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Important Questions from Superlatives (India) for SSC CGL 2016
1. First Municipal corporation was set-up in 1687 was
a. Bombay
b. Calcutta
c. Allahabad
d. Madras
2. The first fully Indian Bank is
a. State Bank of India
b. Punjab National Bank
c. Central Bank of India
d. Bank of India
3. The first Muslim president of the Indian National Congress was
a. Sayyed Ahmed Khan
b. Abul Kalam Azad
c. Badruddin Tayyabji
d. Md . Ali Jinnah
4. The first National Park, established in India is
a. Guinady National park
b. Corbett National park
c. Dudhwa National park
d. Nagarjuna National park
5. The first Telegraph line in India was laid between
a. Calcutta and Agra
b. Calcutta and Bombay
c. Calcutta and Delhi
d. Calcutta and Madras
6. The first newspaper publish in English language in India was
a. The Hindu
b. The Bengal Gazette
c. Young India
d. Native Opinion
7. Which of the following river makes largest delta of India ?
a. Ganga
b. Godavari
c. Kaveri
d. Krishna
8. Which of the following is the longest bridge in India ?
a. Mahatma Gandhi Setu
b. Rajiv Gandhi Setu
c. Rabindra Setu
d. Dhola Sadiya Bridge
9. India's largest solar power plant has been launched in which of the following state
a. Tamil Nadu
b. Gujarat
c. Rajastan
d. Madhya Pradesh
10. Who was the first Indian woman president of the Indian National Congress ?
a. Sarojini Naidu
b. Sucheta Kripalani
c. Annie Besant
d. Indira Gandhi
Answers :
1. Madras
2. Punjab National Bank
3. Badruddin Tayyabji
4. Corbett National park
5. Calcutta and Agra
6. The Bengal Gazette
7. Ganga
8. Dhola Sadiya Bridge
9. Madhya Pradesh
10. Annie Besant
1.IndiaFirst Life Insurance Company is a life insurance company in India. It is a joint venture between two of India's public sector banks ?
Ans:Bank of Baroda (44%) and Andhra Bank (30%)
2.Hemis Monastery is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery (gompa) of the Drukpa Lineage, located in?
Ans:Jammu and Kashmir
3.India Aspiration Fund comes under ?
Ans:SIDBI
4.Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Constituency is?
Ans:Mirzapur,Uttar Pradesh
5.Anurag Thakur, BJP MP and BCCI President, is set for a new innings as an officer of the Territorial Army.Anurag Thakur Constituency is ?
Ans:Hamirpur in Himachal Pradesh
6. Rs 1,000-crore 'Self-Employment and Talent Utilisation' programme to be administered by ?
Ans:Niti Aayog.
7.Financial Stability Report release by RBI ?
Ans:Half Yearly
8.World's population will soar to how much by 2100 according to UN study predicts?
Ans:11 billion
9.Niti Aayog signs deal with US EIA to set up ?
Ans:energy data portal
10.Suresh Prabhu flags off 'Tripura Sundari Express'.Its gives the Railway connectivity between Agartala and ?
Ans:New Delhi
11.Vembanad is the longest lake in India located in the State of ?
Ans:Kerala
12.The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its 'in-principle' approval for setting up a Major port at Enayam near Colachel in?
Ans:Tamil Nadu
13.Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary (CWS) located in ?
Ans:Kerala
14.Bhimbetka rock shelters located in the State of ?
Ans:Madhya Pradesh
15.Indian Railways to Build Country’s Longest Tunnel and World’s Tallest Girder Rail Bridge.The tunnel will be built on the Jiribam-Tupul-Imphal new broad gauge railway line in ?
Ans:Manipur
16.Centre has approved how many crore rupees for Jammu and Kashmir under skill development initiative Himayat to train 1.24 lakh local youths in vocational courses?
Ans:Rs.1601 crore
17.Kalikho Pul found dead.Former CM of?
Ans:Arunachal Pradesh
18.Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant dedicated to nation.It is located in ?
Ans:Tamil Nadu
19. India's first tiger cell was set up at the WII campus located in ?
Ans:Dehradun,Uttarakhand
20.Musician Kudsi Ergüner named UNESCO Artist for Peace.He is related to Which Country?
Ans:Turkey
21.Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana accidental insurance of Rs.2 Lakhs.However this insurance is not applicable to?
Ans:Under 18 people
22.First SAARC Youth Parliamentarians Conference held in?
Ans: Islamabad,Pakistan
23.Hydrocarbon Vision 2030 for North-East in?
Ans:Guwahati,Assam
24.RBI, Gives license/permission to open White label ATMs. Under ?
Ans:Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007
25.“Payment and Settlement Systems in India: Vision-2018” published by?
Ans:RBI
26.National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has implemented “National Automated Clearing House (NACH)”.which is related to?
Ans:Electronic Clearing Services
27.PM modi inaugurated ‘Around India’s First Table: Dining and Entertaining at ?
Ans:Rashtrapati Bhavan,New Delhi
28.Recently the attempt made by coup is defeated in Which Country?
Ans:Turkey
29.Nagarjuna Sagar Dam was built across the Krishna river related to Which two States?
Ans:Andhra Pradesh & Telangana
30.SBI Shaurya Home Loan special home loan scheme will be only provided to the?
Ans:defence employees
31.Kotak Mahindra Bank is an Indian private sector banking headquartered in ?
Ans:Mumbai, Maharashtra
32.Rabobank is a Dutch multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in Which City of Netherlands?
Ans: Utrecht
33.M-Pesa is a mobile phone-based money transfer, financing and microfinancing service, launched in 2007 by Vodafone.Vodafone M-Pesa India launched in Partnership with Which Bank in 2011?
Ans:ICICI
34.NTPC first Indian Corporate to offer Green Masala Bonds which raised amount?
Ans:$300 mn=Rs 2,000 crore
35.SBI approves merger with associate banks The merger will create a banking behemoth with an asset book of?
Ans:Rs 37 lakh crore
36.Which Bank launches India's first Aadhaar-based ATM?
Ans:DCB Bank
37.Which American Swimmer won his 21st gold medal ?
Ans:Michael Phelps
38.PMKVY is related to ?
Ans:new skill training
39.SMERA Ratings Limited is a join initiative of Dun and Bradstreet Information Services India Pvt Ltd and ?
Ans:SIDBI
40.ONICRA is a?
Ans:Credit rating agency
41.Census 2011 worst Sex ration State is ?
Ans:Haryana
42. Rotavirus is a virus that causes?
Ans: diarrhea
43.Commodity Derivatives Market is regulated by ?
Ans:SEBI
44.PM Modi laid foundation stone of 1600 MW NTPC power plant in?
Ans:Telangana
45.IFSC Code ....I stands for?
Ans:Indian
46. The GIFT City is India's first international financial services Center located in Which State?
Ans:Gujarat
47. Jeddah based Islamic Development Bank (IDB) in May 2016 announced to open its first branch in India at ?
Ans:Ahmedabad
48.The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved a proposal of R&D project for development of Advanced Ultra Super Critical (AUSC) Technology for ?
Ans:Thermal Power Plants
49.Government set up Amitabh Kant committee to review e-commerce rules.Amitabh Kant is present ?
Ans: NITI Aayog CEO
50.After Lodha Panel recommendations,newly appointed legal advisor is ?
Ans:Justice Markandey Katju
51.India Post payments bank will have how many Crore equity grant?
Ans:Rs.400 Crore [Note:650 branches,corpus : Rs. 800 crore ]
52.International Meeting on Counter Terrorism held in?
Ans:Bali,Indonesia
53.September 28 is ?
Ans:World Rabies Day
54.United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Headquarters is in?
Ans:Madrid,Spain
55.Mahim Bora passes away.Related to Which State?
Ans:Assam
56.General Assembly decision makes IOM part of UN system.IOM is related to?
Ans:Migration
57.World Economic Forum (WEF), will host its annual India Economic Summit in?
Ans:Delhi
58.The 2019 Cricket World Cup will be hosted by ?
Ans:England and Wales
59.Ottawa is capital of ?
Ans:Canada
60.India and Which Country built Long Range Surface to Air Missile (LR SAM) also called Barak-8?
Ans:Israel
61.Kananur Lokesh Rahul commonly known as KL Rahul related to Which Sport?
Ans:Cricket
62.Ace Against Odds autobiography of?
Ans:Sania Mirza
63.Khangchendzonga National Park (KNP) has been inscribed as India’s first “Mixed World Heritage Site” on UNESCO World Heritage List Which is located in?
Ans:Sikkim
64.RBI decided to shift from base rate to?
Ans:MCLR
65.Who became the first Indian captain to hit a double ton away from India ?
Ans:Virat Kohli
66.Angela Ruggiero appointed Head of IOC Athletes' Commission.He is former player of ?
Ans:US ice hockey player
67.Folk dance asked (Cant remember name very difficult one)
68.International Cricket ground name asked (Name forgot)
69.Which Human Rights Activist won Ramon Magsaysay Award 2016?
Ans:Bezwada Wilson
70.For non-bank entities seeking authorization to function as BBPOUs should have a net worth of at least?
Ans:Rs.100 Crore
71.Who has been appointed as the chairperson of the Committee of Privileges of the Lok Sabha?
Ans:Meenakshi Lekhi
72.Rewa power plant located in ?
Ans:Madhya Pradesh
73.The agreement between Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) and which US firm to initiate preparatory work on six nuclear reactors in India is expected to unleash a $ 150 billion nuclear industry?
Ans:Westinghouse
74.Ringitt is the Currency of ?
Ans:Malaysia
75.Operation Raahat was an operation of the Indian Armed Forces to evacuate Indian citizens and other foreign nationals from Which Country in 2015?
Ans:Yemen
76.Sultan Azlan Shah Cup is related to?
Ans:Hockey
77.Vinod Rai steps down from ?
Ans:IDFC Bank
78.Silent Valley National Park is located in ?
Ans:kerala
79.High court amendment bill 2016- to change names of Bombay and ?
Ans:Madras High Court
80.The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) established in ?
Ans:1989
GA Questions asked in RBI Grade ‘B’ 2016 – 04/09/2016 – Shift – II
1. Jeddah based Islamic Bank branch in India –
Ahmedabad
2. Who becomes first Indian captain to hit double hundred outside India – Virat Kohli
3. Suresh Prabhu flags off Delhi-Agartala ‘Tripura Sundari Express’.
4. A new home loan scheme dedicated to the Army and defence personnel of the nation by SBI – Shaurya Home Loan
5. Lokesh Rahul related to – Cricket
6. 111-km-long Jiribam-Tupul-Imphal railway line
7. Kotak Mahindra HQ – Mumbai
8. SAARC youth Summit 2016 – Pakistan
9. Capital of Canada – Ottawa
10. NITI Aayog inks pact with US EIA to set up portal on energy data
11. Autobiography of Sania Mirza – Ace against Odds
12. Full form of IFSC – Indian Financial System Code
13. NACH full form – National Automated Clearing House
14. Total assets of SBI after merging –
15. Kalikho pul – CM of Arunachal Pradesh
16. Mahim Bora, an Indian writer and educationist from which state – Assam
17. Srisailam Dam – Andhra Pradesh.
18. IOM – International Organization for Migration
19. Amitabh Kant – CEO, NITI Aayog
20. Ringgit currency of – Malaysia
21. Total equity capital of India Post Payment Bank – Rs 400 crore
22. Vodafone m-pesa tied up with – ICICI
23. Vembanad lake – Kerala
24. Sultan Azlan cup related to – Hockey
25. PMKVY associated with – Skill development
26. Total allocation under HIMAYAT –
27. Worst male-female ratio in Census 2011 – Haryana
28. About RBI Vision 2018
29. Masala Bond limit
30. About RBI’s Financial Stability Report
GA Questions asked in RBI Grade ‘B’ 2016 – 04/09/2016 – Shift – I
1. Maputo-captial of – Mozambique
2. Ngultrum-currency of – Bhutan
3. YES Bank HQ – Mumbai
4. NICL HQ – Kolkata
5. SIDBI HQ – Lucknow
6. Ghatampur Thermal power plant in which state –
Uttar Pradesh
7. Water metro project in which city – Kochi
8. Aadiperukku festival celebrated in which state –
Tamil Nadu
9. Keibul Lamjao National Park located in – Manipur
10. Sex ratio of 1084/1000 in which state – Kerala
11. Banks that joined SWIFT- ICICI & Axis Bank
12. Ease of Doing business by – World Bank
13. Long-distance, fully unreserved, superfast train service, for the common man – Antyodaya express
14. International Court of Justice HQ – Hague
15. Amount allocated to Kaushal Vikas Yojana – Rs 12000 crore
16. Maitree is a joint exercise between India and Thailand
17. Desert Eagle is a joint exercise between India and UAE
18. Head of Committee on change of financial year –
Shankar Acharya
19. Head of committee on doubling farmers income by 2022 – Ashok Dalwai
20. Head of committee on regulatory issues regarding financial technology and digital banking – Sudarshan Sen
21. Head of committee on alternatives of pellet guns –
TVSN Prasad
22. Rewa Thermal Power plant located in – Madhya Pradesh
23. Operation Sankat Mochan – Sudan
24. Reverse Repo operations are for – Absorbing liquidity in the market
25. In NTDL – D stands for Demand
26. SBI privilege loan caters to – Government employees
27. Bradbourne stadium location – Mumbai
28. Theme of World Hepatitis day 2016 – ELIMINATION
29. Green Rail corridor – Tamil Nadu
30. Green Highway mission launched by Nitish Gadkari in
New Delhi
31. Constituency of SS Ahluwalia – Darjeeling
32. SBI life insurance is Joint venture between SBI and BNP Paribas Cardiff
33. The seventh and final member of IRNSS constellation – IRNSS-1G
34. Hopman cup is related to – Tennis
35. Atal Innovation tinkering labs – Intel India
36. Blue mormon – first state butterfly of – Maharashtra
37. 122 Constitutional Amendment Bill unanimously adopted-related to – Goods and Services Tax
38. City compost brand ambassador – Amitabh Bacchan
39. Book titled “Who moved my interest rate” – D Subbarao
40. Game not included in Tokyo Olympics 2020 –
41. Pt. Lacchu Maharaj is renowned for- Tabla
42. Indhradhanush mission – immunisation of children
43. SBI Balasena initiative taken up in which UT-
Pondicherry
44. Head of Joint Parliamentary committee on Land Aquisition bill – Ganesh Singh
45. Himayat – skill development program in J&K
46. Andy Murray related to – Tennis
47. 2016 Olympics flag bearer Indian contingent- Abhinav Bindra
48. Novascotia bank HQ – Toronto, Canada
49. Canberra capital of – Australia
50. Mahabodhi temple in – Bihar
51. Mission Bhagiratha in – Telangana
52. SAARC interior ministers meet at Islamabad
53. 2016 kabaddi world cup in – India
54. Head of committee on household savings – Tarun ramadorai
55. Man who knew infinity- film based on – Ramanujan
56. Micro finance insitutions are regulated by – RBI
57. Lakhwar Dam on yamuna river in state- Uttarakhand
58. Upper limit of inflation that can be tolerated- 6%
59. SWAYAM initiative – Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) platform
60. SMERA is a – Credit rating agency
61. Defence aircraft Y20 by – China
62. World tourism day – September 27
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2016 Summer Rio Olympics
Held During : 5th to 21st August 2016
IOC president : Thomas BachIt
It is 31st Modern Olympicss
2016 Rio Olympic cauldron was lit by : Vanderlei de Lima
Venue : Rio de Janerio(Brazil)
Brazil capital : Brasília
Brazil currency : Brazilian real
Opening cermony Stadium : Maracanã Stadium
Closing cermony Stadium : Maracanã Stadium
Official Song of Olympic Torch Relay : Life of a Traveller
Official Theme Song : Heart and Soul
Motto : A new world---rio 2016
Inspire a Generation----London 2012
One world,One drean------Beijing,2008
Theme : World Peace and Environment
Mascot : Vinicius (named after musician 'Vinicius de Moraes')
Logo : Henri Matisse's painting Dance
How many nations participating : 205
Events : 306
Sports disciplines : 41(total sports---28)
The two new sports : Golf and Rugby sevens
Total medals : 2102
Total athletes : 11544
INDIA AT OLYMPICS : 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
India’s flag bearer opening ceremony was : Abhinav Bindra
India’s flag bearer closing ceremony was : Sakshi Malik
The official sponsor of Indian contingent to the 2016 Rio Olympics : Amul
Goodwill ambassador of the Indian contingent : Salman Khan, A R Rahman, Sachin Tendulkar Abhinav Bindra
Which indian won historic silver medal in women’s singles badminton : Pusarla Venkata Sindhu (gold---carolin marin)
The Indian female wrestler who won the bronze medal in the 58 kg category at the Olympic Games in Rio-----Sakshi Malik
Which state government will confer Indian wrestler Sakshi Malik with Rani Laxmi Bai Award for winning a medal in Rio Olympics : Utter pradesh
Name the Indian athlete who has qualified for the women's 3000m steeplechase final at Rio : LlitaBbar
The following created history by becoming the first Indian gymnast to enter the Olympic final at the Rio Olympic Centre : Dipa karmakar
What is the total number of participants in Rio Olympics 2016 from India(including those who failed in doping test) : 124
Which Indian wrestler was ousted from the Olympics and slapped with a four-year ban for flunking a dope test after Court of Arbitration : Narsingh Yadav
First gold medal was won by - Ginny Thrasher of USA - 10-meter air rifle event.
Majlinda Kelmendi wins Kosovo's first Olympic gold medal
Highest Medals : US (121 Medals), Britain 2 nd, China 3rd
Highest individual medal in Mens : Phelps(swimming) ----6(5 gold and 1 silver)
Highest individual medal in womens: Ledecky katie(swimming) ----5(4 g, 1 s)
First time as part in the Olympics Games : Kosovo and South Sudan
Largest Olympic team of 2016 Rio Olympics is : The United States (554 athletes)
Smallest Olympic team of 2016 Rio Olympics is : Tuvalu (1 athletes)
Youngest athlete of 2016 Rio Olympics : Meet Gaurika Singh of Nepal age 13 years 255 days (Swimming)
The first Iranian woman to win an Olympic medal : Kimia Alizadeh Zenoorin(Taekwondo---women's 57 kg)
Country team won Mens hockey gold medal : Argentina
Country team won Mens Foot ball gold medal : Brazil
Who created a world record of 82.29m in women’s hammer throw to win gold at Rio Olympics : Anita Wlodarczyk
Who won the gold medal in men’s singles tennis category in Rio 2016 Olympic Games : AndyMurray
The Chinese table tennis champion who became the fifth male player to complete the Grand Slam by winning gold medal in Rio Olympics 2016 : Ma Long
The following became the first Brazilian to win a Gold medal at 2016 Rio Olympics : Judoka Silva
The country won the gold in first-ever Olympic Women's Rugby Sevens Championship in Rio de Janeiro : Australia
The American swimmer who set a new world record to win gold in the women's 400 metres freestyle at the Rio Olympics : Katie Ledecky
The swimmer who became the first swimmer to win four consecutive gold medals in same event : Michael Phelps
The person, after whom the mascot name is given in Rio Olympics was famous as : Musician
Indian shooter Abhinav Bindra missed a medal in the final of the men's ___m Air Rifle event at Rio Olympics : 10 m
Michel Temer is the Acting President of which country : Brazil
First transgender model to participates in opening ceremony : Lea T(Brazil)
The International Olympic Committee(IOC) has added how many new sports for the 2020 Olympics : 5 (baseball/softball, karate, skateboarding, sports climbing and surfing. )
The following country has been banned from taking part in Rio Olympics : RussiaWhich sport will mark its comeback at Rio Olympics after being dropped from the list post 1904 Summer Olympics : Golf
The first ever refugee Olympic team will participate in Rio Olympics 2016 under which flag : Olympics Flag
IOC President : Thomas Bach
IOC Headquarters : Lausanne, Switzerland
Court of Arbitration for Sport Headquarters : Lausanne, Switzerland
First Indian woman member of IOC : Nita Ambani
Indin Olympic Association Headquarters : New Delhi
Indian Olympic association president : Narayana Ramachandran
Who got The Olympic Order is the highest award of the Olympic Movement and is awarded for particularly distinguished contributions to the Olympic Movement : Narayana Ramachandran (IOC President)
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY)
Launched: 28 August 2014
Main Objective: Financial inclusion and access to financial services for all households in the country.
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) is a national mission to bring comprehensive financial inclusion of all the households in the country. Under the PMJDY, any individual above the age of 10 years and does not ave a bank account can open a bank account without depositing any money.
The scheme was to ensure the access to financial services such as banking / savings & deposit Accounts, remittance, credit, debit cards, insurance and pension in affordable manner. The scheme was mostly targeted to the people belonging to the Below Poverty Line but is beneficial to everyone who does not have a bank account.
Jan Dhan Yojana has seen a great success, about 21 Crore accounts have been opened in just about one and half year under the scheme. Out of the total 12.87 crore in rural area and 8.13 Crore accounts have been opened in urban areas. Despite of zero minimum balance, there is 33074.89 crore rupees balance in these accounts with 28.88% accounts opened with zero balance.
Official Website:http://www.pmjdy.gov.in
Pradhan Mantri Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana (PMSSY)
Launched: 22 January 2015
Main Objective: Secure the future of girl child
Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana is an ambitious small deposit savings scheme for a girl child. Under the scheme, a saving account can be opened in the name of girl child and deposits can be made for 14 years. After the girl reach 18 years of age, she can withdraw 50% of the amount for marriage or higher study purposes.
After the girl completes 21 years of age, the maturity amount can be withdrawn including the interest at rates decided by Government every year.
The investments and returns are exempt from section 80C of Indian income tax act. The maximum investment of Rs. 1.5 Lakh per year can be made while minimum deposit is Rs. 1000/- per year.
In case of more than one girl child, parents can open another account on the different name but only for 2 girl child. Only exception is that the parents have twins and another girl child.
Official Website:http://www.nsiindia.gov.in
Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana (PMMY)
Launched: 8 April 2015
Main Objective: Financial support for growth of micro enterprises sector.
Pradhan Mantri MUDRA (Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency) Yojana was launched with the purpose to provide funding to the non-corporate small business sector. Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) is open and is available from all Bank branches across the country.
The small businesses/startups or entrepreneurs can avail loans from Rs. 50 thousand to 10 Lakh to start/grow their business under the three, Shishu, Kishore and Tarun categories of the scheme.
As per the official website of PMMY, 27344053 number of loans have been sanctioned under the scheme till 26 February 2016. The amount sanctioned has reached more than Rs. 1 Lakh Crore.
Official Website:http://www.mudra.org.in
Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY)
Launched: 9 May 2015
Main Objective: Provide life insurance cover to all Indian citizens
Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana is a government backed life insurance scheme in India aimed at increasing the penetration of life insurance cover in India. The scheme is open and available to all Indian citizens between the age of 18 to 50 years.
Under the scheme, the policy holder can get a life insurance cover of Rs. 2 Lakh with an annual premium of just Rs. 330 excluding service tax. All the Indian citizens between 18-50 years of age with a saving bank account are eligible to avail the scheme.
Official Website:http://www.jansuraksha.gov.in
Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY)
Launched: 9 May 2015
Main Objective: Provide accidental insurance cover to all Indian citizens
Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana is also a government backed accident insurance scheme in India aimed at increasing the penetration of accidental insurance cover in India. The scheme is open and available to all Indian citizens between the age of 18 to 70 years.
Under the scheme, the policy holder can get a life insurance cover of Rs. 2 Lakh with an annual premium of just Rs. 12 excluding service tax. All the Indian citizens between 18-70 years of age with a saving bank account are eligible to avail the scheme.
Official Website:http://www.jansuraksha.gov.in
Atal Pension Yojana (APY)
Launched: 9 May 2015
Main Objective: Increase the number of people covered under any kind of pension scheme.
Atal Pension Yojana is one of the three Jan Suraksha schemes launched by PM Narendra Modi. APY is aimed at increasing the number of pension scheme beneficiaries across the country. The scheme is especially targeted to the private unorganized sector and is open to all Indian citizens between the age of 18 to 40 years.
Under the scheme, the beneficiary have to make contribution for at least 20 years before he/she can get pension after attaining age of 60 years. The scheme provides a monthly pension of Rs 1000 to Rs. 5000 per month based on the contribution amount.
Official Website:http://www.jansuraksha.gov.in
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY)
Launched: 25 June 2015
Main Objective: Achieve housing for all by the year 2022, 2 crore in Urban and 3 Crore homes in Rural areas.
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana is an ambitious scheme of Narendra Modi Government. Under the PMAY, the government aims to provide about 5 Crore affordable homes to the people belonging to EWS and LIG categories by the year 2022. There is a target of building 2 crore homes in urban area and 3 crore in rural areas across the country.
Under the scheme, the government will provide financial assistance to the poor home buyers, interest subsidy on home loan and direct subsidy on homes bought under the scheme.
Official Website: http://mhupa.gov.in
Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY)
Launched: 11 October 2014
Main Objective: Social, cultural, economic, infrastructure developments in the villages, i.e. development of model villages called “Adarsh Gram”
Under the Yojana, Members of Parliament (MPs) will be responsible for developing the socio-economic and physical infrastructure of three villages each by 2019, and a total of eight villages each by 2024.
Official Website: http://rural.nic.in
Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)
Launched: 11 October 2014
Main Objective: Provide insurance cover to rabi and kharif crops and financial support to farmers in case of damage of crops.
In order to make crop insurance simpler and cheaper for the farmers and to provide them with better insurance services, a Central Sector Scheme of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFSY) was launched by the Government of India replacing NAIS and MNAIS.
Under the new scheme, farmers will have to pay a uniform premium of two per cent for all kharif crops and 1.5 per cent for all rabi crops.
The scheme will be implemented from the kharif season this year, i.e. 2016.
Official Website: http://agricoop.nic.in
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sinchai Yojana (PMGSY)
Launched: 01 July 2015
Main Objective: Irrigating the field of every farmer and improving water use efficiency to provide `Per Drop More Crop’.
The scheme is aimed to attract investments in irrigation system at field level, develop and expand cultivable land in the country, enhance ranch water use in order to minimize wastage of water, enhance crop per drop by implementing water-saving technologies and precision irrigation.
All the States and Union Territories including North Eastern States are covered under the programme.
The government has approved Rs.50,000 crore for the implementation of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana for next 5 years, i.e. up to 2020.
Official Website: http://agricoop.nic.in
Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY)
Launched: 19 April 2015
Main Objective: Implement the pro-poor welfare schemes in more effective way and reaches out to more poor population across the country.
Garib Kalyan Yojana is a Poverty Alleviation Scheme, which is primarily a work shop that you can pay and attend. The effort of the campaign and workshop is to motive and appraise the member of parliaments to help them effectively implement the government run schemes for the welfare of poor in the country.
Official Website: http://niti.gov.in
Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Yojana (PMJAY)
Launched: 21 July 2015
Main Objective: Provides drugs/medicines at affordable cost across the country.
The scheme is a new version of earlier Jan Aushadhi Yojana, to be renamed as Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Yojana, the scheme aims to open 3000 Jan Aushadhi stores to sell drugs at affordable cost.
Under the scheme, over 500 medicines will be sold through Jan Aushadhi stores at price less than the market price. Private hospitals, NGO’s, and other social groups are eligible to open the Jan Aushadhi stores with a onetime assistance of Rs. 2.5 Lakh from the central Government.
Official Website:http://janaushadhi.gov.in
Make in India
Launched: 25 September 2014
Main Objective: To encourage multi-national, as well as domestic companies to manufacture their products in India and create jobs and skill enhancement in 25 sectors.
The major objective behind the initiative is to focus on job creation and skill enhancement in 25 sectors of the economy. The initiative also aims at high quality standards and minimising the impact on the environment. The initiative hopes to attract capital and technological investment in India.
Official Website:http://www.makeinindia.com
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
Launched: 2 October 2014
Main Objective: To fulfil Mahatma Gandhi’s dream of a clean and hygienic India.
Swachh Bharat Mission is being implemented by the Ministry of Urban Development (M/o UD) and by the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (M/o DWS) for urban and rural areas respectively.
Official Website:http://swachhbharat.mygov.in
Kisan Vikas Patra
Launched: 3 March 2015 (Re-Launched)
Main Objective: To provide safe and secure investment avenues to the small investors.
Kisan Vikas Patra is an investment scheme wherein the invested money will get doubled in 8 years and 4 months. However, investors would not get any tax benefit for their investment in Kisan Vikas Patra unlike in PPF. The Kisan Vikas Patra certificates would be available in the denominations of Rs 1,000, 5,000, 10,000 and 50,000 and there is no upper limit on investment in KVPs.
Official Website:http://www.nsiindia.gov.in
Soil Health Card Scheme
Launched: 17 February 2015
Main Objective: To help farmers to improve productivity from their farms by letting them know about nutrient/fertilizer requirements for their farms.
The soil health card studies and reviews the health of soil or rather we can say a complete evaluation of the quality of soil right from its functional characteristics, to water and nutrients content and other biological properties. It will also contain corrective measures that a farmer should adopt to obtain a better yield.
Official Website:http://www.soilhealth.dac.gov.in
Digital India
Launched: 1 July 2015
Main Objective: To deliver Government services to citizens electronically by improving online infrastructure and by increasing Internet connectivity.
The Digital India programme is a flagship programme of the Government of India with a vision to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy. The vision of Digital India programme is to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy.
Official Website:http://www.digitalindia.gov.in
Skill India
Launched: 16 July 2015
Main Objective: Train over 40 crore people in India in different skills by 2022.
The main goal of Skill India Program is to create opportunities, space and scope for the development of talents of the Indian youth. The scheme also targeted to identify new sectors for skill development and develop more of those sectors which have already been put under skill development for the last so many years.
Official Website:http://skillindia.gov.in
Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Yojana
Launched: 22 January 2015
Main Objective: To generate awareness and improving the efficiency of welfare services meant for women.
The scheme is to have as focussed intervention and multi-section action in almost 100 districts with low Child Sex Ratio (CSR).
Official Website: http://wcd.nic.in
Mission Indradhanush
Launched: 25 December 2014
Main Objective: To immunize all children as well as pregnant women against seven vaccine preventable diseases namely diphtheria, whooping cough (Pertussis), tetanus, polio, tuberculosis, measles and hepatitis B by 2020.
The aim of Mission Indradhanush is to achieve full immunization in 352 districts which includes 279 mid priority districts, 33 districts from the North East states and 40 districts from phase one where huge number of missed out children were detected.
Official Website:http://www.missionindradhanush.in
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY)
Launched: 25 July 2015
Main Objective: Electric supply feeder separation (rural households & agricultural) and strengthening of sub-transmission & distribution infrastructure including metering at all levels in rural areas.
DDUGJY will help in providing round the clock power to rural households and adequate power to agricultural consumers. The earlier scheme for rural electrification viz. Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) has been subsumed in the new scheme as its rural electrification component.
Official Website:http://powermin.nic.in
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDUGKY)
Launched: 25 July 2015
Main Objective: To achieve inclusive growth, by developing skills and productive capacity of the rural youth from poor families.
DDU-GKY aims to train rural youth who are poor and provide them with jobs having regular monthly wages. It is one of the cluster initiatives of the Ministry of Rural Development that seeks to promote rural livelihoods. It is a part of the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) – the Mission for poverty reduction called Aajeevika.
Official Website: http://ddugky.gov.in
Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Shramev Jayate Yojana (PDUSJY)
Launched: 16 October 2014
Main Objective: To consolidate information of Labour Inspection and its enforcement through a unified web portal, which will lead to transparency and accountability in inspections.
A Unified Labour Portal, known as the Shram Suvidha portal was launched under the scheme as a platform to facilitate the implementation of a transparent system for information and database management.
Official Website:https://www.efilelabourreturn.gov.in
Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT)
Launched: 24 June 2015
Main Objective: Providing basic services (e.g. water supply, sewerage, urban transport) to households and build amenities in cities which will improve the quality of life for all, especially the poor and the disadvantaged.
The purpose of Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) is to (i) ensure that every household has access to a tap with assured supply of water and a sewerage connection; (ii) increase the amenity value of cities by developing greenery and well maintained open spaces (e.g. parks); and (iii) reduce pollution by switching to public transport or constructing facilities for non-motorized transport (e.g. walking and cycling).
Official Website: http://amrut.gov.in
Swadesh Darshan Yojana
Launched: 09 March 2015
Main Objective: Develop world class tourism infrastructure.
As part of the Swadesh Darshan Scheme, theme based tourism circuits (TBCT) around specific themes such as religion, culture, ethnicity, niche, etc. are identified for infrastructure development across the country.
Official Website: http://tourism.gov.in
PRASAD (Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual Augmentation Drive)
Launched: 09 March 2015
Main Objective: Develop world class tourism infrastructure in Amritsar, Ajmer, Amaravati, Dwaraka, Gaya, Kanchipuram, Kedarnath, Kamakhya, Mathura, Puri, Varanasi and Vellankani.
PRASAD scheme aims to create spiritual centres for tourism development within the nation. As part of mission strategy, religious destinations that have potential to be show-cased as world-class tourism products are identified and infrastructure is developed on a priority basis.
Official Website: http://tourism.gov.in
National Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY)
Launched: 21 January 2015
Main Objective: Bringing together urban planning, economic growth and heritage conservation in an inclusive manner to preserve the heritage character of each Heritage City.
With a duration of 27 months (completing in March 2017) and a total outlay of INR 500 Crores, the Scheme is being implemented in 12 identified Cities namely, Ajmer, Amaravati, Amritsar, Badami, Dwarka, Gaya, Kanchipuram, Mathura, Puri, Varanasi, Velankanni and Warangal. The scheme is implemented in a mission mode.
Official Website: http://hridayindia.in
Udaan Scheme
Launched: 14 November 2014
Main Objective: Encouraging girls for higher technical education and aims to provide a platform that empowers girl students and provides them with better learning opportunities.
It is a mentoring and scholarship scheme to enable meritorious girl students to transit from schools to technical education without much difficulty and also aims to enrich and enhance teaching and learning of mathematics and science at senior secondary school level by providing free online resources for all.
Official Website: http://mhrd.gov.in
National Bal Swachhta Mission
Launched: 14 November 2014
Main Objective: To provide hygienic and clean environment, food, drinking water, toilets, schools and other surroundings to the children.
The Bal Swachhta Mission is a part of the nationwide sanitation initiative of ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’ launched by the Prime Minister on 2nd October, 2014.
Official Website: http://wcd.nic.in
One Rank One Pension (OROP) Scheme
Launched: 5 September 2015
Main Objective: To provide same pension, for same rank, for same length of service, irrespective of the date of retirement.
This is not a Modi Government scheme, however, the government is making its efforts to implement the long pending scheme.
Official Website: http://wcd.nic.in
Smart City Mission
Launched: 25 June 2015
Main Objective: To develop 100 cities all over the country making them citizen friendly and sustainable
Under the mission, the NDA Government aims to develop smart cities equipped with basic infrastructure and offer a good quality of life through smart solutions. Assured water and power supply, sanitation and solid waste management, efficient urban mobility and public transport, robust IT connectivity, e-governance and citizen participation along with safety of its citizens are some of the likely attributes of these smart cities.
Official Website:http://smartcities.gov.in
Gold Monetisation Schemes
Launched: 04 November 2015
Main Objective: To reduce the reliance on gold imports over time.
The programme is to lure tonnes of gold from households into the banking system. Under the scheme, people can deposit gold into the banks and earn interest based on the value of the gold.
Official Website: http://finmin.nic.in
Startup India, Standup India
Launched: 16 January 2016
Main Objective: To provide support to all start-up businesses in all aspects of doing business in India.
Under the scheme, the start-ups will adopt self-certification to reduce the regulatory liabilities. An online portal, in the shape of a mobile application, will be launched to help start-up founders to easily register. The app is scheduled to be launched on April 1.
Official Website: http://finmin.nic.in
DigiLocker
Launched: 01 July 2015
Main Objective: To provide a secure dedicated personal electronic space for storing the documents of resident Indian citizens.
It is a part of Digital India programme, Digital Locker has been designed to reduce the administrative overhead of government departments and agencies created due to paper work.
It will also make it easy for the residents to receive services by saving time and effort as their documents will now be available anytime, anywhere and can be shared electronically.
Official Website:https://digilocker.gov.in
Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS)
Launched: 18 September 2015
Main Objective: To ensure 24/7 power for all.
The Government of India will provide financial support of Rs. 45,800 crore over the entire implementation period of IPDS under which strengthening of sub-transmission network, metering, IT application, customer care Services, provisioning of solar panels will be implemented.
Official Website:http://www.apdrp.gov.in
Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission
Launched: 21 February 2016
Main Objective: To create 300 rural clusters across the country and strengthen financial, job, and lifestyle facilities in rural areas.
Rurban Mission is a solution for both villages and cities in the country that would promote growth of villages and its residents at the place where they are. Under the mission, the government will identify and develop 300 rural clusters with urban like facilities in the next 3 years.
Official Website: http://rurban.gov.in
Sagarmala Project
Launched: 31 July 2015
Main Objective: To transform the existing ports into modern world class ports.
The prime objective of the Sagarmala project is to promote port-led direct and indirect development and to provide infrastructure to transport goods to and from ports quickly, efficiently and cost-effectively.
The Sagarmala Project, aimed at port-led development in coastal areas, is bound to boost the country’s economy and the government has lined up about Rs 70,000 crore for its 12 major ports only
Official Website: http://shipping.nic.in
‘Prakash Path’ – ‘Way to Light’ – The National LED Programme
Launched: 05 January 2015
Main Objective: To distribute LED bulbs and decrease the power consumption.
This is one of the many schemes launched by Narendra Modi government India. The programme has been launched to distribute and encourage the use of LED light bulbs to save both cost and consumption.
Official Website:http://powermin.nic.in
UJWAL Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY)
Launched: 20 November 2015
Main Objective: To obtain operational and financial turnaround of State owned Power Distribution Companies (DISCOMs).
The Scheme aims to reduce the interest burden, reduce the cost of power, reduce power losses in Distribution sector, and improve operational efficiency of DISCOMs.
Official Website:http://powermin.nic.in
Vikalp Scheme
Launched: 01 November 2015
Main Objective: For confirmed accommodation in next alternative train for the waitlisted passengers.
Vikalp scheme is available only for the tickets booked through internet for six months and option will be limited to mail and express trains running on Delhi-Lucknow and Delhi-Jammu sectors.
Official Website:http://powermin.nic.in
National Sports Talent Search Scheme (NSTSS)
Launched: 20 February 2015
Main Objective: To Identify sporting talent among students in the age group of 8–12 years.
The scheme is being implemented by the Sports Authority of India (SAI), under the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports for spotting talented young children in the age group of 8-14 years from schools and nurturing them by providing scientific training.
Official Website:http://www.sportsauthorityofindia.nic.in
Rashtriya Gokul Mission
Launched: 16 December 2014
Main Objective: To conserve and develop indigenous bovine breeds.
Rashtriya Gokul Mission aims to conserve and develop indigenous breeds in a focused and scientific manner. It is a focussed project under National Programme for Bovine Breeding and Dairy Development, with an outlay of Rs 500 crore during the 12th Five Year Plan.
Official Website: http://dahd.nic.in
PAHAL-Direct Benefits Transfer for LPG (DBTL) Consumers Scheme
Launched: 01 January 2015
Main Objective: To send the subsidy money of LPG cylinders directly into the bank accounts of the consumers and increase efficiency & transparency in the whole system.
Under the scheme, the LPG consumer can now receive subsidy in his bank account by two methods. Such a consumer will be called CTC (Cash Transfer Compliant) once he joins the scheme and is ready to receive subsidy in the bank account.
Official Website: http://dahd.nic.in
The National Institution for Transforming India (NITI AAYOG)
Launched: 01 January 2015
Main Objective: to foster involvement and participation in the economic policy-making process by the State Governments of India.
The National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) which replaced 65 year old Planning Commission will act more like a think tank or forum, in contrast with the Commission which imposed five-year-plans and allocated resources to hit set economic targets.
Official Website: http://niti.gov.in
Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana (PMKKKY)
Launched: 17 September 2015
Main Objective: To Safeguard Health, Environment and Economic Conditions of the Tribals.
Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana (PMKKKY) is meant to provide for the welfare of areas and people affected by mining related operations, using the funds generated by District Mineral Foundations (DMFs).
Official Website: http://mines.nic.in
Namami Gange Project
Launched: 10 July 2014
Main Objective: To integrates the efforts to clean and protect the Ganga river in a comprehensive manner.
Namami Gange approaches Ganga Rejuvenation by consolidating the existing ongoing efforts and planning for a concrete action plan for future. The interventions at Ghats and River fronts will facilitate better citizen connect and set the tone for river centric urban planning process.
Official Website: https://nmcg.nic.in
Setu Bharatam Project
Launched: 03 March 2016
Main Objective: To free all national highways from railway level crossings and renovate the old bridges on national highways by 2019.
Setu Bharatam is an ambitious programme with an investment of Rs. 50,000 crore to build bridges for safe and seamless travel on National Highways.
208 new “road over bridges / road under bridges” are envisaged for construction, while 1500 bridges will be widened, rehabilitated or replaced.
Official Website: http://morth.nic.in
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
Launched: 1 May 2016
Main Objective: To distribute free LPG connections to the women belonging to 3.5 Crore BPL families across the country.
According the estimates, about 1.50 Crore BPL families will be benefited under the scheme in the year 2016-17. The scheme will cover 3.5 Crore more BPL families in the next two years. The scheme provides a financial support of Rs 1600 for each LPG connection to the BPL households.
This is the first ever welfare scheme by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas which would benefit crores of women belonging to the poorest households.
Official Website:http://www.petroleum.nic.in
Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan
Launched: 14 April 2016
Main Objective: To help Panchayat Raj Institutions deliver Sustainable Development Goals.
Government to Double the Income of Farmers by 2022
Unified Agricultural Marketing E-Platform to be Dedicated to the Nation on 14th April this Year .
The Union Finance Minister, Shri Arun Jaitley while presenting the General Budget today said that his Government intends to go beyond Food Security and give back a sense of income security to our farmers. In this regard, his Government intends to double the farmers’ income by 2022. He allotted Rs. 35,984 crore for agriculture and farmers’ welfare. He said that his government intends to address issues of optimal utilization of water resources, create new infrastructure for irrigation, conserve soil fertility with balanced use of fertilizer and provide connectivity from farm to market.
Official Website: NA
Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA)
Launched- 9 June 2016
Main Objective- The pregnant ladies will be given free health check-up and required treatment for free on 9th of every month.
Key features of Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan
• All kinds of medical checkups under the scheme will be completely free.
• Tests will take place at the medical centres, government and private hospitals and private clinics across the country.
• Women will be marked differently based on their health problems so that doctors can easily detect the problem.
• The scheme is applicable only to the women in their pregnancy period of 3 to 6 months.
• The women belonging to semi urban, poor and rural areas will be given preferences.
