Government Schemes (Yojana) in India Part:-24

Government Schemes (Yojana) in India Part:-24

Deendayal Upadhyay Swaniyojan Yojana: Explained

Introduction

• Deendayal Upadhyay Swaniyojan Yojana (DUSY) was launched by Rural development ministry to promote the entrepreneurship through skill training in rural areas
• It is viewed as the rural avatar of Start up India scheme
• This Scheme was launched in 2016 along with Start Up India scheme by Prime minister Modi

Objectives of DUSY

• To provide skill sets for self-employment to rural masses
• To give incentives to rural poor pursuing self-employment
• To provide financial assistance to self-employed or poor rural entrepreneurs
• To support poor rural people looking to start up new business or pursue self-employment options

Nodal Agencies

• Ministry of Rural development
• Ministry of Skill development and Entrepreneurship
• MUDRA bank

Funding

• Main source of Funding is through National Rural Livelihoods Mission
• DUSY loans are funded through MUDRA Bank loans
• Beneficiaries obtain credit linkages in an innovative manner
• Self-help groups are the main beneficiaries

Skill Set Training areas under DUSY

• Beauty courses
• Dairy farming
• Driving
• Agriculture
• Plumbing
• Horticulture
• Grafting
• Masonry
• Food processing
• Textile
• Animal Husbandry

Benefits

• Skill training is provided in the above domains to pursue self-employment
• Self Help Groups are encouraged more to start entrepreneurial ventures
• More emphasis is given to women and Self-help groups (SHG) in DUSY
• This will increase the participation of more SHG in DUSY
• Rural entrepreneurship will see an uplift with DUSY network with SHG
• DUSY is seen as a means of achieving financial independence from the perspective of women
• Women empowerment will occur in the rural areas
• The rural economy will get a boost with new avenues of employment other than agriculture
• The pressure on land will reduce considerably

Conclusion

• DUSY is expected to achieve the goals of Startup India in rural areas
• It will provide a means of employment to the rural youth in the form of rural entrepreneurship
• DUSY also will solve the disguised unemployment existing in the agriculture by providing training to the rural people on non-farm practices
• DUSY along with NRLM will improve the livelihoods of the rural people
• DUSY along with Startup India will boost rural entrepreneurship
• It is also seen as a measure to mitigate migration issue

 Overall, DUSY will address rural unemployment and reduce poverty on a mass scale

Pravasi Kaushal Vikas Yojana:

Introduction

• Prime Minister Modi announced about PKVY skill development program at the fourteenth edition of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
• PKVY is aimed at imparting skill training to Indian youth seeking employment overseas
• PKVY is launched as a means of showing respect to the contributions made by Indians overseas by ensuring their welfare and safety
• PKVY launched after the inauguration of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas at Bengaluru

Indian Diaspora

• 30 million Indians live abroad
• They reflect the Indian ethos, culture and values
• Annual remittance of Indians abroad comes around $69 billion annually
• PM Modi urged PIO card holders to change to OCI cards by June 30, 2017

About PKVY

• PKVY is to be launched to address the brain drain challenge into brain gain
• PKVY will help boost the confidence of Indian youth when they land abroad
• Skill development is given to Indian youth based on the vocation they choose
• PKVY will ensure that Indian youth will not feel as strangers in foreign nations
• The training program will be of international standards
• Indian youth will be trained and certified under PKVY

Nodal Agency

• Implemented by National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC)
• Ministry of External Affairs
• Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
• Training partners of NSDC

Benefits

• PKVY will keep safety and security of Indian working abroad as the top most priority
• Welfare of the overseas Indians is ensured through external affairs ministry
• External affairs ministry will come to the aid of overseas Indians in distress through social media
• PKVY will help keep a track record of the Indian youth going abroad after getting trained in the skill development program
• PKVY will aid in making India the World’s Skill capital
• PKVY will serve as a vehicle for NSDC to enter into MoU with different agencies of

a. European Union
b. United States
c. United Kingdom
d. Germany
e. Australia
f. Canada
g. France
h. Singapore
i. China
j. Iran

Conclusion

• PKVY is a skill development program aimed at the welfare, safety and security of overseas Indians especially Indian youth interested in going abroad to work
• In the due course of time, PKVY will help convert Brain drain into brain gain
• India will become a major supplier of skilled professionals to the entire world in the next decade and PKVY is one of the schemes to realize this vision
• Fraudulent practices by consultancies to cheat youth by giving false promises about abroad opportunities will be reduced to the core

Overall, PKVY will serve as a proper channel for the disoriented Indian youth with aspirations to going abroad and work with certified skill training

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