Lok Sabha Question No. 2062 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-14
Subject: Schemes for Minorities
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Sandhya Ray, Umesh G. Jadhav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2062

ANSWERED ON 14.12.2023

## SCHEMES FOR MINORITIES

## 2062. SHRIMATI SANDHYA RAY: DR. UMESH G. JADHAV:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the initiatives taken or programmes designed to cater to the specific requirements of senior citizens from minority groups in Madhya Pradesh;
- (b) the details of Schemes being implemented for Minorities in Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka and expenses incurred on these schemes, year and district-wise;
- (c) the level of effectiveness observed in these efforts; and
- (d) the number of beneficiaries in each schemes in Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh, district-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) No such Scheme/Programme catering to the specific requirements of senior citizens of minority groups in Madhya Pradesh is under implementation by the Ministry of Minority Affairs.
- (b) to (d)  The details of Schemes being implemented for Minorities in Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka and expenses incurred on these schemes, year and district-wise, are as under:
1. Educational Empowerment Schemes
- i. Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme
- ii. Post Matric Scholarship Scheme
- iii. Merit-cum-Mean based Scholarship Scheme

These are Central Sector Schemes wherein, funds are directly transferred to the account of beneficiary. The details of number of students benefitted so far by the said schemes, State-wise  including  the  state  of  Madhya  Pradesh  and  Karnataka  are  available  in  the website  of  the  Ministry  i.e  https://www.minorityaffairs.gov.in/.    District-wise  details  of beneficiaries are not maintained in the scheme.

2.  Employment and Economic Empowerment Schemes
- i)    'Pradhan Mantri Virasat Ka Samvardhan (PM VIKAS)' has subsumed Seekho aur Kamao (SAK),  Nai Manzil, USTTAD and Nai Roshni, schemes of the Ministry. District-wise details of beneficiaries are not maintained in the scheme.

The details of beneficiaries trained since inception under the aforesaid schemes for the state of Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh is as follow:

| No. of candidates trained since inception under various schemes   | No. of candidates trained since inception under various schemes   | No. of candidates trained since inception under various schemes   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Schemes                                                           | Madhya Pradesh                                                    | Karnataka                                                         |
| Seekho aur Kamao                                                  | 45,980                                                            | 9478                                                              |
| Nai Manzil                                                        | 3644                                                              | 2368                                                              |
| USTTAD                                                            | 2006                                                              | 45                                                                |
| Nai Roshni                                                        | 43,975                                                            | 9875                                                              |
| Naya Savera                                                       | 4835                                                              | 11,018                                                            |
| Total                                                             | 1,00,440                                                          | 32,784                                                            |

- ii) 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.  Implementation  of  NMDFC  Financial Schemes across the country started through Canara Bank from F.Y 2021-22.

Hence,  Year-wise  and  District-wise  details  of  concessional  credit  disbursed  by Canara Bank under NMDFC Schemes during F.Y. 2021-22 & F.Y. 2022-23 in respect of State of Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh are as follow:

## Madhya Pradesh

|       |              | F.Y. 2021-22   | F.Y. 2021-22   | F.Y. 2022-23   | F.Y. 2022-23   |
|-------|--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| S.No. | District     | Amt in Lakhs   | No. of Benf.   | Amt in Lakhs   | No. of Benf.   |
| 1     | BHOPAL       | 9.00           | 5              | 0.50           | 1              |
| 2     | CHHINDWARA   | 2.00           | 1              |                |                |
| 3     | NARMADAPURAM | 8.00           | 2              |                |                |
|       | Total        | 19.00          | 8              | 0.50           | 1              |

## Karnataka

|       |                              | F.Y. 2021-22   | F.Y. 2021-22   | F.Y. 2022-23   | F.Y. 2022-23   |
|-------|------------------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| S.No. | District                     | Amt in Lakhs   | No. of Benf.   | Amt in Lakhs   | No. of Benf.   |
| 1     | Bagalkot                     | 2.00           | 3              | 5.00           | 5              |
| 2     | Ballari (Bellary)            |                |                | 4.00           | 4              |
| 3     | Belagavi (Belgaum)           | 19.00          | 16             | 7.00           | 10             |
| 4     | Bengaluru (Bangalore) Rural  |                |                | 6.00           | 7              |
| 5     | Bidar                        | 10             | 11             | 12             | 18             |
| 6     | Chikballapur                 |                |                | 4              | 4              |
| 7     | Chikkamagaluru (Chikmagalur) |                |                | 2              | 2              |

| 8   | Dakshina Kannada        |       |    |    53 |   88 |
|-----|-------------------------|-------|----|-------|------|
| 9   | Davangere               |       |    |   2   |    3 |
| 10  | Dharwad                 |       |    |   2   |    4 |
| 11  | Gadag                   |       |    |   1   |    1 |
| 12  | Hassan                  |       |    |   3   |    4 |
| 13  | Kalaburagi (Gulbarga)   | 6     | 2  |   1   |    1 |
| 14  | Kodagu                  |       |    |   2   |    3 |
| 15  | Kolar                   |       |    |   5   |    8 |
| 16  | Koppal                  |       |    |   3   |    4 |
| 17  | Mandya                  |       |    |   1   |    2 |
| 18  | Mysuru (Mysore)         |       |    |   4   |    7 |
| 19  | Raichur                 |       |    |   3   |    3 |
| 20  | Ramanagara              |       |    |   4   |    5 |
| 21  | Shivamogga (Shimoga)    |       |    |   3.8 |    4 |
| 22  | Tumakuru (Tumkur)       |       |    |   4.8 |    5 |
| 23  | Udupi                   |       |    |   4   |    4 |
| 24  | Uttara Kannada (Karwar) |       |    |  27   |   54 |
| 25  | Vijayapura (Bijapur)    |       |    |  18   |   20 |
| 26  | Yadgir                  |       |    |   3   |    2 |
|     | Total                   | 37.00 | 32 | 184.6 |  272 |

## 3. Infrastructure Development Schemes

Pradhan  Mantri  Jan  Vikas  Karyakram  (PMJVK)  to  provide  infrastructure  for  Socioeconomic development of Minority concentrated areas.

Details  of  projects approved for Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka Since inception under PMJVK are as below. District-wise details of beneficiaries are not maintained in the scheme.

(Rs. in Lakh)

| State          | Name of Projects                                        |   Units Approved |   Total Cost Approved |   Approved Central Share |
|----------------|---------------------------------------------------------|------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
| Madhya Pradesh | Health Projects (such as hospitals, Rain Basera)        |                2 |               31766   |                 19059.6  |
| Madhya Pradesh | Community Service Centre/ Sadbhav Mandap/Community Hall |                4 |                1079.2 |                   647.52 |
| Madhya Pradesh | IAYs                                                    |             1000 |                 450   |                   337.5  |
| Total          | Total                                                   |             1006 |               33295.2 |                 20044.6  |

(Rs. in Lakh)

| State     | Name of Projects                                                    |   Units Approved |   Total Cost Approved |   Approved Central Share |
|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
| Karnataka | Health Projects (such as hospitals, Labour Rooms, CHCs, PHCs etc.,) |               44 |                582    |                   494.7  |
| Karnataka | Community Service Centre/ Sadbhav Mandap/Community Hall             |               24 |               2871.96 |                  1735.25 |

|       | IAYs   |   5900 |   2215.00 |   1661.25 |
|-------|--------|--------|-----------|-----------|
| Total | Total  |   5968 |   5668.96 |    3891.2 |

All  the  schemes  together  have  contributed  in  the  acquisition  of  high  level  skills,  greater opportunities in livelihood, high employability potential, improved access to better infrastructure, improved health and in the overall welfare of the Minority Communities.

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