Lok Sabha Question No. 1969 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-22
Subject: Evaluation of Schemes for Minorities
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Kanakmal Katara

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1969

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.09.2020

## EVALUATION OF SCHEMES FOR MINORITIES

## †1969. SHRI KANAKMAL KATARA:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to evaluate the schemes to ensure the delivery of special facilities to the real and eligible beneficiaries to the minorities in Rajasthan and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to provide special facility on the basis of need/eligibility and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details regarding the expenditure incurred on the different works in the Banswara and Dungarpur districts; and
- ( d) whether the Government proposes to change the standard to grant minority status and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) &  (b):  Schemes  being  implemented  by  Ministry  of  Minority  Affairs  are evaluated , from time to time, by independent agency  to find out the impact of the  schemes  across  the  country  including  Rajasthan,  on  the  welfare  and development of minorities and to ensure that,  wherever necessary,  further refinements in the schemes are carried out so as to make the schemes more effective  and  to  provide  access  to  the  eligible  persons  belonging  to  the  six

notified  minority  communities.    Further  performance  under  the  schemes  is also monitored on a continuous basis to ensure that the desired outcome in terms of all round development of the notified minorities is achieved.

- (c):    The  Ministry  of  Minority  Affairs    implements  Pradhan  Mantri  Jan  Vikas Karyakram  (PMJVK),  a  Central  Sponsored  Scheme,  in  1300  identified Minority  Concentration  Areas  (MCAs)  of  the  country  with  the  objective  to develop socio-economic infrastructure and basic amenities for the welfare of the people living in the Area.   The MCAs have been identified on the basis of concentration  of  minority  population  i.e.  25%  or  more  and  backwardness  in terms  of  socio-economic  and/or  basic  amenity  indicators  as  compared  to national  average.   Projects  under  PMJVK  are  formulated  by  the  State Governments/UT Administrations on the basis of requirement of the MCA.

The  Ministry  has  so  far  sanctioned  projects  of  Rs.708.18  lakh  having  Central Share of Rs.429.89 lakhs in Banswara district of Rajasthan.  The type of projects sanctioned  are  25  -  Additional  Classrooms,  1  Common  Service  Centre,  1 Degree College, 1 Teaching Aid, 2 - Toilets in School.    Dungarpur district is not an identified MCA under the PMJVK scheme. However, the feasibility of project proposal from Districts which are not identified as MCA may be explored through Cluster of Village (CoVs) approach.

- (d) As  per  Section  2  (c)  of  the  NCM  Act,  'minority',  for  the  purposes  of  this  Act, means  a  community  notified  as  such  by  the  Central  Government.  So  far,  six communities viz. Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Zoroastrians (Parsis) and  Jains,  have  been  notified  as  minority  communities  by  the  Central  Govt. There is no proposal to  change the standard to grant minority status at present.

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