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Upliftment of Minority Women

Upliftment of Minority Women

In the year 2006, Sachar Committee highlighted the issue of socio-economic backwardness of Muslim women in the country and recommended measures for their upliftment. The Ministry of Minority Affairs initiated the scheme of “Leadership Development of Minority Women” from the current financial year 2012-13. Giving this information in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today, Shri Vincent H. Pala, Minister of State for Minority Affairs, said that the objective of the scheme is to empower and instill confidence in minority women, by providing knowledge, tools and techniques for interacting with Government systems, banks and other institutions at all levels. To strengthen the mosaic of plurality in the society and bring about solidarity and unity, the scheme permits a mix of women from non-minority communities to the extent of 25%.


Shri Pala informed the House that the scheme aims to cover 40,000 women belonging to minority communities along with 25% women from non-minority communities during 2012-13. A sum of Rs. 15.00 crore has been earmarked for the financial year 2012-13 for implementation of this scheme. He said that the Government envisages concurrent monitoring of the scheme by the Sanctioning Committee at the Ministry level with involvement of State Secretary concerned and also renowned women /Non Government Organisations.

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