Learn & Earn Scheme
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“lh[kks vkSj dekvk s”
“Learn & Earn”
A Skill Development Initiative for Minorities
Government of India
Ministry of Minority Affairs
June 2013
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“lh[kks vkSj dekvks”
“Learn & Earn”
INDEX
Guidelines
Para No.
Particulars Page Number
1 Introduction of the Scheme 3
2 Objectives of the Scheme 5
3 Scope of the Scheme 6
4 Eligibility of PIAs and Trainees 7
5 Components of the Scheme 8
6 Pattern of Funding 12
7 Release of Funds 14
8 Procedure for Application 15
9 Duration of Project and its Component 16
10 Placement and Post Placement Support 17
11 Management Information System 18
12 Knowledge Partner/Technical Support
Agency- Supervision and Quality
Management
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13 Project Monitoring 20
14 Audit 21
15 Project Completion 21
16 Terms and Conditions 21
17 Mid-Term Appraisal 22
Appendix 23-27
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lh[kks vkSj dekvks
Learn & Earn
A Central Sector Scheme for Skill Development of Minorities
- INTRODUCTION
1.1 According to latest Report of National Sample Survey Organization –
61st Round (2004-05) published in March 2007, self employment in the
Rural areas– in agriculture as well as non agriculture – was the main
statue for the Religious Groups. In 2004-05, 26% of Muslims and
35% of Christians depended on “self employment in agriculture”,
whereas in “self employment in non-agriculture sector”, 28% of
Muslims and 15% of Christians were involved.
1.2 In Urban India, during 2004-05, proportion of Muslims households
depending on “self employment”, “regular wage/salary” and “casual
labour” were 49%, 30% and 14% respectively, whereas for the
Christian it was 27%, 47% and 11% respectively.
1.3 In Rural areas, the Workers Population Ration (WPR) among the males
of all ages in 2004-05 was the highest among Christians (56%)
followed by Hindus (55%) and then Muslims were the lowest (50%).
Similarly WPR for Females for Christians (36%) and Hindus (34%) was
much higher than that for Muslims (18%).
1.4 In Rural India, the unemployment rate was higher in Christians (44%)
followed by Muslims (23%) and Hindus (15%). Similarly in Urban
India the unemployment rate was highest among Christians (86%)
followed by Hindus (44%) and Muslims (41%).
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1.5 According to reports of Directorate General of Employment and
Training (DGE&T), a majority of India workforce does not possess
marketable skills which is an impediment in getting decent
employment and improving their economic condition.
1.6 While India has large young population, only 10% of the Indian labour
forces – 8% informally and 2% formally have acquired vocational
skills. About 63% of the school students drop out at different stages
reaching class- X. Only about 3.1 million vocational training seats are
available in the country whereas about 12.8 million persons enter the
labour market every year. Even out of these training places, very few
are available for early school dropouts. This signifies that a large
number of school drop outs do not have access to skill development
for improving their employability at one side and availability of 12.8
million jobs at the other side. As per estimates of 2011, in India there
is a skill gap of about 244 million across 21 key sectors.
1.7 According to Sachar Committee Recommendations, the country is
going through a high growth phase. This is a time to help the
underprivileged to utilize new opportunity through Skill development
and education. A large segment of the Muslim community is engaged
in self-employment activities. Besides, a significant proportion,
especially women, is actually engaged in home- based work. While
some of these workers are engaged in sectors that have experienced
growth, many are engaged in occupations/ sectors that are stagnant.
The policy intervention needs to help workers engaged in growthoriented sectors to become part of the larger network of market
oriented firms engaged in that sector. For those caught in the stagnant
sectors, a transition path will have to be evolved. Skill upgradation,
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education and credit availability, will have an important role in both
these strategies.
1.8 National Skill Development Policy envisages that the skills and
knowledge are the driving forces of economic growth and social
development for any country. Countries with higher and better levels
of skills adjust more effectively to the challenges and opportunities.
1.9 India is in transition to a knowledge based economy and its
competitive edge will be determined by the abilities of its people to
create, share and use knowledge more effectively. This transition will
require India to develop workers into knowledge workers who will be
more flexible, analytical, adaptable and multi skilled.
1.10 India has the advantage of “demographic dividend. Harnessing the
demographic dividend through appropriate skill development efforts
would provide an opportunity to achieve inclusion and productivity
within the country and also a reduction in the global skill shortages.
Large scale skill development is thus an imminent imperative.
Keeping in view the above mentioned points and the recommendations of
the Working Group on “Empowerment of Minorities” for 12th Five Year Plan,
Ministry of Minority Affairs proposes “lh[kks vk Sj dekvks (Learn and Earn)”, a new
100% Central Sector Scheme for “Skill Development of Minorities” to be
implemented from the financial year 2013-14 onwards. The guidelines under
the scheme are as follows: - OBJECTIVES
2.1 To bring down unemployment rate of minorities during 12th Plan period.
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2.2 To conserve and update traditional skills of minorities and establish
their linkages with market.
2.3 To improve employability of existing workers, school dropouts etc. and
ensure their placement.
2.4 To generate means of better livelihood for marginalized minorities and
bring them in the mainstream.
2.5 To enable minorities to avail opportunities in the growing market.
2.6 To develop potential human resource for the country. - SCOPE OF THE SCHEME
3.1 The scheme will aim at upgrading the skills of the minority youths in
various modern/traditional vocations depending upon their educational
qualification, present economic trends and the market potential, which
can earn them a suitable employment or make them suitably skilled to
go for self employment.
3.2 Ministry of Minority Affairs will take up skill development programme for
Modular Employable Skills (MES) which are approved by National
Council of Vocational Training (NCVT). The MES courses approved by
NCVT include majority of traditional skills being practiced by the
minority communities e.g. Embroidery, Chikankari, Zardosi, Patch work,
Gem and Jewelry, Weaving, Wooden works, Leather goods, Brass metal
works, Glass wares, Carpet etc. Moreover, other courses approved by
NCVT may also be taken up in a particular State or region depending on
the demand and local market potential. This would help, on one hand to
conserve the traditional arts and crafts practiced by minorities and on
the other hand empower the minority communities to face the market
challenges and avail opportunities.
7 - ELIGIBILITY
4.1 The scheme will be implemented following Project Implementing
Agencies (PIAs) through:
a) Societies of the State Governments/UT Administrations registered
under Societies Registration Act. The Societies may be constituted at
State/UT level or District level depending upon the size of the
State/UT. The Societies will be responsible for identification of the
employment potential in their respective State/UT and the training
institution, sponsoring minority candidates, monitoring their training
and their placement.
b) Any private recognized/registered professional institution of repute
conducting such skill development courses for at least last three
years with established market linkages and placement record.
c) Any industry or an association of industries like ASSOCHAM, CII,
FICCI etc.who are willing to run such skill up-gradation training
centres as per financial norms of the scheme with a proper plan of
placements.
d) Any institution of Central/State Governments including Public Sector
Undertakings and Training institutes of Central/ State Governments
including Panchayati Raj Training institutions.
e) Civil Societies (CS)/Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) which
fulfill the following requirements:
(i). Any registered CS/NGO engaged in conduct and promotion
of social welfare of communities, particularly minorities.
(ii). The organization should have been registered for at least
last three years.
(iii). Experience of at least three years in the field of skill
upgradation programmes.
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(iv). Financial viability of the organization and ability to continuethe work for limited periods in absence of assistance from
the Ministry.
(v). Good reputation and credentials.
(vi). Capacity to mobilize minority community, particularly
minority women.
(vii). Networking with other institutions for optimum utilization
of resources allocated and assets created.
f) Black listed or debarred organizations by any Central/State
Ministry/Department will not be eligible.
4.2 Eligible Trainees/beneficiaries
a. The trainee should belong to minority community.
b. The trainee should be between 14-35 years of age.
c. The minimum qualification of trainee should be at least Class V.
d. In case reserved categories as prescribed under this scheme
remain vacant, these vacant seats may be treated as
unreserve - COMPONENTS OF
- THE SCHEME
5.1 The scheme will be implemented for the benefit of the 5 (five) notified
minority communities under National Commission for Minorities Act
1992 (viz. Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Parsis). However,
in the States/UTs where some other minority communities notified by
respective State/UT Governments exist, they may also be considered
for the programme but they will not occupy more than 5% of the total
seats.
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5.2 The scheme can be taken up anywhere in the country but preference
will be given to organizations which aim at developing traditional skills
of minorities with ensured market linkages and propose the
programme for identified minority concentration districts /
blocks /towns/ cluster of villages and the North-Eastern
region. Under the scheme, priority will also be given to promote the
traditional skills including arts and crafts practiced by minority
communities and establish their linkages with the national and global
market. However, the training for various modern trades having
employment potential in the region shall also be encouraged.
5.3 It will be imperative on the part of the implementing organization to
assess the employment potential in a particular area in advance
depending on the educational qualification of the target population,
present economic trend and market potential before proposing the
trades.
5.4 The Project Implementation Agency (PIA) may consider activation of
mechanisms in conjunction with Industry for “Job fairs” and “Job
counseling” in order to spread awareness, create choice and ensure
that the poor and vulnerable are adequately catered to in the skilling
process.
5.5 The implementing organizations will be required to establish linkages
with institutions recognized by NCVT which can provide a
Certificate/Diploma to the candidates for the trades in which they have
been trained. The module of the training should be approved by NCVT/
DG (ET) / National Skill Development Corporation.
5.6 The implementing organization shall also establish linkages with
placement services, and for the candidates interested in self
employment after availing the training, the organization shall arrange
easy micro finance/loans for them through financial institutions,
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National Minority Development Finance Corporation (NMDFC), banks,
etc.
5.7 Minimum 33% seats will be reserved for minority girl/ women
candidates.
5.8 Priority will be given to organizations who would guarantee 75%
overall placement percentage and out of that at least 50% placement
should be in organized sector.
5.9 The scheme would have two components:
(a) Placement linked skills training program for Modern Trades.
(b) Skills Training Program for Traditional Trades/Crafts/Art Forms.
(a) Placement linked Skills Training Programme for Modern trades:
(i) The training programmes are to be of minimum 3 months
duration.
(ii) The training programme must include soft skills training, basic IT
training and basic English training.
(iii) The focus of this programme is that the training should result in
gainful and sustainable employment for the youth.
(iv) Each participant will undergo a training based on his/her
aptitude and capability to be selected from the options of Sector
specific Vocational Skills Program available under this
Programme.
(v) The skills training must focus on industry readiness and must be
compliant with MES guidelines.
(vi) The skills training for modern skills must result in minimum of
75% placement and out of that at least 50% placement should
be in organized sector.
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(b) Skills Training Programme for Traditional Trades:
(I) The Skill Training Programmme would have to be supported by the
following activities to ensure that the desired employability
outcomes are achieved amongst the trainees.
i. Identification and Collectivization of the youth involved in
traditional trades into Self Help Groups (SHGs)/ Producer
companies. The SHG would have an average of 20 members.
ii. Provision of skills training to youth to enhance their skills
levels (domain training, entrepreneurial training, soft skills, IT
Training, English Language training) that would enable the
SHG develop a market oriented production model.
iii. Provide forward (customer access) and backward linkages
(vendor access). These should be clearly established through
a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) arrangement.
iv. Assist in development of business plan proposal for
submission to various financial institutions including National
Minorities Development and Finance Corporation (NMDFC).
Raise funds for the SHG through these efforts.
v. Assist in hiring of management team for the SHG/ producer
company.
(II) The programmes are to be of minimum 2 months duration and a
maximum of 1 year depending upon the selected trade.
(III) The focus of this programme is that the activities should result in
creation of an SHG of skilled youth with access to funds for
establishment and operation thereby ensuring income enhancement
for the youth.
(IV) The skills training must focus on industry readiness and must be
compliant with Modular Employable Skills guidelines.
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5.10 The trainees will be linked with Aadhaar/UID Number, if available or
any other Government recognized identification number.
5.11 The organization shall ensure the residential facilities for the outstation
trainees (separate for male and female trainees) enrolled in the
institute. The training institutes will be meant for trainees belonging to
minority communities. However, to promote inter-community
solidarity, 15% candidates belonging to BPL families of non-minority
communities may also be considered. In addition, 2.5% will also be
reserved for disabled persons belonging to minority communities.
5.12 The organization should have sufficient number of class rooms,
demonstration facilities, toilets (with separate toilets for females) and
infrastructure etc. for conducting quality training. - PATTERN OF FUNDING
(a) This is a 100% Central Sector Scheme and will be implemented
by the Ministry directly through empanelled eligible
organizations.
(b) Full cost of the approved projects as per prescribed financial
norms would be borne by the Ministry.
(c) An incentive amount of 5% of the project cost will be payable to
PIA‟s who successfully complete the project in time with all
conditions met including placements.
(d) The cost norms for various components of the placement
linked skills training programme per beneficiary are as per
the table below and cost breakup must separately cover all the
components given below:
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Cost head Maximum
allowed
expenditure
(INR)
Rental/Lease expenditure including Computers, tables,
chairs, workstations etc.
Maximum Rs
20,000 per
candidate
O&M of training centres including rental, electricity,
water, generator and other running expenses
Lunch, Tea and Travel expenses during training
Training of Trainers and Induction
Training expenses including salaries of trainers & other
resource persons, learning kit, assessment &
certification
MIS website, tracking and other monitoring expenses
Institutional overheads (Max 10 % of all above)
Post placement support (to be given to all placed
candidates for 2 months after placement) @ 2000 per
month
4000
Sub-total 24000
Incentive @ 5 % of all costs excluding Post
placement support to be payable to PIA’s who
successfully complete the project in time with all
conditions met
1,000
Total cost 25000
In addition to above, following costs will also be admissible:
(i). Boarding/Lodging of outstation beneficiary (for whom the
organization arranges the residential facility) for three months
@ Rs.1500 per month for 3 (three) months. The beneficiary
will also be entitled for monthly stipend @ Rs.750 p.m.
(ii). Monthly stipend for local Non-residential trainees would be
Rs.1500 per month.
(e) The cost norms for various components of the skills
training programme for traditional trades are as below:
Cost to Organization will be given @ Rs. 10000/- per trainee
per month for Non-residential program and Rs. 13000/- per
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trainee per month for Residential program which includes
as follows: (the organization/institutes will submit calculations
on the basis of duration of program (includes SHG formation,
training, fund raising, establishing backward and forward
linkages and hiring of management team in months)
(i) Boarding/Lodging of outstation beneficiary (for
whom the organization arranges the residential
facility) for three months @ Rs.1500 per month.
The beneficiary will also be entitled for monthly
stipend @ Rs.750 p.m.
(ii) Monthly stipend for local Non-residential trainees
would be Rs.1500 per month.
(iii) Rs. 2000/- per trainee for procurement of raw
material etc. as a one time cost.
(iv) Monthly remuneration to faculty/supporting staff
etc.
(v) Other Training Costs.
(vi) Testing and certification fees. - Release of Funds
(i) On approval of a project, the funds will be released in 3
installments i.e. 40:40:20+Incentive (if applicable). Funds
towards release will be disbursed directly to the PIAs by
electronic transfer in the account of the PIA.
(ii) Installment pattern for fund release will be as follows: - Ist Installment:
The first instalment (i.e. 40% of the project cost) will be
released after the approval of the project and the entering
into of an Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between
parties. - IInd Installment:
The 2nd installment of 40% of project cost will be released
subject to the compliance with the following:
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a. Utilization of 60% of the 1st instalment
supported by an audited utilization certificate
and weekly off site (i.e. online) and monthly
on-site inspection of PIA accounts by the
Technical Support Agency. This checking is to
ensure that weekly and monthly targets are
being met.
b. Submission of year-wise audit reports for the
preceding years of the project as soon as due. - IIIrd Installment (Final installment)
The 3rd installment of 20%+ Incentive (if applicable)
of project cost will be released upon:
a. The project completion report as prescribed by
the Ministry.
b. The audited utilization certificate is submitted.
c. Deliverables as required in the projects are
met and is verified by the Technical Support
Agency through random physical verification of
MIS data both physical and financial.
d. Details of placement done in prescribed
format.
e. Details of trained candidates self employed in
prescribed format. - PROCEDURE FOR APPLICATION
8.1 Ministry of Minority Affairs will invite Expression of Interest (EoI) for
empanelment through an advertisement in newspapers and official
website of the Ministry from organizations/institutions.
8.2 The EoIs will be examined by a Screening Committee of the Ministry
for empanelment. The empanelment would be valid for entire 12th Plan
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Period. However, Ministry reserves the right to cancel empanelment at
any stage without notice.
8.3 Ministry may empanel organizations every financial year as per
requirement.
8.4 The Ministry may verify the credentials of the organizations through
Technical Support Agency.
8.5 The proposals of empanelled organizations will be considered by the
following Sanctioning Committee:
1 Concerned Joint Secretary in the Ministry Chairperson
2 Representative of Planning Commission Member
3 Representative of Ministry of Labour &
Employment
Member
4 Representative of JS & FA Member
5 Director (MsDP) in the Ministry Member
6 Director (concerned with the scheme) Member
Secretary
8.4 The proposals recommended by the Sanctioning Committee will be
approved by the Secretary (Minority Affairs).
8.6 In addition to above, the Ministry may also follow an alternative route
to give a fillip to employment opportunities for minorities. Ministry may
enter in MoU with industries or industrial associations for conducting
training courses and 100% placements of trained minority candidates. - Duration of the Project and its components
i. The total duration of projects under „Seekho aur Kamao‟ programme
would be coterminous with 12th Five Year Plan.
ii. The duration of each training programme for modern skills shall be
of minimum 3 months duration depending on the Skill Set including
Technical Skills, Soft Skills and Life Skills.
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iii. The duration of each programme for traditional skills shall be up to
a maximum of 1 year duration depending on the trade. The program
would include formation of SHGs/ Producer Companies. - Placement and Post Placement Support
As the focus of this programme is to provide meaningful employment,
following are some general placement conditions which must be met
by PIAs:
(i) Placement assistance and counselling should be offered to all
candidates and placement must be ensured for a minimum of 75%
candidates and at least 50% in organized sector.
(ii) Placement as far as possible should be made with minimum
dislocation.
(iii) The aim of providing Post Placement Support (PPS) is to help the
candidates in settling down and taking care of their needs in the
starting months of employment.
(iv) The distribution of PPS is one of the key responsibilities of the PIA.
(v) Preferably, placement should be in organized sector with
associated benefits like PF, ESI etc.
(vi) But as some sectors like construction are not very organized but
payments mostly exceed the organized sector; hence informal
sector jobs would be considered subject to the following
stipulations:
(a) A particular job recognizes skills acquired by the
candidate.
(b) Offers a valid future progression.
(vii) The placement in the informal sector should be considered only if
the following conditions are met:
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(a) A offer letter assuring the minimum wages of the
state.
(b) Certificate from the employer that wages have been
paid as per the minimum wages.
(c) The jobs should not be purely temporary and must
have stability.
(viii) The candidate would be treated as placed if he/she continues to be
in job for at least 3 continuous months after training. One of the
following documents would be treated as proof of placement: - Salary slips issued by employer.
- Account statement of bank account of candidate with
credits of salary. - Letter with name of candidate and salary details.
(ix) PIA has to ensure Post placement tracking and monitoring the
extent of retention in the new jobs for a period of one year. - Management Information System (MIS)
(a) The management of the quality of the programme requires
information to be constantly assessed and built upon. This can be
ensured only through regular tracking and follow up. Thus
maintenance of MIS as per formats and standards prescribed by
the Ministry will have t o be done by the PIAs.
(b) Use of ICT platform for hosting and delivering variety of project
services like financial management system (FMS), decision support
systems (DSS) for the project. Implementation agencies will have
to maintain participant specific information and meet all applicable
reporting requirements. The regularity and quality of entry of
information may prescribed by the Ministry or the appointed TSA.
(c) The PIA would maintain tracking data for one year after completion
of training and would maintain the same on real – time web based
system to monitor the progress of trainees.
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Supervision and Quality Management
12.1 The Ministry will not only make the implementing agencies accountable
for the components listed under appraisal, but will also position
systems and checks to ensure that what actually is happening on the
ground is effectively and consistently supervised. For this purpose, the
Ministry will engage a specialized agency in the field of skill
development programmes as “Knowledge Partner or Technical
Support Agency (TSA)” following due procedure prescribed under
General Financial Rules right from the time of launch of the scheme.
12.2 The TSA will assist the Ministry of Minority Affairs in devising area
specific strategies, designing of project format, training, developing
performance indicators and monitoring of implementation of
programme.
12.3 TSA would develop suitable protocols for the supervision of the
following processes:
(a) Ensuring that PIA‟s adopt appropriate mobilising
strategies as well as candidate selection and counselling.
(b) Ensuring compliance with certification and accreditation
procedures prescribed.
(c) Presence of minimum training infrastructure and requisite
human resource at the PIA‟ s skill training centres, before
allowing project to commence.
(d) Updation of required MIS entries, at pre-determined time
intervals.
(e) PIA‟s adherence to transparency requirements, as
prescribed by the Ministry from time to time.
(f) Maintenance of training centres, as per the norms
prescribed from time to time.
(g) Ensuring quality of training imparted and participation of
trainees throughout.
(h) Fund releases.
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(i) Grievance redress arrangements for PIAs, trainers,
candidates and employers.
(j) Regular review of the projects.
12.4 The TSA or any of its sister organization/franchise would not be
eligible for empanelment with the Ministry for project implementation.
12.5 The Ministry would evolve an institutional mechanism for supervision;
all PIAs would have to adhere to the norms of this mechanism.
12.6 About 3% of the annual budget may be allowed to be used for
engagement of TSA and management of the scheme. - Project Monitoring
(i) Monitoring is a continuous measurement of progress while the
project is on-going which involves checking and measuring progress,
analysing the situation and reacting to new events, opportunities,
and issues. Ministry may authorize TSA or any other agency to
conduct concurrent monitoring and random checking of physical and
financial reports on the MIS. Ministry‟s officials may also monitor the
projects. The Information gathered from this will be fed into the
decision making process for release of funds and sanctions of project
proposals.
(ii) Monitoring may entail random visits to training centres and validate:
(a) The presence of minimum infrastructure supposed to be
present as per due requirements.
(b) MIS entries of conducting door to door household
surveys/test calls to certify the veracity of beneficiaries.
(c) Validate facts about training, placement and retention of
those candidates from the residing area who were trained
under the project and placed outside the Panchayat, by
meeting members of the beneficiary‟s family.
21 - Audit
(i) The Ministry retains the right to carry out audit of the accounts of
the project, if deemed necessary, including audit by the CAG and by
the Principal Account officer of the Ministry or by independent
agency. The PIA shall make available all relevant records for the
purpose whenever requested by an agency authorized by the
Ministry.
(ii) Financial audit is to be carried out by the Chartered Accountant of
PIA as per the statutory provisions, and the accounts of the project
shall be maintained separately in order to facilitate meaningful audit.
(iii) The Audit Report together with action taken on the auditor‟s
observations and physical progress under the project shall be
furnished at the time of release of 2nd / 3rd instalment of Central
funds. - Project Completion
(i) The completion report of the project should be made available by
the PIA to the Ministry along with audited utilization certificate and
audit reports of 2
nd instalment before the release of the 3
rd (final)
instalment.
(ii) Documentation (including videos, audio and photographs) is an
integral part of the project along with video recording giving the
status of beneficiaries before and after the project. It should cover
the details of deliverables as indicated in the project and
achievements made against these deliverables. - TERMS AND CONDITIONS
16.1 The implementing organizations shall be bound by the terms and
conditions of the scheme as at Appendix.
22 - Mid-Term Appraisal
The scheme will be subjected to mid-term appraisal after 3 (three)
years and review in last year of the 12th Plan period after getting
evaluation and impact assessment done by a reputed independent
agency.
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Appendix
Terms and Conditions attached to the Central Sector
Scheme of lh[kk s vkSj dekvks (Learn & Earn)
Skill Development of Minorities
The grant-in-aid sanctioned under the scheme is subject to fulfillment of
following terms and conditions by the implementing
organizations/institutions:
- that the organization which intends to receive the Grant-in-aid under
the Scheme, will fulfill the eligibility criteria as specified under the
scheme; - the grants cannot be claimed as a matter of right, it depends on sole
discretion of Government of India depending on the merit of the
project; - that the organization will confirm in writing to the effect at the
beginning of each financial year that the conditions contained in this
document and as revised from time to time for the implementation of
this scheme are acceptable to it; - that the organization will also execute a Bond on Non-Judicial Stamp
Paper of Rs.20 in favour of the President of India to the effect that it
will abide by terms and conditions attached to the grant and the
scheme that revised from time to time and that in case of its failure to
abide by the same, it will refund to the Government the total Grant-inaid sanctioned to it for the purpose with interest accrued thereon and
shall be liable for criminal action as per law; - that the Ministry shall not be liable for any kind of payment to the
temporary/regular employees appointed by the organization for
running the project;
24 - that the organization shall maintain a separate account in a
nationalized/scheduled Bank in respect of this grant. All receipts and
payments involving Rs.10,000/- and above of the grantee institution
must be through cheques only. The grantee institutions are required to
submit at the time of seeking grant for continuation of the project, a
copy of the bank pass book indicating all transactions made in
connection with the running of the sanctioned project. The accounts
will remain open for inspection by representatives/officers from the
Ministry, office of Comptroller and Auditor General of India,
Government of India, or concerned State Government at any time. The
organization shall have the accounts of the grant-in-aid audited either
by CAG empanelled Auditors or Chartered Accountant and supply a
copy of the following audited accounts, together with Utilisation
Certificate in GFR 19(A), to the Ministry latest by first week of June
month every year:
(a) the receipt and payment account of grant-in-aid in
question for the year;
(b) the income and expenditure accounts of grant-in-aid in
question for the year;
(c) the balance sheet, indicating assets and liabilities from
grant-in-aid in question;
(d) the utilization certificate in prescribed format (GFR-19A)
as per General Financial Rules along with the item-wise
break-up;
(e) the audited accounts of the organisation as a whole for
the year. - the organization shall submit performance-cum-achievement report
as prescribed by the Ministry for which it received Grant-in-aid;
25 - that the facilities to be extended with the help of the Grant-in-aid
will be available for the welfare of all minorities irrespective of creed,
religion, colour, etc.; - the organization will not obtain grant for the same purpose/project
from any other source, including the Government sources. In case,
it receives grant for the same project from other sources also, the
same will be intimated to Ministry of Minority Affairs immediately
after receipt with proper reference; - the organization will not divert Grant-in-aid or entrust the execution
of the project for which Grant-in-aid is sanctioned, to another
organization or institution; - that if the Government is not satisfied with the progress of the
project or considers that the guidelines of the scheme, terms &
conditions of the sanction etc., are being violated, it reserves the
right to terminate the Grant-in-aid with immediate effect and also
take such other actions as it deems fit with or without prior notice.
Further, an organization once black listed by the Ministry, will never
be considered by the Ministry for grants in future, even if delisted
from the black list at any point of time; - that at the time of renewal of the project any unspent balance out of
the grants shall be adjusted by the Ministry in the subsequent
admissible grant due; - no assets acquired wholly or substantially out of this Grant-in-aid
will be dispose off or encumbered and or otherwise utilized for the
purpose other than for which sanctioned; - the organization shall maintain a register in the GFR (19) of
permanent and semi-permanent assets acquired wholly or in part
out of this Grant-in-aid. This register shall remain open for
inspection to the officials from the Office of the Comptroller and
Auditor General of India/Government of India/State
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Government/Union Territories. The register shall be maintained
separately in respect of this grant and a copy thereof furnished to
the Ministry, along with the Audited Accounts; - the release of the last installment of the annual grant will be
conditional upon the grantee institutions to provide reasonable
evidence of proper utilization of installment released earlier during
the year as prescribed by the Ministry; - the organizations should liaise with District Administration for
convergence of other existing services for the welfare of minorities.
It should also maintain contact and seek cooperation of local
Panchayati Raj Institutions. It should also have institutional
arrangements for seeking community participation; - provisions of General Financial Rule 150(2) would be applicable
where the NGOs are being provided assistance for the prescribed
amount; - the organization shall appropriately display the boards that should
be erected a tthe project site indicating that the project is running
under the aegis of Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India; - the purchase of non-recurring items (if any) should be made only
from authorized dealers at competitive prices and subject to
vouchers being produced for inspection; - that the organization shall not charge any fees from the
beneficiaries; - in case of new projects, the organization shall intimate this Ministry
and the State Minority Welfare Department about the date of
commencement of project and that should be within 15 days from
the receipt of funds by the organization in their bank account; - that the organization shall not profess or promote any
religious/communal/fundamentalist/divisive beliefs or doctrines with
these grants;
27 - in the event of a Court case, the organization shall not be entitled to
any grant-in-aid till the matter is pending in the Court of Law; the
Ministry shall not be responsible for any legal/intellectual/contractual
disputes between the implementing organization and a third party.
By accepting the grant, the recipient accepts this condition; - for all disputes involving Ministry of Minority Affairs with regard to
release of grants, the jurisdiction of the Courts will be Delhi; - the organization shall abide by all the aforesaid terms & conditions,
guidelines of the scheme, provisions of GFRs, and any subsequent
revision/changes therein.
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