{"id":355347,"date":"2026-02-04T16:31:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T11:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=355347"},"modified":"2026-02-04T16:31:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T11:01:43","slug":"pradhan-mantri-dakshata-aur-kushalta-sampann-hitgrahi-yojana-pm-daksh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/pradhan-mantri-dakshata-aur-kushalta-sampann-hitgrahi-yojana-pm-daksh\/","title":{"rendered":"Pradhan Mantri Dakshata Aur Kushalta Sampann Hitgrahi Yojana (PM-DAKSH)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>N<\/strong><strong>ews: <\/strong>The Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment provided updated information on PM-DAKSH implementation, outcomes, and its merger with PMKVY.<\/p>\n<h2>About Pradhan Mantri Dakshata Aur Kushalta Sampann Hitgrahi Yojana (PM-DAKSH)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_355348\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-355348\" style=\"width: 314px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-355348\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Source-PIB-1.jpg?resize=314%2C331&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Pradhan Mantri Dakshata Aur Kushalta Sampann Hitgrahi Yojana (PM-DAKSH)\" width=\"314\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Source-PIB-1.jpg?resize=285%2C300&amp;ssl=1 285w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Source-PIB-1.jpg?resize=768%2C808&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Source-PIB-1.jpg?w=818&amp;ssl=1 818w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 314px) 100vw, 314px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-355348\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; PIB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>PM-DAKSH is a <strong>National Action Plan<\/strong> for <strong>skilling marginalized persons, including SCs, OBCs, EBCs, DNTs,<\/strong> and <strong>sanitation workers<\/strong> such as waste pickers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Objective<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong>The objective of PM-DAKSH is to <strong>enhance skill levels of target groups<\/strong> and support them in wage or self-employment for socio-economic development.<\/li>\n<li>It follows a multi-pronged strategy to <strong>improve skills for wage and self-employment<\/strong> by supporting <strong>artisans, women, and youth for socio-economic development.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Type of scheme: <\/strong>It is a <strong>Central Sector<\/strong> scheme.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Launched by: <\/strong>The scheme was launched by the <strong>Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>in 2020\u201321.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The scheme is implemented through:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation<strong> (NSFDC)<\/strong> for <strong>SCs.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>National Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation<strong> (NBCFDC)<\/strong> for <strong>OBC, EWS and DNTs.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>National Safai Karamcharis Finance and Development Corporation<strong> (NSKFDC)<\/strong> for <strong>Safai Karamcharis.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key features of PM-DAKSH<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The scheme provides <strong>skill training to Indian citizens<\/strong> aged <strong>18 to 45 years.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>There are <strong>four types of skill development training programmes<\/strong> under PM-DAKSH Yojanaviz &#8211;\n<ul>\n<li>Up-skilling\/Re-skilling<\/li>\n<li>Short Term Training Programmes<\/li>\n<li>Long Term Training Programmes<\/li>\n<li>Entrepreneurship Development Programme.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Present status:<\/strong> From <strong>2024\u201325 onwards<\/strong>, PM-DAKSH has been<strong> merged <\/strong>with the<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/pradhan-mantri-kaushal-vikas-yojana\/\"><strong> Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)<\/strong><\/a> of the <strong>Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment provided updated information on PM-DAKSH implementation, outcomes, and its merger with PMKVY. About Pradhan Mantri Dakshata Aur Kushalta Sampann Hitgrahi Yojana (PM-DAKSH) PM-DAKSH is a National Action Plan for skilling marginalized persons, including SCs, OBCs, EBCs, DNTs, and sanitation workers such as waste pickers. Objective:&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/pradhan-mantri-dakshata-aur-kushalta-sampann-hitgrahi-yojana-pm-daksh\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pradhan Mantri Dakshata Aur Kushalta Sampann Hitgrahi Yojana (PM-DAKSH)<\/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-355347","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\/355347","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=355347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355347\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}