PMUY, which came ahead of Assembly elections in five states later this year and the Lok Sabha elections next year, was described by the government as its gift to the people on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan and Onam.
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) was launched by Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on May 1, 2016 to distribute 50 million LPG connections to women of Below Poverty Line (BPL) families.

Sep 15, 2023

TN Govt. Launched Scheme Granting Monthly Aid to Women

Tamil Nadu government launched a monthly financial assistance scheme for women heads of family in the view of the birth anniversary of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) founder CN Annadurai.
In a first-of-its-kind initiative, the eligible women heads of a family will receive Rs. 1,000 per month directly to their bank accounts under the Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thittam or Kalaignar Women Entitlement Scheme.
A sum of Rs. 7,000 crore was set aside for the scheme in the state budget that was presented this year (2023), making it the highest spending social welfare scheme for the Tamil Nadu government.
According to the state government, they received 1.63 crore applications for the scheme and after verification, 1.06 crore women were shortlisted based on the alibility criteria.
Eligibility Criteria:
Only women aged 21 (born before September 15, 2002) and above are eligible to apply for the scheme.
Her family income should be below Rs. 2.5 lakh per annum.
The beneficiary's family must not own above 5 acres of wet land or 10 acres of dry land.
The woman's annual household electricity consumption must not exceed 3600 units.

Sep 14, 2023

MP Cabinet Approves Mob Lynching Victim Compensation Scheme 2023

The Madhya Pradesh government approved a scheme to provide compensation to victims of mob lynching.
The Cabinet, which was chaired by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, also approved change of name of a housing scheme.
In accordance with Supreme Court directives to the states, the Madhya Pradesh Cabinet approved MP Mob Lynching Victim Compensation Scheme 2023.
Under this scheme, mob lynching has been specified as killing of any person or persons by a group of five or more persons on grounds of religion, caste, sex, place of birth, language, food habits, sexual orientation, political affiliation, ethnicity or other such ground or grounds.
Notably, a compensation of Rs. 10 lakh will be provided to the kin of the deceased. Furthermore, there will be provisions for compensations ranging from Rs. 4 to Rs. 6 lakh for the injured in such incidents. These compensations will encompass all instances of mob lynching, irrespective of the motivations behind the attack, including those driven by factors such as religion, caste, language, or any other reason.

Sep 13, 2023

Ayushman Bhava to Ensure Delivery of Health Schemes

'Ayushman Bhava' a campaign to ensure optimum delivery of health schemes to every intended beneficiary, including those in the last mile, was launched by the President of India.
Ayushman Bhava is an umbrella campaign comprising Ayushman Apke Dwar 3.0 which is aimed at creation and distribution of Ayushman cards to all remaining eligible beneficiaries; Ayushman Mela as part of which weekly health melas will be held at the level of AB-HWCs and Community Health Centres (CHCs) and Ayushman Sabha, a village/ward level sabha to be held to enhance awareness about various health care schemes and services.
With the successful implementation of all the above initiatives, the campaign will eventually ensure gram/nagar panchayat to attain the status of 'Ayushman Gram Panchayat' or 'Ayushman Ward' with saturation of selected health indicators.

Sep 08, 2023

Rural Development Minister Giriraj Singh Chairs Conclave on 'Lakhpati Didi' Scheme

Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister Giriraj Singh chaired a national conclave on enabling two crore Lakhpati Didi's, who earn sustainable income of at least one lakh rupees per annum. The conclave was organised by Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana- National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) in New Delhi.
Singh stressed adopting a whole of government approach for maximum impact through convergence to transform the rural economy with the enabling of Lakhpati Didis. He added that DAY-NRLM, the flagship poverty alleviation programme of the Central government is the world's largest initiative to improve the livelihoods of the poor.

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