Educational Empowerment Schemes

• Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme & Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme: Under these schemes, scholarship is provided to minority students whose family income is within a threshold limit. 30% scholarships are earmarked for girl students.
• Padho Pardesh: Under the scheme interest subsidy is provided to students of minority communities on educational loans, for overseas higher studies. 35% seats are earmarked for girl students
• Nai Udaan: Support is provided to minority candidates clearing Preliminary examination conducted by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), State Public Service Commission (PSC), Staff Selection Commission (SSC) etc. 

Employment Oriented Schemes:

• Seekho Aur Kamao: Skill development scheme for youth of 14 – 45 years age group and aiming at providing employment and employment opportunities, improving the employability of existing workers, school dropouts etc.
• USTTAD (Upgrading the Skills and Training in Traditional Arts/Crafts for Development): An effective platform to provide self-employment, market and opportunity to traditional artisans and craft persons from the minority communities. Hunar Haats are being organised across the Country to provide employment opportunities and markets to artisans/craftsmen.
• Nai Manzil: A scheme for formal school education & skilling of school dropouts or educated in community educational institutions like Madrasas.
• Nai Roshni: Leadership development of women belonging to minority communities and non-minority communities (not exceeding 25% of each batch).

Infrastructure Development Scheme:

• Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK): It seeks to provide better socio economic infrastructure facilities to the minority communities which would further lead to lessening of the gap between the national average and the minority communities with regard to backwardness parameters. Under PMJVK, 80% of the resources would be utilized for projects related to education, health and skill development of which at least 33- 40% will be earmarked for creation of assets/facilities for women/girls.

Special Schemes:

• Jiyo Parsi: Scheme for containing population decline of Parsis in India.
• Hamari Dharohar: A scheme to preserve the rich heritage of minority communities of India under the overall concept of Indian culture.