Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhuyday Yojana

  • January 12, 2024
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Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhuyday Yojana

Subject: Scheme

Section: Vulnerable section

Context:

  • Under the Adarsh Gram Component of Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhyudaya Yojana,  a total of 1834 villages have been Declared as Adarsh Gram during the current FY 2023-24.

About the scheme:

  • Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhuyday Yojana (PM- AJAY) is a merged scheme of 03 Centrally Sponsored Scheme namely
    • Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY),
    • Special Central Assistance to Scheduled Castes Sub Plan (SCA to SCSP) and
    • Babu Jagjivan Ram Chhatrawas Yojana (BJRCY)
  • It has been implemented since 2021-22 with an aim to reduce poverty of the SC communities.

The objectives of the Scheme are to:

  • Reduce poverty of the SC communities
    • by generation of additional employment opportunities through skill development
    • income generating schemes and other initiatives.
  • Improve socio-economic developmental indicators
    • by ensuring adequate infrastructure and requisite services in the SC dominated villages.
  • Increase literacy and encourage enrolment of SCs in schools and higher educational institutions 
    • by providing adequate residential facilities in quality institutions, especially in the aspirational districts/ SC dominated blocks and elsewhere in India.

The Scheme has following three components:

  • Development of SC dominated villages into an “AdarshGram”.
  • ‘Grants-in-aid’ for District/State-level Projects for socio-economic betterment of SCs
  • Construction of Hostels in higher educational institutions

About Adarsh Gram Component {erstwhile Pradhan Mantri AdarshGram Yojana}

  • The objective of this component is to ensure integrated development of SC majority villages so that, inter alia, there is:
    • Adequate infrastructure
    • All requisite infrastructures necessary for socio-economic development needs are to be provided under the Scheme.
    • Improvement in Socio-Economic Indicators.
    • The identified socio-economic indicators which are known as Monitor-able indicators, are to be improved so that the disparity between SC and non-SC population is eliminated and the level of indicators is raised to at least that of the National average.
    • More specifically, all BPL SC families should have food and livelihood security.

About Grants-in-aid for District/State-level Projects for Socio-Economic betterment of SCs {erstwhile scheme of Special Central Assistance to Scheduled Caste Sub Plan}

  • The scheme aims at socio-economic development of SCs through grants for following types of projects:
  • Comprehensive Livelihood Projects: Such projects which create an entire eco-system for producing sustainable income, or social advancement to the Scheduled Castes.
  • Skill Development: Skilling courses as per norms of MSDE.
    • Related facilities and infrastructure for conducting Skill Development Activities conducted by the Government.
    • Skill Development Institutions can also be funded.
  • Grants for creation/acquisition of assets for beneficiaries/households:
    • There shall be one individual asset distribution under the scheme.
  • Infrastructure development:
    • Development of infrastructure related to the project and also Hostels and residential schools.
    • Other infrastructure- Various other infrastructure development projects in SC majority villages.
  • Special Provisions:
    • Upto 15% of the total Grants exclusively on viable income generating economic development schemes/programmes for SC Women.
    • Upto 30% of the total Grants utilize for infrastructure development

Hostel Component {erstwhile scheme of Babu Jagjivan RamChhatrawas Yojana}

  • Objectives:-
    • Scheme for construction of hostels to enable and encourage Scheduled Caste students to attain quality education and reduce their dropout rate
    • Construction of Hostels in higher educational institutions which are top-ranked as per the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) of Government of India and are funded by the Centre/State/UT Governments either fully or partially.
    • Similarly, construction of hostels in schools which are either fully or partially funded by the Centre/State/UT Governments and recommended by the Ministry of Education.
    • Implemented through the State Governments, UT Administrations & Central   and State Universities/Institutions
Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhuyday Yojana Schemes