Lok Sabha Question No. 615 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-26
Subject: Skill Development Programme for Widows
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: CHANDRAKANT RAGHUNATH PATIL

## Government of India Ministry of Women and Child Development

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 615

TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.02.2016

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FOR WIDOWS

## 615.  SHRI C.R. PATIL :

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state :

- (a) the number of widows who are getting benefits/ proposed to be given the benefit under the Skill Development Programme;
- (b) whether the branches for the skill development programme have started their works, State/ UT-wise; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SMT. MANEKA SANJAY GANDHI)

- (a) to  (c)  :  The  Ministry  has  been  administering  'Support  to  Training  and  Employment Programme for Women (STEP) Scheme' since 1986-87 as a 'Central  Sector  Scheme'. The STEP Scheme aims to provide skills that give employability to women and to provide competencies and skill that enable women to become self-employed/ entrepreneurs. The Scheme is intended to benefit women who are in the age group of 16 years and above across the country including widows.

Since this is a demand driven programme,proposals under this scheme are submitted by eligible  institutions/  organizations  including  NGOs  and  the  grant-in-aid  is  given  to  them directly, not to the State/ UT.

State/ UT-wise number of beneficiaries covered under the Scheme during the last three years and current year is at Annexure-I.

The State/UT-wise number of projects sanctioned during the last 3 years and current year is at Annexure-II.

## Statement referred to in reply to Lok Sabha UnstarredQ.No. 615 to be answered on 26.02.2016 regarding Support to Training and Employment Programme

State/  UT-wise  number  of  beneficiaries  covered  during  the  last  three  years  and  current  year  (upto 15.02.2016)

|        |                      | Beneficiaries covered   | Beneficiaries covered   | Beneficiaries covered   | Beneficiaries covered   |
|--------|----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| S. No. | STATES               | 2012-13                 | 2013-14                 | 2014-15                 | 2015-16                 |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh       | 151                     | 2100                    | 800                     | 2000                    |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh    | -                       | 50                      | -                       | 250                     |
| 3      | Assam                | 139                     | 754                     | 50                      | 250                     |
| 4      | Bihar                | -                       | -                       | -                       | -                       |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh         | -                       | -                       | -                       | -                       |
| 6      | Gujarat              | -                       | -                       | -                       | -                       |
| 7      | Himachal Pradesh     | -                       | -                       | -                       | -                       |
| 8      | Haryana              | 166                     | -                       | -                       | -                       |
| 9      | Jammu & Kashmir      | 922                     | 2800                    | 5500                    | -                       |
| 10     | Jharkhand            | -                       | -                       | -                       | -                       |
| 11     | Kerala               | 2171                    | -                       | 770                     | -                       |
| 12     | Karnataka            | 12769                   | 17076                   | 6666                    | 5898                    |
| 13     | Madhya Pradesh       | 110                     | 1400                    | 520                     | 725                     |
| 14     | Maharashtra          | 641                     | -                       | 3609                    | 125                     |
| 15     | Manipur              | 1709                    | 536                     | 1505                    | 1600                    |
| 16     | Meghalaya            | -                       | -                       | -                       | -                       |
| 17     | Mizoram              | -                       | -                       | -                       | -                       |
| 18     | Nagaland             | 2763                    | 300                     | 563                     | -                       |
| 19     | Orissa               | 500                     | -                       | 250                     | -                       |
| 20     | Punjab               | -                       | 3537                    | 5000                    | -                       |
| 21     | Rajasthan            | -                       | -                       | 250                     | -                       |
| 22     | Sikkim               | -                       | -                       | -                       | -                       |
| 23     | Tamil Nadu           | -                       | -                       | -                       | -                       |
| 24     | Tripura              | -                       | -                       | -                       | -                       |
| 25     | Uttaranchal          | 1152                    | 2125                    | 3180                    | -                       |
| 26     | Uttar Pradesh        | 7150                    | 200                     | 1810                    | 760                     |
| 27     | West Bengal          | 138                     | 600                     | 480                     | -                       |
| 28     | Delhi                | -                       | -                       | -                       | -                       |
| 29     | For evaluation study | -                       | -                       | -                       | -                       |
|        | Total                | 30481                   | 31478                   | 30953                   | 11608                   |

## Annexure-II

## Statement referred to in reply to Lok Sabha UnstarredQ.No. 615 to be answered on 26.02.2016 regarding Support to Training and Employment Programme

State/  UT-wise  number  of  projects  sanctioned  during  the  last  three  years  and  current  year  (upto 15.02.2016)

| S. No.   | STATES            | Number of projects sanctioned   | Number of projects sanctioned   | Number of projects sanctioned   | Number of projects sanctioned   |
|----------|-------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| S. No.   | STATES            | 2012-13                         | 2013-14                         | 2014-15                         | 2015-16                         |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 1                               | 1                               | -                               | 2                               |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 2                               | -                               | -                               | -                               |
| 3        | Assam             | 1                               | 1                               | 2                               | -                               |
| 4        | Bihar             | -                               | -                               | -                               | 8                               |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | -                               | -                               | -                               | 3                               |
| 6        | Haryana           | -                               | -                               | -                               | 3                               |
| 7        | Jammu & Kashmir   | 1                               | -                               | -                               | 3                               |
| 8        | Jharkhand         | -                               | -                               | -                               | 2                               |
| 9        | Kerala            | 1                               | -                               | -                               | 2                               |
| 10       | Karnataka         | -                               | 2                               | 1                               | 3                               |
| 11       | Madhya Pradesh    | -                               | 2                               | 2                               | 5                               |
| 12       | Maharashtra       | -                               | 2                               | -                               | 5                               |
| 13       | Manipur           | 4                               | 2                               | 12                              | -                               |
| 14       | Mizoram           | -                               | -                               | 1                               | -                               |
| 15       | Nagaland          | 1                               | 1                               | 1                               | -                               |
| 16       | Orissa            | -                               | -                               | -                               | 4                               |
| 17       | Rajasthan         | -                               | -                               | 3                               | 4                               |
| 18       | Tamil Nadu        | -                               | -                               | -                               | 3                               |
| 19       | Uttaranchal       | 1                               | -                               | -                               | 6                               |
| 20       | Uttar Pradesh     | 2                               | 3                               | 1                               | 30                              |
| 21       | Delhi             | -                               | -                               | -                               | 4                               |
|          | Total             | 14                              | 14                              | 23                              | 87                              |

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