Young India-Vibrant India

Sabal Bharat- Samartha Bharat

SCHOLARSHIPS

·         3.7 lakh schools students given National Means-Cum-Merit Scholarship

·         3.30 lakh scholarships granted to meritorious students of colleges in the last 3 years

·         Total amount of scholarship given to students by UGC, AICTE and Central Government is Rs. 1273 cr

·         9.65 lakh school girls sanctioned incentive amount of Rs 3000/- under National Scheme of incentive to Girls for secondary education

·         Special scholarship to 24,200 J&K students to complete professional courses in best colleges throughout the country

·         National Scholarship Portal has been created as one stop solution for all scholarship needs. More than 2 Crorestudents have registered on  this portal 

STAND UP INDIA (Finance)

·         To promote entrepreneurship among SC/ST and Women launched by PM on 5^th April, 2016

·         To benefit at least 2.5 lakh entrepreneurs.

·         Loans of more than 15,000 entrepreneurs approved out of which more than 80% are women.

·         Rs. 500 crores have been allotted in 2016-17

·         18,565 women and 4,756 SC/STs have so far benefited from Stand Up India scheme.

·         Capital subsidy under New scheme ATUFS (Amended Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme) in Textile Sector will create over 30 lakh jobs, especially for women

START UP INDIA (DIPP)

·         Start-Up India Movement launched on 16th January 2016 for promotion of Entrepreneurship among youth

·         Action Plan Unveiled for encouraging start-ups.

·         Tax relief for three years for the start ups

·         Start-up Fund of Rs 10, 000 Crore

·         Start-ups are allowed to issue ESOPs to promoters working as employees

·         Start Ups approved

·         1835 applications have been received for recognition, out of which 713 had the required documents and have been recognized as Startups by DIPP

·         146 applications could be considered for tax benefits, out of which, 10 Startups have been approved by IMB for availing tax benefit

·         270+ Startups have been mentored for incubation and funding support by Startup India Hub

MUDRA (Finance)

Pradhan Mantri MUDRA (Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency) Yojana

·         Launched by PM on 8^th April, 2015 to promote entrepreneurship spirit among the youth.

·         Easy, loans without guarantee under three categories – Shishu, Kishore and Tarun by the banks. 

·         Loans more than Rs. 1.80 lakh crore disbursed to over 4 crore borrowers in 2016-17 FY as per data available till 13.04.2017

·         Budget allocation for 2017-18 doubled to Rs.2.44 lakh crores against Rs. 1.22 lakh crores in 2016-17

·         More than 70% of the loans has been availed of by women entrepreneurs

SKILL INDIA (MSDE)

Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana:

·         To provide skills training to youth scheme launched on 15th July 2015

·         National Policy on Skill Development and Entrepreneurship announced

·         Target of providing skills to 40 Crore Youth by 2022.

·         8479 training centers opened in 596 districts.

·         Over 11 Lakh youth enrolled., Training in 375 trades.

·         19.85 Lakh youth trained and 2.49 Lakh placed as part of PMKVY (2015-2016)

·         For PMKVY (2016-2020), 16.37 Lakh targets have been allocated to training providers under Short Term Training, Recognition of Prior Learning, and Special Projects with 2.72 Lakh enrolment as on date.

·         Women constitute approx. 50% of all enrolled candidates under PMKVY

·         PMKVY 1 trained 40% higher number of candidates than STAR under UPA

SANKALP

·         Skill Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion program (SANKALP) to be launched at a cost of Rs.4000 crores. SANKALP will provide market relevant training to 3.5 crore youth 

Pradhan Mantri Yuva Yojana (MSDE)

·         In order to encourage entrepreneurship among youth the scheme was launched on 9^th November 2016

·         Now Yuva PMKVY2.0 – Pradhan Mantri Yuva Kaushal Vikas Yojana 2.0 (MSDE)

National Young Leaders Program (NYLP)

·         New Scheme launched in Dec 2014, to develop leadership qualities among the youth, with 5 components

·         Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan has involved 9.25 Lakh youth and conducted 12069 Block level YuvaSansad and 80303 Rural level Yuva Sansad programs.

·         Funds increased from 275-290 crore in 2013-14 to 500 crore in 2016-17

  

Khelo India - Boost to Sports (Youth Affairs)

·         First Sports University opened in Manipur.

·         Launched as a Central Sector Scheme during the current financial year 2016-17 onwards

·         Target Olympics podium scheme launched to identify and assist medal probable for 2020 Olympics

·         Task force for preparations for next 3 Olympic Games