Lok Sabha Question No. 2993 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-11
Subject: Skill and Livelihood Programmes for Minorities in Telangana
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Arvind Dharmapuri

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2993 ANSWERED ON 11.03.2026

## SKILL AND LIVELIHOOD PROGRAMMES FOR MINORITIES IN TELANGANA

2993. SHRI ARVIND DHARMAPURI:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the details of the number of beneficiaries trained and placed under minority livelihood and skill programmes, State-wise including Telangana along with the placement rate and average earnings achieved;

(b) whether long-term tracking exists for job retention compared with earlier years and if so, the details thereof; and

(c) the steps taken by the Government to expand market-linked skilling and credit support for minority youth in Telangana?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

(SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

(a):  The  Ministry  of  Minority Affairs  implements  Pradhan  Mantri  Virasat  Ka  Samvardhan (PM VIKAS) Scheme as a Central Sector scheme which converges five erstwhile schemes viz.  'Seekho Aur Kamao', 'Nai Manzil', 'Nai Roshni' 'USTTAD' and 'Hamari Dharohar'; and  focuses  on  socio-economic  empowerment  of  six  notified  minorities  through  skill development; entrepreneurship and leadership development of minority  women;  and education support for school dropouts. The schemes were implemented across the country, including the state of Telangana, a state-wise breakup of beneficiaries trained and placed in the schemes is placed at Annexure I.

(b)  and  (c):  Under  the  ongoing  PM  VIKAS  Scheme,    the  scheme  guidelines  mandate implementing partners to ensure placement of 75 per cent of total candidates trained under NSQF aligned skill programs. Further, the Project Implementing Agencies are mandated to conduct  Post  Placement  tracking  of  beneficiaries  for  at  least  3  months  after  completion  of training. The scheme implementation has only commenced during the ongoing financial year.

The scheme also provisions to facilitate  credit  linkages  by  connecting  beneficiaries with  schemes  offered  by  the  National  Minorities  Development  &  Finance  Corporation (NMDFC).

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Annexure-I

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2993 regarding Skill and Livelihood Programmes for Minorities in Telangana asked by Shri Arvind Dharmapuri

| Number of Beneficiaries under various Skilling and Training Schemes of the Ministry of Minority Affairs (Since Inception of the respective Schemes)   | Number of Beneficiaries under various Skilling and Training Schemes of the Ministry of Minority Affairs (Since Inception of the respective Schemes)   | Number of Beneficiaries under various Skilling and Training Schemes of the Ministry of Minority Affairs (Since Inception of the respective Schemes)   | Number of Beneficiaries under various Skilling and Training Schemes of the Ministry of Minority Affairs (Since Inception of the respective Schemes)   | Number of Beneficiaries under various Skilling and Training Schemes of the Ministry of Minority Affairs (Since Inception of the respective Schemes)   | Number of Beneficiaries under various Skilling and Training Schemes of the Ministry of Minority Affairs (Since Inception of the respective Schemes)   | Number of Beneficiaries under various Skilling and Training Schemes of the Ministry of Minority Affairs (Since Inception of the respective Schemes)   | Number of Beneficiaries under various Skilling and Training Schemes of the Ministry of Minority Affairs (Since Inception of the respective Schemes)   |
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| State/ UT                                                                                                                                             | SeekhoaurKamao                                                                                                                                        | SeekhoaurKamao                                                                                                                                        | USTTAD                                                                                                                                                | USTTAD                                                                                                                                                | NaiManzil                                                                                                                                             | NaiManzil                                                                                                                                             | PM VIKAS                                                                                                                                              |
| State/ UT                                                                                                                                             | Trained                                                                                                                                               | Placed                                                                                                                                                | Trained                                                                                                                                               | Placed                                                                                                                                                | Trained                                                                                                                                               | Placed                                                                                                                                                | Trained                                                                                                                                               |
| Andaman& Nicobar Islands                                                                                                                              | -                                                                                                                                                     | -                                                                                                                                                     | -                                                                                                                                                     | -                                                                                                                                                     | 413                                                                                                                                                   | 235                                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                                     |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                                        | 15,958                                                                                                                                                | 11,981                                                                                                                                                | 360                                                                                                                                                   | 63                                                                                                                                                    | 826                                                                                                                                                   | 522                                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                                     |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                     | 1,164                                                                                                                                                 | 767                                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                                     | -                                                                                                                                                     | 820                                                                                                                                                   | 240                                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                                     |
| Assam                                                                                                                                                 | 20,243                                                                                                                                                | 14,881                                                                                                                                                | 1,702                                                                                                                                                 | -                                                                                                                                                     | 5,917                                                                                                                                                 | 4,234                                                                                                                                                 | -                                                                                                                                                     |
| Bihar                                                                                                                                                 | 38,681                                                                                                                                                | 13,652                                                                                                                                                | 544                                                                                                                                                   | 2                                                                                                                                                     | 9,220                                                                                                                                                 | 6,308                                                                                                                                                 | -                                                                                                                                                     |
| Chandigarh                                                                                                                                            | 226                                                                                                                                                   | 11                                                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                                                     | -                                                                                                                                                     | -                                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                                       | -                                                                                                                                                     |
| Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                                          | 3,338                                                                                                                                                 | 1,825                                                                                                                                                 | 89                                                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                                                     | 2,039                                                                                                                                                 | 1,350                                                                                                                                                 | -                                                                                                                                                     |
| Delhi                                                                                                                                                 | 10,920                                                                                                                                                | 6,854                                                                                                                                                 | 6                                                                                                                                                     | -                                                                                                                                                     | 3,882                                                                                                                                                 | 1,912                                                                                                                                                 | 450                                                                                                                                                   |
| Goa                                                                                                                                                   | 480                                                                                                                                                   | 450                                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                                     | -                                                                                                                                                     | 413                                                                                                                                                   | 210                                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                                     |
| Gujarat                                                                                                                                               | 12,701                                                                                                                                                | 8,393                                                                                                                                                 | 90                                                                                                                                                    | 69                                                                                                                                                    | 2,957                                                                                                                                                 | 1,655                                                                                                                                                 | -                                                                                                                                                     |
| Haryana                                                                                                                                               | 13,926                                                                                                                                                | 9,387                                                                                                                                                 | 180                                                                                                                                                   | 66                                                                                                                                                    | 3,323                                                                                                                                                 | 2,103                                                                                                                                                 | 30                                                                                                                                                    |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                      | 3,301                                                                                                                                                 | 2,152                                                                                                                                                 | 295                                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                                     | 968                                                                                                                                                   | 589                                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                                     |
| Jammu and Kashmir                                                                                                                                     | 42,372                                                                                                                                                | 26,142                                                                                                                                                | 2,129                                                                                                                                                 | 786                                                                                                                                                   | 7,767                                                                                                                                                 | 3,748                                                                                                                                                 | -                                                                                                                                                     |
| Jharkhand                                                                                                                                             | 15,996                                                                                                                                                | 10,060                                                                                                                                                | 541                                                                                                                                                   | 1                                                                                                                                                     | 6,913                                                                                                                                                 | 5,036                                                                                                                                                 | -                                                                                                                                                     |
| Karnataka                                                                                                                                             | 9,478                                                                                                                                                 | 6,614                                                                                                                                                 | 45                                                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                                                     | 2,368                                                                                                                                                 | 1,682                                                                                                                                                 | -                                                                                                                                                     |
| Kerala                                                                                                                                                | 3,348                                                                                                                                                 | 1,808                                                                                                                                                 | -                                                                                                                                                     | -                                                                                                                                                     | 2,065                                                                                                                                                 | 1,524                                                                                                                                                 | 60                                                                                                                                                    |
| Ladakh                                                                                                                                                | 3                                                                                                                                                     | -                                                                                                                                                     | -                                                                                                                                                     | -                                                                                                                                                     | -                                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                                       | -                                                                                                                                                     |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                                        | 45,980                                                                                                                                                | 31,880                                                                                                                                                | 2,006                                                                                                                                                 | 533                                                                                                                                                   | 3,644                                                                                                                                                 | 2,357                                                                                                                                                 | 76                                                                                                                                                    |
| Maharashtra                                                                                                                                           | 15,980                                                                                                                                                | 10,310                                                                                                                                                | 621                                                                                                                                                   | 90                                                                                                                                                    | 2,604                                                                                                                                                 | 1,681                                                                                                                                                 | -                                                                                                                                                     |
| Manipur                                                                                                                                               | 3,848                                                                                                                                                 | 2,970                                                                                                                                                 | 745                                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                                     | 1,383                                                                                                                                                 | 281                                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                                     |
| Meghalaya                                                                                                                                             | 2,477                                                                                                                                                 | 1,784                                                                                                                                                 | 90                                                                                                                                                    | 73                                                                                                                                                    | 2,353                                                                                                                                                 | 931                                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                                     |
| Mizoram                                                                                                                                               | 1,290                                                                                                                                                 | 976                                                                                                                                                   | 300                                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                                     | -                                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                                       | -                                                                                                                                                     |
| Nagaland                                                                                                                                              | 1,348                                                                                                                                                 | 1,161                                                                                                                                                 | -                                                                                                                                                     | -                                                                                                                                                     | 826                                                                                                                                                   | 107                                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                                     |
| Odisha                                                                                                                                                | 2,734                                                                                                                                                 | 1,796                                                                                                                                                 | -                                                                                                                                                     | -                                                                                                                                                     | 1,240                                                                                                                                                 | 922                                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                                     |
| Puducherry                                                                                                                                            | 104                                                                                                                                                   | 85                                                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                                                     | -                                                                                                                                                     | -                                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                                       | -                                                                                                                                                     |
| Punjab                                                                                                                                                | 31,230                                                                                                                                                | 18,704                                                                                                                                                | 579                                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                                     | 7,171                                                                                                                                                 | 3,976                                                                                                                                                 | 150                                                                                                                                                   |
| Rajasthan                                                                                                                                             | 15,899                                                                                                                                                | 10,333                                                                                                                                                | 867                                                                                                                                                   | 90                                                                                                                                                    | 2,766                                                                                                                                                 | 1,254                                                                                                                                                 | -                                                                                                                                                     |
| Sikkim                                                                                                                                                | 1,449                                                                                                                                                 | 990                                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                                     | -                                                                                                                                                     | -                                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                                       | -                                                                                                                                                     |
| Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                                            | 3,977                                                                                                                                                 | 2,919                                                                                                                                                 | -                                                                                                                                                     | -                                                                                                                                                     | 2,910                                                                                                                                                 | 1,564                                                                                                                                                 | -                                                                                                                                                     |

| Number of Beneficiaries under various Skilling and Training Schemes of the Ministry of Minority Affairs (Since Inception of the respective Schemes)   | Number of Beneficiaries under various Skilling and Training Schemes of the Ministry of Minority Affairs (Since Inception of the respective Schemes)   | Number of Beneficiaries under various Skilling and Training Schemes of the Ministry of Minority Affairs (Since Inception of the respective Schemes)   | Number of Beneficiaries under various Skilling and Training Schemes of the Ministry of Minority Affairs (Since Inception of the respective Schemes)   | Number of Beneficiaries under various Skilling and Training Schemes of the Ministry of Minority Affairs (Since Inception of the respective Schemes)   | Number of Beneficiaries under various Skilling and Training Schemes of the Ministry of Minority Affairs (Since Inception of the respective Schemes)   | Number of Beneficiaries under various Skilling and Training Schemes of the Ministry of Minority Affairs (Since Inception of the respective Schemes)   | Number of Beneficiaries under various Skilling and Training Schemes of the Ministry of Minority Affairs (Since Inception of the respective Schemes)   |
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| State/ UT                                                                                                                                             | SeekhoaurKamao                                                                                                                                        | SeekhoaurKamao                                                                                                                                        | USTTAD                                                                                                                                                | USTTAD                                                                                                                                                | NaiManzil                                                                                                                                             | NaiManzil                                                                                                                                             | PM VIKAS                                                                                                                                              |
| State/ UT                                                                                                                                             | Trained                                                                                                                                               | Placed                                                                                                                                                | Trained                                                                                                                                               | Placed                                                                                                                                                | Trained                                                                                                                                               | Placed                                                                                                                                                | Trained                                                                                                                                               |
| Telangana                                                                                                                                             | 16,935                                                                                                                                                | 11,509                                                                                                                                                | 180                                                                                                                                                   | 69                                                                                                                                                    | 5,877                                                                                                                                                 | 4,404                                                                                                                                                 | -                                                                                                                                                     |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu                                                                                                              | 2                                                                                                                                                     | 2                                                                                                                                                     | -                                                                                                                                                     | -                                                                                                                                                     | -                                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                                       | -                                                                                                                                                     |
| Tripura                                                                                                                                               | 2,430                                                                                                                                                 | 1,414                                                                                                                                                 | -                                                                                                                                                     | -                                                                                                                                                     | 502                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                       | -                                                                                                                                                     |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                                         | 92,223                                                                                                                                                | 59,753                                                                                                                                                | 9,166                                                                                                                                                 | 2,845                                                                                                                                                 | 10,846                                                                                                                                                | 5,840                                                                                                                                                 | 30                                                                                                                                                    |
| Uttarakhand                                                                                                                                           | 5,652                                                                                                                                                 | 4,184                                                                                                                                                 | -                                                                                                                                                     | -                                                                                                                                                     | 969                                                                                                                                                   | 790                                                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                                                     |
| West Bengal                                                                                                                                           | 32,477                                                                                                                                                | 23,161                                                                                                                                                | 1,076                                                                                                                                                 | 259                                                                                                                                                   | 5,730                                                                                                                                                 | 3,424                                                                                                                                                 | -                                                                                                                                                     |
| Total                                                                                                                                                 | 4,68,170                                                                                                                                              | 2,98,908                                                                                                                                              | 21,611                                                                                                                                                | 4,946                                                                                                                                                 | 98,712                                                                                                                                                | 58,879                                                                                                                                                | 796                                                                                                                                                   |