ANNAPURNA SCHEME
- The Ministry of Rural Development launched the scheme in 2000-01.
- Indigent senior citizens of 65 years of age or above who are not getting pension under the National Old Age Pension Scheme (NOAPS) are provided 10 kg of food grains per person per month free of cost under the scheme.
- From 2002-03, it has been transferred to State Plan along with the National Social Assistance Programme comprising the National Old Age Pension Scheme and the National Family Benefit Scheme.
- Foodgrains are released at BPL rates.
EMERGENCY FEEDING PROGRAMME (EFP)
- Emerging Feeding Programme, is a food based intervention in the KBK districts of State of Odisha targeted towards old, infirm and destitute persons belonging to BPL households to provide them food security in their distress conditions.
- This programme was introduced in 1995-96 covering initially 5 KBK Districts of Odisha with 45,141 beneficiaries.
- The Scheme is now being implemented by Government of Odisha in eight KBK Districts namely Bolangir, Kalahandi, Koraput, Malkangiri, Nawarangpur, Naupada, Rayagada and Sonepur, covering around 2 lakh beneficiaries.
- Under it foodgrains (rice) at BPL rates are allocated to the State Government by the Department of Food & Public Distribution.
VILLAGE GRAIN BANK SCHEME (VGB)
- Village Grain Bank (VGB) scheme was earlier implemented by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. The scheme was transferred to Department of Food & Public Distribution from
- The main objective of the scheme was to provide safeguard against starvation during natural calamity or during lean season.
- Such people in need of foodgrains could borrow food grains from Village Grain Bank.
- The grain banks were to be set up in food scarce areas like the drought prone areas, hot and cold desert areas, tribal areas and the inaccessible hilly areas which remain cut off because of natural calamities like floods, etc.
- However, the Scheme became redundant with the coming of Food Security Act which covers 75% of the population at highly subsidized rates.
- Since January 2014, this Scheme has been
RAJIV GANDHI SCHEME FOR EMPOWERMENT OF ADOLESCENT GIRLS – ‘SABLA’
- The Ministry of Women and Child Development administers the scheme at the central level and State/UT Governments implement the scheme.
- The SABLA Scheme was launched in 2010 by merging two schemes, namely, Nutrition Programme for Adolescent Girls (NPAG) and Kishori Shakti Yojana (KSY) into a single scheme to be implemented in 200 selected districts across the country.
- The Scheme aims at empowering adolescent girls of 11-18 years of age—group by improving their nutritional and health status and upgrading various skills like home skills, life skills and vocational skills.
- The requirement of foodgrains under the scheme is @100 grams of grains per beneficiary per day for 300 days a year.
