TV
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new 15-point programme for minority welfare is being implemented across the country, including Odisha, as a comprehensive initiative. This programme integrates multiple schemes and initiatives run by different Ministries and Departments, aiming to provide equal access to government welfare benefits for the underprivileged sections of the six centrally recognized minority communities.
The primary goal is to enhance socio-economic development and ensure that these communities receive the necessary support to uplift their standard of living. This information was given by the Union Minister of Minority Affairs & Parliamentary Affairs, Kiren Rijiju in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha on Monday.
The schemes of the Ministry of Minority Affairs covered under the 15 Point Programme are exclusively meant for six notified minorities.
Further, 15% of the outlays and targets, to the extent possible, of schemes/ initiatives implemented by other participating Ministries/ Departments are earmarked for notified minorities. However, the Schemes are being implemented by the respective Ministries/Departments under the saturation approach of Government.
Under the saturation approach of the Government many of the components have achieved mainstreaming. Furthermore, consistent efforts are being made to improve the full delivery of benefits in the various relevant schemes for minority communities.
The schemes of Ministry of Minority Affairs and other participating Ministries included in the Programme are as under:
Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme (Ministry of Minority Affairs)
Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme (Ministry of Minority Affairs)
Merit-cum- Means based Scholarship Scheme (Ministry of Minority Affairs)
National Minorities Development Finance Corporation (NMDFC) Loan Schemes
Samagra Shiksha Abhiyaan (M/o Education)
Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana (DAY-NRLM) (M/o Rural Development)
Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gramin Kaushal Yojana (M/o Rural Development)
Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (M/o Rural Development)
Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana -National Urban Livelihoods Mission (M/o Housing & Urban Affairs)
Priority Sector Lending by Banks (Department of Financial Services)
Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (Department of Financial Services)
POSHAN Abhiyaan (Ministry of Women & Child Development)
National Health Mission (Department of Health & Family Welfare)
Ayushman Bharat (Department of Health & Family Welfare)
National Rural Drinking Water Programme (Jal Jeevan Mission), (Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation)
