Lok Sabha Question No. 3053 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-05
Subject: Post Matric Scholarship
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3053 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05 th  DECEMBER, 2016

## Post Matric Scholarship

## 3053. SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL:

## Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of students likely to avail post matric scholarships facilities in the country during the last three years in all the States including Madhya Pradesh and Manipur;
- (b) the total budget allocation for the said scheme by the Government during the last three years State/UT-wise including Manipur and Madhya Pradesh; and
- (c) whether any irregularities have been reported while implementing the said scheme in the states and if so, the details thereof along with the action taken to stop such practices?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. MAHENDRA NATH PANDEY)

- (a) The Ministry of Tribal Affairs, the Ministry of Minority Affairs and the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment are implementing the Centrally Sponsored Post Matric Scholarship Scheme. The number of beneficiaries, scheme-wise, during the last three years is annexed. Ministry of Minority Affairs  has  disbursed  scholarship  to  24.58  lakh  students  under  the  Post  Matric  Scholarship  Scheme, during the last three years (i.e. 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16) across the country including the States of Madhya Pradesh and Manipur.
- (b) The budget allocated for the Post Matric Scholarship Schemes of different Ministries/Departments during the last three years is:-
- (c) No specific complaints/representations of irregularities have been reported to be received. However, if any representation of such nature is received, the same is forwarded to the concerned state for redressal.

| Ministry/Department              | Scheme                                                          |   2013-14 (Rs. in Crore) |   2014-15 (Rs in Crore) |   2015-16 (Rs. in Crore) |
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
| Department of Social Justice and | Post Matric Scholarship Scheme for SC Students ( Annexure-I )   |                  1500    |                 1500    |                  1599    |
| Empowerment                      | Post Matric Scholarship Scheme for OBC Students ( Annexure-II ) |                   900    |                  785    |                   885    |
| Ministry of Tribal Affairs *     | Post Matric Scholarship Scheme for ST Students ( Annexure-III ) |                   748.5  |                 1036.84 |                  1136.84 |
| Ministry of Minority Affairs     | Post Matric Scholarship Scheme for Minority students            |                   543.43 |                  548.5  |                   580.1  |

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## Department of Social Justice and Empowerment

STATE-WISE NUMBER OF BENEFICIARIES COVERED UNDER THE SCHEME OF POST MATRIC SCHOLARSHIP FOR SC STUDENTS IN THE YEAR 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16

|        |                  | 2013-14              | 2014-15              | 2015-16              |
|--------|------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
| Sl No. | State/UTs        | No. of beneficiaries | No. of Beneficiaries | No. of beneficiaries |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh   | 552723               | 505843               | 635717               |
| 2      | Assam            | 27554                | 31145                | *31145               |
| 3      | Bihar            | 118300               | 125000               | 155000               |
| 4      | Chandigarh       | 1686                 | 1843                 | *2600                |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh     | 82871                | 89501                | *86335               |
| 6      | Daman &Diu       | 188                  | 136                  | *156                 |
| 7      | Delhi            | 45528                | 25831                | *30833               |
| 8      | Goa              | 164                  | 356                  | *247                 |
| 9      | Gujarat          | 111181               | 127210               | 144000               |
| 10     | Haryana          | 75913                | 105184               | 72533                |
| 11     | Himachal Pradesh | 19709                | 6852                 | *48685               |
| 12     | Jammu &Kashmir   | 10131                | 7221                 | *7221                |
| 13     | Jharkhand        | 13292                | 28710                | 33733                |
| 14     | Karnataka        | 267142               | 315795               | *318125              |
| 15     | Kerala           | 123771               | 122927               | *120667              |
| 16     | Madhya Pradesh   | 237813               | 274018               | *288358              |
| 17     | Maharashtra      | 406427               | 461315               | *524232              |
| 18     | Manipur          | 4969                 | 5892                 | *4041                |
| 19     | Meghalaya        | 107                  | 121                  | 123                  |
| 20.    | Odisha           | 141776               | 172504               | 199411               |
| 21     | Puducherry       | 1953                 | 8635                 | 5426                 |
| 22     | Punjab           | 216214               | 286394               | 601427               |
| 23     | Rajasthan        | 249703               | 151621               | *143602              |
| 24     | Sikkim           | 278                  | 273                  | *291                 |
| 25     | Tamil Nadu       | 698174               | 713928               | 758290               |
| 26     | Telangana        | 0.00                 | 270810               | *265108              |
| 27     | Tripura          | 16610                | 21177                | *16765               |
| 28     | Uttar Pradesh    | 1095526              | 861474               | 947622               |
| 29     | Uttarakhand      | 70182                | 81415                | 100489               |
| 30     | West Bengal      | 405554               | 514992               | *252205              |
|        | Total            | 4995439              | 5311595              | 5794387              |

ANNEXURE-II

## Department of Social Justice and Empowerment

STATE-WISE  NUMBER  OF  BENEFICIARIES  COVERED  UNDER  THE SCHEME OF POST MATRIC SCHOLARSHIP FOR OBC STUDENTS IN THE YEAR 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16

| Sl. No.   | State/UTs                | 2013-14 No. of beneficiaries   | 2014-15 No. of beneficiaries   | 2015-16 No. of beneficiaries   |
|-----------|--------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh           | 76000                          | 524000                         | 622000                         |
| 2         | Bihar                    | 137000                         | 450000                         | $                              |
| 3         | Chhattisgarh             | 219000                         | 25000                          | 0                              |
| 4         | Goa                      | 4000                           | 5000                           | 3000                           |
| 5         | Gujarat                  | 179000                         | 97000                          | 243000                         |
| 6         | Haryana                  | 56000                          | 17000                          | $                              |
| 7         | Himachal Pradesh         | 7000                           | 8000                           | 8000                           |
| 8         | Jammu& Kashmir           | 9000                           | 7000                           | 13000                          |
| 9         | Jharkhand                | 179000                         | 94000                          | 69000                          |
| 10        | Karnataka                | 172000                         | 337000                         | 411000                         |
| 11        | Kerala                   | 161000                         | 148000                         | 152000                         |
| 12        | Madhya Pradesh           | 32000                          | 386000                         | 225000                         |
| 13        | Maharashtra              | 349000                         | 267000                         | 330000                         |
| 14        | Odisha                   | 122000                         | 141000                         | 164000                         |
| 15        | Punjab                   | 0                              | 0                              | 71000                          |
| 16        | Rajasthan                | 205000                         | 65000                          | $                              |
| 17        | Tamil Nadu               | 136000                         | 124000                         | 142000                         |
| 18        | Telangana                | 226000                         | 781000                         | 694000                         |
| 19        | Uttar Pradesh            | 634000                         | 325000                         | 601000                         |
| 20        | Uttarakhand              | 25000                          | 41000                          | 11000                          |
| 21        | West Bengal              | 220000                         | 229000                         | 208000                         |
| 22        | Andaman& Nicobar Islands | 0                              | 1000                           | 0                              |
| 23        | Dadra& Nagar Havali      | 0                              | 0                              | 0                              |
| 24        | Daman& Diu               | 1000                           | 400                            | $                              |
| 25        | Chandigarh               | 0                              | 400                            | 300                            |
| 26        | Delhi                    | 100                            | 0                              | 0                              |
| 27        | Puducherry               | 0                              | 400                            | $                              |
| 28        | Assam                    | 68000                          | 68000                          | 0                              |
| 29        | Manipur                  | 9000                           | 5000                           | $                              |
| 30        | Tripura                  | 30000                          | 31000                          | 19000                          |
| 31        | Sikkim                   | 1000                           | 1000                           | 1000                           |
|           | Total:                   |                                | 4178000                        |                                |
|           |                          | 3257000                        |                                | 3987000                        |

$ Awaited

ANNEXURE-III

## Ministry of Tribal Affairs

## STATE-WISE NUMBER OF BENEFICIARIES UNDER THE SCHEME OF  POST  MATRIC  SCHOLARSHIP  FOR  ST  STUDENTS  IN  THE YEAR 2013-14, 2014-15 AND 2015-16

| Sl. No.   | State/UTs         |   2013-14 No. of beneficiaries |   2014-15 No. of beneficiaries |   2015-16 No. of beneficiaries |
|-----------|-------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |                         229360 |                          82091 |                          49239 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |                            630 |                            630 |                              0 |
| 3         | Assam             |                         102800 |                         102800 |                         116693 |
| 4         | Bihar             |                           6463 |                           6463 |                              0 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      |                         106231 |                         139447 |                         148660 |
| 6         | Goa               |                           1332 |                           1332 |                           4270 |
| 7         | Gujarat           |                         218570 |                         218570 |                         163989 |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh  |                           5189 |                           5189 |                           8079 |
| 9         | Jammu& Kashmir    |                          18700 |                          21000 |                          21000 |
| 10        | Jharkhand         |                          72878 |                          81768 |                              0 |
| 11        | Karnataka         |                         132376 |                         134988 |                         140891 |
| 12        | Kerala            |                          12705 |                          13225 |                              0 |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh    |                         192437 |                         188145 |                         197176 |
| 14        | Maharashtra       |                         178146 |                         175000 |                         175000 |
| 15        | Manipur           |                          53965 |                          57828 |                          66928 |
| 16        | Meghalaya         |                          79011 |                          79011 |                          74608 |
| 17        | Mizoram           |                          56873 |                          62410 |                          57330 |
| 18        | Nagaland          |                          39867 |                          40133 |                          45140 |
| 19        | Odisha            |                          89115 |                         130960 |                         165100 |
| 20        | Rajasthan         |                         288020 |                         246249 |                         275669 |
| 21        | Sikkim            |                           2643 |                           2705 |                           3053 |
| 22        | Tamil Nadu        |                          11092 |                          11092 |                          20060 |
| 23        | Telangana         |                              0 |                         171329 |                         171329 |
| 24        | Tripura           |                          24270 |                          22261 |                          28374 |
| 25        | Uttar Pradesh     |                           7500 |                           7500 |                              0 |
| 26        | Uttrakhand        |                          24812 |                          25269 |                          27796 |
| 27        | West Bengal       |                          79230 |                          79230 |                          73357 |
| 28        | A.& N. Islands    |                             28 |                            148 |                              0 |
| 29        | Daman &Diu        |                            320 |                            320 |                              0 |
| Total     | Total             |                        2034563 |                        2107093 |                        2033741 |