PM-DAKSH YOJANA (Syllabus: GS Paper 2 – Govt Scheme)

Context: Pradhan Mantri Dakshata Aur Kushalata Sampanna Hitgrahi (PM-DAKSH) Yojana.

PM-DAKSH Yojana

• Launched: 2020-21
• Implementation: National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation (NSFDC),

oNational Backward Classes Finance & Development Corporation (NBCFDC),

oNational Safai Karamcharis Finance and Development Corporation (NSKFDC)

• Eligibility: Marginalized persons of SC, OBC, EWS, Denotified tribes, Sanitation workers including waste pickers, manual scavengers, transgenders and other similar categories.
• Target Group: SCs, OBCs, EBCs, DNTs Safai Karamcharis including waste pickers>
• Objective: To enhance competency level of the target groups to make them employable both in self- employment and wage-employment for their socio-economic development.