Lok Sabha Question No. 318 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-03
Subject: Scheme for Minority people of North Eastern States
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Naba (Hira) Kumar Sarania

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 318

ANSWERED ON 03.02.2022

## SCHEME FOR MINORITY PEOPLE OF NORTH EASTERN STATES

## †318.   SHRI NABA KUMAR SARANIA:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the details of the schemes being run for minorities in the country;

(b) the details of the schemes being run particularly for the minority people of North Eastern States;

(c) the details of the total number of minority people in the country; and

(d)  the  details  of  the  funds  allocated  for  minority  schemes  by  the  Government  to  various States during the last five years?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): The Government has implemented various schemes for the welfare and upliftment of  every  section  of  the  society  including  minorities  especially  the  economically  weaker  & lesser privileged sections of the society with schemes like Pradhan Mantri Jan ArogyaYojana (PMJAY), Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY), Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM  KISAN),  Pradhan  Mantri  Ujjwala  Yojana  (PMUY),  Pradhan  Mantri  Awas  Yojana (PMAY), Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Yojana, etc. Ministry of Minority Affairs also implements programmes/ schemes across the country including North Eastern States for socio-economic and educational empowerment of the six (6) centrally notified minority communities namely Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Muslims, Parsis and Jains. The schemes/programmes implemented by the Ministry in brief are as under: -

## (A): Educational Empowerment Schemes:

(1) Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme- Scholarship is provided to minority students from Class I to X, out of which 30% scholarship are earmarked for girls.

Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme- Scholarship is provided to minority students from Class XI to PhD., out of which 30% scholarship are earmarked for girls.

Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship Scheme- Scholarship is provided to minority students for  Professional and  Technical courses, at  Under  Graduate and Post  Graduate  level, out of which 30% scholarship are earmarked for girls.

All the three Scholarship schemes are on boarded on the National Scholarship Portal (NSP) and the scholarship amount is disbursed through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode.

(2) Maulana Azad National Fellowship Scheme - Under the scheme fellowship in the form of financial assistance is provided to minority candidates who clear the UGC-NET or Joint CSIR UGCNET examination.

(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 - Under the scheme interest subsidy is provided to students of minority communities on educational loans, for overseas higher studies.

(5) Nai Udaan - Support is provided to minority candidates clearing Preliminary examination conducted by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), State Public Service Commission (PSC), Staff Selection Commission (SSC) etc.

## (B): Employment Oriented Schemes:

(6) Seekho Aur Kamao - Skill development scheme for youth of 14 - 35 years age group and aiming at providing employment and employment opportunities, improving the employability of existing workers, school dropouts etc.

(7) USTTAD (Upgrading the Skills and Training in Traditional Arts/Crafts for Development). An effective platform to provide self-employment, market and opportunity to traditional artisans and craft persons from the minority communities. Hunar Haats are being organised across the Country to provide employment  opportunities and markets to artisans/craftsmen.

(8)  Nai  Manzil  -  A  scheme  for  formal  school  education  &  skilling  of  school  dropouts  or educated in community educational institutions like Madarsas.

(9) Nai Roshni - Leadership development of women belonging to minority communities and non-minority communities (not exceeding 25% of each batch).

## (C): Special Schemes

(10) Jiyo Parsi - Scheme for containing population decline of Parsis in India.

(11) Hamari Dharohar- A scheme to preserve rich heritage of minority communities of India under the overall concept of Indian culture.

## (D): Infrastructure Development Programme:

(12)  Pradhan  Mantri  Jan  Vikas  Karyakram  (PMJVK)  -  The  scheme aims to provide  basic infrastructure such as Schools, Colleges, ITIs, Polytechnics, Hostels, Sadbhav Mandap, Skill Development  Centres,  Drinking  water  and  Sanitation  facilities,  Health  Projects  including hospitals,  Sport  facilities,  Smart  classrooms,  Aanganwadi  Centers  etc.  in  deprived  areas  of the  Country.  The  scheme  is  implemented  in  the  identified  areas  having  minimum  of  25% minority population and backwardness parameters below the national average in respect of socio economic or basic amenities or both.

(13)  Also,  Maulana   Azad    Education    Foundation    (MAEF)    implements    education   and skill related  schemes  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)  Grant-in-aid    to  NGOs  for  infrastructure development of educational institutions.

(14)  Equity  to  National  Minorities  Development  and  Finance  Corporation  (NMDFC)  for providing  concessional  loans  to  minorities  for  self-employment  and  income  generating ventures.

The details of the schemes mentioned at S. 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) respectively.

(c ): As per Section 2 (c) of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) Act, 1992, six communities  namely  Christians,  Sikhs,  Muslims,  Buddhists,  Jains  and  Parsis  have  been notified as minority communities.  As per Census 2011, population of minority communities in the country are:- Muslims - 17,22,45,158, Christians - 2,78,19,588,  Sikhs -  2,08,33,116, Buddhists - 84,42,972,  Jains  - 44,51,753   and   Parsis - 57,264.

(d):  No  State-wise  allocation  of  funds  is  made  in  the  budget  of  this  Ministry.  However, during  last  five  years  an  amount  of  Rs.    21,934.38  Crores  had  been  allocated  for  schemes being implemented by this Ministry.

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