Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Union Minister for Minority Affairs said here that a campaign has been started by the government on war-footing to provide basic amenities to ensure educational empowerment of girls belonging to Minority communities in 308 districts across the country.
Addressing National Conference of Principal Secretaries/Secretaries In-Charge of states/UTs dealing with Minority affairs organised here, Shri Naqvi said that the Central Government, keeping in mind the educational empowerment and employment oriented skill development of Minority girls, is providing school, college, polytechnic, girls hostel, ITI, skill development centre etc under “Pradhanmantri Jan Vikas karykram” in those “backward and ignored” areas which had been deprived of these facilities since the Independence.
Shri Naqvi said that the lack of such facilities was the reason behind low literacy rate among Minorities, especially Muslim girls. During the last 4 years, under MsDP, 16 Degree Colleges, 2019 School Building, 37,267 Additional Classrooms, 1141 Hostels, 170 Industrial Training Institutes(ITIs), 48 Polytechnics, 38,736 Anganwadi Centres, 3,48,624 lAY(PMAY) houses, 340 Sadbhavna Mandaps, 67 Residential Schools, 436 Market sheds, 4436 Health Projects etc have been constructed by the Modi Government. This has led to significant improvement in lives of weaker sections, Minorities especially women.
The Minister informed that “Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram” (PMJVK) has been proved to be an effective mission of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi-led NDA Government to fulfil the commitment to “Development with Dignity” and “Inclusive Growth”. He said that 80 percent of the resources under the PMJVK have been earmarked for projects related to education, health and skill development. About 33 to 40 percent of resources under the PMJVK have been specifically allocated for women centric projects.
