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Pradeep Kumar

27/07/21 11:00 AM IST

Infrastructure Development Programme

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The Ministry of Minority Affairs implements the Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakaram (PMJVK), in the identified Minority Concentration Areas (MCAs) of the country, with the objective to develop socio economic assets and basic amenities in the MCAs.

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  • The scheme was restructured in May 2018 and areas identified for implementation of the scheme was increased from a coverage of  196 districts to  308 districts which includes 870 Minority Concentration Blocks, 321 Minority
  • Concentration Towns and 109 Minority Concentration District Headquarters.
  • The District Headquarters were identified as Minority Concentration Areas for the first time.
Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK)

  • It seeks to provide better socio economic infrastructure facilities to the minority communities particularly in the field of education, health & skill development which would further lead to lessening of the gap between the national average and the minority communities with regard to backwardness parameters.1
  • The erstwhile Multi-sectoral Development Programme (MsDP) has been restructured and renamed as Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram for effective implementation since 2018. 
Source: PIB

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