PM-DAKSH Yojana
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PM-DAKSH (PradhanMantriDakshtaAurKushaltaSampannHitgrahi) Yojana was launched by the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment (MoSJ&E), Government of India in 2020-21. It is a National Action Plan for skilling marginalized persons covering SCs, OBCs, EBCs, DNTs, Sanitation workers including waste pickers. It is a multi-pronged strategy to enhance the competency level of the target groups and make them employable both in wage and Self-employment for their socio-economic development of the following sections of the target group:
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Artisans – to improve their revenue generation capacities within their practicing vocations,
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Women- to enter into self-employment thereby financially empowering themselves without neglecting their domestic activities; and
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Youth- to acquire long-term training and specialization in employable vocations giving them better standing in the job market.
Objectives of the PM-DAKSH Yojana
The main objective of the PM-DAKSH Yojana is to increase the skill levels of the target youth by providing them short term and long term skills, followed by assistance in wage/self-employment. Besides above, the skill levels of artisans would be enhanced through Upskilling/Reskilling programmes and enable them to increase their incomes within their practicing vocations.
Eligibility Criteria for PM-DAKSH Yojana
The eligible target group for getting benefit of skill development training programmes under PM-DAKSHYojana and required documents are given as under:
| (i) | Persons belonging to Scheduled Castes | a) Caste Certificate issued by the Competent Authority of State Government/UT Administration. |
| (ii) | Other Backward Classes (OBCs) having Annual Family Income below Rs. 3.00 lakh | a) OBC Certificate issued by an appropriate Authority of State Government/UT Administration and b) Annual Family Income Certificate below Rs.3.00 lakh issued by the appropriate authority of the State Government/UT Administration or self-certified and duly endorsed by a Gazetted officer as defined by the appropriate Government. It is explicitly clarified that endorsement by public representatives, Gram Pradhan, Sarpanch, Councilor, notaries etc. will not be acceptable. Further, valid Below Poverty Line (BPL) card and Antodaya Anna Yojna (AAY) cards will also be acceptable as commensurate proof of annual family income of the beneficiary being within Rs.1.00 lakh per annum. |
| (iii) | Economically Backward Classes (EBCs) having Annual Family Income below Rs.1.00 lakh | a) Annual Family Income Certificate below Rs.1.00 lakh issued by the appropriate authority of the State Government/UT Administration or self-certified and duly endorsed by a Gazetted officer as defined by the appropriate Government. It is explicitly clarified that endorsement by public representatives, Gram Pradhan, Sarpanch, Councilor, notaries etc. will not be acceptable. Further, valid Below Poverty Line (BPL) card and Antodaya Anna Yojna (AAY) cards will also be acceptable as commensurate proof of annual family income of the beneficiary being within Rs.1.00 lakh per annum. b) No Caste Certificate is required in case of EBCs. |
| (iv) | De-Notified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribe (DNT) | a) Undertaking in the form of self-declaration of the candidate of his/her specific caste, date of birth and address alongwith the endorsement by the local Pradhan of the Community/Cluster to this effect. |
| (v) | SafaiKaramchari including his/her dependents. | a) Occupation Certificate duly issued by an appropriate authority. |
The category-wise income criteria aregiven as under:
| Schedule Castes | No income criterion. |
| Other Backward Classes | Annual family income should be below Rs.3.00 lakh. |
| Economically Backward Classes | The Annual family income should be below Rs.1.00 lakh. |
| De-notified Nomadic and Semi-nomadic Tribes | No income criterion. |
| SafaiKaramcharis | No income criterion. |
Skill Development Training Programmes
There are four types of skill development training programmes under PM-DAKSH Yojanaviz;
(i) Up-skilling/Re-skilling,
(ii) Short Term Training Programmes,
(iii) Long Term Training Programmes, and
(iv) Entrepreneurship Development Programme.
Fees for PM-DAKSH Yojana
No. The skill development training programmes sponsored under PM-DAKSH Yojana for the target group are free of cost.
Stipend for PM-DAKSH Yojana
The trainees are paid stipend for non-residential training programmes, as per details given below:
| (i) | Re-skilling/upskilling training programmes | Rs.3,000/- for complete duration of the training programme. | 80% attendance. |
| (ii) | Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP) | Rs.100/- per day towards to & fro and refreshment expenses. | 80% attendance. |
| (iii) | Short Term Training Programmes |
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80% attendance. |
| (iv) | Long Term Training Programmes |
For residential training programmes, no stipend is paid. Rather, expenditure towards Boarding & Lodging, as per the Common Cost Norms issued by the Ministry of Skill development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), Government of India from time to time, is considered as a part of training cost.
Duration of Skill Development Training Programmes
The duration of the skill development training programmes are as under:
| (i) | Upskilling/Re-skilling training programmes | 32 – 80 Hours (Upto 1 Month) |
| (ii) | Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP) | 80 – 90 Hours (Upto 15 days) |
| (iii) | Short Term Training Programmes. | 200 – 600 Hours (2 – 5 Months) |
| (iv) | Long Term Training Programmes. | 600 – 1,000 Hours (6 Months to 1 Year) |
Sector-wise some indicative skill development training programmes are given as under:
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No. A person is eligible to undergo training under skill development training programme only once.
After successfully completion of skill development training programmes, the trainees are provided assistance/ facilitated for wage/self-employment by the Training Institutions.
The curriculum and educational qualification required for the Upskilling/Reskilling, Short Term and Long Term skill development training programmes will be as per thedetails prescribed for a specific training programme/job role in National SkillsQualificationsFramework (NSQF)/ National Occupational Standards (NOS) issued by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), Government of India, from time to time.
“SafaiKaramchari” means a person, including his/her dependants, engaged in or employed for any sanitation work and includes waste pickers, but excludes domestic worker and manual scavengers.