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No reservation for poor students in minority educational institutions: Naqvi

Union Minister for minority affairs, during the question hour in Rajya Sabha, said that there is no provision for reservation for poor students of minority communities in minority educational institutions but there are schemes to educationally empower them. He also said in the last five years, 3.20 crore scholarships have been awarded to minorities of which more than 60 per cent are girls.

No reservation for minority students in minority educational institutions
No reservation for minority students in minority educational institutions
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Published : Dec 9, 2019, 6:59 PM IST

New Delhi: There is no provision for reservation for poor students of minority communities in minority educational institutions but there are schemes to educationally empower them, Union Minorities Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said in Rajya Sabha on Monday.

Students belonging to economically weaker sections with income eligibility criteria ranging from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 2.5 lakh per annum depending on schemes are eligible, he said during Question Hour.

"There is no provision for reservation for poor students of minority communities in minority educational institutes.

However, the Ministry of Minority Affairs implements different schemes which facilitate the education of students including those from economically weaker sections belonging to six centrally notified minority communities, namely Buddhists, Christians, Jains, Muslims, Sikhs and Zoroastrians (Parsis)," Naqvi said.

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He said there are schemes including three centrally funded scholarship schemes of Pre-matric Scholarship, Post- matric Scholarship and Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship for which students belonging to families having income levels up to Rs one lakh to Rs 2.5 lakh per annum are eligible.

He said in the last 5 years, 3.20 crore scholarships have been awarded of which more than 60 per cent are girls and added funds to the tune of Rs 8916.31 crore were released.

Other schemes, he said, include Maulana Azad National Fellowship and Padho Pardesh besides Maulana Azad Education Foundation (MAEF) which provides Grant-in-Aid for basic educational infrastructure and facilities in areas of concentration of educationally backward minorities which do not have adequate provisions

He said the government is taking all possible steps to educationally empower poor minorities without appeasement and focusing on development with dignity and without discrimination.

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New Delhi: There is no provision for reservation for poor students of minority communities in minority educational institutions but there are schemes to educationally empower them, Union Minorities Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said in Rajya Sabha on Monday.

Students belonging to economically weaker sections with income eligibility criteria ranging from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 2.5 lakh per annum depending on schemes are eligible, he said during Question Hour.

"There is no provision for reservation for poor students of minority communities in minority educational institutes.

However, the Ministry of Minority Affairs implements different schemes which facilitate the education of students including those from economically weaker sections belonging to six centrally notified minority communities, namely Buddhists, Christians, Jains, Muslims, Sikhs and Zoroastrians (Parsis)," Naqvi said.

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He said there are schemes including three centrally funded scholarship schemes of Pre-matric Scholarship, Post- matric Scholarship and Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship for which students belonging to families having income levels up to Rs one lakh to Rs 2.5 lakh per annum are eligible.

He said in the last 5 years, 3.20 crore scholarships have been awarded of which more than 60 per cent are girls and added funds to the tune of Rs 8916.31 crore were released.

Other schemes, he said, include Maulana Azad National Fellowship and Padho Pardesh besides Maulana Azad Education Foundation (MAEF) which provides Grant-in-Aid for basic educational infrastructure and facilities in areas of concentration of educationally backward minorities which do not have adequate provisions

He said the government is taking all possible steps to educationally empower poor minorities without appeasement and focusing on development with dignity and without discrimination.

ALSO READ: SC partially lifts ban on construction activities in Delhi-NCR

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No reservation for minority students in minority educational
institutions: Naqvi
         New Delhi, Dec 9 (PTI) There is no provision for
reservation for poor students of minority communities in
minority educational institutions but there are schemes to
educationally empower them, Union Minorities Affairs Minister
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said in Rajya Sabha on Monday.
         Students belonging to economically weaker sections with
income eligibility criteria ranging from Rs one lakh to Rs 2.5
lakh per annum depending on schemes are eligible, he said
during Question Hour.
         "There is no provision for reservation for poor students
of minority communities in minority educational institutes.
However, Ministry of Minority Affairs implements different
schemes which facilitate education of students including those
from economically weaker sections belonging to six centrally
notified minority communities, namely Buddhists, Christians,
Jains, Muslims, Sikhs and Zoroastrians (Parsis)," Naqvi said.
         He said there are schemes including three centrally
funded scholarship schemes of Pre-matric Scholarship, Post-
matric Scholarship and Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship for
which students belonging to families having income levels upto
Rs one lakh to Rs 2.5 lakh per annum are eligible.
         He said in the last 5 years, 3.20 crore scholarships have
been awarded of which more than 60 per cent are girls and
added funds to the tune of Rs 8916.31 crore were released.
         Other schemes, he said, include Maulana Azad National
Fellowship and Padho Pardesh besides Maulana Azad Education
Foundation (MAEF) which provides Grant-in-Aid for basic
educational infrastructure and facilities in areas of
concentration of educationally backward minorities which do
not have adequate provisions
         He said the government is taking all possible steps to
educationally empower poor minorities without appeasement and
focusing on development with dignity and without
discrimination. PTI NAM
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