Parliament Question: Implementation of PM-VBRY

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3458 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2026 IMPLEMENTATION OF PM-VBRY

3458. SHRI ANURAG SHARMA:

Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to

state:

(a)the details of objectives, salient features and present status of implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana (PM-VBRY), along with the number of beneficiaries covered and employment opportunities generated since its launch in the country, State/UT-wise;

(b)the details of financial outlay, funds allocated, released and utilised under the said scheme along with the number of employers and establishments registered thereunder;

(c)the details of measures being taken/taken by the Government to ensure effective implementation, transparency, timely disbursement of benefits and wider participation of youth, women and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) under the said scheme; and

(d)the details of mechanism put in place by the Government to monitor the outcomes of the said scheme, assess employment generation and promote sustainable formal employment across the country? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SUSHRI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE)

(a) to (d): The Union Cabinet, on 1 July 2025, approved the Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) Scheme, titled the Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rojgar Yojana (PMVBRY), to promote employment generation, enhance employability, and strengthen social security across all sectors including MSMEs, with a particular focus on the manufacturing sector. The scheme has a registration period of two years from 01.08.2025 to 31.07.2027 and a budgetary outlay of ₹99,446 Crore for the period FY 2025-26 to FY 2031-32.

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The scheme comprises two parts, i.e. Part A and Part B, and focuses on providing support to both employees and employers by way of incentives.

Under Part A of the scheme, the first-time employees of both existing and new establishments shall be eligible for an incentive equivalent to one month’s EPF wage, subject to a maximum of ₹15,000. This incentive will be payable in two instalments during the first year of employment. The first instalment, up to ₹7,500, shall be disbursed after completion of six months of continuous employment. Eligibility for the second instalment shall arise after completion of twelve months of employment and successful completion of the prescribed Financial Literacy Programme. This second instalment shall be credited to an appropriate savings instrument/savings account for a specified period.

Part B incentivizes employers by providing up to ₹3,000 per month for each additional employment sustained for at least 6 months for two years, with extended benefits for another two years for the manufacturing sector.

The scheme aims to incentivise creation of more than 3.5 Crore jobs all across the country, over a period of 2 years. The scheme provides for incentives for 1.92 crore eligible first-time employees under Part A. Incentive for the creation of approximately

2.59 crore additional jobs to employers is provided for under Part B of the scheme.

All establishments, including New as well as the exempted establishments covered under EPF & MP Act, 1952 (subsumed in the Code on Social Security, 2020), are eligible under the scheme, provided they file the ECR along with contributions regularly and fulfil other conditions of the scheme.

Comprehensive Scheme Guidelines, outlining the eligibility criteria for incentives to both employees and employers, have been issued. The scheme and its provisions have been widely disseminated through extensive outreach efforts across the country.

A dedicated portal (pmvbry.epfindia.gov.in) has been developed to facilitate all scheme-related processes and for real- time monitoring of beneficiaries and sector-wise progress.

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For effective implementation of the scheme, a robust monitoring framework has been instituted. A steering Committee with representation from various labour-intensive and related Ministries/Department and an internal Executive Committee have been constituted to ensure effective monitoring of the scheme.

The PMVBRY is a demand-driven scheme. Since the implementation of the scheme, an incentive amount of ₹744.58 crore has been disbursed to 13.18 lakh first-time employees under Part A, while ₹2,068.84 crore has been disbursed to 67,369 beneficiary establishments under Part B of the scheme, up to June 2026, across the country. The state-wise details of registration & Incentive disbursement since the start of Implementation of the scheme are

provided in Annexure.

The incentives to employees are disbursed through the Aadhaar Bridge Payment System (ABPS) under the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) framework to their Aadhaar-seeded bank accounts, after due verification, including Aadhaar authentication and validation of Aadhaar-bank account linkage. The incentives to establishments are disbursed through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) to their PAN-linked bank accounts after due verification of the establishment's credentials.

* *****Annexure ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (d) OF LOK SABHA SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 3458 FOR REPLY ON 10.08.2026 REGARDING " IMPLEMENTATION OF PM-VBRY” Details of Job Creation and incentive disbursement State Part A Part - B No. of first Incentive No. of Amount Additional timer disbursement Beneficiary Disbursed Job created beneficiaries (in Rs.) Establishm ( in Rs.) under Part-B ent ANDAMAN AND 27 NICOBAR ISLANDS 353 2,265,364 3,080,177 304 ANDHRA PRADESH 1,447 34,673 168,487,149 355,493,274 37,246 ARUNACHAL 20 PRADESH 254 1,138,212 1,814,835 196 ASSAM 526 7,879 34,658,951 90,696,260 10,188 BIHAR 474 17,255 86,204,143 133,695,908 21,621 CHANDIGARH 208 3,881 24,185,370 89,799,536 9,133 CHHATTISGARH 918 16,599 78,819,672 180,033,503 17,288 DADRA AND 187 NAGAR HAVELI 2,618 13,477,878 40,294,284 4,102 DAMAN AND DIU 99 1,604 8,254,081 23,512,028 2,477 DELHI 3,632 85,616 532,505,789 1,498,800,611 129,616 GOA 385 4,627 28,186,465 79,231,411 7,793 GUJARAT 5,794 87,381 496,862,325 1,631,361,034 145,596 HARYANA 3,691 76,971 455,602,523 1,518,758,075 136,347 HIMACHAL 605 PRADESH 8,318 45,927,795 99,325,277 8,964 JAMMU AND 212 KASHMIR 3,707 17,750,157 52,323,604 5,228 JHARKHAND 747 11,961 61,215,501 194,566,368 18,765 KARNATAKA 7,707 157,284 1,017,585,316 2,830,727,347 223,692 KERALA 1,437 31,915 192,097,069 405,948,821 36,884 LADAKH 5 31 204,608 484,089 31 LAKSHADWEEP - - - 15 97,727 MADHYA 1,663 PRADESH 35,605 177,753,668 315,471,640 33,536 MAHARASHTRA 12,704 249,068 1,494,229,385 4,359,523,430 386,138MANIPUR 25 513 1,765,615 2,308,835 405 36 MEGHALAYA 896 5,282,892 9,241,718 821 MIZORAM 7 312 2,048,907 517,702 94 NAGALAND 15 364 1,694,326 3,481,547 305 ODISHA 1,354 21,875 112,151,379 337,514,769 31,526 PUDUCHERRY 156 2,660 12,695,893 20,281,434 2,459 PUNJAB 1,289 24,430 130,970,037 282,549,834 27,372 RAJASTHAN 2,542 44,421 202,100,767 529,555,818 68,726 SIKKIM 33 557 3,328,479 11,746,810 897 TAMIL NADU 7,260 152,698 874,765,367 2,134,115,387 198,590 TELANGANA 3,778 82,905 444,465,975 1,190,248,790 115,406 TRIPURA 37 805 3,537,565 9,847,727 1,088 UTTAR PRADESH 4,033 69,364 383,493,402 1,357,953,096 118,319 UTTARAKHAND 823 13,998 76,420,136 206,115,676 19,728 WEST BENGAL 3,493 64,716 254,773,968 688,133,501 89,297 Total 1,318,129 7,447,003,856 67369 20,688,554,156 1,910,178 *****