Lok Sabha Question No. 2528 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-30
Subject: Skill Development Scheme for Minorities
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: BHARATENDRA SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2528 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.11.2016

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT SCHEME FOR MINORITIES

## 2528.  SHRI KUMWAR BHARATENDRA:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  the  number  of  individuals  who  have  received  the  skill  development training under the Scheme for Skill Development of Minorities;
- (b) the total number of women/girls from minority groups who have been trained under the scheme for Medular Employable Skills, since the inception of the scheme;
- (c)  the  total  number  of  minority  people/  individuals  who  received  training  under  the Scheme alongwith the number of them placed in companies/firms/enterprises;
- (d)  the  details  of  total  number  of  institutions  working  with  the  Government  for  the implementation of the scheme, State-wise; and
- (e) the funds allocated for 'Seekho aur Kamao' scheme during the last three years and the current year?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## (SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)

- (a)  to  (c): The  year-wise  number  of  minority  youth  sanctioned  for  skill  development trainings,  number  of  minority  youth  who  have  completed  training,  percentage  of women/girls trained and number of trainees placed after completing trainings are given below:

| Year    | No. of trainees sanctioned   | No. of trainees completed the training           | %age of women/girls trained out of total      | No. of trainees placed by PIAs                   |
|---------|------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| 2013-14 | 20,164                       | 19,524                                           | 40%                                           | 15,247                                           |
| 2014-15 | 20,720                       | 20,686                                           | 45%                                           | 15,464                                           |
| 2015-16 | 1,23,330                     | 52,319 (As per reports received upto 31.10.2016) | 58% (As per reports received upto 31.10.2016) | 34,695 (As per reports received upto 31.10.2016) |

(d): Ministry of Minority Affairs has empanelled 77 Project Implementing Agencies (PIAs) following due procedure and the projects cover 31 States/UTs. PIAs work in more than one state generally. The state-wise number of PIAs is as under:

|   S. No. | State/UT          |   Number of PIAs |
|----------|-------------------|------------------|
|        1 | ANDHRA PRADESH    |                7 |
|        2 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH |                4 |
|        3 | ASSAM             |                9 |
|        4 | BIHAR             |               14 |
|        5 | CHHATTISGARH      |                2 |
|        6 | DELHI             |                4 |
|        7 | GOA               |                1 |
|        8 | GUJARAT           |                7 |
|        9 | HARYANA           |                7 |
|       10 | HIMACHAL PRADESH  |                7 |
|       11 | JAMMU & KASHMIR   |                9 |
|       12 | JHARKHAND         |               12 |
|       13 | KARNATAKA         |                9 |
|       14 | KERALA            |                5 |
|       15 | MADHYA PRADESH    |                5 |
|       16 | MAHARASHTRA       |                8 |
|       17 | MANIPUR           |                4 |
|       18 | MEGHALAYA         |                7 |
|       19 | MIZORAM           |                3 |
|       20 | NAGALAND          |                2 |
|       21 | ODISHA            |                6 |
|       22 | PUDUCHERRY        |                1 |
|       23 | PUNJAB            |                6 |
|       24 | RAJASTHAN         |               10 |
|       25 | SIKKIM            |                3 |
|       26 | TAMILNADU         |                7 |
|       27 | TELENGANA         |                6 |
|       28 | TRIPURA           |                6 |
|       29 | UTTAR PRADESH     |               21 |
|       30 | UTTARAKHAND       |                5 |
|       31 | WEST BENGAL       |               10 |

(e): The funds allocated for 'Seekho aur Kamao' during the last three years and current year are given in the Table below:-

## (Rs. in crore)

| Year    |   Budgetary Allocation |
|---------|------------------------|
| 2013-14 |                  17    |
| 2014-15 |                  46.23 |
| 2015-16 |                 192.45 |
| 2016-17 |                 210    |

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