PMVY: Do you also want to join PM Vishwakarma Yojana? So first check whether you are eligible or not

Be it the state government or the central government, they launch many new schemes almost every year. Not only this, changes are also made to many old schemes to improve them. The government spends a lot of money on every scheme so that every needy and poor section can benefit. Be it a scheme providing free treatment or a scheme to help financially etc. One such scheme is Pradhan Mantri Vishwakarma Yojana. This scheme is run by the central government and if you want, you can also benefit by joining this scheme. Provided you are eligible for this scheme. So let's know how you can know whether you are eligible or ineligible for the scheme. You can know about this in the next slides...

Benefits available under PM Vishwakarma Yojana:-
After joining this scheme, the beneficiaries are given training for a few days so that they can improve their work, for which there is a provision of giving a stipend of Rs 500 per day
Incentives are also given to the beneficiaries of this

When you join the PM Vishwakarma Yojana, you are given Rs 15,000 to buy a toolkit
A loan facility is provided to the beneficiaries at cheap interest rates and without guarantee in which first a loan of Rs 1 lakh and then up to Rs 2 lakh is given.

Who can join the scheme?

18 traditional businesses have been added under the PM Vishwakarma Yojana and only these people can benefit by joining this scheme. So if you also want to join this scheme, then first check whether you are eligible for the scheme or not. Those who are eligible are...
You are the hammer and toolkit maker
The masons are
The boat builders are
There are blacksmiths
are painters or sculptors
There are stonecutters and stonebreakers
There are locksmiths
There are barbers, garland makers, and washermen
If you are a doll and toy manufacturer
Fishing net makers and basket/mat/broom makers
Cobblers/shoemakers are artisans and tailors.

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