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National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM) Kundli signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) recently with the Ministry of Minority Affairs to implement the scheme “PM VIKAS”.
The scheme aims at developing the capacity of youth from minority communities through targeted interventions by providing skill training support in need-based courses and ensuring employment/livelihood opportunities for them.
Under this project, NIFTEM-K will train a total of 2110 beneficiaries from the minority community under three categories – Multi Skill Technician (Food Processing), Millet Products Processor and Assistant Baking Technician across seven locations in four states of Jharkhand, Bihar, Punjab and Haryana.
All beneficiaries will receive certification from institutions approved by MSDE (Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship) /NCVET. The program is likely to be rolled out in January 2026.
This intervention seeks to enhance the employability of minority communities and create better livelihood opportunities by providing market and credit linkages to integrate them into the economic mainstream.
