PM’s 15-Point Program for the Welfare of Minorities

It was launched in 2005 for the welfare of minority community. It has 4 major dimensions:

Enhancing Opportunities for Education
- Equitable availability of ICDS Services
- Improving access to School Education
- Greater resources for teaching Urdu
- Modernizing Madrasa’s Education
- Scholarships for meritorious students from minority communities
- Improving educational infrastructure through the Maulana Azad Education Foundation.
Equitable Share in Economic Activities and Employment
- Self-Employment and Wage Employment for the poor
- Up-gradation of skill through technical training
- Enhanced credit support for economic activities
- Recruitment to State and Central Services
Improving the Conditions of Living of Minorities
- Equitable share in rural housing scheme
- Improvement in condition of slums inhabited by minority communities.
Prevention & Control of Communal Riots
- Prevention of communal incidents
- Prosecution for communal offences
- Rehabilitation of victims of communal riots.

The Ministry of Minority Affairs implement following schemes on the lines of 15 point program–

Scholarships - Pre-matric scholarship and Post-matric scholarship
Merit-cum-Means based scholarship
Maulana Azad National Fellowship
Schemes of Maulana Azad Education Foundation (MAEF) for promotion of education
Naya Savera – Free Coaching and Allied Scheme
Financial Assistance (Loan schemes of National Minority Development & Finance Commission (NMDFC).