Bhaktiba Jadeja

Bhaktiba Jadeja

  • Joined: July 4, 2024
  • Articles: 231

NHB Refinance Scheme (2016): Boosting Affordable Housing Construction in India

The National Housing Bank (NHB), through its Refinance Scheme for Construction Finance for Affordable Housing, aims to enhance the supply of affordable housing across India. This initiative provides concessional refinance support to Primary Lending Institutions (PLIs) like Scheduled Commercial Banks and Housing Finance Companies, enabling them to extend construction finance to agencies engaged in affordable housing projects (NHB, n.d.).

Mission Vatsalya, 2021: India’s Flagship Child Protection and Welfare Scheme

Mission Vatsalya is a flagship child welfare and protection initiative launched by the Government of India in the year 2021 which was implemented by the Ministry of Women and Child Development aimed at ensuring the safety, protection and holistic development of children, especially those in the vulnerable situations for instance the orphans, abandoned kids and distressed children.

PRAYAS (2020)- Pursuing Excellence in Governance

PRAYAS is a data driven framework that enables the government to visualize progress of its flagship schemes on a single platform and monitor their progress through identified Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). PRAYAS electronically captures aggregated anonymous data from IT systems of respective schemes in a predefined format at an agreed frequency and granularity through APIs.

Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana (2011)- Empowering Women Farmers

In order to combat these issues and reinforce women as an equally capable labour force, the “Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana” (MKSP) was introduced. It is a sub-component of the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission, which is under implementation since 2011 through State Rural Livelihoods Mission as Project Implementation Agencies (PIA).

Mission Antyodaya (2017): A Data-Driven Blueprint for Rural Transformation in India

Mission Antyodaya is a government initiative started in the 2017-18 budget. Its mission is to transform rural India through an accountability and convergence framework. It aims to improve how money and resources from 26 government departments are used to help develop villages. The idea is to get better results by working together and ensuring efforts are well-managed.

SWAMIH Fund II (2019): Reviving Stalled Housing Projects in India

The SWAMIH (Special Window for Affordable and Mid-Income Housing) Investment Fund was initiated by the Government of India in November 2019 to resolve the problem of stalled housing projects that were financially viable but were starved of last-mile funding. The fund is supervised by SBICAP Ventures Ltd, the subsidiary of the State Bank of India, and supported by the Ministry of Finance.

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