Lok Sabha Question No. 1691 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-28
Subject: Minority Welfare Schemes
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Abdul Khaleque

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1691 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.11.2019

## Minority Welfare Schemes

## 1691. SHRI ABDUL KHALEQUE:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  number  of  projects  taken  up  under  various  schemes  for  welfare  of minorities during the last three years;
- (b)  the details about the number of projects implemented so far;
- (c)  the amount of money spent so far under various schemes in last three years;
- (d)  the  details  and  the  number  of  projects  undertaken  in  Assam,  the  State  with the second highest minority population in the country; and
- (e)  whether the Government intends to take up projects soon and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) &  (b)  Ministry  is  implementing  the  following  schemes  /  Programmes  in  the country  including  Assam,  for  the  welfare  &  development  of the  six  (6)  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) Maulana Azad National Fellowship: Fellowship for pursuing higher studies such as M.Phil and Ph.D as per UGC norms.

(5) 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.

(6)  'Padho  Pardes':  Scheme  of  Interest  Subsidy  on  Educational  Loans  for Overseas Studies.

(7)  Nai  Udaan:  Support  to  minority  candidates  clearing  Prelims  conducted  by UPSC/SSC,  State  Public  Service  Commission  (PSC)  -  The  objective  of  the Scheme  is  to  provide  financial  support  to  the  minority  community  candidates clearing prelims conducted by Union Public Service Commission, Staff Selection Commission and State Public Service Commissions for preparation of their mains exams.

Support for candidates clearing Prelims conducted by UPSC, SSC, State Public Service Commission (PSC) etc.

(8)  Jiyo  Parsi:  The  scheme  aims  to  contain  the  population  decline  of  Parsis  in India. A unique scheme that aims to contain population decline of Parsis in India.

(9) Nai Roshni: An exclusive scheme for Leadership Development of Women to in still confidence  in them  by  providing knowledge,  tools and  techniques  for interacting with Government systems, banks and intermediaries at all levels.

(10) Seekho Aur Kamao: A Placement linked skill development program.

(11)  Nai  Manzil:  A  scheme  for  formal  school  education  &  skilling  of  school dropouts.

(12) USTTAD: Scheme for upgrading Skills and Training in Traditional Arts/Crafts, organising of Hunar Haats for marketing of such arts and crafts.

(13)  Hamari  Dharohar:  A  scheme  to  preserve  rich  heritage  of  Indian  Minority Communities under the overall concept of Indian Culture.

(14)  Maulana  Azad  Education  Foundation  (MAEF)  implements  educational  and employment oriented schemes.

(15) National Minorities Development and Finance Corporation (NMDFC) provides concessional  loans  to  minorities  for  self-  Employment  and  income  generating ventures.

(16) Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakaram (PMJVK): The Ministry has implemented  Pradhan  Mantri  Jan  Vikas  Karyakram  (PMJVK)  earlier  known  as Multi-sectoral Development Programme (MsDP), a Centrally Sponsored Scheme, in identified Minority Concentration Areas(MCA) of the country with the objective of developing  socio-economic  assets  and  basic  amenities  in  these  areas  to  bring them at par with other parts of the country.  The area covered under PMJVK are 109  Minority  Concentration  District  Headquarters  (MCD  Hqrs),  870  Minority Concentration  Blocks  (MCB).  and  321  Minority  Concentration  Towns  (MCT) and  Cluster of Minority Concentration Villages (CoMCV) which are identified on the basis  of  proposal  received  from  the States/UTs. In all 1300  Minority Concentration  Areas  have  been  identified  spread  over  in  308  Districts  of  32 States/UTs.

Under  the  PMJVK  a  total  of  24943  units  of  different  types  of  projects  have been sanctioned in last  3  years  and  an amount of  Rs.  2933.85  crore  has  been spent so far.

Projects  like  Residential  Schools,  New  Schools,  College  Buildings,  Student Hostels,  Additional  Class  Rooms,  Laboratory  Rooms  in  Schools,  Computer Rooms,  Toilets,  ITIs,  Polytechnics,  Skill  Training  Centres,  Working  Women Hostels, Hospitals, Health Centres, Anganwadi Centres, Drinking Water Projects, Common Service Centres, Sadbhav Mandaps, Market Sheds etc. as proposed by the State Govts/UT Administrations are sanctioned by the Govt.  The details are available at http://www.minorityaffairs.gov.in/empowered-committee-minutes.

(c)    The  amount  of  money  spent  under  various  schemes  during  the  last  three years is Rs. 11041.47 crore.

(d)    Projects relating to construction of Residential Schools-21, Common Service Centres / Sadbhav Mandaps-66, Hostels-02, Smart Classes-1682, Skill Development  Centres-01,  Market  Sheds-31  have  been  sanctioned  to  State  of Assam since 2017-18 under PMJVK.

(e)     The PMJVK being a Centrally Sponsored Scheme, project proposals  are received from the States/UTs as per the requirement and felt need of the identified Minority  Concentration  Area.   The  proposals  received  from  the  States/UTs  are placed before the Empowered Committee (EC) on PMJVK.  The meeting of the Empowered  Committee  is  held  on  a  regular  basis  and  proposals  as  and  when received  from  States/UTs  are  put  up  for  consideration  of  the  EC  subject  to fulfillment of all pre-requisites as per guidelines of the scheme.

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