Funds Allocated for Minority Welfare Schemes
(a) whether the funds allocated for the welfare of minorities for different schemes are sufficient and if so, the details thereof;
(b) whether the Government has any plans of including weaker sections in the forward castes in the minority class; and
(c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?
(b) whether the Government has any plans of including weaker sections in the forward castes in the minority class; and
(c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 3106 ANSWERED ON: 14.03.2018
Funds Allocated for Minority Welfare Schemes
M. I. SHANAVAS
Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:-
(a) whether the funds allocated for the welfare of minorities for different schemes are sufficient and if so, the details thereof;
(b) whether the Government has any plans of including weaker sections in the forward castes in the minority class; and
(c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS
(SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)
(a): Adequate funds are being provided by the Government each year based on the requirement projected by the Ministry. The funds allocated to the Ministry for various welfare schemes of the minority are being optimally utilized. Scheme-wise allocation for 2017-18 and 2018-19 is given in the Annexure.
(b) &(c): All the eligible minority communities notified by the Central Government under section 2(c) of the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992 have benefitted from different schemes of the Ministry for their socio-economic and educational empowerment. Identified minority concentration blocks, towns and cluster of villages, which are relatively backward, have been provided assets mainly for education, health, water supply etc. under Multi-sectoral Development Programme (MsDP), which benefits all the residents living in that area.
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Source: Loksabha
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