Empowerment of Minority Women,

(PIB NEWS) The Government has formulated and approved a scheme for Leadership Development of Minority women. Inputs received, inter-alia, from National Commission for Women (NCW) were also taken into account by the Ministry of Minority Affairs while formulating the scheme. Giving this information in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister of Minority Affairs, informed the House that NCW had envisaged a scheme which would reach out to minority women and help them to assume leadership roles in accessing services, skills and opportunities for improving their lives and livelihood. The scheme was launched this year on 27th January.
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