PMVBRY

The scheme aims to stimulate employment creation, increase workforce formalization, and enhance employability. It provides financial incentives to first-time employees and offers wage subsidies to eligible employers for creating sustained jobs, especially in manufacturing.

The scheme "Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana" was launched by the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India. The scheme aims to promote the generation of sustained additional employment, increase the formalization of the workforce, and enhance employability. The scheme provides comprehensive financial assistance to first-time employees to navigate their learning curve and incentivizes eligible establishments, particularly in the manufacturing sector, for generating sustained additional employment over their established baseline. The applicant must regularly file the Electronic Challan-cum-Return along with provident fund contributions and fulfill the defined threshold criteria for new employment generation. The scheme is implemented by the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation. The applications for this scheme are accepted continuously during the registration period from 01.08.2025 to 31.07.2027 through the online updating of establishment details and employee Aadhaar authentication on the official portal.

##### Eligibility for Employees (First Timers)

• The applicant must not have been a contributing member of the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation or an Exempted Trust prior to the commencement of the scheme.
• The applicant must join an establishment during the scheme registration period from 01.08.2025 to 31.07.2027.
• The applicant must have their Universal Account Number authenticated by Face Authentication Technology on the UMANG Application.
• The applicant must have gross wages up to ₹1,00,000/- per month at the time of joining the establishment.
• The applicant must have Electronic Challan-cum-Returns along with contributions filed for six continuous months.
• The applicant must continue with the same establishment for the entire period of six months if they are employed in a seasonal industry.

##### Eligibility for Employees (Re-joinees)

• The applicant must have a previous contributory membership of the Employees' Provident Fund.
• The applicant must join an establishment registered with the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation or an exempted trust during the scheme registration period.
• The applicant must have a Universal Account Number, which is Aadhaar-authenticated using biometric or face authentication technology.

##### Eligibility for Establishments (Employers)

• The applicant must be covered under the Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952.
• The applicant must have a unique Permanent Account Number.
• The applicant must file the Electronic Challan-cum-Return along with contributions regularly.
• The applicant must generate additional employment meeting the threshold of at least 2 additional employments if their baseline is less than 50.
• The applicant must generate additional employment meeting the threshold of at least 5 additional employments if their baseline is 50 or above.
• The applicant must provide details of their Permanent Account Number, Goods and Services Tax Network, and a Permanent Account Number linked Bank Account Number.

##### Part A:** *First-Timer Benefits***

• The scheme provides a one-time incentive of up to ₹15,000/- to assist first-time employees.
• The first installment is up to a maximum of ₹7,500/-, calculated as half of the average Employees' Provident Fund wage for six continuous completed months.
• The second installment is equal to the average of the twelve completed months' Employees' Provident Fund wage reduced by the first installment, restricted to a total incentive of ₹15,000/-.
• The second installment will be kept in an appropriate saving instrument or deposit account for a specified period.
• The incentives to the employees shall be paid through Direct Benefit Transfer using the Aadhaar Bridge Payment System to their Aadhaar-seeded bank accounts.
• The incentive shall be disbursed within 45 days after fulfilling the eligibility condition and filing of the paid Electronic Challan-cum-Return.

##### Part B:** *Support to Employers***

• The scheme provides incentives to the employer for two years in respect of employment generated over and above the baseline.
• For the manufacturing sector, the incentive to the employer will continue for the third and the fourth year.
• For additional employees with an Employees' Provident Fund wage less than or equal to ₹10,000/-, the benefit to the employer is up to ₹1,000/- per additional employment per month.
• In respect of employees getting Employees' Provident Fund wages below ₹10,000/-, the incentive at the rate of 10 percent of the Employees' Provident Fund wage will be provided as an additional risk mitigation measure.
• For additional employees with an Employees' Provident Fund wage greater than ₹10,000/- and up to ₹20,000/-, the benefit is ₹2,000/- per additional employment per month.
• For additional employees with an Employees' Provident Fund wage greater than ₹20,000/- and up to ₹1,00,000/-, the benefit is ₹3,000/- per additional employment per month.
• The benefits will be provided to all eligible establishments on a six-monthly lump-sum basis after the filing of six completed months' Electronic Challan-cum-Returns.
• The incentive to the establishment shall be provided as a Direct Benefit Transfer to the Permanent Account Number-linked bank account of the establishment.

##### Conditions

• _The employer must fulfill the threshold limit continuously, generating at least 2 additional employments with a baseline of less than 50, and at least 5 additional employments with a baseline of 50 or above._
• _The first-time employee must successfully complete the mandatory Financial Literacy Course available through the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation Employee portal to receive the second installment._
• _The benefits to the employer will not accrue for any month in which the employer is not eligible as per the threshold criteria laid out in the Scheme._

• The applicant must not be an old employee who joined the establishment before 01.08.2025.
• The applicant must not have pending inquiries under Section 7A, 7B, or 7C of the Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952.
• The applicant must not have a First Information Report filed against them by the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation for fraudulent practices.
• The applicant must not have pending or decided inquiries relating to irregularities under the Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana scheme.