India, March 12 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:

The Ministry of Minority Affairs has launched the Pradhan Mantri Virasat Ka Samvardhan (PMVIKAS), which is a flagship Scheme of the Ministry, that converges five erstwhile schemes viz. 'Seekho Aur Kamao', 'Nai Manzil', 'Nai Roshni', 'Hamari Dharohar' and 'USTTAD'; and focuses on upliftment of six notified minority communities through skill development; entrepreneurship and leadership of minority women; and education support for school dropouts.

The awareness campaign is carried out under the Scheme of Research / Studies, Monitoring and Evaluation of Development Schemes including Publicity of the Ministry to create awareness among the six centrally notified minor...