Lok Sabha Question No. 1770 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Performance of Schemes
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: PRABHATSINH PRATAPSINH CHAUHAN, BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO, NARANBHAI KACHHADIA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1770 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2019

## Performance of Schemes

## 1770. SHRI P.P. CHAUHAN: SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO: SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the  year-wise details of  the schemes launched by the Government under the Ministry of Minority Affairs since the year 2014 till date alongwith the details of the targets set and the achievements made under each of the said schemes;

(b) the State-wise details of the proposals received from various States alongwith the  proposals  approved  by  the  Union  Government  under the schemes sponsored by the Ministry of Minority Affairs;

(c) the scheme-wise and State-wise details of the funds allocated and utilized for implementation of various schemes of this Ministry during each of the last four years and the current year;

(d) whether  the  Government  has  set  any  time-limit  for  completing  the  pending schemes and if so, the details thereof;

(e) whether the Government has any mechanism to monitor the funds allocated to the States/organizations achieving the said purposes and if so, the details thereof; and

(f) the action taken against the Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) found guilty in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to  (c):  Government  of  India  is  implementing  various  schemes  for  socio-economic  and educational empowerment of the six (6) centrally notified minority communities namely, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Parsis and Jains. This Ministry has initiated the following welfare schemes for minorities during the last five years:-
- (1) Nai  Manzil  -  A  scheme  for  formal  school  education  &  skilling  of  school dropouts has been initiated in the year 2016-17.  Since inception, Rs. 210.75 Crore has been released for 1 lakh youth under the programme.
- (2) USTTAD (Upgrading  the  Skills  and  Training  in  Traditional  Arts/Crafts  for Development) Scheme.  Hunar Haat is also being organised under this Scheme from 2016-17 to further promote traditional crafts/arts, employment

generation  and  strengthen  their  market  linkages.    Till  date  11  Hunar  Haats have been organized and 1059 artisans covered for training since inception.

- (3) Hamari Dharohar -  Implementation  of  this  scheme  is  done  to  preserve  rich heritage of minority communities under the overall concept of Indian Culture.
- (4) The  Multi-sectoral  Development  Programme  (MsDP)  has  been  restructured and  implemented  as  Pradhan  Mantri  Jan  Vikas  Karyakram  (PMJVK)  in  the remaining  period  of  14 th Finance  Commission.      Under  the  restructured PMJVK,  the  area  covered  has  been  extended  by  adding  109  Minority Concentration District Headquarters (MCD Hqr) for the first time, increasing the  number  of  Minority  Concentration  Blocks  (MCB)  from  710  to  870  and Minority  Concentration  Towns  (MCT)  from  66  to  321.    New  states/UTs namely, Goa, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Nagaland and Himachal Pradesh have been included under the programme.  Overall, the number of Districts covered under  the  restructured  PMJVK  is  around  308  as  compared  to  196  Districts under the MsDP programme in the 12 th Plan period.
- (5) The pre-matric, post-matric and merit-cum-means based scholarship schemes have been restructured  for  implementation  through  the  National  Scholarship Portal  (NSP)  and  to  provide  for  disbursement  of  scholarship  through  Direct Benefit  Transfer  (DBT).    In  last  4  years  and  current  year,    277.28  lakh scholarships have been disbursed amounting to Rs. 7387.86 crores.
- (6) Seekho  Aur  Kamao,  a  placement  linked  skill  development  scheme  for minorities has been launched during 2013-14.  The scheme aims at upgrading the skills of minority youth in various model/traditional skills depending upon their  qualification,  present  economic  trends  and  market  potential  which  can earn  them  a  suitable  employment  or  make  them  skilled  to  go  for  selfemployment. Under the scheme 4.47 lakh persons have been sanctioned/allocated and an amount of Rs. 693.90 crore has been spent since 2014-15.
- (7) Under the Begum Hazrat Mahal National Scholarship for  Meritorious Girls, implemented  by  Maulana  Azad  Education  Foundation,  scholarship  is  also being given to girls studying in class IX and X, besides girls studying in class XI and XII.  Since 2014-15, Rs. 216.32crore has been disbursed as scholarship to 2.41 lakh girl students.
- (8) Gharib  Nawaz  Skill  Development  Training  for  Minorities  -  A  scheme  to provide short-term job oriented skill development courses to youths belonging to the 06 centrally notified minority communities, namely, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Parsis and Jains {implemented through Maulana

Azad Education Foundation (MAEF)}. Since inception, an amount of Rs. 400 crore has been allocated under the scheme.

- (9) 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).
- (10) Swachh Vidyalaya (implemented through MAEF).  Since inception an amount of Rs. 20 crore has been allotted under the scheme.

The details of the schemes and funds allocated, released, funds utilized, target set  and  achieved  wherever  applicable,  at  serial  No.  (1)  to  (6)  are  available  on  the website of this Ministry ( www.minorityaffairs.gov.in )  and those at serial No.(7) to (10) are available on the website of MAEF ( www.maef.nic.in ).

- (d)    There are no pending schemes of the Ministry.  However the projects sanctioned under the Multi sectoral Development Programme (MsDP)/Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram  (PMJVK)  are  under  various  stages  of  implementation  in  the  identified Minorities Concentrated Areas of the States.  As per the PMJVK guidelines, projects are required to be completed within a stipulated time by meeting the time lines.  The construction process of the asset is required to be initiated within one year from the date  of  approval  failing  which,  approval  for  the  projects  may  be  withdrawn  by  the Ministry. However, the pace of construction of assets under PMJVK varies from state to state  depending upon various factors like availability of land, timely selection of construction agencies and other unforeseen reasons.
- (e) &  (f) There is an inbuilt mechanism in all scheme guidelines for proper implementation, third party evaluation and monitoring by the Central Ministries/Departments. The State Governments/UTs  also monitor  implementation of these schemes through State/District Level Committees. The schemes are evaluated from  time  to  time  by  the  Ministry.  The  details  of  monitoring  mechanism  available under the schemes implemented by the Ministry are available in the website of this Ministry www.minorityaffairs.gov.in. So far no organization has been found guilty in this regard.