Lok Sabha Question No. 79 (STARRED), answered on 2020-02-06
Subject: New Policy/Schemes for Welfare of  Minorities
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Prataprao Govindrao  Patil Chikhalikar, Umesh G. Jadhav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. *79 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2020

NEW POLICY/SCHEMES FOR WELFARE OF MINORITIES

†*79.  SHRI PRATAPRAO PATIL CHIKHLIKAR: DR. UMESH G. JADHAV:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS  be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has formulated/launched any new policy/welfare schemes to serve the interests of the minorities in the country;

(b)  if so, the details thereof; and

(c) the funds allocated by the Government for each of the schemes and its utilisation during the last three years, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

(SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)

(a) to (c): A statement is laid on the table of the House.

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## Statement referred to in reply to  parts (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.79 to be answered on 06.02.2020 asked by Shri Prataprao Patil Chikhlikar and Dr. Umesh G. Jadhav regarding 'New Policy/Schemes For Welfare of Minorities'

(a) & (b):Ministry is implementing the following schemes / programmes in the country, for the welfare  and  development of  six  centrally notified minority communities namely, Buddhists, Christians, Jains, Muslims, Sikhs and Parsis. These schemes / programmes in brief are as under:-

- (1) Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme: for upto class 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)  Pradhan  Mantri  Jan  Vikas  Karyakaram  (PMJVK)  earlier  known  as Multi-sectoral Development Programme  (MsDP)  is implemented in identified  Minority  Concentration  Areas  for  creation  of  socio-economic and basic amenities  related   infrastructural  assets. The Scheme  was restructured  in  May  2018  extending  the  area  coverage  by  adding  109 Minority Concentration District Headquarters (MCD Hqrs.) and increasing the number Minority Concentration Blocks      ( MCBs) from 710 to  870 and  Minority Concentration Towns (MCTs) from 66 to 321. In all 1300 Minority Concentration Areas have been identified under PMJVK spread over  308  Districts    in  33    States/UTs.     Further,  80%  of  the  resources under the programme are  now allocated for education, health and skill development and at least 33-40% of resources are  allocated for women centric projects.

(5)  Maulana  Azad  National  Fellowship:  Fellowship  for  pursuing  higher studies such as M. Phil and Ph. D as per UGC norms.

(6) Naya Savera: Free Coaching & Allied Scheme - The Scheme aims to provide  free  coaching  to  students/candidates  belonging  to    minority communities for qualifying in entrance examinations of technical/ professional  courses  and  Competitive  examinations  for  recruitment  to Group 'A' , 'B' and 'C' level.

- (7)  Padho Pardes: Scheme of Interest Subsidy on Educational Loans for Overseas Studies.
- (8)  Nai Udaan:  Support for candidates clearing preliminary examinations conducted  by  UPSC,  SSC  and    State  Public  Service  Commissions (SPSC) etc.
- (9)  Jiyo Parsi: A unique scheme that aims to contain population decline of Parsis in India.
- (10)  Nai  Roshni:  An  exclusive  scheme  for  Leadership  Development  of Women to instill confidence in them by providing knowledge, tools and techniques for interacting with Government systems, banks and intermediaries at all levels.
- (11) Seekho Aur Kamao: A placement linked skill development program.
- (12)  Nai  Manzil:  A  scheme  for  formal  school  education  and    skilling  of school dropouts. (13)  USTTAD:  Scheme  for  upgrading  Skills  and  Training  in  Traditional Arts/Crafts,  organising  of  Hunar  Haats  for  marketing  of  such  arts and crafts. (14) Hamari Dharohar: A scheme to preserve rich heritage of Indian    Minority Communities under the overall concept of Indian Culture. (15)  Maulana Azad Education Foundation (MAEF) for implementations of education and employment oriented schemes. (16)  Equity  to  National  Minorities  Development  and  Finance  Corporation (NMDFC) provides concessional loans to minorities for selfemployment and income generating ventures. (c)  Scheme-wise details of the  funds allocated and released / utilised under various schemes to meet the scheme objectives during the last three years
7. is at Annexure . No state-wise allocation is done in the Budget.

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Annexure referred in reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.79 to be answered on 06.02.2020 regarding New Policy/Schemes For Welfare of Minorities asked by Shri Prataprao Patil Chikhlikar and Dr. Umesh G. Jadhav.

## Scheme-wise allocation  and utilization of funds   during last three years

|       |                                                                      |            |             |            |             | (Rs in crore)   | (Rs in crore)   |
|-------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|-------------|------------|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| S.No. | Name of the Scheme                                                   | BE 2016-17 | Acutal Expr | BE 2017-18 | Acutal Expr | BE 2018-19      | Acutal Expr     |
| A.1   | EDUCATIONALEMPOWERMENT -                                             |            |             |            |             |                 |                 |
| 1     | Pre-Matric Scholarship                                               | 931.00     | 585.94      | 950.00     | 1108.13     | 980.00          | 1176.19         |
| 2     | Post-Matric Scholarship                                              | 550.00     | 287.11      | 550.00     | 479.72      | 692.00          | 354.89          |
| 3     | Merit-cum-Means                                                      | 335.00     | 220.54      | 393.54     | 388.79      | 522.00          | 261.17          |
| 4     | Maulana Azad National Fellowship                                     | 80.00      | 119.92      | 100.00     | 124.87      | 153.00          | 97.85           |
| 5     | Interest subsidy on educational loans on overseas studies            | 4.00       | 4.00        | 8.00       | 17.00       | 24.00           | 45.00           |
| 6     | Free Coaching and Allied schemes                                     | 45.00      | 40.00       | 48.00      | 45.59       | 74.00           | 44.61           |
| 7     | Nai Udaan                                                            | 4.00       | 4.00        | 4.00       | 6.18        | 8.00            | 6.72            |
| A.2   | ECONOMICEMPOWERMENT -                                                |            |             |            |             |                 |                 |
| 8     | Skill Development Initiative                                         | 210.00     | 204.94      | 250.00     | 199.80      | 250.00          | 175.73          |
| 9     | USTTAD (Hunar Haat)                                                  | 20.00      | 19.77       | 22.00      | 21.80       | 30.00           | 31.26           |
| 10    | Nai Manzil (skill to 8th to 10th)                                    | 155.00     | 117.97      | 175.95     | 93.73       | 140.00          | 93.73           |
| 11    | Equity of NMDFC                                                      | 140.00     | 140.00      | 170.00     | 170.00      | 165.02          | 165.00          |
| A.3   | SPECIAL INITATIVESFOREMPOWERMENT                                     |            |             |            |             |                 |                 |
| 12    | Leadership development of Minority Women                             | 15.00      | 14.75       | 15.00      | 15.19       | 15.00           | 13.83           |
| 13    | Scheme for Containing Population Decline of Small Minority community | 2.00       | 1.54        | 2.00       | 3.00        | 4.00            | 4.00            |
| 14    | Hamari Dharohar -                                                    | 11.00      | 6.6         | 12.00      | 0.64        | 6.00            | 1.64            |
| 15    | Research/ Studies, Monitoring, Evaluation and Publicity -            | 45.00      | 46.78       | 50.00      | 50.04       | 55.00           | 52.6            |
| B.    | AREA DEVELOPMENTPROGRAMMES                                           |            |             |            |             |                 |                 |
| 16    | Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakaram                                  | 1125.00    | 1082.78     | 1200.00    | 1197.66     | 1320.00         | 1156.07         |
| C.    | SUPPORT TO INSTITUTIONS                                              |            |             |            |             |                 |                 |
| 17    | Maulana Azad Education Foundation -                                  | 113.00     | 113.00      | 113.00     | 113.00      | 125.01          | 36.00           |
| 18    | Grants to SCAs of NMDFC -                                            | 2.00       | 1.27        | 2.00       | 0.30        | 2.00            | 2.00            |
| 19    | Quami Waqf Board Tariquatti Scheme                                   | 13.00      | 10.13       | 13.00      | 10.58       | 16.94           | 11.89           |
| 20    | Sahari Waqf Sampati Vikas Yojana                                     | 3.18       | 2.8         | 3.18       | 3.16        | 3.16            | 3.16            |
| 21    | Secretariat -                                                        | 13.59      | 16.23       | 17.66      | 17.81       | 19.14           | 28.16           |
| 22    | National Commission for Minorities                                   | 7.66       | 7.19        | 8.41       | 7.26        | 8.62            | 8.92            |
| 23    | Commissioner of Linguistic Minorities -                              | 2.82       | 1.89        | 2.74       | 1.86        | 2.32            | 1.70            |
| 24    | Haj CGI Jeddah -                                                     | 0.00       | 0.00        | 78.00      | 56.72       | 76.79           | 73.39           |
|       | Haj Secretariat -                                                    | 0.00       | 0.00        | 7.00       | 6.48        | 8.00            | 7.50            |