Lok Sabha Question No. 5281 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-25
Subject: Minority Welfare Proposals
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Prataprao Govindrao  Patil Chikhalikar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5281 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.07.2019

## Minority Welfare Proposals

## †5281. SHRI PRATAPRAO PATIL CHIKHLIKAR:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number  of  proposals  regarding minority welfare received by the  Union Government  from the Government of Maharashtra for sanction during the last three years;
- (b) the  total  number  of  proposals  out  of  these  which  have  been  sanctioned  along  with  the number of proposals lying pending; and
- (c) the time by which the pending proposals are likely to be sanctioned?

## A N S W E R

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

- (a) to  (c)  :This  Ministry  has  implemented  Pradhan  Mantri  Jan  Vikas  Karyakram(PMJVK),  a Centrally Sponsored Scheme, earlier known as Multi Sectoral Development Scheme (MsDP), in 1300 identified Minority Concentration Areas(MCA) of the country with the objective of developing socio-economic assets and basic amenities to bring these areas at par with other parts of the country.  Projects under PMJVK are sanctioned on the basis of proposals received from  the  States/UTs  as  per  the  requirement  and  felt  need  of  the  identified  MCA.    During 2017-18,  the  number  of  MCAs  identified  in  the  State  of  Maharashtra  for  implementation under  MsDPwere  14  which  included  8  Minority  Concentration  Blocks  and  6  Minority Concentration  Towns.      However,  the  area  of  implementation  of  the  programme  was expanded  in  the  restructured  PMJVK.      The  number  of  MCAs  identified  in  the  State  of Maharashtra  for  implementation  of  PMJVK  are  presently  72,  which  includes  10  Minority Concentration  District  Headquarters,  28  Minority  Concentration  Blocks  and  34  Minority Concentration  Towns.    This  Ministry  has  received  a  number  of  proposals  from  the  State Government  for  implementation  of  projects  in  the  identified  MCAs  which  have  been considered and projectswhich were found to be viable and in accordance to the guidelines of the  scheme,  have  been  sanctioned.    The  projects  sanctioned  are  one  Boys'  Hostel  at Buldanain  2017-18  and  one  Sadbhav  Mandap  each  at  Parbhani  and  Hingoliin  2018-19. Recently, construction of a Common Service Centre (CSC) at Udgir MCA inLatur district has been approved by the Empowered Committee on PMJVK.

Besides PMJVK, other welfare schemes of this Ministry have also been implemented in the State  of  Maharashtra.    The  number  of  beneficiaries  and  amount  disbursed  in  the  State  of Maharashtra during the last three years are as follows:

|   S.No. | Scheme              | No. of Beneficiaries                   | Amount involved (in Rs. crores)   |
|---------|---------------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|       1 | Scholarship Schemes | 18.68 lakh                             | 296.79                            |
|       2 | SeekhoAurKamao      | 5682                                   | -                                 |
|       3 | NaiManzil           | 2615 - Education 1383 - Skill Training | 5.81                              |
|       4 | NaiUdaan            | 100                                    | 0.57                              |
|       5 | NayaSavera          | 3580                                   | 15.72                             |
|       6 | NaiRoshni           | 1850                                   | 0.49                              |
|       7 | USTAAD              | 300                                    | 0.58                              |

Further details of the above schemes and remaining schemes of the Ministry are available on website www.minorityaffairs.gov.in

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