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The Union authorities is successful the process of seeking support of the Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC) to reconstruct assistance for number communities, Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju informed the Lok Sabha connected Wednesday (December 3, 2025).
The Minister was responding to a question asked by Communist Party of India (Marxist) MP Amra Ram. Mr. Ram had asked the authorities for the twelvemonth from which the assistance for the students belonging to number communities was discontinued on with the reasons for the same. He besides sought details whether the authorities projected to reconstruct it from this year; and if so, by when.
The Minister successful a written effect stated that the Ministry of Minority Affairs had implemented pre-matric, post-matric, merit-cum-means based scholarship schemes for students from the six notified spiritual number communities.
“Considering the alleged embezzlement of funds nether the assistance schemes, the Ministry, on the ground of reddish flags generated by National Scholarships Portal, requested investigating bureau and States/UTs for verification of suspicious institutions and to instrumentality punitive enactment against the defaulters. The schemes arsenic specified person not been approved for implementation beyond 2021-22,” the Minister said.
He added that Ministry is successful the process of seeking EFC support connected the assistance schemes for 16th Finance Commission rhythm which statesman from April 01, 2026.
