Lok Sabha Question No. 1579 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-27
Subject: Leadership Development among Women of Minority Community
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: JYOTI DHURVE, KANWAR SINGH TANWAR, GOWDAR MALLIKARJUNAPPA SIDDESHWARA, KALIKESH NARAYAN SINGH DEO

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. † 1579

TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.12.2017

## LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AMONG WOMEN OF MINORITY

## COMMUNITY

†1579. SHRIMATI JYOTI DHURVE:

SHRI KANWAR SINGH TANWAR:

SHRI G.M. SIDDESHWARA:

SHRI KALIKESH N. SINGH DEO:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has launched any scheme for Leadership Development of Minority Women;
- (b) if so, the salient features of the scheme and its training module along with details of enrolment of organisations/ institutions for conducting training programmes for minority women;
- (c)  whether  there  has  been  an  increase  in  budgetary  allocation  in  the  year  2017-18  as compared  to  2016-17  with  respect  to  the  implementation  of  schemes  on  leadership development of minority women, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the steps being undertaken by the Government for further widespread implementation of the 'Nai Roshni' scheme; and
- (e)  Whether  any  initiatives  are  intended  to  be  taken  by  the  Government  to  increase participation of non-muslim minorities in the Nai Roshni Scheme?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)

(a) to (d): Yes, Madam. The Ministry of Minority Affairs implements a scheme namely'Nai Roshni- The Scheme for Leadership Development of Minority Women' with an aim to empower  and  instill confidence in minority women  from  six  Minority Communities  namely  Muslim,  Christian,  Sikh,  Buddhist,  Jain  &  Parsi  by  providing knowledge,  tool  and  techniques  for  interacting  with  Government  system,  banks  and other institutions at all levels. It is implemented through Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) all over the country. From 2015-16, the proposals are received online  on  the  Online  application  Management  System  (OAMS)  Portal  to  improve transparency. Under the scheme, one week training non-residential (five days residential) programme is provided to the women by selected Organizations followed by their handholding for a period of one year. The training is provided on various training modules  covering  issues relating  to  women  viz.  Leadership  of  women  through participation  in  decision  making,  Educational  Programme  for  women,  Health  and Hygiene, Legal rights of women, Financial Literacy, Digital Literacy, Swachh Bharat, Life  Skills  and  Advocacy  for  Social  and  Behavioural  Change.  Since  the  inception  of Scheme  two  lakh  and  ninety  seven  thousand  women  received  training  and  benefited under the scheme in 27 states all over the country at the cost of Rs.65.58 crore. During 2017-18, the online proposals have been received for empanelment of organisations as

Implementing Agencies. The details of the scheme are also available on the website of Ministry of Minority Affairs- www.minorityaffairs.gov.in.

As per the revised guidelines of the scheme for the period 2017-20 with an objective to empower the women economically, the organization is required to identify those women who are willing (after completion of training) and can be further trained under any short term skill training so that they could get sustainable economic livelihood opportunities through  suitable  wage  employment  or  self-employment  /  microenterprises  during  the hand holding period of training  programme.  Besides this,  the scheme also encourages the  organizations  to  identify  the  physically  handicapped  minority  women  and  provide them  some  employment  /  Skill  based  training  towards  supplementing  their  household income.

The budgetary allocation for 2017-18 is same as in 2016-17 i.e. Rs.15.00 crore.

(e): The scheme permits a mix of women from non-minority communities not exceeding 25%  of  a  project  proposal.  Efforts  are  to  be  made  by  the  organization  for  having  a representative mix of women from SCs/STs/OBCs, women with disabilities and other communities within this 25% of project proposal.

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