Lok Sabha Question No. 3822 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-23
Subject: Budget Outlays for Minority Affairs
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: S. Venkatesan, Francisco Cosme Sardinha

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-3822

ANSWERED ON-23/03/2023

## BUDGET OUTLAYS FOR MINORITY AFFAIRS

## 3822. SHRI S. VENKATESAN:

SHRI COSME FRANCISCO CAITANO SARDINHA:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the budget outlays by the Government for Minority Affairs during the last five years and the current year;
- (b) the details of the actual expenses made out of these outlays during the said period;
- (c) whether there has been a rise or decline in the trend on allocations and expenditures made to schemes pertaining to Minorities Affairs and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the details of the outcomes of these schemes;
- (e) whether  such  increase  or  decrease  in  the  outlays  is  justified  in  the  light  of  these outcomes and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) whether the Ministry has taken up the matter with the Ministry of Finance on the said issue and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a)  to  (f):   The Government  implements  various schemes  for  the  welfare and upliftment of every strata, including minorities, specially the economically weaker and lesser privileged sections  of  the society,  through  various schemes  of  the  Ministry  of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship,  Ministry  of Textiles,  Ministry  of Culture,  Ministry  of Women and Child Development and Ministry of Rural Development.

Ministry  of  Minority  Affairs  specifically implements various schemes  across  the  country for socioeconomic and educational empowerment of the six (6) centrally notified minority communities.  These schemes give representation to all weaker segments of society including minorities.

Details of the allocation  of   budget for the Ministry and actual expenditure during the last five years are given as under:

| Years   |   Budget estimates (BE) |   Revised Estimates (RE) | Actual Expenditure        |
|---------|-------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------|
| 2017-18 |                 4195.48 |                  4195.48 | 4139.30                   |
| 2018-19 |                 4700    |                  4700    | 3853.01                   |
| 2019-20 |                 4700    |                  4700    | 4505.10                   |
| 2020-21 |                 5029    |                  4005    | 3998.56                   |
| 2021-22 |                 4810.77 |                  4346.45 | 4325.24                   |
| 2022-23 |                 5020.5  |                  2612.66 | 712.54 (up to 17.03.2023) |

The budget allocated to Ministry of Minority Affairs is sufficient for successful implementation of the schemes implemented by this Ministry. The information on beneficiaries  who  have  benefited  from  the  schemes  implemented  by  Ministry  of  Minority Affairs is available on the website of Ministry i.e. https://www.minorityaffairs.gov.in/.

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