List of Government Schemes, Mobile Apps & Web Portal: January 2017-May 2017

Government Schemes Launched in January 2017

NAME OF THE SCHEMES	LAUNCHED BY
Rashtriya Rail Sanraksha Kosh	Ministry of Railways	Rail Safety Funds (20000 crores)
Target Olympic Podium Scheme	Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs under head of Abhinav Bindra	Selected athletes are given financial assistance for their customized training at Institutes have world class facilities and other necessary support.
Fin Tech Startup	Government of Andhra Pradesh	100 crores investment in start-up in the states.
National Action Plan for Children	Ministry of Women and child Development	Concentrate on key area: Survival, health and nutrition; education and development; protection and participation.
Jeevan Rekha	Government of Kerala	Digitalization of Government hospitals.
Dulari Kanya	Government of Arunachal Pradesh	20000 in bank account of a girl child born in Government hospitals.
Varishtha Pension Bhima Yojna	Government of India	Social Security to elderly people aged 60 years during their old age.
Know your rights	Banking codes and standards Boards of India	Awareness of Banking codes at grass root level in urban and rural area.
Nasha Mukt Campaign		Drug addiction free state
Mission 41K	Ministry of Railway	Energy consumption in Railway
Aanandan Scheme	Government of Madhya Pradesh	Help poor and needed person to get daily needs.
Digital Dakiya Scheme	Government of Madhya Pradesh	Encourage cashless transaction in the state.
Parvasi Kausal Vikas Yojna	Government of India	Train and certify the Indian youths who are interested in overseas employment to enable them to fit with the international standard.
Swachh survekshan	Ministry of Urban Development	Improving Sanitation Standard in 500 cities.
Arogya Raksha Scheme	Government of Andhra Pradesh	Health insurance to Above poverty line families.

Apps Launched By Banks and Government in January 2017: 

NAME OF THE APP	LAUNCHED BY
	Lakshmi Vilas Bank and Fisdom	Wealth Management using Robo Advisory.
		Hire two wheelers for short distance. Introduced in Hyderabad.
	Paytm and CASHe	Loan giving app to young salaried professionals. Transfer cash deposit from CASHe to Paytm wallet.
	Government of India	Aadhaar Pay service help to make and receive payments using their Aadhaar number.
SBI Exclusif	State Bank of India	Wealth Management App
Beat Marshall Monitoring App	Police Department of Pune	App will record the movement of Beat Marshall or patrolling cop can be mapped on real time by control room staffs.
	Bharath Sanchar Nigham Limited	View 80 plus channels with 7 days back up facility.
	Government of Tamil Nadu	Provide information about famous destinations in Tamil Nadu.
e-Wallet TOKOPOISA.in	Government of Assam	Online transaction in local language.
IRCTC Rail Connect		Faster and easier Booking of rail tickets.
	Punjab Election Commission	Transparency and Accountability regarding the election and voting.
	HDFC and Niki.ai	Recharge phones, utility bills, books cabs from Ola or Uber through a chat.
	Maritime Union of India	Indian Merchant Navy Officers

Web Portal in January: 2017

NAME OF THE PORTAL	LAUNCHED BY
Operation Clean Money Incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in	Income Tax Department (ITD)	Verify cash deposit in bank during November 9th 2016 to December 30th 2016.
	Ministry of Human Resource Development	Monitoring elementary education scheme Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan.

Government Schemes Launched in February 2017

NAME OF THE SCHEME	LAUNCHED BY	PURPOSE
Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Shaksharta Abhiyan	Government of India – Narendra Modi	Make rural household digitally literate.
Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi	Ministry of Chemical and Fertilizers – Anand Kumar	777 PMBJ centres to provide fertilisers. 3A’s – Authenticity, Availability, Affordable.
Mission XI Million	Ministry of State Youth Affairs and Sports	Sport of Choice in India and encourage children to play the football games.
Nirbhaya Scheme	Ministry of women and child welfare	Compensation fund to victims of sexual crimes
Cyber Swachhta Kendra	Ministry of Electronics and IT	Botnet cleaning and malware Analysis as part of digital India
Saathiya Resource Kit	Ministry of Health and Family Welfare	Information on adolescent related issue
Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojna	Government of India	Improve irrigation at field level
Indradhanush 2.0	Government of India	Recapitalisation of Public Sector Lenders
Beti Bacho, Beti Padhao Scheme	Government of Haryana	To monitor sex ratio (Number of girls for 1000 boys)
RAHAT	Government of Rajasthan	Medical treatment for heart patient
Cloud Seeding Programme	Government of Maharashtra	Sufficient rain by artificial seeding (spraying of chemical to induce rain) method.
Mil Banche Madhya Pradesh Programme	Government of Madhya Pradesh	Participation of Government officials to teach for 1 day in Government schools.
Sagarmala Project	Government of Andhra Pradesh	Improve state Coast lines and inland waterways.
Unnat Jyothi by Affordable LED’s for All (UJALA)	Recently implemented in Jharkhand	LED bulbs at low cost.
Samagra Gramya Unnayan Yojna	Government of Assam	Development of All villages in State in next five years.
Anamoly Committee	Government of Assam	Grievances of the employees regarding implementation of 7 th pay commission.
Middle Income Group Scheme	Supreme court of India	Avail services of the Supreme court for nominal amount for middle income people of salary below rupees 60000 per month.
Electronic Development Fund	Ministry of Law and IT	Encourage entrepreneurship and innovation in electronics and IT.

Mobile Apps Launched in February 2017

NAME OF THE APP	LAUNCHED BY	PURPOSE
UberHIRE	Uber taxi	Provide customer to hire the taxi for the day on hourly basis.
Buyer Initiated Payment (BIP)	Visa card	To eliminate payment through cheques or drafts.
Iselect	Canara HSBC, Oriental Bank of Commerce Life insurance	Family protection Scheme to expand its online product suit
Pay Mall	Paytm	Combining Mall and Bazaar concept to Indian Customers for online Shopping.
MyAgriGuru	Mahindra Agri Solution	Target to double to farmers’ income
CBEC Mitra	Central Board of Exercise and Customs	24*7 help desk for GST related queries
Oriental Batuaa	Oriental Bank of Commerce	Banking Service through mobile app
Citibank Online	Citi Bank	Query regarding cards, loans, domestic and non-resident accounts and online transactions.

Web Portals Launched in February 2017

NAME OF THE PORTAL	LAUNCHED BY	PURPOSE
SKYREV 360	Airport Authority of India and International Air Transport Association	e- billing by Air Port Operators and Air Navigation Service across the world.
Bharat QR Code	National Payment Corporation of India with Visa, master card and American Express	Online storage of card details.
Bank.sbi	State Bank of India	SBI rebranded from sbi.co.in to Bank.sbi.
E-Prison Portal	Government of Jammu and Kashmir	Digitalize the record about the jail.
TAMRA portal	Ministry of Power, Coal, new and renewable energy and mines.	Ease of doing business in mining sector.
Bharat Bill Payment System	National Payment Corporation of India	Ease of Bill payment service for customers. HDFC bank have started Bharat Bill Payment System.

Government Schemes launched from March-May 2017

Name of Scheme	Launched By	Purpose
Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Sanchar Kaushal Vikas Pratisthan Scheme	Minister of State for Communications Manoj Sinha	The ministry will impart training to 10,000 people from 10 States/UTs in the first phase.
E- Sanad	Inaugurated jointly by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has jointly.	To offer faceless, cashless, contactless and paperless document attestation/apostille services.
SAMPADA (Scheme for Agro-Marine Processing and Development of Agro-Processing Clusters)	Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI)	The objective of SAMPADA is to supplement agriculture, modernize processing of agriculture products and decrease their wastage.
Test and Treat policy for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) patients	Union Health Minister JP Nadda	For anyone who is tested and found positive will get the necessary treatment free of cost. Anyone found positive will be provided with ART (Anti- Retroviral Therapy) irrespective of his CD count. The scheme will be a centrally sponsored scheme.
UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik) scheme	Prime Minister Narendra Modi	Around 45 un-served and under-served airports are set to be connected under UDAN scheme to make flying more affordable.
The State/UT Agricultural Produce and Live stocks Marketing (promotion and facilitation) Act 2017	Agriculture ministry	The draft law is proposed to overhaul the existing laws. This act aims to liberalize trade in farm produce and aid better price realization for farmers.
Cows to have Aadhaar like ID	The central government has informed the Supreme Court that it intends to provide unique identification number for cows	To track cattle and prevent their trafficking.
Oil PSUs have decided to change petrol and diesel prices every day in synchronization with international rates (from May 1)	Oil PSU (Public sector Unit)	Oil pump rates will be decided based on daily movement in international oil prices and rupee-US dollar fluctuations.
Scheme for Agro-Marine Produce Processing and Development of Agro-Processing Clusters (SAMPADA)	Union Ministry of Food Processing	To reduce food wastage and doubling farmers income by 2022. It will help to create infrastructure for linkage of entire supply chain.
URJA MITRA app	Union Ministry of Power	This app is a first of its kind which provides a central platform, web-portal (www.urjamitra.com) as well as mobile app for State Power Distribution utilities to disseminate power outage information to rural/ urban power consumers through SMS/ push/email notifications across the country.
Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana in Nellore District of Andhra Pradesh.	Union Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment	The scheme will distribute physical aids at free of cost and assisted-living devices for senior citizens belonging to BPL category in Camp mode.
FAME India (Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric vehicles in India) scheme.	Union Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises	The Union ministry withdraws subsidy given to mild hybrid vehicles under FAME India.
PowerTex India	Union Ministry of Textiles	To boost common infrastructure and modernization of the power loom sector in the country.
Tejaswini Socio-Economic Empowerment of Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) Project	Union Government has signed a Financing Agreement with World Bank	This Project is for the welfare of adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) aged between 14 and 24 to complete their secondary level education and provide relevant skills for job market.
Students for soldiers- a nationwide Vidya-Veerta Abhiyan	The Minister for Human Resource and Development, Prakash Javadekar	To encourage Universities and educational institutions across the country to display portraits of Param Veer Chakra-decorated soldiers.
The Real Estate Act 2016 (Bill passed last year, came to effect from may1)	The Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA)	The act will ensure transparency and accountability in the real estate sector. It will enhance the consumer confidence and will benefit the whole sector.
Digi Yatra	Ministry of Civil Aviation under the proposed	To provide digital mode for airport entry and verification of passengers would be used. The move is aimed to ease the security and boarding procedure.
Nationwide program for capacity building of Elected Women Representatives (EWRs) of Panchayats and a training program for Trainers of women panchayat leaders.	The Ministry of Women and Child Development in collaboration with the Ministry of Panchayat Raj	It aims in empowering EWRs by enhancing their capacity, capability and skill in governance and administration of villages as the EWRs lack appropriate knowledge and skill to administer the village.
14 scholarship schemes for SC and OBC / De-notified, Nomadic and Semi-nomadic Tribes (DNT) students come under Digital Payments Initiatives	Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment	This is expected to benefit 3.54 crore students across the country. As per the modalities of this initiative, all scholarship amounts will be deposited in the bank accounts of the students.
Aadhaar Seeding Application	Union Ministry of Labour & Employment	It helps in efficient service delivery and widening the reach of Employees Provident Fund (EPF) benefits.
Inter- Ministerial Monitoring-cum-Coordination Committee’ to monitor the UDAN	Union Government	This committee will be responsible for coordination among stakeholders, including state governments for time bound implementation of the scheme.
Deendayal Antyodaya Rasoi Yojana	Madhya Pradesh Government	Madhya Pradesh becomes third state in the country to launch populist subsidized meal scheme. TamilNadu was first to launch such scheme under brand name of Amma Canteens followed by Rajasthan.
Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) program	Department of Science and Technology (DST)	It deals with self-driven cars, autonomous unmanned vehicles and aircraft navigation systems Rs. 3,000-crore has been has been conceived for it and it will first take root in some of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).
Trade Infrastructure for Export Scheme	Union Ministry of Commerce & Industry	To enhance export competitiveness by bridging the gap in export infrastructure.
Mission Fingerling,	Union Ministry of Agriculture	Aims to achieve the target to enhance fisheries production from 10.79 mmt (2014-15) to 15 mmt by 2020-21 under the Blue Revolution.
Tirtha Darshan Scheme	Haryana Government	In this scheme the state government will bear the entire cost of the tour (pilgrimage) of senior citizens belonging to Below Poverty Line (BPL) families.

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