All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday criticised the Centre for reducing the budgetary allocation for the Ministry of Minority Affairs, including funds earmarked for educational schemes.
In a Twitter thread, Mr. Owaisi said that the Centre had slashed the budget, compared to last year, by ₹1,024 crore, and pointed out that allocations were cut in educational schemes like the Maulana Azad National Fellowship for minority students.
“As per revised estimate, the allocations have been reduced by ₹75 crore for the Maulana Azad National Fellowship for minority students, ₹25 crore for free coaching scheme, and ₹8 crore for interest subsidy on educational loans for overseas studies,” Mr. Owaisi tweeted, even as he underscored that ₹2 crore was reduced for students clearing Civil Service exams. “The cut for the educational schemes comes to ₹110 cr. For skill development & livelihood schemes, allocations have been cut by ₹175…