Rural Development

Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (Gramin)/ Indira Awas Yojana

Indira Awas Yojana revamped as Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awaas Yojana in 2016 is a welfare programme created by the Indian Government to provide housing to rural poor people in India. The goal of this scheme is to provide home to all citizens till 2022. The cost of constructing the houses will be shared by the centre and the state. The scheme has been implemented in rural areas throughout India, except in Delhi and Chandigarh. Houses developed under this scheme will have basic amenities such as toilet, electricity connection, drinking water connection, LPG connection etc. The alloted houses will be jointly under the name of husband and wife.

Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETIs)

Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETIs) were set up with the objective of providing necessary skill training and skill up gradation to the rural BPL youth in order to mitigate the unemployment problems. RSETIs are managed by various commercial banks with active co-operation from the Government of India and State Government. They are based on the concept RUDSETI (Rural Development and Self Employment Training Institute), a society established jointly by three agencies i.e. Syndicate Bank, Canara Bank and Sri Manjunatheswara Trust in Karnataka. Under this program, one RSETI is established in every district of the country where concerned bank is the lead bank take responsibility for creating and managing it. For this, government of India provides one - time grant assistance of up to a maximum limit of Rs. 1 crore for meeting the expenditure on construction of building and other infrastructural developments. After successful completion of the training, aspirants are provided with credit linkage assistance by the banks to start their own entrepreneurial ventures. The common minimum infrastructure of each RSETI comprises of 2-3 classrooms with toilet facilities, separate for women and physically challenged. Two workshops, two dormitories with bath facilities. Also, each RSETI offers 30 to 40 skill development programmes of short duration ranging from 2 to 6 weeks.