Lok Sabha Question No. 805 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-21
Subject: Nai Roshni Scheme
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Kunhalikutty P.K.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.805 ANSWERED ON 21.11.2019

## NAI ROSHNI SCHEME

## 805. SHRI P.K. KUNHALIKUTTY:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of Leadership Training with Economic  Empowerment Programmes under the NaiRoshni for skill and overall development of Minority Women of India including the State of Kerala along with the number of beneficiaries of this scheme; and
- (b) whether  an  evaluation  of  the  scheme  has  been  conducted  by  the Ministry and if so, the details thereof along with the nodal agency for the implementation of the scheme in Kerala.

## ANSWER

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

- (a) 'Nai Roshni' a scheme for Leadership Development of Minority Women is being implemented across India including the state of Kerala with an aim to empower  and instil confidence in women  by  providing knowledge,  tools  and  techniques  for  interacting  with  Government systems, banks and intermediaries at all levels. This includes economic empowerment of the trainee women so that they become independent and confident  members of  the  society.  The  scheme  provides  for  one week's training programme followed by handholding for a period of one year. The  training is provided on various pre-designed Training modules covering issues relating to women viz. Leadership of Women through participation in decision making, Educational Programmes 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 inception of the Scheme, training of more than 3.94 lakh women have been sanctioned across the country out of which 5,600  women have been sanctioned for the state of Kerala.

- (b) An evaluation study has been conducted by NITI Ayog. The study has covered  15  Districts,  30  Blocks,  87  Villages  and  27  NGOs,  1335 beneficiary  women  and  445  non-beneficiary  women  spread  over  8 States namely Assam, West Bengal, Punjab, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala,  Rajasthan  and  Uttar  Pradesh.According  to  the  study,  the

Scheme  has  assisted  in  creating  confidence  among  minority  women and developed leadership spirit. Moreover, the trained women are also utilizing their enriched knowledge within their surroundings and thereby  helping  their  families  as  well  as  their  neighbours  in  raising their essential demands and claims from various government authorities.

The  scheme  is  implemented  by  the  Ministry  through  empanelled Project Implementing Agencies (PIAs). List of PIAs empanelled for FY 2017-18 to 2019-20 from the state of Kerala is given below.

|   S. No. | Organization Name                        |
|----------|------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Jan Shikshan Sansthan Ernakulam          |
|        2 | Jan Shikshan Sansthan Malappuram         |
|        3 | Kottayam Social Service Society Kottayam |
|        4 | Malabar Social Service Society Cannanore |
|        5 | Jan Shikshan Sansthan Palakkad           |
|        6 | Peoples Service Society Palakkad         |

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