Lok Sabha Question No. 2807 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-05
Subject: PM’s 15-Point Programme
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: A. Ganeshamurthi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTIOIN NO.2807 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.12.2019

## PM's 15-POINT PROGRAMME

## 2807:  SHRI A. GANESHAMURTHI

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the Government is implementing Prime Minister's New 15-point programme for the welfare of minorities across the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  the names of such 15-point programmes along with their purposes;  and
- (c)  the total number of minorities benefited through this programme since its implementation, State-wise and community-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)   Yes Sir.  The Prime Minister's New 15 Point Programme for the Welfare of Minorities was launched in 2006 with the following broad objectives:
- (i) Enhancing opportunities for education;
- (ii)  Ensuring  an  equitable  share  for  minorities  in  economic  activities  and  employment, through existing and new schemes, enhanced credit support for self-employment, and recruitment to State and Central Government jobs;
- (iii) Improving  the  conditions  of  living  of  minorities  by  ensuring  an  appropriate  share  for them in infrastructure development schemes; and
- (iv) Prevention and control of communal disharmony and violence.

Under  the  said  Programme,  various  schemes/initiatives  are  being  implemented  by various  Ministries/Departments  of  the  Central  Government  throughout  the  country, including Ministry of Minority Affairs, either exclusively or by earmarking of 15% of overall physical/financial  target,  wherever  feasible,  for  the  welfare  of  notified  minorities  viz. Buddhists, Christians, Jains, Muslims, Sikhs and Parsis as per details given below:

## (A) Educational Empowerment

- (i) Scholarship Schemes- Pre-Matric Scholarship, Post-Matric Scholarship and Meritcum-Means based Scholarship.
- (ii)  Naya Savera - Free Coaching and Allied Scheme with the aim to enhance skills and knowledge of students and candidates from minority communities to get

employment  in  Government  Sector/  Public  Sector  Undertaking,  jobs  in  private sector, and admission in reputed institutions in technical and professional courses at under-graduate and post-graduate levels.

- (iii) Maulana  Azad  National  Fellowship  Scheme,  provides  financial  assistance  to students from notified minority communities, to pursue higher education such as M. Phil and Ph. D.
- (iv) In addition, the Maulana  Azad Education Foundation implements the following two schemes:
-  Begum  Hazrat  Mahal  National  Scholarship  for  meritorious  girls  belonging  to minorities in class IX to XII.
-  Gharib Nawaz Employment Programme.
- (v) Samagra  Siksha  Abhiyan  (earlier  Sarva  Shiksha  Abhiyan)  including  Kasturba Gandhi  Balika  Vidyalayas  (M/o  Human  Resource  Development-  D/o  School Education & Literacy),
- (vi) Scheme  for Providing Education to Minorities in Madarsas  (D/o School Education & Literacy),

## (B) Economic Empowerment

- (i) National Minorities Development Finance Corporation (NMDFC) Loan Schemes which  provide concessional  loans  for  self-employment  and  income generating  activities  for  the  socio-  economic  development  of  the  'backward sections' amongst the notified minorities.
- (ii) Priority Sector Lending by Banks.(Department of Financial Services)
- (iii) National Urban Livelihoods Mission (M/o Housing & Urban Affairs)
- (iv) National Rural Livelihoods Mission (M/o Rural Development)
- (v) Deen Dayal Upadhyay - Gramin Kaushal Yojana (M/o Rural Development)
- (vi) Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (Gramin)- (M/o Rural Development)
- (b)   Under the Prime Minister's New 15 Point Programme, the 15 Points  and the major objectives are given below:
- (a)    State-wise beneficiaries etc. under various schemes are available at the Ministry's website www.minorityaffairs.gov.in

| Major Objective                   | Point                                                            |
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Enhancing opportunities education | Equitable availability of ICDS services                          |
| Enhancing opportunities education | Improving access to school education:                            |
| Enhancing opportunities education | (a) Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan                                        |
| Enhancing opportunities education | (b) Kasturba Gandhi Balka Vidyalaya scheme                       |
| Enhancing opportunities education | Greater Resources for teaching Urdu                              |
| Enhancing opportunities education | Modernizing Madarsa Education                                    |
| Enhancing opportunities education | Scholarships for meritorious students from minority communities: |
| Enhancing opportunities education | (a) Pre-matric scholarships                                      |

|                                                       | (b) Post-matric scholarships                                                       |
|-------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                       | Improving educational infrastructure through the Maulana Azad Education Foundation |
| Equitable share in economic activities and employment | Self-Employment and Wage Employment for Poor:                                      |
| Equitable share in economic activities and employment | (a) Swarnjayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY)                                      |
| Equitable share in economic activities and employment | (b) Swarn Jayanti Shahari Rojgar Yojana (SJSRY)                                    |
| Equitable share in economic activities and employment | Upgradation of skills through technical training                                   |
| Equitable share in economic activities and employment | Enhanced credit support for economic activities                                    |
| Equitable share in economic activities and employment | Recruitment to State and Central Services                                          |
| Improving the conditions of living of minorities      | Equitable share in rural housing scheme                                            |
| Improving the conditions of living of minorities      | Improvement in condition of slums inhabited by minority communities                |
| Prevention & control of communal riots                | Prevention of communal incidents                                                   |
| Prevention & control of communal riots                | Prosecution for communal offences                                                  |
| Prevention & control of communal riots                | Rehabilitation of victims of communal riots                                        |