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PUCCA HOUSES: Under the Pradhan Mantri Gramin There has been a lot of promises made
Awas Yojana out of 2.14 Crore eligible families for the welfare of the poor in past. But
1.93 Crore houses have been already sanctioned. the way the enormous work for farmers'
Significantly the construction work for 1.36 Crore welfare has been done in this regime, it is
houses has been completed. The Government's unprecedented.
ambition to provide pucca houses to everyone will - Prime Minister Narendra Modi
turn into reality before the curtain falls on Amrit
Mahotsava. ENSURING DIGNITY AND FACILITIES TO
UJJWALA YOJANA: LPG connections were provided ANNADATA (FARMERS)
to 8 Crore poor citizens taking its coverage to 99.6 PM KISAN SAMMANN NIDHI: KISAN RAIL:
per cent of the population. Under the scheme till During the Corona time
BUILDING TOILETS IN EVERY HOUSE: Under February over Rs 1,13,000 the kisan rails were
Swachh Bharat Mission 11 Crore toilets were built. Crore have been transferred started with an aim to
GARIB KALYAN ROJGAR ABHIYAAN: Migrant in the bank accounts of the increase the income in
workers to be provided employment opportunities in farmers the farm sector
their villages only. FARMERS TO BECOME OWNERS OF THEIR AGRICULTURAL
LIFE INSURANCE: The Central Government started PRODUCE:The Parliament passed three new farm
two very ambitious insurance schemes Pradhan laws which enabled farmers to sell their produce
Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana and Pradhan Mantri outside mandis
Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana at a premium of Rs 12 and
Rs 330 annually. Nearly 33 Crore people benefitted
from these two schemes.
TAKING INTERNET CONNECTIONS TO VILLAGES:
For the first time, the net consumption is higher in
villages than in cities. Work is in full swing to connect
every panchayat with optical fibre cable.
SVAMITVA SCHEME: My property - My right
Under the scheme, beneficiaries are granted eNAM PROVIDING ONLINE TRADING PLATFORM FOR
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official documents confirming their ownership of AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES:
land titles. In various states, transactions worth Rs 1.13 Lakh
It aims at digitisation of land records in every
n Crore have been facilitated between farmers and
village. The work on preparing a digital map of buyers through this platform. So far more than
residential landholdings is in full progress, an 1,70,00,000 farmers have been registered under it
issue that was not given proper attention since the One Nation, One MSP and One DBT: For the first
time of British rule in India. time any Government fixed MSP at one and a
It envisages covering all the 6.62 Lakh villages half times the cost of production
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with the SVAMITVA Scheme by April 2024.
PM SVANIDHI SCHEME: Providing self-employment sell their produce according to their will.
opportunities and dignity to street vendors, this FARMER PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS (FPOS):
scheme has come as a relief for the street vendors. With an aim to provide easy financial support to
Provision for a loan of Rs 10,000 for 50 Lakh 86 per cent of small and marginal farmers in the
roadside vendors under the scheme. Nearly 41 Lakh country, plans are afoot to form 10,000 FPOs for
applicants have applied for the loan out of which 24 which approval has already been given. Union
Lakh have been granted a loan. Government has taken initiatives through farmer
FREEDOM FROM MIDDLEMEN: The chain of strong friendly policies to make them debt free and
middlemen network was broken to allow farmers to doubling their income by 2022.

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