Skill Development Allowance Scheme
State: Himachal Pradesh
Ministry: null
Department: Labour and Employment Department, Himachal Pradesh
Category: Skills & Employment, Social welfare & Empowerment
Beneficiary Type: Individual

The Department of Labour & Employment, Government of Himachal Pradesh introduced a scheme of granting Skill Development Allowance to the unemployed youth aims at providing allowance to educated unemployed persons for their Skill upgradation.

Benefits:
Allowance shall be payable to each educated unemployed applicant for a maximum period of two years; subject to fulfilling eligibility criteria &amp;amp; timely submission of attested copies of 8th/matriculation marks sheet/certificate to ascertain age and educational qualification and Affidavit as per form ‘C’, at the following rates:
1. **For Physically Challenged person** who have minimum 50% permanent disability recorded in her/his
Employment Exchange record (X-I), @ ₹1,500/- per month.
2. **For all other categories of Persons** :- ₹1000/- (Rs. One Thousand) per month. 
**Note:**

  - The Allowance shall be credited to the recipient by RTGS/NEFT/ECS through Banks as mentioned in

Application Form, on monthly basis at the cost of the Government. 

  - This would be on bank accounts which are verified by Aadhaar number by the bank.

Eligibility:
Subject to the provisions of this Scheme, all educated unemployed applicants shall be eligible for the
grant of Skill Development Allowance, who fulfill the following criteria:

   1. She/He should be unemployed (i.e. neither employed in Govt. sector nor in private sector nor self employed) and should be a Bonafide Himachali.
   1. She/He should have passed minimum 8th from any Board/University/Institution recognized by H.P Govt. There will be no requirement of minimum qualification for admissibility of allowance under the Scheme when applicant wants to pursue training in Sectors such as masonry, carpentry, blacksmithy or plumbing etc.
   1. She/He should be registered with any Employment Exchange in Himachal Pradesh as on the date of application.
   1. Her/His annual family income for the Financial Year immediately preceding date of application, from all sources including that of spouse should be less than Rs. 2.00 Lakh (Rs. Two Lakhs).
   1. She/He should be above 16years and below 36 years of age and in case of widow less than 45 years of age as on the date of application.
   1. She/He should not be self-employed.
   1. The employment under MGNREGA will not be counted as employment.
   1. She/He should not be a dismissed Govt. employee.
   1. She/He should not be convicted of any offence resulting in imprisonment for a period of 48 hours or more.
   1. She/he should be enrolled in a skill development training.

Application Process:
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For applying to this scheme, the applicant must ensure that She/He should be registered with any Employment Exchange in Himachal Pradesh as on the date of application. 
Application process:
An educated unemployed applicant may make an application on his/her being eligible for the grant of Allowance along with documents mentioned in form ‘A’ to that Employment Exchange in H.P., where his/her name is registered or the Employment Exchange in H.P., in whose jurisdiction the applicant is obtaining training.
A duly completed application form may be sent by post or be delivered at that Employment Exchange in H.P., where his/her name is registered or be delivered at the Employment Exchange in H.P., in whose jurisdiction the applicant is obtaining training against a receipt, as per form ’B’.
After the initial filing of claim in the prescribed form ‘A’, every claimant to the Allowance shall be required to submit Affidavit, as per form ’C’, in the subsequent month of March to the Employment Exchange where his/her name is registered.

Documents Required:
Please ensure that all the columns of the application form are filled.
Attested copy of Employment Registration Card (X-10) is attached.
Attested copy of valid family income certificate issued by Executive Magistrate (issued not before 6 months of date of application for the Allowance) is attached. 
Income certificate to be issued by the Competent Authority clearly mentioning that the applicant is not employed in Government, its Agencies, Public Sector Undertaking, Bodies etc.
Self Certified Declaration declaring that she/he is unemployed as per format prescribed by the Department (as per form ‘C’ attached).
Attested copy of Bonafide Himachali Certificate is attached.
Attested copy of enrollment or admission certificate in skill development training is attached.
Cancelled Cheque with active Bank account in the name of applicant. 
Attested copies of 8th /10th/age certificate issued by competent authority to ascertain age and educational qualification is attached. 
Attested copy of certificate from the competent authority about being a widow.
Attested copy of Aadhaar Card.