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Rural Development Schemes

10 micro topics in Current Affairs & Government Schemes for UPSC Prelims, in book order: Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA); Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY); and 8 more.

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   Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)

   The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is the 2005 law of the Ministry of Rural Development that gives every rural household a legal right to unskilled manual work on demand. Passed in September…

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   Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)

   The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) is the flagship rural roads programme of the Ministry of Rural Development, launched on 25 December 2000 to provide all-weather road connectivity to unconnected habitations. It began as a…

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   Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana – Gramin (PMAY-G)

   Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana – Gramin (PMAY-G) is the rural housing scheme of the Ministry of Rural Development, launched on 20 November 2016 by restructuring the Indira Awaas Yojana of 1985. It is a Centrally Sponsored…

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   Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM)

   The Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) is the flagship poverty reduction mission of the Ministry of Rural Development, launched in June 2011 as Aajeevika to replace the Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana. It…

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   Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM)

   The Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM) was a cluster development programme of the Ministry of Rural Development, launched on 21 February 2016 at Kurubhat in Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. It aimed to develop 300 rural clusters, each…

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   Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY)

   The Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) is a village development scheme of the Ministry of Rural Development, launched on 11 October 2014, the birth anniversary of Jayaprakash Narayan. Each Member of Parliament adopts one Gram Panchayat…

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   Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF)

   The Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) is a fund managed by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), set up in 1995-96 to give low-cost loans to state governments and state-owned bodies for completing…

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   National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP)

   The National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme of the Ministry of Rural Development, started on 15 August 1995, that gives basic social security to poor persons who are old, widowed or disabled…

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   Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA)

   The Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA) is a digital literacy scheme of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, approved in February 2017 to make 6 crore rural households digitally literate by making one…

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    Rurban Mission and Integrated Watershed Management Programme

    The Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) was a programme of the Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development, started in 2009-10 to restore degraded land and conserve rainwater in rainfed areas through watershed projects. In…

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Which topics are in Rural Development Schemes?

Rural Development Schemes has 10 micro topics in Current Affairs & Government Schemes: Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA); Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY); Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana – Gramin (PMAY-G); Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM); Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM); Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY); Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF); National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP); Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA); Rurban Mission and Integrated Watershed Management Programme.

Is Rural Development Schemes important for UPSC Prelims?

Rural Development Schemes is a part of the UPSC Prelims Current Affairs & Government Schemes syllabus map on MaargX UPSC. Each of its 10 published topics has key terms, a Mains angle and practice questions.