PREFACE - wbminorityaffairs.gov.inwbminorityaffairs.gov.in/files/schemes/all_schme_guide_lines.pdf · PREFACE In West Bengal the State Government have declared 06 communities

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PREFACE

In West Bengal the State Government have declared 06 communities

namely Muslim, Christian, Buddhist, Shikh, Parsee and Jain as the Minority

communities. As per 2001 census out of the total population of 8.02 cr. of

the State 2.11 cr. are the minorities. This comprises 25.25% Muslims, 0.64%

Christians, 0.30% Buddhists, 0.08% Shikhs and 0.07% Jains. Population of

Parsees is negligible. Amongst the Minorities 96% are Muslims in this State.

In the year 2006 with the publication of Sachar Committee Report

attention of all concerned was focused on the socio-economic and educational

backwardness of Muslims in India. The socio-economic scenario of the

Muslims in West Bengal is no exception to this.

To address the development deficits and at the same time to ensure

proportionate benefit from the State and Centrally sponsored development

and welfare schemes to all the Minority Communities several schemes and

programmes have been introduced by the State Government as well as by the

Central Government. It is felt that for administrative convenience at all levels

down to the Panchayati Raj Institutions the guidelines for all such schemes

and programmes should be compiled and presented in a book form. To this

end this compilation is made.

Though a few more schemes / programmes are in the pipe line and

some will be forthcoming within 2 or 3 months. This compilation requires to

be published without delay so that the process of bringing benefit to the

Minorities, takes a momentum right now. In this volume 18 schemes have

been included. Forthcoming schemes will find place in the next volume of

the compilation.

I believe, this compilation will serve the purpose for all concerned.

B.P. Gopalika

Secretary to the

Govt. of West Bengal

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Government of West Bengal

Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education Department

No. 1659-MD Dated: 07.12.2009

M E M O R A N D U M

Subject: Revised Guidelines of the Scheme for protection of Public Graveyards/

Mosque/Idgah/Mazar used by Minority Community

The State Government is committed to safeguard religious sentiments of the

minority communities, and therefore would endeavour to prevent encroachment and

trespassing on public graveyards of the minority communities. For this, a scheme for

construction of boundary walls for the burial grounds and graveyards has been in

operation for many years. From various corners it has been demanded at times that the

same provision for the protection should be extended in the case of Mosques, Idgahs and

Mazars. The matter was under active consideration of the State Government from some

time past. Considering the urgency of the matter, the guidelines are hereby revised as

under.

Objective

The State Government would provide financial assistance for construction of

boundary walls around public graveyards/private graveyard, Mosque, Idgah and Mazar

used by the public with a view to safeguard religious sentiments and prevent

encroachment and trespassing. Priority shall be given to those where there is immediate

possibility of encroachment or misuse. In doing so, possibility of getting financing

support from the community and other sources would be explored.

Procedure of preparation of proposal

i) The Managing Committee of the graveyard/Mosque/Idgah/Mazar or the Local

Body concerned shall assess the need for construction of boundary wall and cause

the plan and estimate to be prepared by a competent technical professional.

ii) The estimate must be as per current PWD schedule and shall be vetted by a

competent engineer of Zilla Parishad / P & AR Department / Minority Affairs &

Madrasah Education Department

iii) Only 2 percent contingency may be allowed in the cost of estimate which meets

the administrative cost of implementation of the scheme.

iv) Cost of only construction of boundary wall / fencing and no ancillary work like

room etc. Will be allowed.

v) A site plan has to be prepared and annexed to the proposal.

vi) The proposal should include a report stating the perimeter of the boundary of

graveyard/Mosque/Idgah/Mazar, the length cover in the present proposal, nature

of construction per unit cost and the period of implementation.

vii) The land in question must be a graveyard/Mosque/Idgah/Mazar used by public. A

certificate to this effect from concerned BL & LRO /Block Development

Officer/District Officer (Minority Affairs)/SDO must accompany the proposal.

viii) The scheme should be recommended by the District Magistrate / District Officer

for Minority Affairs and sent to the Secretary, Minority Affairs and Madrasah

Education Department.

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Administrative approval & sanction of fund :

i) Director, MDW will process the proposals for consideration of the Departmental

Approval Committee.

ii) After the schemes are approved by the Department approval Committee (DAC) of

this Department shall communicate administrative approval and sanction of fund

to the executing authority as quickly as possible.

iii) Copy of sanction order will be endorsed to the PRI bodies, the District Magistrate,

the District Officer for Minority Affairs and M.C of the

graveyard/Mosque/Idgah/Mazar.

iv) First installment shall be 50 percent of the total cost and the rest will be released

after getting utilization certificate of the earlier sanctioned amount and on receipt

of physical and financial progress report that 50 percent of work has been done..

Execution of the scheme

i) Zilla Parishad/Local Body concerned shall be authorized to execute the scheme.

Depending upon the project cost they may entrust any authority under their

supervision to execute the scheme.

ii) Quarterly progress report will be sent by the executing agency to the Director,

MDW who will compile the same and place before the Secretary, MA & ME

Department.

iii) A sign-board displaying name of the department, amount sanctioned and the dates

of starting works and of completion thereof shall be fixed on the boundary wall at

the end of execution.

iv) On completion of works utilization certificate along with a photograph of the

boundary wall showing the displaying sign-board shall be sent by the District

Authority to the Director, MDW.

Monitoring & Supervision

i) The District Magistrate shall cause proper supervision of execution of the scheme

through the officers under his control.

ii) The progress of execution of the scheme shall be monitored by the District

Magistrate in the District Minority Welfare Committee periodically and send

copies of minutes of such monitoring to the Director, MDW.

iii) The Director, MDW and the Executive Engineer of Minorities Affairs & M.E

Department will visit the districts from time to time to ascertain status of

implementation.

The above guidelines will take immediate effect.

This issues with the occurrence of the Finance Department vide their U.,O. No.

Group E 182 dt. 19.08.2009.

Sd/-

Secretary to the Government of West Bengal

Minority Affairs & Madrasah Education Department

(Annexure) Government of West Bengal


Writers’ Buildings, Kolkata-700001

Application Format for Sanction of Scheme for construction of Boundary Wall around

graveyard/Mosque/Idgah/Mazar.

1. (a) Name & address of the applicant :

(Secretary/member of the Managing

Committee of the graveyard/Mosque/Idgah/Mazar)

(b) Contact Phone Number :

2.Name of the Graveyard/Mosque/Idgah/Mazar :

3. Location of the graveyard :

Plot No. :

Kh. No. :

Mouza : J.L. No. :

P.S. :

District :

4. Population of minority community :

(Muslim/Christian) of the locality

that uses the graveyard.

5. Whether the Land is used by public as graveyard :

/mosque/Idgah/Mazar (attach BL & LRO

/BDO/DOMA/SDO’scertificate)

6. If plan & estimate have been attached :

(as per current PWD Schedule) with

proper vetting.

7. Whether the estimate has been prepared :

as per current PWD Schedule (a certificate

from competent authority should be

attached).

8. If Site-Plan has been given :

9. Total length of the boundary wall :

10. Total project cost as per estimate :

11. If ancillary item is included, state :

the nature and justification.

12. Expected time period for construction :

13. Proposed implementing agency :

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signature of the Secretary of the Managing Committee

of the graveyard.

Recommendation of the DM/DO(MA)

__________________________

Signature of the DM / DO (MA)

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Writers Buildings, Kolkata – 700001

No. 655-MD/P/3H-7/09 Dated : 20.4.2010

M E M O R A N D U M

Sub : Guidelines for construction of Hostels for Minority students in Kolkata

and in the Districts and Administration and Maintenance thereof.

The Government in the Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education Department

have been implementing the scheme of Construction of Muslim Girls’ Hostels in the

Districts as per guidelines circulated vide no. 52 – MW dt. 11 January 2000. With a

view to removing difficulties in implementing the scheme based on experience of

over the past 6-7 years and the need for extending this scheme for minority boys as

well, the scheme guidelines were revised vide no. 763-MD/P/3H-3/99 dtd. 26.5.2008.

After introduction of various scholarships there is now a growing interest among the

minority’s children to pursue studies higher from school to colleges. It is also felt that

availability of hostel for boys and girls even in reputed schools and colleges would

widen the access of minority students to such institutions.

After careful consideration and pursuant to the decision of the State Govt. To

implement such type of District Sector Plan Schemes through PWD / Local self

Government / Educational Institutions, the undersigned is directed by order of the

Governor to say that the scheme for Construction of Hostels for Minority Students

administered by this department be implemented henceforth in accordance with the

set of guidelines as given below :

Guidelines: -

Location and land

a. For Hostels to be run by the Board of Wakfs, West Bengal :

The land selected for the purpose of construction of hostel must be free from

all encumbrances and located in Kolkata and in the headquarter-town or any

other important town within a district having higher education facilities for the

students. While proposal is initiated, the local authority should identify all

such educational institutions stating distance from the proposed site with

available mode of conveyance.

The selected site shall be formally transferred in favour of this department by

a registered deed of gift in case of rayati land or by transfer of land belonging

to the State Govt. Or a local body observing extant procedure.

b. For Hostels to be run by the Recognized Educational Institutions :

i) The Educational Institution itself must possess the land required for the

construction of Hostel.

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ii) The need for establishing a hostel must be justified with availability of

minority students in the institution applying for.

iii) The Institution must undertake to run, maintain and take care of the safety

of the inmates.

iv) The educational institution should be either Government or Government

aided under pay package scheme and must be recognized or affiliated to

any Board / Council / University and the like which is controlled by the

State or Central Government.

c. The plot of land selected shall be spacious enough for construction of one

or more buildings in phase upto four-storied with accommodation facilities

for 100 (one hundred) inmates and provision for a lawn, and hence the area

of the selected site should not be less than 10 decimal. The proposal in the

first phase may usually provide for accommodation for about 60 (sixty)

students. In deserving cases the MA & ME Department have the liberty to

alter these conditions.

Preparation of Scheme and Manner of Submission

a) The scheme on each site shall be so drawn up that it can provide accommodation

upto 60 (sixty) inmates in the first phase with provision for future extension to

accommodate total 100 inmates. Larger capacity hostel could be considered

where necessary with proper justification. Boundary wall may also be included

in plan & estimate.

ii) The scheme shall be prepared and submitted by the PWD / concerned Zilla

Parishad / Municipal Corporation / Municipality along with detailed

particulars of the land, site plan, plan and estimates as per latest PWD

schedule by a Competent Technical Officer of the State Government / Local

Body. While drawing up the scheme the authority should adhere to the policy

that plan of the building is prepared so that reasonable minimum expenditure

incurred to accommodate maximum inmates.

b) The complete proposal with all relevant documents and necessary information

shall be sent by the District Magistrate concerned who would countersign the

plan and the estimates and the report in a format given in the Annexure.

c) The proposal should be approved by the District Level Committee for Minority

Affairs, (DLCMA) before sending to the Minority Affairs and Madrasah

Education Department.

Execution of the scheme :-

The scheme shall be executed by the PWD / concerned Zilla Parishad /

Municipal Corporation / Municipality / the concerned Educational Institution

strictly adhering to the approved plan and estimates. In case the Executing

Agency feels that changes in the plan and estimates are required considering

the ground realities prior approval of this department should be obtained

before taking up the scheme. In case of Zilla Parishad / Municipal Corporation

/ Municipality executing the scheme help of its Engineering wing should be

taken. For hostels to

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be constructed by an Educational Institution, the District Magistrate will

authorize one Technical Person under his control to supervise the work.

Fund for such approved scheme shall be allotted in installments to the Chief

Engineer concerned of the PWD as per its norms for execution of the scheme

through LOC and in other cases to the District Magistrate concerned, who

would in tern transfer the fund after drawal , to the local fund account of the

executing agency. For Educational Institutions the fund will be released by

the District Magistrate in two installments to the institution depending on the

progress of work.

After proper utilization of the fund released, the executing agency shall submit

utilization certificate and submit requisition for the next installments through

the Chief Engineer or the District Magistrate as the case may be. On being

satisfied Govt. Will release the next installment.

A certificate of utilization of total fund received along with a completion

report shall be submitted to this department by the executing agency through

the concerned Chief Engineer or the District Magistrate within three month

from the date of allotment of last installment of fund.

Construction work must, in all respect, be completed within the same financial

year except in unforeseen circumstances. District Level Officers concerned

and the state level officers of the MA & ME Department shall monitor the

executions periodically.

After completion of the construction, the hostel building under category A(a),

shall be formally handed over to the Chief Executive Officer, Board of Wakfs,

W.B. or his authorized representative, who shall take over the management,

control, maintenance and supervision of the said hostel building.

Eligibility criteria for inmates of a Hostel to be run by the Board of Wakfs, West Bengal :-

d) Accommodation facilities in the hostel shall be provided only to the Minority

students of the post-matric standard of any educational institution of the locality.

Subject to directions issued from time to time by the State Government the

Chief Executive Officer, Board of Wakfs, W.B. shall be in charge of the day-

to-day administration and maintenance of the hostel building through a local

committee to be constituted in consultation with the District Magistrate and

the Sabhadhipati of the Zilla Parishad / the Mayor of Municipal Corporation /

the Chairman of the Municipality as the case may be;

For running the hostel not more than six employees including one hostel

Superintendent may be appointed by the Chief Executive Officer, Board of

Wakfs, W.B. on contract basis at such terms and conditions as may be

determined by the State Government from time to time till regular posts are

created ;

All costs towards maintenance of the hostel building and establishment

charges including payment of remunerations of the employees and other

recurring expenses shall be borne by the Board of Wakfs, W.B. out of grant-

in-aid provided by the State Govt.

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The charges payable by each of the students shall be determined by the Chief

Executive Officer, Board of Wakfs, W.B. in consultation with the concerned

District Magistrate and the Sabhadhipati of the Zilla Parishad / Mayor of

Municipal Corporation / the Chairman of the Municipality as the case may be.

Proper receipt will be used for realization of such charges and the amount so

realized should be deposited under proper head of account to the local treasury

/ Pay and Accounts Office;

The Chief Executive Officer, Board of Wakfs, W.B. shall have the authority to

determine eligibility of the students to get accommodation in the hostel.

For Hostels run by Educational Institutions :

Running, maintenance, management and security of the inmates shall be the

sole charge of the Educational Institution itself. Eligibility of the students to

get accommodation in hostel and the amount of hostel charges to be paid shall

be determined by the institution in consultation with the District Magistrate

and Sabhadhipati of the Jilaparishad / the Mayor of Municipal Corporation /

the Chairman of the Municipality as the case may be.

The above guidelines will take effect on and from the date of issue.

This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Department vide their U.O.

No. Group ‘E’ 92 dtd. 09.4.2010.

Sd/- B.P. Gopalika

Secretary

Minority Affairs and Madrasah

Education Department

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ANNEXURE – I

Format for proposal for construction of

Minority students Hostel

1. Name of the proposed scheme :

2. Name of Mouza / Town where the hostel will be located :

3. Total minority population in the District / Sub-Division / Block / Municipality

:

4. Percentage of minority population in the District / Sub-Division / Block /

Municipality :

5. Proposed number of inmates to be provided accommodation in the hostel :

6. Land particulars –

a) If Rayati Land : i) Number & date of deed of gift registered in

favour of the Minority Affairs & Madrasah

Education Department :

ii) Quantum of land transferred :

b) If Govt. Vested land - i) Order number and date of transfer in favour of

Minority Affairs & Madrasah Education

Department:

ii) Quantum of land omputerize :

7. a) No. Of Educational Institutions i) Name :

available for the inmates within Distance

safe distance from the proposed Hostel Mode of conveyance :

ii) Name :

Distance

Mode of conveyance

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8. Plan and Estimate :- i) Prepared by (name & designation) :

ii) Vetted by (name & designation)

iii) Plinth area :

iv) Number of stories

v) Number of rooms

9. Date of approval in the DLCMA :

Certified that the Plan and Estimate has been prepared following current PWD

Schedule and efforts have been made to incur minimum expenditure per inmate in the

construction of the hostel following PWD norms.

Executive Engineer / Superintending

Engineer / Chief Engineer

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Countersignature of the District Magistrate.

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Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education Department Writers Buildings, Kolkata – 700001

Scheme for infrastructural support to reputed NGOs running educational

projects for the Development & Welfare of Minorities

(Issued vide G.O. No. 337 – MD/O/15M – 8/07 dated the 10th March, 2010)

1) Background: The Government of West Bengal is committed to the accelerated development of the minorities with a view to uplifting their socio-economic and educational status. Pursuant to this commitment, several innovative schemes have already been taken up by this department. Many reputed Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) are also running educational projects for the welfare of minorities. If such NGOs are supported by the State to help augment the basic infrastructure, their effectiveness and reach in the field of education, skill development and health awareness, will increase a lot.

2) Objective:

The objective of the scheme is to provide financial support to the NGOs to enable them to enhance and modernize their existing infrastructure and intake capacity.

3) Amount and purposes of grant:

The amount of financial assistance provided for one activity/project/scheme at a particular location by an NGO shall not ordinarily exceed Rs. 50,00,000/- (Rupees Fifty Lakh only). No NGO shall be eligible for more than one grant in one financial year except in cases where an NGO works at more than one location. The purpose of the grant shall ordinarily be restricted to development of infrastructure like rooms for use of teaching or imparting job-oriented skill development/training, medical consultation, patient’s waiting rooms, laboratories, hostels, library rooms, drinking water and toilet facility, purchase of library books, laboratory equipments, medical equipments, furniture & equipments for use in Vocational/Technical training or skill development, etc. Assistance for operational cost can also be considered for innovative projects by promising NGOs. The fund will be placed with the District Magistrates for disbursement to the NGOs/Organizations.

4) Eligibility Criteria:

a) The NGO should be registered as a Trust/Society/Company with the appropriate registering authority.

b) The NGO must have at least 3 (three) years’ experience in implementing successfully Minority related projects on Education, Health and Skill Development.

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c) The NGO must have a minimum administrative infrastructure of

its own to run the project.

d) The NGO must be economically viable to run the project they are implementing.

e) The project or unit benefiting must be located in the vicinity of the habitation of minority people, so that the majority of the beneficiaries of the scheme are from the minority communities.

f) The NGO shall not have any commercial motive in running any of the projects.

5) A. Location and land (in case of construction of hostels):

i) The land selected for the purpose of construction of hostel must be free from all encumbrances and located in communicable places and in the headquarter town or any other important town within a district having better education facilities for the students. While proposal is initiated, the authority should identify all such educational institutions stating distance from the proposed site with available mode of conveyance.

ii) The plot of land selected shall be spacious enough for construction of one or more buildings in phase upto four-stories with accommodation facilities for 100 (one hundred) inmates .

iii) The selected site shall be in legal possession of the NGO itself.

e) Preparation of Scheme and Manner of Submission (in case of construction of hostels etc.):

i) The scheme on each site shall be so drawn up that it can provide accommodation upto 60 (sixty) inmates in the first phase with provision for future extension to accommodate total 100 (one hundred) inmates. Larger capacity hostel could be considered, where necessary, with proper justification. Boundary wall may also be included in the plan & estimate.

ii) The scheme shall be prepared and submitted by the NGO concerned alongwith detailed particulars of the land, site plan, plan and estimates as per prevailing PWD schedule, by a Competent Technical Officer of the State Government/ Local Body. While drawing up the scheme the authority should adhere to the policy t hat the plan of the building is

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prepared so that reasonable minimum expenditure incurred to accommodate maximum inmates.

iii) That complete proposal with all relevant documents and necessary information shall be sent through the District Magistrate concerned who would countersign the plan and the estimate and a report in the format given in Annexure-I.

iv) While recommending the proposal the District Magistrate should give his observation as to the reputation and performance of the NGO.

6) Procedure:

f) Application should be made in prescribed format given in Annexure – II and submitted to the Director, Minorities’ Development & Welfare with the following documents.

a. Attested copy of all documents relating to registration, objectives, by laws, governing body along with audited annual accounts for last two (2) years.

b. Copy of the last annual return submitted to the registering authority along with a copy of money receipt issued by the registering authority.

c. If running, project is to be funded : Highlights of last two years performance and achievement. If new project/ scheme, experience in operating similar schemes, and highlights of major schemes over past two years.

d. Details of the project for which funding is sought.

e. Estimate of the work for which grant is prayed for. The sources of

own fund – amounting to 10% of total estimated cost should be indicated.

f. Time schedule showing progress of project and funds required.

g. Copy of statement of Bank Account for last six months.

h. Any other credential of appreciation or document that is relevant.

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make a local enquiry and submit the same with his observations to the Minority Affairs & Madrasah Education Department.

7) Funding pattern and utilization:

a) Funding will be made in participatory mode. At least 10% of the estimated cost of the work for which grant is prayed for should be borne by the NGO and remaining 90% will be provided by the Department subject to availability of fund. The sanctioned amount will be provided in two or more equal installments.

b) Before the sanctioned amount is released the NGO should produce evidence of availability of 2.5% of the estimated cost, and indicate sources of remaining 7.5% of its own contribution.

c) The assistance extended by the Minority Affairs Department will take the form of a 5 (five) year cumulative loan with the physical assets created out of the assistance as guarantee. After five years of operating of the hostels/projects, the Department will convert the loan to grant by writing it off. On the other hand, if the NGO winds up the project funded, and shifts the funds to a non-minority concentrated area, repayment of the loan will be sought. This will effectively tie the funds to minority-concentrated areas failing which the department will take over the hostel/project and handover the same to the Board of Wakfs, W.B. / other NGO for running the hostel/project. The NGO will have to sign an agreement before the fund is released to them.

d) Copies of utilization certificate should be submitted with audited annual accounts of the concerned year to the Director, Minorities Development & Welfare by the end of April of the next financial year through the concerned District Magistrate/DOMA.

e) Photographs of the assets created duly authenticated by the NGO should be submitted with the utilization certificate.

g) Execution of the scheme/project:

i) The scheme shall be executed by the NGO adhering to the approved plan and estimates. In case the Executing Agency feels that changes in the plan and estimates are required considering the ground realities prior approval of this department should be obtained before taking up the scheme.

h) After proper utilization of the fund released, the executing NGO shall submit utilization certificate and submit requisition for the next installment through the District Magistrate. On being satisfied Govt. Will release the next installment.

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i) A certificate of utilization of total fund received along with a completion report shall be submitted to this department by the executing agency through the District Magistrate within three months from the date of allotment of last installment of fund.

iv) Construction work must, in all respect, be completed within the same financial year except in unforeseen circumstances. District Level Officers concerned and the State Level Officers of the MA & ME Department shall monitor the executions periodically.

v) After completion of the construction/acquisition of the asset it should be put into use within a month with intimation to the sanctioning authority.

9) Sanctioning of grant:

j) Applications will be properly scrutinized by the Director, MDW particularly with respect to experience and credibility of the NGO. A list of selected NGOs with amounts of grant will be finalized by a Committee headed by the Principal Secretary/ Secretary, MA & ME Deptt. With Director, MDW as convener. The committee will have an eminent person working for the welfare of minorities and an officer from the Finance Deptt. As Members.

b) List of selected NGOs will be prepared on the basis of accredited performance and their functioning in the minority concentrated areas and availability of fund as observed by the Director, MDW.

c) The MA & ME Deptt. Reserves the write to accept or reject any application without assigning any reason thereof.

d) After the sanction is made, the amount will be allotted through the Director, MDW for those NGOs which are functioning in Kolkata Municipal Corporation area while allotment of fund to NGOs in the districts will be made through the respective District Magistrate/DOMA or the Managing Director, West Bengal Minorities’ Development and Finance Corporation.

e) NGOs will, after completion of work, submit utilization certificate to the DDO who will transmit the same to the Director, MDW.

k) Review & Monitoring:

a) Progress of utilization and the performance of the NGO will be reviewed by the District Level Committee for Minority Affairs (DLCMA) already constituted.

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b) For Kolkata Director, MDW will review the progress from time to time.

c) The District Officer for Minority Affairs (DOMA) will monitor utilization of the grant for benefit of the target group in the district.

d) NGOs will submit to the Director, MDW every year the details of students, candidates, beneficiaries admitted and of those who completed the coaching / training courses.

e) The Rural and urban local bodies shall be kept informed of the NGOs working there under their jurisdiction so that they can oversee the implementation of the project and thus avoid duplication in regard to allocation of funds.

l) Eligibility criteria for hostel inmates (in case of hostels):

i) Accommodation facilities in the hostel building shall be provided only to the Minority students.

ii) Subject to directions issued from time to time by the State Government the NGO concerned shall be responsible for the day-to-day administration and maintenance of the hostel through a local committee to be constituted in consultation with the District Magistrate.

iii) The charges payable by each of the students and their eligibility shall be determined by the NGO in consultation with the District Magistrate.

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A N NE X U R E – I

(Statement to be furnished in case of construction of hostels/additional class room/library room etc.)

1. Name of the proposed scheme :

2. Name of Mouza/Town where the hostel/laboratory/library/class room will be located :

3. Total minority population in the District/Sub-Division :

4. Percentage of minority population in the District/Sub-Division :

5. Proposed number of inmates to be provided accommodation

in the hostel :

6) Land Particulars :

a) If Rayati/NGO’s Land :

i) Number & date of deed of gift registered in favour of the Minorities’ Affairs & Madrasah Education

Department :


b) If Govt. Vested land :

ii) Order number and date of transfer in favour of Minorities’ Affairs & Madrasah Education

Department :


m) No. Of Education Institutions available for the inmates

within safe distance from the proposed hostel with name,

mode of conveyance and distance from the proposed hostel :

8) Plan & Estimate-

i) Prepared by (Name & Designation) :

ii) Vetted by (Name & Designation) :

iii) Plinth area :

iv) Number of stories :

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iv) Total amount :

9) A) i) If the NGO is financially viable to run the project at present and in future :

ii) If there is any other NGO running similar projects in the district? If so, the names of the NGOs :

B) Observation of the Recommending Officer :

Certified that the Plan and Estimate has been prepared following current PWD Schedule and efforts have been made to incur minimum expenditure per inmate in the construction of the hostel following PWD norms. The NGO concerned is a reputed organization and is rendering commendable work for the educational upliftment of the Minority. The proposed project is recommended.

_________________ ________________

Signature of the Secretary/ Signature of ADM/DOMA/

President of the NGO Authorized Officer(in case of Kolkata)

_________________________________________________________

Countersignature District Magistrate/Municipal Commissioner(in case of Kolkata)

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A N N E X U R E – II

APPLICATION FORMAT

1. PARTICULARS ABOUT ORGANISATION i) Name of Implementing Agency/Organisation : ii) Address (With pin code) : iii) Registration No / Date of Registration : iv) Telephone No. (With STD code) : Fax No. : E- mail address : v) Financial Status (last three years) : Sl.No. Financial Year Income Expenditure Surplus/Deficit vi) Organisation’s Objectives : vii) Source of own Fund :

viii) List of Executive Committee Members with their Designation and contact address/phone no. (2/3 of whom Should preferably from the minorities :

2. PROJECT DETAILS

i) Target Group : ii) Name of Project : iii) New or Ongoing Project : iv) Location of Project :

ix) A detailed project report should be attached giving details of target group vi) Approximate minority population benefited : x) Nature of scheme: Education / Skill Development / Health : xi) Duration of Course (if educational or skill development scheme : 3. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

i) Total cost-estimate (in case of construction works, The plan estimate should be as per PWD schedule And vetted by appropriate authority) :

ii) Contribution of the NGO :

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4. DOCUMENT TO BE ENCLOSED (as required in the procedure section of the scheme guidelines)

a) b) c) d) e) 5. OTHER INFORMATION (if any) :

Signature of the President / Secretary

of the NGO with official seal

Certified that the NGO is financially sound to run the project at present and in future. There is no NGO/ other NGO/NGOs namely_________________________ is/are running similar projects with financial support of the Government in the district. The NGO has conducted training of_______ nos. Of trainees on similar courses and other NGOs have conducted training of ______ nos. Of trainees in the district. The NGO concerned is a reputed organization and is rendering commendable work for the educational upliftment of the Minority. The proposed project is recommended.

Signature of the Municipal Commissioner

/ ADM(Minority)/DOMA (for Kolkata)

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Writers’ Buildings, Kolkata- 700 001.

MEMORANDUM

NO. 204-MD/P/15P-52/08 Dated, the 26th

November,2008

Sub :- Guidelines for MINORITY WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

PROGRAMME (MWEP)

Backdrop : Minority women are more backward than even the S.C. / S.T.

women particularly in rural West Bengal. Socio-economic

development of minorities can not be achieved without

effecting better changes in the status of their women.

Economically they should be empowered.

Objective : Minority women will be provided need based short term loan

through the District Office for Minority Affairs / Minority Cell

of the district.

Eligibility i) Individual minority women or SHGs having at least

6(six) minority women members.

(ii) Age – Between 20 to 45 years.

(iii) Family annual income: Up to Rs. 40,000 for rural and

Rs. 55,000/- for urban areas.

Terms of Assistance : Up to Rs. 40,000/- [50% soft loan & 50% subsidy subject to

maximum of Rs. 15,000/-. In case of SHG, assistance to be

given @Rs. 40,000/- per minority member.

Application Form : Prescribed form of application will be distributed by DO

(MA) Minority Cell of the district.

Training : WBMDFC will impart training.

Rate of interest : 3% per annum on loan amount.

Recovery period : 3 years in quarterly installments.

Documentation : Simplified documentation procedure will be devised for

MWEP for direct lending to the beneficiaries. Financing

may also be made through WBMDFC as per their extant

procedure.

Mode of Recovery : Since in case of Minority Women Empowerment Programme

(MWEP) there is possibility of having illiterate beneficiaries,

repayment through post dated cheques may not be possible. In

such case repayment is to be made in cash against DCR.

Guarantor : May not be insisted upon. The scheme is for direct

beneficiaries only.

Subsidy : In the scheme there is a provision for subsidy to the extent of

50% subject to maximum of Rs.15,000/- which will be

provided by the Department.

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Implementing agency : District Officer for Minority Affairs/Officer-in-Charge,

Minority Affairs of the District will implement the Scheme at

the District Level. With supervision by

the District Level Committee for Minority Affairs. This will be

a State Level Scheme and will be administered by the

Directorate of MDW. On behalf of the Directorate of MDW,

Managing Director, WBMDFC will implement the scheme

from the State Level.

The above guidelines have been approved by the Finance Department vide

U.O.No. 117 Gr.E dtd. 25.11.2008

DISTRICT WISE DISTRIBUTION FOR TENTATIVE ALLOCATION OF

CORPUS FUND UNDER THE SCHEME OF MINORITY WOMEN

EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMME.

Sl. No.

District Name Total Persons Minority Persons % of Minority Population

Availability of fund out of Rs. 20 crore(Rs.)

1 Murshidabad 58,66,569 37,35,380 63.67 2,76,80,803/-

2 Maldah 32,90,468 16,36,171 49.72 2,16,15,981/-

3 Uttar Dinajpur 24,41,794 11,56,503 47.36 2,05,89,961/-

4 Birbhum 30,15,422 10,57,861 35.08 1,52,51,179/-

5 South 24 Parganas 69,06,689 22,95,967 33.24 1,44,51,231/-

6 Nadia 46,04,827 11,70,282 25.41 1,10,47,106/-

7 Haora 42,73,099 10,44,383 24.44 1,06,25,394/-

8 Koch Bihar 24,79,155 6,00,911 24.24 1,05,38,443/-

9 North 24 Parganas 89,34,286 21,64,058 24.22 1,05,29,748/-

10 Dakshin Dinajpur 15,03,178 3,61,047 24.02 1,04,42,797/-

11 Kolkata 45,72,876 9,26,769 20.27 88,12,468/-

12 Barddhaman 68,95,514 13,64,133 19.78 85,99,439/-

13 Hugli 50,41,976 7,63,471 15.14 65,82,179/-

14 Purba Medinipur 40,98,181 5,40,490 13.19 57,34,408/-

15 Jalpaiguri 34,01,173 3,69,195 10.85 47,17,084/-

16 Paschim Medinipur 46,86,264 4,43,325 9.46 41,12,775/-

17 Bankura 31,92,695 2,39,722 7.51 32,65,004/-

18 Puruliya 25,36,516 1,80,694 7.12 30,95,450/-

19 Darjiling 16,09,172 85,378 5.31 23,08,545/-

WEST BENGAL 8,01,76,197 2,02,40,543 460.03 20,00,00,000/-

Sd/- Abdul Khaleque

Director & Ex-Officio Joint Secretary

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Writers’ Buildings, Kolakta-700 001

No. 1477-MD Date: 28.10.2009

NOTIFICATION

SCHEME FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE (LOAN) TO WAKF ESTATES FOR

DEVELOPMENT OF INCOME GENERATING ASSETS

There are many Wakf estates in this State, which are in poor financial condition

but have immense possibilities for development to earn more revenue. A selective

generation of assets will not only strengthen the economy of these estates but the

enhanced income, too, for peous purpose of educational and cultural upliftment of the

Muslims. After careful consideration of the issues, the State Government in the

Department of Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education , do, hereby, introduce this

Scheme for financial Assistance (Loan) to the Wakf Estates for Development of

income generating Assets.

2. Objective:

Wakf Estates will be provided interest free loan for creating income generating

assets which will help in the maintenance of the estate, as well as in the welfare of

Muslims. Such assets may include market complex, shopping centre, University

Centre, Marriage Hall, Housing Complex and any other suitable commercial venture.

This scheme does not provide any authority to alienate any Wakf property or part

thereon or any assets thereon.

3. Amount and Conditions of Assistance

The financial assistance in the form of ‘interest free loan’ shall be limited:

(a) To 90% of the project cost and subject to a maximum of Rs.25 lakh. 10% of the cost has to be borne by the Wakf Estate.

(b) In deserving cases, the maximum limit of Rs.25 lakh may be enhanced.

(c) The developed asset would be the property of the Wakf and cannot be alienated.

(d) No Wakf Estate shall be eligible for more than one such financial assistance in a single

financial year.

4. Eligibility Criteria:-

(a) The Wakf Estate should be registered with the Board of Wakfs, West Bengal;

(b) The Wakf should have been in existence for at least 3 years;

(c) The land and assets proposed for development should be free from any

litigation.

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5. Who can apply

All application should be submitted to the Board of Wakfs, West Bengal by the

appropriate representative of the Wakf Estate as below;

For self-managed Wakf Estates :

The Mutawalli/Joint Mutawallis/Committee Mutawalli in Office at the relevant time.

(a) For the Wakf Estates (under the direct management of the Board of Wakfs) :

The Chief Executive Officer of the Board of Wakfs.

6. Procedure for application

Application must be made in prescribed format (Annexure A) with the following

documents:-

1) Document showing clear title of the property proposed to be developed;

2) Detail project Report (DPR) for which funding is sought, including:

(a) Financial estimate of the proposed work

(b) Sources of own fund-amounting to 10% or more of total estimated cost;

(c) Time schedule of proposed project showing requirement of funds and progress

milestones;

(d) The wakf Estate should prepare a detailed item-wise estimate duly prepared by

an engineer or an expert as the case may be;

(e) Site plan of the land to be developed indicating boundaries:

(i) Detailed plan of construction prepared by a qualified engineer/Architect,

duly sanctioned by Municipality/Corporation or any competent authority

having jurisdiction in the area where the property, to be developed, is

situated,

(ii) In case of other developmental projects a detailed plan prepared by an

expert:

(f) A project report in a narrative form indicating the brief history of the wakf, the

aim/objective of the development and a comprehensive viability statement.

(3) Feasibility Report of the project in Annexure B including:

(a) Likely revenue stream from the project and payback capacity;

(b) Areas where surplus is expected to be used for welfare activities in keeping

with the purpose for which the estate was created;

7. Consideration by Sub-committee of Wakf Board :-

(1) The Wakf Development sub-committee of the Wakf Board shall review the

proposal(including a check based on checklist in Annexure C). It may require

and ask for further details/documents from the Wakf estate for this purpose. If

the proposal appears, prima facie to be feasible and beneficial to the community,

they shall forward it to the Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education

Department (MAMED) with their recommendation.

(2) Where the proposal is not considered feasible, it can return the proposal to the

Wakf estate with suggestions to resubmit it accordingly. The Wakf Board may

also help the Wakf estate prepare their proposal in a better manner by providing

support through their Technical Cell.

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8. Sanctioning of grant.

(1) The Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education Department will review the

proposal through a committee consisting of:

(i) Secretary, Minority Affairs & Madrasah Education Department,

Chairperson

(ii) Director, Minorities Development & Welfare, Member

(iii) Joint Secretary of the concerned group in the Finance Department,

Member

(iv) One nominee of the Chairman of Board of Wakfs, Member

(v) One nominee of the State Government, Member

(vi) Chief Executive Officer, Board of Wakfs, West Bengal, Convener

(2) The committee will review the proposal with respect to financial condition of the

Wakf Estate, Plan Estimate, feasibility of the project and prospect for minority

welfare. The committee may also suggest additional measures for safeguarding

the interest of the Wakf/community and these may be included in the agreement.

For example, requirement of an escrow account, or submission of post dated

cheques for repayment. The committee will, based on these, sanction the

amount for release.

(3) The Committee will, based on these, either sanction or reject the proposal for

funding. When sanctioned, the timing of installment to be released and

repayment schedule shall also be prepared and approved.

9. Disbursement to Board of Wakfs

After approval, the amount will be released to the Wakf Board and the Board will

transfer it into the bank account of the Wakf estate. For Wakf Estates under Direct

Management the allotment of fund will be released in the name of Chief Executive

Officer, Board of Wakfs, W.B. as mutawalli of the Wakf Estate and it will be utilized

by the Chief Executive Officer, Board of Wakfs, W.B. who will maintain separate

account of the Estate concerned including the loan received and repayments made.

10. Fund Release and Utilization

(1) Fund will be disbursed by the Board of Wakfs, West Bengal in three phases as

follows:

(2) The timing of these installments shall be finalized in accordance with the plan

and will be such that shared funding is done by the Board of Wakfs and the

estate in all phases. The amount will be released only after the estate has signed

the agreement (Annexure D) with any additions/changes suggested by the

Committee.

(3) The Estate should demonstrate availability of balance funds for its share of

spend in these phases. These could be shown through evidence like consent from

bank/other agency, sanction from any other source/scheme etc. Where the

project is being developed through a partnership with any other agency, the

agreement with the other agency may be submitted to establish funds/feasibility

of the project.

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(4) If the estate fails to start the work as per the agreement or violates the clauses of

the agreement or any proceeding has been drawn by the Board against the

alleged complaint of mismanagement or other irregularities committed by

Mutawalli/Joint Mutawalli/Committee Mutawalli, the next disbursement may be

held up or cancelled giving due opportunity of being heard to the Mutawalli.

(5) The Wakf Estate shall submit a certificate of utilization and photographs of

project progress, when applying for the next tranche of funds. A final

consolidated ‘Utilization Certificate’ should be submitted at the end of the

project as well.

11. Repayment of Loan

The financial assistance under this scheme is in the form of an interest free loan.

Repayment of the amount is to be made as under :

(a) Repayment shall be made over a maximum of 20 quarterly installments in 5

years;

(b) Repayment shall begin in the quarter following a moratorium of 6 month after

completion of the project. For example If the project is completed on 25.2.2008,

repayment shall start from the quarter Oct-Dec.2008;

(c) There shall be a clause of maximum period after which the repayment of the

loan must start even if the project is not completed. This shall be mentioned in

the agreement as per decision of the Board on case to case basis.

(d) No interest shall be charged. The Board may take donation from such Estates as

it may decide towards Wakf Development Corpus in quarterly instalments

alongwith repayment of the Loan instalment.

(e) If for any reason the work is not completed within the stipulated period of

construction with proper justifications, the The Chairman/Chief Executive

Officer of the Board Wakfs, West Bengal may if he deems it justified, extend the

period at his discretion;

(f) If no extension has been granted then the repayment will start after expiry of

one year from the date of disbursement of last instalment;

(g) No Mutawalli borrowing a loan from the Board shall under any circumstances

mortgage or otherwise transfer the property , or any portion of it, being

developed without the prior permission of the Board;

(h) The Mutawalli will not be authorized to borrow any amount from any source

without the previous permission of the Board for the purposes of the estate.

(i) Before getting the loan released by the Wakf Board the Motawalli must enter

into an agreement which should include the undertaking that in the event of

failure on the part of the Mutawally or if he neglects to repay the loan the Board

may remove him under section 64 of the Wakf Act 1995 and assume direct

management of the Wakf under section 65 of the said Act.

12. Review and Monitoring:

(1) Progress of utilization and the performance of the Wakf Estate will be reviewed

by the District Level Supervisory Committee on Minority Affairs in the districts

on behalf of the Board of Wakf, West Bengal.

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(2) In Kolkata the Board of Wakfs, will review the progress from time to time when

the project is completed, a final consolidated ‘Utilization certificate’ shall be

submitted alongwith photographs of the asset developed by the Mutawalli.

(3) Where any clause of the loan agreement is violated including repayment, the

Board of Wakfs may take action under appropriate sections of the Wakf Act

against the Mutawallis / Mutwallis of the estate.

(4) A representative of the Board shall visit the project site and monitor progress

atleast once every quarter. If it is found that the estate has failed to start the

work as per the agreement or violates the clauses of the agreement or the Board

has received any complaint of mismanagement of the estate or property, the

Board shall ask the estate to rovide explanations for the same. Any delay due to

this shall not affect the repayment schedule of the loan.

(5) If it is found that there is any merit in such complaint / violation, further

installments may be cancelled and the Wakf estate shall forthwith repay the

amount to the Wakf Board. If the Wakf is unable to repay such amount within 30

days due to financial constraints, a repayment schedule may be worked out for

repayment of the amount utilized, as soon as possible, and in no case exceeding

the period provided for repayment of loan in the normal course (i.e. 5 years).

13. Corpus of the Board of Wakfs, West Bengal

The purpose of sanctioning this amount as grant to the Board of Wakf is to create a

revolving corpus of fund using which more and more such wakf development projects

could be funded. Hence :

n) The amount released as Grant by the MAMED will be treated as a ‘Wakf

Development (Loan) Corpus’ by the Wakf Board ;

o) Amounts released by the Wakf Board for such funding shall be treated as

recoverable loan in the books of accounts of the Wakf Board;

p) The entire loan amount will be recovered in installments as specified in the

schedule to the agreement;

q) The amount recovered will be added to the Corpus of Wakf Board for the

purpose of future loans of similar nature;

r) The Government may release further grants to supplement this corpus in any

year;

s) When sufficient corpus will accumulate Government grant will be gradually

reduced but the scheme will operate on the corpus so generated

This order is issued with concurrence of Finance Department vide their U.O.

No. Group– E – 70 dtd. 01.10.2008.

By order of the Governor,

Joint Secretary to the Govt. Of West Bengal

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ANNEXURE-D

DRAFT AGREMENT FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

An agreement made this day of 2009 between the Government of West Bengal (hereinafter

called the Board of Wakfs, West Bengal which expression shall include his successors and assigns) of

the one part and Wakf Estate represented by Mutawalli/Joiunt

Mutawalli/Committee Mutawalli (which expression shall include his successors and assigns) of

_________ wakf Estate E.C. No. Of (address)……………………………(hereinafter called the

borrowing Wakf Estate).

Now it is agreed between the parties as follows:

The Board of Wakfs, West Bengal shall provide interest free recoverable loan of Rs…………….. (Rs.

…………….) for one project or scheme as stated in Schedule 1, to the Borrowing Wakf Estate.

1. The Borrowing Wakf Estate undertakes to bear Rs…………. As

additional amount beyond Rs…………….. for the execution of the

scheme.

2. The Borrowing Wakf Estate shall complete the project or scheme

undertaken within ______ years.

3. The loan extended by the Board of Wakfs, West Bengal shall be repaid

by the Borrowing Wakf Estate in accordance with the schedule of

repayment as annexed to this agreement.

4. The Wakf Estate will donate Rs. (Rs. ) to the

Board of Wakfs, Wset Bengal towards Wakf Develoipment Corpus in

quarterly instalments alonwith the repayment of loan instalment

5. If the conditions of the project/scheme are not fulfilled or the condition

of this agreement is violated by the Borrowing Wakf Estate, the loan

amount shall be repaid immediately or in accordance with a repayment

schedule starting immediately.

6. If the Borrowing Wakf Estate does not comply or its report or

clarification is not satisfactory, the Board of Wakfs, West Bengal may

revoke this agreement and the Borrowing Wakf Estate shall return the

loan amount as per condition stated earlier. If the Mutawalli still

neglects his duty, he will be removed by the Board of Wakf as per

provision of section 64 of the Wakf Act and take the estate under the

direct management in terms of section 65 of the Wakf Act.

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7. The Borrowing Wakf Estate will submit the progress report from time to

time and utilization certificate with the audited annual accounts

alongwith

photographs of the assets created to the Director, Minority Development

& Welfare, West Bengal through the C.E. O., Board of Wakfs, West

Bengal

immediately after the completion of the scheme.

8. The Borrowing Wakf Estate shall keep the local bodies or concerned

authority informed of the project or scheme.

9. The Board of Wakfs, West Bengal or any other authority empowered by

the State Government may direct the Borrowing Wakf Estate any to

submit any report or clarification regarding its project or scheme and the

Borrowing Wakf Estate shall be bound to comply that.

10. If, any act or omission of the Borrowing Wakf Estate, any loss or

damage is caused to the State Government or the Board of Wakfs, West

Bengal, the WAKF ESTATE shall reimburse such loss or damage. The

State Government or the Board of Wakfs, West Bengal shall not take any

liability for the act of omission of the Wakf Estate to any third party.

In witness whereof the parties hereunto have set their hands to this agreement the day,

month and year first above written.

(Signature of the party of the first part)

For and on behalf of the Board of Wakfs, of West Bengal

Executed through Shri…..

Designation

In presence of

(1) Witness No.-I

(Address)

(2) Witness No.-II

(Address)

(Signature of the party of other part)

For and on behalf of the Wakf Estate

Executed by Shri…..

Name :

Designation :

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ANNEXURE-A

APPLICATION FORMAT

To the Board of West Bengal

[Application for financial Assistance (LOAN) for development of Wakf Properties]

1. PARTICULARS ABOUTR WAKF ESTATE

i) Name of the Wakf Estate with E.C. No.

ii) Name(s) of the Mutawalli/Joint Mutawalli/Committee Mutawalli:

iii) Address(s) with Telephone No. Etc.

iv) Financial Status (last three years):

Sl.No. Financial year Income Expenditure Surplus/Deficit

1

2

3

v) Bank account details of Wakf Estate:

vi) Object of Wakf:

vii) Description of proposed development of Wakf property:

[Details including sketch etc. To be attached]

2. PROJECT DETAILS

i) Name of project:

ii) New/Continuing/Renovation Scheme:

iii) Location of project:

iv) A detailed project report should be attached. Giving details of

objectives:

v) Approximate income to be genetated after development:

vi) Period of completion of the project:

3. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

i) Estimated cost of project:

A. Total project cost Rs.

Of which, proposed to be raised through

other sources (pleasse specify):

B. Source: Rs.

C. Source Rs.

D. Balance (applied for funding under

this scheme) A-(B+C)

E. Percentage of project cost (D/A)

should not exceed 90%

%

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4. DOCUMENT TO BE ENVLOSDED (as required in the procedure

section of the scheme guidelines):

a)

b)

c)

d)

e)

5. OTHER DOCUMENT IF ANY:

Signature and designation with seal

of Mutawalli/Joinbt Mutawalli/Committee Mutawalli/C.E.O. in omp of wakf Estate

under Direct Management.

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ANNEXURE B

FORMAT FOR FEASIBILITY OF PROJECT

Name of project:

Belonging to (Wakf Estate):

Year

0

Year

1

Year

2

Year

3

Year

4

Year

5

Year

6

Year

7

Year

8

Payment

Expected

receipts*

Surplus

(receipt-

payment)

Proposed to

be used for

minority

welfare

purposes**

Cumulative

balance

Signature of Mutawallis

* Please give basis of receipt (income) in detaoil.

** Please detail what purpose the surplus will be utilized for

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ANNEXURE-C

CHECKLIST FOR PROPOSAL

Sl. No. Item

1. Applied in prescribed format Yes/No

2. (a) The Wakf is enrolled with Board of Wakfs, W.B.

(give E.C. No.)

E.C. No.

(b) In Wakf Deed is there any Court case pending Yes/No

(c) Is there any ourt case pending Yes/No

(d) The land proposed for development is free from

encumbrance

Yes/No

(b) There is a bank accounts in the name of the

Wakf Estate

(Name of Bank & A/C No.)

(f) If submitted annual accounts to the Board of

Wakfs, W.B. up-to-date.

Yes/No

(g) Wakf contribution from the Estate has been made

clear up-to-date.

Yes/No

(h) I proceedings is going on in the Board of Wakfs,

W.B. against the Mutawalli/Joint

Mutawalli/Committee Mutawaqlli

Yes/No

(Signature)

Name of checking staff:

Designation:

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Schedule 1

Scheme/Project details:-

Total cost estimate:

Contribution of Borrowing Wakf Estate:

Contribution of State Government:

Total (Not exceeding 90%)

Schedule 2

Release of funds by the Wakf Board

Installment 1 Installment 2 Installment 3 Total

Amount

Tentative

release date

Milestone

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Schedule 3

Repayment Schedule of loan by the Wakf Estate

Year Quarter

Due Date Amount (Rs.)

Yea

r 1

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Yea

r 2

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Yea

r 3

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Yea

r 4

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Yea

r 5

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Total

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No. 1619 – MD Dated : 28.11.2007

To

The Principal Accountant General (A & E),

Treasury Buildings,

Kolkata – 700001.

Subject :- Stipend to Meritorious Minority Students.

Sir,

I am directed by order of the Governor to say that the Governor has been

pleased to enhance and revise the rate of scholarship for Minority Students under the

scheme “2235 – Social Security and Welfare – 02 – Social Welfare – 200 – Other

Programme – SP – State Plan – 005 – Stipend to Meritorious Muslim Students

(through WBMDFC) – 34 – Scholarship and Stipends in demand 38 under the

following terms and conditions.

I) Students must belonging to Minority Community (Muslim /

Christian / Parsees / Buddhists / Sikhs).

II) Applicant should be a regular student in an Institution in W.B.

III) Annual Family Income of the student should be below Rs.

80,000/-

IV) The student should have secured at least following percentage

of marks in the previous examination.

Course Minimum % of Marks

Madhyamik Pariksha or Equivalent - 65%

H.S. or Equivalent - 60%

Graduation - 50%

V) The rate of scholarship will be as follows :

Course Rate of Stipend per annuam

H.S. or Equivalent - @Rs. 6,000/- p.a.

Under Graduate or Equivalent - @Rs. 9,000/- p.a.

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Post Graduate - @Rs. 14,400/- p.a.

2. 30% scholarship will be reserved for girls of each minority community in the

State which is transferable to male students of that community in case of non-

availability of female candidate in that community.

3. This will take immediate effect.

4. This order issues in concurrence with the Finance Department vide their U.O. No.

Group – E – 61 dtd. 23.11.2007.

5. The additional fund will be met from over all plan Budget allocation.

Sd/- Abdul Khaleque

Director, MDW & Ex-Officio Joint Secretary

No. 1619/1(9) – MD Dated : 28.11.2007

Copy forwarded for information and necessary action to

1) The Accountant General (A & E), Treasury Buildings, Kolkata – 01.

2) The Treasury Officer – I, Alipur Treasury, Kolkata – 27.

3) The Treasury Officer – II, Alipur Treasury, Kolkata – 27.

4) The MD, WBMDFC. He is requested to disburse scholarships for this

year (2007 – 08) in the revised rate.

5) Finance Department, Budget Branch.

6) Finance Department, Group – E.

7) Budget Cell of this department.

8) Guard file.

9) P.A. to the Secretary, MDW & MED.

Sd/- Abdul Khaleque

Director, MDW & Ex-Officio Joint Secretary

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CENTRALLY SPONSORED SCHEME OF „PRE-MATRIC SCHOLARSHIP‟

FOR STUDENTS BELONGING TO THE MINORITY COMMUNITIES.

1. BACKGROUND

The Prime Minister‟s New 15 Point Programme for the Welfare of Minorities was announced in June, 2006. It provides that a pre-matric scholarship scheme for meritorious students from minority communities would be implemented.

2. OBJECTIVE

The scholarship at pre-matric level will encourage parents from minority communities to send their school going children to school, lighten their financial burden on school education and sustain their efforts to support their children to complete school education. The scheme will form the foundation for their educational attainment and provide a level playing field in the competitive employment arena. Empowerment through education, which is one of the objectives of this scheme, has the potential to lead to upliftment of the socio economic conditions of the minority communities.

3. SCOPE

The scholarship will be awarded for studies in India in a government or private school from class I to class X, including such residential Government institutes and eligible private institutes selected and notified in a transparent manner by the State Government and Union Territory Administration concerned.

4. ELIGIBILITY

Scholarship will be awarded to the students who have secured not less than 50% marks in the previous final examination and annual income of their parents/guardian from all sources does not exceed Rs. 1 lakh.

5. DISTRIBUTION

Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists and Zoroastrians (Parsis) have been notified as minority communities under Section 2 (c) of the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992. The distribution of scholarship among the States/Union Territories will be made on the basis of population of minorities in the States/Union Territories of Census 2001.

6. EARMARKING FOR GIRL STUDENTS

30% of scholarship will be earmarked for girl students. In case sufficient number of eligible girl students are not available, then the balance earmarked scholarships may be awarded to eligible boy students.

7. SELECTION

As the number of scholarships for minorities available in a year is fixed and limited it is necessary to lay down preference for selection. Inter-se selection weightage is to be given to poverty rather than marks. In case of the renewal

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applications, such applications would be fully exhausted before the new applications are considered.

8. DURATION

The scholarships will be provided for the entire course. Maintenance allowance will be given for 10 months only in an academic year.

t) RATE OF SCHOLARSHIP

Actual financial assistance will be provided for admission/tuition fee and maintenance allowance as given below subject to a maximum ceiling indicated

* Hostellers include students who are staying in hostel of the school/institute

concerned or those provided by the State Government/Union Territory Administration

concerned.

10. IMPLEMENTING AGENCIES:

The scheme will be implemented through the State Government/ Union Territory administration.

11. CONDITIONS FOR SCHOLARSHIP:

(i) Scholarship will be available to the students of minority community studying in Classes I to X. The continuance of award will be subject to securing 50% marks in the previous examination. Maintenance allowance will be provided to hostellers and day scholars.

(ii) The award will be discontinued if a student fails to secure 50% marks in the annual examination except in case of unavoidable reasons to be certified by the Principal/competent authority of the school and recommended by the State Government/Union Territory Administration.

(iii) Scholarship will not be given to more than two students from a family.

Sl. No. Item Hostellers * Day Scholars

1 Admission fee from class VI to X

Rs.500/-p.a. subject to actuals. Rs.500/- p.a. subject to actuals.

2 Tuition fee from class VI to X Rs.350/- p.m. subject to actuals.

Rs.350/- p.m. subject to actuals.

3 Maintenance allowance will be payable for a period not exceeding 10 months in an academic year.

(i) Class I to V Nil Rs. 100/-p.m.

(ii) Class VI to X Rs. 600/-p.m. subject to actuals.

Rs. 100/- p.m.

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(iv) Students should be regular in attendance for which the yardstick will be decided by the competent authority of the school.

(v) Income certificate should be on self-certification basis by way of affidavit on non-judicial stamp paper of self-employed parents/guardian and from employer for employed parents/guardian.

(vi) The school/institute will certify the claim of student of being an outstation student not residing in hostel of the school/institute concerned on the basis of permanent address and parents‟ address.

u) Migration of student from one school/institute to another would not normally be during the course of academic year except under exceptional circumstances and in the interest of student‟s academic career.

(viii) If a student violates school discipline or any other terms and conditions of the scholarship, scholarship may be suspended or cancelled. The State Government/Union Territory Administration can also directly cancel the award if duly satisfied of the reasons of violation of these regulations governing the scheme.

(ix) If a student is found to have obtained a scholarship by false statement, his/her scholarship will be cancelled forthwith and the amount of the scholarship paid will be recovered, at the discretion of the concerned State Government/Union Territory Administration.

v) The State Government/Union Territory Administration will lay down the detailed procedure for processing and sanctioning of scholarship to eligible students.

(xi) Course fee/Tuition fee will be credited to the school‟s/institute‟s bank account. Efforts will be made for transferring it electronically through the banks.

w) Maintenance allowance will be credited to the student‟s bank account. Efforts will be made for transferring it electronically through the banks.

x) The State Government/Union Territory Administration will maintain normal and records relating to the funds received from the Ministry and they will be subjected to inspection by the officers of the Ministry or any other agency designated by the Ministry.

y) The student obtaining benefits under this scheme shall not be allowed to avail of benefits under any other scheme for this purpose.

z) A student shall be eligible for only one scholarship for all sources, i.e., SC/ST/OBC.

(xvi) The State Governments/Union Territory Administrations shall constitute

a committee of the Departments implementing such scholarship schemes to ensure that the student from the minority community, who may also belong to children of those engaged in unclean occupation and

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OBC do not avail scholarship from other sources for the same purpose and avail only one source.

(xvii) The fund for distribution of scholarship in subsequent year will be released after receiving the utilization certificate for the previous year.

(xviii) The scheme will be evaluated at regular intervals by the Ministry or any other agency designated by the Ministry and the cost of the evaluation will be borne by the Ministry of Minority Affairs under the provision of the scheme.

(xix) The State/Union Territory shall place all relevant details of financial and physical achievements on their website.

(xx) The regulations can be changed at any time at the discretion of the Government of India.

12. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

As the magnitude of data to be entered and processed would be enormous and the scheme gets implemented over the years, there would be a need to engage qualified skilled personnel right from the beginning to ensure that the data based computerized systems are operational. Qualified skilled personnel possessing requisite expertise to operate computer programme designed for this purpose, enter, process, analyse, monitor, retrieve and transfer data should be engaged on contract basis as per need. Data provided by the States/Union Territories will be maintained and managed by the Ministry with personnel of similar expertise to be engaged on contract basis.

A provision not exceeding 1% of the total budget will be made to meet the administrative and allied costs viz. Expenditure of the States/Union Territories for office equipments including computers and accessories, furniture, printing of application forms, advertisement, engagement of personnel, etc. This provision will also be used for evaluation and monitoring of the scheme, through outside reputed institutions/agencies engaged by the Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India or by the State Governments/Union Territory administrations.

13. RENEWAL OF SCHOLARSHIP

The scholarship, once awarded, may be renewed during next academic year of the course on the production of certificate that the student has secured 50% marks.

14. ANNOUNCEMENT OF SCHEME

The scheme will be announced by the concerned State Government/Union Territory Administration well in time, by giving advertisements in the leading language newspapers and local dailies/vernacular and by using other suitable publicity media.

aa) MODE OF APPLYING

The concerned State Government/Union Territory Administration will supply the application forms, till such time computerized systems are made

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operational by the State Governments/Union Territory Administrations. The application forms should be received back alongwith requisite certificates/certifications within the stipulated period.

16. PATTERN OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

Funding pattern between Centre and States will be in the ratio of 75:25. Union Territories will be provided 100 per cent Central assistance.

17. MONITORING & TRANSPARENCY

The States/Union Territories implementing the scheme shall monitor the financial and physical performance of the scheme at State/Union Territory level. For this purpose, an I.T. enabled mechanism shall be in place. The State/Union Territory will be required to furnish quarterly financial and physical progress reports to the Ministry. The State/Union Territory shall maintain year-wise details of the students receiving scholarship, indicating school/institute, location of school/institute, government or private, class, gender, new or renewal, permanent address and parents‟ address. The States/ Union Territories shall place relevant physical and financial details in their official website.

18. EVALUATION

The monitoring of the financial and physical performance of the scheme will be evaluated by assigning evaluation/impact studies to reputed institutions/agencies by the Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India.

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SCHEME OF ‘POST-MATRIC SCHOLARSHIP’ FOR STUDENTS

BELONGING TO THE MINORITY COMMUNITIES

1. BACKGROUND

The Prime Minister’s New 15 Point Programme for the Welfare of Minorities was

announced in June, 2006. It provides that a post-matric scholarship scheme for

meritorious students from minority communities would be implemented.

2. OBJECTIVE

The objective of the scheme is to award scholarships to meritorious students

belonging to economically weaker sections of minority community so as to provide them

better opportunities for higher education, increase their rate of attainment in higher

education and enhance their employability.

3. SCOPE

The scholarship is to be awarded for studies in India in a government or private

higher secondary school/college/university, including such residential institutes of the

Government and eligible private institutes selected and notified in a transparent manner

by the State Government/Union Territory Administration concerned. It will also cover

technical and vocational courses in Industrial Training Institutes/ Industrial Training

Centres affiliated with the National Council for Vocational Training (NCVT) of classes

XI and XII level.

4. ELIGIBILITY

Scholarship will be awarded to the students who have secured not less than 50%

marks or equivalent grade in the previous final examination and the annual income of

whose parents/guardian from all sources does not exceed Rs.2 lakh.

5. DISTRIBUTION

Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists and Zoroastrians (Parsis) have been

notified as minority communities under Section 2 (c) of the National Commission for

Minorities Act, 1992. The distribution of scholarship among the States/Union Territories

will be made on the basis of population of the above notified minorities in the States/

Union Territories of Census 2001.

6. EARMARKING FOR GIRL STUDENTS: 30% of scholarship will be earmarked for girl students. In case sufficient number

of eligible girl students are not available, then the balance earmarked scholarships may be

awarded to eligible boy students.

7. SELECTION PROCEDURE Unlike scholarship for SC and ST, there are a fixed number of scholarships for

minorities is small and limited. Students from BPL families, having the lowest income

shall be given preference in the ascending order. The renewal applications would be fully

exhausted before the new applications are considered.

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Scholarship will be provided for the entire course. However, maintenance

allowance will be given for a period not exceeding 10 months only in an academic year.

9) RATE OF SCHOLARSHIP

Actual financial assistance will be provided for admission & course /tuition fee

and maintenance allowance as given below subject to a maximum ceiling indicated

against item concerned:

(Amount in Rs.)

Sl.

No. Item Hosteller * Day scholar

1 Admission and tuition fee for classes XI and

XII.

Actual subject to a

maximum ceiling of

Rs.7,000 p.a.

Actual subject to a

maximum ceiling of

Rs.7,000 p.a.

2 Admission and course/tuition fee for

technical and vocational courses of XI and

XII level. (Includes fees/charges for raw

materials, etc.)

Actual subject to

a maximum ceiling

of Rs.10,000 p.a.

Actual subject to a

maximum ceiling of

Rs.10,000 p.a.

3 Admission and tuition fee for under-

graduate, post graduate.

Actual subject to a

maximum ceiling of

Rs.3,000 p.a.

Actual subject to a

maximum ceiling of

Rs.3,000 p.a.

4 Maintenance allowance for 10 months only

in an academic year (Includes expenses for

study material, etc.)

Rs.235 p.m.

Rs. 140 p.m. (i) (i) Classes XI and XII including technical

and vocational courses of this level.

(ii)(ii) Courses other than technical and

professional courses at under-graduate and

post graduate level

Rs.355 p.m. Rs.185 p.m.

bb) M. Phil and Ph.D.

(For those researchers who are not awarded

any fellowship by university or any other

authority)

Rs.510 p.m.

Rs.330 p.m.

* Hostellers include students who are not staying in hostel of the school/institute

concerned but are staying as paying guest or in rented accommodation in

towns/cities which are not the places where their parents reside.

10. IMPLEMENTING AGENCIES

The scheme will be implemented through the State Government/ Union Territory

Administration.

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11. CONDITIONS FOR SCHOLARSHIP

(i) Scholarship will be awarded to the students who have secured not less than

50% marks or equivalent grade in the previous final examination and the

annual income of whose parents/guardian from all sources does not exceed

Rs.2 lakh. Unlike scholarship for SC and ST, there are a fixed number of

scholarships for minorities and hence preference for selection has been laid

down. Students from BPL families, having the lowest income shall be given

preference in the ascending order. The renewal applications would be fully

exhausted before the new applications are considered.

(ii) The award will be discontinued if a student fails to secure 50% marks or

equivalent grade in the previous final examination. Scholarship will not be

awarded for more than the normal period of time taken to obtain

certificate/degree/M. Phil degree/doctorate degree.

(iii) Scholarships will not be given to more than two students in a family.

(iv) The students should be regular in attendance for which the yardstick will be

decided by the competent authority of the school/college/university.

cc) Income certificate should be on self-certification basis by way of an affidavit on

non-judicial stamp paper for self-employed parents and from employer for

employed parents.

(vi) The school/college/university authority will certify the claim of the student of

being an outstation students not residing in hostel of the institution concerned

on the basis of permanent address and parent’s address.

dd) Migration of students from one institution to another would not normally be allowed

during the course of the academic year except under exceptional circumstances and

in the interest of the student’s academic career.

(viii) If a student violates any other term and condition of the scholarship, the

scholarship may be suspended or cancelled. The State Government/Union

Territory Administration can also directly cancel the award if duly satisfied of

the reasons of violation of these regulations governing the scheme.

(ix) If a student is found to have obtained a scholarship by false

statement/certificates, his/her scholarship will be cancelled forthwith and the

amount of the scholarship paid shall be recovered, at the discretion of the

concerned State Government/Union Territory Administration.

ee) The State Government/Union Territory Administration will lay down the detailed

procedure for processing and sanctioning of scholarships to eligible students.

(xi) Course fee/tuition fee will be credited to the school’s/college’s/institution’s

bank account. Efforts will be made for transferring it electronically through

the banks.

ff) Maintenance allowance will be credited to the student’s bank account. Efforts will

be made for transferring it electronically through the banks.

gg) The State Government/Union Territory Administration will maintain a separate

account and records relating to the funds received from the Ministry and they will be

subjected to inspection by the officers of the Ministry or any other agency

designated by the Ministry.

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hh) The student obtaining benefits under this scholarship scheme shall not be allowed to

avail of benefits under any other scholarship scheme for the same purpose.

ii) The State Government/ Union Territory Administration shall constitute a committee

of the departments implementing such scholarship schemes to ensure that the

students from the minority community, who may also belong to SC/ST/OBC

category, does not avail scholarship from other sources for the same purpose and

avail only from one source.

jj) The fund for distribution of scholarships in subsequent years will be released after

receiving the utilization certificate for the previous year.

kk) The scheme will be evaluated at regular intervals by the Ministry or any other

agency designated by the Ministry and the cost of the evaluation study will be borne

by the Ministry under the provision of the scheme.

(xviii) The State/Union Territory shall place all relevant details of financial and

physical achievements on their website.

(xix) The regulations can be changed at any time at the discretion of the Government

of India.

12. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

As the magnitude of data to be entered and processed would be enormous as the

scheme gets implemented over the years, there would be a need to engage qualified

skilled personnel right from the beginning to ensure that the data based omputerized

systems are operational. Qualified skilled personnel possessing requisite expertise to

operate computer programme designed for this purpose, enter, process, analyse, monitor,

retrieve and transfer data should be engaged on contract basis as per need. Data provided

by the States/Union Territories will be maintained and managed by the Ministry with

personnel of similar expertise to be engaged on contract basis.

A provision not exceeding 2% of the total budget will be made to meet the

administrative and allied costs viz. Expenditure of the States/Union Territories and the

Ministry for office equipments including computers and accessories, furniture, printing of

application forms, advertisements, engagement of personnel, etc. This provision will also

be used for evaluation and monitoring of the scheme, through outside reputed

institutions/agencies engaged by the Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India

and the State Governments/Union Territory Administrations.

13. RENEWAL OF SCHOLARSHIP

The scholarship, once awarded, may be renewed during the next academic year of

the course on the production of certificate that the student has secured 50% marks in the

examination.

14. ANNOUNCEMENT OF SCHEME

The scheme will be announced by the concerned State Government/Union

Territory Administration well in time, through advertisements in the leading language

newspapers and local dailies and by using other suitable publicity media.

15. MODE OF APPLYING

The concerned State Government/Union Territory Administration will supply the

application forms, till such time computerized systems are made operational. The

application forms should be received back along with requisite certificates/certifications

within the stipulated period.

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16. PATTERN OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

100% funding will be given by the Central Government to the State

Government/Union Territory Administration.

17. MONITORING & TRANSPARENCY

The States/Union Territories implementing the scheme shall monitor the financial

and physical performance of the scheme at the State/Union Territory level. For this

purpose, an IT enabled monitoring mechanism shall be in place. The State/Union

Territory will be required to furnish quarterly financial and physical progress reports to

the Ministry. The State/Union Territory shall maintain year-wise details of the students

receiving scholarship, indicating school/college/institute, location of

school/college/institute, government or private, class, gender, new or renewal, permanent

address and parents address. The States/Union Territories shall place relevant physical

and financial details in their official website.

18. EVALUATION

The monitoring of the financial and physical performance of the scheme will be

evaluated by assigning evaluation/impact studies to reputed institutions/agencies by the

Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India.

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Merit-cum-Means Scholarship Scheme for Minority Communities Students

Objective:

The objective of the Scheme is to provide financial assistance to the poor and meritorious students belonging

to minority communities to enable them to pursue professional and technical courses.

Scope:

These scholarships are available for studies in India only and will be awarded through an Agency designated by the

State Government/UT Administration for this purpose.

Number of scholarship:

Every year 20000 scholarships will be distributed among the students of minority communities throughout the country. Based on the state-wise population of these

communities, the distribution of scholarship will be as under:

State-wise distribution of scholarships

S. No.

States No. Of Scholarship for Muslim

No. Of Scholarship

for Christian

No. Of Scholarship

for Sikh

No. Of Scholarship for Buddhist

No. Of Scholarship

for Parsi

No. Of Scholarship

for all Minority

Communities.

1 Andhra Pradesh 737 124 3 3 0 867

2 Arunachal Pradesh 2 21 0 15 0 38

3 Assam 870 104 2 5 0 981

4 Bihar 1448 6 2 2 0 1458

5 Chhatisgarh 43 42 7 7 0 99

6 Goa 10 38 0 0 1 49

7 Gujarat 485 30 5 2 1 523

8 Haryana 129 3 124 1 0 257

9 Himachal Pradesh 13 1 8 8 0 30

10 Jammu & Kashmir 717 2 22 12 0 753

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11 Jharkhand 394 115 9 1 0 519

12 Karnataka 682 106 2 42 0 832

13 Kerala 830 639 0 0 0 1469

14 Madhya Pradesh 406 18 16 22 0 462

15 Maharashtra 1084 112 23 617 4 1840

16 Manipur 20 78 0 0 0 98

17 Meghalaya 10 172 0 0 0 182

18 Mizoram 1 82 0 8 0 91

19 Nagaland 4 189 0 0 0 193

20 Orissa 81 95 2 1 0 179

21 Punjab 40 31 1540 4 0 1615

22 Rajasthan 505 8 87 1 0 601

23 Sikkim 1 4 0 16 0 21

24 Tamil Nadu 366 399 1 1 0 767

25 Tripura 27 11 0 10 0 48

26 Uttar Pradesh 3245 22 72 32 0 3371

27 Uttaranchal 107 3 22 1 0 133

28 West Bengal 2136 54 7 26 0 2223

Union Territories

29 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 3 8 0 0 0 11

30 Chandigarh 4 1 15 0 0 20

31 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 1 1 0 0 0 2

32 Daman & Diu 1 0 0 0 1 2

33 Delhi 171 14 59 3 0 247

34 Lakshadweep 6 0 0 0 0 6

35 Pondicherry 6 7 0 0 0 13

Total 14585 2540 2028 840 7 20000

Conditions for Scholarship:

i) Financial assistance will be given to pursue degree and/or post graduate level technical and professional

courses from a recognized institution. Maintenance allowance will be credited to the student’s account.

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The course fee will be paid by the State

Department directly to the institute concerned.

ii) Students who get admission to a college to pursue technical/professional courses, on the basis of a

competitive examination will be eligible for the scholarship.

iii) Students who get admission in technical/professional courses without facing any

competitive examination will also be eligible for scholarship. However, such students should have not

less than 50% marks at higher secondary/graduation level. Selection of these students will be done strictly

on merit basis.

iv) Continuation of the scholarship in subsequent years will depend on successful completion of the course

during the preceding year.

v) A scholarship holder under this scheme will not avail any other scholarship/stipend for pursuing the

course.

vi) The annual income of the beneficiary/parent or guardian of beneficiary should not exceed Rs.2.50 lakh

from all sources.

vii) The state department will advertise the scheme every year latest by 31st March and receive the application

through the concerned institutions.

viii) After scrutinizing the applications, the state department

will prepare a consolidated budget for all eligible students and send an application in the prescribed

pro-forma for release of fund from the Ministry of Minority Affairs for distribution of scholarship giving

the details of each students viz. Name, permanent address, telephone number, annual course fee, name

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& address of institute, whether hostler or day-

scholar, etc.

ix) The application for release of fund from the state

department must be received in the Ministry by 30th of September every year.

x) The state department will maintain separate bank

account and records relating to the funds received from the Ministry and they will be subjected to

inspection by the officers of the Ministry or any other agency designated by the Ministry.

xi) The fund for distribution of scholarship in subsequent

year will be released after receiving the utilization certificate for the previous year. Annual inspection by

the officers of the Ministry or any other agencies designated by the Ministry will also be carried out.

xii) 30% scholarship will be reserved for girls of each minority community in a state which is transferable to

male student of that community in case of non-availability of female candidate in that community in

the concerned state.

xiii) If the target for distribution of scholarship to a particular minority community in a state/UT is not

fulfilled, it will be distributed among the same minority community of other States/Uts strictly in accordance

with the merit.

xiv) A student residing in a particular State/UT will be entitled for scholarship under the quota of that

State/UT only irrespective of his place of study.

xv) The number of scholarship has been fixed state-wise on the basis of minority population of the states/Uts.

Within the state-wise allocations, the applications from reputed institutions will be exhausted first. The

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list of such institutions will be made available by the

Ministry of Minority Affairs.

xv) The scheme will be evaluated at regular intervals and the cost of the evaluation will be borne by the Ministry

of Minority Affairs under the provision of the scheme. An additional provision of 3% of the total budget will

be made to meet the administrative and allied costs viz. Expenditure on monitoring of the scheme, impact

study, evaluation study, purchase of office equipments, engaging of contract employees, if

necessary and other expenditure to run the cell etc. This will be shared between the Ministry of Minority

Affairs, Government of India and the State Governments/UT Administration.

Rate of Scholarship:

The rate of scholarship will be as under:

Sl.No. Type of Financial

Assistance

Rate for

hostler

Rate for Day

Scholar

1. Maintenance

Allowance (For 10 months only)

Rs.10,000/-

per annum

( Rs.1000

p.m.)

Rs.5,000/-

per annum.

( Rs.500

p.m.)

2. Course Fee* Rs.20,000/-

per annum or Actual

whichever is

less

Rs.20,000/- per annum

or Actual

whichever is less

Total Rs.30,000/- Rs.25,000/-

xvi) Full course fee will be reimbursed for eligible institutions listed at Annexure-III

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Payment:

paid

ii)

iii)

iv)

i) The scholarship is dependent on the satisfactory

progress and conduct of the scholar. If it is reported

by the Head of the Institution at any time that a scholar has by reasons of his/her own act of default

failed to make satisfactory progress or has been guilty of misconduct such as resorting to or

participating in strikes, irregularity in attendance without the permission of the authorities concerned

etc., the authority sanctioning the scholarship may either cancel the scholarship or stop or withhold

further payment for such period as it may think fit.

ii) If a student is found to have obtained a scholarship

by false statement, his/her scholarship will be cancelled forthwith and the amount of the

scholarship paid will be recovered, at the discretion

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of the concerned State Government. The

student concerned will be blacklisted and debarred for scholarship in any scheme forever.

iii) A scholarship awarded may be cancelled if the scholar changes the subject of the course of study

for which the scholarship was originally awarded or changes the Institution of study, without prior

approval of the State Government. The Head of the Institution shall report such cases to them and

stop payment of the

scholarship money. The amount already paid may

also be recovered at the discretion of the State Government.

iv) A scholar is liable to refund the scholarship amount at the discretion of the State Government, if during

the course of the year, the studies for which the scholarship has been awarded, is discontinued by

him/her.

v) The regulations can be changed at anytime at the discretion of the Government of India.

Procedure for Applying

i) An application for scholarship should comprise:

a) One copy of the application for scholarship

in the prescribed form (separate application forms prescribed for ‘fresh’

and renewal of scholarship by the concerned States/Uts).

b) One copy of the passport size photograph with signatures of the student thereon (for

fresh scholarship). c) One attested copy of certificates, diploma,

degree etc. in respect of all examinations passed.

d) An income declaration by the self-employed parents/guardians, stating definite income from all sources by way of an affidavit on

non-judicial stamp paper. Employed parents/guardians are required to obtain

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income certificate from their

employer and for any additional income from other sources, they would furnish

declaration by way of an affidavit on non-judicial stamp paper.

e) Proof of permanent residence. f) A receipt in acknowledgement of the

scholarship in the previous year on the form attached to the application duly

counter-signed by the Head of the Institution concerned, if the application

was in receipt of a scholarship under this scheme in the preceding year.

g) The State department should satisfy itself

that the student belongs to a particular minority community.

ii) Application complete in all respects shall be

submitted to the Head of the Institution, being

attended or last attended by the candidates and shall be addressed to an officer specified for this

purpose by the Government of State/ Union Territory to which the student belongs, in

accordance with the instructions issued by them from time to time.

Funding Pattern of the Scheme:

The Scheme will be implemented by the State Governments

and Union Territory Administrations, which receive 100% central assistance from Government of India for the total

expenditure under the scheme.

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Ministry of Minority Affairs Subject: Programme and Guidelines for Preparation of Multi-sectoral

District Development Plans for Minority Concentration Districts

Background 1.1 In 1987, a list of 41 minority concentration districts was prepared, based on a single criterion of minority population of 20 percent or more in a district of Census 1971 for enabling focused attention of government programmes and schemes on these districts. 1.2 In order to ensure that the benefits of schemes and programmes of government reach the relatively disadvantaged segments of society, it was decided to identify districts on the basis of minority population of Census 2001 and backwardness parameters. A fresh exercise has been carried out based on population figures and the following backwardness parameters of 2001 Census: (a) religion-specific socio-economic indicators at the district level –

(i) literacy rate; (ii) female literacy rate; (iii) work participation rate; and (iv) female work participation rate; and (b) basic amenities indicators at the district level – (i) percentage of households with pucca walls; (ii) percentage of households with safe drinking water; (iii) percentage of households with electricity; and (iv) percentage of households with water closet latrines. 1.3 Although, female literacy and work participation are included in the overall literacy and work participation rates, these are important enough to be considered separately as they constitute independent indicators of the level of development, especially gender equity. 1.4 The process of identification of minority concentration districts has been carried out as follows:- (a) Districts with a „substantial minority population‟ of at least 25% of the total population were identified in 29 States/UTs. 2

(b) Districts having a large absolute minority population exceeding 5 lakhs and the percentage of minority population exceeding 20% but less than 25% were identified in 29 States/UTs. (c) In the six States/UTs, where a minority community is in majority, districts having 15% of minority population, other than that of the minority community in majority in that State/UT were identified. 1.5 Thereafter, the position of these districts in terms of “backwardness“ was evaluated against the two sets of socio-economic and basic amenities indicators. 90 Minority Concentration Districts (MCDs) have been identified throughout the country which are relatively backward and falling behind the national average in terms of socio-economic and basic amenities indicators. Out of the 90 minority concentration districts, 53 districts have been classified in category „A‟. The remaining 37 districts fall under category „B‟ of which 20 districts fall behind in socio-economic parameters and 17 districts in basic amenities parameters. These have been further classified in sub-category „B1‟ and „B2‟ respectively. The lists of these districts are as Appendix-I.

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1.6 The focus of this programme will be on rural and semi-urban areas of the identified 90 minority concentration districts. A Task Force has recommended that the towns falling in the minority concentration districts, that are part of the 338 towns, should be developed as per the suggestions of the Task Force and may be excluded from the multi-sectoral development plan being made for such districts. There are 77 such towns in the identified districts. 1.7 To enable focused attention of government programmes and schemes on these districts, the following has been advised to the Central Ministries/Departments to prepare their plans in a manner that these districts get the required attention and resources:- (i) The schemes and programmes for poverty alleviation, education, health and other welfare schemes of government may be focused in these districts. 3

(ii) Existing schemes for infrastructure development, such as rural electrification, road connectivity (PMGSY) etc. may be taken up in these districts on a priority basis. (iii) The provision for basic amenities such as pucca housing, safe drinking water supply, water closet toilets and electricity for each household may be made. (iv) Schemes included in the Prime Minister‟s New 15 Point Programme for the Welfare of Minorities may be implemented in these districts vigorously targeting each minority household and village. (v) In the districts with low socio-economic conditions under subcategory „B 1‟, special focus should be on schemes of poverty alleviation, employment generation, literacy etc. (vi) In the districts with low basic amenities, under sub-category „B 2‟, the primary focus should be on schemes for infrastructure development and basic amenities. (vii) In category „A‟ districts, the focus has to be on both types of schemes. (viii) In the minority concentration districts in the States of Jammu and Kashmir, Meghalaya and Mizoram, where a minority community is in majority, the schemes and programmes should be focused on the other minorities. 1.8 The States/UTs have been informed to prepare their plans in a manner that these districts get the required attention and resources. Minorities 2. Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists and Zoroastrians (Parsis) have been notified as minority communities under Section 2 (c) of the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992. As per Census 2001, the percentage of minorities in the country is about 18.4% of the total population of the country, of which Muslims are 13.4%; Christians 2.3%; Sikhs 1.9%, Buddhists 0.8% and Parsis 0.007%. 4

Objective 3.1 The programme aims at improving the socio-economic parameters of basic amenities for improving the quality of life of the people and reducing imbalances in the MCDs during the Eleventh Five Year Plan period. Identified „development deficits‟ would be made up through a district specific plan for

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provision of better infrastructure for school and secondary education, sanitation, pucca housing, drinking water and electricity supply, besides beneficiary oriented schemes for creating income generating activities. Absolutely critical infrastructure linkages like connecting roads, basic health infrastructure, ICDS centres, skill development and marketing facilities required for improving living conditions and income generating activities and catalyzing the growth process would also be eligible for inclusion in the plan. 3.2 90 minority concentration districts have already been identified by government which are relatively backward and falling behind the national average in terms of socio-economic and basic amenities indicators. These districts have a substantial minority population and are backward, with unacceptably low levels of socio-economic or basic amenities indicators, requiring focused attention and specific programme intervention. 3.3 This initiative will be a joint effort of the Centre and the States/UTs for inclusive growth, accelerate development process and improve the quality of life of the people. The scheme aims at focused development programmes for backward minority concentration districts to help reduce imbalances and speed up development. Multi-sectoral Development Programme (MsDP) for Minority Concentration Districts:

4.1 The Central Government has been implementing development programmes like Rashtriya Sam Vikas Yojana (RSVY)/Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF) in selected backward districts and the Border Area Development Programme (BADP) in blocks bordering the international borders. These programmes target Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population including extremist affected districts and are designed to address 5

the problems of low agriculture productivity, unemployment and to fill critical gaps in physical and social infrastructure. BADP does target the entire population living in remote and inaccessible areas situated near the international border but then its scope is limited. 4.2 The RSVY/BRGF and BADP programmes do not specifically target minorities who are one of the marginalised sections of the society. Area development schemes like BRGF/RSVY and BADP had their own target groups and priorities while the latter is aimed at overall development of the entire population in the border blocks. Likewise, the target group of the proposed programme were the disadvantaged minorities. Comparison of the lists of districts i.e. RSVY/BRGF, MCD and BADP reveals that 46 MCDs are not included in the lists of RSVY/BRGF and 31 districts included in 90 MCDs have some BADP blocks. The list is enclosed as Appendix – II.

4.3 The thrust of the MsDP would be to address the „development deficits‟ brought out by a baseline survey to improve the socio-economic parameters and the basic amenities parameters of the district as a whole so as to bring them at par with the national average. Critical infrastructure linkages that are required for optimizing service, economic opportunities and can act as a catalyst could also be taken up under this programme. The multi-sectoral district development plan of a district has also to be prepared in such a manner that these districts are saturated with schemes included in the Prime Minister‟s New 15 Point Programme for the Welfare of Minorities within the Eleventh Plan period.

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4.4 Priority for location of social and economic infrastructure should be given to villages/blocks/localities having a substantial population of minority communities. 4.5 There would be no change in guidelines of any existing scheme under implementation in such districts for which this programme would provide additional funds. As far as possible, the focus of the programme would be for providing appropriate social and economic infrastructure rather than targeting individual beneficiaries. In case schemes for individual benefits are taken up under the programme, there shall be no divergence from existing norms for 6

selection of beneficiaries from the list of BPL families in the district, so that benefits from the additional funds flow to all BPL families and not selectively. Fund

5. Financial assistance would be made available to these districts to address the „development deficits‟ that were either not met fully by existing schemes/programmes or catered to by any scheme/programme of the State or Central Government. The ceiling of financial assistance that may be provided to such minority concentration districts, estimated on the basis of their backwardness parameters and size of minority population. For districts which are entitled to less than Rs.15 crore on this formula, a fixed sum of Rs.15 crore has been allocated as it is doubtful if an amount lower than this could lead to any palpable improvement. Multi-sectoral Development Plan (MsD Plan)

6.1 A Multi-sectoral development plan shall be prepared based on the baseline survey of the district carried out under the aegis of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi or any suitable professional agency like a university. 6.2 Preparation of MsD Plan (a) The District Planning Committee/District Level Committee for implementation of the Prime Minister‟s New 15 Point Programme shall prepare a MsD plan which shall have a district profile. It shall bring out the development deficits identified by the survey, indicate the strategy for addressing the deficits, propose projects/work to fill the „development deficits‟ either by topping up the funds of ongoing schemes/programmes of the Central Government or propose projects which are not catered to by existing schemes/programmes of the Central and State Governments and indicate the year-wise financial and physical phasing for implementation during the Eleventh Five Year Plan period. 7

(b) The committee shall ensure that the projects included in the MsD plan have not been sanctioned or proposed under any other scheme of the State/Central Government or any other source of funding including RSVY/BRGF and BADP in the blocks concerned. The filtering mechanism of the committee should ensure that there is no duplication with other public-funded schemes with similar objectives being implemented in the targeted districts. It should also be ensured that the MsD plan is in consonance with the annual plans and Eleventh Five Year Plan. (c) The MsD plan shall contain concept papers on each of the prioritized projects accompanied by a socio-economic feasibility report justifying the proposal by clearly outlining the gap, its criticality, goals,

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strategies, outcomes and benefits, milestones, approximate cost of project with year-wise financial and physical break-up, private investment participation (if any), project location, land availability and intended beneficiaries, implementing agency, duration of project, existing and proposed mechanism for implementation, management/operation and maintenance of the assets created. 6.3 Detailed Project Reports (DPR): (a) DPR is to be prepared only for physical infrastructure projects with an estimated project cost exceeding Rs.10.00 crore, which has been accepted in-principle by the Ministry of Minority Affairs. This will not apply to topping up of funds for ongoing central schemes required for saturating the target/gap in the district. (b) DPRs shall be prepared by the line department concerned of the State/UT or through the agency which will be executing the project. (c) Each project proposal should be accompanied by a DPR. The DPR should, inter-alia, include the basic information and must establish its economic and technical viability such as its rationale, cost, funds required, similar facilities available in and around area of the project site, detailed technical specifications etc. In addition, the DPR should clearly have the following: 8

• CPM and PERT chart; • Year-wise phasing of inputs, viz. expenditure; • Project Implementation Schedule; • Certification that the cost estimates are as approved by the competent authorities of the State/UT and that the costs are based on the latest Schedules of rates in force in the State/UT concerned; • Intended economic/social benefit and target beneficiaries; and • Status of relevant regulatory and statutory clearances. (d) Three copies of DPRs for each project shall be sent to the Ministry of Minority Affairs for referring to the line Central Ministry/department for examination and clearance. Principles to be followed for formulation of MsD Plan

7.1 The following principles are laid down for formulation of plan: (i) The plan for the district shall be based on the baseline survey report prepared for the district by the research institute or any suitable professional agency like a university assigned with this task. (ii) The plan should contain projects, prioritized with inter-se priorities among different targeted sectors namely, primary/secondary education, drinking water supply, electricity, health, sanitation, housing, and income generating activities. This will be done similarly for critical infrastructure required for overall development of the district. It may include projects for carrying out social mobilization and sensitization campaign to send children to schools, provide employment opportunities to women, etc. for improving the socio-economic parameters in the districts. (iii) It should be ensured that the funds provided for the MCDs are additional resources for these districts do not substitute State Government funds already flowing to the districts. To prevent diversion of funds from MCDs, the flow of funds to the district concerned in the previous year will be taken as a benchmark.

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(iv) It should be ensured that there is no duplication with other public funded schemes with similar objectives being implemented in the targeted districts. (v) Resources and attention should be given according to the level of deprivation of the district concerned to improve the socio-economic parameters of minority communities and the basic amenities parameters subject to the ceiling of financial assistance that may be provided to such districts. (vi) Priority may be given to projects that focus on villages/blocks/localities, having a substantial minority population and among them that concentrate on the poorer pockets/ disadvantaged communities (vii) Projects for creation of physical assets should be for providing critical infrastructure linkages that are required for optimizing services and providing livelihood support, to bring the identified districts at par with the national average. (viii) The total investment for infrastructure projects shall normally not exceed 50% of the district‟s share of fund. However, this may be relaxed depending on the severity of lack of critical infrastructure in the district. (ix) All projects included in the MsD plan are to be completed within the Eleventh Plan period. No cost over-run would be permitted under this programme. In case of any cost escalation, it would be borne by the State Government. (x) Peoples‟ participation and involvement of PRIs, NGOs and Self Help Groups should be ensured at every stage including plan formulation, implementation and monitoring. (xi) Proposed projects should be sustainable and assets created with care so that they are useful and maintained even after the project is over. 10

(xii) MsDP shall be implemented through the State/Central agencies only. The State may, however, decide to execute the project through any qualified, reputed, experienced agency, including renowned and widely accepted NGOs, justification for which should be mentioned in the proposal. (xiii) A district map should be provided indicating in different legends/colours the location and coverage of social and physical projects. (xiv) Creation of new posts under this scheme is strictly prohibited. It would be the responsibility of the State Government/UT administration to ensure that staff required for operationalisation of assets proposed to be created under this programme is already available or will be provided by them. No recurring expenditure would be funded from Central Government resources under the scheme and it should be the responsibly of the States/UTs to ensure that assets created under this programme were maintained by them. (xv) All plans/DPRs should be forwarded to the Ministry of Minority Affairs by the Department in the State dealing with minority

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welfare/affairs. This system of communication will apply to correspondences as well. (xvi) Following criteria would further guide the project identification exercise for employment and income generation projects: (a) The district plan should give special attention to projects for infrastructure development of skill and vocational training. (b) The district plan should give special attention to projects for entrepreneurship development. (c) Projects for self-employment/income generating activities should be based on credit rather than subsidy and should be designed to leverage a larger investment as loans from the banks/financial institutions and beneficiary contribution. However, this may be relaxed for subsidy linked schemes of the Central Government which are absolutely essential to augment resources for expanding coverage of the scheme. In such case, the subsidy should be kept at the same level as provided in the Central Government schemes/programme. (d) There would be no change in guidelines of any existing programme under implementation in such districts for which this scheme will provide additional funds. As far as possible, the focus of the programme will be on providing appropriate social and economic infrastructure rather than targeting individual beneficiaries. In case schemes for individual benefits are taken up under the programme, there will be no divergence from existing norms for selection of beneficiaries from the list of BPL families in the district, so that benefits from the additional funds flow to all BPL families and not selectively to families of minority community. (xvii) Following criteria would further guide the project identification exercise for creation of social and economic infrastructure and community assets: (a) Social and economic infrastructure projects exceeding Rs.10 crore for a project would not be generally funded. However, this may be relaxed if the infrastructure proposed to be created is designed to benefit a large population. (b) Land acquisition costs cannot be covered under this programme. This shall be borne by the State/UT; (c) Project should be recommended based on its soundness. (d) Financial assistance from this programme cannot be utilized for construction or renovation of administrative buildings, establishment costs/staff costs etc. (e) No staff component – either work charged or regular – shall be created by the project implementing authorities from this programme. (f) Special focus for creation of social and physical infrastructure may be given to the following sectors: • Infrastructure for health care and nutrition, particularly for strengthening and provision of facilities to improve services. • Infrastructure for education and literacy, particularly for strengthening and provision of facilities to improve its quality. • Augmentation of infrastructure for technical/skill/vocational training to upgrade economically relevant skills and other

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traditional/artisanal skills in tune with the emerging demands in the market. • Land and water management including check dams, revitalization of traditional water structures, small lift irrigation projects, mini diversion weirs, introduction of high value crops suited to local conditions, etc. leading to increase in income from agriculture activities. • Improving yields from dairying, small animals and fishery, etc. through back-up of veterinary facilities and marketing infrastructure. • Filling in critical gaps in infrastructure such as vital connecting road links, skill development infrastructure, markets, water and electricity supply etc. which are essential for optimizing the operation of services and facilities. Appraisal of DPR:

8.1 The DPR of projects approved in-principle should not have a cost variation of more than 15% of the estimated cost indicated in the concept paper. 8.2 The DPR shall be referred to the Central Ministries/Department dealing with the subject, and projects not covered by any existing schemes/programmes of Central Ministries/Departments will be referred to 13

the Planning Commission, for examination from techno-economic angle within a given time frame, i.e., six weeks. 8.3 Failing receipt of comments or recommendations from the Central Ministries/Department dealing with the subject or the Planning Commission within the given time period of six weeks, the DPR will be put up within ten days to a “Sectoral Technical Committee” constituted by the Ministry of Minority Affairs. The Sectoral Technical Committee would consist of: a) Representative of line Ministry as the Chairman of the Committee (not below the rank of Director or equivalent of Chief Engineer) b) Representative of Planning Commission (not below the rank of Director/Deputy Adviser) c) Representative of Ministry of Minority Affairs (not below the rank of Director/Deputy Secretary) 8.4 The Sectoral Technical Committee will be convened by Ministry of Minority Affairs and will examine the DPR in consultation with the subject matter Ministry and finalise its comments within seven days of such meeting. In case there is only minor changes suggested in technical specification and does not involve upward/downward revision in cost, the case will be submitted to the Empowered Committee for consideration and after due approval, the project will be sanctioned subject to necessary changes. 8.5 The DPRs will be referred back to the State Government/UT administration for revision only if there is a major change in technical specifications, which also involve revision in the cost of the project. The revised DPR would be examined by the subject matter Ministry/Sectoral Technical Committee. 8.6 The DPRs technically appraised by the concerned line Ministry/ Sectoral Technical Committee with or without modifications would be put up before the Empowered Committee for its recommendations.

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District Planning Committee/District Level Committee for Prime Minister‟s New 15 Point Programme and functions 9.1 The District Level Committee for implementation of the Prime Minister‟s New 15 Point Programme for the Welfare of Minorities shall have the proposals prepared by the line departments/agencies in the district. The District Planning Committee (DPCs), wherever constituted, will consolidate the proposals made by the line departments/agencies through the District Level Committee for implementation of the Prime Minister‟s New 15 Point Programme for the Welfare of Minorities. The State Level Committee for 15 Point Programme shall consider the district plan and recommend it to the Ministry of Minority Affairs. The representative of the regional research institute affiliated to the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) or professional agency like a university which has prepared the baseline survey report may also be associated in the preparation of the plan. 9.2 The committees shall ensure that the MsD plan for the district has been prepared keeping in view, among other things contained in this programme, the following: (a) To propose projects for improvement of the socio-economic conditions of the minorities and basic amenities parameters of the district concerned to bring it at par with the national average. (b) To propose projects that are deficit/gap filling and not for substituting a budgeted ongoing scheme with similar objectives. (c) To propose the multi-sectoral development plan for the district in such a way that the targets under the schemes included in the Prime Minister‟s New 15 Point Programme for the Welfare of Minorities are saturated within the period of implementation of the plan. (d) Ensure that the funds provided for the MCDs are additional resources for these districts do not substitute State Government funds already flowing to the districts. To prevent diversion of funds from MCDs, the flow of funds to the district concerned in the previous year will be taken as a benchmark. (e) To propose projects for the selected sectors which are not covered by the work programmes for the Annual Plans and the Eleventh Five Year Plan of the State/UT concerned and the schemes/programmes of the Central Government but considered critical for the development of the district. 15

(f) To ensure that there is no duplication of work with similar objectives implemented or proposed to be implemented under the State and Central schemes and programmes. (g) To give priority to projects that focus mainly on the villages//localities having substantial minority population. (h) To judiciously distribute resources for the sector concerned to bring the relevant parameters above the national average. (i) To involve the panchayati raj institutions/local bodies in the implementation of the MsD plan wherever the mechanism is established.

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(j) To ensure that the MsD plan of the district concerned is prepared keeping in view the scope and availability of resources for the district concerned. (k) To ensure that the MsD plan is prepared in consonance with the overall planning process within the district covering Annual Plans and Eleventh Five Year Plan. 9.3 The Deputy Commissioner/Collector, as the case may be, shall make a presentation of their plan to the State Level Committee. 9.4 The Deputy Commissioner/Collector, as the case may be, shall assist in facilitating the preparation and implementation of the district plan and ensure effective monitoring. 9.5 The DPC/committee, as the case may be, shall hold quarterly meeting to review the progress of implementation of the projects under MsDP and send the reports to the State Level Committee, department dealing with minority welfare and the Ministry of Minority Affairs by the 15th day of the next quarter. State/UT Level Committee and functions

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the State/UT concerned. In addition to the existing members, secretaries from all line department concerned, secretaries of the departments of finance, planning, the member-secretary of the DPC/Deputy Commissioner of the district concerned and head of the lead bank in the State/UT may be included as members. The committee shall also include the head of the regional research institute affiliated to the ICSSR or the professional agency like a university which had prepared the baseline survey report, as members. Notices for the meetings may be sent to the Ministry of Minority Affairs to enable an official from the Ministry to attend the meetings. 10.2 The State Level Committee shall consider and recommend the MsD plan of the districts concerned to the Ministry of Minority Affairs through the State department dealing with minority welfare/affairs keeping in view the scope and availability of resources and the expected outcomes. While doing this, it shall ensure that funds provided for the MCDs are additional resources for these districts do not substitute State Government funds already flowing to the districts. To prevent diversion of funds from MCDs, the flow of funds to the district concerned in the previous year will be taken as a benchmark. It should also filter out duplications of other public-funded schemes with similar objectives being implemented in the targeted districts. 10.3 The committee shall hold quarterly meeting to review the progress of implementation of the plan and ensure that reports are sent to the Ministry of Minority Affairs by the 15th day of the next quarter by the department dealing with minority affairs/welfare. Empowered Committee in the Ministry of Minority Affairs

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recommend and approve the projects in the plan of the minority concentration districts consisting of:- (i) Secretary, Ministry of Minority Affairs - Chairman (ii) Secretary Expenditure, or his representative not below the rank of Joint Secretary - Member (iii) Secretary of the concerned Ministry/Department or his representative not below the rank of Joint Secretary dealing with the sector of the project proposed - Member (iv) The Chief Engineer from the technical wing/agency/authority dealing with the sector of the project proposed or his representative of relative rank - Member (v) Principal Adviser/ Adviser, in-charge of Social Justice sector in Planning Commission - Member (vi) Financial Advisor, Ministry of Minority Affairs - Member (vii) Member-Secretary of Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi. (viii) Joint Secretary/Joint Secretaries in-charge of MsDP – One JS being Member Convener 11.2 The Empowered Committee may invite the heads of the regional research institutes of ICSSR or the professional agency like a university which has carried out the baseline survey to its meetings, if the need arises. Functions of the Empowered Committee

12.1 The functions of the Empowered Committee shall be as follows: (a) To approve the MsD plans and the projects contained therein. (b) To accord in-principle approval for projects, contained in the MsD plan of the districts, which exceeds Rs.10.00 crore requiring preparation of DPRs. This ceiling will not apply to topping up of existing central scheme/programme. (c) To monitor the implementation of the programme. (d) To suggest policy changes to obviate procedural and other bottlenecks in the execution of programmes/projects. 12.2 The Deputy Commissioner/Collector concerned, as the case may be, shall be invited to make a presentation before the Empowered Committee, if required. 12.3 The Empowered Committee would meet as often as necessary to consider the proposals received from the States/UTs. 12.4 All recommendations of the Empowered Committee would be placed before Minister, Ministry of Minority Affairs for his approval before being communicated to the States/UTs. Oversight Committees at the Centre and State/UT

13.1 The Empowered Committee shall also serve as the oversight committee at the Centre and shall monitor the implementation of the programme. 13.2 The State Level Committee constituted for implementation of the Prime Minister‟s New 15 Point Programme for the Welfare of Minorities headed by the Chief Secretary shall also serve as the oversight committee at the State/UT to monitor the implementation of the programme. Cost escalation

14. Any proposal relating to escalation in cost of the sanctioned projects, for any reason whatsoever, would not be considered under MsDP. The State Government would make up the shortfall, in all such cases.

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Release of Funds

15.1 Financial assistance will be sanctioned to the State Government/UT administration concerned on 100% grant basis in suitable instalments linked with the satisfactory progress made as per the sanction, approved multisectoral development plan for the district and DPR of each project. Funds under the programme would be released to the States/UTs only against the approved district plans. Once the proposal is approved for implementation by the Ministry of Minority Affairs, the first instalment will be released. The release will be subject to a commitment from the State Government/UT administration that they will do the following:- (i) Constitute the State Level Committee for implementation of the Prime Minister‟s New 15 Point Programme for the Welfare of Minorities, if not already done. (ii) Constitute the District Level Committee for implementation of the 15 Point Programme for the Welfare of Minorities, if not already done. (iii) Notify a department in the State/UT with clear responsibility to deal with schemes for minority welfare. (iv) Set up an IT enabled cell in that department exclusively to look after the implementation, monitoring, reporting and evaluation of this programme. (v) Ensure that the funds provided for MCDs constitute additional resources for these districts and do not substitute State Government funds already flowing to the districts. To prevent diversion of funds from MCDs, the flow of funds to the district concerned in the previous year would be taken as a benchmark. (vi) Agree to provide the State share in such central schemes/programmes, which are being topped up, to saturate the requirement in the district. (vii) Agree to operate and maintain the physical assets created under this programme. 15.2 The first instalment would not exceed 30% of the approved plan cost/DPR concerned unless there are special circumstances and the Empowered Committee is satisfied, but in no case can it exceed 50% of the total approval. 15.3 Release of funds for ongoing projects, i.e., the second and subsequent instalments will depend on the progress - both in financial and physical terms – of the implementation of the project concerned subject to 60% utilization of funds of last release and full utilisation of all prior releases, if any. 15.4 Request for release of subsequent instalments of funds submitted by the State must be accompanied with: • Utilization Certificates (UCs) • Quarterly Progress Reports (QPRs) • Photographs of the works completed from earlier releases • Work plan for the requisitioned amount with milestones and time frame 15.5 UCs shall be submitted in the prescribed proforma (Appendix - III) only

when the expenditure on the project has been incurred by the implementing agency. Secretary of the Department in the State Government dealing with minority affairs should sign the UC. Release of further instalments will be recommended only after receipt of UCs and QPRs and other mandatory documents.

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Administrative cost:

16.1 An administrative cost of 2.00% percent of the programme cost would be kept aside and for the first year it shall be released to the State/UT concerned in advance to enable setting up a cell and for purchase of office equipment like computers, telephone/fax/internet lines. Qualified skilled personnel possessing requisite expertise/knowledge to operate computer programme designed for this purpose, enter data, process, analyse, monitor, retrieve and transfer data would be engaged on contract basis as per need. Proposal/data provided by the States/Union Territories will be maintained and managed by the Ministry with personnel of similar expertise/knowledge to be engaged on contract basis. A similar monitoring cell shall be set up in the department dealing with minority welfare/affairs in States which have a number of MCDs, in the MCDs and also in the Ministry of Minority Affairs. The other permissible items of administrative expenses will include office expenses, TA/DA, quality tests, monitoring, evaluation work and impact studies. 16.2 This provision will also be used for evaluation and monitoring of the scheme, through outside reputed institutions/agencies engaged by the Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India or by the State Governments/Union Territory administration. 16.3 No recurring expenditure would be funded from Central Government resources under the scheme and it should clearly be the responsibility of the State/UT Governments to ensure that assets created under this programme were maintained by them. Implementation:

17.1 It is proposed to implement the MsD plan for MCDs with the objective of completing them during the Eleventh Plan period. 17.2 The Department in the State/UT dealing with minority affairs/welfare shall monitor preparation of the multi-sectoral development plans for the districts and DPRs by the line departments/agencies assigned projects. It shall also forward projects and clarifications made by the line departments/agencies, ensure proper implementation of the sanctioned projects, monitor each individual project, report the progress of implementation of projects and the district plan to the State Level Committee for implementation of the Prime Minister‟s New 15 Point Programme for the Welfare of Minorities and the Ministry of Minority Affairs. 17.3 The programme will be implemented by the Panchayati raj institutions/line departments/agencies/Scheduled Area councils in accordance with the implementation mechanism in practice in the State/UT. Monitoring & Evaluation 18.1 The State Government/UT administration shall report the progress in respect of each project at the end of the quarter. The project-wise progress of implementation shall be reported on quarterly basis in the proforma (QPR) prescribed for this purpose at Appendix-IV and on-line when the IT enabled systems are in place. Any additional information may be furnished along with the format. Such hard copy of the QPRs should reach the Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Minority Affairs within 15 days of the end of the quarter under report. 18.2 To further strengthen monitoring, the Ministry of Minority Affairs shall nominate one representative from the Ministry to the quarterly review meetings at the State level.

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18.3 State will carry out project inspection periodically. The quarterly review report of the State would contain a separate and distinct section on the findings of the project inspection. I.T. enabled monitoring programme shall be set up in the State/UT and districts for reporting the progress of implementation of the plan. 18.4 State shall nominate a „nodal officer‟ for each project of the line department concerned who would be responsible for project implementation and monitoring at departmental level. 18.5 Monitoring and evaluation of implementation of the project shall also be undertaken through field inspections by officers of the Ministry of Minority Affairs, as well as through impact studies, social audits and evaluations conducted by government or through independent agencies at the request of the Ministry of Minority Affairs. 18.6 An independent in-depth evaluation would be made after two years to assess the need for any mid-term correction. Transparency and Publicity of Information

19. In order to ensure that the information about developmental schemes being implemented reaches the ultimate beneficiaries, i.e. the targeted beneficiaries, there is a need to ensure greater transparency and publicity of information. For this purpose, the following shall be ensured: (i) All sanctioned schemes/projects shall be given wide publicity in local media and placed in the web-site concerned. (ii) Immediately after project approval is received, the State Government shall display at project site a board indicating the date of sanction of the project, likely date of completion, estimated cost of the project, source of funding i.e. MsDP (Government of India), contractor(s) name and the physical target. After completion of projects, a permanent display shall be put up. (iii) State Government shall disseminate information through media – print/electronic and shall place it in their existing websites.

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GUIDELINES for implementation of

Prime Minister‟s New 15 Point Programme for the Welfare of Minorities

The Hon‟ble President, in his address to the Joint Session of Parliament on February 25, 2005, had announced that the Government would recast the 15 Point Programme for the Welfare of Minorities with a view to incorporate programme specific interventions. Prime Minister, in his address on the occasion of Independence Day, 2005, announced inter-alia that “We will also revise and revamp the 15 Point Programme for Minorities. The new 15 Point Programme will have definite goals which are to be achieved in a specific time frame”. In pursuance of these commitments, the earlier programme has been revised as the Prime Minister‟s New 15 Point Programme for the Welfare of Minorities. A copy of the programme is enclosed.

2. The objectives of the programme are as follows:-

a) Enhancing opportunities for education.

b) Ensuring an equitable share for minorities in economic activities and

employment, through existing and new schemes, enhanced credit support for self-employment, and recruitment to State and Central Government jobs.

c) Improving the conditions of living of minorities by ensuring an

appropriate share for them in infrastructure development schemes.

d) Prevention and control of communal disharmony and violence.

3. An important aim of the new programme is to ensure that the benefits of various government schemes for the underprivileged reach the disadvantaged sections of the minority communities. The underprivileged among the minorities are, of course, included in the target groups of various government schemes. But in order to ensure that the benefits of these schemes flow equitably to minorities, the new programme envisages location of a certain proportion of development projects in minority concentration areas. It also provides that, wherever possible, 15% of targets and outlays under various schemes should be earmarked for minorities.

4. The emphasis of the programme on the maintenance of communal peace and harmony, through appropriate measures, and ensuring a reasonable representation of minorities in government, including the public sector, remains as emphatic as ever and these continue to be important constituents of the new programme.

5. The programme does not envisage any change or relaxation of any criteria, norms or eligibility conditions in any scheme for minorities. These would continue to be as provided for in the original schemes included in the programme.

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6. The term „substantial minority population‟ in the 15 Point Programme applies to such districts/sub-district units where at least 25% of the total population of that unit belongs to minority communities. 7. (a) The target group of the programme consists of the eligible sections among the minorities notified under Section 2 (c) of the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992, viz, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Zoroastrians (Parsis).

(b) In States, where one of the minority communities notified under

Section 2 (c) of the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992 is, in fact, in majority, the earmarking of physical/financial targets under different schemes will be only for the other notified minorities. These states are Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland. Lakshadweep is the only Union Territory in this group.

8. The new programme will be implemented by Central Ministries / Departments concerned through State Governments / Union Territories. Each Ministry/Department concerned shall appoint a nodal officer, not below the rank of a Joint Secretary to Government of India, for this programme. The Ministry of Minority Affairs shall be the nodal Ministry for this programme.

9. Physical Targets and Financial Outlays:

Considering the complexity of the programme and its wide reach,

wherever possible, Ministries/Departments concerned will earmark 15 percent of the physical targets and financial outlays for minorities. These will be distributed between States/UTs on the basis of the proportion of Below Poverty Line (BPL) population of minorities in a particular State/Union Territory to the total BPL population of minorities in the country, subject to the following:-

(a) (i) For schemes applicable exclusively to rural areas, only the ratio

relevant to the BPL minority population in rural areas would be considered.

(ii) For schemes applicable exclusively to urban areas, only the ratio relevant to the BPL minority population of urban areas would be considered.

(iii) For others, where such differentiation is not possible, the total would be considered.

(b) For States/UT referred to in para 7 (b), the earmarking will only be for the

BPL minorities, other than that in majority.

10. The schemes amenable to such earmarking are the following:-

Point No. (A) Enhancing opportunities for Education

(1) Equitable availability of ICDS Services Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme by providing services through Anganwadi Centres

(2) Improving access to School Education

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Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya Scheme, and other similar Government schemes.

Point No. (B) Equitable Share in Economic Activities and Employment

(7) Self-Employment and Wage Employment for the poor (a) Swarnjayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY) (b) Swarn Jayanti Shahari Rojgar Yojana (SJSRY) (c) Sampurna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (SGRY)

(8) Upgradation of skills through technical training New Industrial training Institutes (ITI) and upgradation of existing ITI.

(9) Enhanced credit support for economic activities (b) Bank credit under priority sector lending.

Point No. (C) Improving the conditions of living of minorities (11) Equitable share in rural housing scheme

Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) (12) Improvement in condition of slums inhabited by minority

communities Integrated Housing & Slum Development Programme (IHSDP) and Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM)

11. Implementation, Monitoring and Reporting –

A. Ministry/Department Level:

Ministries/Departments implementing the schemes, included in the programme shall continue to implement and monitor these schemes with reference to the physical targets and financial outlays. They are expected to review the progress of the programme on a monthly basis and report the progress of implementation, in respect of the schemes under this programme, on a quarterly basis, by the fifteenth day of next quarter, to the Ministry of Minority Affairs.

B. State/UT Level:

(i) States/UTs are expected to constitute a State Level Committee for Implementation of the Prime Minister‟s New 15 Point Programme for the Welfare of Minorities headed by the Chief Secretary with members consisting of the Secretaries and Heads of Departments implementing the schemes under the 15 Point Programme, representatives from the Panchayati Raj Institutions/Autonomous District Councils, three representatives from reputed non-governmental institutions dealing with minorities and three such other members considered appropriate by the state government/UT administration. Upto two Members of Parliament from Lok Sabha and one Member of Parliament from Rajya Sabha representing the State, shall be nominated by the Central Government and two Members of the Legislative Assembly, shall be nominated by the State Government. However, one of the members included in the State Level Committee from Lok Sabha and Legislative Assembly should have been elected from any of the minority concentration district in those states which have these minority concentration districts (MCDs). The

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Department dealing with Minorities of the State/UT may be made the nodal department for monitoring the 15 Point Programme. The Committee should meet at least once every quarter and the Department dealing with Minorities of the State/UT may send a quarterly progress

reports to the Ministry of Minority Affairs by the 15th

day of the next quarter.

(ii) District Level:

Similarly, at the district level, a District Level Committee for

Implementation of the Prime Minister‟s New 15 Point Programme for the Welfare of Minorities may be constituted headed by the Collector/Deputy Commissioner of the district, with District level officers of the departments implementing the programme, representatives from the Panchayati Raj Institutions/Autonomous District Councils, and three representatives from reputed institutions dealing with minorities. All Members of Parliament and all Members of Legislative Assembly representing the district shall be included. Further, one Member of Parliament from Rajya Sabha representing the State shall be nominated by the Central Government. The District Level Committee shall report progress of implementation to the Department dealing with Minorities of the state government/UT administration for placing it before the State Level Committee.

C. Central Level:

(i) At the central level, the progress of implementation, with reference to targets, will be monitored once in six months by a Committee of Secretaries (COS), and a report will be submitted to the Union Cabinet. The Ministry of Minority Affairs shall be the nodal Ministry to prepare reports in this regard for placing before the COS and the Union Cabinet once in six months. All Ministries/Departments concerned with this programme shall submit quarterly reports to the Ministry of Minority Affairs

by the 15th

day of the next quarter.

(ii) There shall be a Review Committee for the Prime Minister‟s New 15 Point Programme for the Welfare of the Minorities headed by Secretary, Ministry of Minority Affairs, with nodal officers from all the Ministries/Department concerned which shall meet at least once every quarter to review the progress, obtain feedback and resolve problems and provide clarifications, as might be needed.

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Prime Minister‟s New 15 Point Programme for the Welfare of Minorities

(A) Enhancing opportunities for Education

(1) Equitable availability of ICDS Services

The Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme is aimed at holistic development of children and pregnant/lactating mothers from disadvantaged sections, by providing services through Anganwadi Centres such as supplementary nutrition, immunization, health check-up, referral services, pre-school and non-formal education. A certain percentage of the ICDS projects and Anganwadi Centres will be located in blocks/villages with a substantial population of minority communities to ensure that the benefits of this scheme are equitably available to such communities also.

(2) Improving access to School Education

Under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, the Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya Scheme, and other similar Government schemes, it will be ensured that a certain percentage of all such schools are located in villages/localities having a substantial population of minority communities.

(3) Greater resources for teaching Urdu

Central assistance will be provided for recruitment and posting of Urdu language teachers in primary and upper primary schools that serve a population in which at least one-fourth belong to that language group.

(4) Modernizing Madarsa Education

The Central Plan Scheme of Area Intensive and Madarsa Modernization Programme provides basic educational infrastructure in areas of concentration of educationally backward minorities and resources for the modernization of Madarsa education. Keeping in view the importance of addressing this need, this programme will be substantially strengthened and implemented effectively.

(5) Scholarships for meritorious students from minority communities

Schemes for pre-matric and post- matric scholarships for students from minority communities will be formulated and implemented.

(6) Improving educational infrastructure through the Maulana Azad

Education Foundation

The Government shall provide all possible assistance to Maulana Azad Education Foundation (MAEF) to strengthen and enable it to expand its activities more effectively.

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(B) Equitable Share in Economic Activities and Employment

(7) Self-Employment and Wage Employment for the poor

(a) The Swarnjayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY), the primary self-

employment programme for rural areas, has the objective of bringing assisted poor rural families above the poverty line by providing them income generating assets through a mix of bank credit and Governmental subsidy. A certain percentage of the physical and financial targets under the SGSY will be earmarked for beneficiaries belonging to the minority communities living below the poverty line in rural areas.

(b) The Swarn Jayanti Shahari Rojgar Yojana (SJSRY) consists of two major

components namely, the Urban Self-Employment Programme (USEP) and the Urban Wage Employment Programme (UWEP). A certain percentage of the physical and financial targets under USEP and UWEP will be earmarked to benefit people below the poverty line from the minority communities.

(c) The Sampurna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (SGRY) is aimed at providing

additional wage employment in rural areas alongside the creation of durable community, social and economic infrastructure. Since the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (NREGP) has been launched in 200 districts, and SGRY has been merged with NREGP in these districts, in the remaining districts, a certain percentage of the allocation under SGRY will be earmarked for beneficiaries belonging to the minority communities living below the poverty line till these districts are taken up under NREGP. Simultaneously, a certain percentage of the allocation will be earmarked for the creation of infrastructure in such villages, which have a substantial population of minorities.

(8) Upgradation of skills through technical training

A very large proportion of the population of minority communities is engaged in low-level technical work or earns its living as handicraftsmen. Provision of technical training to such people would upgrade their skills and earning capability. Therefore, a certain proportion of all new ITIs will be located in areas predominantly inhabited by minority communities and a proportion of existing ITIs to be upgraded to „Centres of Excellence‟ will be selected on the same basis.

(9) Enhanced credit support for economic activities

(a)The National Minorities Development & Finance Corporation (NMDFC) was

set up in 1994 with the objective of promoting economic development activities among the minority communities. The Government is committed to strengthen the NMDFC by providing it greater equity support to enable it to fully achieve its objectives.

(b) Bank credit is essential for creation and sustenance of self-employment

initiatives. A target of 40% of net bank credit for priority sector lending has been fixed for domestic banks. The priority sector includes, inter alia,

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agricultural loans, loans to small-scale industries & small business, loans to retail trade, professional and self-employed persons, education loans, housing loans and micro-credit. It will be ensured that an appropriate percentage of the priority sector lending in all categories is targeted for the minority communities.

(10) Recruitment to State and Central Services

(a) In the recruitment of police personnel, State Governments will be advised

to give special consideration to minorities. For this purpose, the composition of selection committees should be representative.

(b) The Central Government will take similar action in the recruitment of

personnel to the Central police forces.

(c) Large scale employment opportunities are provided by the Railways, nationalized banks and public sector enterprises. In these cases also, the concerned departments will ensure that special consideration is given to recruitment from minority communities.

(d) An exclusive scheme will be launched for candidates belonging to minority

communities to provide coaching in government institutions as well as private coaching institutes with credibility.

(C) Improving the conditions of living of minorities

(11) Equitable share in rural housing scheme

The Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) provides financial assistance for shelter to the rural poor living below the poverty line. A certain percentage of the physical and financial targets under IAY will be earmarked for poor beneficiaries from minority communities living in rural

(12)Improvement in condition of slums inhabited by minority

communities

(a) Under the schemes of Integrated Housing & Slum Development

Programme (IHSDP) and Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), the Central Government provides assistance to States/UTs for development of urban slums through provision of physical amenities and basic services. It would be ensured that the benefits of these programmes flow equitably to members of the minority communities and to cities/slums, predominantly inhabited by minority communities.

(b) Under Urban infrastructure and Governance (UIG) scheme,

Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small and Medium Towns (UIDSSMT) and National Rural Drinking Water

Programme (NRDWP), the Central Government provides

assistance to States / UTs for provision of infrastructure and

basic services. It would be ensured that the benefits of this

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programme flow equitably to cities / towns / districts /

blocks having a substantial minority population. (D) Prevention & Control of Communal Riots

(13) Prevention of communal incidents

In the areas, which have been identified as communally sensitive and riot prone, district and police officials of the highest known efficiency, impartiality and secular record must be posted. In such areas and even elsewhere, the prevention of communal tension should be one of the primary duties of the district magistrate and superintendent of police. Their performances in this regard should be an important factor in determining their promotion prospects.

(14) Prosecution for communal offences

Severe action should be taken against all those who incite communal tension or take part in violence. Special court or courts specifically earmarked to try communal offences should be set up so that offenders are brought to book speedily.

(15) Rehabilitation of victims of communal riots

Victims of communal riots should be given immediate relief and provided prompt and adequate financial assistance for their rehabilitation.

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Scheme for Leadership Development of Minority Women Background

1. The status of women in the country, particularly those from the disadvantaged sections of the society, is unfavorable. A girl child suffers from discrimination even before birth and also after birth in the allocation of household resources such as food, education, access to health care and at puberty, coerced into early marriage. Most women in the rural areas suffer from double burden of carrying out less visible work like cooking, fetching water, sending children to school, agriculture labour, feeding cattle, milking cows etc., while the men folk perform visible activities like selling milk and grains produced by the household. Women in the minority communities fare badly too. They are not just a minority, but the 'marginalised majority' and are sidelined in decision making in the family, and usually cut off from a full involvement in the workings of the society and from an equal share in the society‟s rewards. 2. Empowerment of women per se is not only essential for equity, but it constitutes a critical element in the fight for poverty reduction, economic growth and civil society strengthening. Women and children are always the worst sufferers in a poverty stricken family and need support. Empowering women, especially mothers, is even more important as it is in the hearth of homes that she nourishes, nurture and moulds the character of her offspring. 3. A report of the High Level Committee on the social, economic and educational status of the Muslim community of India (popularly known as the Sachar report) had highlighted the fact that India‟s largest minority group, the Muslim numbering 13.83 crore, have been left out of the development trajectory and within this group Muslim women are doubly disadvantaged. With this in mind, the Ministry of Women & Child Development (WCD) formulated a scheme of “Leadership development for life, livelihood and civic empowerment of minority women” in 2007-08 for ensuring that the benefits of growth reach the deprived women among the minority communities. The scheme has now been transferred to the Ministry of Minority Affairs in 2009-3 10. The Ministry of Minority Affairs has suitably recast the scheme and renamed it as “Scheme for Leadership Development of Minority Women”. Target group and distribution of targets 4. The minority communities served by the Ministry of Minority Affairs are Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists and Zoroastrians (Parsis), which have been notified as minority communities under Section 2 (c) of the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992. Eligible women of these minority communities would be the target group. However, to further strengthen the mosaic of plurality in the society and bring about solidarity and unity in their own efforts to improve their lot, the scheme would permit a mix of women from non-minority communities not exceeding 25% of a project proposal. Efforts should be made by the organisation for having a representative mix of women from SC/ST/OBCs, women with disabilities and other communities under 25% group. Efforts should be made to persuade Elected Women Representatives (EWRs), from any community, under the panchayati raj institutions to be included as a trainee.

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Objective 5. The objective of the scheme for leadership development of minority women, including their neighbours from other communities living in the village/locality, is to empower and instill confidence in women, by providing knowledge, tools and techniques for interacting with Government systems, banks, and intermediaries at all levels. The life of majority of women in the traditional settings is of daily drudgery and their hardship is further compounded by non-availability of infrastructure and services relating to civic/basic amenities and socio-economic conditions. Unless women stand up and fight for their rights, mitigation of their hardship may take time. The scheme is envisaged to reach out to women through non-governmental organizations/organizations/institutions who will be provided with financial support for conducting leadership development trainings so that women are empowered and emboldened to move out of the confines of home and community and assume leadership roles and assert their rights, collectively or individually, in accessing services, facilities, skills, and opportunities besides 4 claiming their due share of development benefits for improving their lives and living conditions. Leadership 6. Leadership, in the context of this scheme means, empowerment of women from the minority communities and emboldening them to move out of the confines of their home and community and assume leadership roles and assert their rights, collectively or individually, in accessing services, facilities, skills, and opportunities besides claiming their due share of development benefits of the government for improving their lives and living conditions. Community based organization/non-governmental organization/ organizations/institutions 7. Nurturing/hand holding service envisaged in the scheme of leadership development of minority women linked with advocacy is a field intensive activity. It requires continuous involvement and availability of facilitators at the doorsteps of the target group. The personnel of the organisation implementing the scheme would be required to visit the village/locality periodically for providing nurturing/handholding service to the group of women imparted leadership training so that they are guided in the use of tools and techniques taught to them and are able to extract the benefit from their efforts. Such field intensive activities are best suited for highly motivated and dedicated community based organizations. Due to the very nature of women‟s household activities requiring them to stay close to their home, it is important that the organization implementing this scheme have the experience, personnel and resources to carry out trainings in the village/locality where the women reside. The organization should also have prior experience and resources to arrange residential training in recognized Government training institutes for women who fulfill higher educational requirement. It is, therefore, necessary that organizations having the reach, motivation, dedication, manpower and resources to carry out such trainings in the villages/localities

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and also arrange residential training courses in recognized Government training institutes only are eligible to participate.

7.2 Organisations/institutions, apart from Non-governmental Organisation, which would be eligible for applying for financial assistance under this scheme

are given below:- i) A Society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, ii) A Public Trust registered under any law for the time being in force, iii) A Charitable Company licensed under Section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956 and iv) Universities/ Institutions of higher learning. v) Panchayati rai institutes. Implementation 8. The leadership development training scheme shall be implemented by the Ministry of Minority Affairs through Organizations. The selected organizations may implement the project directly through their organizational set-up or through smaller organizations operating in the locality/village/area. In case smaller organizations are engaged by the selected organization to execute the project in different villages/locations, it shall nevertheless be the responsibility of the selected organization to ensure that smaller organizations also fulfill the relevant pre-requisite qualifications and terms & conditions laid down in para 17 and 18 of this scheme. The onus of implementing the project properly and successfully would vest with the organization assigned the work by the Ministry. Leadership development training modules 9. The leadership training modules should invariably cover issues and rights relating to women, education, employment, livelihood etc. under the Constitution and various Acts; opportunities, facilities and services available under the schemes and programmes of the Central Government and State Government in the fields of education, health, hygiene, nutrition, immunization, family planning, disease control, fair price shop, drinking water supply, electricity supply, sanitation, housing, self-employment, wage employment, skill training opportunities, crime against women etc. It should also cover role of women in panchayati raj and nagar palika, legal rights of women, Right to Information Act (RTI), National Rural Employment Programme (NREGA), household surveys and Below Poverty Line (BPL) list, 6 office structure and functions, redressal forum and mechanism etc. The training module should be structured in such a manner that training inputs are given in short phases. 9.2 The training pedagogy should use audio-visual aids and case studies for making it more interesting and comprehensible. Qualities of leadership like organizational capacity, communicable skill, self development and articulation, communication and public speaking, organizing capacities, negotiation and conflict resolutions etc. should form integral part of the training. Group discussions should be incorporated in the training modules to encourage active participation. If possible, government functionaries, bankers etc. should

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be invited to speak on their schemes and programmes and interact with the women undergoing training. 9.3 In case the need arises, the Ministry may engage outside expert/consultant/agency to prepare suitable training material for leadership development of women from the minority communities . 9.4 The Sanctioning Committee (details in para 22) would also function as the committee for recommending/approving training modules prepared by outside expert/consultant/agency and the selected organization and would also include, as members, the Joint Secretary concerned dealing with schemes connected with the objective of this scheme of the Ministries of Home Affairs, Women & Child Development, Rural Development, Labour & Employment, Health & Family Welfare, Food & Public Distribution, Department of School Education & Literacy and any other Ministries/Departments whose schemes/programmes/initiatives are covered by the training modules. Identification of women for training and selection criterion

10. Organization selected for carrying out training for leadership development of minority women would have the responsibility to motivate, identify and select women to be trained in accordance with the criteria of the scheme. Although there will be no annual income bar, woman/parent or guardian of woman having annual income not exceed Rs.2.50 lakh from all 7 sources would be given preference in selection. They should be between the age group of 18 years to 65 years. 10.2 There will be two types of leadership trainings and the criteria for each are as follows:- (a) Leadership training in the village/locality: Upto 50 women in a village/locality who are dedicated, motivated and committed to work for the betterment of the welfare of women from the minority communities in particular and the society in general, would be imparted leadership training in one batch. At least 10% of the total women in a group of 40 women should have passed Class X. This may be relaxed to class V level in case women who have passed class X are not easily available, (b) Leadership training in residential training institutes: Out of a group of 50 women for residential training, not more than five women from a single village/locality may be selected for leadership development training in residential government training institutes. They should possess at least a graduation degree, which may be relaxed to class X certificate holder in case graduates are not easily available, and should be dedicated, motivated, physically fit and healthy and committed to work for the betterment of the welfare of women from the minority communities in particular and the society in general. Types of training and workshop: 11. Taking into consideration the fact that most women, especially in the rural areas are required to stay close to their home and are not able to venture far out and also the fact that there would still be some educated and young

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women who would like to dedicate themselves to work for the betterment of women folk in particular and the community in general, the two types of trainings proposed are given below:- (a) Leadership development training in the village/locality: The training

shall be conducted in the village/locality by using existing facilities, hiring a hall or erecting temporary tent. The duration of the training shall be for six days spread over not less than three occasions to be completed within a period of three months. Care should be taken 8 to ensure that the dates for training are fixed to avoid religious/festive occasions and demands of seasons. The organization carrying out training for leadership development of minority women would be responsible to select women to be trained in accordance with the criteria of the scheme. Printed training material would be provided by the organization in the local language of the area. To incentivise the training course, allowance/stipend to partially compensate/offset the loss of income/wage would be given to the selected women trainees along with a meal and crèche arrangement for their children while the training is ongoing during the day. At least two-third of the trainers engaged by the NGO shall be women and they should be able to deliver their inputs in the local language of the area in the topics indicated at para 20.3 of this scheme. (b) Leadership development training in residential training institutes: Selected eligible omen would be imparted leadership training in training institutes run by the Central/State Government/Union Territory administration. The training course shall be as per the broad modules approved by a Committee in the Ministry and should be done in two phases, of three days each (i.e. a total of six days) within a period of three months. Care should be taken to ensure that the dates for training are fixed to avoid religious/festive occasions and demands of seasons. The entire training fees, training materials, boarding, food, refreshment and travel expenses would be covered by the scheme. The trainees would be also given allowance/stipend for the duration of the training period. The organization carrying out training for leadership development of minority women would be responsible to select women to be trained in accordance with the criteria of the scheme. The training institute may be consulted in the selection of women, if the organization wishes to do so. The leadership development training shall invariably cover the training module recommended by a Committee under this scheme as given in para 9 and the areas indicated at para 20.3 of this scheme. 11.1 It is envisaged that women imparted leadership development training would work towards achieving the objectives stated in para 5 of this scheme. The organization shall carry out nurturing and handholding for a period of at least one year to ensure that the empowered women folk are able to act as a pressure group to take up their grievances/problems with the village/block/district/State authorities for improvement of the status of basic infrastructure and services identified as lacking in the village/locality during formulation of the project. The organization would need to ensure that facilitators engaged for nurturing/handholding service visit the village/locality as stipulated, carry out their assignments diligently, report the progress and are assisted by the organization whenever the need arises.

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Workshop

11.2 The organization , in collaboration with the District Collector/Deputy Commissioner/sub-divisional officer/block development officer, will organize at least half-day workshop to sensitise government functionaries, bankers including panchayati raj functionaries etc. at the district, sub-division/block, etc. concerned about the women empowerment programme carried out by them under this scheme. The functionaries would be informed of the remedial action which may be brought and sought by groups of women and to be responsive in addressing their problems and grievances. One workshop each would be held in the district/sub-division/block concerned having jurisdiction of the village/locality covered by the training programme. The workshops should contain audio-visual clips of the training imparted by the organization .

Implementation expenditure and agency fees/charges for NGO for the training courses

12. Implementation expenses admissible to the organisation would cover items of expenditure of the organization on scouting, motivation, identification and selection of eligible women; training course, transportation, honorarium of facilitators; post-training hand holding/nurturing; concurrent monitoring and reporting, etc.

(a) Nurturing and hand holding: Nurturing and hand holding would be a

post-training service rendered by the organization to women who have undergone leadership development training for a period not exceeding one year from the beginning of the training programme. The facilitators of organization shall visit the village/locality to assist the empowered women at least once a month during the project period. This is considered critical to the success of the scheme in order to ensure that they are guided and assisted in placing their problems and grievances before the authorities concerned for remedial action as envisaged in para 5, 9 and 20.3 of this scheme.

(b) Concurrent monitoring and reporting: The organization shall, while extending nurturing and hand holding service, carry out concurrent monitoring for taking corrective action, wherever required. The organization shall submit monthly/quarterly progress reports and project completion report to the Ministry in the formats to be prescribed.

12.1 Agency fees/charges: The organization would be paid agency fees/charges at the rates stated in para 14 of this scheme for the professional services rendered towards proper, timely and successful implementation of the project.

Administrative expenditure for Ministry

13. The Ministry shall be permitted to set aside upto the extent of 1.5% of the annual allocation under this scheme to meet administrative expenditure of purchase of computers and accessories, digital cameras, furniture, stationary and developing software, engaging qualified personnel for entering and analysing data, processing proposals, monitoring and evaluating reports, preparation of notes, power point presentation and reports, preparing material

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for placing information and data on the Ministry‟s website, manning telephone during office days for question and answer (Q & A) facility or outsourcing such activities, issue of advertisement, consultancy charges for preparation of pedagogy and training materials, etc.

Rates

14. The organization shall be provided financial assistance for implementation of the scheme. The item-wise rates given below in the table are indicative and may vary according to the area of operation, fees charged by training institutes, boarding cost etc. The total cost indicated for each type of training would be the maximum permissible cost that may be sanctioned for a group of 50 women. However, item-wise cost would be inter-changeable provided it does not exceed the total permissible amount, except for allowance/stipend which is fixed. Supporting documents should be provided in the project proposal by the organization for proposed expenditure to be incurred in respect of training, travel etc. The rates are given in the table below:-

Details of rates for Leadership development training for Women from Minority

Communities Sl.

No.

Items of expenditure for leadership

development training programme

No. of

persons

Indicativ

e rate

per day

(Rs.

Durati

on (in

days /

times)

Total

cost

(Rs.)

1 (i) Leadership development training in the

village / locality.

(a) Fees/honorarium for engaging faculty members/ resource person

02 500 06 6000

(b) To and fro transportation cost for

faculty members/resource person

02 2500 03 15000

(c) Lodging cost for faculty members 02 250 06 3000

(d) Hiring of venue, furniture, and crèche

facility

50 750 06 4500

(e) Cost for one meal for trainee women 50 50 06 15000

(f) Cost for using/hiring audio-visual aids, participatory training kits and taking

audio-visual clips of different activities

for reports.

50 2000 06 12000

(g) Cost for distribution of training material, literature in local language and

stationary.

50 200 03 10000

(h) Allowance/stipend for women 50 50 06 15000

Sub total 80500

(ii) Implementation expenditure

admissible to the organization

(a) Cost for motivation, identification and

selection of eligible women

50 50 01 2500

(b) Cost for hand holding/nurturing by

facilitators for project period including

concurrent monitoring and reporting.

50 400 12 4800

Sub total 7300

(iii) Agency fees and charges 25000 25000

Sub total 25000

Total 112800

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Details of rates for Leadership development training for Women from Minority

Communities

Sl.

No.



No. of

persons

Indicati

ve rate

per day

(Rs.

Durati

on (in

days /

times)

Total

cost

(Rs.)

2 (i) Residential leadership development

training in institutes.

(a) Includes fees, boarding, food etc.

(actuals to be reimbursed)

50 1000 06 300000

(b) Literature, training material,

information booklets, copies of

government schemes and

programmes, relevant laws and Acts,

stationary.

50 600 01 30000

(c) Indicative transport expenditure

(actuals to be reimbursed)

50 2500 02 250000

(d) Allowance/stipend for women 50 100 06 3000

Sub total 610000

(ii) Implementation expenditure

admissible to the organization

(a) Cost for motivation, identification

and selection of eligible women.

50 50 01 2500

(b) Cost for hand holding/nurturing by

facilitators for project period including

concurrent monitoring and reporting.

50 400 12 4800

Sub total 7300

(iii) Agency fees and charges 25000 25000

Sub total 25000

Total 642300

Sl.

No.



No. of

workshops Amount

per

workshop

(Rs.)

No. of

women Total

cost

(Rs.)

3 Half-day workshop to be organized by

the NGO in collaboration with the

District Commissioner/sub-divisional

officer/block development officer

sensitise government functionaries,

bankers including panchayati raj

functionaries etc. at the district and

sub-division/block, etc. concerned

using clips of different activities taken

during the training courses.

One for

a district

15000 15000

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Year Type of trainings / items Cost of

training/

workshop

(Rs.)

No. of

groups/

batches

to be

trained

No. of

women to

be

trained

Fund

requirement

(Rs.)

2009

– 10

Training in village/locality 112800 650 32500 73320000

Residential training in

institutes

642300 09 450 5780700

Sub total 79100700

Workshops for officials 15000 08 120000

Total 79220700

Administrative expenditure

for the Ministry @ 1.5%

1188311

Total for 2009 – 2010 659 32950 80409011

2010

– 11



institutes

642300 37 1850 23765100

Sub total 147845100


Total 147995100



2219927

Total for 2010 – 2011 1245 56850 150215027

2011

– 12



institutes

642300 60 3000 38538000

Sub total 241578000


Total 246409560



3696143

Total for 2011 – 2012 1860 93000 250105703

11th

Plan

Training in village/locality 3550 177500 400440000


institutes

106 5300 68083800

Workshops for officials 98 5101560



7104380

Total for 11th

Plan period 3656 182800 480729740

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Financial and physical targets

15. The scheme will be implemented throughout the country with special focus on districts, blocks and towns/cities having a substantial minority population. It is proposed to cover 182,800 women from 2009-10 to 2011-12. For 2009-10, 32950 women will be targeted with an outlay of Rs.8.00 crore. The fund requirement for the scheme for a period of three years of the Eleventh Plan is Rs.48.00 crore and the annual break-up, both financial and physical, is as below:

No. of

groups/batches

to be trained

No. of

women to be

trained

Fund requirement

(Rs.)

Total for 2009 – 10 659 32950 80409011

Total for 2010 – 11 1245 56850 150215027

Total for 2011 – 12 1860 93000 250105703

Total for 11th

Plan

period

3764 182800 480729740

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16. Advertisement would be inserted by the Ministry of Minority Affairs in the national papers inviting applications of expression of interest from organization fulfilling the pre-qualification criteria. Pre-qualification criteria for NGOs/Organisations/Institutions 17. Stringent pre-qualification would be adopted for short listing organisation in order to ensure that only those national and regional NGOs/organisations/institutions that are highly motivated, dedicated and committed to the welfare of women and working in the field among women, especially minority women, qualify. They should have the personnel, finances and infrastructure to further engage organisation operating at the grass root level for implementation of the project. Given below are the indicative pre-qualification criteria for organisation, which may be modified as per the requirement under General Financial Rules (GFR)/relevant instructions of the Government in this regard, and interested organisation should be in a position to furnish documents in support of their claims/ submissions. The purpose is to select organisation of unblemished repute with high credibility and recognition. (a) The organisation must be duly registered and should have been in operation for a minimum of five years. (b) The organisation must be a currently functioning organization, preferably having experience of implementation of projects in the region/area/locality for which they intend to implement projects under this scheme. (c) The organisation must have undertaken at least one project in training for women. Organizations with experience of having worked on women‟s issues, especially among minority women, would be preferred. (d) The organization having experience in implementation of Government, bi-lateral, multi-lateral funding agencies/institutions or United Nations funded projects would be preferred.

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(e) The organization should have been working with a budget of at least rupees one crore per annum during the last three years and must not be a loss making

concern. (f) The organization should have completed its annual accounts and annual reports of the last three years. Account must be duly audited. (g) The organization should have held all their statutory meetings. (h) The organisation shall furnish the details of its existing set up in the State/UT and sub-state levels. (i) The organization shall furnish history of collaboration with Government managed training institutes. (j) The organisation should have conducted training course in the region. (k) The organization must have key personnel with expertise in leadership development training for women, issues relating to women and nurturing/hand holding. (l) At least two-thirds of field workers/facilitators of the organization to be deployed for this scheme should be women with relevant experience. (m) The organization should give its credentials and prove its ability through documents for carrying out the projects of such nature. (n) The organization should not be a religious or political organization or affiliated with such organization. (o) The organization should not have been blacklisted by any Government Departments/agencies. Organization or any of its personnel should not be involved with any criminal or civil litigation. Terms and conditions 18. The following shall be the terms and conditions of giving financial assistance, which may be modified by the Ministry, depending on the circumstances:- (a) The organization shall have a website displaying all the details of their organization, head office, field offices, land line telephone numbers, personnel, details of past operations and activities, and maintain full details of name, address, and telephone number etc. of the women given training under the scheme, the activities carried out by them for improving their lives and living conditions after the training and during the nurturing/handholding period and furnish this information to the Ministry.(b) The organization shall furnish an undertaking, in the name of the competent authority responsible for actual implementation of the scheme, accepting the terms and conditions laid down by the Ministry of Minority Affairs and furnish a bond with two sureties and will also be responsible for furnishing of accounts of the grant sanctioned. The

requirement of furnishing two sureties need not be insisted upon if the grantee organization is a Government run institute/university, society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, or is a co-operative society, or is an organization of standing in whose case such sureties would not be considered necessary by the Ministry. (c) The organization shall maintain a separate account for the financial assistance released by the Ministry of Minority Affairs and shall make it available to the Ministry as and when requisitioned for inspection. (d) The organization shall utilize the financial assistance for the specified purposes only. The organization shall give an undertaking that in the event of acting in contravention of this condition, it will refund the amount received from

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the Government with 18% annual penal interest and any other action, as deemed necessary by the Government. (e) The institute shall be solely responsible for ensuring that women fulfilling the eligibility criteria are selected for training. (f) The organization shall give an undertaking that their books for this project will be open to inspection by the officers of Central Government/State Government/UT. (g) After completion of the project, the organization shall submit to the Ministry of Minority Affairs, the utilization certificate (GFR-19A), and audited accounts, certified by a Chartered Accountant along with the following documents:- (i) Duly audited income and expenditure account/balance sheet for the year, including receipt & payment account of the institute, in respect of funds received during the year.

(ii) A certificate to the effect that the institution has not received any other grant for the same project from any other Ministry/Department of the Government of India, State/UT Government and any other Government/Non-Government organization/bilateral/ multi-lateral funding agencies or United nations. (h) At the venue of the programme, necessary banners/ boards will be displayed/

erected indicating that the training/workshop is organized on behalf of Ministry of Minority Affairs Government of India. (i) Prior intimation about the programmes should be given to the Ministry/ State Government well in advance so that, if necessary, officials can be deputed to observe the training programmes. (j) Photographs, video clippings as evidence of holding the training programme/workshop shall be furnished to the Ministry. Pamphlets, publicity materials etc. brought out in connection with the programme should also be furnished to the Ministry. (k) The Government of India will have the right to direct the organization for making any changes in the programmes or in the estimated cost. (l) The Government shall have the right to lay down any other conditions prior to the release of the grants-in-aid. Short listing of NGOs/Organisations/Institutions 19. Organizations fulfilling the pre-qualification criteria would be short-listed for selection by a committee as per the General Financial Rules/relevant instructions of the Government in this regard. Preparation of project proposal 20.1 Financial assistance would be given to organisations for implementing the scheme of leadership development of minority women. Selected organisations would be asked to prepare project proposal which will placed before a Sanctioning Committee in the Ministry for approval. The entire project period would be limited to a maximum period of one year. 20.2 The project proposal for leadership development training of minority women submitted to the Ministry of Minority Affairs would be a regional plan with village/locality specific proposals as the purpose of empowering and emboldening women is linked with advocacy and monitoring the outcome thereafter. Village/locality facing deprivation, in terms of availability of infrastructure and

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services relating to civic/basic amenities and socio-economic conditions, should be selected, so that the women folk of the village/locality are empowered to approach the appropriate authorities at village, block, district or State level to seek remedy to their problems and grievances. The plan should contain a list of problems faced by the women folk of each village/locality which they would be targeting for addressal after their training. 20.3 The project proposal should contain a broad baseline profile of basic amenities and services available in each village/locality selected for training women. It should invariably cover availability of Government personnel, status and access to existing infrastructure/services, quality and standard of service delivery, problems faced, and difficulties of implementation in the areas of schemes/programmes relating to (i) education, mid-day meals in schools; (ii) inoculation and nutrition in anganwadi centre; (iii) health care, institutional delivery, family planning services in health centre/sub-centre/dispensary; (iv) essential commodities in Fair Price Shop (ration shop); (v) drinking water supply; (vi) toilets/sanitation facilities; (vi) electricity supply; (vii) employment opportunities; (viii) skill development/training; (ix) crime against women, (x) banking services etc. It is envisaged that the empowered and emboldened women would be taking up their grievances and assert their rights with the authorities concerned. 20.4 Training programme , proposed during summer vacation/holidays of schools, would be given priority so that schools are available as a training venue and expenditure is reduced. 20.5 Organisation indicating its ability to ensure the participation of Government functionaries in the training programme would also be given priority. 20.6 If a group wishes to avail schemes for economic activities after the training their training is over, they would be given priority for sanction of their project by the National Minorities Development & Finance Corporation (NMDFC) in accordance with the guidelines of their scheme. Measurable outcomes

21. The measurable outcomes of a women leadership development training programme implemented for women from a village or locality would be assessed from their ability to assume leadership roles and assert their rights, collectively or individually, in accessing services, facilities, skills, and opportunities besides claiming their due share of development benefits of the government for improving their lives and living conditions. The deprivation faced, in terms of availability of infrastructure, facilities and services relating to civic/basic amenities and socio-economic conditions, brought out in the project proposal of the organization in the baseline profile of the village/locality selected for leadership development training of women would be assessed in terms of its status before and after the intervention during the implementation period of the project. Sanctioning Committee 22. A sanctioning committee, comprising of the following, shall be constituted in the Ministry of Minority Affairs to consider and approve projects submitted by the organizations for implementation of the scheme:- (a) Secretary, Ministry of Minority Affairs – Chairperson (b) Financial Advisor, Ministry of Minority Affairs (c) Joint Secretary, Ministry of Women & Child Development – Member (d) Joint Secretary, Department of School Education & Literacy - Member (e) Joint Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development – Member

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(f) Deputy Director general, Council for Advancement of People‟s Action and Rural Technology (CAPART) – Member (g) Executive Director, Rashtriya Mahila Kosh (RMK) – Member (h) Advisor, Minority Welfare Sector, Planning Commission – Member (i) Managing Director, National Minorities Development & Finance Corporation (NMDFC) – Member (j) Joint Secretary, Ministry of Minority Affairs (dealing with the scheme) – Convenor and Member The Ministry may invite the Principal Secretary/Secretary of the State/UT concerned to participate in the selection of the organizations. Release of fund 23. It shall be sufficient if the bond, to be furnished by the organization along with two sureties, covers the amount that would be released directly to the organization. Funds will be released by the Ministry to the organization concerned based on the approved project proposal as follows:- (a) Leadership development training in the village/locality: 1st instalment: 50% of the approved project cost would be released before the commencement of the training. The organization will ensure that this release covers expenditure for conduct of training and allowance/stipend. 2nd instament: 25% of the approved project cost would be released on submission of a certificate of satisfactory completion of the training course duly signed by at least 75% of women trained and countersigned by a representative of local body concerned like Sarpanch/Pradhan, etc. or Block Development Officer/Sub-Divisional Officer and submission of utilization certificate. 3rd instament: The balance 25% of the approved project cost would be released on submission of a certificate of satisfactory completion of the project duly signed by at least 75% of women trained and countersigned by a representative of local body concerned like Sarpanch/Pradhan, etc. or Block Development Officer/Sub-Divisional Officer and submission of utilization certificate. This will include expenditure on workshops. (b) Residential leadership development training: One lump sum release: The entire amount payable for residential training [i.e 2 (a), (b) and (d) of table in para 14] shall be released directly to the training institute concerned in one lump sum transaction through electronic bank transfer wherever facility for such transfer is available. The balance fund would be released to the organization concerned in the same manner as provided in para 23 (a) above. Electronic fund transfer 24. Transfer of fund would be done through electronic transfer by the banks wherever facility for such transfer is available. For enabling E-payment directly into the account of organization/training institute through ECS, RTGS, NIFT, TTs system, the NGO shall furnish an authorization letter from the payee, with full details of e-payment of the NGO/training institute i.e. name of payee, bank IFC code number, bank branch number, bank branch name, bank branch address etc. The authorization letter must be counter-signed by the manager of the bank branch concerned to avoid wrong account number. Only one authorization letter would be required for the entire financial year or till the account number is changed during the year. A proforma of the authorization is annexed.

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Transparency 25. Having a website of the organization displaying all the details of their organization, head office, field offices, land line telephone numbers, personnel, details of past operations and activities, and full details of names, address, and telephone number etc. of the women given training under the scheme, the activities carried out by them for improving their lives and living conditions after the training and during the nurturing/handholding period is necessary. Furnishing this information to the Ministry would constitute an important element under the scheme to enable social audit. The organization shall ensure that photographs and short clips of the leadership trainings conducted in the village/locality as well as in training institutes including question and answer sessions are taken, placed on the website and made available to the Ministry. Evaluation 26. Impact assessment and evaluation of the project would be carried out periodically or as and when required, by an outside professional agency to be appointed by the Government. Such studies will be funded under the existing scheme of research/studies, monitoring and evaluation of the Ministry. The implementation of the scheme would be reviewed after one year of implementation.

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MAULANA AZAD NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME FOR MERITORIOUS GIRL STUDENTS BELONGING TO

MINORITIES Maulana Azad Education Foundation was established on the occasion of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad‟s birth centenary. The Foundation was registered under the Societies Registration Act 1860, on 6th July, 1989. The Foundation is a voluntary non-political, non-profit marking social service organization established to promote education amongst the educationally backward sections of the society. It is funded by the Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India. The Hon‟ble Minister of Minority Affairs is its Ex-officio President. The aim of the Foundation is to formulate and implement educational schemes and plans for the benefit of the educationally backward minorities in particular and weaker sections in general. TITLE OF SCHEME “Maulana Azad National Scholarship Scheme for Girls beloging to Minorities” OBJECTIVE OF THE SCHEME To recognize, promote and assist meritorious Girl students belonging to National Minorities who can not continue their education without financial support. PURPOSE OF SCHOLARSHIP Scholarship will be admissible for expenditure on payment of School/College Fee, purchase of syllabus books, purchase of stationery/equipments required for the course & payment of Boarding/Lodging charges. IMPORTANT 1. Application can be downloaded from the web site www.maef.nic.in Photocopy of the application form can be used freely. No fee/any other amount is to be paid for application. 2. Application form can be sent by the student directly to the Foundation by post or can be submitted by hand from 10.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.on all working days in the office of the Foundation. 3. No charges/fee is to be paid to any one for any services. 4. Sanction letter/cheque for scholarship will sent by Regd. Post directly to the address of successful candidate on completion of prescribed papers/formalities.

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5. For any query/information, only Secretary, MAEF should be contacted directly. ELIGIBILITY CRITERION / WHO CAN APPLY 1. Only Girl Students belonging to National Minorities, (i.e. Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, Sikhs, Parsis) can apply : 2. Should have secured not less than 55% marks (in aggregate) in the secondary school certificate examination (Class xth) conducted by any recognized Centre/State Board of Secondary Education. The List of 33 recognized Boards/Councils is given in Annexure-III. This is only qualifying percentage for applying and does not guarantee grant of scholarship which is given to the top eligible applicant based on the quota fixed for the concerned state from amongst the eligible application received from the state. 3. Family income of the student from all sources should be less than Rs. 1,00,000/- (Rupees one lakh only) in the preceding financial year:

In case of salaried class, the student must indicate the designation, pay-scale, basic pay and other allowances alongwith total gross & take home emoluments of the parent/guardian. A mere statement saying “Service” will not be acceptable. The student must attach a Salary Certificate or Pension Certificate (in case of retired persons), duly authenticated by controlling authority, of her parent/guardian alongwith the application.

In case of agriculture/horticulture etc., the students has to mention total land holding with details of irrigated and non-irrigated and other landed property owned by her family alongwith total income of the family. These details will also be mentioned in the affidavit of the parent/guardian (Annexure-II) as well as in the certificate from Revenue authority.

In case of business class, the student must categorically state the name & type of the business alongwith the total turn over and the total income of family. The same details will also be stated in the Affidavit (Annexure-II) from her parent/ guardian.

Income form all other sources must also be mentioned, specially if mother is also employed.

It must be noted that all income certificate and statements made by the students in the application is subject to further verification of Maulana Azad Education Foundation. In case of any deliberate discrepancy/concealment of facts, the MAEF may cancel/recover the scholarship granted/released as well as initiate necessary action as per law.

The income certificate/affidavit (Annexure-II) must be from the parents/guardian‟s side and should have been issued from the respective home station. The income certificate issued or affidavit made from the place

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where the student is studying, as against the home station, will NOT be acceptable (in case of photocopy, it should be attested by Gazetted Officer or Head of Institution). 4. Should have Confirmed admission in class-XI. Admission Slip issued by the college/ school where the student is presently studying and

verification of the principal (Annexure-I), in the prescribed proforma must be sent with the application. 5. The University/College/Institute offering admission should be recognized by the Government at the Central or State level or any other competent authority. 6. It is one time scholarship, and no claim as permanent beneficiary will be entertained. Student once selected for scholarship can not avail the same again. 7. A student getting a scholarship from any other source would not be eligible for this Scholarship.

8. The last date for receipt of application in the office of the Maulana Azad Education Foundation is August 31st which must be adhered to. The

application of the scholarship received after 31st August, will not be entertained under any circumstances. MAEF will not be responsible for postal delay in the matter. 9. The amount of Scholarship will be Rs. 12,000/- (Rupees twelve thousand only) which will be released in two installments of Rs. 6,000/- each. The first installment will bereleased after sanction of scholarship and the second installment will be released when the student will submit proof of passing class XIth, and adminsson to Class XIIth in the office of the Foundation. 10. The scholarship is given to student passing Xth exam and taking admission in XIth in the year when result of Xth exam is declared. Applications received in subsequent years will not be entertained.

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MAULANA AZAD EDUCATION FOUNDATION

APPLICATION FORM FOR MAULANA AZAD NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP FOR MERITORIOUS GIRLS STUDENT BELONGING TO MINORITIES

Reg. No.a------------------------------

---- NOTE: All colums must be filled. Write NOT APPLICABLE where necessary. Application received in an incomplete form or without supporting document will not be entertained. All documents will be required in Hindi/English version. It is absolutely necessary to give contact telephone number of the student; present School/College Telephone no. must also be given. 1) Name :

2) Place & date of birth : 3) Nationality & the : State to which the applicant belongs 4) Religion (compulsory : with documentary evidence) 5) Full address : a)Present : District : State & Pin code : Telephone No. : (If necessary, give PP no.) b)Permanent : District : State & Pin code : Telephone No. : (If necessary, give PP no.) 6) a) Father‟s full name : b)Guardian‟s name : c) Reasons for father/husband not being the guardian : 7) a) In case of Service : i) Designation : ii) Office address :

Affix Recent Passport

size photograph attested

by the Principal of the

School

97 iii) Pay Scale (grade) : iv) Basic Pay : v) Allowances : vi) Total emoluments (monthly) : vii) Income from other sources : viii) Mother‟s income, if any : ix) PAN No. : (if income tax payee) Father : Mother : Guardian : b) In case of Agriculture : i) Total land holding : ii) Irrigation : iii) Non-irrigated : iv) Located at (address) : v) Other landed property : vi) Total income (Annual) : vii) PAN No. (If income tax payee) : viii) Total family income (annual) : c) In case of Business : i) Type : ii) Ownership / Partnership : iii) Ownership of shop / workshop : iv) Address :

98 v) Landed Property : vi) Total income (Annual) : vii) PAN No. (If income tax payee) : viii) Total family income (annual) : d) In case of any other profession etc. : 8) Particulars of all examination passed commencing with the Matriculation or equivalent Examination :

Name of Examination University / Board Year Roll No. % of Marks

obtained

1 2 3 4 5

9) a) Name & full address with district, Pin code and telephone number (compulsory) of the School / College where the student is presently enrolled : b) Name of the University / Board with which the institution is affiliated to : c) Date of admission : d) Class / Year in which the applicant is presently studying : e) Course its duration & subjects taken : f) Admitted through payment of Donation or through open Competition / merit :

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10) If the applicant is in receipt of any other scholarship/loan scholarship / educational aid

from Central / State Govt. University or from any other Institution/Agency/Person, then full particulars should be given including the monthly rate and the date of award etc.

11) List of documents to be attached compulsorily in Hindi/English version:

(a) Income Certificate/Affidavit (as per Annexure-II) ( ) (b) Mark sheet of class Xth attested by the Principal of present School/College ( ) (c) Verification by the Principal of present School/College (as per Annexure-I) ( ) (d) Photo attested by the Principal of present School/College ( ) (e) Proof of Religion certificate attested by the Principal of present School/College ( )

12) I hereby declare that the statements made by me in this application form are true and

correct to the best of myknowledge & belief. I am aware that if there are false statements in the foregoing application, I am liable to be prosecuted under the Indian Panel Code for forgery as well as any other panel consequences. I further agree to abide by the terms and conditions of the scholarship if selected for the Maulana Azad National Scholarship. The entire amount of Scholarship can be recovered in lump sum from me in case the above information is found fully or partially incorrect.

Place--------------------------------------- (Signature of

applicant)

Date:---------------------------------------------

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Annexure – I

VERIFICATION FORM BY PRINCIPAL OF SCHOOL/COLLEGE*

(To be filled and signed by the Principal of the school/college where the student/applicant is presently studying).

(i) Certified that Miss……………….......................……………..daughter/ward of …..…………………………………..has been admitted in the School/College against**……………….………......…………………as a regular and full time student in Class/course…………………………...…….……….on………..……………………and is at present studying in class/ Year………………….........….in the academic session…………..………………… (ii) She is/is not in receipt of Scholarship/educational Loan aid from………………………………. @ Rs……………..(Rupees……………………………………………….only) per month/per annum from Central/State Govt. University or from any other Institution/Agency/Person. (iii) It is further certified that the name, address & occupation of the Father/Guardian mentioned in the admission record of the student in this Institution is…………………………… (iv) She belongs to ………………………………….. community ( i.e. Muslim / Christian / Sikh / Buddhist / Parsi). _______________________________________________________

(Signature and Full Name with Seal of Principal of the School/College) Place :....................

Name:.......................................................................

Date:.................... School/College........................................................

.... Full

Address................................................................ …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Distt.........................................

State....................... Ph./Mobile

No.***(Compulsory)......................................

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101 * The application must be scrutinized as per the admission record of the student before signing the verification form. It must be verified that the statements made in the income column of the father/guardian, the occupation/religion tallies with the records available if any, in the institution where the student is studying. * Please specifically mention here the category of admission like against payment seats, free seats, reserved seats, general merit etc. *** Contact Telephone no. (both landline and Mobile) must be mentioned.

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Annexure – II

SPECIMEN FOR INCOME AFFIDAVIT

(Specimen to be typed on Rs. 20/- Non-judicial Stamp paper)

I, Shri/Smt…………………………………………………..Father/Guardian of…………………………………………belonging to…………………......…….. religion, full Address………..............……………………………......…….……………………………………………………...…………..Distt…………….......……….………………..Pin Code………………….…… State…………………………............………… (a candidate for scholarship under Maulana Azad National Scholarship Scheme offered by Maulana Azad Education Foundation, New Delhi) hereby declare that my total income including income of my spouse in the preceding year ended on March, 31st, 20…….., was Rs………............. (Rupees…………………………………………...................only). The break-up of the income is as follow: (1) Agriculture : (2) Other Landed Property : (3) Business : (4) Any other profession (Specify) : I am not an Income Tax payee or I am an Income Tax payee and my PAN No. is.....…………………...........………… Name & Signature of the Parent/Guardian) : Signature with seal of Magistrate / Notary Public) : Note: (1) In case both the parents are working, salary certificate of both would be required.

(2) The break-up of Income & Source of Income is necessary to be mentioned, without which application will not be considered.

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Annexure – III

LIST OF BOARDS/COUNCILS

(1) Andhra Pradesh Board of Secondary Education, Andhra Pradesh. (2) Arunachal Pradesh Board of Secondary Education, Arunachal Pradesh. (3) Board of Secondary Education, Assam. (4) Bihar School Examination Board, Bihar. (5) Chattisgarh Board of Secondary Education, Chattisgarh. (6) Goa Board of Secondary & Higher Secondary Education, Goa. (7) Gujarat Secondary & Higher Secondary Education, Gujarat. (8) Haryana Board of Education, Haryana. (9) Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education, Himachal Pradesh. (10) J. & K State Board of School Education, Jammu & Kashmir. (11) Jharkhand Board of Secondary Education, Jharkhand. (12) Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board, Karnataka. (13) Kerala Board of Public Examination, Kerala. (14) Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education, Madhya Pradesh (15) Maharashtra State Board of Secondary & Higher Secondary Education, Maharashtra. (16) Manipur Board of School Education, Manipur. (17) Meghalaya Board of School Education, Meghalaya.

(18) Mizoram Board of School Education, Mizoram. (19) Nagaland Board of School Education, Nagaland. (20) Orissa Board of Secondary Education Orissa. (21) Punjab School Education Board, Punjab. (22) Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan. (23) Sikkim Board of Secondary Education, Sikkim. (24) Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary Education, Tamil Nadu. (25) Tripura Board of Secondary Education, Tripura. (26) U.P. Board of High School & Intermediate Education, Uttar Pradesh. (27) Uttaranchal Board of Secondary Education, Uttranchal. (28) West Bengal Board of Secondary Education, West Bengal.

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ALL INDIA BOARDS / COUNCILS

(1) Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. (2) Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi. (3) Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations. (4) Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. (5) National Open School, Delhi.

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Guidelines/Application form for Grant-in-Aid under

Educational Schemes

INTRODUCTION: The Foundation was established on the occasion of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad‟s birth centenary celebrations. His eventful life was packed with outstanding achievements in the diverse fields. He was towering figure on the Indian political scene and a scholar rated high in the realms of Urdu Literature. To this, he added a trend-setting innings as a journalist. But his greatest claim to fame was his contribution as a thinker with a world vision and humanist outlook. A dogged freedom fighter and an un-failing upholder of secular and democratic values. Maulana Azad deserves to be introduced afresh to the modern generation of Indians. The Foundation is a voluntary, non-political, non-profit making social service organization, established to promote education amongst educationally backward sections of the Society. It is funded by the Ministry of Minority Affairs, Govt. of India. The Hon‟ble Minister of Minority Affairs is Ex-Officio President of the Foundation. It was registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 on 6th July 1989. The details about the programmes undertaken by the Foundation and the prescribed formats of application are given in the following pages. EDUCATIONAL SCHEMES:- Financial assistance for construction/ expansion of Schools belonging to educationally backward minorities,

Financial assistance for purchase of Science/Computer lab equipments/furniture for institutions belonging to educationally backward minorities,

Financial assistance for construction/ Expansion of Vocational Training Centre/ITI/Polytechnic belonging to educationally backward minorities,

Financial assistance for construction of Hostel building in the institutions belonging to educationally backward minorities,

Financial assistance for construction/Expansion of D.Ed / B.Ed. College belonging to educationally backward minorities, OBJECTIVE OF THE SCHEME:-

To provide basic educational infrastructure and facilities in the areas of concentration of educationally backward minorities which do not have adequate provision for elementary, secondary and Sr. Sec. Schools / Jr. Colleges / Professional & Vocational Training Institutes.

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ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR GRANT :- Society/Trust should be registered under the Societies Registration Act/ Indian Trust Act for the last three years,

Society/Trust must be having proper audit reports with Balance Sheet, Receipt-Payment & Income-Expenditure statements reflecting educational activities carried out for the last three years,

Society/Trust should be in a position to receive involvement of knowledge-able persons for furtherance of their programmes on voluntary basis,

Society/Trust should not be run for the profit of any individual or a body of individuals/ family and it should not be controlled by any individuals or a body of individuals / family.

The institutions for whose construction/expansion the assistance is required should be in existence and recognized/affiliated to the concerned State/Central Board/Council/ University,

Society/Trust should not be functioning for furtherance of the interest of any political party,

Society/Trust should not in any manner incite communal disharmony,

The majority (ie, more than 50%) of the beneficiary students, in the Institution for whose construction expansion/ strengthen assistance is sought, should be belonging to educationally backward minorities/target group,

For seeking assistance for construction of hostel building, it is necessary that the Institution for which the hostel is required should be recognized at least up to 8th

standard,

Society/Trust must be having at least 1000 sq. yard land (in urban areas) or at least one acre land (in rural areas) in its name or on lease for not less than 30 years for the proposed project,

Society/Trust should be ready to invest at least 10% of the total cost of project as NGO‟s share on the project.

The Society/Trust will not take loan on the building constructed with MAEF assistance/on the land on which the building has been constructed with the assistance of the Foundation. However, If it becomes necessary, then prior permission of the Foundation for the same will be necessary.

Guidelines for submission of Proposal:-

The Society/Trust seeking assistance under the Scheme shall apply for purposes specified on the prescribed proforma given at Annexure –II,

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Backward areas, particularly areas that are educationally backward should receive appropriate attention/priority,

Assistance to an individual unit should not exceed Rs.30.00 lakhs. and propsal for only one porpose will be accepted at a time. For details and ceiling limit see Annexure –A,

The grantee should undertake to name the entire beneficiary institution or a part of it after Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, The Scheme may be revised as and when required and no claim will be entertained from any Organization/Institution for consideration as a permanent beneficiary, The applications may be sent to the Foundation by post or may be submitted personally in the Foundation office on all working days between 10.00 A.M to 6.00 P.M. from May 1st to 30th September every year. The incomplete proposals will not be accepted, and the same will be returned back pointing out the deficiency. Revised complete applications resubmitted will be treated as fresh applications, The Checklist available at Annexure –I should be filled carefully and the page numbers of each document should be mentioned properly. No column should be left blank. Each page must be signed, Only one proposal (for one purpose) will be entertained at a time, Each document/enclosure attached to the application, must be certified/attested by the 1st class gazzetted officer or Notary Public. Attestation by Society/Trust official will not be accepted. In case of application for Girls/Boys Hostel building, a note justifying the need of Hostel building in the Institution shall be submitted separately. However while considering the proposals for construction of Hostel buildings, preference will be given to the Institutions, which are already running hostels Procedure for Sanctioning Financial Assistance under the Scheme:

On receipt of proposal, it will be scrutinized in the office of the Foundation, and the shortcomings will be communicated to the Organization/ Institution by registered post. The complete proposals shall be referred for inspection, which shall be carried out through State Government officials, members of the Foundation or by any other person to whom the Foundation may entrust this job, The inspection reports shall be placed before the Sub-Committee/ Governing Body of the Foundation for consideration and the decision shall be communicated to the Organization/Institution,

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Annexure ‘A’

CEILING LIMITS FOR SANCTION OF GRANT-IN-AID UNDER VARIOUS CATEGORIES

Sl. No. Category Ceiling limits

(Rs.)

1 If school is recognized upto 5th standard and to be upgraded upto 8th standard

0500000

2 If school is recognized upto 8th standard and to be upgraded upto 10th standard

10,00,000

3 If school is recognized upto 8th standard and to be upgraded upto 10th standard and students belonging to

target group are 500 approx.

15,00,000

4 If school is running upto 10th standard and to be upgraded upto 12th standard/Jr. college/ Intermediate

level

15,00,000

5 Purchase of Lab equipments (physics / chemistry / biology) in High Schools (Schools upto 10th standard)

2,00,000

6 Purchase of Lab equipments in schools recognized upto 12th standard (physics/ chemistry/biology/computer)

3,00,000

7 Purchase of furniture and fixtures for schools recognized upto 10th / 12th standard (both)

1,00,000

8 Purchase of computers for schools which are teaching computers as a subject

2,50,000

9 For construction of hostel buildings a) 100 beded Dormitory type hostel building b) 50 beded dormitory type hostel building c) 30 beded dormitory type hostel building

30,00,000 15,00,000 10,00,000

10 i) For construction / expansion of D.Ed college building ii) For construction/expansion of B.Ed college building

15,00,000 30,00,000

11 i) For construction of Vocational Training Centre (VTC) building ii) For purchase of equipments / tools / machines for VTC

10,00,000

5,00,000

12 i) For construction of Technical Institute/ ITI/ITC building ii) For purchase of equipments/machines/tools for technical institute/ITI/ITC

15,00,000

15,00,000

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CHECK LIST OF DOCUMENTS REQUIRED TO BE ATTCHED WITH THE APPLICATION

(To be filled by the Applicant)

Sl. No. Documents Page no.

1 Duly filled application form, i.e. Annexure - I to VI

2 Certified copy of Registration Certificate

3 Certified copy of Memorandum of Association and Rules – Regulations or Trust Deed

4 Certified copy of present list of members of the NGO as per Annexure – III

5 Annual report / brief history of the activities of the NGO for last three years

6 Certified copy of the audit report with balance sheet, receipt / payment & income / expenditure statements of

the NGO for the last three years

7 Certified copy of permission / recognition / affiliation certificate of the school / college / institute

8 Certified copy of land of the building title deed, I.e. registered sale deed / gift-deed/ exchange-deed or allotment order or lease deed (for not less than 30

years) in the of the NGO

9 Certified copy of the revenue record of land proposed for construction (if the proposal is for civil construction)

10 Search report or title certificate with brief history of land proposed for construction from an Advocate (if the

proposal is for civil construction)

11 Certified copy of the certificate for change in use of land, i.e. from agricultural to non-agricultural from SDM, (if the

proposal is for civil construction)

12 Non-incumbrance certificate pertaining to land proposed for construction from Sub-Registrar

13 Certified copy of approved cite plan for the proposed construction (if the proposal is for civil construction)

14 Detailed estimate item wise for the proposed construction prepared by Chartered Architect/ Licensed

Engineer, (if the proposal is for civil construction)

15 Quotations from at least three standard firms for the equipments / computers/furniture to be purchased with

comparative statement (if the proposal is for purchase of equipments)

16 Detailed of trades being run and proposed trades with syllabus (if the proposal is for ITI/Polytechnic/VTC)

17 List of students class-wise/trade-wise as per Annexure – V

18 Certified copy of the last Board examination result sheets / details of results

19 Fee structure class-wise/trade-wise for existing class / trades and proposed classes/ trades as per Annexure –

IV

20 Teachers details as per Annexure – VI

21 Free post card size photographs from different angles of the existing schools/college/institute buildings

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Note: 1) Please send duly filled prescribed proforma along with all essential documents. If the application is found incomplete & the deficiencies are not removed before last date, i.e. by 30th September, the file will be closed and no further correspondence will be entertained, 2) If the proposal is for purchase of lab equipments/computers/furniture/tools & machinery for School/College/VTC/ITI then documents mentioned at S. No.9, 10, 11, 12, 13 & 14 in the checklist will not be required.

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Annexure –II

MAULANA AZAD EDUCATION FOUNDATION (Ministry of Minority Affairs, Govt. of India)

Social Justice Service Centre, Opp. New Delhi Rail Reservation Centrre, Chelmsford Road, New Delhi – 110 055

DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION: 1st MAY TO 30th SEPTEMBER APPLICATION FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR : (please tick (√ ) the purpose in the appropriate box)

● Construction/Expansion of School building

● Construction/Expansion of D.Ed/B.Ed. College building

● Construction of Girls Hostel building

● Construction of Boys Hostel building

● Purchase of Science/Computer lab equipments/furniture for school

● Construction/Expansion of Vocational Training Centre/ITI/Polytechnic

● Purchase of equipments/machinery/tools/furniture for VTC/ITI/Polytechnic

1) Name & full address of the Society/Trust with pin-code/phone/fax number :

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2) Name & address of the Institution for which assistance is required with pin-code/phone/fax number : 3) Contact person (with name, designation, address and phone number) : 4) Status of application (Society/Trust) : 5) Nearest Railway Station with distance in K.M. :

6) NGO‟s registration number, date & place of registration (attach certified

copies of registration certificate, Memorandum of Association & Rules Regulations/Trust

Deed & list of members, as per Annexure –III) : 7) Brief background/educational activities & other :

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8)(a) Financial assistance required (both in words & figures) : (b) Purpose of financial assistance : 9) How much amount NGO would be investing from its own resources on the proposed project : 10) Financial assistance if any received from Govt.,Local Body, other organization (indicate the amount received with purpose on each account during last three years) : 11) Financial assistance, if any received from Maulana Azad Education Foundation/Central Wakf Council earlier, if yes, enclose copy of Utilization Certificate : 12) Funds in the Bank A/c of NGO (attach certified copies of Audit Reports with Balance Sheets, Receipt/Payment & Income/Expenditure statements of the NGO : 13) Who are the intended beneficiaries : 14) Number of minority institutions in the area :

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15) Whether the Institution is running in its own or rented building (attach three post card size photo of existing building : 16) Level of Institution (by Recognized or Unrecognized) attach certified copy of recognition/affiliation certificate, copy of Board result-sheets,details of students as per Annexure –V & details of teachers as per Annexure –VI : 17) Class-wise/Trade-wise fees charged by the Institution (attach details as per Annexure –IV) : 18) Detail of accommodation available : 19) Area of land available (mention in sq. yards/acres (attach papers as per checklist) : 20) Proper justification for construction of Hostel Boys/girls building (use separate sheet) : 21) Details of existing trades (if proposal is for VTC/ITI/Polytechnic) :

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22) Details of new trades (if proposal is for VTC/ITI/Polytechnic) :

I hereby declare that the information given in this application are true & correct to the best of my knowledge & belief. Signature with full name &

Seal of the authorized person of the NGO

Dated: ---------------------------------------------

Place: -----------------------------------------------

General Instructions:

● Please fill in all columns,

● Please attach documents as per checklist carefully with proper numbering

on each page,

● If the required documents are in regional language, then certified

English/Hindi version of the same shall also be attached,

● Each page of application document attached must be signed/stamped by

the President/ secretary of the Society/Trust.

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Annexure – III

LIST OF MEMBERS

Sl. No.

Name of Member S/o / D/o

Full address with Telephone No.

designation

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Annexure – IV

FEE STRUCTURE (Class wise / Trade wise)

Sl. No.

Class / Trade

Fees charged monthly

Fees charged yearly

If any concession are given

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Annexure –V

DETAILS OF STUDENTS REQUIRED TO BE ATTACHED WITH ANNUAL

REPORT

ACADEMIC YEAR ……………………………

Sl. No.

Class Students belonging to Minorities Students belonging to Other

Communities

Grand total

Muslims Others Total Boys Girls Total

Boys Girls Boys Girls

Seal & signature of the Principal of Institution Seal & Signature of the President/Secretary/

Manager of the Society/Trust

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Annexure -VI DETAILS OF TEACHERS

Sl. No.

Name of the Teacher

Qualification Work Experience

Trained / Untrained

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Destitute Minority Womens’ Rehabilitation Programme

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NOTIFICATION

NO. 856 – MD Dated, the 31st May, 2010

The Governor has been pleased to issue the following guidelines for

the benefit of destitute minority women for the State of West Bengal for

their rehabilitation, empowerment and livelihood, with immediate effect.

GUIDELINES

Backdrop

Divorcees among Muslim Women particularly in the district of

Murshidabad constitute a major part of the victims of women – trafficking.

Early marriage and lack of education and means of livelihood may be some

of the causes of such menace. Many families were uprooted by the erosion

of river. Slum dwellers also lost their shelters. Thousands of Muslim

women were deserted by their husband. More than two lakhs of such

women are homeless and shelterless in the border areas of Murshidabad

and Nadia districts. There may be such victims in other Minority

Concentration Districts (MCDs) also. The State Government was

considering this issue for sometimes past. Shelter and livelihood are two

immediate needs for these women. Self employment is, of course, the best

means of rendering lasting support to this most distressed section of our

women.

Objective

The objective of this programme is to provide shelter to the

destitute Minority Women, train them up for potential job related skills

and to make them self employed through MWEP. Support for education to

the children of the destitute women would also be provided.

Implementing Authority

This programme will be implemented by the District Level

Committee for Minority Affairs (DLCMA) which is headed by the District

Magistrate concerned. All assistance of the District Level Agencies of the

State Government, PRI and Urban Local Bodies will be taken wherever

necessary. The District Officer for Minority Affairs (DOMA) shall be the

Nodal Officer for this programme.

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Procedure

1) A survey will be conducted by a reputed agency in consultation

with the district administration to prepare a reliable list of the

targeted women. Funds for the survey will be provided from the

budget of the Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education

Department.

2) The list so prepared will be examined and approved by the

DLCMA

3) If a target-group woman has no shelter or land of her own they

will be identified at the time of survey. To provide shelter to

those women of the target group under this scheme houses will

be built for Rs. 1,00,000/- each. 2% contingency will also be

allowed for other related expenditure.

4) If land is not available with the individual beneficiary vested

land / land from “Chas – O – Bosobaser Janya Bhumi Dan

Prokalpo” can be provided. For this purpose the local Panchayat

Samity shall allot vested land at their disposal to such women

for the purpose of rehabilitation.

5) Where no land is available at the disposal of the Government

land may be acquired through acquisition process or purchasing

directly by the DOMA at Government cost under this scheme

after negotiating with the land owner if the market price is more

or less same as the acquisition process.

6) Necessary legal counseling and publicity of the scheme shall be

arranged by the DLCMA for effective implementation of the

scheme.

7) Such women may be suitably linked with the widow pension, old

age pension and disability pension which are ongoing schemes of

the Central / State Government.

8) These women will be trained up through selected and reputed

training providers / training institutes for skill building in

selected trades. Funds in the existing scheme of the Minority

Affairs & Madrasah Education Department may also be utilized

for this purpose. During training a stipend may be given to the

trainees for maintenance. Course fees will be borne out of

Government grant under this programme.

9) After training these women will be provided financial assistance

in the form of soft loan with subsidy under the existing Minority

Women‟s Empowerment Programme (MWEP) for self-

employment.

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10) The children of these women who are living with them may be

provided with stipend and or book grant etc so that quality

education can be provided to these children.

Eligibility Criteria

a) The selected women should be a citizen of India and has to be so

certified where no documentary evidence is available, by the

local Pradhan of the Gram Panchayat / Sabhapati / BDO /

DOMA / Chairman of Municipality.

b) She must be a divorcee / deserted by husband / destitute who has

none to look after. In absence of documentary evidence it has to

be certified by the local Pradhan of the Gram Panchayat /

Sabhapati / BDO / DOMA / Chairman of Municipality to this

effect.

Funding Pattern

i) On the basis of detailed proposal approved by DLCMA and sent

by the District Magistrate fund will be released by the Minority

Affairs & Madrasah Education Department out of the related

budget head in two installments of 50% of the total cost in favour

of the District Magistrate concerned.

ii) District Magistrate should make all efforts to send the proposal

with details of selected women and their locations to the MA &

ME Department through the Director, MDW within 30th June

every year.

iii) After utilization of the first installment, utilization certificate

along with progress report supported by photograph of the assets

created should be sent by the District Magistrate before sending

requisition for the balance fund.

iv) District Magistrate should ensure that there is no duplication

with other running schemes on similar benefits provided by any

Central / State Sector Programme.

Maintenance of Accounts

1) Separate account for this programme has to be maintained and

shall not be mixed with any other rehabilitation programme.

The District Officer for Minority Affairs (DOMA) shall maintain

separate ledgers for houses, stipends etc. for this class of

destitute minority women.

2) Physical and financial progress reports have to be prepared

quarterly and sent to the Director, MDW who will compile the

report for the whole State and sent to the department of

Minority Affairs & Madrasah Education.

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Review & Monitoring

A) Overall supervision of the programme shall be exercised by the

DLCMA. Review and monitoring of progress shall be done in the

monthly meeting of the DLCMA regularly.

B) DOMA will regularly visit the blocks where concentration of

target group of women is substantial and supervise

implementation of the scheme.

C) Monthly report shall be sent regularly to the Director, MDW by

the DOMA for which a format will be circulated by the Director,

MDW.

The above guideline is issued with due concurrence of the Finance Department

vide their U.O. No. Group – ‘E’ 245 dtd. 11.01.2010 and No. 34 dtd. 23.02.2010.

Sd/-

(B.P. Gopalika)

Secretary to the

Govt. of W.B.

NO. 856 /1(57)– MD Dated, the 31st May, 2010

Copy forwarded for information and necessary action to

1-18) The District Magistrate

Coochbehar / Darjeeling / Jalpaiguri / Malda / Uttar Dinajpur / Dakshin

Dinajpur / Murshidabad / Nadia / Purulia / Bankura / Birbhum / Burdwan /

Howrah / Hooghly / North 24 Parganas / South 24 Parganas / Paschim

Midnapore / Purba Midnapore.

19-36) The Sabhadhipati





37-54) The District Officer for Minority Affairs.





55) The Director, MDW.

56) The Managing Director, WBMDFC.

57) The P.S. to MOS, MA & ME Deptt.

Joint Secretary to the

Govt. of W.B.

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Housing Department (P & W Branch)

New Secretariat Buildings, 1, K.S. Roy Road, Kolkata – 01.

No. 559 – H1/1B – 1/2009 Dated, Kolkata, the 10th September, 2009

From : Shri Surath Dutta Roy

Secretary to the Govt. of West Bengal.

To : The Principal Secretary,

Minority Affairs & Madrasah Education Department.

Subject :- Housing Scheme for Economically Weaker

Sections (EWS) of the community of Housing

Department :- Implementation of this project by

various Departments / Organizations.

Sir,

I am to state that Housing Department has introduced a scheme for

providing pucca houses to the EWS people on their own land, mainly

living in rural and semi – urban areas of the State of West Bengal at free

of cost. As per discussions with the Hon‟ble MOS & Officers of your

Department, you have agreed to participate in the scheme for its proper

implementation. Monthly income of the selected beneficiaries shall not

exceed Rs. 6,000/- (Rupees six thousand only). A general guideline of the

scheme has already been communicated to you vide this Department‟s

Memo No. 486 – H1/1B – 1/2009 dtd. 18.8.2009.

Your Department has agreed to construct 7000 nos. of dwelling

units under the scheme at an estimated cost of about Rs. 1,00,000/- per

dwelling unit.

In this connection, I would request you to provide detailed

particulars of the Authority of your Department against whom the

requisite fund need to be placed by Housing Department from the Budget

Provisions of the Plan Heads of Account. This information may kindly be

communicated immediately.

It is expected that your Department has already taken necessary

initiatives for selection of requisite no. of beneficiaries of this EWS

Housing Project.

Now, I am to request you to send the following documents to this

Department at the earliest for according Administrative Approval and

financial sanction (generally 50% of the administrative approval at the

initial state) phase wise :-

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a) The list of beneficiaries as per enclosed format marked

Annexure – „A‟. The lists may be furnished in phases (Phase

– I/ Phase – II likewise).

b) A synopsis of the beneficiaries list being the last page of the

beneficiaries list relating to a particular phase of submission

should be furnished in the enclosed format marked Annexure

– „B‟ under the signature of the Authorized Officer against

whom fund is to be released.

In the case of the projects to be implemented over the land other

than the land of the beneficiaries themselves, details of land particulars

including ownership should be furnished along with other necessary

information.

I am to inform you that the plan & rough cost estimate pertaining

to unit cost for your Department is being sent shortly.

Yours faithfully,

Enclo :- As stated.

Sd/-


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Housing Department (P & W Branch)

New Secretariat Buildings, 1, K.S. Roy Road, Kolkata – 01.

No. 783 – H1/1B – 1/2009 (Pt) Dated, Kolkata, the 23rd December, 2009

M E M O R A N D U M

The Government in the Department of Housing has decided to

implement Housing Scheme for new construction of houses as well as up

gradation / repair or existing dwelling houses throughout the State of

West Bengal for Economically Weaker Sections of people (EWS) who have

no pucca house of his / her own or in the name of any member of his / her

family.

The name of the Scheme under State funding will be known as

“Amar Bari”.

After careful consideration of the matter a revised general guideline

of the scheme has been framed as given hereunder :-

01. The category of beneficiaries :-

c) Poor people in Rural / Non-Municipal Semi – Urban areas

;

d) Poor people in erosion / flood / disaster prone areas ;

e) Poor people affected by Govt. projects (as part of

rehabilitation measures) ;

However, BPL group of people will be given priority.

02. Criteria for Income :-

The people eligible for having facility of this scheme must have

their monthly family income of Rs. 6,000/- or less.

03. Extent of application of the scheme :-

The scheme is applicable for Rural and non-Municipal Semi –

Urban areas within the territory of the State of West Bengal.

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04. Provision of land & building thereof :-

The scheme will be implemented on the land to be provided by the

beneficiary of his / her own land / patta land and must be free from all

encumbrances.

Where the land from the beneficiaries is not available, the housing

may be built on the land to be provided by the Implementing Agencies

with 2/3/4 storied structure or as may be technically viable, for a group of

beneficiaries.

05. Area of dwelling unit & cost of such unit :-

The scheme will make provision for pucca dwelling units for the

beneficiaries having carpet area of around 25 sq. mtr. (270 sq. ft.) which

may vary according to other exigencies if any, associated with the scheme.

I) The cost of such dwelling units for new construction in Rural areas

will be as follows :-

a) Rs. 1,16,000/- for beneficiaries in general residing in Rural areas of

plains;

b) Rs. 83,000/- for fishermen beneficiaries residing in Non Coastal

areas to be implemented by Fisheries Department ;

c) Rs. 1,32,000/- for beneficiaries residing within the Forest fringe

area located in Sundarbans to be implemented by Forest

Department and beneficiaries residing in other Non – Forest

Coastal areas to be implemented by sundarban Affairs Department

& Fisheries Department ;

d) Rs. 1,75,000/- for beneficiaries residing within the Forest fringe

areas and Forest Villages in Hill areas of Darjeeling District to be

implemented by Forest Department ;

e) Rs. 1,97,000/- within the Forest Villages of Jalpaiguri District to be

implemented by Forest Department.

II) The cost of such dwelling units for new construction on beneficiary‟s

land in Non – Municipal Semi – Urban areas will be as flows :-

Rs. 1,16,000/- for beneficiaries in general residing in Non –

Municipal Semi – Urban areas of plains incase of single storied buildings ;

However, in case of Housing Schemes to be implemented by the

Implementing Agencies on their own land in Non – Municipal Semi –

Urban areas with provisions of Multi – storied buildings, cost of each such

dwelling unit for new construction should be around Rs. 2,53,000/-/

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06. Provision of Toilet :-

The Implementing Departments / Agencies should provide a low

cost Toilet in every dwelling unit in Rural areas by dovetailing other

suitable Govt. programme.

07. Payment mode for beneficiaries :-

The beneficiaries will not have to pay anything for both Rural /

Semi – Urban dwelling units to be provided to them i.e. the scheme is fully

subsidized by the Government of West Bengal.

The units so provided to them are basically non – transferable in

nature. It is not transferable within 10 years and without permission of

Housing Department.

08. Future maintenance of the Units :-

The future maintenance of the dwelling units constructed under the

scheme and transferred to the beneficiaries will be done by the

beneficiaries.

09. Extension of Units :-

The extension of the units under this scheme is permissible where

the land is available but such extension shall be done at the expenses of

the beneficiary or by the beneficiary himself.

10. Specification of the Housing Scheme :-

The scheme will be implemented in accordance with the broad

specification to be indicated by the Housing Department. But during

implementation, the operational flexibility would be allowed to the

implementing Departments / Agencies. However, Housing Department

reserves the right to change the specification of the scheme at any stage, if

required.

Further, consideration the diverse nature of land in West Bengal

there shall be provision for modification / revision of the scheme depending

upon specific condition of the cases. At the level of implementation,

adoption of sustainable / environment friendly / socially harmonious

technology would be encouraged.

11. Implementing Departments / Agencies :-

Initially the implementing Departments / Agencies of the scheme

will be as follows :-

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i) Housing Directorate,

ii) West Bengal Housing Infrastructure Development Co. Ltd.

(WBHIDCO),

iii) West Bengal Housing Board (WBHB),

iv) Joint Venture Companies and Assisted Sector Companies,

associated with the West Bengal Housing Board ;

v) Forest Department;

vi) Fisheries Department ;

vii) Sundarban Affairs Department;

viii) Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education Department,

ix) Backward Classes Welfare Department,

x) Paschimanchal Unnayan Affairs Department,

xi) Panchayat and Rural Development Department,

xii)Asansol Durgapur Development Authority;

and the Board and / or Corporations under those Departments.

Housing Department may engage other Government Departments

or Board / Corporation in future to implement the scheme.

However, no NGOs can be engaged in execution of any of the

schemes covered under this project by any implementing Government

Department / Board / Corporation without concurrence of the Finance

Department.

12. Panchayat and Rural Development Department has agreed to

participate in the scheme with their own guideline for its proper

implementation under IAY pattern, with project cost of Rs. 35,000/- (in

plains) / Rs. 38,500/- for new construction of dwelling units (in Hill and

Sundarbans areas). A separate guideline for their scheme named as

“ASHRAY” has already been issued by that Department.

13. Selection of Beneficiaries :

Sub – Divisional Officer in consultation with the Block Development

Officers / Executive Officers of Panchayat Samities concerned will prepare

the final list of beneficiaries of the “AMAR BARI” scheme from Rural

Areas and single storied buildings in Semi – Urban areas. Concerned

officials of Implementing Departments / Agencies will approach the

concerned SDOs and BDOs / Executive Officers of Panchayat Samities for

selection of beneficiaries.

Departments already having Housing Programme of their own will

follow their departmental procedure for selection of beneficiaries following

other aspects of EWS Housing Projects as stated in the guideline.

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However, in case of Non – Municipal Semi – Urban areas, in respect

of multistoried buildings, selection procedure of beneficiaries will be

evolved Department / Agency wise by Housing Department on specific

recommendation of the concerned Department / Agency, who are involved

in the implementation of the project, with the concurrence of the Finance

Department in due course pending which construction of EWS Housing in

multistoried buildings in Non – Muncipal / Semi – Urban areas shall be

executed by the concerned Department / Agencies on their own land.

For proper identification, the beneficiary has to submit the EPIC or

any other similar document to the appropriate authority. Beneficiaries

already assisted for housing under the IAY / ASHRAY programme of P &

RD Department or any other housing scheme of Other Departments

should be kept outside the purview of such selection.

Each participating Department / Agency should prepare a list of

beneficiaries under “AMAR BARI” / “ASHRAY” programme as per format

in Annexure – „A‟ enclosed and it should be submitted to Housing

Department.

Beneficiaries already selected and finalized by the Implementing

Departments / Agencies through the SDOs concerned on the basis of the

earlier Guideline communicated vide Order No. 486 – H1 / 2009 dated

18/8/2009 shall not be affected.

14. Monitoring of the Scheme :

The Monitoring and Advisory Committee constituted by the

Housing Department shall have the power to oversee and supervise the

implementation of the scheme. The Committee shall submit its report to

the Housing Department containing observations including physical and

financial achievements. All Departments / Agencies shall extend their

cooperation to this Committee.

Each participating Department / Organisation should form

Monitoring Committee and Supervisory Committees for proper

implementation of the programme and submit monthly progress reports.

15. The District Magistrates of respective Districts will co-ordinate the

issues relating to selection of beneficiaries, execution of the schemes to be

taken up by various implementing Departments / Agencies through

regular monitoring.

16. Allotment of Fund :-

The fund will be allotted in phases to the Implementing

Departments / Organisations on requisition to be placed by them from

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time to time before the Housing Department along with

beneficiaries lists in Annexure – „A‟ and abstract information in Annexure

– „B‟ enclosed.

17. Utilisation Certificate :

Utilization Certificate pertaining to fund already released and

Completion Certificate should be furnished by the participating

Departments / Organization time to time to Housing Department and

other concerned Authorities.

18. Up – gradation and Repair of Existing Dwelling House :

Housing Department will also provide fund for Up – gradation /

Repair of the existing dwelling houses in the rural and non – municipal

semi – urban areas as follows :

a) Upto Rs. 30,000/- per unit for BPL people ;

b) Upto Rs. 60,000/- per unit for EWS people (other

than BPL).

19. Exclusive Rights of Housing Department :

Housing Department shall have the exclusive right for any addition,

alteration, change of the scheme at any stage, if it is felt necessary.

20. The reporting formats for monthly / quarterly reports to be

submitted by the Implementing Departments / Agencies are being issued

separately.

This has concurrence of the Finance Department vide their Group –

„F‟, U.O. No. 496 dtd. 21.12.2009.

This issues in modification of this department‟s Order No. 486 –

H1/1B-1/2009 dtd. 18.8.2009.

Enclo :- As stated.

Sd/-

(Surath Dutta Roy)


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SCHEME FOR INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT

PRIVATE AIDED / UNAIDED MINORITY

INSTITUTES (ELEMENTARY SECONDARY / SENIOR

SECONDARY SCHOOLS)

Introduction :

National Policy on Education (NPE) has adopted the concept of a national

system of education, implying that all students irrespective of caste, creed, language

or sex have access to education of comparable quality. The Policy lays special

emphasis on removal of disparities and equalizing educational opportunities by

attending to the specific needs of those who have remind educationally backward so

far.

2. In pursuance of NPE stipulations, the scheme of Area Intensive Development

for ensuring an area intensive approach to education was launched in the IXth Plan.

This scheme was merged with Madadras Modernisation Scheme during the Xth Plan

with two components of Modernisation and Infrastructure remaining separate. No

financial assistance for infrastructure development was envisaged for madrasas to

whom assistance was restricted to providing honorarium for the teaching modern

subjects and assistance under the infrastructure component was provided to

Governmental and Non Governmental educational institutions imparting modern

education.

3. Two components of infrastructure and modernization are sought to be

demerged in the XIth in view of the fact that the target groups for these two

components are different. The component of Modernization of Madrasas has been

recast and a separate scheme of providing quality education in madrasas drawn up.

The infrastructure component is proposed to be incorporated in this scheme –

Infrastructure Development of private aided / unaided Minority Institutes (IDMI)

(elementary secondary / senior secondary schools).

OBJECTIVE :

4. The scheme would facilitate education of minorities by augmenting and

strengthening school infrastructure in Minority Institutions (elementary / secondary /

senior secondary schools) in order to expand facilities for formal education to children

of minority communities. The scheme will inter alia encourage educational facilities

for girls , children with speci8al needs and those who are most deprived educationally

amongst minorities.

Coverage :

5. The scheme will cover the entire country. However, preference will be given

to eligible minority institutions (private aided / unaided elementary/secondary/senior

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secondary schools) located in districts, blocks and towns having a minority

population above 20%, based on available census data.

FINANCIAL PATTERN :

6. An amount of Rs. 125 crore is proposed for the scheme in the XIth Five Year

Plan.

7. The scheme will fund infrastructure development of private aided / unaided

minority elementary/secondary/senior secondary schools to the extent of 75% and

subject to a maximum of Rs. 50 lakhs per school for :

(i) Strengthening of educational infrastructure and physical facilities in

the existing elementary/secondary/senior secondary school including

additional classrooms, science/computer lab rooms, library rooms,

toilets, drinking water facilities etc.

(ii) Hostel buildings for children in such category of schools, specially for

girls.

(iii) Any other educational infrastructure not covered in (i) or (ii) above,

but which in view of the State / Central Grant in Aid Committee is

justified for educational advancement of the minority institution.

ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS :

8. Voluntary organizations/societies/trusts running institutes/schools that are

recognized by Central or State Governments shall be eligible to apply for assistance

under the scheme.

9. Only those voluntary agencies, which have been in existence for a minimum

of three years, would be considered for assistance under this scheme.

10. Voluntary organizations eligible under the scheme should :

- have a proper constitution or Articles of Association ;

- have a properly constituted managing body with its powers and duties

clearly defined in the constitution ;

- be in a position to secure the involvement, on voluntary basis, of

knowledgeable persons for furtherance of their programmes ; not be

run for the profit of any individual or a body of individuals ;

- not discriminate against any person or group of persons on the ground

of language or sex etc. ;

- not function for the furtherance of the interests of any political party,

nor in any manner incite communal disharmony.

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11. The institute/school for which assistance is being sought should have

been functioning for at least 3 years and have substantial enrolment of children from

the minority communities. The institution / school should not be a commercialized

school charging high fees.

12. The application of the voluntary organization will be addressed to the

concerned Secretary of the State / UT, who will be the Chairperson of Grant-in-Aid

committee in the State/UT.

IMPLEMENTATION AND MONITORING :

13. The scheme will be implemented through the State Government. All requests

for financial assistance entertained by the State Government in the prescribed

application form appended at Annexure will be considered on merit first by the State

level Grant-In-Aid committee. The State Government will draw up and notify criteria

for prioritization of applications under this scheme and give it wide publicity. The

criterion should consider the specific status of minorities in that State / UT and give

priority to (i) direct educational infrastructure requirements by which enrolment and

retention of minority children in the school / institution is likely to increase. (ii)

encourage education of girls, children with special needs and children from the more

educationally backward minorities in the State. (iii) the State level Grant-in-Aid

Committee will recommend cases of voluntary organizations and the specific

schools/institutions to be assisted, to the Central Government in order of priority. A

lower priority should be accorded to institutions/schools/minority organizations that

have already received funds under th4e erstwhile scheme of AIMMP, during the 10th

Plan.

14. On receipt of proposals from the State Governments the GIAC of the Central

Government will consider them on merit and recommend assistance.

15. A Grants-in-Aid Committee (GIAC) under the Chairmanship of Union

Secretary, School Education & Literacy would be constituted for the purpose, with

Joint Secretary concerned as Member-Secretary and FA(HRD) as member. It shall

have representatives from Ministry of Minority Affairs and State Governments

concerned. The Ministry of HRD will nominate two eminent educationists from

amongst Minorities to the GIAC. The GIAC will examine and approve the proposals

of the State and UT Governments.

16. The financial assistance will be provided on a one time basis. A voluntary

organization or educational institution can receive benefit from the scheme only once

in five years. Funds will be released in two installments by GOI through the State

Government. The second installment will need to be claimed within one year of the

first installment during which period the 25% share of the minority institution, should

have been contributed to the infrastructure upgradation.

17. Voluntary Agencies receiving the assistance would be required to furnish

audited details of expenditure made in the prescribed proforma duly attested by a

chartered accountant / the competent authority.

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18. The grant will be admissible to only those organizations / institutions

which submit the updated statement of accounts for all the grant-in-aid received by

them under this scheme in the past, duly certified by a chartered accountant.

19. Monitoring reports regarding the voluntary organizations receiving assistance

will indicate, total number of beneficiary students, amount received and utilized by

the institutions, shall be furnished to the Ministry of Human Resource Development

Government of India on an annual basis by the State Government, after obtaining the

same from voluntary organizations receiving assistance under the scheme.

20. The accounts / records of activities of the voluntary organization shall be

available on demand for inspection to Central / State Government / C & AG.

21. The Central & State Governments will widely publicize the scheme.

22. The performance of the scheme will be evaluated by the Central & State

Governments as appropriate but definitely once after completion of two years of its

operation.

23. No claim will be entertained from any organizations / individual for

consideration as a permanent beneficiary since the scheme is to be implemented on

purely voluntary basis envisaging one time non-recurring financial assistance.

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ANNEXURE

(To be submitted in duplicate)

SCHEME FOR DEVELOPMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE IN MINORITY

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS OF ELEMENTARY /

SECONDARY

AND HIGHER SECONDARY LEVEL

APPLICATION FORM

PART – I

(To be filled by the applicant)

1) Name of Voluntary Organization / Society managing :

the school (With complete address)

2) Name with address of the school/institution for :

which financial assistance is required

3) Objects and activities (give brief history of the :

organization / society managing the school)

4) Specific activities of the school for which financial :

assistance is sought under the scheme.

5) Whether registered under the Central/State Board? If :

Yes, Registration No. (A copy of the registration

certificate to be enclosed) .

6) Organizational structure, total staff, their roles and :

responsibilities, staff turnover of educational institute/

school for which assistance is being sought and the

voluntary organization / society.

7) Governing Board/Managing Committee-number of :

members, their role, meeting held and attendance, their

involvement in decision making of educational

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institution/school and the voluntary organization/society

concerned (List of members may be enclosed).

8) Name and address of bankers, auditors, legal advisors :

(including details of accounts) of voluntary organization

/society.

9) Details of infrastructure facilities available with :

educational institution/school for whom assistance is

being sought.

10) Action photographs about the school :

11) Success stories/testimonials/awards/recognitions and :

how the work of school has made difference to the

individual, family and for the community.

12) Community/client involvement in the academic affairs :

of school/educational institution.

13) Future plans and sustainability :

14) Audited balance sheet, income and expenditure :

statement for the last three years of voluntary agency

and educational institution/school for which assistance

is sought.

15) Annual Report if any of VA/educational institution :

or school.

16) Information on existing funding sources with break :

up of grants, loans, and corpus received by VA and

educational institution/school for which assistance is

being sought.

17) Whether the educational institution/school is receiving :

financial assistance for infrastructure development of

any kinds from any other source ; if so the details thereof.

18. Amount required for additional :

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Item Number Amount

required *

No. of

Children to

be benefited.

a) Class rooms

b) Science rooms

c) Computer lab rooms

d) Library rooms

e) Toilets (Girls)

f) Toilets (Boys)

g) Drinking water facilities

h) Hostels for girls

i) Hostels for boys

j) Educational facilities like ramps / labs for

children with special needs.

k) Any other educational infrastructure

requirement

Total

* Amount required for physical infrastructure should not be more than State

PWD schedule of rates.

19. Voluntary Organization/Society’s share, equal to 25% towards item 18 and

commitment of Voluntary Organization/Society to provide the same.

20. Source of investment of voluntary organizations’ / society’s share given

against item 18.

21. Central Government share equal to 75% required against item 18.

It is certified that the information furnished above is true and I am personally

liable for any misrepresentation or error.

Date :

Place :

____________________________________

Signature of President / Chairman / Secretary

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PART - II

(RECOMMENDATION OF THE STATE GRANT-IN-AID COMMITTEE)

Name of the Organization whose case is being recommended :-

1. Whether State Government has drawn up & disseminated a

Criteria for prioritization of applications under this scheme.

2. Whether the proposal being recommended for financial

assistance, is in accordance with this criteria ?

3. Whether proposal has been received in the specified application

form as prescribed ?

4. Whether proposal has been scrutinized and is in accordance

with the eligibility and financial parameters of the scheme?

5. Whether the organization has legal rights to land on which

infrastructure is being proposed under this scheme ?

6. Whether estimates for the proposed infrastructure are not

more than the State PWD schedule of rates ?

7. Whether it has been ascertained that the organization being

recommended for funding is not duplicating funds received

from other State / Central Government schemes / programmes

for the same purpose ?

8. Whether the organization whose case is being recommended,

has the furnished the audited accounts, utilization certificates,

annual report & any other performance report as specified,

which was due till date of forwarding of case ?

9. the Order of Priority in which the case of the organization is being

recommended ?

[give number in figure & words]

The application has been examined and it is certified that the organization is

eligible for assistance and has the capability of taking up a programme applied for.

____________________________________________

(Signature of the Member Secretary of State GIAC)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

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Annual Progress Report of implementation of the scheme of Infrastructure Development in Private aided / unaided schools/Institutions

(IDMI).

(Rs. In Lakh) For the year : Sl.

No.

Name of

the School

/

Institution

for which

project

sanctioned

Name of the

Implementing

Agency

Year in

which

Sanctioned

Total

amount

sanctioned

1st installment

released

2nd

installment

released

Institution

share

Total

amount

available

Physical progress* Financial

progress/

amount

utilized

remarks

Amount Date Amount Date Targets Achievements

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

*Attach separate sheet, if the space is not sufficient.