Annual report - Performance Management Division

(b)(c)Districts having a large absolute minority population exceeding 5 lakh and thepercentage of minority population exceeding 20% but less than 25% wereidentified in 29 States/UTs.In the six States/UTs, where a minority community is in majority, districtshaving 15% of minority population, other than that of the minority communityin a majority in that State/UT were identified.(ii) Thereafter, the position of these districts in terms of “backwardness” was evaluatedagainst the two sets of socio-economic and basic amenities indicators. 90 MinorityConcentration Districts(MCDs) having a substantial minority population, which are relativelybackward and falling behind the national average in terms of socio-economic and basicamenities indicators, have been identified in 2007 based on population data and thebackwardness parameters of 2001 Census. Out of the 90 minority concentration districts,53 districts have been classified in category ‘A’. Category ‘A’ districts fall behind in bothsocio-economic and basic amenities parameters. The remaining 37 districts fall undercategory ‘B’ of which 20 districts fall behind in socio-economic parameters and 17 districts inbasic amenities parameters These have been classified as sub-category ‘B1’ and ‘B2’respectively. The lists of these districts are in Annexure IV-A, IV-B and IV-C.4.5 The Government while approving the identification of 90 MCDs directed forimplementation of a special area development programme.5.6 A baseline survey was assigned to the Indian Council of Social Science Research(ICSSR), New Delhi to identify the ‘development deficit’ of these districts. The survey hasbeen carried out by the research institutes affiliated to ICSSR, New Delhi.20