Lok Sabha Question No. 2647 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-16
Subject: Skill Development Scheme for Minority Women
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Poonam (Mahajan) Vajendla Rao, Ramya  Haridas

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2647

ANSWERED ON 16.03.2023

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT SCHEME FOR MINORITY WOMEN

## 2647. SMT. POONAM MAHAJAN : MS. RAMYA HARIDAS:

Will the Minister of Minority Affairsbe pleased to state:

- (a) whether  there  has  been  any  assessment  of  the  skill  development  scheme  for minority women by the Government;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the achievements made under the said scheme in the country during each of the last five years and the current year;
- (d) whether the said scheme were able to achieve the expected results/ success;
- (e) if so, the success rate of the scheme in terms of percentage; and
- (f) the  number  of  minority  women  made  skilled  in  order  to  make  this  scheme successful during the current year and the number of women likely to become skilled next year?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a)  and  (b):  The  Government  has  implemented  various  schemes  for  the  welfare  and upliftment of every strata, including minorities, especially the economically weaker and lesser  privileged  sections  of  the  society,  through  various  schemes  of  the  Ministry  of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Ministry of Textiles, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Women and Child Development and Ministry of Rural Development.

The  Ministry  of  Minority  Affairs  (MoMA)  specifically  implemented  various  skill development schemes namely 'Seekho Aur Kamao', 'USTTAD' and  'Nai Manzil' for six  notified  minority  communities in  which minimum 30% seats were earmarked for female  trainees.  Besides,  a  scheme  namely  'Nai  Roshni'  was  also  implemented  for leadership development of minority women that aimed at empowering women through leadership training on various topics.

All  the  above  mentioned  schemes  have  been evaluated  and  assessed  by  independent agencies during 2020-2021 as per details given below:

| Scheme Name      | Impact Evaluation Agency                                  |   Year |
|------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|--------|
| Seekho Aur Kamao | Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon           |   2020 |
| USTTAD           | Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon           |   2021 |
| Nai Manzil       | Mott MacDonald                                            |   2021 |
| Nai Roshni       | Centre for Market Research and Social Development (CMRSD) |   2021 |

- (c) to (f): Total 5.41 lakh beneficiaries have been trained under these schemes including 3.45 lakh women beneficiaries during the last five years.

All  the  above  mentioned  schemes  have  been  converged  into  an  integrated  scheme called 'Pradhan Mantri Virasat Ka Samvardhan (PM VIKAS)'. PM VIKAS scheme has four components:

- (i) Skilling and Training (33 % seats for minority women);
- (ii) Leadership and Entrepreneurship (100% for minority women);
- (iii) Education (50% seats for minority women); and
- (iv) Infrastructure Development

No allocations have yet been made in the current financial year under PM VIKAS.

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