Lok Sabha Question No. 7 (STARRED), answered on 2018-07-18
Subject: Scholarship for Education
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY, NISHIKANT  DUBEY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## STARRRED QUESTION NO. *7 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2018

## SCHOLARSHIP FOR EDUCATION

## *7. SHRI RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY: SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of girls benefited by the Government's scholarship for education in the  country  during  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year,  State  and  UTwise;
- (b) the  total  expenditure  incurred  by  the  Government  on  the  scholarship  for education programme for minorities in the country; and
- (c) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to provide adequate education to the girls of the minority communities in the country?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) to (c) of LokSabha Starred Question No.  *7  asked  by  Shri  Ravindra  Kumar  Pandey  and  Shri  NishikantDubey regarding Scholarship for Education

(a) to  (c):  For  the  educational  empowerment  of  minority  students  including  girl students  all  over  the  country,  the  Ministry  of  Minority  Affairs  implements  three scholarship schemes namely, Pre-matric Scholarship Scheme (for children studying in  class I to X), Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme (from class XI to Ph.D. level) and Merit-cum-means (MCM) based Scholarship Scheme for professional and technical courses at under graduate and post graduate levels. In addition, the Maulana Azad Education Foundation (MAEF), a society working under the aegis of the Ministry, also provides  financial  assistance  under  Begum  HazratMahalNational  Scholarship  for Meritorious Girls belonging to minority communities (studying in classIXto XII). The State and UT-wise number of girls benefited under the scholarship schemes and total fund released under the aforesaid schemes during the last three years and current year are at Annexure-I& II.

Besides  above,  this  Ministry  implements  the  following  schemes  for  educational empowerment of minority students and the expenditure during 2017-18 is as detailed under:

## (inRs. Crore)

|   S. No. | Schemes                                                                                    |   Fund Released 2017-18 |
|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|        1 | Maulana Azad National Fellowship Scheme                                                    |                  124.85 |
|        2 | NayaSavera - Free Coaching & Allied Scheme                                                 |                   45.59 |
|        3 | PadhoPardesh - Scheme of Interest Subsidy on Educational Loans for overseas studies        |                   17    |
|        4 | NaiUdaan - Support for minority students clearing prelims conducted by UPSC/SSC/State PSCs |                    6.21 |
|        5 | Grant-in-Aid to Non-Governmental organizations (MAEF)                                      |                    2.49 |

All the three Scholarship Schemes are implemented through the National Scholarship Portal  (NSP)  and  the  disbursement  of  scholarship  is  made  under  Direct  Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode. Begum HazratMahal Scholarship Scheme is also implemented online and scholarship is disbursed under Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode. This process has increased promptness, transparency and efficiency.

Besides  above,  the  Ministry  under  Multi-Sectoral  Development  Programe  (MsDP) now  restructured  as  Pradhan  Mantri  Jan  VikasKaryakaram  (PMJVK)  also  created infrastructure  for  girls  education.  The  infrastructure  includes  construction  of  around 250 units of girls  hostels,  47  school buildings  for  girls,  assets  for  8  women degree colleges, 142 units of additional classrooms in girl schools, 48 additional classrooms in  Kasturba  Gandhi  BalikaVidalaya,  3  units  of  women  ITI,  12  Residential  Schools, 216 units of Toilets.

To accord the priority to the girls education, it has been decided that at least 33 to 40% resources of PMJVK will be earmarked for girls/women centric projects.

| ANNEXURE-I   |                    | State/UT-wise number of girls            | State/UT-wise number of girls   | State/UT-wise number of girls            | State/UT-wise number of girls   | State/UT-wise number of girls            | State/UT-wise number of girls   | State/UT-wise number of girls            | State/UT-wise number of girls   | State/UT-wise number of girls            | State/UT-wise number of girls   | State/UT-wise number of girls            | State/UT-wise number of girls   | State/UT-wise number of girls                   | State/UT-wise number of girls                                   | State/UT-wise number of girls         | State/UT-wise number of girls         | State/UT-wise number of girls           | State/UT-wise number of girls         |
|--------------|--------------------|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| S.           | States/U Ts        |                                          |                                 |                                          |                                 | Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme            | Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme   | based Scholarship Post-Matric            | based Scholarship Post-Matric   | based Scholarship Post-Matric            | Scholarship                     | Scholarship                              | Scholarship                     | Schemes for 2015-16 to 2018-19 Scheme           | Schemes for 2015-16 to 2018-19 Scheme                           | Schemes for 2015-16 to 2018-19 Scheme | Schemes for 2015-16 to 2018-19 Scheme | Schemes for 2015-16 to 2018-19 Scheme   | Schemes for 2015-16 to 2018-19 Scheme |
| S.           | States/U Ts        |                                          |                                 | 2015-16                                  | 2015-16                         | 2016-17* 2017-18*                        | 2016-17* 2017-18*               | 2015-16                                  | 2015-16                         | 2016-17*                                 | 2016-17*                        | 2017-18*                                 | 2017-18*                        |                                                 |                                                                 | based 2016-17*                        | based 2016-17*                        | Scholarship Scheme 2017-18*             | Scholarship Scheme 2017-18*           |
| N o.         | States/U Ts        | Scholar ship awarded for girls student s | Total Fund releas ed for year   | Scholar ship awarded for girls student s | Total Fund releas ed for year   | Scholar ship awarded for girls student s | Total Fund releas ed for year   | Scholar ship awarded for girls student s | Total Fund releas ed for year   | Scholar ship awarded for girls student s | Total Fund releas ed for year   | Scholar ship awarded for girls student s | Total Fund releas ed for year   | 2015-16 Scholars hip awarded for girls students | Total Fund releas ed for year Scholars hip awarded for students | girls Total Fund releas ed for year   |                                       | Scholars hip awarded for girls students | Total Fund releas ed for year         |
| 1            | Andhra Pradesh     | 81262                                    | 35.40                           | 65408                                    | 25.80                           | 61706                                    | 29.78                           | 2534                                     | 9.05                            | 6193                                     | 10.06                           | 6806                                     | 10.69                           | 359 3.20                                        | 667                                                             |                                       | 5.27                                  | 949                                     | 7.12                                  |
| 2            | Telangan a         | 117467                                   | 40.63                           | 86519                                    | 45.97                           | 80476                                    | 47.32                           | 7987                                     | 11.94                           | 9054                                     | 12.08                           | 9261                                     | 10.64                           | 687                                             | 5.24 860                                                        | 6.41                                  |                                       | 960                                     | 7.44                                  |
| 3            | Arunacha l Pradesh | 0                                        | 0.00                            | 0                                        | 0.00                            | 0                                        | 0.00                            |                                          | 0.00                            | 0                                        | 0.00                            | 0                                        | 0.00                            | 0                                               | 0.00                                                            | 0                                     | 0.00                                  | 0                                       | 0.00                                  |
| 4            | Assam              | 31951                                    | 22.82                           | 75532                                    | 33.34                           | 91491                                    | 88.95                           | 13154                                    | 20.49                           | 12593                                    | 18.65                           | 13517                                    | 20.70                           | 1228                                            | 13.60                                                           | 1090                                  | 11.16                                 | 1692                                    | 13.73                                 |
| 5            | Bihar              | 11082                                    | 6.35                            | 34801                                    | 12.46                           | 65400                                    | 28.88                           | 21880                                    | 22.34                           | 22605                                    | 25.30                           | 23295                                    | 31.22                           | 1637                                            | 31.22                                                           | 1847                                  | 32.23                                 | 2026                                    | 31.55                                 |
| 6            | Chhattisg arh      | 7177                                     | 3.95                            | 4045                                     | 1.60                            | 4316                                     | 2.05                            | 1765                                     | 1.19                            | 1341                                     | 1.08                            | 1365                                     | 1.17                            | 197                                             | 1.52                                                            | 241                                   | 1.50                                  | 204                                     | 1.30                                  |
| 7            | Goa                | 1157                                     | 0.22                            | 801                                      | 0.16                            | 0                                        | 0.00                            | 76                                       | 0.11                            | 193                                      | 0.17                            | 0                                        | 0.00                            | 66                                              | 0.42                                                            | 46                                    | 0.30                                  | 0                                       | 0.00                                  |
| 8            | Gujarat            | 101083                                   | 34.49                           | 54197                                    | 25.65                           | 59888                                    | 31.80                           | 19632                                    | 12.91                           | 9199                                     | 10.60                           | 9516                                     | 11.17                           | 1210                                            | 10.60                                                           | 1076 9.34                             |                                       | 1245                                    | 9.87                                  |
| 9            | Haryana            | 591                                      | 0.19                            | 1055                                     | 0.62                            | 2098                                     | 1.78                            | 289                                      | 1.84                            | 1423                                     | 2.37                            | 1910                                     | 3.64                            | 252                                             | 3.30                                                            | 223                                   | 3.37                                  | 192                                     | 3.03                                  |
| 10           | Himachal Pradesh   | 1296                                     | 0.36                            | 824                                      | 0.28                            | 852                                      | 0.29                            | 188                                      | 0.26                            | 258                                      | 0.26                            | 273                                      | 0.30                            | 49                                              | 0.29                                                            | 34                                    | 0.20                                  | 30                                      | 0.18                                  |
| 11           | Jammu & Kashmir    | 0                                        | 0.00                            | 25922                                    | 12.28                           | 51536                                    | 22.49                           | 8294                                     | 11.42                           | 11957                                    | 14.46                           | 11398                                    | 14.13                           | 1573                                            | 16.30                                                           | 1393                                  | 14.23                                 | 1718                                    | 16.99                                 |
| 12           | Jharkhan d         | 1806                                     | 7.94                            | 10232                                    | 8.94                            | 23526                                    | 24.66                           | 6671                                     | 6.78                            | 6859                                     | 8.27                            | 7330                                     | 9.78                            | 385                                             | 6.23                                                            | 429                                   | 6.43                                  | 509                                     | 6.94                                  |
| 13           | Karnatak a         | 242565                                   | 69.83                           | 220389                                   | 71.53                           | 172694                                   | 60.65                           | 51308                                    | 32.68                           | 25013                                    | 26.68                           | 19346                                    | 20.12                           | 5755                                            | 36.56                                                           | 5385                                  | 32.91                                 | 4485                                    | 25.12                                 |
| 14           | Kerala             | 290422                                   | 65.45                           | 277286                                   | 56.80                           | 287806                                   | 61.71                           | 52294                                    | 21.04                           | 30439                                    | 24.97                           | 33137                                    | 26.68                           | 13498                                           | 62.57                                                           | 12850                                 | 57.11                                 | 12298                                   | 53.58                                 |
| 15           | Madhya Pradesh     | 41573                                    | 11.25                           | 38291                                    | 18.60                           | 52914                                    | 25.76                           | 6583                                     | 8.50                            | 9974                                     | 9.61                            | 11322                                    | 10.51                           | 906                                             | 7.78                                                            | 910                                   | 7.88                                  | 867                                     | 6.37                                  |
| 16           | Maharash tra       | 264147                                   | 52.42                           | 235266                                   | 47.24                           | 302428                                   | 63.66                           | 33361                                    | 23.98                           | 25388                                    | 20.24                           | 27315                                    | 22.65                           | 1983                                            | 17.29                                                           | 1633 13.61                            |                                       | 2481                                    | 17.95                                 |
| 17           | Manipur            | 1072                                     | 0.79                            | 1718                                     | 1.92                            | 2609                                     | 3.14                            | 3295                                     | 2.07                            | 1445                                     | 2.21                            | 1764                                     | 2.53                            | 188                                             | 1.12                                                            | 145                                   | 1.01                                  | 114                                     | 0.66                                  |
| 18           | Meghalay a         | 996                                      | 0.49 12.55                      | 4798 23826                               | 1.90 8.93                       | 2850                                     | 1.24                            | 81                                       | 3.27 0.44                       | 2803                                     | 3.33                            | 3624                                     | 3.90                            | 474                                             | 2.80 511 119                                                    | 2.95                                  | 0.57                                  | 549 188                                 | 3.20 1.10                             |
| 19 20        | Mizoram Nagaland   | 22140 17795                              | 8.61                            | 8662                                     | 4.76                            | 15125                                    | 7.01                            | 165 103                                  | 0.66                            | 780                                      | 0.93                            | 680                                      | 0.97                            | 41 530                                          | 0.24 3.47                                                       | 550                                   | 3.28                                  | 555                                     | 3.18                                  |
|              |                    |                                          |                                 | 7950                                     |                                 | 12134                                    | 8.31                            |                                          |                                 | 2192                                     | 2.71                            | 3198                                     | 3.63                            |                                                 | 150                                                             |                                       |                                       |                                         |                                       |
| 21           | Odisha             | 1757                                     | 0.40                            |                                          | 2.11                            | 5249                                     | 1.83                            | 1978                                     | 2.19                            | 1632                                     | 2.09                            | 1474                                     | 2.24                            | 130                                             | 1.56                                                            |                                       | 1.62                                  | 243                                     | 1.99                                  |
| 22           | Punjab             | 188723                                   | 46.43                           | 161275                                   | 56.50                           | 182778                                   | 64.54                           | 52495                                    | 31.84                           | 36026                                    | 24.89                           | 30990                                    | 22.39                           | 5508                                            | 24.15 4306                                                      | 18.35                                 |                                       | 3298                                    | 14.51                                 |
| 23           | Rajastha           | 71108                                    | 30.91                           | 56896 567                                | 30.00                           | 66059                                    | 37.27                           | 17706                                    | 19.41                           | 11148                                    | 17.52                           | 10214                                    |                                 | 907                                             | 11.30                                                           |                                       | 10.76                                 | 714                                     | 10.47                                 |
| 24           | n Sikkim           | 1184                                     |                                 |                                          | 0.23                            |                                          |                                 |                                          |                                 |                                          |                                 |                                          | 14.49                           | 48                                              | 0.22                                                            | 757 34                                | 0.16                                  | 6                                       | 0.03                                  |
| 25           | Tamil Nadu         | 216651                                   | 0.53 46.01                      |                                          | 60.39                           | 457                                      | 0.23 60.31                      | 94 43293                                 | 0.24 24.78                      | 124 25440                                | 0.10                            | 55                                       | 0.06                            | 2614                                            | 14.06                                                           | 2624                                  | 13.86                                 | 3043                                    | 15.56                                 |
| 26           | Tripura            | 3609                                     | 0.99                            | 177397                                   |                                 | 164897                                   |                                 | 244                                      | 0.51                            | 394                                      | 21.31                           | 21250                                    | 18.12                           | 40                                              | 0.60                                                            |                                       | 0.47                                  |                                         | 0.43                                  |
|              |                    |                                          |                                 | 1                                        | 0.00 135.9                      | 2813                                     | 0.99                            |                                          |                                 |                                          | 0.44                            | 459                                      | 0.66                            |                                                 |                                                                 | 45                                    | 33.65                                 | 53                                      | 28.06                                 |
| 27           | Uttar Pradesh      | 261444                                   | 123.2 6                         | 211699                                   | 9                               | 273708                                   | 161.9 5                         | 66052                                    | 66.69                           | 47409                                    | 54.41                           | 53879                                    | 56.66                           | 3320                                            | 45.53                                                           | 2556                                  |                                       | 2377                                    |                                       |
| 28           | Uttarakha          | 3481                                     | 2.66                            | 7449                                     | 3.69                            | 10332                                    | 6.42                            | 599                                      | 1.42                            | 1570                                     | 2.11                            | 2019                                     | 3.08                            | 147                                             | 1.85                                                            | 148                                   | 1.92                                  | 127                                     | 1.67                                  |

|   nd | nd                   |     nd | nd      |     nd |    nd |     nd | nd      | nd    |       |       |       |       |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|------|----------------------|--------|---------|--------|-------|--------|---------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|------|-------|------|-------|------|-------|
|   29 | West Bengal          | 714592 | 280.7 8 | 383215 | 81.1  | 564469 | 124.8 2 | 82572 | 46.63 | 45902 | 43.9  | 41884 | 44.45 | 1772 | 32.23 | 1971 | 31.34 | 2073 | 31.61 |
|   30 | Andaman & Nicobar    |      0 | 0.00    |     10 |  0.01 |      0 | 0.00    |       |  0    |     3 |  0.01 |     0 |  0    |    2 |  0.01 |    2 |  0    |    0 |  0    |
|   31 | Chandiga rh          |    884 | 0.18    |   1269 |  0.25 |   1054 | 0.21    | 152   |  0.11 |   178 |  0.12 |   124 |  0.08 |   10 |  0.09 |    4 |  0.06 |    3 |  0.07 |
|   32 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |     35 | 0.01    |     38 |  0.01 |      0 | 0.00    |       |  0.01 |    15 |  0.01 |     4 |  0    |    0 |  0    |    0 |  0.01 |    0 |  0    |
|   33 | Daman & Diu          |      0 | 0.00    |      0 |  0    |      0 | 0.00    |       |  0.01 |    26 |  0.01 |     4 |  0    |    2 |  0.01 |    1 |  0.03 |    0 |  0    |
|   34 | Delhi                |     32 | 0.02    |      0 |  0    |   4286 | 0.92    | 281   |  0.79 |   278 |  0.34 |  2794 |  1.94 |  268 |  2.46 |  115 |  1.23 |  128 |  1.14 |
|   35 | Lakshad weep         |      0 | 0.00    |      0 |  0    |      0 | 0.00    |       |  0    |     0 |  0    |     0 |  0    |    0 |  0    |    0 |  0    |    0 |  0    |
|   36 | Puducher ry          |    749 | 0.29    |    803 |  0.37 |    959 | 0.56    | 78    |  0.15 |   177 |  0.18 |   258 |  0.22 |   38 |  0.14 |   31 |  0.12 |   34 |  0.12 |

* Provisional Data (as on 12.7.2018).  The Scholarship Scheme for 2018-19 is in the process.

## ANNEXURE-II REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF LOK STABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*7 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2018 ASKED BY SHRI RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY, SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY REGARDING SCHOLARSHIP FOR EDUCATION

State/UT-wise number of girls awarded scholarship and total fund released during the last three years and current year under the Begum HazratMahal Scholarship for Meritorious Minority girl students by Maulana Azad Education Foundation

| S.No.   | States/UTs           | 2015-16      | 2015-16           | 2016-17 (Provisional Data)   | 2016-17 (Provisional Data)   | 2017-18      | 2017-18           |                                            |
|---------|----------------------|--------------|-------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|--------------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| S.No.   | States/UTs           | No. of Girls | Amount Sanctioned | No. of Girls                 | Amount Sanctioned            | No. of Girls | Amount Sanctioned |                                            |
| 1       | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR    | 2            | 0.24              | 9                            | 1.08                         | 0            | 0.00              | 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 |
|         | ANDHRA PRADESH       | 1388         | 166.56            | 601                          | 72.12                        | 2299         | 129.71            |                                            |
|         | ARUNACHAL PRADESH    | 2            | 0.24              | 15                           | 1.80                         | 1            | 0.06              |                                            |
|         | ASSAM                | 2332         | 279.84            | 1136                         | 136.32                       | 1850         | 106.22            |                                            |
|         | BIHAR                | 4514         | 541.68            | 1109                         | 133.08                       | 8280         | 467.26            |                                            |
|         | CHANDIGARH           | 9            | 1.08              | 1                            | 0.12                         | 1            | 0.05              |                                            |
|         | CHATTISGARH          | 18           | 2.16              | 10                           | 1.20                         | 12           | 0.65              |                                            |
|         | DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI | 0            | 0.00              | 1                            | 0.12                         | 0            | 0.00              |                                            |
|         | DAMAN & DIU          | 0            | 0.00              | 0                            | 0.00                         | 0            | 0.00              |                                            |
|         | DELHI                | 552          | 66.24             | 434                          | 52.08                        | 188          | 10.56             |                                            |
|         | GOA                  | 10           | 1.20              | 3                            | 0.36                         | 1            | 0.06              |                                            |
|         | GUJARAT              | 1570         | 188.40            | 318                          | 38.16                        | 3096         | 167.44            |                                            |
|         | HARYANA              | 32           | 3.84              | 16                           | 1.92                         | 44           | 2.36              |                                            |
|         | HIMACHAL PRADESH     | 2            | 0.24              | 3                            | 0.36                         | 8            | 0.46              |                                            |
|         | JAMMU &KASHMIR       | 466          | 55.92             | 931                          | 111.72                       | 807          | 44.88             |                                            |
|         | JHARKHAND            | 1109         | 133.08            | 514                          | 61.68                        | 1247         | 70.86             |                                            |
|         | KARNATAKA            | 2729         | 327.48            | 4367                         | 524.04                       | 25139        | 1374.62           |                                            |
|         | KERALA               | 6827         | 819.24            | 5944                         | 713.28                       | 20534        | 1185.71           |                                            |
| 19      | LAKSHADWEEP          | 0            | 0.00              | 1                            | 0.12                         | 0            | 0.00              |                                            |
| 20      | MADHYA PRADESH       | 1062         | 127.44            | 372                          | 44.64                        | 3686         | 203.56            |                                            |
| 21      | MAHARASHTRA          | 4001         | 480.12            | 4090                         | 490.80                       | 8383         | 467.48            |                                            |
| 22      | MANIPUR              | 62           | 7.44              | 100                          | 12.00                        | 248          | 13.89             |                                            |
| 23      | MEGHALAYA            | 170          | 20.40             | 8                            | 0.96                         | 0            | 0.00              |                                            |
| 24      | MIZORAM              | 1            | 0.12              | 0                            | 0.00                         | 0            | 0.00              |                                            |

| 25   | NAGALAND      |     2 |    0.24 |    26 |    3.12 |      2 |    0.11 |
|------|---------------|-------|---------|-------|---------|--------|---------|
| 26   | ODISHA        |   301 |   36.12 |   171 |   20.52 |    691 |   38.33 |
| 27   | PUDUCHERY     |    16 |    1.92 |    39 |    4.68 |      5 |    0.29 |
| 28   | PUNJAB        |   250 |   30    |   129 |   15.48 |     44 |    2.48 |
| 29   | RAJASTHAN     |  1343 |  161.16 |   794 |   95.28 |     15 |    0.87 |
| 30   | SIKKIM        |     0 |    0    |     0 |    0    |      0 |    0    |
| 31   | TAMIL NADU    |  4077 |  489.24 |   961 |  115.32 |   3153 |  179.4  |
| 32   | TELANGANA     |   891 |  106.92 |  2385 |  286.2  |   5696 |  326.93 |
| 33   | TRIPURA       |     1 |    0.12 |     3 |    0.36 |     19 |    1.05 |
| 34   | UTTAR PRADESH | 11181 | 1341.72 |  7979 |  957.48 |  26045 | 1459.36 |
| 35   | UTTARAKHAND   |   433 |   51.96 |   319 |   38.28 |    530 |   30.2  |
| 36   | WEST BENGAL   |  2647 |  317.64 |   693 |   83.16 |   2070 |  118.62 |
|      | TOTAL         | 48000 | 5760    | 33482 | 4017.84 | 114094 | 6403.47 |