Lok Sabha Question No. 544 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-23
Subject: Seekho aur Kamao (SAK) Scheme
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Bastipati Nagaraju

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.544

ANSWERED ON 23.07.2025

## SEEKHO AUR KAMAO (SAK) SCHEME

## 544. SHRI BASTIPATI NAGARAJU:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  the  total  number  of  beneficiaries  under  the  Seekho  aur  Kamao  (SAK) scheme, State and district-wise particularly for the State of Andhra Pradesh;
- (b) the details of the funds sanctioned and released to the States under the scheme, State and district-wise particularly for the State of Andhra Pradesh;
- (c) the details of the total number of minority girl/women candidates and disabled candidates from minority communities who have availed benefits under the scheme, State-wise;
- (d) whether the Government has any data regarding the skill upgradation programs/activities carried out under the scheme; and
- (e)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  including  the  number  of  people  trained,  State  and  district-wise particularly for the State of Andhra Pradesh?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

(SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

- (a), (b), (d) and (e): Seekho aur Kamao (SAK) scheme, started in 2013-14, was intended to upgrade  the  skills  of  minority  youth  of  14-45  years  of  age,  in  various  modern/  traditional skills  depending  upon  their  qualification,  prevailing  economic  trends,  and  market  potential, that  could  earn  them  suitable  employment  or  make  them  suitably  skilled  to  take  up  selfemployment. Under the scheme, 4.68 lakh beneficiaries were trained since inception, out of which  15,958  were  trained  in  the  state  of  Andhra  Pradesh.The  Ministry  implemented  the scheme as a Central Sector Scheme and thus, district level data is not maintained. Further, since  the  project  is  allocated  to  different  PIAs  (Project  Implementation  agencies),  with different  PIAs  operating  in  different/  multiple  States/  UTs,  state  wise  expenditure  is  not maintained. However, a list of state-wise trained beneficiaries is placed at Annexure.

The scheme, thereafter,  has  been  subsumed  under  a  new  integrated  scheme  called  Pradhan Mantri Virasat Ka Samvardhan (PM VIKAS), which focuses on socio economic empowerment  of  minorities  through  skill  development;  entrepreneurship  and  leadership  of minority women; and education support for school dropouts.

- (c)  Under  the  Seekho  aur  Kamao  scheme,  over  2.69  lakh  women  have  been  trained  since inception.  Further,  as  per  SAK  guidelines,  3%  of  each  project  was  earmarked  for  PwD (Persons  with  Disabilities)  and  the  beneficiaries  were  accordingly  selected  from  the  PwD category.

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## Annexure

| Number of Beneficiaries under SeekhoAurKamao Scheme of the Ministry of Minority Affairs (Since Inception)   | Number of Beneficiaries under SeekhoAurKamao Scheme of the Ministry of Minority Affairs (Since Inception)   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| State/ UT                                                                                                   | Total Beneficiaries under SeekhoaurKamao                                                                    |
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands                                                                                    | -                                                                                                           |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                                                              | 15,958                                                                                                      |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                           | 1,164                                                                                                       |
| Assam                                                                                                       | 20,243                                                                                                      |
| Bihar                                                                                                       | 38,681                                                                                                      |
| Chandigarh                                                                                                  | 226                                                                                                         |
| Chattisgarh                                                                                                 | 3,338                                                                                                       |
| Delhi                                                                                                       | 10,920                                                                                                      |
| Goa                                                                                                         | 480                                                                                                         |
| Gujarat                                                                                                     | 12,701                                                                                                      |
| Haryana                                                                                                     | 13,926                                                                                                      |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                                                            | 3,301                                                                                                       |
| Jammu and Kashmir                                                                                           | 42,372                                                                                                      |
| Jharkhand                                                                                                   | 15,996                                                                                                      |
| Karnataka                                                                                                   | 9,478                                                                                                       |
| Kerala                                                                                                      | 3,348                                                                                                       |
| Ladakh                                                                                                      | 3                                                                                                           |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                                                              | 45,980                                                                                                      |
| Maharashtra                                                                                                 | 15,980                                                                                                      |
| Manipur                                                                                                     | 3,848                                                                                                       |
| Meghalaya                                                                                                   | 2,477                                                                                                       |
| Mizoram                                                                                                     | 1,290                                                                                                       |
| Nagaland                                                                                                    | 1,348                                                                                                       |
| Orissa                                                                                                      | 2,734                                                                                                       |
| Puducherry                                                                                                  | 104                                                                                                         |
| Punjab                                                                                                      | 31,230                                                                                                      |
| Rajasthan                                                                                                   | 15,899                                                                                                      |
| Sikkim                                                                                                      | 1,449                                                                                                       |
| Tamil Nadu                                                                                                  | 3,977                                                                                                       |
| Telangana                                                                                                   | 16,935                                                                                                      |
| The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu                                                                | 2                                                                                                           |
| Tripura                                                                                                     | 2,430                                                                                                       |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                                                               | 92,223                                                                                                      |
| Uttarakhand                                                                                                 | 5,652                                                                                                       |
| West Bengal                                                                                                 | 32,477                                                                                                      |
| Total                                                                                                       | 4,68,170                                                                                                    |