(a) whether the Government has launched schemes for providing employment to women;
(b) if so, the details thereof alongwith achievements made therein during the last
three years; and
(c) the details of the funds provided for these schemes during the last three years,
scheme-wise and State-wise?
THE MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI RENUKA CHOWDHURY)
(a) The Ministry of Women and Child Development is implementing Support to Training and
Employment Programme for Women (STEP) Scheme with a view to make women economically self-reliant.
The Scheme basically aims at providing training for skill upgradation of women beneficiaries,
development of entrepreneurial skills, asset creation to mobilize them into small viable groups
and enable them to take up employment-cum-income generation activities to increase their self
reliance.
(b) Detailed write up on the STEP Scheme may be accessed at official website of this Ministry
www.wcd.nic.in. Details of physical and financial achievements made during the last three years
are enclosed as per Annexure-I.
(c) State-wise details of funds released under the Scheme may be accessed at official website
of this Ministry www.wcd.nic.in.