2.1.Scheme Objectives • To build capacity of minority and artisan communities through targeted interventions by providing skill training support in need-based courses and ensuring employment / livelihood opportunities for them. • To preserve and promote the cultural heritage of traditional art and craft forms including propagation of literature/ documents/ manuscripts. • To provide formal education and certification up to 8th, 10th , and 12th through open schooling to school dropouts of families of minority and artisan communities. • To empower women from families of minority and artisan communities and instil confidence amongst them by providing leadership, and entrepreneurship support. • To improve employability of and generate better livelihood opportunities for minorities and artisan communities through market and credit linkages and bring them to mainstream. • To develop model and sustainable art and craft villages, generating livelihood and employment / entrepreneurship opportunities for minorities and artisan communities. 2.2.Scheme Approach 2.2.1. The scheme shall adopt a family-centric approach from minority and other communities with special focus on artisan families, women, youth, and differently abled. Minority communities referred to in the scheme shall include the six minority communities notified under the National Commission for Minorities Act 1992 (viz. Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jains, and Parsis). 2.2.2. The infrastructure developed under PM VIKAS shall be accessible to all communities including non-minorities who may benefit from the facilities provided under the scheme. 2.2.3. The eligibility criteria for target population under PM VIKAS including those from non-minorities have been detailed in Chapter 3. 2.2.4. The integration of 3 Ts - Trade, Tourism and Technology, would seek to maximise the socio-economic welfare of the target population and facilitate scheme implementation by following a bottom-up approach. Emphasis shall be laid on collecting primary data to drive an evidencebased policy making. 2.2.5. To make the delivery efficient and transparent, interventions involving state of art technology shall be used, unleashing the interplay between trade, tourism, and tradition. a) MoMA shall conduct primary research in the selected regions through Common Services Centres (CSC) to collect data on artisans and minority communities in the country to map their aspirations and align the same with interventions under the scheme. The Gram Panchayat (GP) network under 9 the M/o Panchayati Raj, shall be leveraged to validate the data collected during the survey. b) Convergence with other Ministries shall be prioritized to utilize existing infrastructure and clusters (established centres, Hunar Hubs developed by MoMA, tourists circuits, facilitated by M/o Tourism, common facilitation centres by Ministry of Textiles, common infrastructure facilities of MSME etc.), achieve standardization in skilling content and curriculum (as per NSQF norms and taking help of Knowledge Partners) and promote market/financial linkages by using technology to the extent possible. 2.2.6. In the event of non-availability of common infrastructure facilities and requirement of additional infrastructure including machinery/equipment, Component 4 of the scheme pertaining to infrastructure development shall be leveraged. For Component 4, the proposals shall be submitted by state government(s) in line with process as per PMJVK guidelines. 2.2.7. For Component 1, 2 and 3 i.e. Skilling and Training, Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Education, MoMA shall issue RFP to empanel Project Implementing Agencies (PIAs) and other key stakeholders for project implementation.