**Executive Summary**
The National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM) Kundli has signed an MoU with the Ministry of Minority Affairs to implement the "PM VIKAS" scheme. Signed on December 22, 2025, the MoU aims to develop the capacity of youth from minority communities. The program is likely to be rolled out in January 2026.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Project Implementation and Scope:**
* NIFTEM-Kundli has been selected as a Project Implementing Agency (PIA) for the PM VIKAS scheme.
* The scheme targets capacity development of youth from minority communities through skill training.
* NIFTEM-K will train 2110 beneficiaries from the minority community across seven locations in Jharkhand, Bihar, Punjab and Haryana.
* **Training and Certification:**
* Training will be provided in three categories: Multi Skill Technician (Food Processing), Millet Products Processor, and Assistant Baking Technician.
* NSQF compliant skill training will be delivered through NCVET approved courses.
* Beneficiaries will receive certification from MSDE/NCVET approved institutions.
* **Employment and Livelihood:**
* The project aims to enhance the employability of minority communities.
* It seeks to create better livelihood opportunities through market and credit linkages.
* The project will facilitate placement of eligible skilled beneficiaries in wage employment, self-employment, or apprenticeship, including opportunities in the organized sector.
**Impact Analysis**
**Minority Community Youth**
* **Impact**: Enhanced skills and employment opportunities through targeted training programs.
* **Action Required**: Participate in the skill training programs offered by NIFTEM-K.
**NIFTEM-Kundli**
* **Impact**: Increased responsibility as a Project Implementing Agency for the PM VIKAS scheme.
* **Action Required**: Implement the PM VIKAS scheme as per the MoU, providing skill training to the designated beneficiaries.
**Ministry of Minority Affairs**
* **Impact**: Facilitation of the PM VIKAS scheme to develop the capacity of minority youth.
* **Action Required**: Oversee the implementation of the PM VIKAS scheme by NIFTEM-Kundli.
Key Entities Referenced
PM VIKAS: A scheme by the Ministry of Minority Affairs aimed at developing the capacity of youth from minority communities through skill training.
Ministry of Minority Affairs: The government ministry responsible for implementing the PM VIKAS scheme and signing the MoU with NIFTEM-Kundli.
NIFTEM Kundli: National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management, selected as a Project Implementing Agency (PIA) for the PM VIKAS scheme.
Jharkhand, Bihar, Punjab and Haryana: The states where the project will train beneficiaries under the PM VIKAS scheme.
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship: The ministry which approves the institutions which provide certification to the beneficiaries of PM VIKAS.
Ministry of Food Processing Industries
NIFTEM-K signs MoU with Ministry of Minority
Affairs to implement PM Vikas Scheme
प्रव तथ: 26 DEC 2025 11:47AM by PIB Delhi
National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM) Kundli has been
selected as a Project Implementing Agency (PIA) by the Ministry of Minority Affairs to implement the
scheme “PM VIKAS”. In this regard, an MoU was signed with the Ministry by the Institute on 22nd
December 2025 at New Delhi. The scheme is aimed at developing the capacity of youth from minority
communities through targeted interventions by providing skill training support in need-based courses and
ensuring employment /livelihood opportunities for them. NIFTEM Kundli is one of the few Institutes of
National Importance (INI) selected as PIA for the scheme.
Under this project, NIFTEM-K will train a total of 2110 beneficiaries from the minority community under
three categories - Multi Skill Technician (Food Processing), Millet Products Processor and Assistant
Baking Technician across seven locations in four states of Jharkhand, Bihar, Punjab and Haryana. This
intervention seeks to enhance the employability of minority communities and create better livelihood
opportunities by providing market and credit linkages to integrate them into the economic mainstream.
The project will provide NSQF (National Skills Qualification Framework) compliant skill training to the
beneficiaries through NCVET (National Council of Vocational Education and Training) approved courses,
and will facilitate placement of eligible skilled beneficiaries in some form of employment (wage
employment, self-employment, or apprenticeship), including opportunities in the organized sector. All
beneficiaries will receive certification from institutions approved by MSDE (Ministry of Skill
Development and Entrepreneurship) /NCVET. The program is likely to be rolled out in January 2026.
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