Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday, 19 June 2026, joined a live national event in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi distributed ₹2,400 crore in incentives under the PM Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana, a central government scheme aimed at boosting formal employment across India.

Context

Dhami shared the live broadcast of the event on X, describing it as Prime Minister Modi distributing incentives worth '₹2400 करोड़' (₹2,400 crore) under the PM Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana. The event marks one of the larger single-day incentive disbursements under the scheme, which is designed to encourage employers to expand their formal workforce by offering direct financial incentives linked to new hires.

State chief ministers attending or amplifying such events has become a standard feature of how the BJP-led central government coordinates rollout messaging with state governments. Dhami's participation signals Uttarakhand's active alignment with the national employment push.

Policy Backdrop

The PM Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana sits within a broader ecosystem of employment-linked incentive programmes that the central government has developed over the past decade. Earlier schemes such as the Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana, launched in 2016, reimbursed employers' contributions to the Employees' Provident Fund for each new hire, reducing the cost of formalising workers.

The current scheme draws on the same fiscal logic but is positioned explicitly under the Viksit Bharat 2047 vision, which the government first articulated in 2023 as a framework for India's development goals up to the centenary of independence. Employment generation — particularly in the formal sector — has been a recurring centrepiece of that vision, alongside manufacturing growth under Make in India and skilling under the Skill India Mission.

Stakeholders and Impact

The primary beneficiaries of the incentive disbursement are employers — particularly MSMEs and manufacturing units — who receive direct payouts for each new formal employee added to their payrolls. Workers benefit indirectly through expanded access to formal employment, which comes with social-security protections including provident fund coverage.

For Uttarakhand, a state that has actively courted industrial investment and relies significantly on tourism and hydropower for employment, participation in national employment schemes adds a layer of fiscal support for businesses operating in the state. Youth and first-time job seekers are among the groups the scheme is intended to bring into the formal economy.

What's Next

Attention will now turn to state-wise utilisation data — how much of the ₹2,400 crore flows to employers in each state and how many net new formal jobs are generated as a result. Parliamentary employment committees and the next Union Budget are likely venues where the scheme's performance will be scrutinised.

For CM Dhami, the event also represents an opportunity to attract employers to Uttarakhand by highlighting the availability of central incentives, potentially reinforcing the state's pitch to investors ahead of future industrial summits.