Lok Sabha Question No. 49 (STARRED), answered on 2021-02-04
Subject: Free Coaching Facility to Minority Students
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Chandeshwar Prasad

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *49

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.02.2021

## FREE COACHING FACILITY TO MINORITY STUDENTS

- *49. SHRI CHANDESHWAR PRASAD:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is providing free coaching facilities to the students belonging to minority communities across the country including Bihar;
- (b) if so, the number of coaching centres where coaching is provided to such students; and
- (c) the amount allocated by the Government to the coaching centres for this purpose during each of the last three years and the current year ?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)

- (a)  to (c): A statement is laid on the table of the House.

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  STARRED QUESTION  NO.  *49FOR  ANSWER  ON  04.02.2021  REGARDING  FREE  COACHING FACILITY TO MINORITY STUDENTS BY SHRI CHANDESHWAR PRASAD

(a) to (c) Yes Sir, the Ministry of Minority Affairs implements the Free Coaching and Allied  Scheme  (Naya  Savera)  for  the  students  /  candidates,  belonging  to  the  notified minority communities across the country including Bihar. The objective of the Scheme is to assist  students  /  candidates  of  notified  minority  communities  to  qualify  in  competitive examination for admission in technical / professional courses such as medical, engineering etc, and for recruitment to Group 'A', 'B' and 'C' services and other equivalent posts under Central and State Government and autonomous bodies etc.  This scheme is implemented directly by the Ministry of Minority Affairs with  100%  Central assistance through empanelled  Project  Implementing  Agencies  (PIAs)  /  Non-Government  Organisations (NGOs) who are registered on the NGO Darpan Portal of NITI Aayog. Currently 44 PIAs have been given allocation for conducting the Class room Coaching Programme and 04 PIAs are conducting Residential Coaching.

The scheme has been revised with effect from September, 2017, and as per the revised scheme, students/candidates belonging to the notified Minority Communities ( i.e. Sikh, Christian, Jain, Buddhist, Paris and Muslim) having total annual  family income from all sources not exceeding Rs.6.00 lakh, are eligible for coaching under the scheme. The scheme also provides for earmarking 30% of the target for girls. The coaching under the scheme is  given  for  preparation  of  National  Eligibility  cum  Entrance  Test  (NEET),  Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), Common Admission Test (CAT), Civil Services Examination, Staff Selection Commission Examination, State Public Service Commission Examination, Banking, etc. The expenditure incurred under the Free Coaching and Allied scheme during the financial year 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20 is Rs. 45.59 crore, Rs.44.61 crore and Rs. 13.97 crore respectively. The budget allocation for the current financial year (2020-21) is Rs.25.00 crore in Revised Estimates.

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