PM-VIKAS Scheme: NIFTEM-K and Minority Affairs MoU

Why in the news

NIFTEM-K, Kundli, signed an MoU in December 2025 with the Ministry of Minority Affairs (MoMA) to deliver PM-VIKAS.

Key facts

• Expansion: Pradhan Mantri Virasat Ka Samvardhan.
• Category: Central Sector Scheme, begun in 2023.
• Rollout expected from January 2026.

About the scheme

• Offers skilling, entrepreneurship backing and livelihood chances for minorities nationwide.
• Absorbs the ministry’s older livelihood schemes for convergence, scale and outcome-based delivery.

Objectives

• Demand-driven, job-oriented training.
• Better livelihoods for minority youth.

Exam angle

• Nodal ministry: Minority Affairs. Partner: NIFTEM-K.