Lok Sabha Question No. 912 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-07
Subject: Coordination Committee for Affirmative Action in the Private Sector
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Alok Kumar Suman

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT FOR PROMOTION OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNAL TRADE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 912. TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 07 TH  FEBRUARY, 2024.

## COORDINATION COMMITTEE FOR AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR

## 912.   DR. ALOK KUMAR SUMAN:

## Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY be pleased to state: वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a) the details about the progress of the Coordination Committee for Affirmative Action in the Private sector since it has been set up by the Government in 2006;
- (b) whether the best course for achieving progress on the issue of affirmative action through voluntary action by the industry has made any achievements in this direction and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Apex  Industry  Associations  have  prepared  Voluntary  Code  of Conduct for their member companies centered around education, employability and entrepreneurship to achieve inclusion; and
- (d) if so, the progress made in this regard?

## ANSWER

## वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्रालय में राज्य मंत्री ( श्री सोम प्रकाश ) THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI SOM PARKASH)

- (a) to (d): The  Coordination Committee for Affirmative Action for    SC/ST  in the Private Sector was set up by the Government in 2006. So far, 9 meetings of Coordination Committee have been held. In the 1st Coordination  Committee  meeting,  it  was  stated  that  the  best course for achieving progress on the issue of affirmative action is through voluntary action by the industry itself. Accordingly, the Apex  Industry  Associations  namely  Confederation  of  Indian Industry (CII), Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) and Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry  (DICCI)  have  prepared  Voluntary  Code  of  Conduct (VCC) for their member companies centered around education, employability and entrepreneurship and employment to achieve inclusion.

Measures undertaken by the members of Industry Associations, inter-alia, include scholarships, vocational training, entrepreneurship development programmes, coaching etc. The last  updated  information  on  Affirmative  Action  for  SC/ST  as received  by  the  apex  Industry  Associations  i.e.  CII,  FICCI,

ASSOCHAM and DICCI, is Annexed.

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ANNEXURE ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  to  (d)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 912 FOR ANSWER ON 07.02.2024. Information  on  Affirmative  Action  for  SC/ST  in  Private  Sector  by  the Industry

Associations i.e CII, FICCI, ASSOCHAM,  and DICCI

|                                            |                                                                  | CII upto 30.06.2023   | FICCI upto 31.03.2023   | ASSOCHAM upto 31.12.2020   | DICCI upto 31.03.2018   |
|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------|
| Total benefits to SC/ST sofar in terms of: | Total benefits to SC/ST sofar in terms of:                       |                       |                         |                            |                         |
| 1.                                         | Scholarships                                                     | 1,73,954              | 1,18,875                | 3,620                      | -                       |
| 2.                                         | Free education to boys and girls                                 | -                     | 47,14,174               | -                          | -                       |
| 3.                                         | Vocational Education and placement (i+ii):                       | 5,77,674              | 15,69,318               | 39,301                     | 1,725                   |
| 3.                                         | (i)No. of persons trained                                        | 3,67,733              | 14,22,474               | 38,531                     | 1,180                   |
| 3.                                         | (ii)Number of person placed after providing vocational education | 2,09,941              | 1,46,844                | 770                        | 545                     |
| 4.                                         | Entrepreneurship Development programme                           | 4,730                 | 2,87,086                | 399                        | 364                     |
| 5.                                         | Coaching                                                         | 26,357                | 13,159                  | -                          | -                       |
| 6.                                         | Actual Employment of SC/ST                                       | 2,28,203              | 17,191                  | -                          | 8,880                   |

Source: Quarterly reports submitted by the Industry Associations.

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