The sharp drop in the budgetary allocation for the ministry of minority affairs has left a significant impact on educational schemes. Two of them were discontinued before the budget was announced while five others now have massive fund cuts.
The ministry’s allocation has seen a drop of 17 percent in this budget as compared to the Narendra Modi government’s first budget in 2014. While it was allocated its highest amount in the nine years of the Modi government last year, it had spent only 48 percent – less than half – of the allocated sum.
