Lok Sabha Question No. 3603 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-10
Subject: Status of Implementation of Schemes for Minorities
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Chandeshwar Prasad

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3603 ANSWERED ON 10.08.2023

## Status of Implementation of Schemes for Minorities .

## 3603.   SHRI CHANDESHWAR PRASAD:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the quantum of funds released to Jehanabad, Gaya and Arwal Districts of Bihar under various schemes for minority communities during the last three years and the current year;

(b) whether the funds released under the said schemes have been utilised;

(c)   if  so,  the  details  of  the  schemes  under  which  the  work  has  been  completed  or  is  nearing completion; and

- (d)  the reasons for non-completion of the said works?

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

(a) to (d)   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  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 including in the State of Bihar for socio-economic and educational empowerment of the six (6) centrally notified minority communities. The schemes/programmes implemented by the Ministry are as under:

- (A) Educational Empowerment Schemes
- (1) Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme
- (2) Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme
- (3) Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship Scheme
- (B) Employment and Economic Empowerment Schemes
- (4) Pradhan Mantri Virasat Ka Samvardhan (PMVIKAS)
- (5) National Minorities Development and Finance Corporation (NMDFC) Scheme for providing concessional loans to minorities.
- (C) Special Schemes
- (6) Jiyo Parsi: A scheme for reversing the declining trend of Parsi population.
- (7) Qaumi Waqf Board Taraqqiati Scheme (QWBTS) and Shahari Waqf Sampatti Vikas Yojana (SWSVY).
- (D) Infrastructure Development Schemes
- (8) Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK)

District-wise allocation of funds is not made under the schemes of the Ministry. However, the amount of scholarships sanctioned during 2019-20 to 2021-22 to the applicants from Jehanabad, Gaya and Arwal districts of Bihar under the 3 Scholarship Schemes is given in the table below. Scholarships for 2022-23 and 2023-24 have not been disbursed.

(Amount in ₹)

|                                           | Year    | Jehanabad   | Gaya        | Arwal     |
|-------------------------------------------|---------|-------------|-------------|-----------|
| Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme             | 2019-20 | 14,05,428   | 2,54,33,748 | 80,95,847 |
| Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme             | 2020-21 | 14,22,217   | 27,07,792   | 2,15,310  |
| Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme             | 2021-22 | 16,46,260   | 42,79,357   | 1,44,237  |
| Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme            | 2019-20 | 42,72,494   | 2,45,80,648 | 68,90,972 |
| Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme            | 2020-21 | 50,88,835   | 82,49,020   | 14,27,637 |
| Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme            | 2021-22 | 34,60,654   | 34,85,031   | 8,57,149  |
| Merit-cum- Means based Scholarship Scheme | 2019-20 | 19,30,781   | 1,03,92,609 | 7,98,085  |
| Merit-cum- Means based Scholarship Scheme | 2020-21 | 17,94,646   | 93,76,031   | 9,14,290  |
| Merit-cum- Means based Scholarship Scheme | 2021-22 | 17,26,830   | 87,75,612   | 6,53,725  |

The National Minorities Development & Finance Corporation (NMDFC) extends concessional credit  for  self  employment  activities  to  the  backward  sections  amongst  the  notified  minorities through the State Channelizing Agencies (SCAs). Bihar State Minorities Financial Corporation (BSMFC), the SCA in Bihar, has not been able to draw funds from NMDFC after FY 2011-12

due to accumulation of overdues. NMDFC has entered into MOU with Canara Bank in FY 202122  to  implement  its  schemes  across  the  country  with  focus  on  States  where  SCAs  are  nonoperational and in Gaya district, Canara Bank has disbursed    ₹ 0.45 lakh in the F.Y. 2021-22.

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. Jehanabad, Gaya and Arwal Districts of Bihar were earlier not identified districts to be covered under PMJVK.  The Scheme has been approved with effect from financial year 2022-23 with the revised guidelines, for implementation in all districts of the country including these 3 districts during the period of 15th Finance Commission Cycle.

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