Category 7 · Current Affairs & Government Schemes

Employment and Livelihood Schemes

8 micro topics in Current Affairs & Government Schemes for UPSC Prelims, in book order: Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana (PMRPY); Deendayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY); and 6 more.

1. 7.1

   Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana (PMRPY)

   The Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana (PMRPY) was a Central Sector scheme of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, launched on 1 April 2016 and run through the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO). It encouraged employers…

2. 7.2

   Deendayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY)

   Deendayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) is the placement-linked skilling programme of the Ministry of Rural Development, launched on 25 September 2014, the birth anniversary of Deendayal Upadhyaya. It trains poor rural youth aged 15 to…

3. 7.3

   Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP)

   The Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) is a credit-linked subsidy scheme of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, launched in 2008-09 by merging the Prime Minister's Rozgar Yojana and the Rural Employment Generation…

4. 7.4

   National Career Service (NCS) Portal

   The National Career Service (NCS) Portal is a digital job-matching platform of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, launched on 20 July 2015. It is a Mission Mode Project that turns the old network of employment…

5. 7.5

   Aajeevika – National Rural Livelihoods Mission

   Aajeevika, the National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM), is the Ministry of Rural Development programme launched in June 2011 to reduce rural poverty by organising poor households, mainly women, into self-help groups and linking them with bank…

6. 7.6

   Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan

   Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan (GKRA) was a 125-day mission launched on 20 June 2020 from Telihar village in Khagaria district of Bihar, to give employment and livelihood to migrant workers who returned home during the COVID-19…

7. 7.7

   Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana

   The Atmanirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana (ABRY) was an employment incentive scheme of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, launched on 1 October 2020 as part of the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan 3.0 package after the COVID-19 shock.…

8. 7.8

   Start-Up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP)

   The Start-Up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP) is a sub-scheme of the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission, run by the Ministry of Rural Development, to help rural poor, mainly self-help group members, to start…

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Which topics are in Employment and Livelihood Schemes?

Employment and Livelihood Schemes has 8 micro topics in Current Affairs & Government Schemes: Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana (PMRPY); Deendayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY); Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP); National Career Service (NCS) Portal; Aajeevika – National Rural Livelihoods Mission; Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan; Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana; Start-Up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP).

Is Employment and Livelihood Schemes important for UPSC Prelims?

Employment and Livelihood Schemes is a part of the UPSC Prelims Current Affairs & Government Schemes syllabus map on MaargX UPSC. Each of its 8 published topics has key terms, a Mains angle and practice questions.