Lok Sabha Question No. 4326 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-12
Subject: Special Scholarship Scheme
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB, SANJAY SHAMRAO DHOTRE, SATYA PAL SINGH

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4326 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.12.2016

## Special Scholarship Scheme

## 4326. SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB:

SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE:

DR. SATYAPAL SINGH :

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

- (a) the  salient  features  of  the  Special  Scholarship  Scheme  being  implemented  by  th Government for the students of Jammu and Kashmir;
- (b) the  eligibility  criteria  to  avail  t he  benefits  of  the  scheme  along  with  the  number  of students availing benefits of the Scheme during each of the last three years and the curren
- (c) whether cases of denial of benefits to eligible students and granting benefits to in student s under the Scheme have come to the notice of the Government during the said period;
- (d) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  reasons  therefor  along  with  the  corrective taken/being taken by the Government in such cases so far; and
- (e) thedetails of the funds sanctioned, released and utilised under the Scheme during said period?

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

- (a) The Special Scholarship for Jammu & Kashmir aims at encouraging the youth from Jammu & Kashmir to take advantage of the educational institutions outside the state, which would them an opportunity,  to interact with their counterpart in the rest of the country, thereby to be  part of  the  mainstream. It  is  envisaged  to  provide  5000  fresh  scholarships  every  year.    There provision of inter -changeability of slots among Medical and Engineering stream, subject to t savings accruing from any shortfall in the number of students opting for General Degr ee courses.

Scholarship is provided towards Tuition fee and Maintenance allowance.  The rate of schol towards tuition fee for General Degree courses is Rs.30,000 per annum, for Engineering c Rs.1.25  lakh  per  annum  and  for  Medical  studies  Rs.3.0 lakh  per  annum.    Fixed  Maintenance allowance of Rs. 1.0 lakh per annum is provided for all students.   Inter Ministerial Com constituted  to  oversee  the  implementation  and  monitoring  of  the  scheme.    Under  the  sch students are allotted seats in the institutions which are approved under section 12 B of Universi Grant Commission Act, or recognized by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).

## (b) Eligibility criteria

The students of  Jammu & Kashmir having family income of less than Rs. 6.0 lakh per annum, who have  passed class XII from the State and secured admission outside the State in instituti are either approved under Section 12 B of the UGC Act or recognized by AICTE or respect regulatory body are eligible to apply.  T he students are required to apply online on the AICTE web portal -http://aicte - jk - scholarship.in/

The number of beneficiaries under the scheme during the last three years and the c year is as per the t able given below:

| Year     |   No of Beneficiaries |
|----------|-----------------------|
| 2013- 14 |                  3940 |
| 2014- 15 |                  1508 |
| 2015- 16 |                  1402 |
| 2016- 17 |                  2240 |

- (c)  and (d) No  eligible  students  who  were  in  the  merit  list  and  followed  the  prescr procedure, have been  denied the benefit  under the scheme.

## (e) The details of the funds sanctioned and utilised are as under:

(Rs. in crores)

| Year     |   Sanctioned |   Released |   Utilised |
|----------|--------------|------------|------------|
| 2013- 14 |       124.23 |     124.23 |      59.82 |
| 2014- 15 |        50    |      50    |      85.25 |
| 2015- 16 |        74.77 |      74.77 |      96.83 |
| 2016- 17 |        99    |      99    |      70.91 |