[EDITOR NOTE — DELETE BEFORE PUBLISHING] The release date appears in the Hindi text as 22 OCT 2026 (likely a typo in the original PIB dateline for 2024 or similar, but dates and numbers are reproduced strictly as reported in the factual text).
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment announced that the PM-DAKSH skill development scheme has been subsumed into the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship’s Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) starting from financial year 2024-25. The decision was taken to avoid duplication, as PM-DAKSH operated as a complementary initiative and drew job roles from the Skill India Digital Hub portal.
Launched in 2020-21, PM-DAKSH provided skill training to Scheduled Castes, Other Backward Classes, Economically Weaker Sections, de-notified tribes, and sanitation workers, including waste pickers. The ministry stated that between 2020-21 and 2023-24, a total of 1,87,305 candidates received training and 96,162 secured employment.
Against an allocation of ₹276.47 crore over that four-year period, actual expenditure stood at ₹309.5 crore. Under the scheme’s rules, empanelled training institutions were required to ensure at least 70% placement for trained candidates to receive their final 30% reimbursement instalment.
Source
Press Information Bureau, Government of India, “प्रधानमंत्री दक्षता और कुशलता संपन्न हितग्राही (पीएम-दक्ष) योजना पर तथ्यात्मक रिपोर्ट”. Read the original release.
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