Lok Sabha Question No. 992 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-08
Subject: Schemes for Upliftment of Minorities
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Dushyant Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 992

ANSWERED ON 08.02.2024

## SCHEMES FOR UPLIFTMENT OF MINORITIES

## 992. SHRI DUSHYANT SINGH:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  implemented  any  schemes  for  upliftment  of  every  level  of society including Minorities;

(b) if so, the details thereof along with the details of achievement of such schemes during last five years;

(c)  whether Government is taking any steps for promoting and spreading awareness about the schemes being implemented; and

(d) if so, the details thereof?

## 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, through various schemes of the different Ministries. Ministry of  Minority  Affairs  specifically  implements  various  schemes  across  the  country  for  socioeconomic and educational empowerment of the six (6) centrally notified minority communities. The details of minority welfare schemes are as under:

## 1. Educational Empowerment Schemes

i.) Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme: The scholarship is provided to minority students studying in Government/ recognized private schools. Minimum 30% scholarships are earmarked for girls. To be eligible, students should not  have  annual  parental/guardian 's  income  of  more  than  ₹ 1.00  lakh and he/she should have secured minimum 50% marks in previous class.

ii.) Post Matric Scholarship Scheme : The scholarship is provided to minority students studying in  Class  XI  to  Ph.D  level  in  Government/recognized      Private      schools/Colleges/Institutes. Minimum 30% scholarships are earmarked for girls. To be eligible, students should not  have annual  parental/guardian 's  income  of  more  than  ₹  2.00  lakh and he/she should have secured minimum 50% marks in previous class.

iii .) Merit-cum-Mean  based  Scholarship  Scheme : The  scholarship  is  awarded  for  pursuing professional  and  technical  courses  at  under-  graduate  and  post-graduate  levels,  in  institutions recognized by the appropriate authority. Under the scheme, 30% Scholarships are earmarked for girl students. 85 institutes for professional and technical courses have been listed in the scheme; for  which  full  course  fee  is  reimbursed.  To  be  eligible,  students  should  not  have  annual parental/guardian 's income of more than ₹ 2.50 lakh and he/she should have secured minimum 50% marks in previous class.

The details of achievement of three scholarship schemes during last five years are available on the website of minority affairs at url- https://www.minorityaffairs.gov.in.

## 2.  Employment and Economic Empowerment Schemes

- iv) ' Pradhan Mantri Virasat Ka Samvardhan (PM VIKAS) ' has subsumed Seekho aur Kamao (SAK), Nai Manzil, USTTAD and Nai Roshni, schemes of the Ministry. PM VIKAS focuses on skill  development; entrepreneurship and leadership of minority women; and education support for school dropouts.A brief of the converging schemes is given below.

The number of people trained under these schemes during the last five years is given below:

| Scheme           | Actual Expenditure Made in Rs. Crs.   | Number of beneficiaries trained overall   |
|------------------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| Seekho aur Kamao | 1,009.56                              | 3,16,881                                  |
| Nai Manzil       | 330.6                                 | 30,125                                    |
| USTTAD           | 240.96                                | 7,393                                     |
| Nai Roshni       | 45.11                                 | 1,38,375                                  |

(Five-year period taken from 2017-18 to 2021-2022)

- v) National Minorities Development and Finance Corporation(NMDFC) provides concessional loans to minorities on refinance mode which supports them in their Economic empowerment and generation of livelihoods. Government supports the NMDFC in execution of this programme. The details of concessional loan disbursed by NMDFC during last five years is as follows:

|   Sl. No. | F.Y.    |   Amt. in Rs. crs. |
|-----------|---------|--------------------|
|         1 | 2018-19 |             603.66 |
|         2 | 2019-20 |             602.5  |
|         3 | 2020-21 |             650.41 |
|         4 | 2021-22 |             700    |
|         5 | 2022-23 |             881.7  |

## 3. Infrastructure Development Scheme

- vi)    Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK) is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) with the objective to develop infrastructure projects for socioeconomic development of minority population in identified areas in the country. The priority sectors under PMJVK are education, health,  skill  development,  women  centric  projects,  etc.  The  projects  under  the  scheme  are considered and approved on the basis of the proposals received from the respective State Govt. and UT Administration.

The details of achievement under PMJVK during the last five years is below:

| Name of Projects                                                |   No of Units approved |   Total Cost approved (Rs. in Lakh) |   Central Share approved (Rs. in Lakh) |   Total funds released (Rs. in Lakh) |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| School Buildings                                                |                    382 |                            54612.4  |                               36636.4  |                             28521.4  |
| Residential School                                              |                    106 |                           248971    |                              182119    |                             96072.1  |
| Hostel for school/ITI/ polytechnic                              |                    253 |                            73489.8  |                               55143.7  |                             36299.3  |
| Colleges                                                        |                     28 |                            27016.1  |                               17369    |                              9724.23 |
| Additional Classrooms/Library/ Lab/ Hall in schools             |                   4307 |                            57976.8  |                               38729.2  |                             27990    |
| Smart Classroom/ Computer Lab/ Teaching Aid in school           |                  13452 |                            43083    |                               36342.5  |                             30257.7  |
| Other Infrastructure in school                                  |                   4937 |                            12968.1  |                                8343.8  |                              4585.88 |
| Health Projects                                                 |                    780 |                           253544    |                              171044    |                             82206.9  |
| ITI/Additional Infrastructure for ITI                           |                     40 |                            36823.7  |                               22119.8  |                             12568.5  |
| Polytechnic/ Additional infrastructure for Existing polytechnic |                     10 |                            15595.9  |                               10042.8  |                              5535.28 |
| Skill Centres                                                   |                     20 |                             4450.76 |                                2983.35 |                              1649.18 |
| Hunar Hub                                                       |                      9 |                             2395.91 |                                1596.85 |                               493.45 |
| Working Women Hostel                                            |                     26 |                            14402.1  |                               11436.3  |                              8336.91 |
| AWC                                                             |                   1011 |                            10494.7  |                                6730.86 |                              5431.51 |
| Community Service Centre/ Sadbhav Mandap/Community Hall         |                    305 |                            51635.3  |                               37056    |                             17991.6  |
| Sports Projects                                                 |                     78 |                            36474.8  |                               32205.7  |                             19601.5  |
| Drinking Water                                                  |                   1021 |                            56016.3  |                               29873.8  |                             17462.8  |
| Infrastructure in college                                       |                      6 |                             4547.88 |                                3913.72 |                              2270.64 |
| Sanitation Projects                                             |                    440 |                            13888.9  |                                7105.94 |                              3685.33 |
| Misc infrastructure                                             |                     19 |                              774.71 |                                 464.83 |                               232.42 |

The  Government  is  promoting  and  spreading  awareness  about  the  schemes  of  the  Ministry through regular IEC measures.

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