The Government has decided to provide same benefits available to Scheduled Castes to minorities also under the welfare programmes.
To enable the Minorities to progress in education Minority Residential Schools have been established. Fifty percent of the schools are exclusively for the girls belonging to Minority community to enable them to become self-reliant stand on their own. At the time of the formation of the State, there were only 12 Minority Residential Schools with meagre facilities. Telangana Government increase their number to 204 and provided all the facilities. In this financial year an amount of Rs.561 crore has been allocated for Minority Residential Schools. One lakh Minority students are studying in the schools.
In the prestigious educational institution ‘Jamia Nizamia’, a spacious auditorium has been constructed by the Government at a cost of Rs.15 crore.
For the construction of Islamic Cultural Convention Centre, the Government has allotted 10 acres of land in Kokapeta. Works will commence very shortly.
For a group of 100 minority students preparing for Civil Services examinations the Government is organizing quality training courses at a place and educational institution of their choice.
For 1,684 Minority students willing to pursue their education abroad, an amount of Rs.294 crore has been sanctioned under Overseas Scholarship Scheme.
Construction of buildings for 54 minority residential schools has been taken up at a cost of Rs.1054 crore.
The Government is celebrating the festivals of Ramzan and Christmas as State Festivals on a grand scale. On these occasions new clothes have been distributed to 7 lakh poor Muslims and Christians. The Government is partaking in their happiness by organizing community dinners.
Through the Minority Development Corporation, special support is been made available to the minorities. Subsidy is being given on the loans taken for self-employment. Under Shadi Mubharak, 1,75,924 people were benefitted.
