Social Welfare-Oriented Programmes (SWOP)
Besides, the self-employment and wage employment schemes, several Social Welfare-Oriented Programmes have also been launched by the GoI from time to time for improving the lot of the rural poor. The major programme subsumes (A) the national old age Pension scheme (NOAPS); (B) the National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS) and (C) the National Maternity Benefit Scheme.