Various skill development schemes namely Seekho Aur Kamao, USTTAD and Nai Manzil
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3559
ANSWERED ON 10.08.2023
Skill Development Scheme for Women
3559. SHRI B.B.PATIL:
Will the Minister of Minority Affairs be pleased to state:
(a) whether there has been any assessment of the skill development scheme for minority women by the Government;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) the achievements made under the said scheme in the country during each of the last three years and the current year;
(d) whether the said scheme has been able to achieve the expected results/ success;
(e) if so, the success rate of the scheme in terms of percentage; and
(f) the number of minority women skilled in order to make this scheme successful during the current year and the number of women likely to be skilled next year?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS
SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI
(a) to (f) The Ministry of Minority Affairs (MoMA) specifically implemented various skill development schemes namely ‘Seekho Aur Kamao’, ‘USTTAD’ and ‘Nai Manzil’ for six notified minority communities in which minimum 30% seats were earmarked for female trainees. Besides these, a scheme namely ‘Nai Roshni’ was also implemented for leadership development of minority women aimed at empowering women through leadership training on various topics.
All the above-mentioned schemes have been last evaluated and assessed by independent agencies during 2020-2021 as per details given below:
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Scheme
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Impact Evaluation Agency
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Year
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Seekho Aur Kamao
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Management Development Institute(MDI), Gurgaon
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2020
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USTTAD
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Management Development Institute(MDI), Gurgaon
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2021
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Nai Manzil
|
Mott MacDonald
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2021
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Nai Roshni
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Centre for Market Research and Social Development (CMRSD)
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2021
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In the last three years and the current year, 36,492 beneficiaries have been trained under these schemes including 27,217 women beneficiaries which is more than 74% of total beneficiaries.
All the above-mentioned schemes have been converged into an integrated scheme called ‘Pradhan Mantri Virasat Ka Samvardhan (PM VIKAS)’. PM VIKAS scheme, which has three components:
- Skilling and Training (33% seats for minority women);
- Leadership and Entrepreneurship (100% for minority women);
- Education (50% seats for minority women).
No target allocations have been made in the current financial year under PM VIKAS scheme.
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