"Empowerment without appeasement and development with dignity" is the new mantra of the Narendra Modi government to carry out welfare programmes for the minorities, Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said in Lok Sabha on Thursday. Naqvi said the minorities meant six centrally notified minority communities-- Jain, Buddhist, Sikh, Parsi, Muslim and Christian and not Muslims alone. The minister said there is not a single district in the country where minorities were not benefited from the welfare programmes initiated by the Modi government since 2014. Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas," he said. Naqvi said the annual allocation for the Ministry of Minority Affairs during the last three years were Rs 3827.26 crore (2016-17), Rs 4195.48 crore (2017-18) and Rs 4700.00 crore (2018-19).

Source: dna July 18, 2019 11:14 UTC