15-Dec-2022: Update on Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK)

The Minister of Minority Affairs, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today informed that the Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK), a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS), is being implemented by the Ministry of Minority Affairs, with the objective to develop infrastructure projects in identified areas, for socio economic development of said areas. The priority sectors under PMJVK are education, health, skill development, women centric projects etc. In North Eastern Region (NER), the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura are covered under PMJVK. The proposals under PMJVK are sent by the States/Union Territories (UTs) as per demand for infrastructure in the identified areas, which are considered and approved by the Empowered Committee (EC) of PMJVK, after due consultation with the concerned Central Ministries. Projects under PMJVK are implemented and managed by the concerned State/ UT Government. The details of projects considered and approved by the EC for the States in NER is given in the minutes of EC which can be accessed on the website of the Ministry www.minorityaffairs.gov.in.

PMJVK is a demand driven scheme and State/ UT-wise allocation of funds is not made under the scheme.

4-Aug-2022: Funds and Projects under PMJVK

The Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK), a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS), is being implemented by the Ministry of Minority Affairs, with the objective to develop infrastructure projects in identified areas for socio economic development of said areas. Under PMJVK, project-wise funds are released to the States/Union Territories (UTs). The proposals under PMJVK are sent by the States/UTs as per requirement of infrastructure in the identified areas. Proposals received in the Ministry are considered and approved by the Empowered Committee of PMJVK after due consultation with the concerned Central Ministries.

Since the year 2014-15, the Ministry has sanctioned projects worth Rs.1765904 lakh under PMJVK with Central share of Rs.1233688.93 lakh. From the year 2014-15 to 2021-22, an expenditure of Rs.937819 lakh has been incurred under the scheme. During this period more than 50,000 major projects have been sanctioned which includes 1572 School Buildings, 177 Residential Schools, 22965 Additional Class Rooms and other infrastructure in schools, 14637 Smart Classrooms & Teaching Aid, 694 Hostels, 41 Degree Colleges/additional Infrastructure in Colleges, 115 ITI Buildings/additional facilities in ITIs, 19 Polytechnics/additional facilities Polytechnics, 27 Working Women Hostels, 32 Skill Centres, 2324 Health Projects, 605 Sadhbhav Mandaps/ Common Service Centres/Community Hall, 12 Hunar Hubs, 6774 Sanitation/ Toilet projects, 91 Sports Facilities, etc. The State-wise details of projects sanctioned under PMJVK is available on the website of the Ministry i.e. www.minorityaffairs.gov.in.

7-Apr-2022: Funds under Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram

The Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK) is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme, which was restructured and implemented with effect from May, 2018, in 1300 identified Minority Concentration Areas (MCAs) of the Country with the objective to develop socio-economic infrastructure assets and basic amenities in these areas. The areas covered under PMJVK were increased from 90 Districts originally, to 308 Districts in 33 States/ UTs w.e.f. May, 2018. The MCAs included 870 Minority Concentration Blocks (MCBs), 321 Minority Concentration Towns (MCTs) and 109 Minority Concentration District Headquarters (MCD Hqrs.) added for the first time. The scheme has now further been revised for implementation w.e.f from 2022-23 onwards in all Districts of the country including all the Aspirational Districts.

The year-wise funds allocated under PMJVK and the expenditure incurred since the year 2014-15 are as under:

(Amount Rs. in Crore)

*Additional funds allocated through reappropriation from savings under other schemes

The state wise funds allocated and released since 2014-15 is available on the website of the Ministry i.e. www.minorityaffairs.gov.in.

Since the year 2014-15, the Ministry has sanctioned projects worth Rs.18257.89 crores under PMJVK. During this period more than 49,000 major projects have been sanctioned which includes 38 Degree Colleges, 177 Residential Schools, 1,550 School Buildings, 23,094 Additional Class Rooms, 14,312 Teaching Aid & Smart Classrooms, 691 Hostels, 27 Working Women Hostels, 94 ITI Buildings and additional facilities in 17 ITIs, 14 Polytechnics, 31 Skill Centres, 2324 Health Projects,01 Medical college, 01 Unani Medical College, 01 Nursing Hostel cum college and upgradation of Hamidiya Hospital at Gandhi Medical College and linked hospitals in Bhopal, 01 Agriculture College, 01 Medical Hunar Hub project comprising of a 300 bedded hospital, a Nursing College, a Paramedical College and a Pharmacy College, a Skill Development Centre along with hostels with capacity of 2300 and also a 200 bedded Working Women Hostel,  413 Sadhbhav Mandaps, 01 Sadhbhav Kendra, 170 Common Service Centres, 553 Market Sheds, 12 Hunar Hubs, 6742 Sanitation/Toilet projects, 91 Sports Facilities including Augmentation of Luwangpokpa Cricket Stadium in Manipur and Upgradation of P.A. Sangma Outdoor Stadium in Meghalaya, etc.

The projects are reviewed at the Centre by the Empowered Committee (EC) of PMJVK in the Ministry of Minority Affairs. The EC regularly reviews the physical and financial progress of the projects being implemented in the States. In order to avoid parking of funds and accumulation of unspent balance and to ensure timely utilization of funds, States have been given flexibility to use the funds available with them as per the requirement assessed by the States, so that approved projects are completed in time and that projects do not get delayed on account of waiting for the second installment to be released by the Centre. The States can also propose surrendering of unviable projects and request for new projects to be sanctioned in lieu of the unviable projects.

For getting real time information regarding completion of projects under PMJVK, an MOU with National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC)-ISRO has been signed for geo-tagging of assets created under PMJVK. The project aims to help the Ministry in effective monitoring of the projects under PMJVK and ensure completion and commissioning of the projects on time. Besides, developing a mobile app to function on the web-based Bhuvan geo-portal, the NRSC developed app includes project specific attributes, enables online visualisation of PMJVK assets and analyses and generates reports on the projects. An online module for Utilisation Certificate (UC) submission and monitoring of projects through Quarterly Progress Report has also been developed. The projects have been piloted in the State of Manipur and Karnataka. Besides online monitoring of projects under PMJVK, a Project Monitoring Unit (PMU) has also been set up in the Ministry.

24-Mar-2022: Progress of Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram

During the year 2020-21, the Ministry has sanctioned projects worth Rs. 1821.28 crore under Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram. The State-wise sanction orders issued under PMJVK for the year 2020-21 are available on the website of Ministry of Minority Affairs https://minorityaffairs.gov.in/node/5663

The Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK) is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme, which was restructured and implemented with effect from May, 2018, in 1300 identified Minority Concentration Areas (MCAs) of the Country with the objective to develop socio-economic infrastructure assets and basic amenities in these areas. The areas covered under PMJVK were increased from 90 Districts originally, to 308 Districts in 33 States/ UTs w.e.f. May, 2018. The MCAs include 870 Minority Concentration Blocks (MCBs), 321 Minority Concentration Towns (MCTs) and 109 Minority Concentration District Headquarters (MCD Hqrs.) added for the first time. The scheme has now further been revised for implementation w.e.f from 2022-23onwards in all Districts of the country including all the Aspirational Districts.

PMJVK is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme and implemented through the State Governments/ Union Territory Governments. Projects under PMJVK are proposed by the States/ UTs where land is already available with the State/ UT. Central Government does not acquire land for construction under the scheme.  The land cost or land acquisition costs are not covered under this programme.

Since the year 2014-15, the Ministry has sanctioned projects worth Rs.18257.89 crore under PMJVK. During this period more than 49,000 major projects have been sanctioned which includes 38 Degree Colleges, 177 Residential Schools, 1,550 School Buildings, 23,094 Additional Class Rooms, 14,312 Teaching Aid & Smart Classrooms, 691 Hostels, 27 Working Women Hostels, 94 ITI Buildings and additional facilities in 17 ITIs, 14 Polytechnics, 31 Skill Centres, 2324 Health Projects, 01 Unani Medical College, 413 Sadhbhav Mandaps, 01 Sadhbhav Kendra, 170 Common Service Centres, 553 Market Sheds, 12 Hunar Hubs, 6742 Sanitation/Toilet projects, 91 Sports Facilities, etc.

The State Government/UT administration report the progress to the Ministry of Minority Affairs in respect of each project on quarterly basis for both physical and financial progress in the proforma of Quarterly Progress Report (QPR) prescribed for this purpose. The PMJVK guidelines also provides for quarterly meeting by the District Level Committee to review the progress of implementation of the projects under PMJVK and submission of reports to the State Level Committee (SLC).

13-Dec-2021: Minority Concentrated Districts
Under Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK), which is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme, the communities notified as minority communities under Section 2 (c) of the National Commission for Minorities Act (NCM), 1992 are taken as Minority Communities. The Central Government under the NCM Act, 1992 has notified six religious minority communities namely Christian, Sikh, Buddhist, Muslim, Parsi and Jain.

The areas for implementation of PMJVK has been identified on the basis of substantial population of minority communities i.e. 25% of minority population in the area and backwardness parameters in the area concerned which are below the national average. The parameters for identification of Minority Concentration Areas are based on the data of Census, 2011. The details of backwardness parameters applied for identification of such areas are (a) religion-specific socio-economic indicators at the district /block/town viz. literacy rate, female literacy rate, work participation rate and female work participation rate; and (b) basic amenities indicators at the district/block/town level viz. percentage of households with pucca walls, percentage of households with safe drinking water, percentage of households with electricity and percentage of households with latrine facility within the premise. However, the assets created are available to the entire population of the identified area and do not exclude other communities.

Since 2014-15, the Ministry has sanctioned more than 49,000 major projects which includes 35 Degree Colleges, 174 Residential Schools, 1,546 School Buildings, 23,463 Additional Class Rooms/ACR Blocks, 14,312 Teaching Aid & Smart Classrooms, 684 Hostels, 23 Working Women Hostels, 97 ITI Buildings, 13 Polytechnics, 16 Skill Centres, 1,997 Health Projects, 01 Unani Medical College, 408 Sadhbhav Mandaps, 01 Sadhbhav Kendra, 168 Common Service Centres, 553 Market Sheds, 09 Hunar Hubs, 5,455 Sanitation/Toilet projects, 76 Sports Facilities, etc.

In respect of 6 States/UT (Punjab, J&K, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Mizoram and UT of Lakshadweep) where a minority community is in majority, a lower cut-off of 15% of minority population, other than that of the minority community in majority in that State/UT, has been applied for identification of MCD HQ, MCBs and MCTs.

Further, the Ministry of Minority Affairs is implementing various schemes which aim at educational empowerment, employment-orients skill development, infrastructure support, etc. for the upliftment of living standards of the notified minorities. The benefit of these schemes is available to all the minority communities (Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists, Parsis and Jains) across the country including the above mentioned 6 States.

2-Aug-2021: Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakaram

The Ministry of Minority Affairs implements the Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakaram (PMJVK), in the identified Minority Concentration Areas (MCAs) of the country, with the objective to develop socio economic assets and basic amenities in the MCAs. The scheme was restructured in May 2018 and areas identified for implementation of the scheme was increased from a coverage of  196 districts to  308 districts which includes 870 Minority Concentration Blocks, 321 Minority Concentration Towns and 109 Minority Concentration District Headquarters. Priority sectors under the scheme are education, health, skill development and women centric projects.  Projects under PMJVK are implemented by States/UTs/Central Government Organizations as per the need of the identified MCAs.  In the last 7 years under the “Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram” (PMJVK) more than 43,000 basic infrastructure projects including education, health, skill development, women related projects, sports and sadbhav mandaps etc. have been sanctioned at a cost of Rs. 10955.75 crore, and Rs. 8115.67 crore has been released to the States/UTs for implementation of the projects. The sanction of the projects approved along with fund details for education, health, skill development and women related projects under Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK), in the minority concentrated blocks/towns/district-wise, State/UT-wise is available on the official website of the Ministry i.e. https://www.minorityaffairs.gov.in/ .

The following is the monitoring mechanism under PMJVK:

1. Monitoring through Block Level Committee, District Level Committee and State Level Committee.
2. Monitoring through Empowered Committee in the Ministry which reviews the progress of construction and commissioning of projects.
3. Monitoring through visits by officers from the Ministry to project sites.
4. Monitoring through conferences at the national, regional, state or district levels.
5. The IT Cells created at State level with Ministry’s funds form an integrated part of the monitoring mechanism.
6. Monitoring through conferences at the national, regional, state or district levels and visits of officials to the project sites.

An Evaluation study of PMJVK has been conducted by NITI Aayog through M/s. KPMG Advance Services Ltd. The Evaluation Report is available at https://www.minorityaffairs.gov.in/sites/default/files/Evaluation%20Report.pdf.

A meeting under the chairmanship of Secretary (MA) was held on 17.04.2020 with representatives of States/UTs namely A&N Island, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab & West Bengal to assess the impact of COVID-19 pandemic over the implementation of projects of PMJVK and to work out the strategies for dealing with such scenario. The States/UTs were advised to monitor the implementation and ensure that the COVID-19 pandemic has minimum effect on the PMJVK implementation. During the COVID-19 pandemic this Ministry has approved 186 health projects of Rs.512.25 crore. The various projects constructed under PMJVK have been utilized for public during the COVID Pandemic.

Project proposals under PMJVK are received from the States/UTs as per their felt need and infrastructure requirement of the identified MCAs.   

The Ministry has started an awareness campaign “Jaan Hai To Jahan Hai” on Covid-19 Vaccination to prevent apprehensions and rumours, under which various organizations associated with the Ministry like State Waqf Boards, State Haj committees, State Channelizing agencies and Programme Implementing Agencies(PIAs) of various schemes were urged to reach out to the people and work towards spreading awareness and getting rid of the vaccine hesitancy amongst the local communities. In addition to the above, the Ministry has also utilized the social media platforms to spread awareness on vaccination through various renowned personalities from the field of social, cultural and religion as influencers.

14-Sep-2020: The areas under PMJVK have been increased from 90 districts originally to 308 Districts of the country

The Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram(PMJVK) has been restructured in 2018 and is now being implemented in 1300 identified Minority Concentration Areas (MCAs), with an objective of developing socio-economic infrastructure and basic amenities in the said areas. For larger coverage of the scheme, the areas under PMJVK have been increased from 90 Districts originally to 308 Districts of the country, which include 870 Blocks, 321 Towns and 109 District Headquarters.

The expenditure under PMJVK in 2018-19 and 2019-20, has been Rs. 1156.07 crore and Rs.1698.29 crore respectively.

Project proposals under PMJVK are received from the States/UTs as per their felt need and infrastructure requirement of the identified MCA. In the period 2018-19 to 2019-20, the Ministry has sanctioned 85 Residential Schools, 6 Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs), 454 School Buildings, 22 Degree Colleges, 209 Hostels, 4181 Additional Class Rooms, 329 Additional Classroom Blocks, 7854 Smart Classrooms, 32 Industrial Training Institutes, 7 Polytechnics, 324 Health Projects, 927 Anganwadi Centres, 22 Working Women Hostels, 136 Common Service Centres, 8 Hunar Hubs, 37 Market Sheds, 953 Sanitation Projects, 1027 Drinking Water Projects, 9 Sport facilities, 89 Sadbhav Mandaps, 11 Skill Development Centres etc.

2-May-2018: Cabinet approves restructuring of Multi-sectoral Development Programme for its continuation during remaining period of 14th Finance Commission as Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the proposal for renaming and restructuring of Multi-sectoral Development Programme(MsDP) as Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK).  CCEA has also approved its continuation during the remaining period of the 14th Finance Commission.

Impact:

• The restructured programme would provide better socio economic infrastructure facilities to the minority communities particularly in the field of education, health & skill development as compared to the present situation, which would further lead to lessening of the gap between the national average and the minority communities with regard to backwardness parameters. The flexibility introduced in the programme will enable addressing important issues that would result in speedier implementation leading to greater inclusiveness of the minority communities.
• The criteria for identification of Minority Concentration Towns and Clusters of Villages have been rationalized by lowering the population percentage criteria of Minority Communities and fulfilment of backwardness parameters in the following manners:-
  • Earlier only those Towns which were found backward in terms of both in Basic Amenities and Socio-economic parameters were taken up as MCTs. Now, the Towns which were found backward in either or both of the criteria have been taken up as MCT.
  • Earlier only those Cluster of Villages which were having at-least 50% population of Minority Community were taken. Now the population criteria has been lowered to 25%. These   rationalization   of criteria  would  facilitate   the   inclusive  growth  of communities and social harmony.
• The area to be covered under PMJVK would be 57% more as compared to the existing MsDP.
• The MsDP covered 196 district of the country whereas PMJVK will cover 308 districts of the country.

Expenditure: Funding of the scheme would be from budgetary provision of the Ministry. The Expenditure Finance Committee, Department of Expenditure has recommended for the continuation of the programme as PMJVK at the cost of Rs. 3,972 crore. As stipulated in the scheme, the recurring/maintenance expenses will be borne by the State Government / UTs / Organization.

Beneficiaries: The Programme aims to address development deficits in the identified minority concentration areas. The identification of minority concentration areas has been done on the basis of presence of substantial population of notified Minority Communities based on Census, 2011. The inclusion of Minority Concentration District Headquarters along with the Minority Concentration Towns having population more than 25,000, Minority Concentration Blocks and Cluster of Villages as per Census, 2011 data, will extend the coverage of population of minority communities.

Special focus by earmarking funds:

1. 80% of the resources under the PMJVK would be earmarked for projects related to education, health and skill development.
2. 33 to 40% of resources under the PMJVK would be specifically allocated for women centric projects.

Monitoring of the Programme strengthened:

1. Provisions related to Monitoring Mechanism, Transparency and Publicity of Information have been further strengthened by including an online module along with geo-tagging.
2. A provision to bring all implementing agencies under Public Finance Management System(PFMS) and its effective use ensured to monitor fund utilization has been made in PMJVK.

Background:

MsDP has been identified as one of the Core of the Core Schemes under National Development Agenda in the Report of the Sub-Group of Chief Ministers on Rationalization of Centrally Sponsored Schemes, which was constituted by NITI Aayog. The programme was launched in the year 2008-09 in 90 identified Minority Concentration Districts (MCDs) having at least 25% minority population and below national average with respect to one or both of the backwardness parameters with the objective of developing assets for socio-economic and basic amenities. The MCDs were identified on the basis of census 2001 data. The programme continued during 11th Five Year Plan.

The MsDP was restructured in June 2013 for implementation during 12th Five Year Plan and the area of implementation was replaced by Minority Concentration Blocks (MCB), Minority Concentration Towns (MCT) and Clusters of Villages. Total MCBs - 710, MCTs - 66 in 196 Districts. The MsDP is currently in operation in 27 States/UTs.

MsDP has been designed primarily to address the developmental gaps/deficits in identified backward minority concentration areas by topping up of existing Centrally Sponsored Schemes of various Central ministries/departments without any change in the norms, guidelines and the funding pattern.

The projects considered are additional class rooms, laboratories, school buildings, hostels, toilets, buildings for Polytechnics, ITIs, Community Health Centres, Primary Health Centres / Sub-centres, Anganwadi Centres, Rural Housing etc.

In addition to gap filling projects, MsDP also provides for taking up innovative projects which are not covered by any of the existing CSS of various ministries and these are funded in the ratio of 60:40 and for NE and Hilly States at 90:10 between the Centre and States. This includes Sadbhav Mandap, Market shed etc.