The Ministry of Human Resource Development implements two schemes under which funds have been earmarked for the educational empowerment of minorities, the details of which are as under:-

(i) Scheme for Providing Quality Education in Madarsa (SPQEM)

(ii) Scheme for Infrastructure Development of Private Aided/Unaided Minority Institutes (IDMI) (Elementary/Secondary/Senior Secondary Schools).

An amount of Rs. 375.00 crore has been earmarked for SPQEM and IDMI during the year 2014-15. Out of this, an amount of Rs.11.01 crore has been released till date to 118 Minority Institutions as per details given below:

Name of the State Amount (Rs.in lakh) No. of Institutions Haryana 11.08 06 Karnataka 291.51 20 Madhya Pradesh 32.11 04 Maharashtra 535.58 52 Uttarakhand 15.02 03 Mizoram 205.84 31 Tamil Nadu 4.88 01 Uttar Pradesh 5.33 01 Total 1101.35 118

This information was given by the Union Human Resource Development Minister, Smt. Smriti Irani in a written reply to the Lok Sabha question.

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