Tenfold increase in Minority Affairs dept budget since TMC came to power in Bengal: Mamata

Over the last nearly 15 years, around 16.31 lakh beneficiaries have received self-employment loans amounting to about Rs 3,926 crore, Banerjee wrote.She also highlighted the state’s top ranking in the implementation of the Multi-Sectoral Development Programme (MSDP), under which more than Rs 4,500 crore has been spent on infrastructure creation in minority-dominated areas.Additional investments have been made through the state-funded IMDP scheme and other infrastructure projects, Banerjee said.Referring to education and social infrastructure, the CM said English-medium model madrasas and integrated schools are being established, Aliah University campuses have been developed in New Town and Park Circus, and maintenance allowances for students in minority hostels have been enhanced.She further said Urdu has been granted official language status in areas with over 10 per cent Urdu-speaking population, a new Haj House has been built at Rajarhat New Town, and outreach on welfare schemes is being strengthened through imams, muezzins and dedicated minority development bodies.”Urdu has been given the status of an official language wherever more than 10 per cent of the population is Urdu-speaking,” she said, adding that regional centres of the Urdu Academy have been opened in Islampur and Asansol.



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