Friends...Here is the list of new schemes
announced in the Union Budget 2014 presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
in Lok Sabha on 10 July 2014. We have prepared this on the prespective of
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1) Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram
Jyoti Yojana
2) Shyama Prasad Mukherji
Rurban Mission
3) Soil Health Card Scheme
for Every Farmer
4) Swatchh Bharat Abhiyan
5) Pradhan Mantri Krishi
Sinchayee Yojana
6) A Dedicated TV Channel
‘Kisan TV’ to be Launched for Farmers
7) Multi Skill Programme –
Skill India
8) Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP)
Re-Introduced
9) Integrated Ganga Conservation Mission ‘Namami
Gange’
10) Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao
Yojana Launched
11) Digital India Programme
12) Housing for All by 2022
Details of each scheme
is given below
1) Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana
“Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana” for
feeder separation will be launched to augment power supply to the rural areas
and for strengthening sub-transmission and distribution systems. Its long term
aim is to provide 24×7 uninterrupted power supply to all homes. A sum of Rs.
500 crores has been set aside for this scheme.
2) Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission
Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission will
be launched to deliver integrated project based infrastructure in the rural
areas. The scheme will also include development of economic activities and
skill development. The preferred mode of delivery would be through PPPs while
using various scheme funds. It is based on the example of Gujarat that has
demonstrated successfully the Rurban development model of urbanization of the
rural areas, through which people living in the rural areas can get efficient
civic infrastructure and associate services.
3) Soil Health Card Scheme for Every Farmer
The deteriorating soil health has been a
cause of concern and leads to sub optimal utilization of farming
resources. The Government will initiate
a scheme to provide to every farmer a soil health card in a mission mode. A sum
of Rs 100 core for this purpose has been kept aside by the government. An
additional Rs 56 crores have been allocated to set up 100 mobile soil testing
laboratories across the county. There have also been growing concerns about the
imbalance in the utilization of different types of fertilizers resulting in
deterioration of the soil.
4) Swatchh Bharat Abhiyan
The Government intends to cover every
household by total sanitation by the year 2019, the 150th year of the Birth
Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
5) Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana
The Government has proposed to initiate the
scheme “Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana”. It is proposed to meet the
need to provide assured irrigation to mitigate risk to the farmer since bulk of
the farm lands are rainfed and depend on monsoon. This scheme would facilitate
access to irrigation. A sum of Rs.1,000 crores is being set aside for this
scheme.
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6) A Dedicated TV Channel ‘Kisan TV’ to be Launched for Farmers
Kisan TV, dedicated to the interests of the
agriculture and allied sector will be launched in the current financial year.
This will disseminate real time information to the farmers regarding new
farming techniques, water conservation, organic and farming etc.
7) Multi Skill Programme – Skill India
The Government has announced the launch of
a national Multi-Skill programme called Skill India. This programme would skill
the youth with an emphasis on employability and entrepreneur skills. It will
also provide training and support for traditional professions like welders,
carpenters, cobblers, masons, blacksmiths and weavers etc. Convergence of
various schemes to attain this objective is also proposed.
8) Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) Re-Introduced
Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) is being
re-introduced to encourage people, who may have banked and unbanked savings to
invest in this instrument. Kisan Vikas Patra is a saving scheme that doubles
the money invested in eight years and seven months. The Directorate of Small
Savings Government of India, sells these saving bonds through all Post Offices
in the country so that the scheme can be accessed by citizens from all over the
country. A KVP can be encashed after two and a half years from the date of
issue at the value it has been bought and the interest accrued for the period.
9) Integrated Ganga Conservation Mission ‘Namami Gange’
The Government has proposed to set up an
Integrated Ganga Conservation Mission called (Namami Gange). An amount of Rs.
2037 crore has been set aside for the Mission in the current Budget. The
Mission is being launched because a substantial amount of money has been spent
in the conservation and improvement of the river Ganga but the efforts have not
yielded desired results because of the lack of concerted effort by all the
stakeholders. To harness the enthusiasm of the NRI Community to contribute
towards the conservation of the river Ganga, an NRI Fund for Ganga will be set
up which will finance special projects.
10) Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Yojana Launched
Government has introduced a new scheme
called Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao, which will help in generating awareness and
improving the efficiency of delivery of welfare services meant for women with
an initial corpus of Rs 100 crore. The government would focus on campaigns to
sensitize people of this country towards the concerns of the girl child and
women. The process of sensitization must begin early and therefore the school
curriculum must have a separate chapter on gender mainstreaming.
11) Digital India Programme
Centre has proposed to launch a pan India
Programme called “Digital India” to further bridge the divide between digital
“haves” and “have-nots”. This would ensure Broad band connectivity at village
level, improved access to services through IT enabled platforms, greater
transparency in Government processes and increased indigenous production of IT
hardware and software for exports and improved domestic availability. Special
focus would be given on supporting software product startups. The Government has also proposed to set-up A
National Rural Internet and Technology Mission for services in villages and
schools, training in IT skills and E-Kranti for government service delivery and
governance scheme with an initial corpus of Rs. 500 crore. A programme for
promoting “Good Governance” will also be launched and a sum of Rs.100 crore
will be set aside for this.
12) Housing for All by 2022
Government has proposed to set up a Mission
on Low Cost Affordable Housing to be anchored in the National Housing Bank.
A sum of Rs 4,000 crore has been
earmarked for National Housing Bank with a view to increase the flow of cheaper
credit for affordable housing to the urban poor/EWS/LIG segment. The Government
has already outlined some other incentives such as easier flow of FDI in this
sector and is willing to examine other positive suggestions. The government has
included slum development in the list of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
activities to encourage the private sector to contribute more towards this
activity.
Also read highlights of union budget 2014 from here. 
