Lok Sabha Question No. 468 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-04
Subject: Allocation of Funds for Minority Programmes
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Nusrat Jahan Ruhi, Subhas Sarkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 468 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.02.2021

## ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR MINORITY PROGRAMMES

## 468 . SHRIMATI NUSRAT JAHAN RUHI: DR. SUBHAS SARKAR:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  funds  allocated,  released  and  spent/utilized  under  various  welfare schemes/programmes for the minorities during the last five years, States/scheme-wise;
- (b) the amount spent on the scholarship of the students of minority communities;
- (c) the number of students benefited from such scholarship during the said period;
- (d)  the  classification  of  scholarship  beneficiaries  among  six  religious  minorities  during 2015 to 2020 viz. Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Parsis; and
- (e)  the  details  of  beneficiaries  under  above  schemes/programmes  in  the  country including West Bengal during the above period?

## ANSWER

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

- (a):        Scheme-wise details of the  funds allocated and released/utilised under various schemes to meet the scheme objectives during the last five years i.e. 2015-16 to 201920 is  at Annexure . No state-wise allocation is done in the Budget.
- (b)  &  (c):  Since  2014-15  to  till  date,  more  than  4  crore  scholarships  have  been

sanctioned  to  the  students  belonging  to  economically  weaker  sections  of  minority communities,  and  Rs.11726.45  crores  have  been  released  to  the  beneficiaries.  An amount of Rs. Rs.9223.68 crores has been spent for providing scholarship to about 3.06 crore beneficiaries under various scholarship schemes of the Ministry during the period  from  2015-16  to  2019-20,  out  of  which  about  54%  scholarships  have  been awarded to minority girl students.

(d):    Details  of  community-wise number of beneficiaries under scholarship schemes during the last five years are given below:

|                                                   | Name of Minority Community   | Name of Minority Community   | Name of Minority Community   | Name of Minority Community   | Name of Minority Community   | Name of Minority Community   |
|---------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|                                                   | Muslims                      | Christians                   | Sikhs                        | Parsis                       | Jains                        | Buddhists                    |
| Total No. of Scholarships from 2015-16 to 2019-20 | 2,33,15,751                  | 36,04,499                    | 25,41,879                    | 4,562                        | 4,08,415                     | 7,44,440                     |

(e). During the last five years total 3.19 crore beneficiaries have been benefitted under various schemes of the Ministry out of which 50.96 lakh beneficiaries belong to West Bengal.

Under Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karykaram (PMJVK), the Ministry accorded approval for plans/projects of the State of West Bengal having total project cost of Rs. 2514.6136 crore and central share of Rs. 1629.62 crore. An amount of Rs. 1680.1977 crore has been released by the Ministry as installments of Central Share.

The projects approved by the Ministry include School Buildings (63), Additional Class Rooms (8627), ACR Blocks (107), Cyber Gram (170005), Hostels (161), ITI Buildings (15),  IAY  (6517),Skill  Centres  (4),  Health  Projects  (342),  Working  Women  Hostel  (1), Drinking Water Supply (5779), Anganwadi Centres (2765), Sadhbhav Mandaps (151), Teaching Aid (169), Market Sheds (138), Toilets Blocks (2842) etc.

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## Annexure:

## Annexure referred in reply to Part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 468 for answer on 04.02.2021

| Scheme-wise details of Budget Allocation and Expenditure since 2015-16 to   | Scheme-wise details of Budget Allocation and Expenditure since 2015-16 to   | Scheme-wise details of Budget Allocation and Expenditure since 2015-16 to   | Scheme-wise details of Budget Allocation and Expenditure since 2015-16 to   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No.                                                                       | Schemes                                                                     | 2019-20 B.E. (Rs. in Crores)                                                | Expenditure (Rs. in Crores)                                                 |
| 1                                                                           | Pre-Matric Scholarship                                                      | 5121.40                                                                     | 5210.82                                                                     |
| 2                                                                           | Post-Matric Scholarship                                                     | 2868.11                                                                     | 2103.32                                                                     |
| 3                                                                           | Merit-cum-Means                                                             | 1951.97                                                                     | 1471.13                                                                     |
| 4                                                                           | Maulana Azad National Fellowship                                            | 537.83                                                                      | 498.16                                                                      |
| 5                                                                           | Interest subsidy on educational loans on overseas studies                   | 70.19                                                                       | 84.58                                                                       |
| 6                                                                           | Free Coaching and Allied schemes                                            | 287.00                                                                      | 189.04                                                                      |
| 7                                                                           | Support for students clearing Prelims-                                      | 40.00                                                                       | 28.89                                                                       |
| 8                                                                           | Skill Development Initiative                                                | 1027.45                                                                     | 947.96                                                                      |
| 9                                                                           | USTTAD (Hunar Haat)                                                         | 139.01                                                                      | 144.21                                                                      |
| 10                                                                          | Nai Manzil (skill to 8th to 10th)                                           | 610.95                                                                      | 339.87                                                                      |
| 11                                                                          | Equity of NMDFC                                                             | 695.02                                                                      | 755.00                                                                      |
| 12                                                                          | Leadership development of Minority Women                                    | 75.00                                                                       | 65.86                                                                       |
| 13                                                                          | Scheme for Containing Population Decline of Small Minority community        | 14.00                                                                       | 13.58                                                                       |
| 14                                                                          | Hamari Dharohar -                                                           | 47.01                                                                       | 19.48                                                                       |
| 15                                                                          | Research/ Studies, Monitoring, Evaluation and Publicity                     | 255.25                                                                      | 174.40                                                                      |
| 16                                                                          | Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakaram                                         | 6366.64                                                                     | 6255.53                                                                     |
| 17                                                                          | Maulana Azad Education Foundation -                                         | 554.01                                                                      | 412.50                                                                      |
| 18                                                                          | Grants to SCAs of NMDFC -                                                   | 10.00                                                                       | 7.50                                                                        |
| 19                                                                          | Quami Waqf Board Tariquatti Scheme                                          | 70.14                                                                       | 49.09                                                                       |
| 20                                                                          | Sahari Waqf Sampati Vikas Yojana                                            | 15.86                                                                       | 14.93                                                                       |