Minority Welfare Department, Government of Bihar

Choosing the right scheme

• A student living in a minority hostel: the food grain scheme and the hostel grant scheme apply.
• A student seeking Class IX or Class XI: the Bihar State Minority Residential Schools, by merit list.
• A founder running a small trade or enterprise: the Rozgar Rinn loan scheme.

How applications work

• The loan is applied for online through the BSMFCL portal. Register first, then apply.
• Read the whole application form before you start, and keep the required documents together.
• Confirm the current loan limits in the official scheme PDF and notice. The pages checked do not reconcile them.
• Residential school places are awarded by merit list at the schools. The pages checked give no online application route.

Before you apply

• The scheme's name differs between the portal and the scheme PDF. Use the name in the official notice when you refer to it.
• Third-party listings say Bihar residence is required. Confirm this before you apply, because the department's and portal's pages do not confirm it.

The Minority Welfare Department of the Government of Bihar runs welfare schemes for minority communities in the state, from hostel support for students to residential schools. The department was established in 1991 and its office is in the Annexi Building, Main (old) Secretariat complex, Patna. Its loan scheme is applied for through a portal operated by BSMFCL, a state corporation that the department's site describes as sitting under its establishment.

Programmes

The department's pages describe two schemes for students in minority hostels. The Mukhyamantri Alpsankhyak Chhatravas Khadyann Yojna supplies food grain to residents of these hostels, at 15 kg a month per student, made up of rice and wheat. The Mukhyamantri Alpsankhyak Chhatravas Anudaan Yojna gives a monthly hostel grant for each student who studies in or lives in a minority hostel.

The Bihar State Minority Residential Schools admit students to Classes IX and XI by merit list. Admission for the 2026-27 session was extended to 7 August 2026, so that window has closed. The Class XI Science merit lists name the schools in Nalanda and Kaimur.

The Mukhyamantri Alpsankhyak Rozgar Rinn Yojana is a loan for small trades and enterprises, applied for online through the BSMFCL portal. It has two loan bands, a small band and a larger band, and the scheme PDF sets the limit for each. The sample application form also describes a grant element alongside the loan. The pages checked do not explain how that combined cap relates to the band limits, so confirm the current figures in the official notice before applying. No closing date is stated on the pages checked.

Who can apply

Hostel schemes are for students who live in or study in minority hostels in Bihar. Residential school places are for students seeking admission to Classes IX and XI, chosen by merit list.

For the loan, the portal names the scheme for minority applicants, using the word Alpsankhyak. The scheme PDF heading does not use that word. Third-party scheme listings say applicants must be permanent residents of Bihar. Those listings also give loan terms and eligibility rules that do not match one another, and none of them is confirmed on the department's pages or the portal, so they are not repeated here.

Who runs it

The Minority Welfare Department is part of the Government of Bihar. Its site describes the state minority finance corporation as sitting under the department, but the pages checked do not list the loan scheme itself. The corporation is named Bihar State Minorities Financial Corporation Ltd. on the department's site and Bihar State Minority Financial Corporation in the portal footer. The portal is operated by BSMFCL.

Locations

The department's office is in Patna. The residential schools named on the pages checked are in Nalanda and Kaimur.