Various Skill Development Schemes for Minorities

GOI has introduced a slew of training programs to promote the village and cottage industries on a large scale. Some of the important village/cottage based skill development programs include.

Project Handloom

  • Project handloom was established to promote handloom and domestic industries 
  • Highlights less use of electricity 
  • More focus on incentive schemes 
  • Niche market-based scheme 
  • NIFT to conduct R & D in handloom sector 
  • Estimated to create employment of over than 43 lakh 
  • Collaborating weavers with designers 
  • Reducing unfair trade practices 
  • Adoption of conventional techniques 


Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission

  • Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission includes skill development and economic developmental activities 
  • The mode of delivery preferred would be through PPP 
  • Funds shared on PPP basis 
  • Aims to protect rural habitat 
  • Mitigates the challenges of rural migration and 
  • Hyper-urbanization
  • Trains the rural youth on self-employable skills 


USTTAD

  • USSTAD scheme aims at upgrading the skills in crafts and arts for development 
  • The scheme is targeted only for minority communities 
  • The scheme is implemented by ministry of minority affairs 
  • The scheme envisages to preserve the traditional and ancestral crafts and arts 
  • Craftsmen are trained on these traditional skills 
  • Skill training is offered to artisans, weavers and craftsmen from minority communities 
  • The training is only for people already practising in the field or craftsmen 
  • No fresher training is offered in the scheme 


NAI MANZIL SCHEME

  • The scheme is implemented by ministry of minority affairs 
  • The main objective of the scheme is to generate employment to youth and extend loans for starting up new businesses 
  • All school drop outs and Madarasa students are eligible for training under this scheme 
  • Scheme covers people in the age group of 17 to 35 from all minority communities 
  • Bridge courses are provided to the trainees to get 10th and 12th certification on distance mode 
  • Trade basis skill training is also provided to the beneficiaries 
  • The training mainly covers courses in four main sectors including engineering, manufacturing, soft skills and services 
  • Avenues are open to continuing or pursue higher education and create employment opportunities in the formal sector 


Conclusion
  • These skill-based training programs are aimed at the uplift of the minority community youth 
  • The youth from minority communities will get into the formal sector through these skill training schemes 
  • GOI has introduced these scheme with a long-term goal of engaging minority youth in formal sector and creating an aversion among the youth to pursue terrorism or other illegal activities 
  • These schemes are considered vital from social perspective and creates employment opportunities for minority students 
  • Schemes like USTTAD aim to revive the traditional crafts and arts practised in the ancient Mughal rule 
  • In this manner, these skill training programs help to protect the ancient and traditional culture and heritage of India 
Overall, the above skill training programs help the rural youth to find new employment avenues in traditional ancient crafts, arts, trade, manufacturing and entrepreneurship 

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