Lok Sabha Question No. 2609 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-03
Subject: Budgetary Outlay
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: SHOBHA KARANDLAJE, PRATHAP SIMHA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2609 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.01.2018

## BUDGETARY OUTLAY

## 2609.  KUMARI SHOBHAKARANDLAJE: SHRI PRATAP SIMHA:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has increased the budgetary outlay of Ministry during the last three years, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of the salient features, aims and the beneficiaries of the NaiManzil Scheme for welfare of notified minority communities;
- (c) the progress made under the scheme and the number of people benefitting from the scheme in terms of education and skill development;
- (d) the  details  of  the  funds  allocated  to  the  project  implementing  agencies  to  implement  this scheme during the last two years and whether the NaiManzil Scheme is aligned with Skill India and Digital India Mission of the Government; and
- (e) the  other  significant  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  enable  minorities  to  seek  better employment in the organized sector and equip them with better lives?

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

(a): Yes, Madam.  The budgetary outlay of Ministry of Minority Affairs for the last three financial years and the current financial year 2017-18 is as under:-

| Financial Year   | Budget Allocation   |
|------------------|---------------------|
| 2014-15          | Rs.3734.01 crore    |
| 2015-16          | Rs.3738.11 crore    |
| 2016-17          | Rs.3827.25 crore    |
| 2017-18          | Rs.4195.48 crore    |

(b) Ministry  of  Minority  Affairs  is  implementing  'NaiManzil'  Scheme,  a  comprehensive education  and  skill  development  scheme,  for  minority  youth  aged  between  17  to  35  years.  The design  of  the  scheme  is  to  support  productive  employment  among  minority  youth  who  do  not possess a formal education certification for Class VIII or X. The minority youth covered under this Scheme  belongs  to  six  notified  minority  communities  i.e  Muslims,  Christians,  Sikhs,  Jains, Buddhists  and Parsis.

The  aim/objective  of  the  Nai  Manzil  scheme  is  to  improve  completion  of  secondary education and provide market-driven skill/training for targeted youth from minority communities. The scheme is primarily implemented by the Project Implementing Agencies (PIAs) who provide non- residential integrated education and skill training for 9 to 12 months, of which a minimum of 3 months is  devoted  to  skill  training  compliant  with  the  National  Skills  Qualifications  Framework (NSQF).  The  six-month  education  part  is  being  imparted  to  the  beneficiaries  through  Project Implementing  Agencies  (PIAs)  under  the  Scheme  which  will  be  followed  by  three-month  skill training and subsequent placement of beneficiaries.

(c): Total target for number of beneficiaries to be covered under the Nai Manzil Scheme is one lakh. While a total of 69,840 beneficiaries have been covered in 2016-17, remaining 30,160 youth are being covered in the current year.

(d): While no funds were released during 2015-16, an expenditure of Rs.118 crore was made during 2016-17. Nai Manzil Scheme is aligned with Skill India and Digital India Mission of the Government.

(e): Nai Manzil Scheme provides minorities with employment in the form of wage employment and self-employment through providing them education and skill training. Besides the Ministry of Minority Affairs also implements Skill Development Initiative scheme envisaging a minimum of 75% employment  of  trained  minority  youth  and  out  of  them  50%  in  organized  sector.  Another Scheme,  namely,  'Upgrading  Skill  and  Training  in  Traditional  Arts/Crafts  for  Development (USTTAD)' aims  at  capacity  building  of  minority  artists  and  craftsmen  including  lesser  known artists/  craftsmen.  Loan  scheme  of  National  Minorities  Development  &  Finance  Corporation (NMDFC) provides self-employment. Maulana Azad Education Foundation under the Ministry has also recently launched a new scheme 'Gharib Nawaz Skill Development Training' for minorities for  providing  short  term  job-oriented  skill  development  courses  to  youth  belonging  to  minority communities from 2017-18.

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