Lok Sabha Question No. 1658 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-10
Subject: Nai Roshni Scheme
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Omprakash Bhupalsinh Alias Pavan Rajenimbalkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. † 1658 ANSWERED ON 10.12.2025

## NAI ROSHNI SCHEME

## †1658. SHRI OMPRAKASH BHUPALSINH  ALIAS PAVAN RAJENIMBALKAR:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the expected number of beneficiaries in Maharashtra under the Nayi Roshni (pre-merger) and leadership and entrepreneurship components during the last seven years;
- (b) the list of Project Implementing Agencies (PIAs)/Training Partners operating in Maharashtra and their current operational status;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  conducted  an  impact  assessment  of  this  scheme  for Maharashtra; and

(d) if so, the details thereof along with key findings thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

(a) and (b): Nai Roshni scheme was launched in 2012-13 and was aimed at empowerment and enhancement  of  confidence  among  minority  women  by  generating  awareness  about  women rights  and  interventions  for  'Leadership  Development'.   The  training  modules  covered  areas related  to  Programmes  for  women  such  as  Health  and  Hygiene,  Legal  Rights  of  Women, Financial Literacy, Digital Literacy, Swachh Bharat, Life Skills, and Advocacy for Social and Behavioural  changes.  Nai  Roshni  scheme  was  implemented  through  Project  Implementation Agencies (PIAs) across different states/ UTs, by providing 6 days training and thereafter, handholding to all  beneficiaries  for  a  period  of  up  to  12  months.  Under  the  Nai  Roshni  scheme, since inception, about 4.35 lakh minority women were trained from all over India.

The Nai Roshni scheme has been subsumed under an integrated scheme Pradhan Mantri Virasat Ka Samvardhan (PM VIKAS) which converges five erstwhile skilling and empowerment  schemes  of  the  Ministry  and,  inter  alia,  lays  emphasis  on  community-level aspirations  and  challenges,  and  socio-economic  empowerment  of  minorities  through  skill development, women leadership and entrepreneurship and education of school dropouts. The Leadership  and  Entrepreneurship  sub-component  of  the  PM  VIKAS  scheme  focuses  on empowering  minority  women  through  a  three  tiered  training  programs  on  'Leadership  and Basic  Entrepreneurship  Development'  and  'Entrepreneurship  Development',  of  60  and  120 hours, respectively. Further, an advanced 240-hour training is provided to selected participants to become ' Biz Sakhis ' or ' Udyami Mitras ' , who are envisaged to act as business mentors to support other women entrepreneurs locally.

The  list  of  Project  Implementing Agencies  (PIAs)  empaneled  in  Nai  Roshni  Scheme during FY 2015-16 to FY 2021-22 from State of Maharashtra is attached as Annexure-I.

(c)  and  (d):  Development  Monitoring  and  Evaluation  Office  (DMEO),  NlTI  Aayog  had conducted  an  Evaluation  Study  on  Nai  Roshni  scheme,  and  the  said  report  is  available  on Ministry's website (url:

https://minorityaffairs.gov.in/WriteReadData/RTF1984/7453566297.pdf).

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Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) and (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1658  to  be  answered  on  10.12.2025  asked  by  H on'ble Member  of  Parliament  SHRI OMPRAKASH  BHUPALSINH  ALIAS  PAVAN  RAJENIMBALKAR regarding  ' NAI ROSHNI SCHEME '

## Number of empaneled PIAs in Nai Roshni Scheme during FY 2015-16 to FY 2021-22 from State of Maharashtra

|   S.No. | List of Project Implementing Agencies (PIAs)   |
|---------|------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Alqama Education and Welfare Society           |
|       2 | Aaj Individual Development and Education       |
|       3 | Anjana Bahuddeshiya Shikshan Sanstha           |
|       4 | Apurva Mahila Samajik Sanstha                  |
|       5 | Adarsh Multipurpose Society                    |
|       6 | Bhagini Nivedita Shiksha Samiti                |
|       7 | Bhagyalaxmi Health and Education Society       |
|       8 | ICAEdu Skills Pvt Ltd                          |
|       9 | Lokmanya Shikshan Prasarak Mandal              |
|      10 | M.A. Jayvantrao Patil Bahu Uddheshiya Sanstha  |
|      11 | Orange City Education Society                  |
|      12 | SAARC Multipurpose Society                     |
|      13 | The Deccan Muslim Institute                    |
|      14 | Vidarbha Bhu-Udeeshiya Vikas Sanstha           |

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