West Bengal Minorities Development & Finance Corporation
Education Schemes------At A Glance
Target Group Name of Particulars of scheme Eligibility Criteria Contact time Contact place Performance of the scheme 2007-08 Meritorious State Govt. Yearly stipend to meritorious Minimum percentage of marks Every Year in June & July Rs 4.49 crore given in Students of Stipend to students@ Rs 6000/-, 9000/-, & in previous final exam - MP or 2007-08 to 6197 Class XI & Meritorious 14400/- for HS, Graduation and equv.65%, HS or Minority Assistance cell at students. above. Minority Post Graduation Levels equv.60%,Grad- the Dist. Magistrates Office Students respectively. uation 50%. or Field Supervisors of Technical & Professional courses Students of Madrasa system and WBMDFC at Graduate and Post Graduate other Boards are also eligible. level not allowed. Annual Family income up to Rs 30% scholarship reserved for 80,000/- girls.
Poor Students Post Matric Yearly maintenance to Should have secured 50% marks Every Year in June & July More than 56 of Class XI & Scholarship students@ Rs 1400/-& 2350/-, in previous final exam. thousand applications above to Minority 1850/-, & 3350/-, 3300/- & 5100 Minority Assistance cell at received. Under Students for Class XI & XII, Graduation and Annual Family income up to Rs the District Magistrates process. (centrally Master Levels respectively plus 2.00 lakh. office sponsored) college fees.
30% scholarship is reserved for Students having the lowest girls. family income will get the 1st preference. Field Supervisors of Technical & Professional courses The selection is made as per WBMDFC at Graduate and Post Graduate family income in ascending level not allowed. order. (Name and Address given separately) Bhabani Bhavan, 2nd Floor (west), Alipore, Kolkata-700027, Phone : 2479-2893/2998, Fax: 2479-2995, Website: www.wbmdfc.org
Target Group Name of the Particulars of scheme Eligibility Criteria Contact time Contact place Performance of scheme 2007-08 Poor Pre-Matric Yearly maintenance to Should have secured 50% May every year Implemented w.e.f 1-4-08 Students Scholarship students@ Rs 7200/- for marks in previous final from class 1 hosteller and @Rs. 1000/- for exam. Minority Assistance cell at the to 10 day scholar of Class VI to X District Magistrates office and @Rs.1000/- for Class I to Annual Family income up V respectively. to Rs 1.00 lakh. Or
Field Supervisors of WBMDFC
(Name and Address given separately) Poor Haji Md. Scholarship to needy and Minimum percentage of Every Year in June & July Students Mohsin deserving candidates @Rs marks in previous final Scholarship 1000 to 3000/-per year. exam-MP or equv.65%, Minority Assistance cell at the HS or equv.60%, District Magistrates office Graduation 50%. Or Students of Madrasa system and other Boards Field Supervisors of WBMDFC are also eligible. (Name and Address given Annual Family income up separately) to Rs 80,000/- Professional Merit –cum- Technical & Professional Should have been Every Year in June & July Rs 4.94 crore given in 2007-08 to or Means courses at Graduate and Post selected through some 1897 Vocational Scholarship Graduate level are only selection test. Minority Assistance cell at the students. Students at eligible. If on 1st come 1st serve District Magistrates office UG or PG basis, then should have level e.g. 30% scholarship reserved for secured atleast 50% Or B. Tech, LLB, girls. marks in previous final MCA etc. exam. Field Supervisors of WBMDFC [Full course fee for some of the listed institutions e.g. IIT, Selection will be made on (Name and Address given etc merit. separately) (list available in the scheme below)]. Annual Family income up to Rs 2.50 lakh. Upto Rs 20,000/- course fee plus Rs 10,000/- maintenance allowance for hosteller and Rs 5000/- for day scholar students
Bhabani Bhavan, 2nd Floor (west), Alipore, Kolkata-700027, Phone : 2479-2893/2998, Fax: 2479-2995, Website: www.wbmdfc.org
Target Name of Particulars of scheme Eligibility Criteria Contact time Contact place Performance of Group the scheme 2007-08 Students of Education Recognized Technical & Should have been Every Year in June / July & Rs 2.08 crore has been given to Profession Loan Professional courses selected through some Nov/ Dec. 411 students in the year 2007- al or preferably at Graduate and selection test. If on 1st 08. Vocational (Interest Post Graduate level come 1st serve basis, then Minority Assistance cell at the courses Free on should have secured District Magistrates office timely Short term courses having atleast 50% marks in repayment) high are also considered on previous final exam. Or merit. Selection on merit and Field Supervisors of WBMDFC employability of the Upto Rs 2.5 lakh @ Max. course (Name and Address given 50000/- per year. separately)
Youths Vocational Vocational Training e.g. Passed atleast class VIII Every Year in June / July & Training provided to 3592 Educated Training Computer, Call Centres, Nov/ Dec. trainees. upto Class Kantha stich, Zari works etc VIII & Minority Assistance cell at the above District Magistrates office
Or Field Supervisors of WBMDFC
(Name and Address given separately) Bhabani Bhavan, 2nd Floor (west), Alipore, Kolkata-700027, Phone : 2479-2893/2998, Fax: 2479-2995, Website: www.wbmdfc.org
Target Name of Particulars of scheme Eligibility Criteria Contact time Contact place Performance of Group the 2007-08 scheme Youths Coaching Coaching is provided for: 1) Criteria for coaching Contact notified institutes or Four Institutes are approved. willing to & Allied admission in technical & institute- All universities, at www.minorityaffairs.gov.in sit for Scheme professional courses such as colleges, Institutes run by or www. Wbmdfc.org competitiv engineering, medical, private/ govt. / NGOs e exams management & IT etc; also with three years round the year for jobs or for job in private sectors like experience & very good profession BPO, IT, Retail, Biotechnology success rate. al courses etc. 2) Students should have Coaching fee upto Rs. requisite percentage of 20000/- paid to the institute. marks in the qualifying exams. Monthly stipend to the students @ Rs. 1500/- and Family income below Rs. 750/- p.m. for outstation and 2.5 lakhs p.a. local students respectively. Benefits of coaching for a particular course once only.
Scholarships are is also available from:
Moulana Azad Education Foundation for girl students of Class XI with minimum 55% marks. Central Wakf Council, New Delhi For details contact website: www.maef.nic.in or www.minorityaffairs.gov.in.
Other Programmes of WBMDFC
Consultancy and guidance on education and career matters through expert individuals, NGOs . For Detail call 24792998 or 24792893 Housing Project at New Town
Bhabani Bhavan, 2nd Floor (west), Alipore, Kolkata-700027, Phone : 2479-2893/2998, Fax: 2479-2995, Website: www.wbmdfc.org West Bengal Minorities Development & Finance Corporation Loan Schemes .…………….. At a Glance
Sl. Name of the Particulars of Eligibly Criteria Contact time Contact place Last year record No Scheme Scheme (2007-08)
1 Term Loan Loan up to Any viable scheme. Every Year from 2nd week of February to 1st week of Rs. 25.84 crores has been Scheme Rs. 1 Lakh Annual Family income below Rs. March and 2nd week of August to 1st week of given as loan to 4546 40,000/- for rural areas and below September. beneficiaries Rs. 55000/- for urban areas Minority Assistance cell at the Dist. Magistrates A Guarantor is required Office or Application in prescribed format. Field Supervisors of WBMDFC Repayment in 20 Quarterly installments (Name and Address given separately)
Submit Forms at Panchayat Samity Office for rural areas and SDO office for municipal ares 2 Cluster Loan Loan up to Without Guarantor As and when launched in the area Rs. 7.76 crores has been Scheme Rs. 25,000 given to 3329 In selected cluster areas (one or Minority Assistance cell at the District Magistrates beneficiaries two GPs or few wards of Office Municipality/ Municipal or Corporation). Field Supervisors of WBMDFC Application form sold from & received at pre-announced place & Concerned GP office or SDO office time.
Repayment in 30 monthly installments in 2.5 years
Bhabani Bhavan, 2nd Floor (west), Alipore, Kolkata-700027, Phone : 2479-2893/2998, Fax: 2479-2995, Website: www.wbmdfc.org
Sl. Name of the Particulars of Eligibly Criteria Contact time Contact place Last year record No Scheme Scheme (2007-08)
3 Micro Small loans NGO must be at least three years Round the year Rs. 2.00 crores has been Financing provided to old disbursed to 729 SHGs Scheme members of Self- Minority Assistance cell at the District involving 3970 Help Group Have sufficient experience in Micro Magistrate Office beneficiaries through NGOs who Financing or may directly apply in prescribed Good record of repayment Field Supervisors of WBMDFC format at the office of WBMDFC 4 Rokeya Small loans are NGO must be at least three years Round the year Rs. 6.55 lakhs has been Sakhawat provided for old disbursed to 43 SHGs Gas Oven empowerment of Minority Assistance cell at the District involving 430 beneficiaries Micro-credit women Have sufficient experience in Micro Magistrate Office Scheme beneficiaries and Financing or gas connection is Field Supervisors of WBMDFC provided. Good record of repayment
Loans are also available under:
1) Bangla Swanirbhar Karmasangsthan Prakalpa(BSKP)- For details contact Society for Self Employment of Unemployed Youth of West Bengal, State Youth Centre, 3rd floor, 142/3, A.J. C. Bose Road, Kolkata-700014, Phone-2227-4943 or contact District Youth Officer or BDO in each District.
2) Rural Employment Generation Programme (REGP)- For details contact West Bengal Khadi & Village Industries Board, Hemanta Basu Bhavan, 12, B.B.D. Bag, Kolkata-700001, Phone: -2220-6298 or contact BDO in each District.
Other Programmes:
Consultancy and guidance on education and career matters through expert individuals, NGOs . For Detail call 24792998 or 24792893 Housing Project at New Town
Bhabani Bhavan, 2nd Floor (west), Alipore, Kolkata-700027, Phone : 2479-2893/2998, Fax: 2479-2995, Website: www.wbmdfc.org DISTRICT WISE LIST OF FIELD SUPERVISORS ( FS ) OF WBMDFC Sl.No District Area Name of the FS Contact No.
1 24 Parganas (North) a)Bongaon Sub Div. And Habra-I & II Block Ashraful Haque b) Amdanga Block (Addl. Charge) 9732450410
2 24 Parganas (North) Barasat Sadar Sub. Div. Except Salauddin Molla 9732767533 Habra I & II. 3 24 Parganas (North) Basirhat Sub. Div. Syed Ayub Ali 03216-220349
9932050017
4 24 Parganas (North) Barrackpore Subdivision( Addl. Charge ) Latifuddin Tarafdar 03473-240195 9339630231
5 24 Parganas (South) a) Alipore Sub. Div. Md. Chandan Islam 9830041656
b ) Baruipur SD (Addl. Charge)
c) Bhangore-I & II Block (Addl. Charge) d) Diamond Harbour Sub. Div (Addl. Charge) 6 24 Parganas (South) Kakdwip Sub. Div. Md. Fazlul Khan 9434970821 9933522591
7 24 Parganas (South) Canning Subdivision Motiar Rahaman Molla 9932124504
8 Bankura Entire District Nazrul Islam 03242-252677 9434314278 9 Birbhum a) Sadar Sub. Div. Al-Helal-Rashidee 03462-258171 b) Bolpur Subdivision except Illambazar Block 9434150266
10 Birbhum Nalhati-I & II Block and Nalhati Municipality Aminul Islam 9434430803 9474559506 11 Birbhum Murarai-I & II Block Md. Minarul Haque 03465-252699
9434559699
12 Birbhum Ilambazar Block Md. Nuruddin 03462-255122 9434142384 13 Birbhum Rampurhat-I & II Block, Rampurhat Municipality Monsur Ahmed 03461-255549 and Mayureshwar-I & II Block 9434556001
14 Burdwan Entire District except Asansol and Durgapur Subdivision.. Mahebub Hossain 0342-2558216 B 9434387928 Bhabani Bhavan, 2nd Floor (west), Alipore, Kolkata-700027, Phone : 2479-2893/2998, Fax: 2479-2995, Website: www.wbmdfc.org Sl.No District Area Name of the FS Contact No.
15 Burdwan Durgapur Subdivision & Raniganj Municipality Md. Mushtaque 9333133583 Quraishi
16 Burdwan Asansol Sub. Div. Except Raniganj Municipality Mumtaz Ahmed 9333109220
17 Dakshin Dinajpur Gangarampur Subdivision except Gangarampur Block Abdul Malek Ahammed 9733395984 9434176571
18 Dakshin Dinajpur a) Balurghat Subdivision & Gangarampur Block Abdus Samad Sarkar 03522-258069 b) Islampur Subdivision (Addl. Charge) 9733124655 c) Malda Sadar Sub. Div. And Ratua-I & II Block (Addl. Charge) d) Dinhata & Tufanganj SD (Addl. Charge) 19 Darjeeling Entire District Md. Akhter Hossain 0353-2592072 9832063973
20 Hooghly Srirampore Sub.Div. except Jangipara Block Kazi Nazimul Haque 03212-241007 9474498877
21 Hooghly Chinsura Sub.Div. Md. Abdul Jamir 033-26800636 9433312597, 9433735725 9836697974 22 Hooghly Chandannagar Subdivision Mofajjela Khatun 03212-268546 9432099224
23 Hooghly Arambagh Sub. Div. And Jangipara Block Molla Abidur Rahaman 03212-267806 9732138163 9434402806 24 Howrah Uluberia Sub Div. Sabir Mustak Molla 9831993189
25 Howrah Howrah Municipal Corporation Shamim Ahmed 9831401516 9331828671
Bhabani Bhavan, 2nd Floor (west), Alipore, Kolkata-700027, Phone : 2479-2893/2998, Fax: 2479-2995, Website: www.wbmdfc.org Sl.No District Area Name of the FS Contact No.
26 Jalpaiguri a) Jalpaiguri Subdivision and Haldibari Block & Shahabuddin Ashrafi 0353-2528193 Municipality 9832459896 b) Alipurduar Subdivision (Addl. Charge) 27 Kolkata Ward No. 54,59,60,64,67,69 Afzal Hossain 9830359365
28 Kolkata Ward No. 37, 38 Kausar Ali 9339662954
29 Kolkata Ward No.70-134 Mahamood Khan 033-24594595 9433094595 30 Kolkata Ward No.1-27, 30-35, 39-52 Md. Asif Ali 9433361574
31 Kolkata Ward No.28,29,36 Md. Naim Gouri 033-23520740 9433090461 32 Kolkata Ward No.53, 55-58, 61-63, 46 Md. Naseem Khan 033-23281387 9330947046 33 Kolkata Ward No.135-141 Md. Shamsher Ali 9433585788
34 Kolkata Ward No.65-66 Sk. Samim Ali 9433439216
35 Malda Chanchal Sub.Div. except Ratua-I & II Block Sk. Afsar Ali 03513-253253 9932931724 9933741568 36 Midnapur- East Haldia Municipality Rasimon Nesa 9332974327
37 Midnapur- East (a) Tamluk & Haldia Subdivision except Haldia Sk. Inamur Rahaman 9932999619 Municipality (b) Contai Subdivision (Addl. Charge) 38 Murshidabad Berhampore Sub.Div. Azad Hossain 9434124811 9733610423 39 Murshidabad Raninagar-I & II and Bhagwangola-II Block Dilabar Sk. 03482-270738 9333351141 40 Murshidabad Kandi Sub.Div. Md. Hassan 03484-230073 9732609012 41 Murshidabad Domkal Sub. Div. Except Rainnagar-I & II Block Md. Mizanul Islam 9732568879
Bhabani Bhavan, 2nd Floor (west), Alipore, Kolkata-700027, Phone : 2479-2893/2998, Fax: 2479-2995, Website: www.wbmdfc.org Sl.No District Area Name of the FS Contact No.
42 Murshidabad Lalbagh Subdivision except Bhagwangola-II Block Najrul Haque 03482-270661 9832141656 9733657005 43 Murshidabad Jangipur Sub. Div. Rofiuddin Ali Ahamed 03483-233225 9434737659 44 Nadia Krishnanagar Sadar except Kaliganj & Nakashipara Block. Azimuddin Mallick 03472-261321 9434165759 9932148920 45 Nadia Ranaghat & Kalyani Sub. Div. Latifuddin Tarafdar 03473-240195 9339630231
46 Nadia Tehatta Sub. Div. And Kaliganj & Nakashipara Block. 0063 Jakir Hossain 03473-241215 9433255593 47 Purulia Purulia Subdivision Azam Dad Khan 9832167640 9932407635 48 Purulia Raghunathpur Subdivision Salim Ansary 9932839376
49 Uttar Dinajpur Raiganj Subdivision, Samsuddin Alam 03525-267116 9733190927 50 Uttar Dinajpur Islampur Subdivision Abdul Samad Sarkar 03522-258069 9733124655
Bhabani Bhavan, 2nd Floor (west), Alipore, Kolkata-700027, Phone : 2479-2893/2998, Fax: 2479-2995, Website: www.wbmdfc.org