Jiyo Parsi Scheme Facilitates 534 Births As Centre Steps Up Efforts To Reverse Population Decline
Mumbai: The Centre’s Jiyo Parsi scheme, launched to address the declining Parsi-Zoroastrian population, has facilitated 534 births since 2014-15, Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju informed the Rajya Sabha on Monday. #ParliamentQuestion : Jiyo Parsi Scheme @MOMAIndia 's Jiyo Parsi Scheme promotes medical assistance, childcare, and elderly care ➡️ Since…
The Centre's Jiyo Parsi scheme, aimed at combating the dwindling Parsi-Zoroastrian population, has resulted in 534 births since 2014-15, according to Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju. The scheme provides medical assistance, childcare, and elderly care to Parsi community members. Since the programme's inception in 2013, it has benefited 582 community members for infertility treatment, childbearing, childbirth, and post-natal care.
An additional 1,055 beneficiaries received financial support under the 'Health of Community' component since 2018-19. The Centre has allocated Rs37.43 crore for the scheme since its launch. Census data reveals that the Parsi population peaked at 1,14,791 in 1941 and has since declined to 57,264 in 2011. The decline is attributed to late marriages, low birth rates, infertility, a high proportion of unmarried individuals, and inter-community marriages.
WZO Trust Funds chairman Dinshaw Tamboly attributed the trend to these factors during a National Commission for Minorities presentation in Mumbai. The scheme has been successful, with the births under Jiyo Parsi offering hope for stabilizing the community's population.
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