Lok Sabha Question No. 2904 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-05
Subject: Nai Roshni Programme
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Badruddin Ajmal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2904 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.12.2019

## NAI ROSHNI PROGRAMME

## 2904. SHRI M. BADRUDDIN AJMAL:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of women who have been trained under Nai Roshni programme during each of the last three years, community-wise and State-wise;
- (b) the details of eligibility and procedures to select beneficiaries for the scheme;
- (c) the details of the training centers under Nai Roshni programme, State-wise; and
- (d) the criteria for selecting the organization/agency for making it a centre under the same?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Ministry of Minority Affairs has been implementing Nai Roshni scheme for Leadership Development of Minority Women across the country.

Details of Community-wise/ State-wise Number of the trainees trained under the scheme are given at Annexure-I-A & I-B.

- (b) The  details  of  eligibility  and  procedure  to  select  beneficiaries  under  the  Scheme  are  given below:
- (i)  The trainees are to be selected by the empanelled Project Implementing Agencies (PIAs)

.

- (ii) The trainee should belong to one of the six notified Minority Communities i.e Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists, Zoroastrians (Parsis) and Jains. However, the scheme permits a mix of women from non-minority communities not exceeding 25% of total trainees.
- (iii)  The trainee should be between the age group of 18 years to 65 years.

(iv)  Although,  there  will  be  no  annual  income  bar,  woman/parent  or  guardian  of  woman having  annual  income  not  exceeding  Rs.2.50  lakh  from  all  sources  would  be  given preference in selection.

(v) Villages/Urban localities in rural/ urban areas having a substantial percentage of minority population shall be selected by the organization for conducting the leadership development training programme.

(vi) The organization will involve Head  of Gram  Panchayat/Municipal Body/Local Authority for Identification/ Selection of women trainees.

(c)      State-wise number of PIAs empanelled under the scheme for 2017-18 to 2019-20  is given at Annexure-II .

- (d) Criteria for selection of organizations/agencies under the scheme is as follows:
- (i)        The  organization  must  be  duly  registered  and  should  have  been  in  operation  for  a minimum of three years.
- (ii) The organization should be financially viable and not have deficit account during the last three years.
- (iii) The organization must have undertaken at least one project exclusively for development of women.
- (iv) The organization must have at least three key training personnel who should at least be a Graduate / Graduate Diploma holder.
- (v) The organization should not have been blacklisted by any Government Departments/agency.
- (vi) In  case  of  residential  trainings  for  trainees,  the  organization  must  have  the  requisite residential boarding facilities, training space and toilets sufficient for at least 25 trainees.

Further details of the scheme are available on the website of the Ministry i.e www.minorityaffairs.gov.in

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|                                                                                                            |                                                                                                            | - State-wise Community-wise data for FY 2016-17 Number of Women Trainees                                   | - State-wise Community-wise data for FY 2016-17 Number of Women Trainees                                   | - State-wise Community-wise data for FY 2016-17 Number of Women Trainees                                   | - State-wise Community-wise data for FY 2016-17 Number of Women Trainees                                   | - State-wise Community-wise data for FY 2016-17 Number of Women Trainees                                   | - State-wise Community-wise data for FY 2016-17 Number of Women Trainees                                   | - State-wise Community-wise data for FY 2016-17 Number of Women Trainees                                   | - State-wise Community-wise data for FY 2016-17 Number of Women Trainees                                   |
| S.No.                                                                                                      | State Name                                                                                                 | Muslims                                                                                                    | Christians                                                                                                 | Sikhs                                                                                                      | Buddhists                                                                                                  | Parsis                                                                                                     | Jains                                                                                                      | Others (Non- Minority)                                                                                     | Total                                                                                                      |
| 1 Uttar Pradesh                                                                                            | 1 Uttar Pradesh                                                                                            | 44046                                                                                                      | 28                                                                                                         | 2                                                                                                          | 22                                                                                                         | 2                                                                                                          | 2                                                                                                          | 1198                                                                                                       | 45300                                                                                                      |
| 2 Madhya Pradesh                                                                                           | 2 Madhya Pradesh                                                                                           | 6614                                                                                                       | 7                                                                                                          | 253                                                                                                        | 5                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                          | 65                                                                                                         | 181                                                                                                        | 7125                                                                                                       |
| 3 Assam                                                                                                    | 3 Assam                                                                                                    | 3362                                                                                                       | 144                                                                                                        | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                          | 3                                                                                                          | 16                                                                                                         | 3525                                                                                                       |
| 4 Bihar                                                                                                    | 4 Bihar                                                                                                    | 1000                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                          | 1000                                                                                                       |
| 5 Karnataka                                                                                                | 5 Karnataka                                                                                                | 1590                                                                                                       | 189                                                                                                        | 0                                                                                                          | 2                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                          | 1                                                                                                          | 118                                                                                                        | 1900                                                                                                       |
| 6 Rajasthan                                                                                                | 6 Rajasthan                                                                                                | 1225                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                          | 221                                                                                                        | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                          | 54                                                                                                         | 1500                                                                                                       |
| 7 Delhi                                                                                                    | 7 Delhi                                                                                                    | 696                                                                                                        | 5                                                                                                          | 18                                                                                                         | 12                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                          | 4                                                                                                          | 15                                                                                                         | 750                                                                                                        |
| 8 Tamil Nadu                                                                                               | 8 Tamil Nadu                                                                                               | 412                                                                                                        | 588                                                                                                        | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                          | 1000                                                                                                       |
| 9 Uttarakhan d                                                                                             | 9 Uttarakhan d                                                                                             | 1400                                                                                                       | 25                                                                                                         | 25                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                          | 50                                                                                                         | 1500                                                                                                       |
| 10 Andhra Pradesh                                                                                          | 10 Andhra Pradesh                                                                                          | 748                                                                                                        | 1                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                          | 1                                                                                                          | 750                                                                                                        |
| 11 Jharkhand                                                                                               | 11 Jharkhand                                                                                               | 199                                                                                                        | 43                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                          | 8                                                                                                          | 250                                                                                                        |
| 12 Kerala                                                                                                  | 12 Kerala                                                                                                  | 168                                                                                                        | 551                                                                                                        | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                          | 31                                                                                                         | 750                                                                                                        |
| 13 Odisha                                                                                                  | 13 Odisha                                                                                                  | 165                                                                                                        | 78                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                          | 57                                                                                                         | 300                                                                                                        |
| 14 West Bengal                                                                                             | 14 West Bengal                                                                                             | 423                                                                                                        | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                          | 202                                                                                                        | 625                                                                                                        |
| 15 Chhattisgar h                                                                                           | 15 Chhattisgar h                                                                                           | 361                                                                                                        | 8                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                          | 4                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                          | 2                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                          | 375                                                                                                        |
| 16 Punjab                                                                                                  | 16 Punjab                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                          | 238                                                                                                        | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                          | 12                                                                                                         | 250                                                                                                        |
| 17 Telangana                                                                                               |                                                                                                            | 224                                                                                                        | 2                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                          | 24                                                                                                         | 250                                                                                                        |
| Total                                                                                                      | Total                                                                                                      | 62633                                                                                                      | 1669                                                                                                       | 757                                                                                                        | 45                                                                                                         | 2                                                                                                          | 77                                                                                                         | 1967                                                                                                       | 67150                                                                                                      |

* The  above data is provisional

Annexure 1-B Nai Roshni - State-wise Community-wise data for FY 2017-18 and 2018-19 Annexure referred  in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question 2904 for answer on 05.12.2019

|     |                    | Number of Women Trainees   | Number of Women Trainees   | Number of Women Trainees   | Number of Women Trainees   | Number of Women Trainees   | Number of Women Trainees   | Number of Women Trainees   | Number of Women Trainees   |
|-----|--------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| SN. | State Name         | Muslims                    | Christians                 | Sikhs                      | Buddhists                  | Parsis                     | Jains                      | Others (Non- Minority)     | Total                      |
| 1   | Uttar Pradesh      | 44712                      | 66                         | 23                         | 82                         | 0                          | 72                         | 1110                       | 46065                      |
| 2   | Madhya Pradesh     | 8669                       | 5                          | 19                         | 178                        | 1                          | 509                        | 202                        | 9583                       |
| 3   | Rajasthan          | 2034                       | 0                          | 217                        | 1                          | 0                          | 37                         | 111                        | 2400                       |
| 4   | Assam              | 3771                       | 65                         | 0                          | 6                          | 0                          | 0                          | 114                        | 3956                       |
| 5   | Jammu and Kashmir  | 1096                       | 0                          | 7                          | 202                        | 0                          | 0                          | 95                         | 1400                       |
| 6   | Karnataka          | 1439                       | 61                         | 1                          | 0                          | 0                          | 12                         | 87                         | 1600                       |
| 7   | Bihar              | 373                        | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 2                          | 375                        |
| 8   | Tamil Nadu         | 805                        | 363                        | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 57                         | 1225                       |
| 9   | Maharashtra        | 1113                       | 12                         | 7                          | 229                        | 0                          | 3                          | 36                         | 1400                       |
| 10  | Punjab             | 91                         | 41                         | 1115                       | 1                          | 0                          | 0                          | 28                         | 1276                       |
| 11  | West Bengal        | 1353                       | 1                          | 1                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 45                         | 1400                       |
| 12  | Jharkhand          | 315                        | 110                        | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 425                        |
| 13  | Haryana            | 328                        | 3                          | 499                        | 1                          | 0                          | 0                          | 44                         | 875                        |
| 14  | Uttarakhand        | 1672                       | 69                         | 75                         | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 134                        | 1950                       |
| 15  | Andhra Pradesh     | 1036                       | 12                         | 1                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 51                         | 1100                       |
| 16  | Delhi              | 976                        | 9                          | 201                        | 3                          | 0                          | 6                          | 105                        | 1300                       |
| 17  | Odisha             | 160                        | 164                        | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 26                         | 350                        |
| 18  | Kerala             | 174                        | 400                        | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 26                         | 600                        |
| 19  | Telangana          | 392                        | 5                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 28                         | 425                        |
| 20  | Chhattisgarh       | 437                        | 104                        | 3                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 6                          | 550                        |
| 21  | Nagaland Arunachal | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          |
| 22  | Pradesh            | 0                          | 50                         | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 50                         |
| 23  | Gujarat Himachal   | 244                        | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 27                         | 29                         | 300                        |
| 24  | Pradesh            | 81                         | 0                          | 29                         | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 15                         | 125                        |
| 25  | Meghalaya          | 0                          | 125                        | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 125                        |
| 26  | Sikkim             | 1                          | 0                          | 1                          | 173                        | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 175                        |
|     | Total              | 71272                      | 1665                       | 2199                       | 876                        | 1                          | 666                        | 2351                       | 79030                      |

## Annexure referred  in reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred

## Annexure II Question No. 2904 for answer on 05.12.2019

State-wise details of PIAs empanelled under Nai Roshni Scheme

| S.No.   | State             |   No.of PIAs |
|---------|-------------------|--------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    |           11 |
| 2       | Karnataka         |           14 |
| 3       | Telangana         |            3 |
| 4       | Tamil Nadu        |           10 |
| 5       | Haryana           |            7 |
| 6       | Delhi             |            9 |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh      |            4 |
| 8       | Gujarat           |            3 |
| 9       | Kerala            |            6 |
| 10      | Maharashtra       |           15 |
| 11      | Punjab            |           11 |
| 12      | Himachal Pradesh  |            1 |
| 13      | Uttarakhand       |           15 |
| 14      | Jammu & Kashmir   |           14 |
| 15      | Bihar             |           12 |
| 16      | Jharkhand         |           10 |
| 17      | West Bengal       |           14 |
| 18      | Odisha            |            7 |
| 19      | Assam             |           31 |
| 20      | Arunachal Pradesh |            2 |
| 21      | Meghalaya         |            1 |
| 22      | Nagaland          |            3 |
| 23      | Sikkim            |            1 |
| 24      | Manipur           |            2 |
| 25      | Rajasthan         |           24 |
| 26      | Uttar Pradesh     |          331 |
| 27      | Madhya Pradesh    |           78 |
|         | Total             |          639 |