PM Vishwakarma

What you get

Recognition, skill training with a stipend, a toolkit grant and collateral-free credit, for 18 traditional trades

Who can apply

• Age: 18 or more
• Occupation: one of carpenter, boat maker, armourer, blacksmith, hammer and tool kit maker, locksmith, goldsmith, potter, sculptor/stone carver/stone breaker, cobbler/shoesmith/footwear artisan, mason, basket/mat/broom maker/coir weaver, doll and toy maker (traditional), barber, garland maker, washerman, tailor, fishing net maker

What else the department requires

These are conditions this scheme states that our questions cannot check for you. Read them before you apply — they decide as much as the ones above.

• An artisan or craftsperson working with hands and tools and engaged in one of the 18 family-based traditional trades mentioned in the scheme, in unorganized sector on self-employment basis, shall be eligible for registration under PM Vishwakarma.
• The beneficiary should be engaged in the concerned trade on the date of registration and should not have availed loans under similar credit-based schemes of Central Government or State Government for self-employment/ business development, e.g. PMEGP, PM SVANidhi, Mudra, in the past 5 years.
• The registration and benefits under the Scheme shall be restricted to one member of the family.
• A person in government service and their family members shall not be eligible under the Scheme.
• No, neither a government employee, nor anyone in his family can apply for PM Vishwakarma
• Only one member from a family can apply for PM Vishwakarma.
• A person who has availed PMEGP loan cannot apply for PM Vishwakarma.

In the department's own words

Quoted exactly from the official page, so you can check us.

The key components of PM Vishwakarma Scheme are: Recognition: PM Vishwakarma Certificate and ID Card Skill Upgradation Toolkit Incentive Credit Support Incentive for Digital Transactions Marketing Support 5. What are the eligibility criteria of the Scheme? An artisan or craftsperson working with hands and tools and engaged in one of the above family-based traditional trades, in unorganized sector on self-employment basis, shall be eligible for registration under PM Vishwakarma. The minimum age of the beneficiary should be 18 years on the date of registration. The beneficiary should be engaged in the trade concerned on the date of registration and should not h

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