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Scheme Primers

Practical, implementation-focused explainers of government schemes, built for programme teams that need clarity on access, benefits, and delivery pathways.

Published Scheme Primers

Each primer covers eligibility, benefits, implementation flow, and field-level considerations for Odisha contexts.

Scheme Primer Grade A Environment

PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana — Up to 300 Units of Free Solar Electricity for Every Home

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Scheme Primer Grade A Skill Development

PMKVY 4.0 — Free Skill Certification for 1.48 Crore Indians Since 2015

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8 min read Read →
Scheme Primer Grade A Skill Development

PM Internship Scheme — 12 Months Inside India's Top 500 Companies, Paid Rs. 5,000 a Month

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Scheme Primer Grade A Women Empowerment

Lakhpati Didi Sahayika Yojana — Odisha's Drive to 25 Lakh Women Earning Rs. 1 Lakh a Year

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Scheme Primer Grade A Child Welfare

Jashoda Scheme — Odisha's Financial Support for Orphaned Children

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Scheme Primer Grade A Women Empowerment

Stand-Up India — Rs. 10 Lakh to Rs. 1 Crore for SC/ST and Women Entrepreneurs

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Scheme Primer Grade A Women Empowerment

PM Ujjwala Yojana — Clean Cooking Fuel for 10.33 Crore Poor Households

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Scheme Primer Grade A Child Welfare

PM POSHAN + Mission Shakti + Odisha Millet Mission — The Triple Convergence That Feeds Children, Empowers Women, and Markets Tribal Grain

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Scheme Primer Grade A Women Empowerment

PM Jan Dhan Yojana — Every Unbanked Adult's Gateway to the Formal Economy

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Scheme Primer Grade A Education

PM Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan — Making Rural India Digitally Literate

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5 min read Read →
Scheme Primer Grade A Social Justice & Tribal Welfare

The FRA + TRIFED + CAMPA + VB-G RAM G Convergence — Building Community Forest Economies in Odisha

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Scheme Primer Grade A Social Justice & Tribal Welfare

National Social Assistance Programme — Pensions and Assistance for India's Oldest, Widowed, and Most Disabled

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Scheme Primer Grade A Skill Development

National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme — Earning While Learning for India's Young Workforce

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Scheme Primer Grade A Women Empowerment

Jan Suraksha Schemes — Rs. 25,000 Crore in Claims Paid to India's Most Vulnerable in 11 Years

| Parameter | PMJJBY | PMSBY | APY |

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Scheme Primer Grade A Environment

CAMPA — The Forest Diversion Fund That Odisha Leads But Rarely Uses Well

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8 min read Read →
Scheme Primer Grade A Environment

TRIFED and MSP for Minor Forest Produce — Tribal Communities as Market Actors, Not Forest Labourers

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Scheme Primer Grade A Social Justice & Tribal Welfare

Central and State Scholarships for SC/ST Students — Keeping Marginalised Students in School and College

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Scheme Primer Grade A Health & Nutrition

Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin Phase 2 — From Open Defecation Free to ODF Plus

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Scheme Primer Grade A Culture & Heritage

PM Vishwakarma — Recognition, Tools, Credit and Markets for India's Traditional Artisans

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Scheme Primer Grade A Skill Development

PM MUDRA Yojana — Collateral-Free Business Credit for 52 Crore Micro-Entrepreneurs

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Scheme Primer Grade A Health & Nutrition

NHM and the ASHA Programme — India's Last-Mile Health Architecture

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Scheme Primer Grade A Education

Eklavya Model Residential Schools — Quality Education for Tribal Children, In Their Own Environment

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Scheme Primer Grade A Education

Samagra Shiksha — India's Unified School Education Programme, From Pre-School to Class 12

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Scheme Primer Grade A Child Welfare

PM POSHAN — The Mid-Day Meal That Keeps 11.80 Crore Children in School

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Scheme Primer Grade A Social Justice & Tribal Welfare

PESA Act — The Constitutional Promise of Tribal Self-Governance That Odisha Has Yet to Fulfil

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Scheme Primer Grade A Agriculture & Markets

Odisha Millet Mission — How One State Reversed a Fifty-Year Decline in Tribal Food

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Scheme Primer Grade A Health & Nutrition

Ayushman Arogya Mandir — Free Comprehensive Healthcare at Your Village Sub-Centre

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Scheme Primer Grade A Agriculture & Markets

PM-KISAN + CM-KISAN — The Stackable Income Floor for Odisha's 51 Lakh Farm Families

| Parameter | PM-KISAN (Central) | CM-KISAN (State) |

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Scheme Primer Grade A Social Justice & Tribal Welfare

PMJUGA — India's Next Tribal Development Frontier After PM-JANMAN

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Scheme Primer Grade A Child Welfare

PMAY-Gramin — A Permanent Home for Every Rural Family Without One

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Scheme Primer Grade A Child Welfare

Mission Vatsalya — India's Child Protection Architecture, From Gram Sabha to Supreme Court

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Scheme Primer Grade A Health & Nutrition

MAMATA-PMMVY — Odisha's Maternity Benefit for Pregnant and Lactating Mothers

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Scheme Primer Grade A Environment

VB–G RAM G Act 2025 — India's Rural Employment Guarantee, Rebuilt from the Ground Up

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Scheme Primer Grade A Child Welfare

Mission Saksham Anganwadi and POSHAN 2.0 — India's Integrated Nutrition Framework

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Scheme Primer Grade A Health & Nutrition

Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0 — Tap Water to Every Rural Home by 2028

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Scheme Primer Grade A Environment

Forest Rights Act — The Law That Reversed 150 Years of Forest Injustice

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Scheme Primer Grade A Social Justice & Tribal Welfare

DDU-GKY and Skilled in Odisha — The Tribal Youth Skill-to-Employment Pipeline

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Scheme Primer Grade A Women Empowerment

Subhadra Yojana — Odisha's Rs. 50,000 Direct Transfer to Women

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Scheme Primer Grade A Social Justice & Tribal Welfare

PM-JANMAN — India's Most Ambitious Mission for Its Most Vulnerable Tribal Communities

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Scheme Primer Grade A Education

NIPUN Bharat Mission — Making Every Child in Odisha Read and Count by Grade 3

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Scheme Primer Grade A Health & Nutrition

Gopabandhu Jana Arogya Yojana (GJAY) — Odisha's Universal Health Cover for 1.03 Crore Families

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