{"id":343111,"date":"2025-07-19T18:10:52","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T12:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=343111"},"modified":"2025-07-19T18:10:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T12:40:52","slug":"pradhan-mantri-virasat-ka-samvardhan-pm-vikas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/pradhan-mantri-virasat-ka-samvardhan-pm-vikas\/","title":{"rendered":"Pradhan Mantri Virasat Ka Samvardhan (PM VIKAS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs George Kurian on Thursday inaugurated the PM-VIKAS Skill Development and Women Entrepreneurship Programme at the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Kottayam.<\/p>\n<h2>About Pradhan Mantri Virasat Ka Samvardhan (PM VIKAS)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_343112\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-343112\" style=\"width: 549px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-343112\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Source-MoMA.jpg?resize=549%2C304&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"549\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Source-MoMA.jpg?resize=300%2C166&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Source-MoMA.jpg?resize=1024%2C566&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Source-MoMA.jpg?resize=768%2C424&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Source-MoMA.jpg?resize=1536%2C849&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Source-MoMA.jpg?resize=1568%2C866&amp;ssl=1 1568w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Source-MoMA.jpg?w=1573&amp;ssl=1 1573w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-343112\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; MoMA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>flagship ccheme<\/strong> of the <strong>Ministry of Minority Affairs<\/strong> which con<strong>verges five erstwhile schemes<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\n<ul>\n<li>Seekho aur Kamao<\/li>\n<li>USTTAD<\/li>\n<li>Hamari Dharohar<\/li>\n<li>Nai Roshni and<\/li>\n<li>Nai Manzil.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Type:<\/strong> It is a Central sector (<strong>CS<\/strong>) scheme.<\/li>\n<li>It is aligned to the <strong>15th Finance Commission<\/strong> cycle period up to 2025-26 .<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aim:<\/strong> The scheme focuses on <strong>upliftment of six notified minority communities<\/strong> through the following:\n<ul>\n<li>Skilling and Training (Non-traditional and traditional)<\/li>\n<li>Women Leadership and Entrepreneurship<\/li>\n<li>Education (through National Institute of Open Schooling)<\/li>\n<li>Infrastructure Development (through Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Credit facilities:<\/strong> The scheme also provisions to <strong>facilitate credit linkages<\/strong> by connecting beneficiaries with loan programs offered by the <strong>National Minorities Development &amp; Finance Corporation (NMDFC).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The<strong> Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH)<\/strong> is a <strong>knowledge partner<\/strong> of the Ministry under the PM VIKAS scheme to extend support to artisans trained under traditional training components of the scheme.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Placement criteria:<\/strong> Under the PM VIKAS Scheme, the <strong>implementing partners<\/strong> are <strong>to ensure placement of 75 per cent<\/strong> of total candidates trained under NSQF aligned skill programs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs George Kurian on Thursday inaugurated the PM-VIKAS Skill Development and Women Entrepreneurship Programme at the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Kottayam. About Pradhan Mantri Virasat Ka Samvardhan (PM VIKAS) It is a flagship ccheme of the Ministry of Minority Affairs which converges five erstwhile schemes\u00a0\u2013 Seekho&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/pradhan-mantri-virasat-ka-samvardhan-pm-vikas\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pradhan Mantri Virasat Ka Samvardhan (PM VIKAS)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,956,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-343111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-schemes-and-programs","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343111\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}