Context: Recently, the Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK) has been restructured in 2018 and is now being implemented in 1300 identified Minority Concentration Areas, with an objective of developing socio-economic infrastructure and basic amenities in the said areas. 

• For larger coverage of the scheme, the areas under PMJVK have been increased from 90 Districts originally to 308 Districts of the country, which include 870 Blocks, 321 Towns and 109 District Headquarters. 

About Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram  

• The erstwhile Multi-sectoral Development Programme (MsDP), a centrally sponsored scheme has been restructured and renamed as Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram. 
• MsDP, a centrally sponsored scheme, launched to address the development deficits in 90 minority concentration districts in the country to address the development deficits. 
• It has been identified as one of the Core of the Core Schemes under National Development Agenda. 
• It aims at improving the socio-economic parameters of basic amenities for improving the quality of life of the people and reducing imbalances in the Minority Concentration Areas. 
• Minority Concentration Areas have been identified based on both population data (25% of the total population belongs to minority communities) and backwardness parameters of Census 2001 of these areas. 

The backwardness parameters are  

• Religion-specific socio-economic indicators at the district level –  Literacy rate; Female literacy rate ; Work participation rate; and  Female work participation rate; and 
• Basic amenities indicators at the district level – Percentage of households with pucca walls‘; Percentage of households with safe drinking water & Percentage of households with electricity 
• The projects considered are additional class rooms, laboratories, school buildings, hostels, toilets, buildings for Polytechnics, ITIs, Community Health Centres, Primary Health Centres / Sub-centres, Anganwadi Centres, Rural Housing etc. 
• Education, Health and Skill are the priority under MsDP. 
• The projects are funded in the ratio of 60:40 and for NE and Hilly States at 90:10 between the Centre and States.