o Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act Scheme (MGNREGA)

o Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP)

o Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana

o Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY)

o Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana- National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM)

♤ Other budgetary (2081-19) announcements:

o strategies for encouraging agro-based industries and Medium, Small and Micro Enterprises (MSMEs).

o Focus has also been given to growth of labour intensive textile sector.

o Ayushman Bharat, the National Health Protection Scheme, has been proposed in the Union budget 2018-19 which is expected to cover over 10 crore poor and vulnerable families providing coverage upto 5 lakh rupees per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization.

o increase in the volume of Institutional credit for Agriculture to the tune of Rs. 11 lakh crore during 2018-19.

♤ Several initiatives have been taken up by the Government of India to eliminate poverty, inequality and to empower the marginalized sections of the society by expanding the social security net through