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Household tap water coverage rose from 3.23 crore connections in August 2019 to over 15.91 crore by 12 August 2026 under the Jal Jeevan Mission, with 2.89 lakh villages reporting 100% coverage.
PMAY-G has sanctioned over 3.91 crore houses of which 3.13 crore are complete, and 99.6% of eligible habitations had all-weather road connectivity under PMGSY as of June 2026.
Direct fiscal transfers to gram panchayats rise from ₹2.36 lakh crore under the Fifteenth Finance Commission (2021-26) to ₹4.35 lakh crore under the Sixteenth Finance Commission (2026-31).
DAY-NRLM has mobilised 10.19 crore households into 94.46 lakh self-help groups, and 3.46 crore Lakhpati Didis had been created as of 29 July 2026.
On the tribal side, operational Eklavya Model Residential Schools rose from 129 in 2014-15 to 511 with 1.68 lakh students enrolled, and PM-JUGA pools 17 ministries to close gaps in tribal-majority villages and PVTG habitations.
Provide a functional household tap connection to every rural household
Key: Launched on 15 August 2019 under the Ministry of Jal Shakti, with a service standard of at least 55 litres per capita per day. Coverage rose from 3.23 crore households in August 2019 to over 15.91 crore by 12 August 2026, and 2.89 lakh villages have reported 100% coverage under the Har Ghar Jal campaign.
Provide pucca houses with basic amenities to rural households without adequate housing
Key: The erstwhile Indira Awaas Yojana was restructured into PMAY-G with effect from 1 April 2016 under the Ministry of Rural Development. Over 3.91 crore houses have been sanctioned and 3.13 crore completed as of 12 August 2026.
Provide all-weather road connectivity to eligible unconnected rural habitations
Key: Launched on 25 December 2000 under the Ministry of Rural Development. As of June 2026, 99.6% of eligible habitations had been connected; completed road length between May 2014 and 12 August 2026 was 4.13 lakh km against 3.86 lakh km over May 2000 to May 2014, and bridges completed rose from 484 to 10,404.
Organise rural poor households into self-help groups and their federations and build their capacity for self-employment
Key: Launched in June 2011 by the Ministry of Rural Development, restructuring the earlier Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana. It had mobilised 10.19 crore households into 94.46 lakh SHGs as of 12 August 2026, with 3.46 crore Lakhpati Didis created as of 29 July 2026 and over 9 lakh Community Resource Persons active — including 50,548 Bank Sakhis, 1.91 lakh Krishi Sakhis, 1.70 lakh Pashu Sakhis and 2,012 Matsya Sakhis.
Statutory rural wage employment guarantee with an emphasis on durable assets and climate resilience
Key: The VB-G RAM G Act, 2025 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 16 December 2025 and commenced across rural India from 1 July 2026, repealing the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 from the same date. It raises the statutory guarantee to 125 days of wage employment per financial year and focuses works on four domains — water security, rural infrastructure, livelihood infrastructure and mitigation of extreme weather events. Persondays generated rose from 1,660 crore over FY2006-07 to FY2013-14 to 3,029 crore over FY2014-15 to FY2024-25, with women's participation rising from 48% to 58.19%.
Create community-owned retail spaces for women within the SHG ecosystem
Key: Announced in the Union Budget 2026-27, aiming to benefit 1 crore women.
Place-linked skill training for rural youth and broader skilling of the workforce
Key: Under DDU-GKY, candidates trained rose from 43,038 in 2014-15 to 18.45 lakh up to 11 August 2026 and placements from 21,446 to 12.35 lakh. Over 1.64 crore youth had received PMKVY skill training since inception till June 2026.
Support traditional artisans and street vendors with recognition, training, toolkits and micro credit
Key: Over 30 lakh artisans registered under PM Vishwakarma as of 12 August 2026, with 24.32 lakh trained and 17.70 lakh given toolkits. PM SVANidhi beneficiaries rose from 26.37 lakh in November 2021 to 78.17 lakh, with ₹18,971.18 crore disbursed and 46% of beneficiaries women.
Determines the devolution of taxes and grants for 2026-31; under its award, direct fiscal transfers to gram panchayats rise to ₹4.35 lakh crore from ₹2.36 lakh crore under the Fifteenth Finance Commission
Runs PMAY-G, PMGSY, DAY-NRLM, DDU-GKY and the rural wage employment guarantee
Nodal ministry for PM-JANMAN, PM-JVM, DAJGUA/PM-JUGA, EMRS and ST scholarship schemes
Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India, the agency through which Van Dhan Vikas Kendras are established and tribal produce is marketed
The near-doubling of untied transfers to gram panchayats between the 15th and 16th Finance Commissions is the concrete measure of what Article 280 read with the 73rd Amendment delivers in practice.
The VB-G RAM G Act, 2025 replaced the Mahatma Gandhi NREGA from 1 July 2026 and raised the guarantee from 100 to 125 days — one of the most examinable legislative changes in rural policy in two decades.
Lakhpati Didis, Bank Sakhis and Krishi Sakhis under DAY-NRLM, plus SHE-Mart announced in Budget 2026-27, together form the SHG-to-enterprise pathway that GS1 and GS2 answers on women's empowerment now turn on.
BharatNet connectivity, eGramSwaraj payments and SabhaSaar meeting summaries show panchayat-level governance moving onto digital rails, linking rural development to e-governance questions.
GS Paper 2 > Welfare Schemes for Vulnerable Sections and Mechanisms for their Protection
General Awareness > Government Schemes
General Awareness > Rural Credit, SHGs and Financial Inclusion
Rural and tribal welfare schemes are among the most frequently asked scheme categories in both Prelims and SSC general awareness
A woman in an SHG household whose annual household income reaches ₹1 lakh or more; 3.46 crore had been created as of 29 July 2026.
A sub-category of Scheduled Tribes identified by criteria such as pre-agricultural technology, low literacy and declining or stagnant population; the specific target of PM-JANMAN.
A trained community member who delivers scheme services at the last mile under DAY-NRLM — Bank Sakhi, Krishi Sakhi, Pashu Sakhi, Matsya Sakhi.
A village declared to have attained defined development benchmarks under PM-AJAY; 17,578 had been declared as of 12 August 2026.
The certification campaign under Jal Jeevan Mission by which a village declares 100% functional household tap connections — 2.89 lakh villages so far.