Minority Cyber Gram(MCG)

Scheme Name Minority Cyber Gram(MCG)
Objective The initiative intends to cover students of class VI to class X belonging to minority community notified, as per section 2(c) of the national commission for minority act 1992, and residing in areas covered under multi-sectoral development programme. the vision of this initiative is to make students of minority communities digitally literate
Scheme Area Education
Societal Group Minorities
Individual/Institutional Individual/Institutional
Central/State Level Central
Govt/Non-Govt Govt
Validity Valid In 2014-15
Target Group Minority/Madrasa Students
Funds Available -
Scholarship Amount Training fee support for vles 600
training fee support for scas 150
examination fee support 225
project management fee for csc spv 130
free internet access to trained beneficiaries, who declared qualified in examination conducted during the training, for 30 days @ Rs. 15/hour/student 450
total cost expended per beneficiaries is 1555
Elibility Criteria Belongs minority concentrated blocks and towns(medak nyalkal zahirabad kohir cuddapah rayachoti proddatur (m) rayachoti (ct) kurnool nandikotkur sirvel atmakur chagalamarri adoni (m) guntakal (m) Nizamabad ranjal yedpalle Nizamabad (M) Bodhan (M) Adilabad - Adilabad (M) - Kagaznagar (M) Rangareddi -Rajendranagar (M) Tandur (M) Guntur - Narasaraopet (M) Anantapur - kadiri (M))
Students studying in recognized Madarsas/ Schools having no facility of computer education. students of classes 6th to 10th from such institutions
Any other students belonging to minority community.
The agency eligibility criteria :
1)Selecting the beneficiaries eligible under the project in consultation with the local minority welfare department, madarsas/government school and enrolling them for the course.
2)Imparting the 39 hour basic computer course(BCC) computer training course to beneficiaries eligible under the project, including providing course materials.
3)Register the beneficiaries, mark the attendance, and conduct the continuous assessment using the monitoring application.
4)Keeping a record of all beneficiaries that enroll in the course, certifying their attendance and ensuring that the beneficiary appears for the BCC certification exam.
5)Give the internet access to beneficiaries, who are declared qualified in examination conducted during the training, for 30 hours and give 30 hours internet coupon.
Documents/Collaterals reqd Detailed project report with approval of Panchayat and as per the process of MSDP program
Departments Ministry Of Minority Affairs
Dept Contacts -
Imp Dates -
Forms Availability -
Web URL for Details http://minorityaffairs.gov.in/sites/upload_files/moma/files/cybergram_english_0.pdf
Online Process -
Support Processes/ Institutions -