Important Women Empowerment Schemes in India

1. Nari Shakti Puruskars

Aim: The Government’s commitment towards women with the aim of strengthening their legitimate place in the society.
Launched: 1999
Objective:

It will also provide an opportunity to the current generation to understand the contribution of women in building of society and the nation.
The recipients would be drawn from institutions and individuals.

2. Pradhan Mantri Mantru Vandana Yojana

Aim: Scheme ensures safe delivery and good nutrition for mothers having their first child.
Launched: The scheme was launched in 2010 as Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana (IGMSY). It was renamed as Matritva Sahyog Yojana in 2014 and again as Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) in 2017.
Objective:

Providing partial compensation for the wage loss in terms of cash incentive s so that the woman can take adequate rest before and after delivery of the first living child.
The cash incentive provided would lead to improved health seeking behaviour amongst the Pregnant Women and Lactating Mothers (PW& LM).

3. Pradhan Mantri Mahila Shakti Kendra scheme

Aim: To promote community participation through involvement of Student Volunteers for empowerment of rural women.
Launched: 2017
Objective: The main purpose of this scheme is to enhance women’s quality of life. Starting from saving and surviving of girl child, their primary as well as secondary education and overall quality of life will be improved through the implementation of this scheme.

4. Rastriya Mahila Kosh (RMK)

Aim: To provide micro-credit to poor women for various livelihood support and income generating activities at concessional terms in a client-friendly procedure to bring about their socio-economic development.
Launched: In March 1993
Objective:

To demonstrate and replicate participatory approaches in the organization of women’s groups for effective utilization of credit resources leading to self-reliance.
To promote and support the expansion of entrepreneurship skills among women.
To do all such lawful acts & things as may be necessary or conducive for furthering the objects of the Kosh.

5. NAND-GHAR YOJANA

Aim: To enhance the learning environment through an e-learning module and skill enhancement programme for women.
Launched: 24th June 2015
Objective:

To make Anganwadis as a community center for children and mothers.
To provide solar-power system to make them stand-alone and television for teaching purpose.
To provide supplementary nutrition to children in the age group of 0-6 years and to pregnant/lactating mothers with main objective to fight the problem of malnutrition.

6. Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana

Aim: To provide clean fuel to women who are below poverty line who generally use unclean cooking fuels that does more harm than good and replace the same with LPG.
Launched: In March 2016
Objective:

Protecting the health of women and empowering them
Curbing health issues that result from using fossil fuels and other fuels for cooking
Reducing casualties that occur as a result of unclean fuels used for cooking
Controlling respiratory issues that occur due to indoor pollution as a result of using fossil fuel that does not burn cleanly.

7. Maternity Benefit Program

Aim: To provide partial compensation for wage loss to women during their pregnancy and offers a cash incentive of Rs 6,000 to mothers for the birth of their first child, has so far reached 4.8 million beneficiaries.
Launched: 2017
Objective:

Promoting appropriate practice, care and institutional service utilization during pregnancy, delivery and lactation
Encouraging the women to follow (optimal) nutrition and feeding practices, including early and Exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months
Providing cash incentives for improved health and nutrition to pregnant and lactating mothers.

8. Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana

Aim: To encourage parents of a girl child order to create a fund for the future education and marriage expenses for their child.
Launched: In January 2015
Objective: To ensure the financial independence of women by encouraging them to invest in a savings scheme that would enable them to fulfil their long-term life goals and dreams like higher education, marriage, etc. and ensure financial stability.

9. eSamvad portal

Aim: To provide a platform for NGOs and civil society to interact with the Ministry on relevant subjects.
Launched: 2018
Objective: It acts as an interactive portal allowing NGOs to contact the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development and share their feedback, suggestions, grievances and their best practices.

10. Nari Web Portal

Aim: The portal aims to spread information about schemes and benefits provided by the Government to women.
Launched: 2018
Objective:

To access information on different programmes offered by various state governments as well as the Centre
The portal carries details on 350 different schemes for women and will be updated from time to time.

11. She-Box Portal

Aim: It aims to provide speedier remedy to women facing sexual harassment at workplace
Launched: 2018
Objective:

To report complaints of Sexual Harassment at Workplace
For prompt disposal of complaints on SHe-Box, each case goes directly to the central/ state authority concerned having jurisdiction to take action in the matter.

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