What is Digital India?

• Digital India is a Programme to prepare India for a knowledge future.
• The focus is on being transformative – to realize IT + IT = IT
• The focus is on making technology central to enabling change.
• It is an Umbrella Programme – covering many departments.
  • It weaves together a large number of ideas and thoughts into a single, comprehensive vision so that each of them is seen as part of a larger goal.
  • Each individual element stands on its own. But is also part of the larger picture.
  • It is coordinated by DeitY, implemented by the entire government.
  • The weaving together makes the Mission transformative in totality
• The Programme:
  • Pulls together many existing schemes.
  • These schemes will be restructured and re-focused.
  • They will be implemented in a synchronized manner.
  • Many elements are only process improvements with minimal cost.
• The common branding of programmes as Digital India highlights their transformative impact.

Vision of Digital India

Centered on 3 Key Areas

• Digital Infrastructure as a Utility to Every Citizen
• Governance & Services on Demand
• Digital Empowerment of Citizens

PRADHAN MANTRI SURAKSHA BIMA YOJANA

RULES FOR THE PRADHAN MANTRI SURAKSHA BIMA YOJANA

DETAILS OF THE SCHEME:

The scheme will be a one year cover, renewable from year to year, Accident Insurance Scheme offering accidental death and disability cover for death or disability on account of an accident. The scheme would be offered / administered through Public Sector General Insurance Companies (PSGICs) and other General Insurance companies willing to offer the product on similar terms with necessary approvals and tie up with Banks for this purpose. Participating banks will be free to engage any such insurance company for implementing the scheme for their subscribers.
Scope of coverage: All savings bank account holders in the age 18 to 70 years in participating banks will be entitled to join. In case of multiple saving bank accounts held by an individual in one or different banks, the person would be eligible to join the scheme through one savings bank account only. Aadhar would be the primary KYC for the bank account.

Jawahar Gram Samriddhi Yojna

Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojna (JGSY) is the restructured, streamlined and comprehensive version of the erstwhile Jawahar Rozagar Yojana. Designed to improve the quality of life of the poor, JGSY has been launched on 1st April, 1999. The primary objective of the JGSY is the creation of demand driven community village infrastructure including durable assets at the village level and assets to enable the rural poor to increase the opportunities for sustained employment. The secondary objective is the generation of supplementary employment for the unemployed poor in the rural areas. The wage employment under the programme shall be given to Below Poverty Line(BPL) families.

SCHEME: Indira Aawas Yojna

IAY is the flagship rural housing scheme which is being implemented by the Government of India with an aim of providing shelter to the poor below poverty line. The Government of India has decided that allocation of funds under IAY (Indira Awas Yojna)will be on the basis of poverty ratio and housing shortage.
 Objective:
The objective of IAY is primarily to help construction of new dwelling units as well as conversion of unserviceable kutcha houses into pucca/semi-pucca by members of SC/STs, freed bonded labourers and also non-SC/ST rural poor below the poverty line by extending them grant-in-aid.

SCHEME: Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojna

This programme was launched in April, 1999. This is a holistic programme covering all aspects of self employment such as organisation of the poor into self help groups, training, credit, technology, infrastructure and marketing. Objective:The objective of SGSY is to provide sustainable income to the rural poor. The programme aims at establishing a large number of micro-enterprises in the rural areas, based upon the potential of the rural poor. It is envisaged that every family assisted under SGSY will be brought above the poverty-line with in a period of three years. Scope: This programme covers families below poverty line in rural areas of the country.