MINORITIES ACTION PLAN: 2021-22 (BUDGET ALLOCATIONS TO MINORITIES WELFARE DEPARTMENT) (As presented to the Legislature in May, 2021) Buggana Rajendranath Minister for Finance 1 MINORITIES ACTION PLAN: 2021-22 (BUDGET ALLOCATIONS TO MINORITIES WELFARE DEPARTMENT) (A ) POPULATION: Total Population of Andhra Pradesh - 493.84 lakhs Total Minority Population - 43.46 lakhs (8.8%) (B) COMPOSITION: Muslims - 36.18 lakhs (7.32% of Total Population) Christians - 6.83 lakhs (1.38% of Total Population) Sikhs - 0.10 lakhs (0.02% of Total Population) Buddhist - 0.04 lakhs (0.01% of Total Population) Jains - 0.27 lakhs (0.05% of Total Population) Parsis - 0.04 lakhs (0.01% of Total Population) (C) DISTRICT WISE POPULATION: Total Minorities Sl.No Name of the District Percentage(%) Population Population 1 Srikakulam 2703114 28383 1.05 2 Vizianagaram 2344474 35402 1.51 3 Visakhapatnam 4290589 169049 3.94 4 East Godavari 5154296 160814 3.12 5 West Godavari 3936966 197636 5.02 6 Krishna 4517398 461226 10.21 7 Guntur 4887813 654479 13.39 8 Prakasam 3397448 239859 7.06 9 Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore 2963557 317990 10.73 10 YSR Kadapa 2882469 486273 16.87 11 Kurnool 4053463 707735 17.46 12 Anantapur 4081148 466475 11.43 13 Chittoor 4174064 424502 10.17 TOTAL 49386799 4349824 8.81 2 MINORITIES ACTION PLAN 2021-22 The need to protect the interest of the Minorities has been recognized by the Constitution of India. Several national level committees and experts have emphasized the necessity for the equitable development of minorities. Minorities population of the state is 43,49,824 and providing adequate resources to the minorities is important to benefit this population. Therefore, the Government proposes to introduce a Minorities Action Plan from the year 2021-22 ,which will document the allocations made for the Minorities in the budget, under different programs and schemes of all the Departments. This will help in tracking and monitoring the allocations and expenditure over the years and thereby help better outcomes. An allocation of Rs.3840.72 Crores is allotted to the Minorities Action Plan 2021-22. A Brief Summary of Financial Allocations made under Different Departments for the year 2021-22: B.E. 2021-22 Name of the Department (Rs. in Lakhs) Minorities Welfare Department 142419.00 Backward Classes Department 387.53 Health, Medical & Family Welfare Department 440.00 Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development & Fisheries Dept. 30.98 Housing Department 57200.00 Agriculture & Co-Operation Department 352.00 School Education Department 126.34 Municipal Administration & Urban Development Department 2059.20 Consumer Affairs Food & Civil Supplies Department 26402.06 Horticulture Department 4013.93 Fisheries Department 924.00 Intermediate Education Department 201.04 Welfare of Differently Abled, Transgender and Senior 243.42 Citizens Women, Children Welfare Department 28493.97 Energy Department 44000.00 Information, Technologies & Communications 38.93 Department Industries & Commerce Department 448.80 Total: 307781.19 3 THE DEPARTMENT WISE ALLOCATION COVERS THREE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES : Support Schemes and Welfare Measures Beneficiary oriented Schemes (Self Employment / Economic support) Creation of Permanent Infrastructure SCHEMES SECURING DIRECT AND QUANTIFIABLE BENEFITS: For Schemes exclusively benefitting Minorities individuals or Minorities Households, 100% of Scheme cost shall be allocated and accounted for. For Schemes benefitting Minorities Habitations, 100% of Scheme cost shall be allocated and accounted for. For General Schemes benefitting Minorities individuals or Minorities Households along with others, the Scheme cost shall be allocated and accounted for, in proportion to the Minorities beneficiaries covered. In respect of non-divisible infrastructure works, a portion of the Scheme cost as may be determined by the Government shall be deemed to have been dedicated to Minorities. MINORITIES WELFARE DEPARTMENT An amount of Rs. 1 4 2 4 1 9 . 0 0 Lakhs is provided for the year 2021-22 and the details of the Schemes along with budgetary allocations are as follows. Amount Sl. Allocated for Name of the Scheme No. 2021-22 (Rs. in Lakhs) 1 Maintenance of District Hostels 243.19 2 A.P. State Waqf Board 50.30 3 Assistance to Centre for Educational Development 153.15 of Minorities (CEDM) 4 Assistance to A.P. State Haj Committee 92.10 5 Haj Committee - Support of Haj Piligrims 2500.00 6 Incentives to Imams & Mouzans 8000.00 7 Pensions to Old Age Persons & Widows 53206.57 8 Old Age Pensions to Artists 5.40 9 Pensions to Single Women 2201.46 10 Pensions to AIDS Patients 349.09 4 11 Pensions to Dialysis Patients (CKDU) 630.38 12 Pensions to Disabled Persons 9983.75 13 Pensions to Fishermen 65.09 14 Pensions to Toddy Tappers 15.37 15 Pension to Thalassemia, Sickle Cell disease & 140.71 Severe Haemophilia Patients 16 Pension to Other Patients 602.80 17 Pension to Multi deformity leprosy patients 78.35 18 A.P. State Minorities Finance Corporation Limited 622.06 (Salaries) 19 APSMFC - Economic Support - Backend Subsidy to 161.84 Mobile Dispensing Units 20 APSCMFC Y.S.R. Pension Kanuka (Old Age 5.21 Pensions to Artists) 21 A.P. State Christian Minorities Finance Corporation 75.60 (Welfare Scheme) 22 APSCMFC (visit to Holy Land Jerusalem) 250.00 23 APSCMFC (Insurance & Maintenance for Autos and 150.00 Cabs Drivers – Vahana Mithra) 24 APSCMFC (Nethanna Nestham) 10.00 25 APSCMFC (Support for Barbers, Tailors and 30.00 Washermen - Jagananna Chedodu) 26 APSCMFC (Financial Assistance to Hawkers) 25.00 27 APSCMFC (Jagananna Vidya Deevena – RTF) 1047.63 28 APSCMFC (Jagananna Vasathi Deevena – MTF) 886.93 29 APSCMFC (Law Nestham) 50.00 30 APSCMFC (Incentives to Pastors) 4000.00 31 APSCMFC (Jagananna Chedodu) 30.00 32 APSMFC (Insurance & Maintenance for Autos and 3859.53 Cabs Drivers – Vahana Mithra) 33 APSMFC (Support for Barbers, Tailors and 1842.01 Washermen - Jagananna Chedodu) 34 APSMFC (YSR Nethanna Nestham) 540.48 35 APSMFC (Financial Assistance to Hawkers) 140.00 36 APSMFC (Jagananna Vidya Deevena – RTF) 14981.75 37 APSMFC (Jaganna Vasathi Deevena – MTF) 12420.75 38 APSMFC (Law Nestham) 66.00 39 Pradhan Manthri Jana Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK- 12696.80 CSS) 40 Pradhan Manthri Jana Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK- 8464.53 MSS) 41 Assistance to A.P. State Urdu Academy Salaries 34.27 42 Assistance to A.P. State Urdu Academy 89.50 5 43 Survey Commissioner of Waqfs 137.90 44 A.P. Residential Educational Institutions Society 191.00 (APREIS) 45 A.P. State Dudekula Muslim Cooperative Society 372.00 Federation Limited 46 Protection of Waqf Properties (Capital Head) 10.00 47 Construction of Buildings for Hostels & Residential 500.00 Schools 47 A.P. State Dudekula Muslim Cooperative Society 100.00 Federation Limited (Construction of Buildings for District Dudekula Centres) 48 A.P. State Christian Minorities Finance Corporation 100.00 (Capital Head) 49 Construction of Urdu Ghar-cum-Shadikhana (Capital 100.00 Head) 50 Survey Commissioner of Waqfs (Capital Head) 0.50 51 Survey Commissioner of Waqfs (Capital Head) 10.00 52 Assistance to Andhra Pradesh Haj Committee 100.00 Total: 142419.00 In addition to the above, the following schemes namely Jagananna Amma Vodi, YSR Cheyutha and YSR Aasara budget allocation will be released to the A.P. State Minorities Finance Corporation, A.P. State Christian Minorities Finance Corporation and A.P. State Noorbash Dudekula Muslim Cooperative Society Federation Limited through State Development Corporation: Amount Sl. Allocated for Number of Name of the Scheme No. 2021-22 Beneficiaries (Rs. in Lakhs) 1.1 APSCMFC (YSR Cheyutha) 1772.07 9,451 1.2 APSCMFC (YSR Aasara) 1348.00 13,480 1.3 APSCMFC (Jagananna Amma Vodi) 1809.92 12,067 2.1 APSMFC (YSR Cheyutha) 44924.82 2,39,599 2.2 APSMFC (YSR Aasara) 13148.00 1,31,480 2.3 APSMFC (Jagananna Amma Vodi) 6748.28 44,989 1 A.P. State Noorbasha Dudekula Muslim 6540.10 43,600 Cooperative Society Federation Limited (Amma Vodi) Total: 76291.19 A) MAINTENANCE OF DISTRICT HOSTELS : 6 There are 15 Pre-Matric Hostels and 13 Post Matric Hostels functioning in the State. The following Hostels are being run by the Minorities Welfare Department. There are 16 Hostels Functioning in the state i.e., 6 Pre-Matric Minorities Hostels and 10 Post Matric Hostels are functioning in rented buildings in the districts, for admission of students from 3rd to 10th Class & Intermediate to Ph.D. Students respectively. Further, Under PMJVK 13 hostel buildings are sanctioned of which (12) i.e., 9 Pre-Matric Hostel and 3 Post Matric Hostel buildings are constructed in the State and one Post Matric Hostel building is under construction at Chittoor districts and the functioning of these Hostels may start after sanctioning of the Posts. 28 Hostels (15 for Pre-Matric Hostels & 13 Post Matric Hostels), B. GOVERNMENT HOSTELS: Existing Hostels (16- Hostels) S. Type of Hostel Sanctioned Name of the District NO Name of (PRE/POST) & Number of Cadre Present Block/Town (BOYS/ Hostels strength for Strength GIRLS) students Madanapalli PRE- BOYS 100 24 1 Chittoor 2 Tirupati POST-GIRLS 50 26 Vijayawada PRE- BOYS 100 0 2 Krishna 2 Vijayawada POST-BOYS 50 40 3 Visakapatanam Gajuwaka POST-BOYS 1 50 0 Ananthapur PRE- GIRLS 100 61 4 Ananthapur 2 Ananthapur POST - BOYS 50 50 Bara Imam PRE- GIRLS 100 24 5 Guntur Panja 2 Adandapet POST-GIRLS 50 26 Urdu High PRE- GIRLS 100 68 School 6 Kurnool Ganesh Nagar POST-BOYS 3 50 24 Nandyal POST-BOYS 50 20 Kadapa PRE- BOYS 100 37 Mamillapalli POST-BOYS 50 37 7 YSR Kadapa 4 Rajampet POST-BOYS 100 46 Rajampet POST-GIRLS 100 45 TOTAL 16 1150 655 Hostel buildings constructed under PMJVK(MsDP): 7 New Hostels (under PMJVK -13 Hostels) Sanctioned Type of Hostel Sl.N Name of the Name of Number of Cadre (PRE/POST) & Remarks o District Block/Town Hostels strength for (BOYS/GIRLS) students PRE - GIRLS 100 Kadiri (MCT) 1 PRE - BOYS 100 Anantapur 4 Gunthakal PRE-GIRLS 100 (MCT) POST-BOYS 100 Narasaraopet PRE-GIRLS 100 2 Guntur 2 (MCT) POST-BOYS 100 Functioning of these Nadayala 3 Kurnool POST-BOYS 1 100 Hostels will start after (MCT) sanctioning of Posts.