Lok Sabha Question No. 920 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-17
Subject: Upliftment of Minority Community
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Balak Nath

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 920 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.09.2020

## SCHEMES FOR UPLIFTMENT OF MINORITY COMMUNITY

## †920.  SHRI BALAK NATH:

## Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the names of various schemes being run by the Government for the upliftment of minority community; and
- (b) whether the Ministry has allocated any funds to the State of Rajasthan particularly Alwar district for the upliftment of minority community and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)    Ministry  of  Minority  Affairs    implements  various  programmes/schemes for   the welfare    and    development  of    the  six  (6)  centrally  notified  minority  communities namely, Buddhists, Christians, Jains, Muslims, Parsis and Sikhs as under:-
- (1)  Pre-Matric  Scholarship  Scheme,  Post-Matric  Scholarship  Scheme,  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    economically  weaker sections  of  minority  communities  for  preparation  of  entrance  examinations  of technical/ professional courses and competitive examinations.
- (4) Padho Pardesh - Scheme of interest subsidy to students of economically weaker sections  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  (SPSC)  and Staff Selection Commission (SSC) etc.
- (6) Nai Roshni - Leadership development of women belonging to minority communities.
- (7) 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.
- (8)  Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK) - Implemented for the benefit of the people from all sections of the society  in identified Areas for development of infrastructure projects with emphasis  on education, skill , health sectors etc.
- (9)   Jiyo Parsi - Scheme for containing population decline of Parsis in India.
- (10)USTTAD  (Upgrading  the  Skills  and  Training  in  Traditional Arts/Crafts for Development)  -  Launched  in  May  2015  aims  to  preserve  rich  heritage  of traditional  skills  of  indigenous  artisans/craftsmen.    Under  this  scheme  Hunnar Haats  are  also  held  all  over  the  country  to  provide  nation-wide  marketing platform  to  Minority  artisans  &  entrepreneurs  and  also  to  create  employment opportunities.
- (11) Nai Manzil - A scheme for formal school education & skilling of school dropouts launched in  Aug. 2015.
- (12) Hamari Dharohar- A scheme to preserve rich heritage of minority communities of India.
- (13)  Maulana  Azad  Education  Foundation  (MAEF)  implements  education  and employment  oriented  skill  related  programmes  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.

Details of the schemes mentioned at serial No (1) to (12) 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.).

(b)   Out of all above mentioned schemes being  implemented by this Ministry, only one  scheme  namely  Pradhan  Mantri  Jan  Vikas  Karyakram  (PMJVK)  is  Centrally Sponsored Scheme, under which funds are released to the State Governments.

The Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK) has been restructured in 2018 and is now being implemented in 1300 identified Minority Concentration Areas (MCAs),  with  an  objective  of  developing  socio-economic  infrastructure  and  basic amenities  in  the  said  areas.   For  larger  coverage  of  the  scheme,  the  areas  under PMJVK  have  been  increased  from  90  Districts  originally  to  308  Districts  of  the country, which include 870 Blocks, 321 Towns and 109 District Headquarters

Since  2014-15  to  2019-20,  an  amount  of  Rs.  291.14  crore  has  been allocated  under the PMJVK scheme for projects in MCAs of Rajasthan out of which Rs.  88.57  crore  has  been  allocated in  MCAs  of  Alwar  district  in  the  State  of Rajasthan.

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