Lok Sabha Question No. 3177 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-21
Subject: Projects Sanctioned under PMJVK
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Kanakmal Katara

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3177

ANSWERED ON 21.12.2023

## PROJECTS SANCTIONED UNDER PMJVK

## 3177.   SHRI KANAKMAL KATARA

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)   the total number of projects sanctioned under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK) for the infrastructural development for minorities during the year 2021-23, sector -wise;

(b)   the details of total number of Hunar Hubs established under the PMJVK scheme out of hundred Hunar Hubs envisaged from February, 2022 to November, 2023, State - wise;

(c)   the details of total number of identified areas under PMJVK to develop infrastructure projects within minority community, State - wise;

(d)   whether  the  Government  proposes  to  increase  the  applicability  of  the  scheme  by identifying more number areas suitable for the infrastructural development in order to bridge the socio - economic gap among the minorities ; and

(e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## A N S W E R

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

(a) The Government implements various programs 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.

Pradhan  Mantri  Jan  Vikas  Karyakram  (PMJVK),  a  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme (CSS), is an area development programme under which community infrastructure and basic  amenities  are  being  created  in  the  identified  areas.  The  priority  sectors  under PMJVK  are  education,  health,  skill  development,  women  centric  projects,  etc.  The sector wise details of projects approved under PMJVK for infrastructural development of minorities in the year 2021-23 is at Annexure-I.

(b):   A  total  9  Hunar  Hubs  were  approved  from  2018-19  to  2020-21  under  PMJVK including  4  in  Andhra  Pradesh,  2  in  Kerala,  1  each  in  Gujarat,  Maharashtra  and Meghalaya. No Hunar Hubs has been approved from February 2022 to November 2023 under PMJVK.

(c)  to  (e):  Originally  the  scheme  included  only  90  identified  Minority  Concentrated Blocks (MCBs).  The beneficiary area of the program has been increased from time to time at presently as per the existing guidelines the scheme projects under PMJVK can be proposed in a location in the country having minority population 25% or more in the catchment area of 15 KM radius.

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## Annexure-I

## STATEMENT IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  ANSWERED  ON  21.12.2023  REGARDING  PROJECTS  SANCTIONED  UNDER PMJVK

## Sector wise details of projects approved under PMJVK in the year 2021-23

| Name of Sector                 | Name of Projects                                                |   Units Approved |
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|
| DWS                            | Drinking Water                                                  |                3 |
| Education                      | School Buildings                                                |               38 |
| Education                      | Residential School                                              |               15 |
| Education                      | Hostel for school/ ITI/ polytechnic                             |               50 |
| Education                      | Colleges                                                        |                9 |
| Education                      | Additional Classrooms/ Library/ Lab/ Hall in schools            |              801 |
| Education                      | Smart Classroom/ Computer Lab/ Teaching Aid in school           |             5517 |
| Education                      | Other Infrastructure in school                                  |             4508 |
| Education                      | Infrastructure in college                                       |                4 |
| Health                         | Health Projects                                                 |              447 |
| Other Community Infrastructure | Community Service Centre/ Sadbhav Mandap/ Community Hall        |               44 |
| Sanitation                     | Sanitation Projects                                             |                5 |
| Skill                          | Hostel for school/ ITI/ polytechnic                             |                1 |
| Skill                          | ITI/ Additional Infrastructure for ITI                          |                8 |
| Skill                          | Polytechnic/ Additional infrastructure for existing polytechnic |                1 |
| Skill                          | Skill Centres                                                   |                9 |
| Skill                          | Hunar Hub                                                       |                1 |
| Sports                         | Sports Projects                                                 |               69 |
| WCD                            | Working Women Hostel                                            |                5 |
| WCD                            | AWC                                                             |               85 |
| Grand Total                    | Grand Total                                                     |            11620 |