Scheme for single earning mothers
(a) what are the schemes provided by Government to the single earning mothers to sustain their family;
(b) what steps Government has taken to provide professional/vocational training to such mothers; and
(c) if so, the details of such professional courses being imparted thereof?
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-414 ANSWERED ON-19.07.2017
Scheme for single earning mothers
414 . Shri Anubhav Mohanty
(a) what are the schemes provided by Government to the single earning mothers to sustain their family;
(b) what steps Government has taken to provide professional/vocational training to such mothers; and
(c) if so, the details of such professional courses being imparted thereof?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
(SHRI BANDARU DATTATREYA)
(a) to (c): There is no specific scheme targeted at single earning mothers. However, the Government runs various employment generation schemes for various beneficiaries like Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) run by Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA), Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) scheme run by Ministry of Rural Development and Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana- National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) run by Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation.
In addition, the government has a network of Industrial Training Institutes and Vocational Training Programmes under Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship that offer vocational courses under various trades which can also be availed of by women.
Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has launched its flagship scheme Pradhan Mantri Yuva Udyamita Vikas Abhiyaan (PM-YUVA) on 9th November, 2016 to impart entrepreneurship education and training.
Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises is already implementing Trade Related Entrepreneurship Development Assistance Development (TREAD) Scheme which envisages economic empowerment of women.
Government has also implemented the National Career Service having a portal for online registration and posting of jobs for job-seekers including single earning mothers.
The Ministry of Women and Child Development runs various programmes to promote economic empowerment of women including single earning mothers to sustain their family through policies and programmes cutting across sectors. Important programmes in different areas are:
Support to Training & Employment Programme for Women (STEP), National Mission for Empowerment of Women, Rashtriya Mahila Kosh- (National Credit Fund for Women), Hostel for Working Women, Rajiv Gandhi National Crèche Scheme and Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana (IGMSY) Conditional Maternity Benefit (CMB) Scheme.
Further, Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) is undertaking Skill development through Rural Self Employment and Training Institutes (RSETI), thereby enabling the trainee to take bank credit and start his/her own Micro-enterprise.
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