Star News Agency
New Delhi. Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister of Minority Affairs, launched the ‘Scheme for Leadership Development of Minority Women’ here today. The objective of the scheme is to empower and instill confidence in women by providing knowledge, tools and techniques for interacting with Government, banks and Government functionaries at all levels. Ms. Syeda Hameed, Member, Planning Commission and Shri Vivek Mehrotra, Secretary, Ministry of Minority Affairs’ were also present on the occasion.
The ‘Scheme for Leadership Development of Minority Women’ proposes to reach out to women through Non-Governmental Organizations / institutions who will be provided with financial support for conducting leadership development training in a village / locality and in residential government training institutes so that women are empowered and emboldened to move out of the confines of home and assume leadership roles in their neighbourhoods. This would enable them to assert their rights, collectively or individually, in accessing services, facilities, skills, and opportunities besides claiming their due share of development benefits for improving their lives and living conditions.
- Organizations / institutions, apart from Non-Governmental Organizations, which would be eligible for applying for financial assistance under the Scheme are given below :
- A Society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860,
- A Public Trust registered under any law for the time being in force,
- A Charitable Company licensed under Section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956,
- Universities/Institutions of higher learning, and
- Panchayati Raj institutions.
Ministry of Minority Affairs will now be inviting applications for Expression of Interest from interested organizations fulfilling the pre-qualification criteria.
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