GoI Launched Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana Portal

On August 18 2025, the Government of India (GoI) launched a dedicated online portal for the Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana (PM-VBRY), an Employment-Linked Incentive (ELI) scheme.

• This newly launched web portal has now gone live, facilitating registrations to both employees and employers under the scheme.
• Now, eligible employers can complete the one-time registration process for the PM-VBRY scheme through the portal (https://pmvbry.epfindia.gov.in/ or https://pmvbry.labour.gov.in/).

About PM-VBRY:

Background: In July 2025, the Union Cabinet chaired by PM Narendra Modi had approved PM-VBRY with a total budget outlay of Rs 99,446 crore. The scheme was formally rolled out on August 01, 2025.

• PM Narendra Modi announced the launch of the scheme during his address to the nation on the occasion of 79th Independence Day (On August 15, 2025) celebrations at Red Fort, New Delhi, Delhi.

Aim: PM-VBRY is a Central Sector Scheme (CSS) aims to boost employment generation, improve employability and social security, across all sectors, with primary focus on the manufacturing sector.

Key Target: The scheme is expected to generate over 3.5 crore new jobs, including 1.92 crore 1st –time employees, over a period of 2 years (starting from August 01, 2025 to July 31, 2027).

Implementing Body: The Ministry of Labour & Employment (MoL&E) will implement the scheme through Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO).

Components: The scheme comprises of two main components i.e. Part-A, provides monthly financial support to 1st –time employees and Part-B, designed to support employers.

Part A:

Financial Support: Under Part-A component of the scheme, 1st-time employees will receive a one-time incentive equivalent to an average one-month wage (Basic plus Dearness Allowance, DA) of up to Rs 15,000 in two installments.

• The initial installment of 50% will be paid after 6 months of continuous employment.
• And, the 2nd installment will be provided after 12 months (1 year), upon successful completion of an online financial literacy course by EPFO.

Eligibility Criteria: The 1st-time employee is required to join EPFO between August 01, 2025 and July 31, 2027.

• 1st time employees with a  gross monthly salary of up to Rs 1 lakh will be eligible to avail benefits under Part-A of the scheme.
• All 1st time employees are required to generate a Universal Account Number (UAN) through Face Authentication Technology (FAT) available on the Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance(UMANG) application(app).

Part-B:

Incentives : Under this component of the scheme, employers will receive an incentive for the generation of additional employment opportunities in all sectors, especially in the manufacturing sector.

• The establishment or employer will get monthly incentive of up to Rs 3,000 for each additional employee (including both 1st-time employee and rejoinee), for a sustained time period of minimum 6 months.
• These incentives will be provided for 2 years, however, for the manufacturing sector, incentives will be extended to the 3rd and 4th years as well.

Incentive Structure : Under Part-B of the scheme, employers hiring new employee will get slab-based incentives:

• Employer will get Rs 1,000 for employee whose monthly salary is up to Rs 10,000;
• Employer will get Rs 2,000 for employee whose monthly salary is between Rs 10,000 and Rs 20,000;
• Employer will get Rs 3,000 for employee whose monthly salary is up to Rs 30,000;

Eligibility Criteria : As per the scheme, the employers will get incentives in respect of employees with maximum salaries of Rs 1 lakh.

• It is mandatory for establishments to hire minimum two additional employees (for employers with less than 50 existing employees) or;
• 5 additional employees (for employers with 50 or more existing employees) on a sustained basis for a minimum period of 6 months.
• Additionally, exempted establishments under the Employees’ Provident Fund & Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952, are also included in the scheme.
• These entities are required to file the Electronic Challan-cum-Return (ECR) and also they are required to open UANs for their existing and new employees through UMANG app.

Mode of Payment:

DBT: As per the scheme, all payments to the 1st-time employees under Part-A of the scheme will be disbursed through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode using the Aadhaar Bridge Payment System (ABPS).

Incentive Payments: While, all payments to the employers under Part-B will be disbursed directly into their PAN-linked Accounts.
About Ministry of Labour & Employment (MoL&E):
Union Minister- Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya (Constituency- Porbandar, Gujarat)
Minister of State (MoS) – Shobha Karandlaje(Constituency- Bangalore North, Karnataka)