Lok Sabha Question No. 1529 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-10
Subject: Schemes for Welfare of Minorities
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Sanjay Seth

ANSWERED ON 10.02.2022

## SCHEMES FOR WELFARE OF MINORITIES

## †1529.  SHRI SANJAY SETH:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the number of schemes being run by the Union Government for the welfare of minorities along with the details thereof;

(b) the number of schemes out of these being implemented in Jharkhand; and

(c) the details of funds spent thereon, scheme-wise?

## 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 and deprived sections of the society with schemes like Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (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  State  of  Jharkhand  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 CSIRUGC-NET 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 nonminority 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) The Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK) is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS), identified as Core of the Core Scheme by NITI Aayog, is implemented in collaboration with the States/UTs etc., with the objective of improving socio-economic condition and basic amenities in identified  Minority  Concentrated  Areas  (MCAs)  mainly  through  gap  filling  in  various  existing CSS and through innovative projects recommended by the State Govts/UTs as per the need of the identified  areas.  In  2018,  the  areas  covered  under  PMJVK  was  increased  from  90  Districts originally  to  308  Districts  in  33  States/  UTs.  The  MCAs  included  870  Minority  Concentration Blocks  (MCBs)  and  321  Minority  Concentration  Towns  (MCTs),  109  Minority  Concentration District  Headquarters  (MCD Hqrs). PMJVK has recently been restructured and approved by the Cabinet on 19.01.2022 for continuation over the 15 th Finance Commission Cycle. The Scheme is now being implemented in all Districts thereby covering every block and town of the Country.

Under the scheme, proposals are sought from the States/UTs/Central Government Organisations where the concentration of minority population is more than 25%  in the catchment area (5 km radius) as per Census 2011 and subsequent Census as and when it takes place, after due certification  of State  Level Committee/Central Government Organisation. In States/UTs where a notified  minority  community  is  in  majority,  a  lower  cut  off  of  15%  of  the  minority  population other than that of the minority community in majority, is adopted for   the catchment area (5 km radius) where the project is proposed. Priority sectors under the Scheme are education, health, skill development and women centric projects.

(13) 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): Scheme-wise details of funds spent during last three years w.e.f 2018-19 to 2020-21 is given at Annexure.

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## Annexure  referred  in  reply  to  Part  (c)  of  LokSabhaUnstarred  Question  No.  1529  for answer on 10.02.20221

| Details of funds spent from 2018-19 to 2020-21   | Details of funds spent from 2018-19 to 2020-21                       | Details of funds spent from 2018-19 to 2020-21   |
|--------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| S.No.                                            | Schemes                                                              | Amount Released/Utilised (Rs. in crore)          |
| Educational Empowerment Schemes                  | Educational Empowerment Schemes                                      | Educational Empowerment Schemes                  |
| 1                                                | Pre-Matric Scholarship                                               | 6513.06                                          |
| 2                                                | Post-Matric Scholarship                                              | 6513.06                                          |
| 3                                                | Merit-cum-Means                                                      | 6513.06                                          |
| 4                                                | Maulana Azad National Fellowship                                     | 6513.06                                          |
| 5                                                | Interest subsidy on educational loans on overseas studies            | 6513.06                                          |
| 6                                                | Free Coaching and Allied schemes                                     | 6513.06                                          |
| 7                                                | Support for students clearing Prelims-                               | 6513.06                                          |
| Employment Oriented Skill Development Schemes    | Employment Oriented Skill Development Schemes                        | Employment Oriented Skill Development Schemes    |
| 8                                                | SeekhoaurKamao (Skill Development Initiative)                        | 898.7                                            |
| 9                                                | USTTAD (HunarHaat)                                                   | 898.7                                            |
| 10                                               | NaiManzil (skill to 8th to 10th)                                     | 898.7                                            |
| 11                                               | Leadership development of Minority Women                             | 898.7                                            |
| Infrastructure Development Scheme                | Infrastructure Development Scheme                                    | Infrastructure Development Scheme                |
| 12                                               | PradhanMantri Jan VikasKaryakaram                                    | 3946.30                                          |
| Other Schemes                                    | Other Schemes                                                        | Other Schemes                                    |
| 13                                               | Equity of NMDFC                                                      | 725.7                                            |
| 14                                               | Scheme for Containing Population Decline of Small Minority community | 725.7                                            |
| 15                                               | HamariDharohar -                                                     | 725.7                                            |
| 16                                               | Research/ Studies, Monitoring, Evaluation and Publicity              | 725.7                                            |
| 17                                               | Maulana Azad Education Foundation -                                  | 725.7                                            |
| 18                                               | Grants to SCAs of NMDFC -                                            | 725.7                                            |
| 19                                               | QuamiWaqf Board Tariquatti Scheme                                    | 725.7                                            |
| 20                                               | SahariWaqfSampatiVikasYojana                                         | 725.7                                            |