Lok Sabha Question No. 428 (STARRED), answered on 2021-03-25
Subject: Schemes/Policies for Minorities
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Dharmendra Kumar Kashyap

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *428 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.03.2021

## SCHEMES/POLICIES FOR MINORITIES

## *428. SHRI DHARMENDRA KASHYAP:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number and details of schemes/policies launched/formulated after 2018 to serve the interests of the minorities in the country; and
- (b) the funds allocated by the Government for each of the schemes along with utilisation thereof during the said period, State-wise?

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

- (a) & (b): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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Statement  referred    in  reply  to  parts  (a)  &  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha  Starred  Question No.*428 to be answered on 25.03.2021 asked by SHRI DHARMENDRA KASHYAP regarding 'SCHEMES/POLICIES FOR MINORITIES'.

(a): In a major policy decision in 2018, the Government has allowed Muslims women with effect from Haj, 2018, to go on Haj pilgrimage without 'Mehram' (male companion).

In May, 2018, Ministry of Minority Affairs restructured Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK) with an objective of developing socio-economic infrastructure and basic amenities for the benefit of the people from all sections of the society in identified Minority  Concentration  Areas  (MCA).  The  coverage  of  PMJVK  has  been  extended  to 1300  MCAs  falling  in  308  districts  of  the  country,  which  includes  870  Minority Concentration Blocks, 321 Minority Concentration Towns and 109 Minority Concentration Districts Hqrs from the earlier 196 districts.

To give an effective platform to minority artisans and culinary experts from across the  country  to  showcase  and  market  their  finest handicraft  and  exquisitely  crafted products,  Ministry  of  Minority  Affairs  organises  Hunar  Haats.  From  2018,  23  Hunar Haats  have  been  organised  providing  employment  and  employment  opportunities  to artisans and craft persons. Since its inception, Hunar Haat has provided  employment and  employment  opportunities to 5.5.lakhs artisans/craft persons    and  persons associated with them.

Besides,  the  Government  is  implementing  various  schemes  for  the  welfare  and upliftment  of  every  section  of  the  society  including  minorities  especially  economically weaker & downtrodden sections all over the country with schemes like Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY), Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY), Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM KISAN), Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY), Pradhan Mantri  Awas Yojana (PMAY), Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Yojana, etc.

Ministry of Minority Affairs also implements programmes/ schemes for socio-economic and  educational  empowerment  of  the  six  (6)  centrally  notified  minority  communities namely Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Parsis, Jains and Muslims. These schemes/programmes in brief are as under:-

## Educational Empowerment schemes:

- (1)  Pre-Matric  Scholarship  Scheme,  Post-Matric  Scholarship  Scheme  and  Merit-cumMeans based Scholarship Scheme - For educational empowerment of students through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT ) mode.
- (2)  Maulana  Azad  National  Fellowship  Scheme  -  Provide  fellowships  in  the  form  of financial assistance.
- (3) Naya Savera - Free Coaching and 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.
- (4) Padho Pardesh - Scheme of interest subsidy to students of minority communities on educational loans for overseas higher studies.
- (5)  Nai  Udaan  -  Support  for  students  clearing  Prelims  conducted  by  Union  Public Service Commission (UPSC), State Public Service Commission (PSC) Staff Selection Commission (SSC) etc.

## Economic Empowerment/ Employment Oriented schemes:

- (6) Seekho Aur Kamao - Skill development scheme for youth of 14 - 35 years age group and aiming at improving the employability of existing workers, school dropouts etc.
- (7) Nai Manzil - A scheme for formal school education & skilling of school dropouts.
- (8) USTTAD  (Upgrading the Skills and Training in Traditional Arts/Crafts for Development) .

## Special Initiative for Empowerment:

(9) Nai Roshni - Leadership development of women belonging to minority communities.

(10) Jiyo Parsi - Scheme for containing population decline of Parsis in India

(11) Hamari Dharohar- A scheme to preserve rich heritage of minority communities of India under the overall concept of Indian culture.

## Area Development Programme:

(12)  Pradhan  Mantri  Jan  Vikas  Karyakram  (PMJVK)  earlier  known  as  MsDP  Implemented for the benefit of the people from all sections of the society in identified Minority  Concentration  Areas  for  creation  of  assets  in  education,  skill  and  health sectors.

## Support to Institutions:

(13)  Maulana  Azad  Education  Foundation  (MAEF)  implements  education  and  skill related  schemes  as  follows:-  (a)  Begum  Hazrat  Mahal  National  Scholarship  for Meritorious Girls belonging to the economically weaker sections of Minorities (b) Gharib Nawaz Employment Scheme started in 2017-18 for providing short term job oriented skill  development training  to youth (c) Bridge Course for madarsa students & school dropouts.

(14) Equity to National Minorities Development and Finance Corporation (NMDFC) for providing concessional loans to minorities for self-employment and income generating ventures

In addition to the above, the Ministry also implements schemes for strengthening State Waqf Boards and coordinates arrangements for annual Haj pilgrimage.

The details of the schemes (S. No.1 to 12)  mentioned above  and status of their implementation are available on the website of this Ministry (www.minorityaffairs.gov.in) and those at serial No.(13) and (14) are available on the website  of  MAEF (www.maef.nic.in) and NMDFC (www.nmdfc.org ) respectively.

Post 2014, the Government has taken the following new initiatives for development of all minorities.

(i)  Nai-Manzil: Nai Manzil Scheme was launched on 8th August, 2015 at Patna, Bihar and was fully rolled out in the year 2016-17. The Scheme aims to benefit the minority youth, who do not have  formal school leaving certificate, i.e. those in the category of school-  dropouts  or  have  been  educated  in  community  education  institutions  like Madarsas  and  others,  by  providing  them  formal  education  and  skill  training  thus enabling them to seek better employment and livelihoods.

(ii) Hamari Dharohar which is a Central Sector scheme has been formulated to preserve rich heritage of minority communities of India. The objectives of the scheme are to curate rich heritage of minorities under overall concept of Indian Culture, curating exhibitions, preservation of literature/ documents etc., support and promotion of calligraphy etc. and Research & Development.

(iii) USTTAD (Upgrading the Skills and Training in Traditional Arts/ Crafts for Development) was formally launched on 14 th  May, 2015 at Varanasi (U.P.).

The scheme aims at capacity building and upgrading of the traditional skills of master craftsmen  and  artisans;  documentation  of  identified  traditional  arts/crafts  of  minorities; set  standards  of  traditional  skills;  training  of  minority  youths  in  various  identified traditional  arts/crafts  through  master  craftsmen;  develop  national  and  international market linkages; and preservation of languishing Arts/Crafts.

The Ministry of Minority Affairs has launched a Mission under 'Upgrading the Skill and Training  in  Traditional  Arts/Crafts  for  Development  (USTTAD)'  scheme  to  give  an effective  platform  to  minority  artisans  and  culinary  experts  from  across  the  country  to showcase  and  market  their  finest handicraft  and  exquisitely  crafted  products  through 'Hunar Haats' organized by the Ministry. Ministry has engaged institutions of national repute  namely,  National  Institute  of  Fashion  Technology  (NIFT),  National  Institute  of Design (NID) and Indian Institute of Packaging (IIP) to work in various craft clusters for design  intervention,  product  range  development,  packaging,  exhibitions  and  brand building etc. So far, 27 Hunar Haats have been organized at Delhi, Puducherry, Mumbai,  Prayagraj, Jaipur, Ahmadabad,  Hyderabad,  Indore,  Ranchi, Lucknow,  Rampur,  Mysuru  and  Bhopal.   As  a  result  of  this,  more  than  5.5  lakhs artisans, craftpersons and people associated with them have been provided employment and employment opportunities, out of which more than 50% beneficiaries are women.

(iv)  Increase in Coverage of PMJVK: The Government has increased the coverage of PMJVK scheme from 766 MCAs of 196 districts which were covered under the scheme of erstwhile MsDP, to 1300 MCAs falling in 308 districts of the country, which includes 870 Minority Concentration Blocks, 321 Minority Concentration Towns and 109 Minority Concentration Districts Hqrs with effect from May, 2018

The  type  and  number  of  projects  approved  are  Residential  Schools  (171),  Degree College Buildings (32), New School Buildings (1535), Additional Class Rooms (22908), ACR Blocks (356), Teaching Aid & Smart Classes (9999), Hostels (646), ITI Buildings (92), Polytechnics (13), Health Centres & other Health Projects (1946), Unani Medical College  (01),  Working  Women  Hostel  (23),  Anganwadi  Centres  (6014),  Sadbhav Mandaps (403), Common Service Centres (157), Market Sheds (574), Hunar Hubs (9), Sports Facilities (13).

A comparative statement indicating achievements in respect of various Schemes before 2014-15 and since 2014-15 is given at Annexure I.

(b): No State-wise fund allocation is done in the budget. Scheme-wise details of the funds allocated and funds released/utilised under various schemes during the last three years i.e. 2018-19 to 2020-21 ( As on 28.02.2021) is at Annexure II.

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## Annexure referred in reply to Part (a) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. *428 for answer on 25.03.2021 raised by SHRI DHARMENDRA KASHYAP.

| Comparative achievements under various schemes of Ministry of Minority Affairs before 2014-15 and since 2014-15.   | Comparative achievements under various schemes of Ministry of Minority Affairs before 2014-15 and since 2014-15.   | Comparative achievements under various schemes of Ministry of Minority Affairs before 2014-15 and since 2014-15.   | Comparative achievements under various schemes of Ministry of Minority Affairs before 2014-15 and since 2014-15.   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                                                                             | Name of the                                                                                                        | Achievement                                                                                                        | Achievement                                                                                                        |
|                                                                                                                    | Schemes                                                                                                            | Before 2014-15                                                                                                     | Since 2014-15                                                                                                      |
| 1.                                                                                                                 | Educational Empowerment (Schemes mentioned at S.No.1-5 &13 (a))                                                    | 3.03 crore beneficiaries                                                                                           | Approx. 4.50 crore beneficiaries                                                                                   |
| 2.                                                                                                                 | Employment- oriented skill development programme (Schemes mentioned at S.No.6-8 & 13(b))                           | 20,164 beneficiaries                                                                                               | 6.89 lakh beneficiaries                                                                                            |
| 3.                                                                                                                 | Financial Assistance for self Employment (Scheme mentioned at S.No.14)                                             | 6.94 lakh beneficiaries                                                                                            | 8.50 lakh beneficiaries                                                                                            |
| 4.                                                                                                                 | Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK)                                                                         | Budget Allocation Rs.5341.78 crore                                                                                 | Budget Allocation Rs. 8167.96 crore                                                                                |
| 4.                                                                                                                 | Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK)                                                                         | No. of Major projects approved 31329                                                                               | No. of Major projects approved 44218                                                                               |

|   5. | Haj Matters   | Haj Quota in 2014 1,36,020 (With subsidy) Women Hajis were not allowed to go for Haj without Mehram (male companion).   | Haj Quota in 2019 2,00,000 (Without Subsidy) Women Hajis w.e.f Haj 2018 now can go for Haj without Mehram (male companion). Since 2018, 3401 women have performed Haj without Mehram   |
|------|---------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    6 | Hunaar Haats  | There was no such scheme for employment or employment opportunities for traditional artisans /craftsmen                 | 27 Hunar Haats have been organized and more than 5.5 lakhs artisans and people associated with them have been provided employment and employment opportunities                         |

## Annexure referred in reply to Part (b) of Lok Sabha starred Question No.*428 for answer on 25.03.2021 raised by SHRI DHARMENDRA KASHYAP.

| Scheme-wise details of Budget Allocation & amount released/ utilised since 2018-19 to 2020-21( As on 28.02.2021)   | Scheme-wise details of Budget Allocation & amount released/ utilised since 2018-19 to 2020-21( As on 28.02.2021)   | Scheme-wise details of Budget Allocation & amount released/ utilised since 2018-19 to 2020-21( As on 28.02.2021)   | Scheme-wise details of Budget Allocation & amount released/ utilised since 2018-19 to 2020-21( As on 28.02.2021)   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                                                                             | Schemes                                                                                                            | R.E. (Rs. in Crores)                                                                                               | Amount released/utilized* (Rs. in crore)                                                                           |
| 1                                                                                                                  | Pre-Matric Scholarship                                                                                             | 3798.82                                                                                                            | 2714.01                                                                                                            |
| 2                                                                                                                  | Post-Matric Scholarship                                                                                            | 1517.60                                                                                                            | 915.17                                                                                                             |
| 3                                                                                                                  | Merit-cum-Means                                                                                                    | 1163.51                                                                                                            | 652.54                                                                                                             |
| 4                                                                                                                  | Maulana Azad National Fellowship                                                                                   | 383.00                                                                                                             | 256.35                                                                                                             |
| 5                                                                                                                  | Interest subsidy on educational loans on overseas studies                                                          | 92.00                                                                                                              | 69.40                                                                                                              |
| 6                                                                                                                  | Free Coaching and Allied Scheme                                                                                    | 139.00                                                                                                             | 67.95                                                                                                              |
| 7                                                                                                                  | Support for students clearing Prelims                                                                              | 26.00                                                                                                              | 15.41                                                                                                              |
| 8                                                                                                                  | Skill Development Initiative                                                                                       | 690.00                                                                                                             | 520.81                                                                                                             |
| 9                                                                                                                  | USTTAD (Hunar Haat)                                                                                                | 170.00                                                                                                             | 109.81                                                                                                             |
| 10                                                                                                                 | Nai Manzil (skill to 8th to 10th)                                                                                  | 280.00                                                                                                             | 167.25                                                                                                             |
| 11                                                                                                                 | Equity of NMDFC                                                                                                    | 435.03                                                                                                             | 435.00                                                                                                             |
| 12                                                                                                                 | Leadership development of Minority Women                                                                           | 33.00                                                                                                              | 26.41                                                                                                              |
| 13                                                                                                                 | Scheme for Containing Population Decline of Small Minority community                                               | 12.00                                                                                                              | 11.31                                                                                                              |
| 14                                                                                                                 | Hamari Dharohar                                                                                                    | 14.20                                                                                                              | 5.27                                                                                                               |
| 15                                                                                                                 | Research/ Studies, Monitoring, Evaluation and Publicity                                                            | 130.00                                                                                                             | 84.51                                                                                                              |
| 16                                                                                                                 | Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakaram                                                                                | 3880.23                                                                                                            | 3720.91                                                                                                            |
| 17                                                                                                                 | Maulana Azad Education Foundation                                                                                  | 293.76                                                                                                             | 110.00                                                                                                             |
| 18                                                                                                                 | Grants to SCAs of NMDFC                                                                                            | 5.00                                                                                                               | 3.93                                                                                                               |
| 19                                                                                                                 | Quami Waqf Board Tariquatti Scheme                                                                                 | 35.89                                                                                                              | 23.79                                                                                                              |
| 20                                                                                                                 | Sahari Waqf Sampati Vikas Yojana                                                                                   | 9.32                                                                                                               | 7.51                                                                                                               |

progress.