Lok Sabha Question No. 2511 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-09
Subject: Minority Status of Schools
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: PARAYAMPARANBIL KUTTAPPAN BIJU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2511 TO BE ANSWERED ON 9 TH  MAY, 2016

## Minority Status of Schools

## 2511. SHRI P.K. BIJU:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state: (a) the number of schools that have been granted minority status in each State/UT since 2012; and (b)  the  number  of  applications  for  minority  status  submitted  by  schools  during  the  same

- period and the action taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a): The National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (NCMEI) has informed that it has granted minority status to 4895 schools from 2012 to 2015. State-wise details are at Annexure.
- (b):  10,661  applications  were  received  by  NCMEI  for  grant  of  Minority  Status  Certificates during  the  same  period.   The  Commission  granted  Minority  Status  Certificates  to  4895 schools after verifying the records as per procedure laid down.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2511 ASKED  BY SHRI P.K. BIJU, TO BE ANSWERED ON 9 TH MAY, 2016 REGARDING 'MINORITY STATUS OF SCHOOLS'

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State        |   No. of Minority Status Certificate Issued from 2012-2015 |
|-----------|--------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |                                                          2 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh           |                                                        172 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh        |                                                         13 |
| 4         | Assam                    |                                                         42 |
| 5         | Bihar                    |                                                         19 |
| 6         | Chandigarh               |                                                          7 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh             |                                                         61 |
| 8         | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |                                                          0 |
| 9         | Daman &Diu               |                                                          0 |
| 10        | Delhi                    |                                                         98 |
| 11        | Goa                      |                                                          5 |
| 12        | Gujarat                  |                                                          8 |
| 13        | Haryana                  |                                                         50 |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh         |                                                          3 |
| 15        | Jharkhand                |                                                         43 |
| 16        | Karnataka                |                                                        372 |
| 17        | Kerala                   |                                                       1772 |
| 18        | Lakshadweep              |                                                          0 |
| 19        | Madhya Pradesh           |                                                        209 |
| 20        | Maharashtra              |                                                         53 |
| 21        | Manipur                  |                                                          1 |
| 22        | Meghalaya                |                                                          0 |
| 23        | Mizoram                  |                                                          0 |
| 24        | Nagaland                 |                                                          0 |
| 25        | Odisha                   |                                                         11 |
| 26        | Puducherry               |                                                          2 |
| 27        | Punjab                   |                                                         43 |
| 28        | Rajasthan                |                                                          8 |
| 29        | Sikkim                   |                                                          1 |
| 30        | Tamil Nadu               |                                                        326 |
| 31        | Telangana                |                                                         36 |
| 32        | Tripura                  |                                                          6 |
| 33        | Uttar Pradesh            |                                                       1357 |
| 34        | Uttarakhand              |                                                         17 |
| 35        | West Bengal              |                                                        158 |
|           | Total                    |                                                       4895 |