Lok Sabha Question No. 2394 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-01
Subject: Welfare Schemes in Rural Areas
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY, NISHIKANT  DUBEY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2394 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.08.2018

## Welfare Schemes in Rural Areas

## 2394.  SHRI RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY: SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of ongoing schemes implemented by the Ministry in the rural areas of the country at present;
- (b) the  details  of  workshops  organized  in  the  rural  areas,  especially  in  Santhal  Pargana  of Jharkhand during each of the last three years and the number of participants thereof;
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to promote the present schemes; and
- (d) the details of beneficiaries, fund allocated and spent under various schemes during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise including Jharkhand?

## ANSWER

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

(a): This  Ministry  is  implementing  the  following  schemes/programmes  for  the  welfare  of  six centrally notified minority communities, namely, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Parsis and Jains, in the country, including the rural 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) Grants-in-Aid  to  Maulana  Azad  Education  Foundation  (MAEF)  for  implementation  of education and skill related schemes:-
2. (a) Grants-in-Aid to NGOs/Trust/Society
3. (b) Begum  Hazrat  Mahal  National  Scholarship  for  Meritorious  Girls  belonging  to  the Minorities.
4. (c) Gharib Nawaz Skill Development Training for providing short-term job oriented skill development courses to youths belonging to minority communities.
5. (d)   Bridge Course for madarsa students & school dropouts by Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh and Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi under Nai Manzil scheme. (implemented through MAEF).
6. (e)  Swachh Vidyalaya Intiative.
- (15) Equity  to  National  Minorities  Development  and  Finance  Corporation  (NMDFC)  for providing  concessional  loans  to  minorities  for  self-employment  and  income  generating activities through State Chanellising Agencies.
- (16) Besides  the  above,  an  Area  Development  Programme  called  Pradhan  Mantri  Jan  Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK), earlier known as Multi-sectoral Development Programme (MsDP), is implemented in identified Minority Concentration District Headquarters, Minority Concentration  Blocks,  Minority  Concentration  Towns  &  Clusters  of  Contiguous  Villages which are relatively backward.

The  details  of  the  ongoing  schemes/programmes  at  serial  No.  (1)  to  (13)  and  (16)  are available on the website of this Ministry ( www.minorityaffairs.gov.in ),  details  of  the  scheme  at serial  No.(14)  are  available  on  the  website  of  MAEF  ( www.maef.nic.in )  and  that  of  at  serial No.(15) are available on the website of NMDFC ( www.nmdfc.org ).

(b): While  no  workshop  has  been  organized  in  Santhal  Pargana  of  Jharkhand  during  the  last three  years,  Ministry  of  Minority  Affairs  has  organized  a  workshop  in  2017-18  for  Interactive Session with Project Implementing Agencies (PIAs) of North Eastern States and Local Beneficiaries (women trainees from Imphal) at Imphal, Manipur under the scheme 'Nai Roshni'.

(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'. Recently, Hunar Haats have been organized at (i) India International Trade Fair 2016 and 2017, (ii) Baba Kharak Singh Marg, New Delhi in February 2017 & 2018, (iii) Puducherry in September,  2017,  and  at  Mumbai  in  January,  2018,  to  further  promote  traditional  crafts/arts, generate employment and strengthen their market linkages.

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

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