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Minority
Affairs Ministry funds increased by Rs. 385 crore
Friday March 16, 2012 07:22:00 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi:
Funds for the Ministry of Minority Affairs has been increased by
Rs. 385 crore as central plan outlay in the Union Budget 2012-13
presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the parliament
today.
This is an increase of Rs. 385 crore
over the Revised Budget Estimates for the current FY 2011-12,
which stands at Rs. 2,750 crore.
The Budget 2012-13 increases
significantly the outlay for scholarship schemes being implemented
by the Ministry for the students belonging to the minorities
including:
i) Provision for Pre-Matric Scholarship has been increased from Rs.
540 crore to Rs. 810 crore;
ii) Post-Matric Scholarship gets Rs. 450 crore – up from Rs. 405
crore;
iii) Merit-cum-means Scholarship scheme gets Rs. 198 crore - as
against Rs. 126 crore in the Revised Budget Estimates for the
current FY 2011-12.
iv) Provision for Maulana Azad National Fellowship for Minority
students has been enhanced from Rs. 47 crore to Rs. 63 crore.
The Union General Budget 2012-13 also provides Rs. 4.50 crore for
a new scheme to provide free cycles to girl students of class IX
with the objective of retention of minority girl students from
class IX onwards.
In yet another new scheme, Skill Development Initiatives has been
provided Rs. 18 crore in the budget to allow urban and rural
livelihoods to improve for inclusive growth by providing skill to
the minority communities who do not posses any, to allow them to
gain employment.
Rs. 45 crore each have been provided for i) Scheme for promotion
of education in 100 Minority Concentration towns/cities; and ii)
Village Development Programme for 1,000 villages not covered under
Minority Concentration Blocks/ Minority Concentration Districts.
The Ministry of Minority Affairs also gets Rs. 19.70 crore as
Non-Plan provision so that the total finances available with the
Ministry for the FY 2012-13 is Rs. 3,154.70 crore.
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