PM-DAKSH Scheme, Objectives, Eligibility, Features

PM-DAKSH (Pradhan Mantri Dakshta aur Kushalta Sampann Hitgrahi) Portal and Mobile App has been launched by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. The step has been taken to make skill development schemes accessible to backward classes and Scheduled castes and safai karamcharis.

PM-DAKSH Scheme Overview

PM-DAKSH scheme has be implemented in the year 2020-21. The aim is to provide skill development training to the eligible target groups. Training will be provided from short term training programme, upskill/reskilling, entrepreneurship development programme and long-term training programme. 

These skill training programmes will be provided by government training institutes, sector skill sectors constituted under Skill development and entrepreneurship Ministry. 

PM-DAKSH Eligibility Group

The following group of people are eligible to apply for PM-DAKSH Scheme: 

1. Marginalised persons of SC and OBC.
2. Economically Backward Classes
3. Denotified Tribes
4. Transgenders
5. Sanitation workers including waste pickers, manual scavengers etc. 

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PM-DAKSH Implementation Agency 

PM-DAKSH Scheme is implemented through the following three corporations under the ministry of: 

• National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation (NSFDC),
• National Backward Classes Finance & Development Corporation (NBCFDC),
• National Safai Karamcharis Finance and Development Corporation (NSKFDC).

PM-DAKSH Scheme Importance

PM-DAKSH Scheme has the following advantages and importance for the targetted groups: 

1. Skill training will help the marginalised groups to improve their competencies eventually leading to improved economic and living conditions. 
2. The scheme could help local artisans get equipped with changing technology and resources that could help them adapt to the changing market demands and improve their business. 
3. PM DAKSH Scheme would provide the youth with a larger base of career opportunities in terms of vocational fields and industries.