Lok Sabha Question No. 3735 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-09
Subject: Leadership Development Programme
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: RADHESHYAM BISWAS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3735 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.08.2017

## LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME :

## 3735. SHRI RADHESHYAM BISWAS

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)   the number of minority women trained under the Leadership  Development Programme since its inception in the country including Assam, State-wise;
- (b)  whether this scheme is proving beneficial for the minority women;and
- (c)  if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)

(a): Since inception of the scheme, around 2.97 lakh women have been trained under the Leadership development programme in 27 states including Assam.  In Assam 16350 women have been trained and benefitted so far under the scheme. State-wise number of women trained under the scheme is attached as Annexure.

(b) & (c) Yes, Madam.  An evaluation study has been conducted by NITI Ayog to evaluate the success of scheme. The report is positive and very encouraging. The details of the study are that the programme has been appreciated by most of the segments  of  the  society  and  it  has  assisted  in  creating  confidence  among minority women and developed leadership spirit in them. Moreover, the trained women are also utilizing their enriched knowledge within their surroundings and thereby helping their families as well as their neighbours in raising their essential demands and claims from various government authorities. The study has covered 15 Districts, 30 Blocks, 87 Villages and 27 NGOs, 1335 beneficiary women and 445 non-beneficiary women spread over 8 States   namely Assam, West Bengal, Punjab, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.

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## State-wise no. of Minority Women Trained under the scheme- 'Nai Roshni- Leadership Development of Minority Women' since its inception in the country

| Sr. No.   | States            |   No. of Women Trained |
|-----------|-------------------|------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |                   4600 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |                    375 |
| 3         | Assam             |                  16350 |
| 4         | Bihar             |                   7700 |
| 5         | Chattisgarh       |                   1775 |
| 6         | Delhi             |                   2850 |
| 7         | Gujarat           |                   3600 |
| 8         | Haryana           |                    850 |
| 9         | Himanchal Pradesh |                    375 |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir    |                    850 |
| 11        | Jharkhand         |                   3900 |
| 12        | Karnataka         |                   7725 |
| 13        | Kerala            |                   4750 |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    |                  28650 |
| 15        | Maharashtra       |                   4950 |
| 16        | Manipur           |                   6975 |
| 17        | Nagaland          |                   1325 |
| 18        | Odissa            |                   5400 |
| 19        | Punjab            |                   1850 |
| 20        | Rajasthan         |                  13750 |
| 21        | Sikkim            |                    225 |
| 22        | Telangana         |                    475 |
| 23        | Tripura           |                    850 |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu        |                   3675 |
| 25        | Uttar pradesh     |                 158400 |
| 26        | Uttarakhand       |                   8100 |
| 27        | West Bengal       |                   6425 |
|           | Total             |                 296750 |