Lok Sabha Question No. 2637 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-17
Subject: Schemes for Employment
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Smt. Sandhya Ray

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2637 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17 TH  MARCH, 2025

## SCHEMES FOR EMPLOYMENT

## 2637.   SMT. SANDHYA RAY:

Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  schemes  being  run  by  the  Government  in Madhya Pradesh in order to increase employment; and
- (b) the steps being taken by the Government to provide employment
- to the students of SC/ST communities?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SUSHRI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE)

(a) to (b): Employment generation coupled with improving employability is a priority of the Government. Accordingly, Government is implementing various employment generation schemes/ programmes in the  country  including  the  State  of  Madhya  Pradesh.  These  inter-alia include Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDUGKY), Rural Self Employment and Training Institutes (RSETIs), Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAYNULM),  Pradhan  Mantri  Mudra  Yojana  (PMMY),  etc.  The  details  of various employment generation schemes/programmes being implemented by the Government may be seen at https://dge.gov.in/dge/schemes\_programmes

Ministry  of  Labour  and  Employment,  Government  of  India,  is running  the  National  Career  Service  (NCS)  Portal  which  is  a  one-stop solution  for  providing  career  related  services  including  jobs  from private  and  government  sectors,  information  on  online  &  offline  job fairs, job search & matching, career counselling, vocational guidance, information  on  skill  development  courses,  skill/training  programmes etc.  through  a  digital  platform  [www.ncs.gov.in].  As  on  28.02.2025, more than 4.7 crore vacancies have been mobilised on NCS Portal.

Students  of  SC/ST  communities  are  also  eligible  for  the  above schemes/ programmes.

Further, Department of Social Justice and Empowerment (DoSJ&E) launched the Pradhan Mantri -Dakshta Aur Kushalta Sampann  Hitgrahi  (PM-DAKSH)  Scheme,  a  Central  Sector  Scheme,  in the  financial  year  2020-21,  for  providing  skill  training  to  SCs,  OBCs, EWSs,  DNTs,  Safai  Karamcharis  including  Waste  Pickers  through  the empaneled training institutes. The main objective of PM-DAKSH Scheme  is  to  enhance  the  skills  of  target  group  and  make  them employable in both wage-employment and self-employment. The scheme  is  being  implemented  on  pan  India  basis,  including  Madhya Pradesh. Once the training programmes  under this scheme  are completed, assessment and certification of trainees are conducted and the certified trainees are provided with placement opportunities either in wage-employment or self-employment.

The  Ministry of Tribal Affairs  is  implementing  the  scheme 'Pradhan  Mantri  Janjatiya  Vikas  Mission  (PMJVM)'  through  TRIFED which envisions to strengthen tribal entrepreneurship initiatives and to facilitate livelihood opportunities by promoting more efficient, equitable, self-managed, optimum use of natural resources, Agri / Minor Forest Produce (MFPs) / Non-farm produce. Under the scheme, financial support  of  INR  15.00  lakhs  is  provided  to  the  State  Governments  for setting  up  of  each  Van  Dhan  Vikas  Kendras  (VDVKs)  which  are  the centers of value addition activities of MFPs/Non-MFPs.

The National Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation (NSTFDC), a Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE) under the  Ministry  of  Tribal  Affairs,  facilitates  credit  linkage  by  providing concessional  loans  to  eligible  Scheduled  Tribe  individuals/SHGs  for undertaking income-generating activities and self-employment, thereby fostering entrepreneurship.

Ministry  of  Labour  and  Employment  is  also  implementing  the 'Welfare  of  SC/ST  jobseekers  Scheme'  through  the  network  of  25 National  Career  Service  Centres  for  SC/ST  (NCSC-SC/STs)  across  the country to enhance the employability of SC/ST jobseekers through pre recruitment training, vocational guidance, career counselling and computer  training  etc.  with  a  view  to  prepare  them  to  meet  the demands of the labour market.

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