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- 1DEMAND No. 9ப.1
Minorities Welfare is Demand No.9, within the Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare Department.
- 2Directorate of Minorities Welfare was established on 01.08.2007 headed by an IAS Officerப.9
The Directorate of Minorities Welfare, 01.08.2007, was created to give shape to the recommendations of the Justice Rajindar Sachar Committee - the single most important origin fact here.
- 3Tamil Nadu Act 33 of 2007 was enacted for providing a 3.5 percent separate reservationப.13
Tamil Nadu Act 33 of 2007 carves a 3.5% separate reservation for Backward Class Muslims out of the 30% BC quota, in force from 15.09.2007. Quote the Act number and the date.
- 4"Mohammadan Gosha Widow Charity" was started by the Nawab of Arcot (Nawab of Karnataka) in 1892ப.13
The Muslim Women's Aid Society began as the Mohammadan Gosha Widow Charity, founded by the Nawab of Arcot in 1892 - one of the oldest welfare institutions still funded by the State.
- 5registered under the Societies Registrationப.14
Registered under the Societies Registration Act in 1976, chaired by the District Collector of Chennai; the model was extended to every district in 2007.
- 6a matching grant that is twice the collected amount, at a ratio of 1:2ப.15
The State matches donations 1:2 up to ₹20 lakh a society a year - ₹4.88 crore for Muslim Women Aid Societies in 2026-27 and ₹3.39 crore for the Christian ones.
- 7Christian Women Aid Societies have been established in all the 38 districtsப.16
Christian Women Aid Societies now run in all 38 districts on the same seed money of ₹1 lakh and the same 1:2 matching formula.
- 8an incentive of Rs.500 is provided to girl students studying in Classes 3 to 5ப.17
Rural minority girls get ₹500 in classes 3 to 5 and ₹1,000 in class 6, subject to a parental income limit of ₹1 lakh. Allocation ₹2.75 crore.
- 9the educational scholarship provided by the Central Government to minority students studying in classes 1 to 8 was discontinuedப.18
The Centre stopped the classes 1-8 minority scholarship from 2022-23; Tamil Nadu stepped in with ₹1,000 for Muslim girl students through the Waqf Board - ₹12.17 crore in 2026-27.
- 10Rs.36.00 Lakh per studentப.19
Overseas scholarship of ₹36 lakh per student for 10 minority Muslim students at top foreign universities - allocation ₹3.60 crore.
- 11Minority status certificates have been granted to 593 educational institutionsப.20
593 institutions have received minority status certificates from this department since 2022 - the administrative expression of Article 30 rights.
- 12of Hostels Sanctioned Strength College 16 1,350 Schools 4 350 Total 20 1,700அட்டவணைப.22
20 minority hostels with a sanctioned strength of 1,700 - 16 college and 4 school hostels. Parental income limit ₹2 lakh; 960 admitted so far in 2026-27.
- 13additional 5 seats are allocated in each hostel exclusively for the children of SriLankan Tamilsப.23
Five seats in every minority hostel are reserved for children of Sri Lankan Tamils living in camps, and Collectors may admit 10% above the sanctioned strength.
- 14The monthly food charges for School hostel students is Rs.1,400ப.23
Hostel food charges: ₹1,400 a month for school and ₹1,500 for college students, plus a festival allowance of ₹40 and ₹80 for Christmas, Ramzan, Bakrid, Mahavir Jayanti and Buddha Purnima.
- 15Medical check-ups are conducted three times a yearப.25
Three medical check-ups a year for all hostel students, with ₹6.06 crore allocated in 2026-27 for food, maintenance and other hostel works.
- 16Old Age Pension (per month) 1,200அட்டவணைப.33
The minority welfare assistance table: old age pension ₹1,200 a month and spectacle reimbursement up to ₹750, among other heads.
- 17Rs.60,000/- is provided to nuns and sisters, while Rs.37,000/- is given to other individualsப.34
Financial assistance of ₹60,000 to nuns and sisters and ₹37,000 to others, for 600 beneficiaries a year at ₹2.33 crore.
- 18renovation of Heritage churches that are over 100 years oldப.36
Heritage churches over 100 years old get up to ₹2 crore each; ₹27.78 crore has been sanctioned for 17 churches so far, with ₹10 crore allocated for 2026-27.
- 19maximum financial assistance of Rs.20.00 lakh per churchப.37
An ordinary church renovation grant of up to ₹20 lakh has sanctioned ₹5.34 crore for 58 churches, under a ₹7 crore allocation.
- 206,000 women have received electric motorized sewing machinesப.38
6,000 minority women have received electric sewing machines at a cost of ₹3.42 crore - the livelihood arm of the department.
- 21Kabarsthans and Burial Grounds on Government lands in every district headquartersப.38
Kabarsthans and Christian burial grounds have now been established on Government land in every district headquarters - a long-standing minority demand recorded as complete.
- 22Totally 119 projects has been sanctioned with an estimate of Rs.658.16 croreப.41
Under the Union scheme for minority-concentrated areas (identified from the 2011 Census), 119 projects worth ₹658.16 crore were sanctioned and 110 completed; 374 more worth ₹909.19 crore await Central approval.
- 23Rs.123.21 Crore has been made for this scheme during the year 2026-2027ப.42
₹123.21 crore is allocated in 2026-27 for the minority-concentrated area development programme - the largest single scheme line in this note.
- 24State Minorities Commission, Tamil Nadu was constituted by the State Government in the year 1989ப.43
The Tamil Nadu State Minorities Commission, 1989, covers both religious and linguistic minorities.