Ministry of Minority Affairs

Seekho Aur Kamao

Brief Description:

The scheme will aim at upgrading the skills of the minority youths in various modern/traditional vocations depending upon their educational qualification, present economic trends and the market potential, which can earn them a suitable employment or make them suitably skilled to go for self-employment. Duration of Scheme: l2th five year plan period. Ministry of Minority Affairs is implementing the scheme directly through empanelled eligible organizations

Nature of Assistance:

100 % centrally sponsored scheme.

Who can apply?

• The trainee should belong to minority community.
• The trainee should be between 14-35 years of age.
• The minimum qualification of trainee should be at least Class V.
• In case reserved categories as prescribed under this scheme remain vacant, these vacant, these vacant seats may be treated as unreserved.

How to apply?

Interested candidates can apply through prescribed empanelled project implementing agency.

Nai Roshini (The Scheme for Leadership Development of Minority Women)

Brief Description:

The objective of the scheme is to empower and instill confidence among minority women, including their neighbours from other communities living in the same village/locality, by providing knowledge, tools and techniques for interacting with Government systems, banks and other institutions at all levels. Target: 40,000 minority women. Duration of Scheme: 12th five year plan period. The leadership development-training scheme shall be implemented by the ministry of Minority Affairs through selected organizations. The selected organizations should implement the project directly through their organizational set-up in the locality/village/area. The onus of implementing the project properly and successfully would rest with the organization assigned with work by the Ministry.

Nature of Assistance:

100% centrally sponsored scheme.

Who can apply?

Any minority woman/parent or guardian of woman having annual income not exceeding Rs.2.50 lakh from all sources would be given preference in selection (However, there will be no annual income bar). They should be between the age group of 18 years to 65 years

How to apply?

Organization selected for carrying out training for leadership development of minority women would have the responxibility to motivate, identify and select women to be trained in accordance with the criteria of the scheme from villages/localities having a substantial minority population. The Organizations will involve Head of Gram Panchayat/Muncipal Body/ Local Authority for identification/ selection of women trainees. The details of the trainees will be submitted by the organization before start of training through the Online Application Management System (OAMS) for Nai Roshni.

Source: Skill Development Scheme