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Government Schemes

Major Central Government schemes with launch date, ministry and key facts. Benefit amounts can change: check the latest Budget.

• Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY)

  Launched 28 Aug 2014 · Finance

  Zero-balance bank accounts with RuPay card and accident cover; financial inclusion

• Swachh Bharat Mission

  Launched 2 Oct 2014 · Jal Shakti / Housing & Urban Affairs

  Open-defecation-free India; launched on Gandhi Jayanti

• Make in India

  Launched 25 Sep 2014 · Commerce & Industry (DPIIT)

  Manufacturing hub; lion logo

• Beti Bachao Beti Padhao

  Launched 22 Jan 2015 · Women & Child Development

  Launched at Panipat, Haryana; child sex ratio

• Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana

  Launched 22 Jan 2015 · Finance

  Small savings account for a girl child under 10

• PM MUDRA Yojana

  Launched 8 Apr 2015 · Finance

  Collateral-free loans to micro enterprises: Shishu, Kishore, Tarun (and Tarun Plus)

• PM Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY)

  Launched 9 May 2015 · Finance

  Life cover of ₹2 lakh for ages 18–50

• PM Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY)

  Launched 9 May 2015 · Finance

  Accident cover of ₹2 lakh for ages 18–70

• Atal Pension Yojana (APY)

  Launched 9 May 2015 · Finance (run by PFRDA)

  Guaranteed pension of ₹1,000–5,000 a month from age 60

• Digital India

  Launched 1 Jul 2015 · Electronics & IT

  Digital infrastructure and services

• Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY)

  Launched 25 Jun 2015 · Housing & Urban Affairs / Rural Development

  Housing for all (Urban and Gramin)

• Smart Cities Mission

  Launched 25 Jun 2015 · Housing & Urban Affairs

  100 smart cities

• Startup India

  Launched 16 Jan 2016 · Commerce & Industry (DPIIT)

  Support and tax benefits for start-ups

• Stand-Up India

  Launched 5 Apr 2016 · Finance

  Loans of ₹10 lakh–₹1 crore for SC/ST and women entrepreneurs

• PM Ujjwala Yojana

  Launched 1 May 2016 · Petroleum & Natural Gas

  Free LPG connections for poor women; launched at Ballia, UP

• Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY

  Launched 23 Sep 2018 · Health & Family Welfare

  Health cover of ₹5 lakh per family a year; launched at Ranchi

• PM-KISAN

  Launched 24 Feb 2019 · Agriculture

  ₹6,000 a year to farmer families in three instalments; launched at Gorakhpur

• Jal Jeevan Mission

  Launched 15 Aug 2019 · Jal Shakti

  Tap water connection (Har Ghar Jal) to every rural home

• PM SVANidhi

  Launched 1 Jun 2020 · Housing & Urban Affairs

  Working-capital loans for street vendors

• PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana

  Launched Apr 2020 · Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution

  Free foodgrains to about 80 crore beneficiaries

• PM Vishwakarma

  Launched 17 Sep 2023 · MSME

  Support for artisans in 18 traditional trades

• PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana

  Launched Feb 2024 · New & Renewable Energy

  Rooftop solar for 1 crore households, up to 300 units free a month

• Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act (VB-G RAM G)

  Launched In force 1 Jul 2026 · Rural Development

  125 days of guaranteed wage work a year per rural household; replaced MGNREGA (2005)