Government Schemes, Web Portals and Apps Launched by Government in August 2018

August 2018

List of Monthly Launched Schemes August 2018

Name of the scheme	Launched by	Aim at/ facts
Scheme ‘Ocean Services, Technology, Observations, Resources Modelling and Science (O-SMART)’	Prime Minister Narendra Modi	Scheme encompasses a total of 16 sub-projects addressing ocean development activities such as Services, Technology, Resources, Observations and Science
Draft scheme for extending the affordable air travel programme UDAN to international circuits	Central government	To increase the international ticketing to 20 crores by 2027.
Jan Arogya Abhiyaan (Ayushman Bharat healthcare scheme)	Prime Minister Narendra Modi	Benefiting 50 crore Indians and provide a coverage of Rs five lakh per family annually, benefiting more than 10 crore poor families
Scheme Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA)	Central government	Identified 117 districts as ‘Aspirational Districts’, on the basis of composite index
Impacting Research Innovation and Technology ‘IMPRINT-2’ scheme	Government of India	Aim - advance research in energy, security and healthcare domains in the high education institutions.
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY)	Government of India	Achieves 5 Core-Mark
SAATHI(Sustainable and Accelerated Adoption of efficient Textile technologies to Help Small Industries)	Ministry of Textiles and Ministry of Power	To sustain and accelerate the adoption of energy efficient textile technologies in the power loom sector
Mukhyamantri Yuva Nestam	Andhra Pradesh Government	To allowance to unemployed youth in the state, the allowance will be of Rs 1000 per month
Deposit scheme Vikas Bonanza 456	Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB)	A tenure of 456 days with interest rate of 7.10 per cent for public and 7.60 per cent for senior citizens
‘Swachha Meva Jayate’ campaign	Dr G Parameshwara, deputy chief minister of Karnataka.
Mukhyamantri Kanya Utthan Yojana	Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar	For empowerment of women
Two major schemes: Rythu Bima and  Kanti Velugu	Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao	For insurance to farmers and free eye screening for all citizens respectively
New Central Sector scheme	Ministry of AYUSH	For promoting pharmacovigilance of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathy (ASU&H) Drugs
‘One District One Product’ scheme in Odisha	Union MSME Minister Giriraj Singh	To provide market link to farmers and make small industries successful in the state.

List of monthly launched Apps and Portal

Name of the Portal or App Launched	Launched by	Aim at
‘Mobile Tihar’, a smartphone distribution scheme under the Sanchar Kranti Yojna (SKY)	Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh	To distribute smartphones to women and students
Mobile application “WOW” (Wellness of Women).	FICCI Ladies Organisation	Creating awareness on preventive healthcare.
‘Shaur Nahin’ app	Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur	To stop unnecessary noise pollution
Niryat Mitra mobile App	Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Aviation Suresh Prabhu	Provides wide range of information required to undertake international trade and help promote export in the country and increase the ease of doing business.
An online portal	Haryana Finance Minister Captain Abhimanyu Singh Sindhu	For releasing grant-in-aid to government departments
App-based taxi service ‘GOAMILES’	Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar	Transparency in fares for the customers
Mobile Apps DND 2.0 & MyCall on UMANG platform	The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India	To reach out to the consumers and to safeguard their interests
Three Mobile Apps 1.e-courts services 2.E-pay 3.NSTEP (National Service and Tracking of Electronic Processes)	Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra	For e-filing of cases, making digital payments.
Dial 100 Mobile app	Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan	To help the needy at the time of emergency
Neta app	Former President Pranab Mukherjee	Allows voters to rate and review their political representatives