Question : Minority Welfare Proposals

(a) the total number of proposals regarding minority welfare received by the Union Government from the Government of Maharashtra for sanction during the last three years;
(b) the total number of proposals out of these which have been sanctioned along with the number of proposals lying pending; and
(c) the time by which the pending proposals are likely to be sanctioned?

Answer given by the minister

MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS
(SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)

(a) to (c) :This Ministry has implemented Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram(PMJVK), a Centrally Sponsored Scheme, earlier known as Multi Sectoral Development Scheme (MsDP), in 1300 identified Minority Concentration Areas(MCA) of the country with the objective of developing socio-economic assets and basic amenities to bring these areas at par with other parts of the country. Projects under PMJVK are sanctioned on the basis of proposals received from the States/UTs as per the requirement and felt need of the identified MCA. During 2017-18, the number of MCAs identified in the State of Maharashtra for implementation under MsDPwere 14 which included 8 Minority Concentration Blocks and 6 Minority Concentration Towns. However, the area of implementation of the programme was expanded in the restructured PMJVK. The number of MCAs identified in the State of Maharashtra for implementation of PMJVK are presently 72, which includes 10 Minority Concentration District Headquarters, 28 Minority Concentration Blocks and 34 Minority Concentration Towns. This Ministry has received a number of proposals from the State Government for implementation of projects in the identified MCAs which have been considered and projectswhich were found to be viable and in accordance to the guidelines of the scheme, have been sanctioned. The projects sanctioned are one Boys’ Hostel at Buldanain 2017-18 and one Sadbhav Mandap each at Parbhani and Hingoliin 2018-19. Recently, construction of a Common Service Centre (CSC) at Udgir MCA inLatur district has been approved by the Empowered Committee on PMJVK.



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Besides PMJVK, other welfare schemes of this Ministry have also been implemented in the State of Maharashtra. The number of beneficiaries and amount disbursed in the State of Maharashtra during the last three years are as follows:

S.No. Scheme No. of Beneficiaries Amount involved
(in Rs. crores)
1 Scholarship Schemes 18.68 lakh 296.79
2. SeekhoAurKamao 5682 -
3. NaiManzil 2615 – Education
1383 – Skill Training 5.81
4. NaiUdaan 100 0.57
5. NayaSavera 3580 15.72
6. NaiRoshni 1850 0.49
7. USTAAD 300 0.58

Further details of the above schemes and remaining schemes of the Ministry are available on website www.minorityaffairs.gov.in

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