Lok Sabha Question No. 2956 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-20
Subject: Delay in Scholarship Disbursal
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: N.K. PREMACHANDRAN

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2956 TO BE ANSWERED ON  20.03.2017

## Delay in Scholarship Disbursal

## 2956.  SHRI N.K. PREMACHANDRAN:

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

- (a) the  details  of  the  financial  assistance  given  to  States  for  the  implementation  of  meritcum-means scholarship scheme¸ State-wise;
- (b) whether it has come to the notice of the Government that there is inordinate delay in disbursing the scholarship amount during the last three years and the current year;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor year-wise and State/UT-wise;
- (d) whether  there  has  been  delay  in  disbursing  scholarship  amounts  to  newly  registered students  and  renewed  students  from  the  State  of  Kerala  during  the  academic  year 2015-16; and
- (e) whether it has come to the notice of the Government that a good number of students could  not  enter  their  application  in  the  respective  category  due  to  the  online  system failure and if so, the details thereof and the steps taken in this regard?

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

- (a) The  Merit-cum-Means  Scholarship  Scheme  is  being  administered  by  the  Ministry  of Minority  Affairs.  From  the  year  2014-15,  the  Merit-cum-Means  based  Scholarship Scheme  for  the  minorities  are  being  disbursed  under  Direct  Benefit  Transfer  (DBT) mode  and  the  scholarship  amount  is  credited  directly  in  the  bank  account  of beneficiary. The State-wise details of the scholarships disbursed for the year 2015-16 is at Annexure. The States/UTs are given administrative expenses for implementation of this scheme.
- (b) to (d) Till the year 2014-15, there was no delay in disbursal of scholarships. However, during  2015-16,  due  to  some  technical  glitches  on  the  National  Scholarship  Portal (NSP),  delay  in  receipt  of  response  from  the  States/UTs  and  some  problems  in  the bank accounts given by beneficiary, there was some delay.

- (e) It is informed that all the three Scholarship Schemes of the Ministry of Minority Affairs (MoMA) viz. Pre-matric, Post-matric and Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship Schemes are being implemented through the National Scholarship Portal (NSP), since 2015-16, as part of a policy decision to make the process of applying of scholarships more transparent and ensure disbursement to genuine students by avoiding duplications, etc.  Although, there were some technical glitches in NSP during 2015-16 and 2016-17, 2,62,829 and 2,80,647 online applications were filed on the portal during 2015-16 and 2016-17 respectively in respect of Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship Scheme.

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## Annexure

Statement  referred  to  in  part  (a)  of  the  reply  to  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  2956 asked by Shri N.K. Premachandran regarding Delay in Scholarship Disbursal for answer on 20.03.2017. (Rs. in crore)

| SNo.     | States/UTs           | 2014-15     | 2015-16     | 2016-17                        |
|----------|----------------------|-------------|-------------|--------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh       | 1.52        | 3.20        | No State-wise data reconciled. |
| 2        | Telangana            | 3.39        | 5.24        |                                |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh    | 0.00        | 0.00        |                                |
| 4        | Assam                | 11.59       | 13.60       |                                |
| 5        | Bihar                | 38.02       | 31.22       |                                |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh         | 1.69        | 1.52        |                                |
| 7        | Goa                  | 0.41        | 0.42        |                                |
| 8        | Gujarat              | 11.66       | 10.60       |                                |
| 9        | Haryana              | 2.94        | 3.30        |                                |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh     | 0.37        | 0.29        |                                |
| 11       | Jammu & Kashmir      | 18.23       | 16.30       |                                |
| 12       | Jharkhand            | 4.38        | 6.22        |                                |
| 13       | Karnataka            | 50.26       | 36.55       |                                |
| 14       | Kerala               | 73.30       | 62.36       |                                |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh       | 8.22        | 7.78        |                                |
| 16       | Maharashtra          | 13.93       | 17.32       |                                |
| 17       | Manipur              | 1.60        | 1.12        |                                |
| 18       | Meghalaya            | 2.66        | 2.80        |                                |
| 19       | Mizoram              | 0.00        | 0.24        |                                |
| 20       | Nagaland             | 3.74        | 3.47        |                                |
| 21       | Odisha               | 1.49        | 1.55        |                                |
| 22       | Punjab               | 29.50       | 24.15       |                                |
| 23       | Rajasthan            | 7.35        | 11.30       |                                |
| 24       | Sikkim               | 0.30        | 0.22        |                                |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu           | 16.01       | 13.85       |                                |
| 26       | Tripura              | 0.39        | 0.60        |                                |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh        | 45.34       | 45.53       |                                |
| 28       | Uttarakhand          | 1.58        | 1.85        |                                |
| 29       | West Bengal          | 29.38       | 32.23       |                                |
| 30       | Andaman & Nicobar    | 0.00        | 0.01        |                                |
| 31       | Chandigarh           | 0.11        | 0.09        |                                |
| 32       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 0.00        | 0.01        |                                |
| 33       | Daman & Diu          | 0.01        | 0.01        |                                |
| 34       | Delhi                | 1.81        | 2.46        |                                |
| 35       | Lakshadweep          | 0.00        | 0.00        |                                |
| 36 Total | Puducherry           | 0.10 381.27 | 0.14 357.55 | 2.73                           |

* Provisional data as on 06.03.2017. Disbursement of scholarships for the year 2015-16 still continues.