27-Jul-2022: Implementation of PM-Daksh Yojana

The amount of funds earmarked under the Yojana for the year 2022-23 is Rs.84.00 crores.

PM-DAKSH Portal and PM-DAKSH Mobile App have been launched by Department of Social Justice and Empowerment on 07.08.2021. The URL of PM-DAKSH Portal is “pmdaksh.dosje.gov.in” and Mobile App “PM-DAKSH” is available on Play Store.

Placements of trained candidates are done after completion of the training, assessment and certification.

Background: The Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment (MoSJE), caters to the empowerment of the socially, educationally and economically marginalized sections of the society including SCs, OBCs, De-notified Tribes (DNTs), EBCs, Safai Karamcharis including Waste Pickers. Most of the persons of target group are having minimal economic assets; therefore, provision of training and enhancing their competencies is essential for economic empowerment/ upliftment of these marginalized target groups. In 2020-21, Department modified the existing Scheme of Assistance to skilling for OBCs/EBCs/DNTs with inclusion of SCs and Safai karamcharis including Waste pickers and renamed it as PM-DAKSH Yojana as Central Sector Scheme. SFC has approved the continuation of this scheme with a target to skill around 2,71,000 SC/OBC/EBC/DNT persons, Safai Karamcharis including Waste Pickers during 2021-22 to 2025-26 with a budget outlay of Rs.450.25 crore. The scheme is implemented through three Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs), of the Ministry, i.e. National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation (NSFDC), National Backward Classes Finance & Development Corporation (NBCFDC) and National Safai Karamcharis Finance & Development Corporation (NSKFDC) for their respective target groups. Trainings provided under the scheme are free of cost.

Objective: The main purpose of the scheme is to increase the skill levels of the target youth by providing for long term and short term skills, followed by settlement in wage employment/self- employment.

Salient Features of PM DAKSH

1. Training Institutions: Trainings under the scheme are provided by the Training Institutes (TIs) screened and selected by a specified Committee on year to year basis. The selected TIs are mainly Government Training Institutions and Private Institutions of repute which are empanelled with Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) scheme of Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE).
2. Compliance with Common Norm: Training programmes are organized in broad pursuance of Common Norms issued by Ministry of Skill Development and courses are National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) aligned. Accordingly, TIs providing Skill Development Training Programme (SDTP) under PM-DAKSH Yojana are required to provide wage/self-employment to the trained candidates to the extent of 70%.
3. Age of the candidates for undergoing skill training: Beneficiaries between the age of 18-45 years are considered for SDTP.

Stipend to the trainees: Stipend @ Rs. 1500 per month for SC and Safai Karamchari candidates and @ Rs. 1000 per month for OBC, EBC and DNT candidates in case of non- residential short term and long term training.

For upskilling training programme, as the trainees are already employed, they will be paid @Rs.2,500/- per person per programme to SCs/OBCs/EBCs/DNT candidates and @Rs.500/- per person to Safai Karamcharis including Waste Pickers in the form of stipend, for duration of training of Up-skilling/RPL, towards compensation of their wage loss, during the period of training.

1. Certification after completion of Training Programme.
2. Placement facilitation after completion of training.

Assistance in starting own enterprise under loan scheme of Corporations.

The scheme has been made beneficiary centric by providing the facilities for (i) online registration (ii) selection of job roles (iii) selection of training institutes and (iv) place of training in PM-DAKSH portal.

The Corporations, namely National Scheduled Caste Finance & Development Corporation (NSFDC), National Backward Classes Finance & Development Corporation (NBCFDC) & National Safai Karamcharis Finance & Development Corporation (NSKFDC) aspire to train 2.71 lakh persons from its target group over the period of 2021-22 to 2025-26, broadly in the following sub-categories:

1. Up-skilling/Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)
2. Short Term Courses
3. Entrepreneurial Development Programmes (EDP)
4. Long Term Courses

16-Mar-2022: Beneficiaries Under PM-Daksh Yojana

Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is implementing Pradhan Mantri-Dakshta Aur Kushalta Sampann Hitgrahi Yojana (PM-DAKSH) across the country from 2020-21 through 3 Corporations viz. National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation (NSFDC) for Scheduled Caste beneficiaries, National Backward Classes Finance & Development Corporation (NBCFDC) for Other Backward Classes/Economically Backward Classes/De-notified Tribes beneficiaries and National Safai Karamcharis Finance & Development Corporation (NSKFDC) for Safai Karamcharis including Waste Pickers. The status of registration of candidates in PM-DAKSH portal during 2021-22 is as under: 

In order to spread awareness about the skill development training programmes offered under PM-DAKSH Yojana, among the target groups, advertisement is issued through print media and social media. The interested candidates, who do not have access to internet/smart phones, may visit the cybercafé for registration on PM-DAKSH Portal. The candidates are supported/helped in registering on the PM-DAKSH Portal by the respective Training Institutes implementing skill development training programmes.

The details of number of candidates trained, training completed (after assessment and certification) and thereafter placements made by the Corporations for their respective target groups during 2021-22 are given in Annexure.

Post registration on the PM-DAKSH portal the beneficiaries are eligible for the following facilities:

1. Eligible beneficiaries are included in the batch for providing free of cost Skill Development Training.
2. Stipend is provided to the eligible candidates based on their attendance through DBT.
3. After successful completion and assessment the candidates are provided course completion certificates of respective training programmes.
4. After certification, the candidates are provided opportunities for job/self-employment by the training institutes.