Lok Sabha Question No. 1992 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-07
Subject: Fund Allocated for Welfare of Minority Community
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: PONGULETI SRINIVASA REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1992 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.03.2018

## Fund Allocated for Welfare of Minority Community

## 1992.   SHRI PONGULETI

## SRINIVASA REDDY:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to State:

- (a) Whether  funds allocated for the welfare of  minority community were unspent and lying idle and the implementation of various welfare schemes has been very tardy;
- (b) If so, the details thereof and the reasons thereof; and
- (c) the  present  status  of  various  schemes  for  welfare  of  minorities  that  are  being implemented in Telangana along with the funds allocated during each of the last three years?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)

- (a) &  (b)  No  Madam,  the  funds  allotted  to  the  Ministry  were  spent  to  a  large  extent  on various welfare schemes for the minority community.
- (c):      Scheme-wise  funds  released  to  the  State  Government  of  Telangana,  Implementing Agencies/Programme Implementing Agencies located in Telangana in the last three years is as below:-

(Rs in crore)

| S.No.   | Name of the Scheme                   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   |
|---------|--------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1       | Multi-Sectoral Development Programme | 2.72      | 10.79     | 37.8      |
| 2       | Pre -Matric Scholarship Scheme       |           |           |           |
|         | i. Amount released                   | 48.03     | 40.63     | 30.24     |
|         | ii. Scholarship awarded (in lakh)    | 1.76      | 2.15      | 1.04      |

| 3   | Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme                                                       |      |       |       |
|-----|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------|-------|-------|
|     | i. Amount released                                                                   | 6.98 | 11.94 | 10.38 |
|     | ii. Scholarship awarded (lakh)                                                       | 0.12 | 0.15  | 0.13  |
| 4   | Merit-cum-Means Scholarship Scheme                                                   |      |       |       |
|     | i. Amount released                                                                   | 3.39 | 5.24  | 4.43  |
|     | ii. Scholarship awarded                                                              | 1238 | 1917  | 1722  |
| 5   | Leadership Development of Minority Women                                             |      |       |       |
|     | i. Amount released                                                                   | 0.03 | 0.03  | 0.04  |
|     | ii. Women covered                                                                    | 225  | -     | 250   |
| 6   | Free Coaching and Allied Scheme                                                      |      |       |       |
|     | i. Amount released                                                                   | 1.80 | 7.65  | 5.97  |
|     | ii. Scholarship awarded                                                              | 1150 | 1140  | 940   |
| 7   | Maulana Azad National Fellowships awarded (number)                                   | 15   | 15    | 15    |
| 8   | Skill Development Initiatives                                                        |      |       |       |
|     | i. Amount released                                                                   | 0.71 | 5.64  | 2.36  |
|     | ii. Persons Trained                                                                  | 500  | 4000  | 2230  |
| 9   | Maulana Azad Education Foundation                                                    |      |       |       |
|     | i. Amount released                                                                   | 0    | 1.07  | 2.86  |
|     | ii. Girls awarded scholarship                                                        | 0    | 891   | 2385  |
| 10  | Computerization of Records of State Waqf Boards                                      | -    |       |       |
|     | Number of properties digitized                                                       |      | 26301 | 26301 |
| 11  | Scheme for interest subsidy on Educational loan for overseas (Padho Pardesh)         |      |       |       |
|     | i. Amount released                                                                   |      | 0.71  | 0.58  |
|     | ii. Number of claims                                                                 |      | 275   | 203   |
| 12  | Nai Udaan - support for students clearing UPSC/SSC etc. Prelims (number of students) | 2    | 5     | 5     |
| 13  | Nai Manzil - coaching to school dropouts &skill development                          |      |       |       |
|     | i. Amount released                                                                   | -    | -     | 6.57  |
|     | ii. Number of children                                                               | -    | -     | 3880  |