Lok Sabha Question No. 1586 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-19
Subject: Minority Welfare Schemes
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: SHOBHA KARANDLAJE, PRATHAP SIMHA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1586 ANSWERED ON 19.12.2018

## MINORITY WELFARE SCHEMES

## 1586.   KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE: SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of Physical and Financial Achievements of Upgrading the Skills and Training in Traditional Arts/ Crafts for Development (USTTAD) and NAI ROSHNI Schemes for the last four years and the current financial year;
- (b) the number of Minority Youths placed after participating in SEEKHO AUR KAMAO (Learn and Earn) during the last five years;
- (c) whether  SEEKHO  AUR  KAMAO  ensures  placements  of  minimum  75% trainees, out of which at least 50% placement is in organized sector and if  so,  the  number  of  minority  youths  provided  employment  during  the last three years, State-wise; and
- (d)   the details of recruitment of people from minority communities by various Ministries/Departments, PSUs and PSBs, during the last five years?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): The details of physical and financial achievements under the schemes of USTTAD and Nai Roshni during last four years and current year are as follows:
- (i)  Upgrading  the  Skills  and  Training  in  Traditional  Arts/  Crafts  for Development  (USTTAD): an  amount  of  Rs.  69.19  crore  has  been  released from the year 2014-15 to till date. Total 16,200 trainees have been trained till now under USTTAD scheme. Further, physical  targets  of  2017-18  have  been combined with the physical targets of 2018-19 around 7,300 trainees.
- (ii)  Nai  Roshni  -  the  scheme  for  Leadership  Development  of  Minority Women: An amount of Rs. 70.13 crore has been released for 2,86,500 women candidates from the year 2014-15 to till date.

(b): ' Seekho aur Kamao (Learn & Earn)'- Skill development Initiative for  minorities: 'Seekho aur Kamao (Learn and Earn)' is a placement linked skill  development  scheme,  implemented  by  the  Ministry  of  Minority  Affairs through  selected  Project  Implementing  Agencies  (PIAs)  all  over  the  country. Total  1,17,689  trainees  have  been  placed  during  last  five  years  after  being trained. (c): Yes  Madam,  the  state  wise  trainees  placed  during  last  three  years  is enclosed at Annexure. (d): The Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) is the nodal Department for  collection  of  data  and  other  matters  regarding  recruitment  of  minority communities in the Central Ministries/ Departments, Public Sector Units (PSUs), Public  Sector  Companies  and  Financial  Institutions.  The  consolidated  data  on recruitment  of  the  various  minority  communities  in  respect  of  Government Services and PSUs, collected from various Ministries/Departments by the DoPT during the period 2012-13 to 2015-16, is as under: During 2012-13, 6.91% employees from minority communities were recruited in  Government  services  and  PSUs.  During  2013-14,  7.89%  employees  from minority communities were recruited in Government services and PSUs. For the year 2014-15, 8.56% employees from minority communities were recruited in 79 Ministries/Departments). For the year 2015-16, 7.5% employees from minority per

Government services and PSUs (as per information received from communities were recruited in Government  services and PSUs  (as information received so far from 44 Ministries/Departments only).

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Annexure referred to in part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no. 1586 due for reply on 19.12.2018 regarding 'Minority Welfare Schemes' asked by Kumari Shobha Karandlaje and Shri Prathap Simha

|   S. No. | State             |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh    |      1946 |       483 |        24 |
|        2 | Arunachal Pradesh |       217 |         0 |         0 |
|        3 | Assam             |      3048 |       789 |        70 |
|        4 | Bihar             |      1492 |      1305 |         0 |
|        5 | Chattisgarh       |       607 |       235 |         0 |
|        6 | Delhi             |       322 |       463 |         0 |
|        7 | Gujarat           |      1714 |       390 |         0 |
|        8 | Haryana           |      1411 |       700 |         0 |
|        9 | Himachal Pradesh  |      1011 |       484 |         0 |
|       10 | Jammu and Kashmir |      2479 |      2485 |       327 |
|       11 | Jharkhand         |      1595 |      1738 |         0 |
|       12 | Karnataka         |      1549 |       179 |       143 |
|       13 | Kerala            |       224 |         0 |         0 |
|       14 | Madhya Pradesh    |      3197 |      1099 |       112 |
|       15 | Maharashtra       |      1209 |       804 |      1318 |
|       16 | Manipur           |      1003 |       564 |         0 |
|       17 | Meghalaya         |       378 |       391 |         0 |
|       18 | Mizoram           |       437 |       393 |         0 |
|       19 | Nagaland          |       242 |       395 |         0 |
|       20 | Orissa            |       658 |       494 |         0 |
|       21 | Punjab            |      2112 |      1515 |        32 |
|       22 | Rajasthan         |      2083 |         0 |         0 |
|       23 | Sikkim            |       397 |       387 |         0 |
|       24 | Tamil Nadu        |       803 |         0 |       731 |
|       25 | Telangana         |      1784 |      1716 |         0 |
|       26 | Tripura           |       418 |       283 |         0 |
|       27 | Uttar Pradesh     |      5442 |      3939 |        84 |
|       28 | Uttarakhand       |       358 |      1140 |         0 |
|       29 | West Bengal       |      3806 |      4890 |         0 |