Parliament Question: PM VIKAS Scheme

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 558 ANSWERED ON 03.12.2025 PM VIKAS SCHEME

558. SHRI P P CHAUDHARY:

MS KANGNA RANAUT:

SHRI NABA CHARAN MAJHI:

SHRI BIBHU PRASAD TARAI:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the key objectives of the Pradhan Mantri Virasat Ka Samvardhan (PM-VIKAS) scheme in enhancing skill development and employment opportunities for minority youth;

(b) the number of Persons with Disabilities (PwD) enrolled along with the measures adopted to ensure their inclusion and accessibility;

(c) the nature of partnerships and Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) signed with State Governments to strengthen industry linkages and apprenticeship opportunities; and

(d) the total number of beneficiaries enrolled under PM VIKAS so far, by job role and sector, category-wise, particularly in the Pali Lok Sabha constituency of Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

(a): The Pradhan Mantri Virasat Ka Samvardhan (PM VIKAS) is a Central Sector Scheme focusing on the socio-economic empowerment of six notified minorities through skill development; entrepreneurship among minority women; and education support for school dropouts.

The main objectives of Pradhan Mantri Virasat Ka Samvardhan (PM VIKAS) scheme in promoting skill development and employment opportunities for minority youth, are as

under:- i. To build capacity of minority communities through targeted interventions by providing skill training support in need-based courses and ensuring employment / livelihood opportunities for them.

ii. To preserve and promote the cultural heritage including traditional arts and craft forms by propagation of literature/ documents/ manuscripts and showcasing their unique Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH).

iii. To empower women from minority communities and instil confidence amongst them by providing leadership and entrepreneurship training and support.iv. To improve employability of and generate better livelihood opportunities for minorities through market and credit linkages.

(b): The scheme has been recently rolled out and as per the scheme guidelines, 3 percent of the total seats are reserved for Persons with Disability (PwDs) across all the scheme components.

(c): Under the PM VIKAS scheme, the implementing agencies are required to ensure placement of candidates as per the scheme guidelines and it forms a part of the MoUs that the Ministry signs with the implementing agencies. Under non-traditional (modern) skilling, PIAs are required to ensure placement of at least 75 percent skilled beneficiaries in some form of employment (wage/ self-employment/ apprenticeship), of which at least 50 percent should be placed in organized sector, as categorised in the National Skill Quality Framework

(NSQF)/ Common Cost Norms (CCN).

(d): Under the PM VIKAS Scheme, allocations are not made state wise, rather projects are allocated to different Implementing Agencies. However, as per projects allocations made to different Implementing Agencies till now, no targets have been allocated for the state of Himachal Pradesh. Further, allocation letters have been issued for a target of about 2,560 beneficiaries in Rajasthan across traditional and non-traditional component. A component- wise, job-role wise and sector-wise bifurcation (as on date) is placed in Annexure 1.

******Annexure 1 ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (D) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 558 FOR ANSWER ON 03.12.2025 REGARDING ‘PM VIKAS SCHEME’

ASKED BY SHRI P P CHAUDHARY: MS KANGNA RANAUT: SHRI NABA CHARAN

MAJHI: SHRI BIBHU PRASAD TARAI:

Job role and sector-wise bifurcation of target allocated under PM VIKAS in Rajasthan S.N Sum of o Component Sector Job Role Target Non-traditional Broadband Network 120 1 Skilling Telecom Technician Non-traditional Wireless Network Technician 120 2 Skilling Telecom Technician - Water 70 Non-traditional Distribution System (Multi – 3 Skilling Plumbing Skill) Non-traditional Plumber - General 180 4 Skilling Plumbing Non-traditional Junior Technician - Smart 500 5 Skilling Plumbing Meter Non-traditional Industrial Electrician 500 6 Skilling Plumbing Non-traditional Electronics & Multi Skill Technician - 140 7 Skilling HW Consumer Durables Non-traditional Solar Photovoltaic 130 8 Skilling Green Jobs Entrepreneur Handicrafts Traditional Hand Embroiderer 400 9 Traditional Skilling & Carpets Handicrafts Hand Spinning Operator 130 10 Traditional Skilling & Carpets Information A.I (Artificial Intelligence) - 120 Non-traditional Technology Technocrat 11 Skilling Sector Handicrafts Carpet Weaver 30 12 Traditional Skilling & Carpets Non-traditional Food Multiskill Technician (Food 60 13 Skilling Industry Procesing) Non-traditional Warehouse Associate 14 Skilling Logistics 60 Grand Total 2560