Shaheed Bhagat Singh Rozgar Sirjan Yojana

APNI GADDI APNA ROZGAR SCHEME

The Council of Minister in its meeting held on 18.3.2017 has inter-alia

decided that Employment Scheme for un-employed youth of Punjab would
be launched under the Saheed Bhagat Singh Rozgar Sirjan Yojna. Decision
of CMM is as follows: -
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In this regard it is submitted that in order to implement this

scheme Department of Employment Generation & Training has entered
into an MOU with Uber & Ola for providing the Uber & Ola app platform
to the driver partners. Under this scheme the vehicles are to be arranged
by the driver partners at their own cost. Beneficiaries from the
economically weaker section are finding it difficult to arrange the margin
money and get the vehicle financed from the bank. So, they fail to harvest
the benefits of existing Apni Gaddi Apna Rozgar scheme. Department has
studied the models of other States and it is found that State of Maharashtra,
Karnataka & West Bengal have subsidised the purchase of vehicles to
facilitate the livelihood opportunities and starting micro enterprises (MoA
of West Bengal, Karnataka, Maharashtra states are placed at Flag-A). In
order to include the weaker section in APNI GADDI APNA ROZGAR
SCHEME, on the pattern of these States, a scheme with subsidy
component is being proposed as follows, which can be implemented on
pilot basis: -

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1.0 Objective: The objective of the AGAR Scheme is to provide self-
employment/entrepreneurial avenues to the youth of economically
weaker section of Punjab in the Transport Sector. The scheme
intends to create jobs by way of taxis, light commercial vehicles by
engaging prominent private players. The goal is to empower the
youth from weaker section by creating micro-entrepreneurs and to
make commercial driving a more organised profession with
increased societal respect for the commercial drivers under the
scheme.
2.0 TARGET BENEFICIARIES
The scheme shall cater to the need of the youth desirous of working in
transport sector as driver/owner of 3 and 4 wheeler.
Essential conditions for candidates desirous of availing the facility are as
follows: -
2.1 Age of the applicant should be 21 to 45 years as on 01-06-2019.
2.2 Applicant should be a Blue/Smart card holder.
2.3 Applicant should have LMV driving licence for four-wheelers
vehicle or other relevant licence in case of 3-wheeler.
2.4 Applicant shall have the Domicile certificate of the district where
scheme is being implemented.
2.5 Applicant should at least be middle pass (8th class)
3.0 Key Features of the scheme
3.1 Self-employment through driving a commercial 3/4-wheeler.
3.2 Pilot scheme will be launched in the districts of Amritsar,
Ludhiana, Patiala and Ropar, which may be extended to other
districts depending upon the feasibility, success of the pilot scheme &
resources availability.
3.3 It is proposed to ply 50 Autos/Cars in district Amritsar, 100
Autos/Cars in district Ludhiana, 50 cars/autos in district Patiala and
300 cars/autos in district Ropar.
3.4 Subsidy will be equivalent to 30% of the on road cost of vehicle or
1.5 lakh whichever is less, as a margin money.
3.5 The arrangement of loans from the Punjab State Cooperative Bank.
4.0 Budget provision: For the financial year 2019-20, the Govt. of
Punjab has provided Rs. 5 crore to implement this scheme. This fund
will be used for giving subsidy to the selected beneficiaries @ of
30% of the on road cost of the vehicle or Rs. 1,50,000 (one lakh

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 fifty thousand only) whichever is less. The fund will be transferred
to the Punjab State Cooperative Bank for using as a margin money
as mentioned above.
5.0 Vehicle financing: In this scheme the Punjab State Cooperative
Bank will be the banker.
5.1 The Punjab State Cooperative Bank will facilitate loan to the
selected beneficiaries over and above margin money given by
DEGT/PGRKAM.
5.2 The Punjab State cooperative Bank will enter into an agreement
with the selected beneficiaries as per the policy of advancement/
loan of the Bank.
5.3 The selected beneficiaries will remit the monthly instalments
(EMI) to the bank as per the agreement.
5.4 In case the selected beneficiaries fail to remit the EMIs as per bank
policy/agreement, the bank will take action as per the rules to
recover the balance amount. In such cases the margin money
deposited by the DEGT/PGRKAM shall be adjusted against the
defaulted loan.
6.0 Selection of Beneficiaries- Application from the potential
beneficiaries will be invited by giving public notice through press.
The applicants shall be selected by a Committee consisting of
following members;
A. Deputy Commissioner or his representative.
B. District Employment Generation and Training Officer of the
concerned district.
C. Representative of Punjab State Co-operative Bank.
D. Representation of UBER

6.1 In case the number of applicants is very large, the above committee
constituted as in para 6.0 will be at liberty to decide the number of
the beneficiaries to be called for the interview. This number in any
case will not be less than four times of the number of beneficiaries
to be finally allotted to the district. The applicants will be short
listed on merit basis in terms of the marks obtained by them as per
para 6.2 (B) of the scheme.

6.2 Selection Criteria;

A. Applicant will be selected on the merit basis of numbers of
marks obtained out of 100.

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 B. 70 marks allocated to education qualification, driving
experience detailed as under: -
Sr. Activity Total Activity Marks
No marks level allocated
1 Education 35 8th pass 20
10th pass 25
12th pass or 30
equivalent
Graduation 35
and above
2 Holding 35 0 to 3 years 20
Driving License Above 3 25
years to 6
years
Above 6 to 30
9 years
Above 9 35
C. 30 marks will be allocated to interview which will be conducted
by the committee.
D. In case marks of two or more candidates are equal, date of birth
will be the deciding factor and the candidate senior in age will
be given preference.
E. In case the number of applicants is very large, the above
committee constituted as in para 6.0 will be at liberty to decide
the number of the beneficiaries to be called for the interview.
This number in any case will not be less than four times of the
number of beneficiaries to be finally allotted to the district. The
applicants will be short listed on merit basis in terms of the
marks obtained by them as per para 6.2 (B) of the scheme.

7.0 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SCHEME

Department of Employment Generation and Training shall implement the
scheme through Punjab Ghar Ghar Rozgar and Karobar Mission
(PGRKAM) on behalf of Punjab Government. PGRKAM will sign MOU
with UBER for the implementation of the scheme.
8.0 ROLES
8.1 Following roles would be assigned to the DEGT/PGRKAM:-
8.1.1 To supervise and monitor the Scheme.
8.1.2 To engage private player UBER for the implementation of the
Scheme.

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8.1.3 To coordinate with Police Department for resolution of State level
issues for the success of the Scheme.
8.1.4 To liaison with the Punjab State Co-operative bank to facilitate
loans to the successful beneficiaries.
8.1.5 To issue necessary guidelines to Deputy Commissioners/DBEEs.
8.1.6 To get feedback from all the stakeholders and take corrective
steps wherever required.
8.1.7 To maintain statistical data under the scheme at State level.
8.1.8 To take any other action required for the success of the Scheme.
8.1.9 To issue public notice for mobilising the applications from the
eligible candidates.
8.2 Following roles would be assigned to the Deputy
Commissioners/DBEEs:-
8.2.1 To coordinate with district representatives of the private players for
the success of the Scheme.
8.2.2 To facilitate resolution of issues regarding licences with the district
office of the Transport Department.
8.2.3 To facilitate resolution of issues of police verification with the
district office of the Police Department.
8.2.4 To select the suitable candidates out of applications received in
response to the public notice.
8.2.5 To facilitate arrangement of loan to beneficiaries from the Punjab
State Co-operative bank.
8.2.6 To facilitate trainings of the potential beneficiaries.
8.2.7 To take any other action required for the success of the scheme.
8.3 The following roles would be assigned to the UBER:-
8.3.1 To sign Memorandum of Understanding with DEGT/PGRKAM
8.3.2 To create platform for the pilot project at district Amritsar, district
Ludhiana, district Patiala and district Ropar and subsequently at all
viable centres in Punjab.
8.3.3 To associate in the selection committee to process all applications
received from interested candidates provided by DEGT/ DBEEs.
8.3.4 To counsel and motivate youth in association with DEGT/ DBEE.
8.3.5 To advertise the scheme for its success.
8.3.6 To share data of beneficiaries with DEGT/ DBEE.
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8.3.7 To aim for the welfare of beneficiaries and for the security of
the customers.
8.3.8 To provide training to the beneficiaries in Soft Skills and operation
of Uber app.
8.3.9 Uber will facilitate its services for 4 years.
8.3.10 To provide Uber platform to all stake holders.
9.0 Timeline of the project/scheme-
Day Event
D Approval from the department
D+7 Call for applications
D+22 Last day of application
D+37 Beneficiary selection
D+52 Transfer of funds to the beneficiary
D+82 Delivery of vehicle to the beneficiary
D+90 Training of the beneficiary
D+120 First MIS
10.0 Roles of individual beneficiaries: -
10.1 To aim for security of the customers and their belongings.
10.2 To abide by the law at all times.
10.3 To repay the loan as agreed between the beneficiaries and the
bank and maintain good credit score.
10.4 To utilize the loan for the purpose it has been obtained.
10.5 To apply and provide all details as are required under the
scheme to DBEE/ Deputy Commissioner/ DEGT/ Line
Departments/Bank.
11.0 Modalities: -
11.1 Public Notice will be published in the newspapers for inviting
applications from the eligible candidates.
11.2 Application shall be securitised and applicants will be interviewed
and selected by the committee constituted for the purpose.
11.3 The Police verification will be done.
11.4 List of successful candidates will be forwarded to the Punjab State
Cooperative bank.
11.5 The subsidy/grant will be transferred to the Punjab State
Cooperative Bank on the receipt of list successful candidates.
11.6 Bank will compete its formalities to grant the loan to the successful
candidates for purchasing of vehicles.
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11.7 Uber will provide training and soft skills to the selected candidates.
11.8 The vehicle will be purchased by the beneficiary.
11.9 Uber will link the selected beneficiary and vehicle with its digital
platform and will make it functional.

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