Lok Sabha Question No. 2369 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-01
Subject: Scholarship to Students
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: JUGAL KISHORE SHARMA, RITI PATHAK

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRRED QUESTION NO. †2369 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.08.2018

## SCHOLARSHIP TO STUDENTS

## †2369.  SHRI JUGAL KISHORE: SHRIMATI RITI PATHAK:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  students  belonging  to  minority  communities  to  whom  scholarship  was provided in Madhya Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir during each of the last three years and the current year; and
- (b)  the details of the scholarship provided for pre-matric, post matric and higher education?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)

(a)  to  (b):  For  the  educational  empowerment  of  minority  students  all  over  the  country,  the Ministry  of  Minority  Affairs  implements  three  scholarship  schemes  namely,  Pre-matric Scholarship  Scheme  Post-Matric  Scholarship  Scheme  and  Merit-cum-means  (MCM)  based Scholarship Schemes. The numbers of scholarships are distributed amongst the States/Union Territories  and  six  Centrally  notified  minority  communities,  based  on  the  proportion  of  the population  of  each  of  the  minority  communities.  Accordingly,  the  details  of  scholarship provided in Madhya Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir during the years 2015-16 to 2017-18 is as under:

|                                           | Number of Scholarships awarded   | Number of Scholarships awarded   | Number of Scholarships awarded   | Number of Scholarships awarded   | Number of Scholarships awarded   | Number of Scholarships awarded   |
|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| Schemes                                   | Jammu &Kashmir                   | Jammu &Kashmir                   | Jammu &Kashmir                   | Madhya Pradesh                   | Madhya Pradesh                   | Madhya Pradesh                   |
|                                           | 2015-16                          | 2016-17*                         | 2017-18*                         | 2015-16                          | 2016-17*                         | 2017-18*                         |
| Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme             | 0                                | 54137                            | 101080                           | 77054                            | 71286                            | 95344                            |
| Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme            | 20602                            | 23676                            | 22439                            | 14309                            | 15296                            | 17273                            |
| Merit-cum- Means based Scholarship Scheme | 5784                             | 5230                             | 6099                             | 2704                             | 2799                             | 2112                             |
| Total                                     | 26,386                           | 83,043                           | 1,29,618                         | 94,067                           | 89,381                           | 1,14,729                         |

For the  year  2018-19,  the  online  applications  have  been  sought  with  effect  from  23 rd July, 2018.

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