Lok Sabha Question No. 2945 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-17
Subject: Third-Party Evaluation of Minority Welfare Schemes
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Trivendra Singh Rawat, Shri Ravindra Shukla Alias Ravi Kishan, Shri Balabhadra Majhi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2945

TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.12.2025

## THIRD-PARTY EVALUATION OF MINORITY WELFARE SCHEMES

## †2945: SHRI RAVINDRA SHUKLA ALIAS RAVI KISHAN:

SHRI TRIVENDRA SINGH RAWAT:

SHRI BALABHADRA MAJHI:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether any comprehensive third-party evaluations have been conducted on major minority welfare schemes during the last three years;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the key findings of the said evaluations regarding scheme performance, beneficiary reach and fund utilisation;
- (c) the details of the names, functions and coverage of digital platforms, dashboards or mobile applications currently being used by the Government to monitor implementation of the schemes and beneficiary feedback along with their functioning and coverage;
- (d) whether the Government has issued any revised guidelines/directives to strengthen realtime monitoring, field verification and grievance redressal mechanisms under minority welfare schemes; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken by the implementing agencies in the State and Union Territories to enhance transparency, streamline reporting and ensure timely submission of utilisation certificates?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

(a) to (e) Ministry  of  Minority  Affairs  conducts  third-party  evaluation  of  its  schemes  as  per requirement. An evaluation study of Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK) was conducted by NITI  Aayog in  year  2020 -21.  The  Ministry  of  Minority  Affairs  engaged  the  National  Council  of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) in July 2022 to undertake monitoring and evaluation of the three Central Sector scholarship schemes for minorities (Pre Matric, Post Matric and Merit cum Means). A third-party  evaluation  of  schemes  of  National  Minorities  Development  &  Finance  Corporation (NMDFC) was conducted in the year 2022 through M/s Datawise Management Services India Pvt. Ltd. An evaluation study of the Jiyo Parsi scheme was conducted by International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) during 2025. These studies have found that these schemes have been effective or useful in achieving their objectives and reaching their target population. The NCAER evaluation reckoned that the minority scholarship schemes do reach large numbers of minority students, but require stringent due diligence,  third  party  verification  and  much  stronger  monitoring  before  disbursement  to  ensure  that funds reach genuine beneficiaries.

A dedicated PMJVK portal has been developed which provides end-to-end digital tracking of project  proposals,  sanctions,  fund  releases,  physical  progress,  utilisation  certificates,  and  field-level updates etc. It has provision for web-based project monitoring dashboards, online data entry by States / UTs and districts and uploading geo-tagged progress photos. The dedicated portal for Pradhan Mantri Virasat Ka Samvardhan (PM VIKAS) scheme has been integrated with Skill India Digital Hub (SIDH) portal of Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) to ensure efficient, real-time monitoring  along  with  coherence  within  the  skilling  ecosystem,  keeping  in  mind  the  'whole -ofgovernment'  approach. NMDFC  has  developed  MILAN  software,  which  enables  end-to-end  loan processing,  real-time  monitoring  of  sanctions  and  disbursements,  automated  report  generation.  The application process for the Jiyo Parsi scheme is fully online and facilitated through Jiyo Parsi portal. Beneficiaries  can  complete  all  necessary  steps  for  application  submission  electronically,  ensuring convenience and ease of access. To further simplify the verification process, beneficiaries have the option to authenticate their identity using the Beneficiary Satyapan Application (BSA). This mobile application enables individuals to perform bio-authentication from the comfort of their own homes, streamlining the registration and verification procedures without the need for in-person visits.

Apart from monitoring through the portals, the Ministry monitors the implementation of schemes and  projects  through  regular  review  meetings  with  stakeholders,  improved  field-level  verification processes,  streamlined mechanisms  for  addressing  grievances  received  from  beneficiaries  and implementing agencies.

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