The Government of India has been striving to improve the socio-economic status of all communities, including minority communities, through various schemes and incentives through a saturation model, thereby ensuring that socio-economic status of all communities at par with the national mainstream. The Ministry of Minority Affairs specifically implements various schemes across the country for socio-economic and educational empowerment of the six (6) centrally notified minority communities. These schemes are meant for the weaker segments of minority. The schemes/programmes implemented by Minority Affairs for the welfare of minority communities are as under:

1.  Educational Empowerment Schemes

(i) Pre-Matric, (ii) Post-Matric and (iii) Merit-cum-Means based scholarships

2.  Employment and Economic Empowerment Schemes

     (i) Pradhan Mantri Virasat Ka Samvardhan (PM VIKAS)

     (ii) Equity to National Minorities Development and Finance Corporation (NMDFC) for

           providing concessional loans to minorities.

3. Infrastructural Development Scheme

  (i) Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakaram (PMJVK)

All the schemes together have contributed in the acquisition of high-level skills, greater opportunities in livelihood, high employability potential, improved access to better infrastructure, improved health and in the overall welfare of the Minority Communities.

This information was given by the Union Minister of Minority Affairs & Parliamentary Affairs, Shri Kiren Rijiju in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

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