Lok Sabha Question No. 3212 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-06
Subject: Scholarships for School Students
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, PARAYAMPARANBIL KUTTAPPAN BIJU, RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, P.R. SUNDARAM, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3212

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.08.2018

## Scholarships for School Students

3212.  SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK: DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT: SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

## DR. P.K. BIJU:

SHRI SATAV RAJEEV: SHRI P.R. SUNDARAM: SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO: DR. J. JAYAVARDHAN:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  introduced  various  scholarships  for  the  students studying  in  schools  in  the  country  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  during  the  last three years and the current year, year and scholarship-wise;
- (b) the  number  of  students  applied  for  scholarship  and  amount  released  by  the Government  during the last three years, State/UT-wise and year-wise;
- (c) whether  several  students  are  not  receiving  scholarships  in  time  particularly the students  from Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and economically weaker section and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and  the reasons therefor along with the steps taken/proposed  to  be  taken  by  the  Government  to  ensure  timely  action  in  this regard; and
- (e) whether  the  Government  has  started  transfer  scholarship  amount  directly  into the  beneficiary  student  account  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the number of students benefited till date?

## ANSWER MINISTEROFSTATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (SHRI UPENDRA KUSHWAHA)

(a): Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of School Education & Literacy  is  administering  two  scholarship  schemes  viz.  National  Means-cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme (NMMSS) and National Scheme of Incentive to Girls for Secondary Education (NSIGSE).

- (b): The  sanctioned  amount  for  NMMSS  and  NSIGSE  along  with  number  of beneficiaries during last three years (i.e. 2015-16 to 2017-18 and the current year 201819 (as on 31.07.2018) are given at Annexure I and II respectively.
- (c) & (d):  The release of scholarship and  incentives under these schemes  is a continuous process. All the proposals, complete in all respect, received in the Ministry for release of scholarships under NMMSS and incentive under NSIGSE up to the academic year  2016-17  have  been  processed  and  amount  has  been  sanctioned/released.  The proposals for the Academic Year 2017-18 are at various stages of approval/release.

(e): Yes,  Madam.  Both  the  Schemes  are  covered  under  Direct  Benefit  Transfer (DBT)  scheme  of  the  Government  of  India.  So  far,  3,16,028  girls  under  NSIGSE  and 9,56,539  students  under  NMMSS  have  been  benefitted  by  direct  transfer  of  the incentive/scholarship amount to their bank accounts.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3212 to be answ asked by Shri Dhananjay Mahadik, Dr. Heena Vijaykumar Gavit, Shrimati Supriya Sule, Dr. P. Rajeev, Shri  P. R. Sundram, Shri  Mohite Patil Vijaysinh Shankarrao and Dr. J. Jayavardh 'Scholarships for School Students'.

| S.No.   | Name of States/UTs   | F.Y. 2015-16        | F.Y. 2015-16        | F.Y. 2016-17        | F.Y. 2016-17        | F.Y. 2017-18        | F.Y. 2017-18        |
|---------|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| S.No.   | Name of States/UTs   | No. of Scholarships | Amount ( ` in lakh) | No. of Scholarships | Amount ( ` in lakh) | No. of Scholarships | Amount ( ` in lakh) |
| 1       | Andman & Nicobar     | -                   | -                   | 133                 | 7.98                | 138                 | 8.28                |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh       | 15309               | 918.54              | 4961                | 297.66              | 9485                | 580.50              |
| 3       | Telangana            | 7832                | 469.92              | 163                 | 9.78                | 10941               | 688.08              |
| 4       | Arunachal Pradesh    | -                   | -                   | -                   | -                   | 14                  | 1.68                |
| 5       | Assam                | 4067                | 244.02              | 687                 | 41.26               | 1354                | 81.24               |
| 6       | Bihar                | 1945                | 116.72              | 340                 | 20.38               | 29540               | 1772.40             |
| 7       | Chandigarh           | 77                  | 4.62                | 266                 | 15.96               | 178                 | 10.68               |
| 8       | Chhattisgarh         | -                   | -                   | -                   | -                   | 7                   | 0.84                |
| 9       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | -                   | -                   | -                   | -                   | 117                 | 7.92                |
| 10      | Daman & Diu          | -                   | -                   | -                   | -                   | 25                  | 2.04                |
| 11      | Delhi                | 4133                | 247.98              | 41                  | 2.46                | 9556                | 573.36              |
| 12      | Goa                  | -                   | -                   | -                   | -                   | 736                 | 44.34               |
| 13      | Gujarat              | 1117                | 67.02               | -                   | -                   | 39470               | 2485.18             |
| 14      | Haryana              | 2149                | 128.94              | 3054                | 183.22              | 12724               | 763.44              |
| 15      | Himachal Pradesh     | 1877                | 112.62              | 613                 | 36.78               | 4722                | 291.72              |
| 16      | J& K                 | 121                 | 7.26                | -                   | -                   | 1030                | 61.80               |
| 17      | Jharkhand            | 236                 | 14.16               | -                   | -                   | 2225                | 133.50              |
| 18      | Karnataka            | 10813               | 648.78              | 7979                | 478.74              | 29427               | 1786.44             |
| 19      | Kerala               | 14741               | 884.46              | 14044               | 842.64              | 21430               | 1330.68             |
| 20      | Madhya Pradesh       | 1724                | 103.47              | -                   | -                   | 31663               | 1944.54             |
| 21      | Maharashtra          | 63526               | 3811.56             | 13845               | 830.70              | 66355               | 4113.07             |
| 22      | Manipur              | 3                   | 0.18                | 240                 | 14.40               | 409                 | 33.12               |
| 23      | Meghalaya            | 466                 | 27.96               | 495                 | 29.70               | 755                 | 78.18               |
| 24      | Mizoram              | 412                 | 24.72               | 412                 | 24.72               | 120                 | 13.26               |

| 25    | Nagaland      |    334 |    20.04 |   109 |    6.54 |    421 |    31.74 |
|-------|---------------|--------|----------|-------|---------|--------|----------|
| 26    | Orissa        |  10469 |   628.14 |  2765 |  165.9  |  19571 |  1222.11 |
| 27    | Pudducherry   |    105 |     6.3  |   385 |   23.1  |    191 |    11.46 |
| 28    | Punjab        |   9331 |   559.86 |  3485 |  209.1  |   5158 |   309.54 |
| 29    | Rajasthan     |   5615 |   336.9  |     1 |    0.06 |   9806 |   644.7  |
| 30    | Sikkim        |    311 |    18.66 |   175 |   10.5  |    330 |    32.04 |
| 31    | Tamil Nadu    |  21857 |  1311.42 |  5710 |  342.6  |  53278 |  3199.32 |
| 32    | Tripura       |    360 |    21.6  |   745 |   44.74 |    456 |    47.04 |
| 33    | Uttar Pradesh |   6405 |   384.3  |  1230 |   73.8  |  14141 |   849.54 |
| 34    | Uttrakhand    |   2242 |   134.52 |     5 |    0.3  |   4853 |   291.48 |
| 35    | West Bengal   |  22435 |  1346.1  |  2543 |  152.58 |  49329 |  2970.9  |
| TOTAL | TOTAL         | 210012 | 12600.8  | 64426 | 3865.6  | 429955 | 26416.2  |

Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3212 to be answ asked by Shri Dhananjay Mahadik, Dr. Heena Vijaykumar Gavit, Shrimati Supriya Sule, Dr. P. Rajeev, Shri  P. R. Sundram, Shri  Mohite Patil Vijaysinh Shankarrao and Dr. J. Jayavardh 'Scholarships for School Students'.

| S.No.   | Name of State     | FY 2015-16   | FY 2015-16          | FY 2016-17   | FY 2016-17          | FY 2017-18   | FY 2017-18          |
|---------|-------------------|--------------|---------------------|--------------|---------------------|--------------|---------------------|
|         |                   | No of Girls  | Amount (` in Crore) | No of Girls  | Amount (` in Crore) | No of Girls  | Amount (` in Crore) |
| 1       | Assam             | -            | -                   | 1904         | 0.57                | 1011         | 0.30                |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh | 1373         | 0.41                | 746          | 0.22                | -            | -                   |
| 3       | Bihar             | 34292        | 10.29               | -            | -                   | 39190        | 11.76               |
| 4       | Chhattisgarh      | 8236         | 2.47                | 8474         | 2.54                | -            | -                   |
| 5       | Goa               | 1682         | 0.50                | -            | -                   | 1988         | 0.60                |
| 6       | Gujarat           | 75114        | 22.53               | -            | -                   | 69693        | 20.91               |
| 7       | Haryana           | 32277        | 9.68                | 30989        | 9.30                | 76674        | 23.00               |
| 8       | Himachal Pradesh  | 6133         | 1.84                | -            | -                   | 8658         | 2.60                |
| 9       | Jammu & Kashmir   | -            | -                   | -            | -                   | 2250         | 0.68                |
| 10      | Jharkhand         | 20127        | 6.04                | 3277         | 0.98                | 47364        | 14.21               |
| 11      | Kerala            | 21874        | 6.56                | -            | -                   | 84818        | 25.45               |
| 12      | Madhya Pradesh    | -            | -                   | -            | -                   | 127194       | 38.16               |
| 13      | Maharashtra       | 34100        | 10.23               | 16000        | 4.80                | 35744        | 10.72               |
| 14      | Meghalaya         | -            | -                   | -            | -                   | 1131         | 0.34                |
| 15      | Mizoram           | 3375         | 1.01                | 718          | 0.22                | -            | -                   |
| 16      | Nagaland          | 411          | 0.12                | 309          | 0.09                | -            | -                   |
| 17      | Odisha            | 60607        | 18.18               | 30775        | 9.23                | -            | -                   |
| 18      | Punjab            | 44736        | 13.42               | -            | -                   | 73810        | 22.14               |
| 19      | Rajasthan         | -            | -                   | 33568        | 10.07               | 17466        | 5.24                |
| 20      | Sikkim            | 305          | 0.09                | 1270         | 0.38                | -            | -                   |

| 21    | Tamil Nadu           | 90725   | 27.22   | 2747   | 0.82   | 256178   | 76.85   |
|-------|----------------------|---------|---------|--------|--------|----------|---------|
| 22    | Telangana            | -       | -       | -      | -      | -        | -       |
| 23    | Tripura              | -       | -       | 3898   | 1.17   | -        | -       |
| 24    | Uttara Khand         | 14123   | 4.24    | -      | -      | 24845    | 7.45    |
| 25    | Uttar Pradesh        | 39977   | 11.99   | -      | -      | 14516    | 4.35    |
| 26    | West Bengal          | 19797   | 5.94    | -      | -      | 55056    | 16.52   |
| 27    | Andaman & Nicobar    | 130     | 0.04    | 112    | 0.03   | -        | -       |
| 28    | Chandigarh           | -       | -       | 477    | 0.14   | 490      | 0.15    |
| 29    | Delhi                | -       | -       | 12101  | 3.63   | 30568    | 9.17    |
| 30    | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | -       | -       | -      | -      | 1767     | 0.53    |
| 31    | Daman & Diu          | -       | -       | 212    | 0.06   | 218      | 0.07    |
| 32    | Puducherry           | 1370    | 0.41    | -      | -      | 2701     | 0.81    |
| Total | Total                | 510764  | 153.23  | 147577 | 44.27  | 973330   | 292.00  |