Lok Sabha Question No. 2805 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-05
Subject: Central Aid to Minority Organisations
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Sisir Kumar Adhikari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2805 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.12.2019

## CENTRAL AID TO MINORITY ORGANISATIONS

## 2805. SHRI SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the minority organisations are not getting their Central aid in time;
- (b) if so, the details regarding allotment and disbursement of funds since 2014, head-wise and State-wise;
- (c) the reasons behind the carrying forward of the funds from last consecutive budgets thereof; and
- (d) the reasons in detail to lower the budget for Minorities against the last five years average percentage therein?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SH. MUKTHAR ABBAS NAQVI)

(a) & (b) The Ministry of Minority Affairs does not provide any financial assistance/grants directly to minority organizations.  However,  for  educational  empowerment,  statutory/associated  organizations  namely  Maulana Azad Education Foundation (MAEF) and National Minorities Development Finance Corporation (NMDFC), are  given  funds/grants  based  on  their  requirements  as  per  the  laid  down  norms  for  such  releases  and availability  of  budget.  The  details  of  funds  released  from  the  budget  allocation  of  the  Ministry,  to  these organisations since 2014-15 are as under:-

(Rs. in crore)

| Year    |   NMDFC |   MAEF |
|---------|---------|--------|
| 2014-20 |     725 |  525.5 |

The States wise details of funds disbursed by NMDFC and MAEF are given in the Annexure I and Annexure II respectively.

- (c)  There is no provision of carrying forward of the funds from last consecutive budgets in the Ministry.

(d) The allocation of budget to the Ministry of Minority Affairs since 2014-15 is given below.  There has been no constraint in the implementation of the schemes/programmes in the last five years of the Ministry owing to budget. The Budget Estimates have been increasing over the years as reflected in the table below:-

## (Rs. in crore)

| Year    |   Budget Estimates | %age increase in budget   |
|---------|--------------------|---------------------------|
| 2014-15 |            3734.01 | 5.75%                     |
| 2015-16 |            3738.11 | 0.11%                     |
| 2016-17 |            3827.25 | 2.38%                     |
| 2017-18 |            4195.48 | 9.62%                     |
| 2018-19 |            4700    | 12.02%                    |

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## ANNEXURE-I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2805 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.12.2019

| National Minorities Development &Finance Corporation (NMDFC)   | National Minorities Development &Finance Corporation (NMDFC)   | National Minorities Development &Finance Corporation (NMDFC)   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sr. No.                                                        | STATES/UTs                                                     | (Rupees in crore) 2014-19 Amount disbursed                     |
| 1                                                              | CHANDIGARH                                                     | 0.60                                                           |
| 2                                                              | CHHATISGARH                                                    | 5.22                                                           |
| 3                                                              | DELHI                                                          | 0.44                                                           |
| 4                                                              | GUJARAT                                                        | 11.37                                                          |
| 5                                                              | HARYANA                                                        | 21.25                                                          |
| 6                                                              | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                               | 21.53                                                          |
| 7                                                              | JAMMU &KASHMIR                                                 | 264.05                                                         |
| 8                                                              | KARNATAKA                                                      | 43.10                                                          |
| 9                                                              | KERALA                                                         | 726.60                                                         |
| 10                                                             | MAHARASHTRA                                                    | 20.00                                                          |
| 11                                                             | MIZORAM                                                        | 9.24                                                           |
| 12                                                             | NAGALAND                                                       | 15.50                                                          |
| 13                                                             | PUDUCHERRY                                                     | 9.00                                                           |
| 14                                                             | PUNJAB                                                         | 18.50                                                          |
| 15                                                             | RAJASTHAN                                                      | 81.25                                                          |
| 16                                                             | TAMILNADU                                                      | 154.45                                                         |
| 17                                                             | TRIPURA                                                        | 78.20                                                          |
| 18                                                             | UTTRAKHAND                                                     | 2.00                                                           |
| 19                                                             | WEST BENGAL                                                    | 1100.00                                                        |
|                                                                | Grand Total                                                    | 2582.30                                                        |

ANNEXURE-II  REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2805 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.12.2019

| MAULANA AZAD EDUCATION FOUNDATION (MAEF) Details of State-wise Grant-in-Aid sanctioned from 2014 to 2019   | MAULANA AZAD EDUCATION FOUNDATION (MAEF) Details of State-wise Grant-in-Aid sanctioned from 2014 to 2019   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| State/UT                                                                                                   | Amount Sanctioned in Rupees                                                                                |
| ANDHRA PRADESH                                                                                             | 7000000                                                                                                    |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                                                                          | 2000000                                                                                                    |
| ASSAM                                                                                                      | 5000000                                                                                                    |
| BIHAR                                                                                                      | 14025000                                                                                                   |
| CHATTISGARH                                                                                                | 5000000                                                                                                    |
| GUJARAT                                                                                                    | 11800000                                                                                                   |
| HARYANA                                                                                                    | 32800000                                                                                                   |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                                                           | 200000                                                                                                     |
| JAMMU&KASHMIR                                                                                              | 3800000                                                                                                    |
| KARNATAKA                                                                                                  | 24850000                                                                                                   |
| KERALA                                                                                                     | 19950000                                                                                                   |
| MADHYAPRADESH                                                                                              | 1950000                                                                                                    |
| MAHARASHTRA                                                                                                | 51538000                                                                                                   |
| MANIPUR                                                                                                    | 6500000                                                                                                    |
| MIZORAM                                                                                                    | 2000000                                                                                                    |
| NAGALAND                                                                                                   | 3000000                                                                                                    |
| ORISSA                                                                                                     | 300000                                                                                                     |
| RAJASTHAN                                                                                                  | 5500000                                                                                                    |
| TAMIL NADU                                                                                                 | 3000000                                                                                                    |
| TELANGANA                                                                                                  | 3000000                                                                                                    |
| UTTAR PRADESH                                                                                              | 120880000                                                                                                  |
| UTTARAKHAND                                                                                                | 9100000                                                                                                    |
| WEST BENGAL                                                                                                | 2300000                                                                                                    |
| TOTAL                                                                                                      | 335493000                                                                                                  |