Jan Dhan Yojna

Jan Dhan Yojna

Jan Dhan Yojana – Unlocking Wealth To Create Prosperity? Did you know? 40% of Indians do not have access to financial services, making India account for 17% of the world’s unbanked population % Only 5% of villages in India have a commercial bank branch Credit...
Skill Development

Skill Development

  More vocational training institutes may not always mean more jobs Skill India was launched with the objective of providing skill training to about 400 million people by 2022. During the year 2015-2016, 12 million will be provided training. Two schemes - Pradhan...
Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojna

Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojna

MUDRA – Targeting micro and unorganized businesses What credit do the small businesses receive ? Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana launched to increase credit availability to micro enterprises   Potential size of microfinance market: Rs.1.4-2.5 lakh crore at penetration...
Right to Education

Right to Education

RTE Section 12(1) (c): How has the implementation been? Has enrolment increased with increasing funds under SSA/RMSA? 42,313 primary schools and 14,386 upper primary schools sanctioned under SSA.11,000 schools have been setup under RMSA. Enrolments at Primary level...
PM Gram Sadak Yojna

PM Gram Sadak Yojna

  Providing Connectivity to All Rural Habitations: Not Yet ! All-weather Rural roads are important to provide access to markets and services. However, over 73.6% of the habitations which were unconnected in the year 2000 still remain without all-weather roads. The...