Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram

Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram has been revised for implementation w.e.f from 2022-23 onwards in all Districts of the country including all the Aspirational Districts. 

• The erstwhile Multi-sectoral Development Programme (MsDP) has been restructured and renamed as Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK) for effective implementation since 2018. 

• PMJVK is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme that seeks to provide better socio-economic infrastructure assets and basic amenities to the minorities mainly in the field of education, health & skill development. 

• This which would further lead to lessening of the gap between the national average and the minority communities with regard to backwardness parameters. • In 2018, the restructuring was done to be implemented in 1300 identified Minority Concentration Areas (MCAs) of the Country. 

• MCAs include Minority Concentration Blocks (MCBs), Minority Concentration Towns (MCTs) and Minority Concentration District Headquarters (MCD Hqrs). 

• Beneficiaries - The communities notified as minority communities under Section 2 (c) of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) Act, 1992 would be taken as Minority Communities under PMJVK. 

• At present 6 communities namely Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists, Zoroastrians (Parsis) and Jains have been notified as Minority Communities under Section 2 (c) of the NCM Act, 1992. 

• Special focus by earmarking funds - 80% of the resources under the PMJVK would be earmarked for projects related to education, health and skill development. 

• 33 to 40% of resources under the PMJVK would be specifically allocated for women centric projects.