Lok Sabha Question No. 21 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-24
Subject: Population of Minorities
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: JAYSHREEBEN  PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 21 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.2.2016

## POPULATION OF MINORITIES

## 21.  SHRIMATI JAYSHREEBEN PATEL:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of minority youths to whom employment has been provided during the last three years; and
- (b) the scheme formulated for the minorities under the skill development?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)

(a) to (b): The Ministry of Minority Affairs implements 'Seekho aur Kamao', a placement linked skill  development  scheme  for  minorities  since  2013-14.  Under  the  scheme,  minority  youth  are provided  skill  development  trainings  on  Modular  Employable  Skillswhich  can  earn  them  suitable employment  or  make  them  suitably  skilled  to  go  for  self-employment.  The  scheme  ensures placements of minimum 75% trainees, out of which at least 50% placement is in organized sector. As per  information  received  from  Project  Implementing  Agencies  (PIAs),  the  number  of  trainees trained and placed under 'Seekho aur Kamao' is as under:

| Year                     |   No. of trainees sanctioned | No. of trainees trained   | No. of trainees placed/ employed   |
|--------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------------|
| 2013-14                  |                        20164 | 19524                     | 15247                              |
| 2014-15                  |                        20720 | 20686                     | 15464                              |
| 2015-16(As on 31.1.2016) |                        92330 | -                         | -                                  |

Further, Ministry established Maulana Azad National Academy for Skills (MANAS) on 11/11/2014 as a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV)  for providing an integrated institutional arrangement, to meet all skill development /skill upgradation needs of the minority  communities and  provide  sustainable  livelihood  options  in  terms  of  self-employment  /wage  employment opportunities with primary focus of self-employment with credit linkages. The number of minority youth provided employment is as under:

| Year    |   Self Employed |   Wage Employed |   Total Employed |
|---------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
| 2014-15 |            2556 |            2561 |             5117 |
| 2015-16 |            2137 |            1149 |             3286 |

In addition to above, Ministry has also launched two new schemes for skill development during 2015-16 as follows:

- (i) The scheme of'USTTAD (Upgrading the Skills and Training in Traditional Arts/ Crafts for  Development)'  whichaims  at  setting  standards,  building  capacity  and  updating  the traditional skills of master craftsmen and artisans.
- (ii) The  scheme  of  'Nai  Manzil'is  an  integrated  educational  and  livelihood  initiative  and aims  for  the  benefit  of  the  minority  youth  who  do  not  have  a  formal  school  leaving certificate, i.e., those in  the category of school-dropouts or educated in the community education institutions like the Madarsas ,  with  a  view to educate them along with skills and enable them to seek better employment.