Skills for loans in various financial inclusion schemes
Hindustan Times|February 15, 2024
Individuals seeking loans under the government's various financial inclusion schemes may have to come prepared with mandatory skills training, a senior government official said. The idea is to ensure that the schemes help build assets and create skilled workers, and do not merely hand out money.
Subhash Narayan & Rhik Kundu
Skills for loans in various financial inclusion schemes

To enable this, the government plans to use the PM Vishwakarma scheme as a template for other financial inclusion schemes as well, financial services secretary Vivek Joshi said. This will include digital identification; a three-stage selection process for beneficiaries at the village, district and state levels; and upgradation of skills. PM Vishwakarma imparts skills training to beneficiaries and then gives them loans.

"Skill will be an important component of financial inclusion schemes, and if beneficiaries do not upgrade their skills, they will not be entitled to collateral-free soft loans," Joshi said.

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