Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maandhan Yojana
Government of India in February 2019 introduced a pension scheme for un-organized workers under named of Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maandhan (PM-SYM) to ensure old age protection for Un-organized Workers.The un-organized workers mostly engaged as home based workers, street vendors, landless labourers, own account workers, agricultural workers or other similar occupations with monthly income up-to Rs 15,000/- belonging to age group of 18-40 years are eligible considering that they should not be covered under EPFO and further, he/she should not be an income tax payee.
Role of CSC VLEs in the implementation of this schemeCSC is IT enables front-end delivery points for Government, private and social sector services to rural citizens of India in an integrated and seamless manner. A CSC is managed by local educated youth providing opportunities for direct and indirect employment. Candidates have to visit the CSC to get the form/information and to apply for the scheme. VLE will enroll the eligible citizen in the PM-SYM scheme through the Digital Seva website.