Govt underlines schemes for upliftment of minorities

The Centre has launched several schemes focusing on education, employment, and infrastructure development to safeguard the rights and improve the lives of minorities which comprise about 19.3 per cent of the country's population.

- STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE

In line with this, it has identified 90 minority concentration districts, 710 blocks and 66 towns to focus resources on their upliftment.

Various scholarships are offered to students from different religious backgrounds. The pre-matric scholarship scheme provides scholarships to minority students from Class IX to X, with 30 percent of the scholarships earmarked for girls. Rs 12,250.44 crore were sanctioned from 2008-09 to 2022-23 to 710.94 lakh beneficiaries.