Date: 2026-05-25Category: Press ReleaseState: Union GovernmentCountry: India
MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT TO LAUNCH 'PM-AJAY' PORTAL AND PM-AJAY MOBILE APP FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF PRADHAN MANTRI ANUSUCHIT JAATI ABHYUDAY YOJNA (PM-AJAY) SCHEME
**Executive Summary**
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is launching the PM-AJAY portal and mobile application to digitize the implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhyuday Yojna (PM-AJAY) scheme. Posted on May 25, 2026, the initiative aims to streamline service delivery for over 4 million beneficiaries across 47,000 SC-majority villages through milestone-linked fund flows and real-time monitoring. The digital platforms cover three main components: Adarsh Gram, Grant-in-Aid for skilling and employment, and Hostels in educational institutions.
**Key Points / Main Content**
**Digitization of Scheme Components**
* **Adarsh Gram:** Transitions village-level planning from paper-based to digital, tracking development against 50 socio-economic indicators across 10 domains.
* **Grant-in-Aid (GIA):** Establishes a centralized Management Information System (MIS) to aggregate state-wide data and track financial outlays for livelihood and skill training initiatives.
* **Hostel Component:** Facilitates the electronic submission of construction and repair proposals and monitors physical and financial progress.
**Functionalities of the PM-AJAY Mobile App**
* **Field Operations:** Enables offline door-to-door surveys and real-time generation of Village Development Plans (VDPs).
* **Beneficiary Tracking:** Provides tools for digital beneficiary registration and real-time tracking of individual livelihood and skill training journeys.
* **Infrastructure Validation:** Empowers inspectors to upload mandatory geo-tagged and time-stamped photographs to validate building milestones at project sites.
* **System Integration:** Features a unified login system with role-based access control, notifications, and integration with existing portals to reduce dependency on desktop operations.
**Portal Capabilities and Governance**
* **Monitoring Dashboards:** Provides comprehensive national, state, and district-level dashboards to ensure transparent and accountable service delivery.
* **Automated Workflows:** Automates milestone-linked tracking immediately upon the digital approval of Village Development Plans.
* **Efficiency:** Designed to ensure faster turn-around times and improved coordination among all stakeholders through a central digital database.
**Impact Analysis**
**Ministry, State, and District Authorities**
**Impact**
Authorities gain access to real-time monitoring via comprehensive dashboards and a centralized MIS for tracking large-scale financial allocations.
**Action Required**
Use the portal’s dashboard to monitor socio-economic indicators and manage milestone-linked fund flows.
**Implementing Agencies and NGOs**
**Impact**
These stakeholders can seamlessly track the end-to-end progress of livelihood initiatives and beneficiary registrations in real time.
**Action Required**
Utilize the mobile application and portal to execute beneficiary registrations and update progress on skill training journeys.
**Field Functionaries and Inspection Officers**
**Impact**
Field teams are empowered with tools for offline surveys and the ability to conduct mobile inspections with instant data uploads.
**Action Required**
Conduct door-to-door surveys via the app and capture mandatory geo-tagged, time-stamped photographs for infrastructure validation.
**Hostel Administrators**
**Impact**
Administrators can expedite the approval process for new constructions and repairs through direct electronic submissions.
**Action Required**
Submit proposals for new construction or repairs directly from project sites using the mobile application.
Key Entities Referenced
Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhyuday Yojana (PM-AJAY): A central scheme aimed at the socio-economic development of Scheduled Castes through components including Adarsh Gram, Grants-in-Aid for skilling, and construction of hostels.
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment: The primary central ministry responsible for the implementation of the PM-AJAY scheme and the launch of its digital monitoring platforms.
PM-AJAY Portal and Mobile App: Unified digital platforms designed to digitize grassroots workflows, manage milestone-linked fund flows, and provide real-time monitoring of scheme progress.
Village Development Plan (VDP): A critical planning document used within the Adarsh Gram component to automate and track socio-economic development across 50 monitorable indicators.
Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY): An existing scheme whose portal functionalities are being integrated into the new unified mobile application for improved digital governance.
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND
EMPOWERMENT TO LAUNCH 'PM-AJAY'
PORTAL AND PM-AJAY MOBILE APP FOR
IMPLEMENTATION OF PRADHAN MANTRI
ANUSUCHIT JAATI ABHYUDAY YOJNA (PM-
AJAY) SCHEME
MOSJE TO LAUNCH PMAJAY PORTAL AND AJAY
(ANUSUCHIT JAATI ABHYUDAY YOJANA) MOBILE
APPLICATION TO FULLY DIGITIZE GRASSROOTS
WORKFLOWS FOR ALL THREE COMPONENTS OF ADARSH
GRAM, GRANT-IN-AID FOR SKILLING AND EMPLOYMENT,
AND HOSTELS IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Posted On: 25 MAY 2026 7:18PM by PIB Delhi
PM-AJAY portal and AJAY mobile app will be launched by Hon’ble Union Minister for Social Justice and
Empowerment – Dr. Virendra Kumar in the august presence of Hon’ble Minister of State Shri. B.L Verma,
Secretary- Department of Social Justice and Empowerment Shri Sudhansh Pant and senior officials of the
Department of Social Justice, Government of India. They will be joined virtually by Secretaries and
Senior Officials from all States and UTs.
The portal is designed to facilitate seamless coordination among stakeholders while ensuring faster and
more accountable service delivery to beneficiaries. PMAJAY dashboard records progress in socio-
economic development in more than 47000 SC majority villages and over 4 million beneficiaries in across
all components. The PM-AJAY portal serves as the central database linked digital face, to enable
milestone-linked fund flows.
Especially for Adarsh Gram component, paper-based planning will be replaced with digital planning at
village level. The Portal will provide comprehensive national, state, and district-level dashboards to
monitor model village development against 50 monitorable socio-economic indicators across 10
developmental domains for Adarsh Gram component. It automates milestone-linked tracking as soon as a
Village Development Plan (VDP) is digitally approved.
Further, for Grants-in-Aid (GIA) Component, the portal serves as a centralized management information
system (MIS) that aggregates state-wide data to track large-scale financial outlays and funding allocations
for livelihoods. The portal also provides the platform for physical and financial progress of Hostel
Component. It enforces absolute transparency and faster turn-around-time for scheme progress.The PM AJAY Mobile App has been conceptualized and developed as a unified digital platform to extend
the services and functionalities of the existing PMAGY and PM AJAY portals to mobile users. The
application provides seamless access to scheme-related information, monitoring, reporting, and
beneficiary-centric services through a user-friendly mobile interface. The PM AJAY Mobile App aims to
provide mobile-based access to scheme services, improve field-level monitoring, facilitate real-time
reporting, and strengthen transparency and digital governance.
The application includes Adarsh Gram, Grant-in-Aid (GIA), and Hostel components with integrated
monitoring, reporting, proposal management, inspection, and beneficiary tracking functionalities. The
Mobile app enables offline door-to-door surveys and real-time generation of Village Development Plans
(VDPs) across 50 socio-economic indicators across 10 developmental domains, in Adarsh Gram. In
Grants-in-Aid (GIA) Component, the mobile application enables field teams to execute digital beneficiary
registration, and allows implementing agencies in state to seamlessly track the end-to-end progress of
individual livelihood initiatives and skill training journeys in real time. Hostel Component part of the th
mobile app facilitates the instant electronic submission of new construction and repair proposals directly
from the project site. It empowers field inspectors to capture and upload mandatory geo-tagged, time-
stamped photographs across critical building stages to visually validate physical infrastructure milestones.
Unified login system, role-based access control, geo-tagging, dashboard reporting, mobile inspections,
photo uploads, notifications, and integration with existing portals. Expected Benefits are Improved
efficiency, real-time monitoring, enhanced transparency, faster reporting, better coordination, and reduced
dependency on desktop-based operations. Ministry officials, State and District authorities, implementing
agencies, NGOs, inspection officers, hostel administrators, and field functionaries.
The launch marks another significant step towards leveraging digital governance for inclusive socio-
economic development and citizen-centric service delivery for a VIKSIT BHARAT.
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