Lok Sabha Question No. 1432 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-04
Subject: Employment Opportunities for Minorities
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, Dr. Kirsan Namdeo

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR MINORITIES

## 1432. DR.KIRSAN NAMDEO:

## SHRI RAMVIR SINGH BIDHURI:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  any  scheme  has  been  launched  by  the  Government  to  increase  the  employment opportunities for the minority communities;

(b)  if  so,  the  details  of  the  people  belonging  to  minority  communities  employed  across  the various sectors, State-wise, area-wise and Religion-wise; and

(c) the details of the number of students belonging to minority communities who have received scholarships from the Government during the last five years, State-wise including Maharashtra?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

(a)&  (b)  Pradhan  Mantri  Virasat  Ka  Samvardhan  (PM  VIKAS)  is  a  flagship  Scheme  of  the Ministry of Minority Affairs (MoMA) which converges five erstwhile schemes and focuses on upliftment of minorities through skill development; entrepreneurship and leadership of minority women; and education support for school dropouts. Skill training were provided to youth from minority  communities to increase  employment and livelihood opportunities under the 'Seekho Aur Kamao', 'Nai Manzil', and 'USTTAD' schemes, which have now been converged into PM VIKAS scheme. A brief of these schemes along with achievements made therein is as under:

i)  Seekho  aur  Kamao  (SAK)  scheme ,  started  in  2013-14,  targeted  to  upgrade  the  skills  of minority  youth  (14-45  years)  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 self-employment. Since inception, about 4.68  lakh  beneficiaries  have  been  trained,  and  as  reported  on  scheme  portal  2.90  lakh beneficiaries have been placed under the scheme. However, details of people employed across sectors, State-wise, area-wise and religion-wise not maintained.

ii)  Nai  Manzil  scheme started in 2015, and was implemented with an objective to benefit the minority  youth  who  do  not  have  formal  school  leaving  certificate.  The  scheme  provided  a combination of formal education (Class VIII or X) and skills and enabled the beneficiaries to seek better employment and livelihoods. Since inception, 98,712 beneficiaries have been trained, and  as  reported  on  scheme  portal  58,168  beneficiaries  have  been  placed  under  the  scheme. However, details of people employed across sectors, State-wise, area-wise and religion-wise not maintained.

iii)  USTTAD  scheme started  in  2015  and  targeted  capacity  building  and  upgrading  of  the traditional skills of master craftsmen/ artisans. Since inception, about 21,611 beneficiaries have been trained and placed/self employed/organised into Self Help Groups under the scheme.

(c)    State-wise  number  of  students  belonging  to  minority  communities  who  have  received scholarships  under  the  03  scholarship  schemes  of  the  Ministry  viz.  (i)  Pre-Matric,  (ii)  PostMatric and (iii) Merit-cum-Means during the last five years (i.e., 2018-19 to 2022-23), are placed at Annexure.

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## Annexure

| I.    | Number of Scholarships sanctioned under the Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme forAY2018-19   | Number of Scholarships sanctioned under the Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme forAY2018-19   | Number of Scholarships sanctioned under the Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme forAY2018-19   | Number of Scholarships sanctioned under the Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme forAY2018-19   | Number of Scholarships sanctioned under the Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme forAY2018-19   | Number of Scholarships sanctioned under the Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme forAY2018-19   |
|-------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No. | States/ UTs                                                                              | 2018-19                                                                                  | to 2022-23 2019-20                                                                       | 2020-21                                                                                  | 2021-22                                                                                  | 2022-23*                                                                                 |
| 1     | Andaman and Nicobar                                                                      | 56                                                                                       | 107                                                                                      | 2796                                                                                     | 3272                                                                                     | 97                                                                                       |
| 2     | Andhra Pradesh                                                                           | 129589                                                                                   | 161555                                                                                   | 152714                                                                                   | 175563                                                                                   | 8573                                                                                     |
| 3     | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                        | 0                                                                                        | 0                                                                                        | 0                                                                                        | 0                                                                                        | 0                                                                                        |
| 4     | Assam                                                                                    | 116564                                                                                   | 290719                                                                                   | 250267                                                                                   | 235337                                                                                   | 4706                                                                                     |
| 5     | Bihar                                                                                    | 222209                                                                                   | 245662                                                                                   | 134270                                                                                   | 175287                                                                                   | 3001                                                                                     |
| 6     | Chandigarh                                                                               | 1342                                                                                     | 1461                                                                                     | 1913                                                                                     | 1783                                                                                     | 44                                                                                       |
| 7     | Chhattisgarh                                                                             | 5595                                                                                     | 4839                                                                                     | 4308                                                                                     | 4453                                                                                     | 412                                                                                      |
| 8     | Delhi                                                                                    | 2216                                                                                     | 4928                                                                                     | 8328                                                                                     | 12302                                                                                    | 546                                                                                      |
| 9     | Goa                                                                                      | 349                                                                                      | 497                                                                                      | 772                                                                                      | 1111                                                                                     | 77                                                                                       |
| 10    | Gujarat                                                                                  | 128432                                                                                   | 134907                                                                                   | 102873                                                                                   | 89543                                                                                    | 2796                                                                                     |
| 11    | Haryana                                                                                  | 6259                                                                                     | 8860                                                                                     | 9396                                                                                     | 25011                                                                                    | 994                                                                                      |
| 12    | Himachal Pradesh                                                                         | 1541                                                                                     | 2056                                                                                     | 1985                                                                                     | 1790                                                                                     | 193                                                                                      |
| 13    | Jammu And Kashmir                                                                        | 155312                                                                                   | 523653                                                                                   | 466290                                                                                   | 389132                                                                                   | 8402                                                                                     |
| 14    | Jharkhand                                                                                | 50466                                                                                    | 84133                                                                                    | 14332                                                                                    | 14146                                                                                    | 683                                                                                      |
| 15    | Karnataka                                                                                | 433314                                                                                   | 507463                                                                                   | 517527                                                                                   | 566291                                                                                   | 47922                                                                                    |
| 16    | Kerala                                                                                   | 573776                                                                                   | 593531                                                                                   | 599692                                                                                   | 634299                                                                                   | 52879                                                                                    |
| 17    | Ladakh                                                                                   | 0                                                                                        | 0                                                                                        | 14862                                                                                    | 11884                                                                                    | 292                                                                                      |
| 18    | Lakshadweep                                                                              | 0                                                                                        | 0                                                                                        | 0                                                                                        | 0                                                                                        | 0                                                                                        |
| 19    | Madhya Pradesh                                                                           | 108841                                                                                   | 137269                                                                                   | 113780                                                                                   | 139638                                                                                   | 8573                                                                                     |
| 20    | Maharashtra                                                                              | 688310                                                                                   | 744273                                                                                   | 734816                                                                                   | 802121                                                                                   | 35502                                                                                    |
| 21    | Manipur                                                                                  | 14882                                                                                    | 44390                                                                                    | 47526                                                                                    | 52432                                                                                    | 4275                                                                                     |
| 22    | Meghalaya                                                                                | 5392                                                                                     | 9865                                                                                     | 14630                                                                                    | 15462                                                                                    | 613                                                                                      |
| 23    | Mizoram                                                                                  | 42696                                                                                    | 52652                                                                                    | 53129                                                                                    | 60784                                                                                    | 1236                                                                                     |
| 24    | Nagaland                                                                                 | 28156                                                                                    | 53156                                                                                    | 69053                                                                                    | 77882                                                                                    | 4551                                                                                     |
| 25    | Odisha                                                                                   | 10611                                                                                    | 12934                                                                                    | 17470                                                                                    | 25620                                                                                    | 700                                                                                      |
| 26    | Puducherry                                                                               | 2331                                                                                     | 3223                                                                                     | 3963                                                                                     | 4318                                                                                     | 319                                                                                      |
| 27    | Punjab                                                                                   | 409392                                                                                   | 468622                                                                                   | 447136                                                                                   | 503179                                                                                   | 15748                                                                                    |
| 28    | Rajasthan                                                                                | 135980                                                                                   | 165049                                                                                   | 146296                                                                                   | 188827                                                                                   | 14881                                                                                    |
| 29    | Sikkim                                                                                   | 392                                                                                      | 716                                                                                      | 102                                                                                      | 513                                                                                      | 22                                                                                       |
| 30    | Tamil Nadu                                                                               | 325580                                                                                   | 376543                                                                                   | 381455                                                                                   | 448485                                                                                   | 49824                                                                                    |
| 31    | Telangana                                                                                | 169146                                                                                   | 171908                                                                                   | 156037                                                                                   | 177571                                                                                   | 9453                                                                                     |
| 32    | The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu                                             | 134                                                                                      | 468                                                                                      | 275                                                                                      | 318                                                                                      | 9                                                                                        |
| 33    | Tripura                                                                                  | 3283                                                                                     | 3525                                                                                     | 5723                                                                                     | 7109                                                                                     | 391                                                                                      |
| 34    | Uttar Pradesh                                                                            | 691804                                                                                   | 727980                                                                                   | 747354                                                                                   | 842938                                                                                   | 40303                                                                                    |
| 35    | Uttarakhand                                                                              | 21275                                                                                    | 30197                                                                                    | 18621                                                                                    | 21812                                                                                    | 556                                                                                      |
| 36    | West Bengal                                                                              | 1206629                                                                                  | 884                                                                                      | 273                                                                                      | 576                                                                                      | 3                                                                                        |
|       | Total                                                                                    | 5691854                                                                                  | 5568025                                                                                  | 5239964                                                                                  | 5710789                                                                                  | 318576                                                                                   |

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| II.                            | Number of Scholarships sanctioned under the Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme forAY2018-   | Number of Scholarships sanctioned under the Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme forAY2018-   | Number of Scholarships sanctioned under the Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme forAY2018-   | Number of Scholarships sanctioned under the Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme forAY2018-   | Number of Scholarships sanctioned under the Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme forAY2018-   | Number of Scholarships sanctioned under the Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme forAY2018-   |
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No.                          | States/ UTs                                                                             | 2018-19                                                                                 | 2019-20                                                                                 | 2020-21                                                                                 | 2021-22                                                                                 | 2022-23*                                                                                |
| 1                              | Andaman And Nicobar                                                                     | 18                                                                                      | 9                                                                                       | 278                                                                                     | 295                                                                                     | 44                                                                                      |
| 2                              | Andhra Pradesh                                                                          | 13292                                                                                   | 15408                                                                                   | 12661                                                                                   | 15216                                                                                   | 3159                                                                                    |
| 3                              | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                       | 0                                                                                       | 0                                                                                       | 0                                                                                       | 0                                                                                       | 0                                                                                       |
| 4                              | Assam                                                                                   | 27856                                                                                   | 38531                                                                                   | 30456                                                                                   | 49106                                                                                   | 254                                                                                     |
| 5                              | Bihar                                                                                   | 49333                                                                                   | 48456                                                                                   | 43512                                                                                   | 19642                                                                                   | 1455                                                                                    |
| 6                              | Chandigarh                                                                              | 115                                                                                     | 154                                                                                     | 123                                                                                     | 117                                                                                     | 6                                                                                       |
| 7                              | Chhattisgarh                                                                            | 2114                                                                                    | 2202                                                                                    | 2198                                                                                    | 2744                                                                                    | 786                                                                                     |
| 8                              | Delhi                                                                                   | 2063                                                                                    | 2261                                                                                    | 3518                                                                                    | 2908                                                                                    | 372                                                                                     |
| 9                              | Goa                                                                                     | 140                                                                                     | 218                                                                                     | 349                                                                                     | 458                                                                                     | 84                                                                                      |
| 10                             | Gujarat                                                                                 | 20652                                                                                   | 23445                                                                                   | 21289                                                                                   | 23519                                                                                   | 4353                                                                                    |
| 11                             | Haryana                                                                                 | 3792                                                                                    | 4703                                                                                    | 5194                                                                                    | 7824                                                                                    | 1206                                                                                    |
| 12                             | Himachal Pradesh                                                                        | 430                                                                                     | 534                                                                                     | 500                                                                                     | 637                                                                                     | 157                                                                                     |
| 13                             | Jammu And Kashmir                                                                       | 28536                                                                                   | 111052                                                                                  | 53725                                                                                   | 47574                                                                                   | 5722                                                                                    |
| 14                             | Jharkhand                                                                               | 12616                                                                                   | 13182                                                                                   | 5918                                                                                    | 5494                                                                                    | 761                                                                                     |
| 15                             | Karnataka                                                                               | 48924                                                                                   | 74944                                                                                   | 55081                                                                                   | 73830                                                                                   | 17262                                                                                   |
| 16                             | Kerala                                                                                  | 65875                                                                                   | 65635                                                                                   | 67583                                                                                   | 74271                                                                                   | 15787                                                                                   |
| 17                             | Ladakh                                                                                  | 0                                                                                       | 0                                                                                       | 1593                                                                                    | 905                                                                                     | 63                                                                                      |
| 18                             | Lakshadweep                                                                             | 0                                                                                       | 0                                                                                       | 0                                                                                       | 0                                                                                       | 0                                                                                       |
| 19                             | Madhya Pradesh                                                                          | 18536                                                                                   | 22038                                                                                   | 20430                                                                                   | 23622                                                                                   | 5255                                                                                    |
| 20                             | Maharashtra                                                                             | 48332                                                                                   | 48331                                                                                   | 47333                                                                                   | 42110                                                                                   | 7137                                                                                    |
| 21                             | Manipur                                                                                 | 3860                                                                                    | 5599                                                                                    | 4497                                                                                    | 4629                                                                                    | 701                                                                                     |
| 22                             | Meghalaya                                                                               | 6563                                                                                    | 7533                                                                                    | 7254                                                                                    | 5306                                                                                    | 614                                                                                     |
| 23                             | Mizoram                                                                                 | 1300                                                                                    | 1309                                                                                    | 1144                                                                                    | 1702                                                                                    | 192                                                                                     |
| 24                             | Nagaland                                                                                | 4360                                                                                    | 5332                                                                                    | 6029                                                                                    | 6421                                                                                    | 1272                                                                                    |
| 25                             | Odisha                                                                                  | 2134                                                                                    | 2738                                                                                    | 3146                                                                                    | 4030                                                                                    | 779                                                                                     |
| 26                             | Puducherry                                                                              | 516                                                                                     | 572                                                                                     | 596                                                                                     | 629                                                                                     | 115                                                                                     |
| 27                             | Punjab                                                                                  | 55829                                                                                   | 56646                                                                                   | 53450                                                                                   | 55430                                                                                   | 7570                                                                                    |
| 28                             | Rajasthan                                                                               | 24437                                                                                   | 27933                                                                                   | 27404                                                                                   | 30012                                                                                   | 7256                                                                                    |
| 29                             | Sikkim                                                                                  | 104                                                                                     | 52                                                                                      | 85                                                                                      | 289                                                                                     | 35                                                                                      |
| 30                             | Tamil Nadu                                                                              | 36628                                                                                   | 43241                                                                                   | 44319                                                                                   | 52409                                                                                   | 14056                                                                                   |
| 31                             | Telangana                                                                               | 15597                                                                                   | 17393                                                                                   | 18372                                                                                   | 20843                                                                                   | 1736                                                                                    |
| 32                             | The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu                                            | 59                                                                                      | 81                                                                                      | 57                                                                                      | 78                                                                                      | 12                                                                                      |
| 33                             | Tripura                                                                                 | 1164                                                                                    | 1067                                                                                    | 1004                                                                                    | 1766                                                                                    | 226                                                                                     |
| 34                             | Uttar Pradesh                                                                           | 86303                                                                                   | 94291                                                                                   | 4646                                                                                    | 134433                                                                                  | 24639                                                                                   |
| 35                             | Uttarakhand                                                                             | 2830                                                                                    | 4521                                                                                    | 114388                                                                                  | 5296                                                                                    | 729                                                                                     |
| 36                             | West Bengal                                                                             | 99957                                                                                   | 3730                                                                                    | 5184                                                                                    | 6548                                                                                    | 812                                                                                     |
| Total 2022-23 data provisional | Total 2022-23 data provisional                                                          | 684265                                                                                  | 743141                                                                                  | 663316                                                                                  | 720093                                                                                  | 124607                                                                                  |

| S.No.    | Number of Scholarships sanctioned            |   AY2018-19 2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23* |
|----------|----------------------------------------------|---------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
| 1        | States/ UTs Andaman And Nicobar              |                   2 |         3 |         4 |         3 |          1 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                               |                2599 |      3476 |      1808 |      2118 |        957 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                            |                   0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |          0 |
| 4        | Assam                                        |                4437 |      6158 |      7216 |      9287 |       1263 |
| 5        | Bihar                                        |               11144 |      6985 |      7933 |      6733 |       2876 |
| 6        | Chandigarh                                   |                   8 |         2 |         6 |         7 |          5 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                                 |                 421 |       432 |       441 |       516 |        265 |
| 8        | Delhi                                        |                 459 |       384 |       376 |       295 |        111 |
| 9        | Goa                                          |                  76 |        76 |       116 |        50 |         25 |
| 10       | Gujarat                                      |                3437 |      3037 |      2722 |      2731 |       1006 |
| 11       | Haryana                                      |                 821 |       821 |       772 |      1029 |        516 |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh                             |                  48 |        30 |        32 |        51 |         20 |
| 13       | Jammu And Kashmir                            |                5794 |      7702 |      8898 |      9392 |       2837 |
| 14       | Jharkhand                                    |                1264 |      1501 |       232 |       685 |        263 |
| 15       | Karnataka                                    |               15979 |     20779 |     22510 |     22161 |       9727 |
| 16       | Kerala                                       |               22038 |     26205 |     29630 |     32790 |      19890 |
| 17       | Ladakh                                       |                   0 |         0 |       130 |        81 |          9 |
| 18       | Lakshadweep                                  |                   0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |          0 |
| 19       | Madhya Pradesh                               |                2154 |      2448 |      2216 |      2530 |       1263 |
| 20       | Maharashtra                                  |                4336 |      2814 |         4 |         3 |          1 |
| 21       | Manipur                                      |                 364 |       348 |      1808 |      2118 |        957 |
| 22       | Meghalaya                                    |                1182 |      1322 |         0 |         0 |          0 |
| 23       | Mizoram                                      |                 543 |      1115 |      7216 |      9287 |       1263 |
| 24       | Nagaland                                     |                1186 |      1193 |      7933 |      6733 |       2876 |
| 25       | Odisha                                       |                 537 |       436 |         6 |         7 |          5 |
| 26       | Puducherry                                   |                  57 |        62 |       441 |       516 |        265 |
| 27       | Punjab                                       |                3273 |      2410 |       376 |       295 |        111 |
| 28       | Rajasthan                                    |                3555 |      3241 |       116 |        50 |         25 |
| 29       | Sikkim                                       |                  21 |        18 |      2722 |      2731 |       1006 |
| 30       | Tamil Nadu                                   |                5475 |      5685 |       772 |      1029 |        516 |
| 31       | Telangana                                    |                2854 |      3311 |        32 |        51 |         20 |
| 32       | The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |                   1 |         5 |      8898 |      9392 |       2837 |
| 33       | Tripura                                      |                 125 |       125 |       232 |       685 |        263 |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh                                |                9901 |      9901 |     22510 |     22161 |       9727 |
| 35       | Uttarakhand                                  |                 526 |       526 |     29630 |     32790 |      19890 |
| 36       | West Bengal                                  |               13154 |     13154 |       130 |        81 |          9 |
| Total AY | 2022-23 data provisional                     |              117771 |    118359 |    120371 |    131810 |      58430 |