By TwoCircles.net News Desk,
New Delhi: The Central Government has approved inclusion of two Members of Parliament from Lok Sabha and one Member of Parliament from Rajya Sabha representing the State and two Members of the Legislative Assembly in the State Level Committee for implementation of the Prime Minister’s New 15- Point Programme for the Welfare of Minorities.
While MPs will be nominated by the Central Government MLAs will be nominated by the State Government.
One of the Members included in the State Level Committee from Lok Sabha and Legislative Assembly should have been elected from any of the minority concentration district in those states which have minority concentration districts (MCDs), Salman Khurshid, Minister of Minority Affairs told the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
In reply to an unstarred question in the Lok Sabha, Salman Khurshid informed the House that in respect of District Level Committee for implementation of the Prime Minister’s New 15- Point Programme, besides one Member of Parliament from Rajya Sabha representing the State to be nominated by the Central Government, all Members of Parliament and all Members of Legislative Assembly representing the district would be included in the District Committee. These modifications would apply similarly to the State Level and District Level Committees for implementation of the multi-sectoral Development Programme for minority concentration districts.
He also said that the budgetary allocation for Multi-Sectoral Development Programmes (MSDP) during the current financial year is Rs.990/- crores.