Lok Sabha Question No. 2159 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-01
Subject: Non-Receipt of Funds For Scholarships
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: ARJUNLAL MEENA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## (MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †2159

TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.01.2018

## NON-RECEIPT OF FUNDS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS

† 2159.  SHRI ARJUN LAL MEENA:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) of pre-matric scholarship has not been credited to the bank accounts of the students belonging to the Scheduled Tribes of classes 9-10 for the last three  academic  sessions  in  the  country  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof,  State/UT-wise  including Rajasthan; and
- (b) the  reasons  for  not  releasing  required  funds  to  the  Rajasthan  Government  for  paying scholarship to the students by traditional way in the wake of the aforesaid situation?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS ( SHRI JASTWANTSINH BHABHOR )

- a. All the States /UTs, including Rajasthan, have been requested to disburse the scholarship under the scheme Pre-Matric Scholarship for ST students through DBT mode and funds are being released by this Ministry to States/ UTs under the scheme with the advice for strict compliance of the DBT mode of disbursement of scholarship into bank account of the beneficiaries. The details of grants released to States/UTs, including Rajasthan, for the last three years are as per Annexure.
- b. Proposals for grants are considered in the Ministry on the basis of complete proposals along with UC of previous grant and Statement of expenditure, in case of reimbursement. Govt. of Rajasthan has been requested to furnish the requisite documents under the scheme and release of funds to the State has been affected due to non-receipt of these documents.

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## Details of Fund Released to State Governments/UT Administrations   under the Scheme of Pre-Matric Scholarship for ST students studying in classes IX & X during 2014-15 to 2016-17

(₹ in lakh)

| Sl.No   | Name of the State/UT   |   2014-15 Fund Released |   2015-16 Fund Released |   2016-17 Fund Released |
|---------|------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| 1       | Andaman &Nicobar       |                    0    |                    0    |                    0    |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh         |                 1386    |                 1983    |                    0    |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh      |                    0    |                    0    |                    0    |
| 4       | Assam                  |                    0    |                    0    |                  321.33 |
| 5       | Bihar                  |                  688.6  |                  375    |                    0    |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh           |                 3718    |                 3607    |                 2534.15 |
| 7       | Dadar &Nagar Haveli    |                    0    |                    0    |                    0    |
| 8       | Daman &Diu             |                    0    |                    0    |                    0    |
| 9       | Goa                    |                    0    |                    0    |                   52.64 |
| 10      | Gujarat                |                 3750    |                 3745.76 |                   80.81 |
| 11      | Himachal Pradesh       |                   73    |                   96.12 |                   51.21 |
| 12      | Jammu &Kashmir         |                    0    |                  700    |                    0    |
| 13      | Jharkhand              |                 1613    |                    0    |                    0    |
| 14      | Karnataka              |                    0    |                    0    |                    0    |
| 15      | Kerala                 |                    0    |                  300    |                  796.4  |
| 16      | Madhya Pradesh         |                    0    |                 4300    |                    0    |
| 17      | Maharasthra            |                    0    |                    0    |                    0    |
| 18      | Manipur                |                  496.05 |                    0    |                  867.38 |
| 19      | Meghalaya              |                    0    |                    0    |                    0    |
| 20      | Mizoram                |                    0    |                    0    |                  336.36 |
| 21      | Nagaland               |                    0    |                  851.47 |                    0    |
| 22      | Odisha                 |                 4511    |                 4900    |                 3376.36 |
| 23      | Rajasthan              |                 2383.34 |                    0    |                    0    |
| 24      | Sikkim                 |                    7.8  |                    0    |                    0    |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu             |                    0    |                  600    |                    0    |
| 26      | Telangana              |                  745.52 |                    0    |                    0    |
| 27      | Tripura                |                  678.75 |                 1303.6  |                    0    |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh          |                    0    |                    0    |                    0    |
| 29      | Uttrakhand             |                   19.82 |                  107    |                    0    |
| 30      | West Bengal            |                    0    |                    0    |                    0    |
|         | Total                  |                20070.9  |                22869    |                 8416.64 |