Lok Sabha Question No. 3121 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-11
Subject: Higher Education for Minority Girls
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Ravi Kishan Shukla, Ramdas Chandrabhanji Tadas, Chandra Prakash Joshi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3121 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.07.2019

## Higher Education for Minority Girls

## 3121 .  SHRI RAVI KISHAN:

SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS:

SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the higher education among girls belonging to minority communities is not satisfactory in the country;
- (b)  if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor;
- (c)  the details of the schemes implemented by the Government to promote higher education among girls and women from minority communities in the country especially in the rural areas; and
- (d)  the details of the funds allocated/utilized to promote higher education among girls and women from minority communities during the last three years and the current year, year and State-wise?

## A N S W E R MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)

- (a) and (b): As per the All India Survey on Higher Education Report 2017-18, total female students enrolled in Higher Education Institutions are 1,74,37,703.  Out of  these  female  students,  there  are  13,46,638  female  students  belonging  to minority  communities  i.e.  7.72%  of  total  female  students.  Details  regarding Student Enrolment in Higher Education Institutions are given in the following Table:
- (C)             The following schemes are being dealt by University Grants Commission (UGC) in which minority girls are also covered:
- -Remedial  Coaching  for  SC/ST/OBC  (Non-Creamy  Layer)  &  Minority Community students.
- -Coaching  for  NET/SET  for  SC/ST/OBC  (Non-Creamy  Layer)  &  Minority Community students.
- -Coaching  Classes  for  Entry  into  services  for  SC/ST/OBC  (Non-Creamy Layer) & Minority Community students.

| Enrolment            | Enrolment   | Enrolment   | Enrolment   |
|----------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| Category             | Male        | Female      | Total       |
| Total All Categories | 1,92,04,675 | 1,74,37,703 | 3,66,42.378 |
| Minority Communities | 12,98,598   | 13,46,638   | 26,45.236   |
| Percentage of Total  | 6.76        | 7.72        | 7.21        |

There is a specific scheme called ''Maulana Azad National Fellowship for Minority Students' since 2010-11.  Under this scheme financial assistance is  provided  to  1000  selected  candidates  belonging  to  notified  minorities communities  viz.  Jain,  Buddhist,  Sikh,  Parsi,  Muslim  and  Christian  for pursuing  M.Phil/Ph.D  research  on  full  time/regular  basis  in  institutions  of India.    Out  of  these  1000  slots,  30%  are  earmarked  exclusively  for  the women from these minority communities.

UGC is also implementing three other schemes especially for women viz (1) Swami Vivekananda Single Girl Child Fellowship for Research in Social Sciences (2) P.G. Scholarship for Single Girl Child and (3) Post Doctoral Fellowship for Women. These schemes are open for all including women belonging to minority communities.

The main objective of the Residential Academy for Minorities/ SC/ST and Women  is  to  provide  equal  opportunities  to  all  sections  of  society  for equitable growth which entails affirmative action for Minorities, SC/STs and women  by  providing  Coaching  programme  to  the  student,  with  Hostel facilities free of cost/nominal fee, without tuition fee of the above category for  coaching for entry into Central/State Governments and other services such as SSC, Banking etc.

- (d)    UGC  has  provided  financial  support  to  four  central  universities  i.e.  Aligarh Muslim  University,  JamiaMilliaIslamia,  Maulana  Azad  National  Urdu  University &Baba  sahib  Bhimrao  Ambedkar  University  for  establishment  of  Residential Coaching Academies for Minorities, Women/SCs/STs.

The  details  of  grant  released  under  the  scheme  'Residential  Academy  for Minorities/ SC/ST and Women' last three year wise are as under:-

| Name of the University                                | Grant Released (Rs. In lakh)   | Grant Released (Rs. In lakh)   | Grant Released (Rs. In lakh)   |
|-------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| Name of the University                                | 2016-17                        | 2017-18                        | 2018-19                        |
| AMU, Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh)                          | --                             | --                             | --                             |
| JamiaMilliaIslamia, New Delhi                         | --                             | 85.00                          | --                             |
| Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad (AP) | --                             | 65.00                          | --                             |
| Baba sahib Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow (UP)  | --                             | --                             | --                             |

There  are  two  central  universities  namely  AMU  &  JMI  where  most  of  the  girl students  are  from  minority  communities.   The  grants  released  to  both  the universities  during  the  last  three  year  under  Salary,  Recurring  &  Capital  Assets head are as under:-

| Name of the University          | Grant Released (Rs. In lakh)   | Grant Released (Rs. In lakh)   | Grant Released (Rs. In lakh)   |
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|                                 | 2016-17                        | 2017-18                        | 2018-19                        |
| AMU, Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh)    | 89470.12                       | 110601.54                      | 100969.15                      |
| Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi | 30587.04                       | 33320.18                       | 36299.07                       |

The details of the grant released scheme-wise, year-wise and State-wise of last four years is enclosed as Annexure-I.

A  statement  showing  details  of  grant  released  under  the  schemes  of  (1)  Swami Vivekananda Single Girl Child Fellowship for Research in Social Sciences (2) P.G. Scholarship  for  Single  Girl  Child  (3)  Post  Doctoral  Fellowship  for  Women  and Maulana Azad National Fellowship for Minority Students is attached as Annexure-II.

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## Annexure-I referred to in reply to part (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3121 for reply on 11.07.2019 regarding Higher Education for Minority Girls

## Scheme-Wise State-wise and Year-wise Grant Details under the Coaching Schemes .

(Rs in Lakhs)

| State              | 2015-16    |         | 2016-17   |        | 2017-18   |        | 2018-19   |       |
|--------------------|------------|---------|-----------|--------|-----------|--------|-----------|-------|
| Haryana            | Remedial-  | 131.00, | Remedial- | 14.00, | --        |        | --        |       |
| Haryana            | Entry-     | 100.00  | Entry-    | 14.00  |           |        |           |       |
| Haryana            | NET-       | 37.00   | NET-      | 5.00   |           |        |           |       |
| Delhi              | Remedial-  | 73.00   | Entry-    | 2.00   | --        |        | --        |       |
| Delhi              | Entry-     | 69.00   |           |        |           |        |           |       |
| Delhi              | NET-       | 43.00   |           |        |           |        |           |       |
| Jammu & Kashmir    | Remedial-  | 14.00   | --        |        | --        |        | --        |       |
| Jammu & Kashmir    | Entry-     | 20.00   |           |        |           |        |           |       |
| Punjab             | Remedial-  | 262.08  | Remedial- | 28.00  | --        |        | --        |       |
| Punjab             | Entry-     | 171.08  | Entry-    | 28.00  |           |        |           |       |
| Punjab             | NET-       | 49.00   | NET-      | 4.50   |           |        |           |       |
| U.P                | Remedial - | 532.05  | Remedial- | 42.00  | Remedial- | 3.90   | --        |       |
| U.P                | Entry-     | 401.05  | Entry-    | 28.00  | Entry-    | 142.00 |           |       |
| U.P                | NET-       | 183.00  | NET-      | 5.00   |           |        |           |       |
| Uttrakhand         | Remedial-  | 40.00   | --        |        | --        |        | --        |       |
| Uttrakhand         | Entry-     | 57.00   |           |        |           |        |           |       |
| Uttrakhand         | NET-       | 27.00   |           |        |           |        |           |       |
| Himmachal          | Remedial-  | 55.00   | --        |        | --        |        | --        |       |
| Himmachal          | Entry-     | 33.00   |           |        |           |        |           |       |
| West Bengal        | Remedial   | 5.75    | Remedial- | 7.49   |           |        | --        |       |
| West Bengal        | Entry-     | 5.75    | Entry-    | 5.66   |           |        |           |       |
| West Bengal        | NET-       | 4.12    | NET-      | 7.50   |           |        |           |       |
| M.P                | Remedial-  | 24.00   | --        |        | --        |        | --        |       |
| M.P                | Entry-     | 24.00   |           |        |           |        |           |       |
| M.P                | NET-       | 24.00   |           |        |           |        |           |       |
| Chhattisgarh       | Remedial-  | 12.00   | --        |        | --        |        | --        |       |
| Chhattisgarh       | Entry-     | 12.00   |           |        |           |        |           |       |
| Chhattisgarh       | NET-       | 12.00   |           |        |           |        |           |       |
| Arrunachal Pradesh | Remedial-  | 12.00   | --        |        | --        |        | --        |       |
| Arrunachal Pradesh | Entry-     | 12.00   |           |        |           |        |           |       |
| Arrunachal Pradesh | NET-       | 12.00   |           |        |           |        |           |       |
| Assam              | Remedial-  | 24.00   | --        |        | --        |        | --        |       |
| Assam              | Entry-     | 24.00   |           |        |           |        |           |       |
| Assam              | NET-       | 24.00   |           |        |           |        |           |       |
| Telangana          | Remedial-  | 36.00   | --        |        | --        |        | --        |       |
| Telangana          | Entry-     | 36.00   |           |        |           |        |           |       |
| Telangana          | NET-       | 36.00   |           |        |           |        |           |       |
| Tamil Nadu         | Remedial-  | 36.00   | --        |        | --        |        | --        |       |
| Tamil Nadu         | Entry-     | 36.00   |           |        |           |        |           |       |
| Tamil Nadu         | NET-       | 36.00   |           |        |           |        |           |       |
| Rajasthan          | Remedial-  | 12.00   | --        |        | --        |        | --        |       |
| Rajasthan          | Entry-     | 12.00   |           |        |           |        |           |       |
| Rajasthan          | NET-       | 12.00   |           |        |           |        |           |       |
| Manipur            | Remedial-  | 12.00   | --        |        | --        |        | Remedial- | 6.13  |
| Manipur            | Entry-     | 12.00   |           |        |           |        | Entry-    | 10.13 |

|                | NET-      |   12.00 |        |      |       |
|----------------|-----------|---------|--------|------|-------|
| Sikkim         | Remedial- |   12    | --     | --   | --    |
| Sikkim         | Entry-    |   12    |        |      |       |
| Sikkim         | NET-      |   12    |        |      |       |
| Kerala         | Remedial- |   12    |        |      |       |
|                | Entry-    |   12    | --     | --   | --    |
|                | NET-      |   12    |        |      |       |
| Nagaland       | Remedial- |   12    | --     | --   | --    |
| Nagaland       | Entry-    |   12    |        |      |       |
| Nagaland       | NET-      |   12    |        |      |       |
| Mizoram        | Remedial- |   12    | --     | --   | --    |
| Mizoram        | Entry-    |   12    |        |      |       |
| Mizoram        | NET-      |   12    |        |      |       |
| Pondicherry    | Remedial- |   12    | --     | --   | --    |
| Pondicherry    | Entry-    |   12    |        |      |       |
| Pondicherry    | NET       |   12    |        |      |       |
| Tripura        | Remedial- |   12    | --     | --   | --    |
| Tripura        | Entry-    |   12    |        |      |       |
| Tripura        | NET-      |   12    |        |      |       |
| Meghalaya      | NET-      |   12    | --     | --   | --    |
| Andhra Pradesh | Remedial- |   12    | --     | --   | --    |
| Andhra Pradesh | Entry-    |   12    |        |      |       |
| Andhra Pradesh | NET-      |   12    |        |      |       |
| Total          | Total     | 2949.88 | 196.15 | 5.32 | 16.26 |

## Annexure-II referred to in reply to part (d) of the LokSabhaUnstarred Question No. 3121 for reply on 11.07.2019 regarding Higher Education for Minority Girls

| Grant sanctioned under various fellowship and scholarship schemes (Rupees in Crore)   | Grant sanctioned under various fellowship and scholarship schemes (Rupees in Crore)           | Grant sanctioned under various fellowship and scholarship schemes (Rupees in Crore)   | Grant sanctioned under various fellowship and scholarship schemes (Rupees in Crore)   | Grant sanctioned under various fellowship and scholarship schemes (Rupees in Crore)   | Grant sanctioned under various fellowship and scholarship schemes (Rupees in Crore)   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No                                                                                | Name of the Scheme                                                                            | 2016-17                                                                               | 2017- 18                                                                              | 2018-19                                                                               | 2019-20 (upto June 2019)                                                              |
| 1                                                                                     | Swami Vivekananda for Single Girl Child fellowship for Research (scheme initiated in 2015-16) | 3.04                                                                                  | 4.70                                                                                  | 4.74                                                                                  | 1.05                                                                                  |
| 2                                                                                     | PG Scholarship for Single Girl Child                                                          | 11.37                                                                                 | 11.13                                                                                 | 9.91                                                                                  | 0.08                                                                                  |
| 3                                                                                     | Maulana Azad National Fellowship for Minority Students                                        | 125.34                                                                                | 97.36                                                                                 | 91.13                                                                                 | 16.58                                                                                 |
| 4                                                                                     | Post Doctoral Fellowship for Women                                                            | 32.47                                                                                 | 43.66                                                                                 | 31.46                                                                                 | 7.72                                                                                  |
| Total                                                                                 | Total                                                                                         | 172.22                                                                                | 156.85                                                                                | 137.24                                                                                | 25.43                                                                                 |