PM Vishwakarma

What it is

Recognise artisans, improve skills and tools, provide concessional credit, encourage digital transactions and create market linkages for traditional trades.

What you get

• Toolkit incentive and artisan support components

Who it is for

• the applicant works with hands and tools in an identified traditional trade
• the applicant is self-employed in the unorganised sector
• the applicant is engaged in the concerned trade on the registration date
• the applicant must not have availed a similar Central or State self-employment/business loan in the past five years
• only one member of the family may register

Not eligible if

• government employees and their family members
• benefits are not released until the prescribed multi-stage verification is completed

How to apply

1. 1
   Confirm trade and beneficiary eligibility

   Verify age, trade, self-employment, family and prior-loan conditions against the current guidelines and official FAQ.

   Official step
2. 2
   Prepare the registration documents

   Prepare Aadhaar, mobile, bank and ration-card/family information, and arrange a bank account if required.

   Official step
3. 3
   Register through the official portal

   Use the official portal, normally with CSC support, and complete the prescribed local and committee verification steps; UdyamVeda must not collect or submit OTPs on the applicant's behalf.

   Official step
4. 4
   Complete training and toolkit process

   Follow the current skill-verification, Basic/Advanced Training and toolkit-incentive route after the required verification.

   Official step
5. 5
   Evaluate credit and market-support components separately

   Credit, digital transaction incentives, quality certification, branding and market linkage are separate components, each with its own conditions.

   Official step

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