Lok Sabha Question No. 2739 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-03
Subject: Upliftment of Minority
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: SANTOSH KUMAR, HARI OM PANDEY, BHEEMRAO BASWANTHRAO PATIL, DILIP PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2739 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.01.2018

## Upliftment of Minority

2739.  SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR: SHRI HARI OM PANDAY: SHRI BHEEMRAO B. PATIL: SHRI DILIP PATEL:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of ongoing schemes under the Ministry for the upliftment of minorities including people living in the rural and far flung areas of the country;
- (b) the details of workshops organized in the rural areas during each of the last three years and the number of participants thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  steps  to  promote  the  present  schemes  and  also monitoring mechanism to check the implementation of scheme, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the details of beneficiaries/allocated/ spent funds under various schemes during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise details; and
- (e) whether the cases of irregularities and  corruption in  the implementation of such schemes have come to the notice of Government during the said period, if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor along with the remedial measures taken by Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): This Ministry is implementing the following schemes/programmes for the upliftment of six Centrally notified minorities in the country, namely, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Parsis and Jains, including those living in the rural and far flung areas of the country:-
- (1) Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme - For Class I to X.
- (2) Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme - For Class XI to Ph.D.
- (3) Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship Scheme - For Professional and Technical Courses.
- (4) Maulana Azad National Fellowship - For M.Phil. and Ph.D
- (5) Free  Coaching  and  Allied  Scheme  (Naya  Savera)  -  For  Competitive  Examination  of Professional Courses and Government Jobs.
- (6) 'Padho Pardesh'- Scheme of Interest Subsidy on Educational Loans for Overseas Studies.
- (7) Nai  Udaan  -  Support  for  students  clearing  Prelims  conducted  by  UPSC,  SSC,  State PublicService Commission (PSC), etc.
- (8) Hamari Dharohar - A scheme to preserve rich heritage of minority communities under the overall concept of Indian Culture.

- (9) Jiyo Parsi - Scheme for containing population decline of small minority community.
- (10) Nai Roshni-Leadership Development of Minority Women
- (11) Skill Development Initiatives - Seekho Aur Kamao
- (12) Nai Manzil - A scheme for formal school education & skilling of school dropouts.
- (13) USTTAD (Upgrading the Skills and Training in Traditional Arts/Crafts for Development)
- (14) Multi-sectoral  Development  Programme  (MsDP)  -  implemented  in  identified  Minority Concentration  Blocks,  Minority  Concentration  Towns  &  Clusters  of  Contiguous  Villages for creation of assets.
- (15) Grants-in-Aid  to  Maulana  Azad  Education  Foundation  (MAEF)  for  implementation  of education and skill related schemes:-
8. (a)  Grants-in-Aid to NGOs/Trust/Society
9. (b) Begum  Hazrat  Mahal  National  Scholarship  for  Meritorious  Girls  belonging  to  the Minorities.
10. (c)  Gharib  Nawaz Skill Development Training for providing short-term job oriented skill development courses to youths belonging to minority communities.
- (16) Equity  to  National  Minorities  Development  and  Finance  Corporation  (NMDFC)  for providing  concessional  loans  to  minorities  for  self-employment  and  income  generating ventures.

The details of the ongoing schemes/programmes at serial No. (1) to (14) are available on the website of this Ministry ( www.minorityaffairs.gov.in ), details of the scheme at serial No.(15) are available on the website of MAEF ( www.maef.nic.in ) and that of at serial No.(16) are available on the website of NMDFC ( www.nmdfc.org ).

(b): Since 2013-14, total number of 341 workshops have been organized all over the country, including  rural  areas,  under  the  scheme  of  Research/Studies,  Monitoring  and  Evaluation  of Development schemes including Publicity of the Ministry. The information regarding number of participants is not maintained.

- (c): The  Government  has  undertaken  multi-media  campaign  to  spread  awareness  of  welfare schemes meant for minorities through print and electronic media, namely, Doordarshan Network, All India Radio Network including FM Channels, private FM channels, private TV channels and websites all over the country, including rural and far flung areas.  Pocket booklets and pamphlets on various schemes / programmes of the Ministry are published in Hindi, English, Urdu and other regional  languages.      In  order  to  directly  reach  to  the  public  and  spread  awareness,  'Progress Panchayats' are organized in various places.   Regional Coordination  &  Review Conferences  are also  held  with  State  Governments  from  time  to  time  where,  inter-alia,  information  about  the Ministry's schemes is provided. In addition, outdoor publicity is also being done by organizing

'Hunar Haat' at  India  International  Trade  Fair  2016  and  2017  and  at  Baba  Kharak  Singh  Marg, New Delhi from 11.2.2017 to 26.2.2017 and also at Puducherry during 24 th - 30 th September, 2017, to promote traditional crafts/arts and strengthen their markets linkages.

The details of the monitoring mechanism to check the implementation of various schemes of Ministry of Minority Affairs are available on the website of this Ministry ( www.minorityaffairs.gov.in ). The new schemes launched by the Ministry in the past three years have  the  following  monitoring  mechanisms  incorporated  for  effective  implementation  of  the schemes:-

- (i) Padho Pardesh  -  This  scheme  is  implemented  by  the  Ministry  through  Banks,  which  also monitor implementation of the scheme.
- (ii) Nai  Manzil  -  A  Project  Monitoring  Unit  has  been  set  up,  which  constantly  monitors  the project  implementation.    In  addition,  the  World  Bank  team  also  periodically  monitors  the scheme along with Ministry officials.
- (iii) Hamari  Dharohar  and  USTTAD  -  These  schemes  are  monitored  by  the  Ministry  in consultation with the stakeholders.
- (iv) The schemes of MAEF mentioned at Sl.No. (15) above are monitored through the empanelled Inspecting Authorities of MAEF.

(d): The State-wise details of beneficiaries/allocated/spent funds under various schemes/programmes of the Ministry during each of the last three years and the current year are available on the website of the Ministry at www.minorityaffairs.gov.in.

(e): No cases of irregularities and corruption in the implementation of the schemes have come to the notice of the Government, and whenever it is reported, action and remedial measures will be taken as per the extant rules.

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