Annual report - Performance Management Division

and 1345 and 1367 such centres are proposed to be established during 2010-11 and2011-12 respectively.3.3Ministry of Minority Affairs:(a)(b)An expert group, constituted to study and recommend the structure and functions of anthEqual Opportunity Commission (EOC), submitted its report on 13 March, 2008, theconcept of diversity index has been subsumed in the EOC. The draft Bill for EOC isunder consultation with other Ministries/Departments concerned.The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2010 as passed by the Lok Sabha was referred to SelectstCommittee of the Rajya Sabha on 31 August, 2010. The Report of the SelectCommittee of the Rajya Sabha on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2010 was placed on thethTable of the Rajya Sabha on 16 December, 2011.(c) The Government has accorded ‘in-principle’ approval for restructuring of NationalMinorities Development and Finance Corporation (NMDFC). A consultancy firm whichwas appointed to study and work out the details for restructuring of NMDFC hassubmitted its Reports which are being examined in the Ministry.(d)(e)(f)An inter-ministerial Task Force constituted to devise an appropriate strategy and actionplan for developing 338 identified towns having substantial minority population, hasthsubmitted its report on 8 November, 2007. The concerned Ministries/Departmentshave been advised to give priority in the implementation of their schemes in these 338towns.Three scholarship schemes for minority communities namely, pre-matric scholarshipfrom class-I to X, post-matric scholarship from class XI to PhD and merit-cum-meansscholarship for technical and professional courses at under-graduate and post-graduatelevels have been launched. Under these schemes, ` 649.21 crore have been sanctionedfor award of scholarships to 33.90 lakh students belonging to minority communities upstto 31 December, 2011. Further, a fellowship scheme called Maulana Azad NationalFellowship scheme for M.Phil and Ph.D. scholars has been under implementation.756 fellowships and 3778 renewals have been sanctioned by University GrantsCommission (UGC) and financial assistance for ` 51.98 crore has been released uptost31 December, 2011.The corpus of Maulana Azad Education Foundation (MAEF), which stood at ` 100 crore,was doubled to ` 200 crore in December, 2006. The corpus was, however, increasedthduring 11 Plan Period to ` 700 crore. Under the schemes of MAEF, since 2007-08, 419NGOs have been given grants-in-aid for infrastructure development of educationalinstitutions and 48471 scholarships were awarded to meritorious girls in classes-XI and XII.15