Chapter III APPRAISAL, ALLOCATION OF MINORITIES COMPONENT FUND AND APPROVAL OF THE COMPONENT

The Nodal Agency for Minorities Component, shall take up appraisal of the Minorities Component Schemes submitted by Departments, to ensure conformity with the conditions and norms laid down in the Act.

The respective Nodal Agency, while indicating allocation of Minorities Component Fund to the Minorities Component Schemes shall follow the following norms namely,-

1. (a) For schemes exclusively benefiting in Minorities individuals or Minorities households, 100% of scheme cost shall be allocated and accounted for under Minorities Component fund.
2. (b) For schemes benefitting Minorities habitations, 100% of scheme cost shall be allocated and accounted for under Minorities Component fund in case of other habitations the cost shall be allocated and accounted for under Minorities Component in proportion of the population of the Minorities.
3. (c) For general schemes, included in the Component, benefitting Minorities individuals or households, along with others, the scheme cost shall be allocated and accounted for under Minorities Component, in proportion to the Minorities beneficiaries covered;
4. (d) In respect of non-divisible infrastructure works a portion of the scheme cost as may be determined by the Government shall be deemed to have been attributed for Minorities Component.

The schemes that fulfill the norms laid down in the Act shall be recommended by the Nodal Agency for Minorities for including in the Annual Outlay for CSS & SDP Schemes proposals of the departments and aggregated for placing before the State Council for Development of Minorities constituted under section 15 for consideration and approval as a pre-budget process.