As per the 2011 Census, the population of Religious Minorities in India constitute 23.39 crore out of the total population of 121.09 crore (i.e. 19.28 per cent of total population). Despite many policy initiatives over the last 18 years, large sections of Muslims and other religious minorities are placed at the bottom level in several development indicators such as educational attainment, gender equality and workforce participation (The Strategy Document of NITI Aayog policy).
The fact sheet presents the status of budget allocation, fund utilization, physical performance, and development outcomes of education-related programmes by Department of SC, OBC, Minorities, NCT Delhi. It has made some suggestion for improving the implementation of schemes.