The Ministry of Minority Affairs with its Rs digital sweepRs has left no scope for middlemen with benefits like that of scholarships going directly into the banks account of the minority students, according to Union Minister for Minority Affairs (Independent charge) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.
It has been ensured that benefits of development reach directly "to every needy of the society", the Minister said.He said the Modi Government is moving ahead for "transformation through transparency and efficiency".
Inaugurating a workshop of Inspecting Authorities of Maulana Azad Education Foundation (MaEF), he said that he himself is monitoring all the schemes of Minority Affairs so that benefits of these schemes reach to the needy with complete transparency.
The Minister said his ministry has gone completely digital.
"This digital system has not left any space for middlemen. It has ensured that fruits of development are reaching directly to every needy of the society. Various scholarships are being given directly into banks accounts of students. Be it welfare schemes or Haj affairs, our Ministry has ensured complete transparency", he claimed.
Naqvi said that he has directed the officials of Ministry of Minority Affairs to reach out to the people at ground level to take stock of implementation of various schemes and programmes run by the Ministry.
Initiation of "Progress Panchayat" , he said was with an aim to take ground level report of various schemes; to listen to problems of the common people and take steps to resolve their problems.
The workshop was organised specially for equipping the Inspecting Authorities with the knowledge about various schemes of Ministry of Minority Affairs and procedure of the financial assistance provided by Ministry to NGOs and other institutions for implementation of the schemes.
These Inspecting Authorities give their recommendations based on their findings for sanctioning grant-in-aid by MaEF. The grant-in-aid is sanctioned on the basis of the recommendations and reports of these Inspecting Authorities.