Lok Sabha Question No. 5594 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-02
Subject: National Talent Search Scheme
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SUNIL KUMAR MONDAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5594 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.04.2018

## National Talent Search Scheme

## 5594. SHRI SUNIL KUMAR MONDAL:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  identifies  and  recognises  students  with  high  intellect  and  academic talent  and  provides  scholarships  under  the  National  Talent  Search  (NTS)  scheme  in  the  country during the last four years;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/ UT-wise; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI UPENDRA KUSHWAHA)

(a)   to  (c)           National  Science  Talent  Search  Scheme  (NSTSS) was launched in the year 1963, which provided for the identification of talented students and awarding them with scholarship. It was  renamed  as  National  Talent  Search  Scheme  (NTSS)  in  the  year  1976.   The  scheme  is implemented  through  the  National  Council  of  Educational  Research  and  Training  (NCERT). Students who are studying in Class X in any recognized school in the country are eligible to appear in the NTS examination. Every year about 1000 scholarships are awarded.  In order to identify the 1000 talented students across the country, the National Talent Search Scheme (NTSS) examination is  held  every  year  in  a  two  tier  process.   NTS  Stage-I  is  conducted  by  States  and  Union Territories.  The Stage-II examination at National level is conducted by  NCERT on the basis of the results of the Stage-I Examination.

The  details of NTSE Scholarships awarded during the last four years are as under:

|   S. No. | State/UT          |   2014 |   2015 |   2016 |   2017 |
|----------|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|        1 | Arunachal Pradesh |      2 |      0 |      1 |      1 |
|        2 | Assam             |      7 |      1 |      5 |      3 |
|        3 | Manipur           |      1 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
|        4 | Meghalaya         |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
|        5 | Mizoram           |      2 |      0 |      1 |      0 |

| 6   | Nagaland               |   0 |   0 |   0 |   1 |
|-----|------------------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|
| 7   | Sikkim                 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 8   | Tripura                |   2 |   1 |   0 |   1 |
| 9   | Andaman &Nicobar Is.   |   1 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 10  | Bihar                  |  30 |  11 |  27 |  27 |
| 11  | Jharkhand              |  13 |  23 |  24 |  21 |
| 12  | Odisha                 |  45 |  46 |  59 |  59 |
| 13  | West Bengal            |  15 |  22 |  40 |  57 |
| 14  | Chandigarh             |   8 |  11 |   9 |   7 |
| 15  | Delhi                  |  35 |  52 |  62 |  64 |
| 16  | Jammu &Kashmir         |   4 |   0 |   3 |   4 |
| 17  | Haryana                |  44 |  42 |  51 |  47 |
| 18  | Himachal Pradesh       |   9 |   6 |   5 |   4 |
| 19  | Punjab                 |  30 |  36 |  54 |  47 |
| 20  | Rajasthan              |  88 | 137 | 137 | 126 |
| 21  | Uttar Pradesh          |  87 |  72 | 102 |  75 |
| 22  | Uttarakhand            |   2 |  10 |   7 |   4 |
| 23  | Chhattisgarh           |  18 |  18 |  22 |  21 |
| 24  | Daman &Diu             |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 25  | Dadar and Nagar Haveli |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 26  | Goa                    |   5 |   0 |   2 |   2 |
| 27  | Gujarat                |   8 |  21 |  26 |  28 |
| 28  | Madhya Pradesh         |  66 |  57 |  68 |  65 |
| 29  | Maharashtra            | 112 | 103 |  74 |  96 |
| 30  | Andhra Pradesh         |  48 |  12 |  23 |   1 |
| 31  | Karnataka              |  76 |  66 |  55 |  65 |
| 32  | Kerala                 |  45 |  32 |  23 |  17 |
| 33  | Laksdweep              |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 34  | Puducherry             |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 35  | Tamil Nadu             |  41 |  39 |  65 |  66 |
| 36  | Telangana              |   0 |  37 |  30 |  12 |
| 37  | Abroad                 |   0 |   2 |   1 |   1 |
|     | Total                  | 844 | 857 | 976 | 922 |

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