Nai Roshni Scheme

Nai Roshni Scheme

The Ministry of Minority Affairs has started implementation of a scheme “Nai Roshni” for Leadership Development of Minority Women from 2012-13. The scheme aims to empower and instil confidence among minority women by providing knowledge, tools and techniques for interacting with Government systems, Banks and other institutions at all levels. The scheme is implemented through Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Since 2012-13, the details of physical and financial achievements including the States of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh are –

Financial Year	Physical (Number of Women trainees)		Financial (Rs. in Crore)
	Target	Achievement	Budget Estimate	Revised Estimate	Funds released
2012-13	40,000	36,950	15.00	12.80	10.45
2013-14	40,000	60,875	15.00	14.74	11.96
2014-15	40,000	68,675	14.00	14.00	13.99

As per the existing guidelines, the scheme is implemented with the involvement of the Gram Panchayat at village level and Local Urban bodies at the District level. For the publicity of the scheme, the Ministry has published advertisements through Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity (DAVP) on 06.02.2012, 08.03.2013, 06.06.2013 and 12.03.2014. In addition, a video spot on Nai Roshni scheme was also telecast on electronic media in Hindi and regional languages all over the country during 2013-14.

The year-wise and State-wise details of number of proposals received and qualified for implementation of project under the scheme are-

		Year 2012-13		Year 2013-14			Year 2014-15
S No.	State/UT	Proposals received	qualified	Proposals received	qualified	State/UT	Proposals received	qualified
1	Andhra Pradesh	14	4	51	16	Andhra Pradesh	39	1
2	Arunachal Pradesh	2	0	6	3	Telangana	1	1
3	Assam	22	7	40	23	Arunachal Pradesh	0	0
4	Bihar	4	0	10	6	Assam	35	13
5	Chhattisgarh	2	1	14	4	Bihar	28	15
6	Goa	0	0	1	0	Chhattisgarh	9	1
7	Gujarat	6	5	18	8	Goa	0	0
8	Haryana	5	0	17	5	Gujarat	20	5
9	Himachal Pradesh	2	0	15	4	Haryana	3	1
10	Jammu & Kashmir	1	0	28	5	Himachal Pradesh	0	0
11	Jharkhand	2	2	7	5	Jammu & Kashmir	5	1
12	Karnataka	22	4	35	14	Jharkhand	9	2
13	Kerala	2	2	18	5	Karnataka	28	5
14	Madhya Pradesh	14	8	110	45	Kerala	10	2
15	Maharashtra	13	2	91	18	Madhya Pradesh	124	32
16	Manipur	6	2	38	24	Maharashtra	94	7
17	Meghalaya	2	0	3	0	Manipur	59	7
18	Mizoram	0	0	2	0	Meghalaya	0	0
19	Nagaland	1	0	10	2	Mizoram	0	0
20	Orrissa	8	4	24	12	Nagaland	6	2
21	Punjab	2	1	16	1	Orrissa	16	2
22	Rajasthan	12	7	103	31	Punjab	1	1
23	Sikkim	0	0	3	0	Rajasthan	120	21
24	Tamil Nadu	9	4	24	7	Sikkim	1	1
25	Tripura	0	0	0	0	Tamil Nadu	0	0
26	Uttar Pradesh	81	34	459	225	Tripura	1	1
27	Uttarakhand	8	5	29	16	Uttar Pradesh	481	103
28	West Bengal	5	3	43	17	Uttarakhand	30	8
29	Andaman & Nicobar	0	0	2	0	West Bengal	16	4
30	Chandigarh	0	0	1	0	Andaman & Nicobar	0	0
31	Dadar& Nagar Haveli	0	0	0	0	Chandigarh	0	0
32	Daman & Diu	0	0	0	0	Dadar& Nagar Haveli	0	0
33	Delhi	26	5	20	9	Daman & Diu	0	0
34	Lakshadweep	0	0	0	0	Delhi	20	5
35	Pondicherry	0	0	2	0	Lakshadweep	0	0
36						Pondicherry	0	0
	TOTAL	271	100	1240	505	New state added at SL.N.2	1156	241

This Information was given by the Minister of State Minority Affairs, Sh. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi in Lok Sabha yesterday.

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Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Offers ‘Chaadar’ at Ajmer Sharif on Behalf of PM

Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, the Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Minority Affairs yesterday presented a 'Chaadar' on behalf of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to the Dargah of Sufi saint Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chishty at Ajmer Sharif on the occasion of 803rd annual Urs. A large number of people present on the occasion showered flower petals from their houses and shops to welcome Shri Modi’s ‘Chaadar’ and message for world peace and social harmony and inclusive growth. Shri Naqvi said the Prime Minister gave his best wishes for success of the annual Urs.

Shri Naqvi read out the message of Prime Minister in which Shri Modi greeted the people on the occasion of the annual Urs of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti and said, ''India has been a land of sages, saints and prophets for thousands of years. Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti carried forward this tradition and gave message to all the people belonging to different religions to live with love and peace''. Shri Modi wished India to be the top country in the world and the benefit of the development reaches to all the people of the country. In his message, the Prime Minister said Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti's message of peace and harmony was relevant even today.

Addressing the gathering after offering the ‘Chaadar’, Shri Naqvi said the Prime Minister is committed to take the nation forward on development path. Light of development should be taken to the last person of the society. This is our pledge and message.

Reiterating the Prime Minister’s commitment and prayers for peace, progress, and prosperity of the entire world, Shri Naqvi said the Prime Minister is working honestly to make India ‘’Shrestha Bharat’’ and blessings of sufi-saints will help in achieving this target.

The Minister said terrorism is the enemy of world peace, progress and human values. We all have to come together to destroy this evil of terrorism. He said India has been a country of sufi-saints and evil forces will not be able to succeed here in their nefarious activities. Every religion and every region of the country is committed to defeat any kind of conspiracy against the humanity in the shield of religion.

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Data of schemes availed by various minorities

Community-wise break-up of various schemes implemented by theMinistry of Minority Affairs for the notified minorities is -

Community-wise physical achievement under Scholarship/Fellowship/Coaching Schemes during 2014-15 (as on 31.03.2015)
Name of scheme	Community						Total
Name of scheme	Muslims	Christians	Sikhs	Buddhists	Jains	Parsis	Total
Pre-matric Scholarship Scheme	5869697	894877	455335	234243	41602	839	7496593
Post-matric Scholarship Scheme*	710877	87549	86163	5779	-	99	890467
Merit-cum Means based Scholarship Scheme *	72466	14263	13028	659	-	12	100428
Maulana Azad National Fellowship	517	109	75	34	20	1	756
Support for Minority students clearing prelims conducted by UPSC, SSC and State PSC etc.	237	450	5	9	85	0	786
Padho Pardesh-interest subsidy on educational loans for overseas studies	140	293	102	11	26	1	573
Free Coaching and Allied Scheme	Community-wise data is not maintained in this Ministry under this scheme as there are no community-wise targets under the scheme						8168

*Data for 2013-14

NAI ROSHNI

The scheme is implemented through Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs). This Ministry compiles the community-wise data on receipt of information from Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs). During 2012-13 and 2013-14, for which the data has been received, the community-wise percentage was as follows:

Muslim	Christian	Sikh	Buddhist	Parsi	Jain
90.06%	4.35%	0.62%	1.28%	0.03%	0.01%

SEEKHO AUR KAMAO

The scheme is implemented by selected private Professional Skill Development Organisations/companies. The scheme ensures employment of minimum 75% trained candidates, and out of them 50% in organized sector. The scheme reserves minimum 33% seats for minority women. During 2013-14, 20,164 minority youths were trained under the scheme. Ministry compiles the community-wise data on receipt of information from Project Implementing Agencies. During 2013-14, for which the data has been received, the community-wise percentage was as follows:

Muslim	Christian	Sikh	Buddhist	Parsi	Jain
78.96%	11.95%	5.73%	1.53%	0.005%	0.85%

LOANS AT CONCESSIONAL RATES FOR SELF EMPLOYMENT AND INCOME GENERATING VENTURES PROVIDED BY NATIONAL MINORITIES DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCE CORPORATION (NMDFC)

The schemes of NMDFC are implemented through State Channelising Agencies (SCAs). The community-wise data of beneficiaries is maintained on the basis of information provided by the SCAs. In the last five years, the community-wise percentage was as follows: