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Scheme Purpose Objective Beneficiary Nodal Agency Salient FeaturesGeetanjali To provide proper

shelters, free of cost,in rural and non-municipal urban areasto the poor.

Focuses on construction ofhouses for the Economically

Weaker Section ofpeople. This scheme is

being implemented in therural areas and non-

Municipal urban areas incoordination with seven

other GovernmentDepartments under the name

of ‘Geetanjali’..

a) Poor peoplein rural and

non-municipalurban areas.

b)Poor peoplein disaster

prone areasc)Poor people

affected byGovernmentprojects (as a

part of therehabilitation

measures)

The housing department People having income lessthan six thousand per year,people having BPL cardwill get priority.

Banglar Bari To provide propershelters, free of cost,

to the BPL families inmunicipal Urban areas.

To construct 4 storied flatsfor people from economicweaker sections. Familiesliving Below Poverty Linewill get a Pucca house so

that they can get permanentshelter.

(1) People ofurban municipalareas havingBPL cards.(2) Having

monthly incomeless than 10kper month.(3) They

should not haveconcrete houseelsewhere in thecountry.

State UrbanDevelopment Agency

(SUDA)

People can get rid ofslums, where they livein very unhygienicmanner in municipalareas.

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Scheme Purpose Objective Beneficiary Nodal Agency Salient FeaturesNijoshree To provide proper

shelters, free of cost, tothe Lower Income Groupand Middle IncomeGroup in municipalUrban areas.

To construct 1BHK and2BHK flats for people from

LIG and MIG.

1 BHK- peoplehaving earningup to 15000/m2 BHK-Peoplehaving earningup to 30000/m

Nijo-grihaNijo-bhumi

To provide 5 decimal ofland to each identifiedeligible beneficiaryfamily i.e. to all landlesshomestead lessagricultural labourers,village artisans andfishermen in rural areas.

Secured ownership of asmall piece of land is a key

factor that can initiatetransformation in a family,from poverty to prosperity.This in turn takes a familytowards a world of self-

respect, dignity and peace.

landlesshomestead less

agriculturallabourers,

village artisansand fishermenin rural areas

Pattas are being distributedeither in the name of womenwho is the head of thefamily or jointly both in thename of the wife &husband. Priorities are alsogiven to the eligiblebeneficiaries of the weakestsection of the society. Allthe benefitted familiesreceive pattas, record-of-rights and possession of theland on spot.

Scheme Purpose Objective Beneficiary Nodal Agency Salient FeaturesRupashreePrakalpaScheme

To provide financialassistance, to a bride

family in time ofmarriage.

To reduce the burden of abride family in the time of

marriage.

All the girlsabove 18

years, whosefamily annualincome fromall sources isless than Rs.

1.5 lakh.

Department of Womenand Child Developmentand Social Welfare

1. Rupashree Scheme willbring reduction in ChildMarriage.2. This scheme will reducethe burden of marriageexpenses of parents of girlchild.

KanyashreePrakalpa

To promote the entiresociety through women

empowerment

1. Discouraging earlymarriage of girls.2. Incentivize through

All theadolescent girl

children.

Department of WomenDevelopment and Social

Welfare

The first is an AnnualScholarship of Rs. 750/- tobe paid annually to the girls

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scholarships3.Improving IMR andMMR

in the age group 13 to 18years (studying in ClassVIII equivalent or above forevery year that theyremained in education,provided they are unmarriedat the time. The second is aOne-Time Grant of Rs.25,000/-, to be paid after agirl turns 18, provided thatshe was engaged in anacademic or occupationalpursuit and was unmarried.

Sabooj Sathi Empower the students,especially the girls and

reduce drop outs inhigher education

The scheme is fordistribution of bi-cycles tostudents of class IX to XIIstudying in Govt. run andGovt. aided Schools andMadrashas of the State.

Students ofclass IX to XII

studying inGovt. run andGovt. aidedSchools and

Madrashas ofthe State

Backward Classes WelfareDepartment.

Shikshashree To provide qualityassistance to SC studentsof Classes V to VIII in asmooth, transparent and

efficient way

to provide financialassistance to the SCstudents reading in classesV to VIII to improve theirparticipation in Pre-matricstages and minimize theincidence of drop-outespecially in case of girlstudents.

SC students ofClasses V to

VIII reading inany

Government,Government-aided and allGovernmentrecognizedschools of

West Bengal.

Backward Classes WelfareDepartment

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Scheme Purpose Objective Beneficiary Nodal Agency Salient FeaturesSishu Saathi To provide free treatment

to children needing heartsurgeries, irrespective ofincome class.

To improve neo natalmortality rate.

All childrenneeding heartsurgeries,irrespective ofincome class.

a) The State Govt conductshealth tests in governmentschools to detect heartailments,b) the State Govt providesfree cardiac surgery forchildren up to 12 yearssuffering from heartailments,c) All children are eligibleirrespective of familyincome,d)All expenses are borne bythe State Government.

Madhur Sneho To feed the neo-natalbabies.

Improve Neo-NatalMortality rate.

Babies who areprematurely

born, or are ofvery low birth

weight, or thosebabies whosemothers are

unable to feed.

Eastern India's first andcountry's most modernized"Human Milk Bank" inSSKM Hospital.

Social SecurityYojana

To help around 5crorepeople working inunorganized sector

Financial inclusion aroundthe society and give an

economic & social boost tothe lower section and theunorganized sector of the

workers.

5 schemes has been mergedto form this new scheme,the old schemes are,

State Assistance Schemefor Provident Fund forUnorganized Sector

West BengalUnorganized SectorWorkers’ Health SecurityScheme

Social Security schemefor Construction Workers

West Bengal Transport

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Workers Social SecurityScheme

West Bengal BidiWorkers Welfare Scheme

Scheme Purpose Objective Beneficiary Nodal Agency Salient FeaturesYuvasree To provide employment

assistance to theunemployed youths of

West Bengal.

To provide employmentassistance to the

unemployed youths of WestBengal for increasing their

employment ability andskill.

unemployedyouths of West

Bengal

Labour Departmentof West Bengal

KarmashreeScheme

To enhance income andsocial respect of labours.

People who work for 20days in a project, will be

given work for another 20days in another project

Unorganisedlabours

Labour department The government would train10 lakh youths for skilldevelopment, through 500Karma Tirtha marketinghubs, where poor peoplewould get shops free of cost,that were being set up in thestate.

KarmatirthaScheme

To promote sustainableentrepreneurship and

generate employment byproviding a one-stop

shop allowingentrepreneurs to markettheir products directly to

buyers.

To strike a synergy betweenthe abundance of natural

resources and theavailability of a skilledworkforce and thereby

move toward sustainableentrepreneurship.

Smallentrepreneurs

The State government willbe providing the requisiteinfrastructure supportincluding training andfinance, allowingindividuals, self-helpgroups, co-operativeenterprises, artisans, andweavers to avail of thebenefits of the scheme. Theobjective is to set up at leastone ‘Karmatirtha’ in everyblock of the State.

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Scheme Purpose Objective Beneficiary Nodal Agency Salient FeaturesLokprasarPrakalpo

To improve the Socioeconomic condition of

Folk artists.

(1) To bestow dignity on folkartistes by issuing them

identity cards.(2) To uphold the traditional

folk forms of Bengal.(3) To revive nearly-extinct

folk-forms of art and culture.(4) To uplift the socio

economic conditions of artistsassociated with folk culture.

Folk artists Department ofInformation &Cultural Affairs

programmes under'Lokprasar Prakalpo':

(a) issuing identity card toeach folk-artiste;(b) arranging for monthlypension for veteran anddistressed folk-artistes;(c) granting of retainer feeto artistes; and(d) Arranging for theminimum income byengaging them in the publiccampaign programme ondevelopment projects.

Matir Katha To provide usefulinformation about

different AgriculturalSectors through thisportal to serve the

citizens of West Bengalat grass roots level.

It is an agriculture basedportal involving 5Departments which areAgriculture, Agriculturalmarketing, AnimalHusbandry, Fisheries andHorticulture.The range of informationcovered in this portal includesname and kind of seeds,availability, price and qualitycontrol of seeds, suggestionsfor Season / Area / Crop /variety wise cropping (basedon crop calendar), differentinformation related to Soiland Fertilizer, etc.

Primary sectorworkers of the

Economy

Continuous Training ofNodal Officers in eachsector and sensitization ofStakeholders are arrangedfor propagation of effectiveservice delivery mechanismthrough Common ServiceCenters.

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Scheme Purpose Objective Beneficiary Nodal Agency Salient FeaturesSech Bandhu To boost irrigation in the

state.This Prakalpa is a farmer-friendly project offering

46,000 new pump sets withpower connectivity to

farmers to boost irrigationin the state. This would help

the farmers in a big wayand keep them away from

illegal power consumption.

Farmers Irrigation Department It would also reduce powertheft and improveregularized power supply inrural Bengal.

Muktidhara To create and maintainsustainable livelihood of

SHG members inPurulia, Paschim

Medinipur district.

SHG membersof Purulia &

PaschimMedinipurDistrict.

SHG & SE Department. The project is beingimplemented in associationwith NABARD, on a pilot

basis.After training, the SHGs hasgot credit linkage with the

Banks.

Sufal Bangla To ensure freshvegetables at reasonableprice at their door step.

1) to help the farmer's getpremium price and haverational share in consumer'sprice,2) To supply quality produceat less retail price and haverational share in consumer'sprice3) Make fruit and vegetable

producer's retail marketcompetitive.In the short run, the projectaims at implementing a modelof ‘SAFAL" in a smalldomain and modify the modelthrough Trial and error andmade adoptable to the localcondition of the state.

CommonCitizens of

W.B.

Paschim Bangla AgriMarketing Corporation

Limited

The project also aims toprovide benefits to the

farmer through arrangementof procurement by the

Government. Another aspectof this initiative is toprovide employmentopportunities to the

unemployed who would beassociated with this

programme.Kolkata Fresh Fruit andVegetable Project was

initiated in Kolkata and itssuburb as Sufal Bangla in

September 2014.

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Scheme Purpose Objective Beneficiary Nodal Agency Salient FeaturesShilpa Sathi To assist the investors in

setting up industries inWest Bengal

To get rid of irrelevantlicenses and registrations

according to existingprocedures, resulting in un-necessary delays due to lack

of inter-departmental co-ordination.

Investors, whowant to set upmedium and

large industriesin Kolkata and

nearby

West Bengal IndustrialDevelopment Corporation

Ltd (WBIDC)

The investor will be able tosubmit the Common

Application Form on-line inthe Shilpa Sathi and get alllicenses and registrations

on- line.

Amar Fasal,Amar Gola

A pilot project to providefinancial assistance to

marginal farmers.

Financial assistance varyingbetween Rs. 5,000 and Rs.25,000 to marginal farmersof the State so that they canhave their own storehouses

and vending carts.

Marginalfarmers

Two Schemes are coveredunder this scheme,1.Amar Fasal amar Gola2.Amar Fasal amar Gari

In the case of the AmarFasal Amar Gari project,the rate of subsidy would beRs. 10,000 flat.

This project willfacilitate those farmers whowish to directly sell theirproducts to end users. Thesubsidies would be directlycredited to the bankaccounts of those farmerswho own Kisan CreditCards.

Anandadhara To mobilize the ruralpoor and vulnerable

people into self-managed, federated

institutions and supportthem for livelihood

collectives.

To achieve increased accessto rights, entitlements andpublic services, diversified

risk and better socialindicators of empowerment.

Rural poor andvulnerable

people

The Government of Indiahas launched The NationalRural Livelihoods Mission

under the Ministry ofRural Development). In

West Bengal, NRLM hasbeen launched as

ANANDADHARA.

WBSRLM (West BengalState Rural LivelihoodsMission), a registeredsociety under the SocietyRegistration Act 1860 hasbeen formed by theGovernment of West Bengalto implement the NationalRural Livelihood Mission inthe state.

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Scheme Purpose Objective Beneficiary Nodal Agency Salient FeaturesGatidhara

SchemeTo generate self-

employment in the Urbanand Rural areas of thestate through promotion

of transport service.

To encourage theunemployed youth of west

Bengal for taking uptransportation as a means of

livelihood. Under thisscheme, the beneficiary will

get a loan up to ten lacks,and in case of the

commercial vehicles 30%up-to one lakh would be

given as a subsidy.

Unemployedyouth, whowants to taketransportationbusiness asmeans oflivelihood andhavingI)age between20 to 45II) namesregistered atemploymentbankIII) monthlyincome lessthan 25,000

Transport department

Money will be funded by– Labour Department

Tagline - ‘Breakdesperation, Build Life‘

The beneficiary will get aloan through severalnationalized banks,Regional rural banks andsome NBFCs up to tenlacks, and in case of thecommercial vehicles 30%up-to one lakh would begiven as a subsidy. WestBengal TransportInfrastructure DevelopmentCorporation is the activeagent of this project.

Jal DharoJal Bharo

Preserving preciouswater resources by largescale harvesting of rainwater as well as arrestingrunoff of surface water.

To improve and availabilityof precious water resourcesthrough the constructionand management of MinorIrrigation structures.

It also aims towardsbuilding citizen's awarenessfor rain water conservationand efficient water-use inirrigation.

Farmers Water ResourcesInvestigation &

Development Department

Executing water harvestingstructures, re-excavation oftanks and other water bodiesunder MGNREGAprogramme. Different typesof structures like CheckDams, Water harvestingTanks and Surface FlowMinor Irrigation Schemesare being constructed forarresting surface run-off vis-a-vis utilisation of storedwater for irrigation/otherpurpose.

Sabar GhareAlo

To achieve 100% ruralhousehold electrificationin 11 backward districtsof West Bengal.

All Citizens This is a partially centrallysponsored scheme, DeenDayal Upadhyaya GramJyoti Yojana

Same as DDUGJY.

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