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Showing all verified Central and State programs operating in Odisha supporting the minority affairs & inclusion sector.
Small farmers, landless agricultural workers, and vulnerable families across Odisha receive structured income aid under the KALIA (Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation) program. Healthcare security is bolstered through the Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY), which furnishes cashless medical cards to millions of families. These entitlements are coordinated by the Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Empowerment alongside the Health and Family Welfare Department.
All eligibility criteria, benefit amounts, and application portals listed here are sourced directly from official .gov.in / .nic.in portals and verified under Eligo's 180-day re-verification SLA.
Financial scholarship providing up to ₹6,000 per annum for meritorious girl students belonging to notified minority communities studying in Classes 9 to 12.
Direct scholarship of ₹5,000 for Class 9-10 and ₹6,000 for Class 11-12 for meritorious girls belonging to 6 notified minorities.
Annual scholarship of ₹6,000 for meritorious minority girl students in Class 11 and 12 who secured at least 50% marks in Class 10 board exams.
Annual scholarship of ₹5,000 for meritorious minority girl students studying in Class 9 and Class 10 who secured at least 50% marks.
Annual recurring grant-in-aid of ₹3,000 per child per month for food, clothing, healthcare, and formal education for destitute minority orphans.
Interest-free term loans up to ₹3 Crore for State Waqf Boards and Mutawallis to develop commercial complexes, shopping centres, and hospitals on Waqf lands.
Financial grant up to ₹10 Lakh for preserving Buddhist, folk, and indigenous tangible/intangible Himalayan heritage available across districts in All India.
Fellowships and project grants up to ₹15 Lakh for preserving traditional literature, calligraphy, textiles, and art forms.
Monthly fellowship of ₹12,000 for 1 year for young artists mastering traditional Arabic, Persian, Tibetan, and Urdu calligraphy and sacred arts.
Grant-in-aid support up to ₹1 Crore for research, documentation, digital archiving, and curation of minority cultural heritage, manuscripts, and arts.
100% financial assistance up to ₹10 Lakh per cycle for ART/IVF fertility treatments and child support for Parsi families.
Monthly cash assistance of ₹4,000 per child from birth up to 10 years of age for Parsi parents to offset creche, schooling, and nutrition expenses.
Financial assistance up to ₹8 Lakh per cycle for IVF, IUI, and advanced fertility medical treatments to arrested population decline in the Parsi Zoroastrian community.
Monthly financial assistance of ₹4,000 per dependent elderly person (up to ₹8,000 per couple) to support living expenses and healthcare in Parsi families.
Prestigious research fellowship of ₹37,000/month (JRF) and ₹42,000/month (SRF) for minority scholars pursuing regular, full-time M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees.
Concessional loans up to ₹2 Lakh at an ultra-low 3% interest rate for minority persons with disabilities to acquire assistive devices and vocational toolkits.
Concessional term loans up to ₹20 Lakh at 6% interest for commercially viable micro and small enterprises founded by notified minority entrepreneurs.
Concessional term loans up to ₹30 Lakh at 8% interest (6% for women) for minority entrepreneurs with family income up to ₹8 Lakh per annum.
Concessional loans up to ₹15 Lakh at 6% to 8% interest for certified minority pharmacists and lab technicians to set up retail pharmacies and testing labs.
Concessional education loans up to ₹20 Lakh at an ultra-subsidized 3% interest rate for minority students pursuing professional and technical degrees in India.
Concessional education loans up to ₹30 Lakh at 8% interest (5% for female students) for middle-income minority students with family income up to ₹8 Lakh.
Concessional education loans up to ₹30 Lakh at 4% interest for minority students pursuing postgraduate and doctoral studies in top global universities.
Concessional foreign education loans up to ₹50 Lakh at 8% interest (5% for female students) for minority students with family income up to ₹8 Lakh.
Concessional loans up to ₹15 Lakh at 6% to 8% interest for setting up bakeries, spice grinding mills, fruit pulping, oil expellers, and meat processing units.
Subsidized loans up to ₹5 Lakh at 4% to 6% interest for minority weavers to upgrade handlooms to motorized drop-boxes, electronic jacquards, and yarn stock.
Concessional loans up to ₹25 Lakh at 6% to 8% interest for qualified minority doctors, dentists, and Ayush practitioners to establish clinics.
Concessional loans up to ₹10 Lakh at 6% interest for purchasing tractors, power tillers, rotavators, and harvesters for minority farmers.
Concessional term loans up to ₹10 Lakh at 6% interest for setting up and modernizing leather goods, shoe-making, and saddlery manufacturing units.
Collateral-free micro-credit up to ₹1 Lakh at an ultra-low 4% interest rate combined with skill training for poor minority women.
Collateral-free micro-enterprise loan up to ₹1.5 Lakh at 8% interest for minority women with family income up to ₹8 Lakh per annum.
Group micro-credit up to ₹1 Lakh per member (up to ₹20 Lakh per SHG) at 7% interest through partner NGOs and State Channelizing Agencies.
Group micro-credit up to ₹1.5 Lakh per member (up to ₹30 Lakh per SHG) at 10% interest for minority SHG members with family income up to ₹8 Lakh.
Low-interest working capital and setup loans up to ₹5 Lakh at 6% interest for grocery shops, clothing retail, hardware, and mobile repair stores.
Concessional loans up to ₹10 Lakh at 5% to 6% interest for setting up solar charging hubs, rooftop solar setups, bio-waste units, and clean energy enterprises.
Concessional loans up to ₹15 Lakh at 6% to 8% interest for purchasing auto-rickshaws, commercial taxis, e-rickshaws, and mini-trucks.
Concessional artisan credit up to ₹10 Lakh at a subsidized 5% interest rate (4% for female craftswomen) to preserve and modernize traditional craft heritage.
Concessional artisan business loans up to ₹10 Lakh at 6% interest (5% for women craftspersons) for master craftspersons with family income up to ₹8 Lakh.
Concessional loans up to ₹10 Lakh at 5% to 6% interest for master wood carvers, brassware artisans, and metal embosers to install CNC routers and dust collectors.
6-day residential or non-residential leadership, financial literacy, and civic rights training with ₹100/day meal stipend for women.
5-day fully residential leadership academy with free lodging, boarding, study visits, and civic training for emerging minority women leaders.
6-day village-level leadership, financial literacy, digital banking, and legal rights training with daily travel allowance for minority women.
Direct cash grant of ₹1,00,000 for clearing UPSC Civil Services Prelims and ₹50,000 for State PSC Prelims supporting beneficiaries across All India.
UGC-linked research fellowship of ₹37,000/month (JRF) and ₹42,000/month (SRF) for OBC and minority researchers pursuing regular M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees.
Financial grant assistance up to ₹25 Lakh for flying hours and aviation ground training for meritorious minority youth pursuing Commercial Pilot License.
100% free professional coaching with ₹3,000 monthly outstation stipend for minority aspirants preparing for UPSC, State PSC, SSC, and Banking exams.
100% free two-year/one-year intensive coaching for Class 11, 12, and drop-out minority science students preparing for JEE Main, JEE Advanced, and NEET.
Direct welfare assistance, residential school admissions, and health access in 1,300+ identified Minority Concentration Areas.
Capital grants up to ₹1 Crore for setting up IT-enabled Common Service Centres (CSCs) and vocational skill development hubs in minority-dense areas.
Central grants up to ₹15 Crore for constructing residential schools and hostels for minority students to reduce dropout rates in rural and backward pockets.
100% central grant assistance up to ₹2.5 Crore for constructing multi-purpose community centres (Sadbhav Mandaps) in minority concentration blocks.
Grant-in-aid up to ₹5 Crore for constructing secure, subsidized working women hostels with day-care creche facilities in minority urban clusters.
100% interest subsidy during moratorium period on overseas educational loans up to ₹20 Lakh for minority students available across districts in All India.
100% central interest subsidy during the moratorium period on bank education loans for minority students pursuing Masters, M.Phil., and Ph.D. abroad.
Central scheme reimbursing 100% interest accrued during moratorium period on educational loans taken by minority students pursuing Master's, M.Phil, or Ph.D. degrees abroad.
Central scholarship supporting students from notified minority communities pursuing higher education from Class 11 up to Ph.D. level.
Area development program financing schools, degree colleges, ITIs, primary health centers, and working women hostels in minority concentration areas across India.
Integrated umbrella scheme combining USTTAD, Hamari Dharohar, and Nai Roshni to provide skill training, market linkages, artisan credit support, and leadership development for minority communities.
Centrally funded scholarship supporting students belonging to notified minority communities studying in secondary school Classes 9 and 10.
100% free NSQF-aligned modular skill training with minimum 75% guaranteed placement and ₹1,500 monthly stipend for minority youth aged 14 to 35.
100% free fully residential technical skill training with secure hostel accommodation, meals, healthcare, and formal placements for minority girls.
Free NSQF-aligned skill training with monthly stipend of ₹1,500 and guaranteed minimum 75% job placement for minority youth.
Grant assistance up to ₹50,000 for product cataloging, professional photography, digital branding, and direct listing on Amazon, Flipkart, and GeM.
Free exhibition stalls, daily travel allowances, and boarding/lodging subsidies for minority artisans and traditional culinary experts at Hunar Haats.
Monthly stipend of ₹3,000 for young minority apprentices and ₹15,000 monthly honorarium for master craftspersons passing down traditional heritage crafts.
100% central grant support to State Waqf Boards for GIS mapping, geo-tagging, satellite boundary verification, and digital indexing of Waqf properties.