The government has implemented various schemes for the welfare and upliftment of every stratum including minorities especially the economically weaker and less privileged sections of society through various schemes of the Ministry of Skills Development and Entrepreneurship, Ministry of textiles, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Women and Child Development and Ministry of Rural Development. The Ministry of Minority Affairs specifically implements various programs throughout the country for the socio-economic and educational empowerment of the six (6) centrally notified minority communities.
The Ministry of Minorities launched a Central Sector Scheme (CSS) called Nai Manzil on the 8ththAugust 2015 with 50% funding from the World Bank, benefiting minority youth who do not have a formal school leaving certificate, i.e. those in the category of school leavers or educated in community educational institutions such as Madarasas. The program provided a combination of formal education (Class VIII or X) and skills and enabled beneficiaries to seek better employment and livelihoods. Out of a total target of 1,00,000, the Ministry has allocated 99,980 beneficiaries, of which 98,712 beneficiaries have been trained, for a total expenditure of Rs. 456.19 crore so far. Details of the status and gender of beneficiaries are available on the ministry’s website, for example www.minorityaffairs.gov.in, along with the funds released to Project Implementation Agencies (PIAs).
This information was given by the Union Minister for Minority Affairs, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, in a written response to the Lok Sabha.
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