<span style="color: #222222;">Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Pratima Bhoumik informed the Lok Sabha that 216 courses are being taught from 600 centres across the country under the PM Daksh Yojana. She said in the year 2020-21, 32,097 people received training with 14,097 being placed.<br />''<br />''The Ministry aspires to reach out to 2.71 lakh people between calendar year 2021-22 and 2025-26. The Minister said funds of 45 crores was earmarked during 2020-21 and 2021-22 are 45 crores and 79 crores respectively under PM-DAKSH yojana.<br />''<br />''PM Daksh is a National Action Plan for skilling of marginalized people covering SCs, OBCs, EBCs, DNTs, and sanitation workers. The training is provided through government sector training institutions and reputed institutions enabling them to take up suitable job opportunities.</span><br />