Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhuyday Yojana

• The Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhuyday Yojana (PM- AJAY) has been implemented since 2021-22 with an aim to reduce poverty of the SC communities by generation of additional employment opportunities through Skill development, income generating schemes and other initiatives and to improve socio-economic developmental indicators by ensuring adequate infrastructure and requisite services in the SC dominated villages.

ABOUT PRADHAN MANTRI ANUSUCHIT JAATI ABHUYDAY YOJANA

• It is a merged scheme of 3 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).
• The Scheme has three components–
  • Development of SC dominated villages into an “Adarsh Gram”– The objective of this component is to ensure integrated development of SC majority villages so that, inter alia, there is:, Adequate infrastructure, all requisite infrastructure necessary for socio-economic development needs are to be provided under the Scheme.
  • ‘Grants-in-aid’ for District/State-level Projects for socio-economic betterment of SCs that may include creation of infrastructure in SC dominated villages including those selected under Adarsh Gram component, construction of Hostels/Residential schools, Comprehensive Livelihood Projects which may include components such as Skill development, related infrastructure development, financial assistance towards loans taken by beneficiaries for acquisition/creation of assets required for livelihood generation etc.
  • 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.