Q. Consider the following statements regarding Gharib Nawaz Employment Scheme
1. The scheme provides short term job-oriented skill development courses to minorities’ youth in order to enable them for skill-based employment.
2. The scheme was launched by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Which of the above statements is/are correct? 
Answer: A
Notes:
Recently, the Union Minister for Minority Affairs replied in the Parliament that a total number of 371 training centres under the Gharib Nawaz Employment Scheme were opened across the country.
Gharib Nawaz Employment Scheme:
It is a scheme to provide short term job oriented skill development courses to minorities’ youth in order to enable them for skill-based employment. It was launched by the Ministry of Minority Affairs in 2017.
- Implementing agency: Maulana Azad Education Foundation, an autonomous body under the aegis of the Ministry of Minority Affairs, implements the scheme.
Source: PIB
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