Lok Sabha Question No. 331 (STARRED), answered on 2017-03-24
Subject: Schemes for Single Earning Mothers
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: S.P. MUDDAHANUMEGOWDA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 331

TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.03.2017

## SCHEMES FOR SINGLE EARNING MOTHERS

| *331.                                       | SHRI S.P. MUDDAHANUME GOWDA:                                                                                                         |
|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| (a)                                         | the details of schemes under implementation or proposed for the single earning mothers so as to enable them to sustain their family; |
| (b)                                         | the steps taken by the Government to provide professional/vocational training to such others; and                                    |
| (c)                                         | the details of professional and vocational courses being imparted to such mothers?                                                   |
| ANSWER MINISTRY OFWOMENANDCHILD DEVELOPMENT | ANSWER MINISTRY OFWOMENANDCHILD DEVELOPMENT                                                                                          |

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO  LOK  SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION NO. 331 FOR 24.03.2017 ASKED  BY  SHRI  S.P.  MUDDAHANUME  GOWDA REGARDING SCHEMES FOR SINGLE EARNING MOTHERS.

(a)  to  (c)    The  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child  Development  is  not  administering  any specific  scheme  to  help  single  earning  mothers.  However,  the  Government  runs  various employment generation schemes for beneficiaries including single earning mothers like Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) run by Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium  Enterprise, Mahatama Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA), Pt.  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Grameen  Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDU-GKY)  scheme run by Ministry of Rural Development and National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NILM) run by Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation. The flagship programme of Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship namely Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojna (PMKVY) is for all sections of the society including  women.

In addition the Government has a network of Industrial Training Institutes and Vocational Training  Programmes  that  offer  vocational  courses  under  various  trades  which  can  also  be availed of by women.  Government provides vocational skill training to women for wage and self-employment to help them  gain  economic upliftment  and  social  employment.  Government has  also  implemented  the  National  Career  Service  having  a  portal  for  online  registration  and posting of jobs for job-seekers including single earning mothers.

Apart  from  the  above,  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child  Development  is  administering various  schemes/programmes  such  as  Support  to  Training  and  Employment  Programme  for Women (STEP), Rashtriya Mahila Kosh (RMK),Working Women Hostels, for the welfare and empowerment of women which can also be availed by single mothers, on meeting the specific requirements prescribed there under.

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