Question : MAULANA AZAD EDUCATION FOUNDATION

(a) the number of NGOs which have received financial assistance from Maulana Azad Educational Foundation in the country including Uttar Pradesh during each of the last three years and the current year;

(b) whether the Government has received any complaints regarding misutilisation of funds by these NGOs;

(c) if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether any criteria has been fixed for Madrasas to receive financial assistance from Maulana Azad Educational Foundation;

(e) if so, the details thereof; and

(f) the names of NGOs which have received financial assistance from Maulana Azad Educational Foundation especially in Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh?

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE), MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SALMAN KHURSHID)

(a): 280 Non Government Organizations (NGOs) in the country, including 94 NGOs from Uttar Pradesh, have received financial assistance from the Maulana Azad Education Foundation (MAEF) during the last three years and in the current year. The year-wise break up is as under:

Sr.No.	Year	No. of NGOs that	No. of NGOs that	received financial	received financial assistance	assistance from MAEF	from MAEF in Uttar Pradesh	in the Country
1.	2007-08	51	26
2.	2008-09	124	36
3.	2009-10	105	32
4.	2010-11	0	0	(as on 30.06.2010)