Schemes of the department of Social Justice & Empowerment

  • September 9, 2020
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
  • Category: DPN Topics
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Subject: Schemes

Context:

Union Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment released a book containing 33 Action Plans 2020-21 of all the schemes of the Department of Social Justice & Empowerment.

Concept:

  • The book  is a collection of 33 Annual Action Plans for all the Schemes of Social Justice and Empowerment Department and has been prepared for economic, educational development and social empowerment of the people belonging to Scheduled Castes, Other Backward Classes (OBCs), and Senior Citizens, victim of Drug Abuse, Transgender, De-notified, Nomadic and Semi Nomadic Tribes (DNTs).
  • PRADHAN MANTRI ADARSH GRAM YOJNA
    • Pradhan MantriAdarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY) is an initiative for the empowerment of deprived sections, aims to achieve integrated development of selected villages through convergent implementation of all relevant Central and State schemes.
    • The scheme was launched in March, 2010 on a pilot basis for the integrated development of 1000 villages each with more than 50% SC population.
  • NATIONAL ACTION PLAN ON DRUG DEMAND REDUCTION
    • The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has prepared a National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction (NAPDDR) for 2018-2023 so as to focus on preventive education, awareness generation, identification, counselling, treatment and rehabilitation of drug dependent persons and training and capacity building of the service providers through collaborative efforts of the Central and State Governments and Non-Governmental Organizations.
  • NATIONAL SAFAI KARAMCHARIS FINANCE & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (NSKFDC):
    • National SafaiKaramcharis Finance and Development Corporation (NSKFDC) an apex corporation under the Ministry of Social justice & Empowerment
    • NSKFDC is implementing various loan and non-loan based schemes.
    • Under Loan based schemes, NSKFDC provides financial assistance to the SafaiKaramcharis, Scavengers and their dependants for any viable income generating schemes including sanitation related activities and for education in India and abroad.
    • Under non-loan based schemes,NSKFDC provides 100% grant for skill development training programme and stipend of Rs.1500 p.m. per candidate and Rs.50,000 for holding Job Fairs, Rs.30000 for Awareness Camps and Rs.25,000 for Workshops etc.
    • The schemes/programmes of NSKFDC are implemented through various State Channelizing Agencies (SCAs) nominated by the State Govts./UT Administrations,  Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) and some Nationalised Banks.
    • The financial assistance is provided at concessional rates of interest to the SCAs/RRBs/Nationalised Banks for onward disbursement to the target group of NSKFDC.
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