Lok Sabha Question No. 2254 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-31
Subject: Upliftment of SC and OBC Women
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: NEELAM SONKER

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. +2254 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31.07.2018

UPLIFTMENT OF SC AND OBC WOMEN

+2254. SHRIMATI NEELAM SONKER:

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

- (a) whether the Government has initiated any action plan for the upliftment and development of women belonging to SC and OBC;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the amount allocated by the Government for the upliftment and development of SC and OBC women during 2014 to 2017, State and year-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI VIJAY SAMPLA)

- (a) to (e): A statement is annexed.

## Statement referred to in reply to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2254 for answer on 31.07.2018

(a) to (c): The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment; Government of India implements several schemes for upliftment and development of women belonging to Scheduled Castes(SC) and Other Backward Classes(OBC) which, inter-alia, include the following:

- Babu Jagjivan Ram Chhatrawas Yojana for Girls under which hostels are constructed for SC girls;
- Construction of Hostels for OBC and Girls under which hostels are constructed for OBC girls: Boys
- (iii) Schemes of National Scheduled Castes Finance & Development Corporation and the National Backward Classes Finance &   Development  Corporation which provide loans for   eligible SC and OBC women beneficiaries   respectively to set up entrepreneurial projects.
- NSKFDC has organized 7 months "Commercial Motor Driving Training Programme with Self Defense and women beneficiaries from basties 0f Madangir; Lal Kuan, Sangam Vihar; Rohini, Dwarka and Mangolpuri of Delhi, on pilot basis. NSKFDC under its Skill Development Training Programmes has added a new avenue by  introducing a course of #COMMERCIAL MOTOR DRIVING TRAINING WITH SELF DEFENCE SKILLS FOR WOMEN"
- (iv) National Safai Karmcharis Finance & Development Corporation (NSKFDC) also provide loans for eligible Women Safai Karmchari (including rag pickers)/Manual Scavengers and their dependent daughters (most of them are SC and OBC) for small and petty tradelbusiness and sundry income generation activities
- (vi) Scholarships are given to SC and OBC student beneficiaries which are availed by eligible SC and OBC   girls/women beneficiaries also. However; no separate allocation is made for girls/women under the scheme.

The details of funds released year-wise state-wise in respect of Schemes at (i), (ii) and (iii) above are given in Annexure-[ to [V.

## Annexure-I as referred in reply to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2254 for answer on 31.07.2018

## Details of funds releasedunder the 'BabuJagjivan Ram Chhatrawas Yojana (BJRC) GirlsHostels'during 2014-15,2015-16 and 2016-17

(Rs. in Lakh)

| Financial Year   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   |
|------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| States/UTs       |           |           |           |
| Assam            | 0.00      | 84.80     | 0.00      |
| Bihar            | 81.00     | 0.00      | 0.00      |
| Haryana          | 170.40    | 232.29    | 244.17    |
| Himachal Pradesh | 0.00      | 292.36    | 0.00      |
| Jammu Kashmir    | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      |
| Kerala           | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      |
| Pradesh Madhya   | 0.00      | 0.00      | 352.34    |
| Maharashtra      | 416.45    | 163.40    | 90.00     |
| Manipur          | 444.97    |           | 271.56    |
| Orissa           | 0.00      | 80.00     | 653.73    |
| Punjab           | 106.38    | 89.57     | 571.78    |
| Rajasthan        | 181.46    | 1350.00   | 2.50      |
| Sikkim           | 0.00      | 700       | 0.00      |
| Tamil Nadu       | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      |
| Tripura          | 0.00      | 100.00    | 157.50    |
| West Bengal      | 472.00    | 1332.27   | 666.42    |
| TOTAL            | 1872.66   | 4569.00   | 3010.00   |

## Annexure-II as referred in reply to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No2254 for answer on 31.07.2018 Details of funds releasedfor OBC Girls Hostel under the Scheme of 'Construction of Hostels for OBC and Girls'during 2014-15,2015-16 and 2016-17 Boys

(Rs: in Lakh)

| SL                               | StatelUTs                                  | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   |
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|                                  | Andhra Pradesh                             | 0.00      | 0.00      | 405.00    |
| 2                                | Jammu & Kashmir                            | 0.00      | 0.00      | 299.02    |
| 3                                | Madhya Pradesh                             | 67.50     | 675.00    | 369.92    |
| 4                                | Tamil Nadu                                 | 141.05    | 141.05    | 0.00      |
| 5                                | Uttar Pradesh                              |           | 186.96    | 0.00      |
|                                  | West Bengal                                | 0         | 392.00    | 0.00      |
|                                  | Manipur                                    |           | 157.50    | 157.50    |
| 8                                | Tripura                                    | 0         | 157.50    | 0.00      |
|                                  | Sikkim                                     | 137.00    | 315.00    | 315.00    |
| Central Universities/ Institutes | Central Universities/ Institutes           |           |           |           |
| 10                               | Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh; UP     | 135.00    | 0.00      | 121.50    |
| 11                               | Tejpur University, Assam                   | 150.75    | 0.00      | 0.00      |
| 12                               | Central University Jammu; J&K              | 67.50     | 0.00      | 0.00      |
| 13                               | IIT (Banaras Hindu University)             | 135.00    | 0.00      | 0.00      |
| 14                               | Nagaland University                        | 107.64    | 0.00      | 0.00      |
| 15                               | Rajiv Gandhi University, Arunachal Pradesh | 32.33     | 0.00      | 0.00      |
| 16                               | Central University of Karnataka            | 0.00      | 135.00    | 0.00      |
| 17                               | CIPET Bhubaneswar                          | 0.00      | 67.50     | 0.00      |
| 18                               | NIT Manipur                                | 0.00      | 135.00    | 0.00      |
| 19                               | CIPET Jaipur                               | 0.00      | 5.00      | 2.50      |
| 20                               | Central University of Kerala               | 0.00      | 0.00      | 135.00    |
| 21                               | Pondicherry University                     | 0.00      | 0.00      | 63.00     |
| 22                               | Banaras Hindu University                   | 0.00      | 0.00      | 63.00     |
|                                  | Total                                      | 973.77    | 2367.51   | 1931.44   |

## Annexure-III as referred in reply to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2254 for answer on 31.07.2018

## Details of funds releasedto Scheduled Castes women beneficiaries by National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation (NSFDC) -during 2014-15,2015-16 & 2016-17

(Rs. in Lakh)

|                      | StateUT              | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   |
|----------------------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|                      | Andhra Pradesh       |           |           | 2979.55   |
| 2                    | Bihar                | 2674.10   | 767.79    | 1278.00   |
| 3                    | Chhattisgarh         | 284.82    |           | 604.90    |
| 4                    | Goa                  | 0.47      | 0.26      | 0.00      |
| 5                    | Gujarat              | 1103.69   | 540.37    | 1258.19   |
| 6                    | Haryana              | 40.28     | 801.87    | 107.93    |
| 7                    | Himachal Pradesh     | 67.08     | 65.43     | 55.63     |
| 8                    | Jammu & Kashmir      | 13.83     | 104.45    | 0.00      |
| 9                    | Jharkhand            | 0.00      | 170.80    | 4.46      |
| 10                   | Karnataka            | 2965.37   | 1801.48   | 2357.55   |
| 11                   | Kerala               | 915.45    | 2759.49   | 1000.25   |
| 12                   | Madhya Pradesh       | 0.00      | 2.25      | 22.41     |
| 13                   | Maharashtra          | 2976.86   | 461.95    | 29.40     |
| 14                   | Odisha               | 0.00      | 4.56      | 8.07      |
| 15                   | Punjab               | 1.76      | 1.14      | 1041.34   |
| 16                   | Rajasthan            | 616.41    | 570.00    | 789.73    |
| 17                   | Tamil Nadu           | 7.77      | 3.63      | 4241.14   |
| 18                   | Telangana            | 0.00      | 1081.43   | 1730.60   |
| 19                   | Uttar Pradesh        | 883.35    | 5005.02   | 78.42     |
| 20                   | Uttarakhand          | 24.94     | 257.09    |           |
| 21                   | West Bengal          | 2051.53   | 2681.14   | 3820.66   |
| North Eastern States | North Eastern States |           |           |           |
| 21                   | Assam                | 198.00    | 22.77     | 75.94     |
| 22                   | Manipur              | 19.80     | 100.00    | 100.00    |
| 23                   | Sikkim               | 45.49     | 50.91     | 35.16     |
| 24                   | Tripura              | 499.63    | 412.07    | 1572.89   |
| Union Territories    | Union Territories    |           |           |           |
| 25                   | Chandigarh           | 9.52      | 18.00     | 23.65     |
| 26                   | Delhi                | 0.00      | 72.00     | 34.61     |
| 27                   | Puducherry           | 0.00      | 0.00      | 45.00     |
| Total                | Total                | 15400.15  | 19215.78  | 23296.88  |

## Annexure-IV as referred in reply to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2254 for answer on 31.07.2018

## Details of funds released to Other Backward Classes women beneficiaries by National Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation (NBCFDC) \_ under all Schemes during 2014-15,2015-16 and 2016-17

(Rs. in Lakh)

| SI No   | State            |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |
|---------|------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|         | Assam            |    900    |     500   |    400    |
| 2       | Chandigarh       |      0    |       1   |      0    |
| 3       | Chhattisgarh     |      0    |      25   |      0    |
|         | Gujarat          |     80    |     210   |    117    |
|         | Haryana          |     75    |     573   |    175    |
|         | Himachal Pradesh |     39    |     305   |     28.08 |
| 8       | Jammu & Kashmir  |    130    |     115   |    110    |
| 9       | Jharkhand        |      0    |      40   |      2.5  |
| 10      | Karnataka        |   1353.68 |    1724.5 |   1904.7  |
| 11      | Kerala           |   4135    |    2227   |   2987    |
| 12      | Madhya Pradesh   |      0    |       0   |     78.18 |
| 13      | Maharashtra      |    100    |     370   |      0    |
| 14      | Manipur          |    600    |     500   |    400    |
| 15      | Puducherry       |      0    |     280   |    150    |
| 16      | Punjab           |     60    |     150   |    545    |
| 17      | Sikkim           |      0    |      55   |      0    |
| 18      | Tamil Nadu       |   4361    |    5962   |   9081    |
| 19      | Tripura          |    230    |     450   |    211    |
| 20      | Uttar Pradesh    |    300    |     500   |    715    |
| 21      | West Bengal      |    128.4  |      68   |     91    |
| Total:  | Total:           |  12492.1  |   14055.5 |  16995.5  |

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