Lok Sabha Question No. 3548 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-24
Subject: Reservation for the poor students of Minority Communities
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Hemant Tukaram Godse

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3548

ANSWERED ON 24.03.2022

## RESERVATION FOR THE POOR STUDENTS OF MINORITY COMMUNITIES

3548.  SHRI HEMANT TUKARAM GODSE:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  there  is  any  provision  for  reservation  for  the  poor  students  of  minority communities in the minority educational institutes;

(b) if so, the percentage thereof and the manner in which it is being implemented; and

(c) if not, whether the Government would take initiative for facilitating poor minorities and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to (c) : The Government by the act of Parliament enacted the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (NCMEI) Act, 2014 to constitute National Commission for    Minority  Educational  Institutions  and  to  provide  for  matters    connected  therewith. There is no provision for reservation for poor minority students under the NCMEI Act, 2014.  However,  the  minority  educational  institutions  are  established  primarily  for  the educational  empowerment  of  the  notified  minority  communities  and  also  the  State Government  can  prescribe  percentage  of  the  minority  community  to  be  admitted  in  a minority educational institution.

The  Ministry  of  Minority  Affairs  also  implements  programmes/schemes  for educational  empowerment  of  students  from  the  economically  weaker  &  disadvantaged sections  of  the  six  (6)  centrally  notified  minority  communities  namely  Buddhist,

Christians,  Jains,  Muslims,  Parsis  and  Sikhs.  The  educational  schemes/programmes implemented by the Ministry in brief are as under:-

- (1)  Pre-Matric  Scholarship  Scheme,  Post-Matric  Scholarship  Scheme  and  Merit-cumMeans based Scholarship Scheme.
- (2)  Maulana  Azad  National  Fellowship  Scheme  -  Provides  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/ medical professional courses and various 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.
- (6) Maulana Azad Education Foundation (MAEF) implements education related schemes as  follows:  -  (a)  Begum  Hazrat  Mahal  National  Scholarship  for  Meritorious  Girls belonging  to  the  economically  weaker  sections  of  Minorities  (b)  Bridge  Course  for madarsa students & school dropouts.
- (7) Scheme for  Providing  Education  to  Madarsas/Minorities  (SPEMM), is  an  Umbrella scheme which  comprises  of  two  sub-schemes  namely  "Scheme  for  Providing  Quality

Education in Madarsas (SPQEM)"  and  "Infrastructure Development in Minority Institutes (IDMI)".

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