Book Title: Minority Benefits
Author(s): Babita Jain
Publisher: Shrut Samvardhan Samsthan

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________________ (i) The candidate should belong to one of the Minority Communities notified under Section 2 (C) of National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992 and should have passed the Prelims Examination conducted by UPSC; SPSC or SSC etc. (ii) Total family income of the candidates from all sources should not exceed Rs. 4.5 lakh per annum*. (iii) The financial support can be availed by a candidate only once. The candidate will not be eligible to benefit from any other similar Scheme of the Central or State Governments/UT Administrations. In case the candidate decides to opt for other Schemes; he/she will have to forgo the claim from this Ministry and refund the amount if already availed with 10% interest. He/she needs to give an affidavit to the effect, that he/she is not availing such benefit from any other source. Note* : Income from all sources which has been projected as Rs. 4.5 lakh in para 3(ii) above is subject to change with change in creamy layer exemption/ceiling over the 12th plan period and beyond. 3. Procedure : Every year Ministry of Minority Affairs will advertise for inviting applications from eligible candidates through News Papers and on its website. Eligible candidates will apply to this Ministry on the pro forma developed for this purpose under the Scheme. Cost/Number of Beneficiaries : Every year up to a maximum of 800 candidates will be given financial support under the scheme throughout the country on fulfilling the eligibility criteria till the budgetary allocation is exhausted. Selection of the candidates will be based on merit in case of limited number of slots available for any particular community. Till the Census of 2011 is available the Ministry will use the figures of 2001 Census. The physical distribution of benefits to different notified minority communities will be as follows: Muslims: 568; Christians: 96; Sikhs:80; Buddhists:32; Parsis: 7; Jains: 17. The rate of financial assistance will be maximum Rs. Fifty thousand(Rs. 50,000/for Gazetted Post; and Rs 25,000/- for Non- Gazetted Post) only as support to the minority candidates who have cleared the Prelims conducted by Union Public Service Commissions; Staff Selection Commissions or State Public Service Commissions etc for Group 'A' and 'B' Civil Services. 5. Terms and Conditions for Candidates : (i) The candidate should submit the proof of passing of preliminary examination conducted by Union Public Services Commission, State Public Services Commission, Staff Selection Commission etc. or equal examination for Group 'A' and 'B'( Gazetted and Non Gazetted ) Civil Services. This consists of Roll Number slip, Identity Card and Result. Benefits 133

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