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PM Vishwakarma Scheme

PM Vishwakarma Scheme

The PM Vishwakarma Scheme was launched on 17.09.2023 to provide end-to-end support to artisans and craftspeople who work with their hands and tools. The Scheme components include recognition through PM Vishwakarma Certificate and ID Card, Skill Upgradation, Toolkit Incentive, Credit Support, Incentive for Digital Transactions and Marketing Support.

The State/UT-wise details of number of successful registrations on the PM Vishwakarma Portal since the launch of the Scheme on 17.09.2023, upto 30.01.2024, are given at Annexure-I.

 Year-wise financial outlay under the PM Vishwakarma Scheme is as under:

 

Financial Year

Financial Outlay  (Rs. in crore)

2023 -24

1,860

2024 -25

4,824

2025 -26

3,009

2026 -27

1,619

2027 -28

1,224

2028 -29

342

2029 -30

103

2030 -31

19

Total

13,000

The target beneficiaries proposed under the PM Vishwakarma Scheme are as under:

  Financial Year

Number of targeted beneficiaries proposed

2023-24

6,00,000

2024-25

18,00,000

2025-26

5,00,000

2026-27

50,000

2027-28

50,000

Total

30,00,000

 

 

 

ANNEXURE-I

State/UT-wise number of successful registrations in PM Vishwakarma Portal since the launch of the Scheme on 17.09.2023 upto 30.01.2024, are given below:

S. No.

STATE/UT

NUMBER OF SUCCESSFUL REGISTRATIONS

ANDHRA PRADESH

43,946

ARUNACHAL PRADESH

29

ASSAM

36,311

BIHAR

1

CHANDIGARH

21

CHHATTISGARH

5,551

DELHI

0

GOA

4,815

GUJARAT

49,639

HARYANA

2,689

HIMACHAL PRADESH

1,558

JAMMU AND KASHMIR

23,826

JHARKHAND

5,148

KARNATAKA

1,08,922

KERALA

3,389

LADAKH

923

MADHYA PRADESH

1,701

MAHARASHTRA

9,318

MANIPUR

114

MEGHALAYA

0

MIZORAM

0

NAGALAND

0

ODISHA

5,427

PUDUCHERRY

0

PUNJAB

2,203

RAJASTHAN

3,567

SIKKIM

0

TAMIL NADU

1

TELANGANA

1

TRIPURA

1,051

UTTAR PRADESH

11,246

UTTARAKHAND

2,158

WEST BENGAL

1

TOTAL

3,23,556

 

This information was given by the Minister of State for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises, Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha today.

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