Instagram · May 16, 2026
CAG Report Exposes Widespread Fraud and Irregularities in India's PMKVY Skill Scheme
The video claims that the Indian government's Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) scheme, which aimed to provide skill training and jobs, was largely fraudulent, resulting in a waste of ₹10,000 crore of taxpayer money due to issues like missing bank account details for beneficiaries, repeated account numbers, fake contact information, and fraudulent training records and inspections.
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The claims in the video are largely accurate and are directly corroborated by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Performance Audit Report No. 20 of 2025 on the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), which was tabled in Parliament on December 18, 2025.
News reports from late December 2025 and early January 2026 extensively covered these findings, confirming the accuracy of the claims around the video's upload date (December 29, 2025). As of today's date, May 16, 2026, the findings of the CAG report remain valid as a historical account of the scheme's implementation between 2015 and 2022.
While PMKVY 4.0 is currently underway, the systemic issues and irregularities highlighted in the audit of previous phases (PMKVY 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0) indicate significant past failures and a substantial waste of taxpayer money. There is no information to suggest that the core findings of the CAG report have been refuted or that all the identified systemic issues have been fully resolved in the ongoing phase of the scheme.
Therefore, the claims remain accurate in their historical context and highlight ongoing concerns about the scheme's effectiveness and integrity. [1][2][3]