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Study Notes for UGC NET
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21-27 minutes

Notes for Higher Education System,

Governance, Polity & Administration
The present syllabus of UGC NET Paper 1 Contains  topic from
Higher Education System, Governance, Polity & Administration
and various questions has been asked in examination based
on Govt. Scheme of India.

We have curated the list of important present govt. scheme that

aims at providing better India either by central, state specific or
joint collaboration between the Center and the states govt.

Please feel free to comment  and provide feedback in case you

need more details to be added.

List of Important Govt Schemes

Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY)

Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana was launched by Hon’ble

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on May 1st, 2016 in
Ballia, Uttar Pradesh. Under this scheme, 5 Cr LPG
connections will be provided to BPL families with a support
of Rs.1600 per connection in the next 3 years.
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) aims to safeguard
the health of women & children by providing them with a
 clean cooking fuel – LPG, so that they don’t have to
compromise their health in smoky kitchens or wander in
unsafe areas collecting firewood.

Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana (PMVVY)

Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana (PMVVY) is a

flagship pension scheme for senior citizens, which was
launched in May 2017. In a big relief to the retirees who
depend on the pension for their basic expenses, Pradhan
Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana was announced to enable
them to generate income post retirement.
The scheme offers an assured return of 8 per cent per
annum throughout the term of the policy, which is ten
years. The minimum investment that can be made on the
policy is Rs.1.5 Lakhs and the maximum limit is Rs.15
Lakhs.

Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana

Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) has been

formulated with the vision of extending the coverage of
irrigation ‘Har Khet ko pani’ and improving water use
efficiency ‘More crop per drop’ in a focused manner with
end to end solution on source creation, distribution,
management, field application and extension activities
PMKSY has been conceived amalgamating ongoing
schemes viz. Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme
(AIBP) of the Ministry of Water Resources, River
Development & Ganga Rejuvenation (MoWR,RD&GR),
Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) of
Department of Land Resources (DoLR) and the On Farm
Water Management (OFWM) of Department of Agriculture
and Cooperation (DAC). The scheme will be implemented
by Ministries of Agriculture, Water Resources and Rural
Development.
Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY)

Ayushman Bharat Yojana or Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya

Yojana or National Health Protection Scheme or ModiCare
is a centrally sponsored scheme launched in 2018, under
the Ayushman Bharat Mission of MoHFW in India
Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) will provide
financial protection (Swasthya Suraksha) to 10.74 crore
poor, deprived rural families and identified occupational
categories of urban workers’ families as per the latest
Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) data (approx. 50
crore beneficiaries). It will have offer a benefit cover of Rs.
500,000 per family per year (on a family floater basis).
PM-JAY will cover medical and hospitalization expenses
for almost all secondary care and most of tertiary care
procedures. PM-JAY has defined 1,350 medical packages
covering surgery, medical and day care treatments
including medicines, diagnostics and transport.
To ensure that nobody is left out (especially girl child,
women, children and elderly), there will be no cap on family
size and age in the Mission. The scheme will be cashless &
paperless at public hospitals and empanelled private
hospitals.
The beneficiaries will not be required to pay any charges
for the hospitalization expenses. The benefit also includes
pre and post-hospitalization expenses.

Stand UP India

Stand-Up India (SUI) scheme has been launched by Hon’ble

Prime Minister (PM) on April 05, 2016. Mitra Portals
provide credit access to entire banks as also handholding
support to avail loans for setting up an enterprise
(including Mudra Loans / MSME Loans / Stand-Up India
Loans).
The objective of Stand-Up India scheme is to facilitate bank
 loans between ₹ 10 lakh and ₹ 1 crore to Scheduled Caste
(SC) or Scheduled Tribe (ST) borrower and Woman
borrower for setting up a greenfield enterprise (first time
venture), in manufacturing, services or trading sector. In
case of non-individual enterprises at least 51% of the
shareholding and controlling stake should be held by either
an SC/ST or Woman entrepreneur.
The overall intent of the proposal is to influence the
institutional credit structure to reach out to underserved
sectors of the population.
Reference URL -https://www.standupmitra.in/

Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY)

The Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) is a centrally sponsored

Scheme which is being implemented with the objective of
reducing maternal and infant mortality by promoting
institutional delivery among pregnant women. Under the
JSY, eligible pregnant women are entitled for cash
assistance irrespective of the age of mother and number of
children for giving birth in a government or accredited
private health facility.
The scheme focuses on poor pregnant woman with a
special dispensation for states that have low institutional
delivery rates, namely, the states of Uttar Pradesh,
Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh,
Chhattisgarh, Assam, Rajasthan, Odisha, and Jammu and
Kashmir.  While these States have been named Low
Performing States (LPS) under the scheme, the remaining
States/UTs have been named High Performing States
(HPS).
The scheme also provides performance based incentives
to women health volunteers known as ASHA (Accredited
Social Health Activist) for promoting institutional delivery
among pregnant women.
One-time cash incentive to pregnant women for
 institutional/home births through skilled assistance.
State/ District authorities would advance Rs. 5000/- and
Rs. Rs.10,000/- to each ANM in HPS /LPS States
respectively as a recoupable impressed money from the
JSY fund.
*ASHA package of Rs. 600 in rural areas include Rs. 300
for ANC component and Rs. 300 for facilitating institutional
delivery**ASHA package of Rs. 400 in urban areas include
Rs. 200 for ANC component and Rs. 200 for facilitating
institutional delivery

Atal Mission for Rejuvenation & Urban

TransformationO(AMRUT)

Atal Mission for Rejuvenation & Urban Transformation.The

scheme was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in
June 2015 with the focus of the urban renewal projects is
to establish infrastructure that could ensure adequate
robust sewerage networks and water supply for urban
transformation. Rajasthan was the first state in the country
to submit State Annual Action Plan under Atal Mission for
Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT).
To enable better living and drive economic growth
stressing on the need for people centric urban planning
and development.
Reference URL – http://amrut.gov.in/

Atal Pension Yojana (APY)

The Government announced the introduction of universal

social security schemes in the Insurance and Pension
sectors for all Indians, specially the poor and the under-
privileged, in the Budget for the year 2015-16.
Therefore, it has been announced that the Government will
launch the Atal Pension Yojana (APY), which will provide a
defined pension, depending on the contribution, and its
 period.
The APY will be focussed on all citizens in the unorganised
sector, who join the National Pension System (NPS)
administered by the Pension Fund Regulatory and
Development Authority (PFRDA). Under the APY, the
subscribers would receive the fixed minimum pension of
Rs. 1000 per month, Rs. 2000 per month, Rs. 3000 per
month, Rs. 4000 per month, Rs. 5000 per month, at the age
of 60 years, depending on their contributions, which itself
would be based on the age of joining the APY. The
minimum age of joining APY is 18 years and maximum age
is 40 years. Therefore, minimum period of contribution by
any subscriber under APY would be 20 years or more. The
benefit of fixed minimum pension would be guaranteed by
the Government.
A pension program that allows people to make voluntary
contributions within a certain range in order to receive
matching government contributions.

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment

Guarantee Act(MGNREGA)

National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 (or, NREGA

No 42) was later renamed as the “Mahatma Gandhi
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act” (or, MGNREGA),
is an Indian labour law and social security measure that
aims to guarantee the ‘right to work’.
It aims to enhance livelihood security in rural areas by
providing at least 100 days of wage employment in a
financial year to every household whose adult members
volunteer to do unskilled manual work.[ Source Wikipedia]
Legal guarantee for one hundred days of employment in
every financial year to adult members of any rural
household willing to do public work-related unskilled
manual work at the statutory minimum wage of Rs. 120 per
day in 2009 prices
 Refrence url – http://www.nrega.nic.in/netnrega
/home.aspx

Make in India

The Make in India program was launched by Prime Minister

Modi in September 2014 as part of a wider set of nation-
building initiatives. Devised to transform India into a global
design and manufacturing hub, Make in India was a timely
response to a critical situation: by 2013, the much-hyped
emerging markets bubble had burst, and India’s growth rate
had fallen to its lowest level in a decade.
The promise of the BRICS nations had faded, and India was
tagged as one of the so-called ‘Fragile Five’. Global
investors debated whether the world’s largest democracy
was a risk or an opportunity. India’s 1.2 billion citizens
questioned whether India was too big to succeed or too big
to fail. India was on the brink of severe economic failure.
http://www.makeinindia.com/home

Micro Units Development & Refinance Agency Ltd.

(MUDRA)

Micro Units Development & Refinance Agency Ltd.

(MUDRA) is a new institution set up by Government of India
to provide funding to the non-corporate, non-farm sector
income generating activities of micro and small enterprises
whose credit needs are below ₹10 Lakh.
Under the aegis of Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana (PMMY),
MUDRA has created three products i.e. ‘Shishu’, ‘Kishore’
and ‘Tarun’ as per the stage of growth and funding needs of
the beneficiary micro unit. These schemes cover loan
amounts as below:
Shishu: covering loans up to ₹50,000
Kishore: covering loans above ₹50,000 and up to ₹5,00,000
Tarun: covering loans above ₹5,00,000 and up to
 ₹10,00,000
All Non-Corporate Small Business Segment (NCSBS)
comprising of proprietorship or partnership firms running
as small manufacturing units, service sector units,
shopkeepers, fruits/vegetable vendors, truck operators,
foodservice units, repair shops, machine operators, small
industries, food processors and others in rural and urban
areas, are eligible for assistance under Mudra.”

National Rural livelihood mission /Deen Dayal

Antyodaya Yojana (DAY)

The UPA government had launched the National Rural

Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) or Aajeevika in 2011 by
revamping the earlier Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar
Yojana (SGSY).
This scheme will organize rural poor into Self Help
Group(SHG) groups and make them capable for self-
employment. The idea is to develop better livelihood
options for the poor.
This scheme is currently implemented by the Rural
Development Ministry and has been renamed as Deen
Dayal Antyodaya Yojana (DAY) after integration of both
NULM and NRHM by NDA Government.

National Urban livelihood mission

The National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM) was

launched by Manmohan Singh Government in 2013 by
restructuring the Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana
(SJSRY) in all district headquarters (irrespective of their
population) and all the cities with population of one lakh or
more. It is a flagship programme of Ministry of Housing
and Urban Poverty Alleviation.
This scheme will reduce poverty of urban poor households
specially street vendors who constitute an important
 segment of urban poor by enabling them to access gainful
self-employment and skilled wage employment
opportunitie

Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Shramev Jayate Yojana

(PDUSJY)

The Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Shramev Jayate

Karyakram was launched in October 2014 by Government
of India. Objective of this scheme is to create conducive
environment for industrial development and doing business
with ease and also expanding government support to
impart skill training for workers. This is an umbrella
scheme with five scheme under it as follows:
Shram Suvidha Portal;
Random Inspection Scheme ;
Universal Account Number ;
Apprentice Protsahan Yojana and
Revamped Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana

http://labour.gov.in/whatsnew/pandit-deendayal-upadhyay-
shramev-jayate-karyakram-initatives

Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY)

The Mission is being implemented during 2015-2022 and

provides central assistance to Urban Local Bodies (ULBs)
and other implementing agencies through States/UTs for:
In-situ Rehabilitation of existing slum dwellers using land
as a resource through private participation
Credit Linked Subsidy with Affordable Housing in
Partnership
Subsidy for beneficiary-led individual house
construction/enhancement.

Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY)

 Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) is National
Mission for Financial Inclusion to ensure access to
financial services, namely, Banking/ Savings & Deposit
Accounts, Remittance, Credit, Insurance, Pension in an
affordable manner.
Account can be opened in any bank branch or Business
Correspondent (Bank Mitr) outlet. PMJDY accounts are
being opened with Zero balance. However, if the account
holder wishes to get cheque book, he/she will have to fulfill
minimum balance criteria.
Objective of “Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY)” is
ensuring access to various financial services like
availability of basic savings bank account, access to need-
based credit, remittances facility, insurance and pension to
the excluded sections i.e. weaker sections & low-income
groups. This deep penetration at affordable cost is
possible only with effective use of technology.
http://www.pmjdy.gov.in/

Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY)

Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY).The

scheme will be a one year cover, renewable from year to
year, Insurance Scheme offering life insurance cover for
death due to any reason. The scheme would be offered/
administered through LIC and other Life Insurance
companies willing to offer the product on similar terms
with necessary approvals and tie ups with Banks for this
purpose. Participating banks will be free to engage any
such life insurance company for implementing the scheme
for their subscribers.
All savings bank account holders in the age 18 to 50 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.Renewable one year accidental life cover rs. 2 lakh
to all savings bank accounts holders in the age group of
18-70 years for a perimium of 12 pre annum per subscriber

Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)

Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) is the

flagship scheme of the Ministry of Skill Development &
Entrepreneurship (MSDE). The objective of this Skill
Certification Scheme is to enable a large number of Indian
youth to take up industry-relevant skill training that will help
them in securing a better livelihood. Individuals with prior
learning experience or skills will also be assessed and
certified under Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).
Skill development.As of 26th September 2016, 40 Training
Centres have been on-boarded under PMKVY (2016-2020)
pilot.
http://www.pmkvyofficial.org/

Pradhan Mantri Krishi sinchaee Yojana

PMKSY has been conceived amalgamating ongoing

schemes viz. Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme
(AIBP) of the Ministry of Water Resources, River
Development & Ganga Rejuvenation (MoWR,RD&GR),
Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) of
Department of Land Resources (DoLR) and the On Farm
Water Management (OFWM) of Department of Agriculture
and Cooperation (DAC).
To boost up irrigation portential
http://pmksy.gov.in/AboutPMKSY.aspx

Pradhan Mantri suraksha bima Yojana

 Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana is available to

people between 18 and 70 years of age with bank
 accounts. It has an annual premium of ₹12 (18¢ US)
excluding service tax, which is about 14% of the premium.
The amount will be automatically debited from the
account. In case of accidental death or full disability, the
payment to the nominee will be ₹2 lakh (US$3,000) and in
case of partial Permanent disability ₹1 lakh (US$1,500).
Full disability has been defined as loss of use in both eyes,
hands or feet. Partial Permanent disability has been
defined as loss of use in one eye, hand or foot.
Renewable one year accidental death cum disability to all
savings bank account holders in the age group of 18-70
years for a premium of Rp. 12 per annum per subscriber.

PRASAD (Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual

Augmentation Drive)

National mission on pilgrimage Rejuvenation and spiritual

augmentation Drive
National mission on pilgrimage Rejuvenation and spiritual
augmentation Drive.Twelve cities namely Amaravati
(Andhra Pradesh), Gaya(Bihar), Dwaraka(Gujarat),
Amritsar(Punjab), Ajmer(Rajasthan), Kanchipuram(Tamil
Nadu), Vellankani(Tamil Nadu), Puri(Odisha),
Varanasi(Uttar Prasesh), Mathura(Uttar Pradesh),
Kedarnath (Uttarakhand) and Kamakhya (Assam) have
been identified for development under Pilgrimage
Rejuvenation and Spirituality Augmentation Drive
(PRASAD) by the Ministry of Tourism.
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/mbErel.aspx?relid=119771

National Heritage City Development and

Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY)

The Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana

(HRIDAY) scheme aimed at preserving and revitalizing the
soul and unique character of the heritage cities in India, has
 been approved by the Ministry of Urban Development for
the Twelve cities under the scheme in the first phase,
namely; Amaravati(Andhra Pradesh); Gaya (Bihar); Dwarka
(Gujarat), Badami(Karnataka); Puri (Odisha), Amritsar
(Punjab); Ajmer(Rajasthan); Kanchipuram (Tamil Nadu);
Vellankani(Tamil Nadu); Warangal (Telangana); Varanasi
(Uttar Pradesh); and Mathura (Uttar Pradesh).
For the HRIDAY scheme under the Ministry of Urban
Development, an amount of Rs.453.90 crores has been
allocated to the HRIDAY scheme for implementation and
development works.
http://tourism.gov.in/swadesh-darshan-prasad-scheme-
guidelines-0

Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana

Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana was initiated to bring the

member of parliament of all the political parties under the
same umbrella while taking the responsibility of developing
physical and institutional infrastructure in villages and turn
them into model villages.Under this scheme, each member
of parliament needs to choose one village each from the
constituency that they represent, except their own village or
their in-laws village and fix parameters and make it a model
village by 2016.
For the development of model villages
http://www.saanjhi.gov.in/

Shyma Prasad mukharjee Urnban mission

The Mission aims at development of rural growth clusters

which have latent potential for growth, in all States and
UTs, which would trigger overall development in the region.
These clusters would be developed by provisioning of
economic activities, developing skills & local
entrepreneurship and providing infrastructure amenities.
 The Rurban Mission will thus develop a cluster of Smart
Villages.
Setting up 200 village clusters by 2019-20 accross the
country with all possible urban amenities.
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/printrelease.aspx?relid=126934

Smart city mission

Smart Cities Mission is an urban renewal and retrofitting

program by the Government of India with a mission to
develop 100 cities (the target has been revised to 109
cities) all over the country making them citizen friendly and
sustainable.
The Union Ministry of Urban Development is responsible
for implementing the mission in collaboration with the
state governments of the respective cities. The
government of India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi
has a vision of developing 100 smart cities as satellite
towns of larger cities and by modernizing the existing mid-
sized cities.
The objective is to promote cities that provide core
infrastructure and give a decent quality of life to its
citizens, a clean and sustainable environment and
application of ‘Smart’ Solutions. The focus is on
sustainable and inclusive development and the idea is to
look at compact areas, create a replicable model which will
act like a light house to other aspiring cities. The Smart
Cities Mission is meant to set examples that can be
replicated both within and outside the Smart City,
catalysing the creation of similar Smart Cities in various
regions and parts of the country.
http://smartcities.gov.in/

Sukanya Samriddhi accounts(Bti Bachao –

Betipadhao)
 The Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao (BBBP) Scheme was
introduced in October, 2014 to address the issue of
declining child sex ratio (CSR). This is implemented
through a national campaign and focused multi-sector
action in 100 selected districts with low CSR, covering all
States and UTs. It is a joint initiative of the Ministry of
Women and Child Development, the Ministry of Health and
Family Welfare and the Ministry of Human Resource
Development.
It is a part of “Beti Bachao – Beti Padhao”initiative of
government of India (GOI)also known as BBBP
http://wcd.nic.in/BBBPScheme/main.htm
Objectives
Prevent gender based sex selective elimination
Ensure survival & protection of the girl child
Ensure education of the girl child

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (English: Clean India Mission),

abbreviated as SBA or SBM, is a national campaign by the
Government of India, covering 4,041 statutory cities and
towns, to clean the streets, roads and infrastructure of the
country.
The campaign was officially launched on 2 October 2014 at
Rajghat, New Delhi, by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It is
India’s biggest ever cleanliness drive and 3 million
government employees and school and college students of
India participated in this event.
By inviting people to participate in the drive, the Swachhta
Abhiyan has turned into a National Movement. A sense of
responsibility has been evoked among the people through
the Clean India Movement. With citizens now becoming
active participants in cleanliness activities across the
nation, the dream of a ‘Clean India’ once seen by Mahatma
Gandhi has begun to get a shape.
https://swachhbharat.mygov.in/