DPAP: The Drought Prone Area Programme was started in 1970 for drought areas with a view to create jobs through labour intensive schemes.

DDP: The Desert Development Programme was started in 1977 to control the expansion of deserts and raise local productivity of desert areas.

MNP: The Minimum Needs Programme was introduced in the Fifth Plan, in order to achieve growth with justice.

PMRY: The Prime Ministers Rozgar Yojana was implemented in 1993 for providing self-employment to educated unemployed youth had been designed to provide employment to more than a million persons by setting up of seven lakh micro enterprises in Eighth Plan. During the Eighth Plan, loan in 7.70 lakh cases were sanctioned and 5.76 lakh cases disbursed.

SGSY: The Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana was launched with effects from April 1999 as a result of amalgamating certain erstwhile programmes viz. IRDP, DWCRA, TRYSEM, MWS into single integrated programme. It is aiming to promote micro-enterprise through SHGs Scheme is being implemented on cost sharing basis in ratio of 75:25 between Center and State.

PMIUPEP: The Prime Ministers Integrated Urban Poverty Eradication Programme was implemented in 1995 to reduce urban poverty.

EAS: The Employment Assurance Scheme (EAS) has been universalised so as to make it applicable to all the rural blocks of the country. It aims at providing 100 days of unskilled manual work up to two members of a family in the age group of 18 to 60 years normally residing in villages in the lean agriculture season, on demand, within the blocks covered under EAS. A sum of Rs.1990 crore has been provided during 1998-99 (BE). During 1998-99, a total of 237.61 million man-days have been generated under the scheme with an expenditure of Rs.1572 crore up to November 1998.

MSW: The Million Wells Scheme (MWS), which was earlier a sub-scheme of JRY, is funded by the Centre and states in the ratio of 80:20. The objective of the MWS is to provide open irrigation wells free of cost to poor, small and marginal farmers belonging to SCs/STs and freed bonded labour.

SJRY: The Swama .Jyanti Rozgar Yojana was launched in 1997 for the urban poor.

JGSY: The Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojana is the new name of Jawahar Rozgar Yojana with effect from 1999.

PMGY: Pradhan Mantri Grarnodaya Yojana.

AAY : Antyodaya Anna Yojana.

JPRGY: Jai Prakash Rozgar Guarantee Yojana.

VAMBAY: Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana.