(a) whether the Union Government has declared a total number of 90 as Priority Minority Concentration Districts for grant of financial assistance;
(b) if so, whether it is also a fact that not even a single District has been declared as Priority Minority Concentration Centre in Andhra Pradesh where sizeable population of minority community lives;
(c) if so, the reasons therefor; and
(d) the reaction of the Union Government in this regard?
MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS
(A.R. ANTULAY)
(a) to (d): 90 minority concentration districts have been identified based on Census 2001 data of minority population and backwardness parameters of a district. No district in Andhra Pradesh satisfies the twin criteria of having both a substantial population of minorities and relative backwardness of the district in terms of socio-economic and basic amenities parameters vis-a-vis national averages.