(a) whether there is any report on literacy and employment rate of women belonging to socially and educationally backward communities; and
(b) if so, the details thereof along with the various ongoing projects at present for the empowerment of women belonging to socially and educationally most backward communities?
MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
(SHRI KRISHAN PAL GURJAR)
(a): No such evaluation has been done in the Ministry.
(b): National Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation (NBCFDC), an organization under the aegis of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has the following two women specific schemes for targeted women whose annual family income is less than Rs. 3.00 lakh per annum:
(i) Mahila Samriddhi Yojana
To provide Micro Finance to women entrepreneurs of Backward Classes.
(ii) New Swarnima Scheme for Women
Term Loan to inculcate the spirit of self-dependence among the women of Backward Classes
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