Question : Support to Training & Employment Programme for Women


(a) the salient features of the ‘Support to Training and Employment Programme for Women’ (STEP) scheme;
(b) whether the scheme was revised in 2014 and if so, the details thereof;
(c) the number of women trained in various age groups along with the subjects in which training was provided, state/UT-wise especially Odisha;
(d) the financial assistance given to women and other stakeholders/institutions under the scheme and specifically for Odisha;
(e) the number of women who received placement/ employment/became entrepreneurs after receiving the training under the scheme during the last five years, State/UT-wise; and
(f) the number of agencies or institutions that facilitate STEP scheme for women in Odisha along with the proposals approved for Odisha so far?

Answer given by the minister


ANSWER

MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
(SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)


(a) to (f): The Support to Training and Employment Programmefor Women (STEP) Scheme has been discontinued from the Financial Year 2017-18.

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