Question
Under the Prime Minister’s Employment Generation
Programme (PMEGP), what percentage of margin money subsidy is provided to special category beneficiaries (such as SC/ST, women, minorities, and ex-servicemen) in urban areas?Solution
The PMEGP (Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme) provides margin money subsidies to encourage entrepreneurship and generate employment. The scheme differentiates between general category and special categorybeneficiaries (SC/ST, women, minorities, ex-servicemen, differently-abled). For special category beneficiaries: • In rural areas → 35% subsidy • In urban areas → 25% subsidy Thus, for special category beneficiaries setting up projects in urban areas, the subsidy is 25%.
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