Kiren Rijiju launches portal for Jiyo Parsi Scheme
- August 14, 2024
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Kiren Rijiju launches portal for Jiyo Parsi Scheme
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Context:
- The Minister for Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju launched the Jiyo Parsi Scheme portal, a Central Sector Scheme to arrest the population decline of the Parsi community in India.
Jiyo Parsi Scheme
- The Jiyo Parsi Scheme was introduced by Ministry of Minority Affairs in 2013.
- by aims to contain the population decline of the Parsi community in India.
- The scheme has three components, Medical Assistance, Advocacy & Health of Community:
- Medical Component: financial assistance is provided to Parsi Couples for medical treatment under standard medial protocol
- Health of Community Component: financial assistance is provided to Parsi Couples for child care and assistance of elderly people
- Advocacy Component: advocacy/outreach programmes are conducted to generate awareness among the Parsi Population.
- The scheme is applicable to all couples, irrespective of their financial status.
About the portal
- The portal will enable Parsi couples to apply online under the scheme.
- The beneficiaries and applicants will be able to check the status of their application and will be able to receive the financial assistance online through Direct Benefit Transfer mode.
- Since inception in 2013-14, the scheme has supported more than 400 Parsi children.
About Parsi community
- The Parsis are an ethnoreligious group that follow Zoroastrianism, founded by Zoroaster in 6th century BC in modern Iran.
- In India, they are known as ‘Parsis’ or ‘one from Persia’.
- Zoroastrianism is a monotheistic religion that follows one God called Ahura Mazda.
- The holy scripture in Zoroastrianism is called Avesta.
- Navroz the Iranian New Year is celebrated in India by the Parsi community.
- Zoroastrians (Parsis) are among the six religious communities notified as minority communities by the Union Government.
Decline in Population
- According to the Union Ministry of Minority Affairs, the population of Parsis declined from about 114,000 in 1941 to 57,264 in 2011.