New schemes included in the Prime Minister’s New 15-Point Programme for the welfare on Minorities

LOK SABHA

The inclusion of three more schemes in the Prime Minister’s New 15- Point Programme for the welfare of Minorities, will enable benefits of these schemes to flow to minorities. Stating this in reply to an unstarred question in the Lok Sabha today, Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister of Minority Affairs, informed the House that the three new schemes which have been included in the Prime Minister’s New 15- Point Programme are: National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) of the Department of Drinking Water Supply; Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small and Medium Towns (UIDSSMT) and Urban Infrastructure and Governance (UIG) scheme of the Ministry of Urban Development.

Shri Khurshid said that the New 15- Point Programme envisages location of certain proportion of development projects in minority concentration areas. It further provides that wherever possible, 15% of targets and outlays under various schemes would be earmarked for minorities.

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