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PMJVK, a demand-driven Centrally Sponsored Scheme, spent ₹1,563.87 crore in 2025-26 on community infrastructure in Minority Concentration Areas; 8,59,972 units completed since inception, per Rajya Sabha data.
No poor-quality work has been flagged in any third-party quality audit; Third Party Quality Assurance (TPQA) is now mandatory for all PMJVK projects.
A separate reply detailed PM VIKAS (converging 5 earlier skilling schemes) and confirmed a Sikh-community leader, Sh. Harjit Singh Grewal, as the newly appointed NCM Chairperson.
Create community infrastructure — health, education, skilling, drinking water, sanitation, sports, renewable energy — in Minority Concentration Areas
Key: Demand-driven CSS; no fixed State/UT allocation, funds released against eligible project proposals; TPQA now mandatory
Skilling, entrepreneurship, leadership training and educational support for minority and artisan communities
Key: Announced in Union Budget 2023-24; converges 5 earlier schemes — Seekho aur Kamao, USTTAD, Hamari Dharohar, Nai Roshni and Nai Manzil
Provide concessional-rate loans to minority communities for livelihood and income generation
Key: Named in the release as a lower-interest credit channel for minorities
Statutory body safeguarding minority interests; recently conducted an 'Outreach to the Sikh Community' study and organises Sarv Dharm Samvad interfaith dialogues
Conducted the independent evaluation study of PMJVK's physical progress and impact
GS Paper 2 > Government Policies and Interventions > Welfare of Minorities
Recurs whenever Parliament reviews minority-welfare scheme expenditure
Districts/blocks/towns identified as having a substantial minority population, prioritised for community infrastructure development under PMJVK
A Centrally Sponsored Scheme where funds are released based on eligible project proposals received from States/UTs, rather than a fixed pre-allocated share