Article Title: Naya Savera Scheme
04-08-2023
Polity & Governance Prelims Plus
Why is in news? Ministry implemented ‘Naya Savera’ scheme to assist students/candidates belonging to the six notified minority communities
The Ministry implemented ‘Naya Savera’ scheme (‘Free Coaching and Allied’ scheme) to assist students/candidates belonging to the six notified minority communities for admission in technical/professional courses and competitive examination.
Since inception, 1,19,223 minority students/candidates have been benefited under Naya Savera Scheme, out of which 12,155 beneficiaries were from state of Andhra Pradesh.
The scheme was implemented across the country through empaneled Project Implementing Agencies (PIAs).
The scheme has been revised with effect from September, 2017, and as per the revised scheme, students/candidates belonging to the notified Minority Communities namely Sikh, Jain, Muslim, Christian, Buddhist and Parsi, having total annual family income from all sources not exceeding Rs.6.00 lakh, are eligible for coaching under the scheme.
Objectives:
Qualifying examinations for admission in technical/professional courses such as engineering, law, medical, management, information technology etc and language/aptitude examinations for seeking admission in foreign universities.
Competitive examinations for recruitment to Group 'A', 'B', 'C and 'D' services and other equivalent posts under the Central and State governments including police/security forces, public sector undertakings, Railways, banks, insurance companies as well as autonomous bodies; and
Coaching for jobs in the private sector such as in airlines, shipping, information technology (IT), business process outsourcing (BPO) and other IT enabled services, hospitality, tours and travels, maritime, food processing, retail, sales & marketing, bio-technology and other job oriented courses as per the emerging trend of employment.
Remedial coaching at undergraduate and post graduate level to improve the academic knowledge and enable the student to catch up with the rest of the class and complete the course successfully.
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