Jiyo Parsi portal records 300 fresh registrations at Mumbai facilitation camp

Key facts

• The Ministry of Minority Affairs (MoMA) and Bombay Parsi Panchayat organised a Universal Parsi Registration Drive in Mumbai that recorded 300 fresh registrations on the Jiyo Parsi portal.
• Jiyo Parsi, launched in 2013-14, is a Central Sector Scheme to arrest the declining Parsi population.
• The scheme provides medical assistance for fertility treatment and pregnancy-related care, financial assistance for childcare and care of dependent elderly, and advocacy through counselling, awareness campaigns, and outreach programmes.
• Assistance is released via Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) after biometric authentication and verification by respective state governments.
• Census data show Parsi population declined from 1,14,000 in 1941 to 57,264 in 2011.
• Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Rs 17.64 crore was spent and 232 babies were born under the scheme.
• An evaluation by the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) in 2025 found the scheme largely successful in reaching its intended population.