Important Schemes in Union Budget (2018-19)
Important
Schemes in Union Budget (2018-19)
In the
Union Budget 2018-19, Presented by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Feb
1st the following schemes are announced:
1. Ayushman
Bharat scheme
2. KUSUM
scheme
3. Kifayati
Awas Yojana
5. RISE
scheme
6. Gobar-Dhan
Yojana
7. National
Bamboo Mission
National
Health Protection scheme:
o It is
also known as Ayushman Bharat Program
o The
scheme will cover 10 crores poor and vulnerable, families.
o Under
this scheme up to Rs, 5 lakh insurance cover will be provided to each family
per year in secondary and tertiary care institutions.
o It is
“the world’s largest government-funded healthcare program”
o So far
insurance cover of only Rs.30,000/-was available now it is increased up to Rs.
5 lakhs
KUSUM
Scheme:
o KUSUM-
Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthan Maha Abhiyan was announced in-Union Budget
2018-19 with an expenditure of 1.4 lakh crore
o The
main aim of the scheme is to incentivize farmers to run solar farm water pumps
and also use their baron land for generating solar power and to improve farmers
income and reduce dependence on diesel pumps through solar farming.
o Under
this scheme, an option will be given to farmers to sell additional power to the
grid through solar power projects set up on their barren lands.
Operation
Green:
o With a
view to promoting farmer producers organizations, processing facilities,
agri-logistics and professional management Operation Green was launched in
Union Budget 2018-19.
o This
will be inline with Operation Flood
o The
scheme also aims to control fluctuation in the prices of Tomatoes, Onions and Potatoes
(TOPs)
Kifayati
Awas Yojana:
o Under
this scheme government will create dedicated Affordable Housing fund in
National Housing Bank. The fund will be used to construct one cr households in
the rural areas under PMAY (Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana)
RISE
scheme:
o RISE-Revitalizing
Infrastructure and Systems in Education
o The
expenditure for this scheme is Rs. 1 Lakh crore which will be financed through
Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA), a non-banking financial company
o The
main aim of the scheme is to lend low-cost funds to government higher
educational institutions
Gobar
Dhan Yojana:
o It is
also known as Galvanizing Organic Bio-Agro Resource Fund scheme.
o Under
this scheme, Solid waste of dung and fields will be changed into biogas and
CNG
o The
main aim of the scheme is to improve the lives of village people.
National
Bamboo Mission:
o To
boost the bamboo sector, government Proposed to launch a restructured bamboo
mission "Bamboo is green gold”.
o The
main aim of the scheme is to support development of Bamboo production
industry
o The
scheme was proposed with an Outlay of Rs. 1290 cr
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