Lok Sabha Question No. 4148 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-19
Subject: Funds for PM-DAKSH
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Shri Bidyut Baran Mahato, Dr. Nishikant Dubey, Shri Janardan Mishra, Smt. Aparajita Sarangi, Smt. Kamlesh Jangde, Shri Dineshbhai Makwana, Shri Praveen Patel

## MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4148 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.08.2025

## FUNDS FOR PM-DAKSH

4148. DR. NISHIKANT DUBEY:

SHRI PRAVEEN PATEL:

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN AHATO:

. SMT. APARAJITA SARANGI:

SMT. KAMLESH JANGDE:

SHRI DINESHBHAI MAKWANA:

SHRI JANARDAN MISHRA:

## Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of beneficiaries who have received training under the Pradhan Mantri Dakshta Aur Kushalta Sampann Hitgrahi (PM-DAKSH) Yojana since its inception;
- (b) the total funds allocated, released and utilised for the PM-DAKSH Yojana in each financial year since the scheme was launched, year and State/UT-wise; and
- (c) the total number of trained beneficiaries who have been successfully placed after completing their training under the scheme, year and State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

(SHRI B.L.VERMA)

- (a): The total number of beneficiaries who have received skill training under Pradhan Mantri Dakshta Aur Kushalta Sampann Hitgrahi (PM-DAKSH) Scheme is 1,87,305.
- (b): As PM-DAKSH Scheme is a Central Sector Scheme, no funds are allocated and released State/UT wise under the Scheme. The Department releases funds to three Corporations, National Scheduled Castes Finance & Development Corporation (NSFDC), National Backward Classes Finance & Development Corporation (NBCFDC) and National Safai Karamcharis Finance & Development Corporation (NSKFDC) under the Scheme. The Scheme has been approved by Standing Finance Committee for a period of five years, from 2021-22 to 2025-26. The details of funds allocated and released year-wise by the Department are as under:-

(BE- Budget Estimate, RE- Revised Estimate)

(Rs in cr.)

| 2021-22   | 2021-22                             | 2022-23   | 2022-23   | 2023-24        | 2023-24        | 2024-25   | 2024-25   | 2024-25      |
|-----------|-------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|----------------|----------------|-----------|-----------|--------------|
|           | BE RE Expenditure BE RE Expenditure |           |           | BE             | RE Expenditure | BE        | RE        | Expen diture |
| 100 79.48 | 68.23                               | 84 84     | 14.94     | 92.47|120 | 58.34          | 130| | 80        | 79.4         |

(c): PM-DAKSH Scheme is implemented by three Corporations, NSFDC, NBCFDC and NSKFDC for different target groups. The total number of trainees got placement after receiving training till now is 73,150. The details of trained beneficiaries who have been successfully placed after completing their training under the scheme, year and State/UT-wise with regard to each Corporation is placed at Annexure-I.

Annexure-I referred to in reply to part (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4148 for Answer on 19.08.2025, raised by Dr. Nishikant Dubey, Shri Praveen Patel, Shri Bidyut Baran Mahato, Smt. Aparajita Sarangi, Smt. Kamlesh Jangde, Shri Dineshbhai Makwana and Shri Janardan Mishra.

| SI.No.   | Name of the State/UTs                     | National Backward Classes Finance & Development Corporation (NBCDC) Number of beneficiaries placed   | National Backward Classes Finance & Development Corporation (NBCDC) Number of beneficiaries placed   | National Backward Classes Finance & Development Corporation (NBCDC) Number of beneficiaries placed   | National Backward Classes Finance & Development Corporation (NBCDC) Number of beneficiaries placed   |
|----------|-------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| SI.No.   | Name of the State/UTs                     | 2020-21 0                                                                                            | 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 0                                                                            |                                                                                                      | 0                                                                                                    |
| 1 2      | Andaman and Nicobar Island Andhra Pradesh | 90                                                                                                   | 422                                                                                                  | 85                                                                                                   | 22                                                                                                   |
|          | Arunachal Pradesh                         |                                                                                                      | 0                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                    |
| 4        | Assam                                     | 456                                                                                                  | 1013                                                                                                 | 490                                                                                                  | 232                                                                                                  |
| 5        | Bihar                                     | 843                                                                                                  | 848                                                                                                  | 543                                                                                                  |                                                                                                      |
| 6        | Chandigarh                                | 0                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                    |                                                                                                      |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                              | 383                                                                                                  | 279                                                                                                  | 237                                                                                                  |                                                                                                      |
| 8        | Dadar and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu  |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |
| 9        | Delhi                                     | 185                                                                                                  |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |
| 10       | Goa                                       | 0                                                                                                    |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |
| 11       | Gujarat                                   |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |
| 12       | Haryana                                   |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh                          |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |
| 14       | J&K                                       |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |
| 15       | Jharkhand                                 |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |
| 16       | Laddakh                                   |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |
|          | Lakshadweep                               |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |
|          | Karnataka                                 |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |
|          | Kerala                                    |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |
|          | Madhya Pradesh                            |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |
|          | Maharashtra                               |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |
|          | Manipur                                   |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |
|          | Meghalaya                                 |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |
|          | Mizoram                                   |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |
|          | Nagaland                                  |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |
|          | Odisha                                    |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |
|          | Pondicherry                               |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |
|          | Punjab                                    |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |
|          | Rajasthan                                 |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |
|          | Sikkim                                    |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |
|          | Tamil Nadu                                |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      | 515                                                                                                  |
|          | Telangana                                 |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      | 244                                                                                                  |
|          | Tripura                                   |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      | 22                                                                                                   |
|          | Uttar Pradesh                             |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      | 1728                                                                                                 |
|          | Uttarakhand                               | 508                                                                                                  | 132                                                                                                  |                                                                                                      | 172                                                                                                  |
|          | West Bengal Total                         | 448 10,786                                                                                           | 482 12,513                                                                                           | 8,157                                                                                                | 107 7,526                                                                                            |

|     | National Scheduled Castes Finar (NS)   | National Scheduled Castes Finar (NS)   | National Scheduled Castes Finar (NS)   | National Scheduled Castes Finar (NS)   | National Scheduled Castes Finar (NS)   |
|-----|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| SI. | State/UT                               | placed                                 | placed                                 | placed                                 | placed                                 |
| No. |                                        |                                        | 2021-22                                |                                        |                                        |
| 1   | Andhra Pradesh                         |                                        | 555                                    |                                        |                                        |
| 2   | Assam                                  |                                        | 171                                    |                                        |                                        |
| 3   |                                        |                                        | 897                                    |                                        |                                        |
| 4   |                                        |                                        |                                        |                                        |                                        |
| 5   |                                        |                                        | 181                                    |                                        |                                        |
| 6   |                                        |                                        | 60                                     |                                        |                                        |
| 7   |                                        |                                        |                                        |                                        |                                        |
| 8   |                                        |                                        | 404                                    |                                        |                                        |
| 9   |                                        |                                        | 409                                    |                                        |                                        |
| 10  |                                        |                                        | 142                                    |                                        |                                        |
| 11  | nir                                    |                                        |                                        |                                        |                                        |
| 12  |                                        |                                        |                                        |                                        |                                        |
| 13  |                                        |                                        |                                        |                                        |                                        |
| 14  |                                        |                                        |                                        |                                        |                                        |
| 15  |                                        |                                        |                                        |                                        |                                        |
| 16  |                                        |                                        |                                        |                                        |                                        |
| 17  |                                        |                                        |                                        |                                        |                                        |
| 18  |                                        |                                        |                                        |                                        |                                        |
| 19  |                                        |                                        | 13                                     |                                        |                                        |
| 20  |                                        |                                        | 885                                    |                                        |                                        |
| 21  |                                        |                                        | 597                                    |                                        |                                        |
| 22  |                                        |                                        | 398                                    |                                        |                                        |
| 23  |                                        |                                        | 145                                    |                                        |                                        |
| 24  |                                        |                                        | 63                                     |                                        |                                        |
| 25  |                                        |                                        | 2655                                   |                                        |                                        |
| 26  |                                        |                                        | 206                                    |                                        |                                        |
| 27  |                                        |                                        | 1021                                   |                                        |                                        |
|     |                                        |                                        | 12,083                                 |                                        |                                        |

| National Safai Karamcharis Finance & Development Corporation (NSKFDC)   | National Safai Karamcharis Finance & Development Corporation (NSKFDC)   | National Safai Karamcharis Finance & Development Corporation (NSKFDC)                                                                                        | National Safai Karamcharis Finance & Development Corporation (NSKFDC)   | National Safai Karamcharis Finance & Development Corporation (NSKFDC)   | National Safai Karamcharis Finance & Development Corporation (NSKFDC)   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                         | Name of State/Ut                                                        | Number of beneficiaries placed                                                                                                                               | Number of beneficiaries placed                                          | Number of beneficiaries placed                                          | Number of beneficiaries placed                                          |
| S. No.                                                                  |                                                                         | 2020-21                                                                                                                                                      | 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24                                                 |                                                                         |                                                                         |
| 1                                                                       | Andhra Pradesh                                                          | These programmes were for the persons who are already working and meant for upgrading their skill - levels and not linked with providing employment to them. |                                                                         | 0                                                                       |                                                                         |
| 2                                                                       | Assam                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                              | 101                                                                     |                                                                         |                                                                         |
| 3                                                                       | Bihar                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                              | 97                                                                      |                                                                         |                                                                         |
| 4                                                                       | Chhattisgarh                                                            |                                                                                                                                                              | 115                                                                     |                                                                         |                                                                         |
|                                                                         | Delhi                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                              |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |
| 6                                                                       | Gujarat                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                              |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |
| 7                                                                       | Haryana                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                              |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |
| 8                                                                       | Himachal Pradesh                                                        |                                                                                                                                                              |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |
| 9                                                                       | Jammu & Kashmir                                                         |                                                                                                                                                              |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |
| 10                                                                      | Jharkhand                                                               |                                                                                                                                                              | 297                                                                     |                                                                         |                                                                         |
|                                                                         | Karnataka                                                               |                                                                                                                                                              | 0                                                                       |                                                                         |                                                                         |
| 12                                                                      | Kerala                                                                  |                                                                                                                                                              |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |
|                                                                         | Madhya Pradesh                                                          |                                                                                                                                                              | 167                                                                     |                                                                         | 643                                                                     |
| 14                                                                      | Maharashtra                                                             |                                                                                                                                                              | 26                                                                      |                                                                         | 125                                                                     |
|                                                                         | Odisha                                                                  |                                                                                                                                                              |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |
|                                                                         | Punjab                                                                  |                                                                                                                                                              | 295                                                                     |                                                                         | 49                                                                      |
|                                                                         | Rajasthan                                                               |                                                                                                                                                              |                                                                         |                                                                         | 392                                                                     |
|                                                                         | Tamil Nadu                                                              |                                                                                                                                                              |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |
|                                                                         | Telangana                                                               |                                                                                                                                                              |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |
| 20                                                                      | Tripura                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                              |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                                                         |
|                                                                         | Uttar Pradesh                                                           |                                                                                                                                                              | 647                                                                     |                                                                         | 236                                                                     |
|                                                                         | Uttarakhand                                                             |                                                                                                                                                              | 93                                                                      |                                                                         |                                                                         |
|                                                                         | West Bengal                                                             |                                                                                                                                                              | 94                                                                      |                                                                         | 51                                                                      |
|                                                                         | Total                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                              | 1,974                                                                   |                                                                         | 2,372                                                                   |

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