New Delhi: Union Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Tuesday said, the Modi government’s resolute and effective efforts for “promotion and progress” of meritorious youths from minority communities have resulted in selection of 22 youths in the Civil Services with the assistance of free coaching under “Nai Udaan” scheme, being run by the Ministry of Minority Affairs.
While felicitating youths belonging to Minority communities, who have been selected in Civil Services 2019 with the assistance of Minority Affairs Ministry’s free-coaching programmes, at Antyodaya Bhawan here today, Naqvi said that that there is no dearth of talent in minority communities. But earlier, no such efforts had been made to create an environment which recognises potential among the Minority youths.
Naqvi said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has given a positive atmosphere where capabilities of youths from Minority communities are protected and promoted. This positive atmosphere of “Inclusive Empowerment” has ensured that a large number of youths from the Minority communities are being selected in the top administrative services.
This year also, 145 people belonging to Minority communities have been selected in the prestigious Civil Services. The last three years have witnessed similar encouraging results in the Civil Services.
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Naqvi said that the youths, successful in UPSC are “role models” for people from Minority communities and other weaker sections of the society.
Naqvi said that the Ministry of Minority Affairs is implementing a large scale free-coaching programme for meritorious youths belonging to notified minority communities preparing for UPSC examinations. The Ministry is also providing free coaching under “Nai Udaan”, “Naya Savera” to minority youths preparing for Civil Services, other UPSC examinations, medical, engineering, banking, administrative examinations and other competitive exams through various institutions and organisations.
While lashing out at those who are involved in “political conspiracy” to defame India by raising questions on socio-economic-educational development of Minorities under Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government, Naqvi said that only 2 crore 94 lakh Minority students had been given scholarships before 2014. However, Modi government’s commitment to “Inclusive Empowerment” has ensured scholarships to 4 crore 60 lakh Minority students during the last six years.
Naqvi said that more than 50 per cent of these beneficiaries of scholarship schemes are girls. Due to our concentrated efforts, school drop-out rate among the Minority students especially girls have decreased significantly and students from poor and needy families are receiving better education.
Naqvi said that under the “Pradhanmantri Jan Vikas Karykram” (PMJVK), more than 34,000 infrastructure projects including school, college, hospital, community centre, common service centre, ITI, polytechnic, girls hostel, Sadbhavna Mandap, Hunar Hub etc have been developed in backward and deprived Minority concentrated areas across the country in the last 6 years.
Only 22,000 such projects had been developed before 2014. While only 90 districts of the country had been identified for Minority communities’ development before 2014, the Modi government has expanded development programmes for Minorities in 308 districts of the country.
