Lok Sabha Question No. 2678 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-05
Subject: Higher Skill based Education for Women
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RADHESHYAM BISWAS

**GOVERNMENT OF INDIA**

**MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT**

**DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION**

**LOK SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2678**

**TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.08.2015**

**Higher Skill based Education for Women**

| 2678. SHRI RADHESHYAM BISWAS:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                            |
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| **Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                            |
| (a)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | whether the Government has any plan to provide higher skill based education only for women and if so, the details thereof; |
| (b)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | the present facilities provided to the women for higher education by the Government;                                       |
| (c)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | whether female educated candidates were not getting employment facilities in comparison with the male candidates; and      |
| (d)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | if so, the details thereof?                                                                                                |
| ### ANSWER  MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT  **(SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                            |
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| ### 1 & (b) :    The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) is committed to promote higher skill based education for women. Towards this, the following facilities are being provided to the women students:  ###   ### 2 Women Hostel  1. Women Study Centres 2. Capacity building of women managers 3. Indira Gandhi Single Girl Child PG Scholarship 4. Post-Doctoral Fellowship for Women 5. Pragati Scheme for single Girl Child for providing financial   assistance to promote participation in Technical Education.  ### |                                                                                                                            |
| ### 3 & (d): MHRD has no information in this regard.  ###   *****                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |                                                                                                                            |