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SUPPORT TO TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMME FOR WOMEN (STEP)

SUPPORT TO TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMME FOR WOMEN (STEP). MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. OVERVIEW. Administered as Central Sector Scheme since 1986-87 for economic empowerment of marginalized and assetless women

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SUPPORT TO TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMME FOR WOMEN (STEP)

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  1. SUPPORT TO TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMME FOR WOMEN (STEP) MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

  2. OVERVIEW • Administered as Central Sector Scheme since 1986-87 for economic empowerment of marginalized and assetless women • Aims to provide sustainable livelihood opportunities and income generation for rural and urban poor women with special focus on SC/ST households and families below the poverty line though their skill upgradation in identified sectors • Ten identified sectors are: Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Dairying, Fisheries, Handlooms, Handicrafts, Khadi & Village Industries, Sericulture, Social Forestry and Wasteland Development

  3. KEY STRATEGIES • Facilitating mobilization of women in small viable groups and upgrading their skill through training • Facilitating adequate backward and forward linkages, such as, provision of raw materials, marketing tie-ups and access to credit • Enabling groups of women to take up employment-cum-income generation programmes of their own • Provision of support services for improving condition of women for access to health care, literacy, legal literacy, nutrition • Thus, an integrated packages of services enables women to thrive on a self-sustaining basis with minimal Governmental intervention, after the project period is over

  4. REVISION OF SCHEME IN 2009 Salient Feature of revised scheme: • Introduction of locally appropriate sectors to broaden the scope and coverage of the scheme (State Governments yet to respond, except Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Jharkhand and Mizoram) • Number of beneficiaries may now range from 200 to 10,000 (against earlier minimum limit of 500) • Per capita cost enhanced up to Rs. 16,000 against the earlier ceiling of Rs. 8,000 in a project cycle • Project duration extended up to 5 years against earlier ceiling of 4 years • Rashtriya Mahila Kosh (RMK) included as nodal agency for micro-credit needs of women beneficiaries

  5. ISSUES FOR CONSIDERATION States to play a proactive role in: • Identification of marginalised and assetless women and conducting need assessment of the area • Identifying locally appropriate sectors based on stakeholder consultation • Wider dissemination of revised guidelines of scheme • Enlisting of credible organisations for implementation of project under the programme • State Level Empowered Committee (SLEC) to proactively obtain and consider proposals from agencies and recommend to GOI for wider coverage of programme

  6. ISSUES FOR CONSIDERATION contd… • Monitoring mechanism for effective implementation • Timely submission of State Government recommendation for release of subsequent installment of funds in respect of on-going projects • Reviewing on-going / delayed projects and submitting report for their further continuance or otherwise • Explore avenues for convergence of the programme with schemes of other Ministries/Departments

  7. Thank you

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