(a) whether the Government has fixed any targets under the Support to Training & Employment Programme for Women (STEP) for updating skills and imparting new knowledge to support women during the last three years and the current year;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the achievement made therein during the said period?
MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI KRISHNA TIRATH)
(a): Yes, Madam.
(b) & (c): The target for the number of beneficiaries and achievements under Support to Training and Employment
Programme (STEP) during the last three years and the current year are as under:
Year Target Achievements
2009-2010 30,000 21,963 2010-2011 35,000 36,500 2011-2012 30,000 29,650 2012-2013 30,000 15,797 (upto Oct. 2012).