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Priyadarshini Scheme

IAS Current Affairs

About Priyadarshini Scheme

GS I: Women Empowerment

The programme (Priyadarshini Scheme) is being introduced by the Ministry in 13 blocks spread across 5 districts in Uttar Pradesh and 2

Priyadarshini Scheme
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districts in Bihar.

  • It is a women Empowerment and Livelihoods Programme in the Mid Gangetic Plains.
  • The project provide training for women to become self-sufficient and start Self Help Groups.
  • The programme target to cover over 1,00,000 households and form 7,200 SHGs.
  • The focus of the project is on livelihood enhancement, the beneficiaries will be empowered to address their political, legal, health problems issues through rigorous capacity building.
  • The programme had been started with assistance from NABARD.

Priyadarshini Scheme Provides an Empowerment scheme for women in the mid-gangetic region in general.

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Current Status of Priyadarshini Scheme

  • The program was closed in 2015.
  • The scheme was implemented in seven districts of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
  • As per the reports from Ministry of Women and Child Development it did not improve the condition of women who were the actual target.

Why Priyadarshini Scheme scheme was shut down?

  • The performance of the scheme was not good as expected. 
  • No work was done on the ground while the scheme assessed and spent 31 crore. 
  • The chosen NGO’s were don’t have the ability to work on the ground.
  • It was a scheme just benefiting the NGO’s and not giving support for the cause of women.

Other Schemes for Women Empowerment

  • Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme
    • To ensure the survival, safety, and education of girls, the Indian Prime Minister inaugurated this project on January 22, 2015, in Haryana.
    • The effort aims to address the recent sex disparity, increase social awareness, and enhance the efficiency of welfare benefits for girls.
  • One-Stop Centre Scheme
    • Aid women who have experienced abuse in both public and private settings.
    • Offer a variety of services, such as counseling, legal, medical, and legal assistance, all under one roof.
    • Both urgent and emergency help should be provided, as well as ongoing aid.
    • Strive to end all types of abuse against women.
  • Support to Training and Employment Program for Women
    • STEP system as a Central Sector Scheme.
    • It underwent modification in December 2014.
    • It was created to provide women with training in skill development and job stability.
    • This government-sponsored program gives financing to institutions and groups so they may offer training courses to women.
  • Ujjwala Scheme
    • The launch of this program was in December 2007.
    • The Indian government has put in place a comprehensive plan to combat trafficking as well as to find, care for, and rehabilitate survivors of human trafficking who have been sexually exploited.
    • The program is mostly being carried out by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in order to directly assist and benefit those who have been the victims of human trafficking.

Do Not Confused with Priyadarshini Awas Yojana

  • It is a scheme for building houses in the rural region
  • Amount will be provided to identified poor people in the region through Panchayath.
  • More than 1.5 Lakh beneficiaries are identified 
  • The amount is transferred in three instalment and will receive a total of 93000 as benefit.
  • The household includes toilet.
  • This scheme is some what same as the Indira Awas Yojana.
  • It is aimed to provide amount to two lakh identified rural poor for affordable house. 
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