The empowered committee for multi-sectoral development programme in the Ministry of Minority Affairs has approved proposals worth over Rs 392 crore for 29 minority districts in three states.

Of the total, 16 were from Uttar Pradesh, nine from West Bengal and four from Jharkhand. The minority districts in Uttar Pradesh that will be benefitted are Pilibhit, Moradabad, Sambhal, Muzaffarnagar, Shamli, Balrampur, Barabanki, Bareilly, Bijnor, Budaun, Lucknow, Rampur, Shahjahanpur, Shrawasti, Siddharth Nagar, J.P. Nagar, Meerut, Ghaziabad and Hapur. In West Bengal, the plans were approved for Birbhum, Burdwan, Murshidabad, Nadia, Uttar Dinajpur, South 24 Parganas, Cooch Behar, North 24 Parganas and Dakshin Dinajpur. In Jharkhand, the districts whose plans were cleared were Sahibganj, Simdega, Pakur and Khunti. The two districts whose proposals were not approved were Bahraich from UP and Sirsa from Haryana.