Lok Sabha Question No. 759 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-07
Subject: Skill Development of OBCs and SCs
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: JAYADEV GALLA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 759 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2017

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT OF OBCs AND SCs

## 759. SHRI JAYADEV GALLA:

## Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has received proposals from NGOs, voluntary organisations from the State Government of Andhra Pradesh seeking financial assistance for improvi socio - economic conditions of OBCs and SCs through skill development;
- (b)  if  so,  the  present  status  of  the  above  proposals  along  with  the  number  of  ben category -wise; and
- (c)  the  number  of  OBCs  and  SCs  who  benefitted  from  such  programmes  in  th e  State  as compared to thereof other States?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FO R SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI VIJAY SAMPLA)

- (a): Under the scheme of grant in aid to Voluntary Organization for the development and SCs, no proposal of NGOs/VOs has been forwarded by the State Government of Andhra Pradesh through the online system for improving the socio economic conditions of OBC SCs through skill development since 2014 - 15.
- (b) & (c): State - wise details of beneficiaries of skill development prog rammes being conducted by NGOs/VOs for SCs and OBCs, for the last two years are placed at Annexure I.

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Annexure I referred to in Part (b) & (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 759 for answer on 07.02.2017

| Sl. No.   | State            | No. of Beneficiaries   | No. of Beneficiaries   | No. of Beneficiaries   | No. of Beneficiaries   |
|-----------|------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|           |                  | 2014-15                | 2014-15                | 2015-16                | 2015-16                |
|           |                  | Scheduled Castes       | Other Backward Class   | Scheduled Castes       | Other Backward Class   |
| 1         | Assam            | 140                    | 0                      | 50                     | 40                     |
| 2         | Delhi            | 14253                  | 7590                   | 15655                  | 15146                  |
| 3         | Gujarat          | 375                    | 50                     | 50                     | 50                     |
| 4         | Haryana          | 150                    | 180                    | 30                     | 0                      |
| 5         | Maharashtra      | 0                      | 530                    | 249                    | 760                    |
| 6         | Manipur          | 350                    | 530                    | 370                    | 30                     |
| 7         | Odisha           | 115                    | 100                    | 115                    | 0                      |
| 8         | Rajasthan        | 250                    | 450                    | 200                    | 250                    |
| 9         | Uttarakhand      | 0                      | 50                     | 0                      | 50                     |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh | 0                      | 0                      | 80                     | 0                      |
| 11        | Jammu &Kashmir   | 220                    | 0                      | 220                    | 0                      |
| 12        | Karnataka        | 270                    | 0                      | 180                    | 0                      |
| 13        | Tamil Nadu       | 0                      | 0                      | 73                     | 0                      |
| 14        | Uttar Pradesh    | 70                     | 0                      | 70                     | 0                      |
| 15        | West Bengal      | 30                     | 0                      | 50                     | 0                      |
| 16        | Madhya Pradesh   | 50                     | 0                      | 0                      | 0                      |