Lok Sabha Question No. 273 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-24
Subject: Educational Development Schemes
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Manoj Kishorbhai Kotak

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 273 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.06.2019

## Educational Development Schemes

## 273. SHRI MANOJ KOTAK:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  formulated  any  schemes  for  educational  development  of economically backward classes of the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the amount of funds allocated for such schemes; and
- (c) the mechanism to ensure proper utilization of funds allocated for such schemes?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

- (a) & (b) Ministry  of  Human  Resource  Development  is  implementing  following  schemes for the Economically Backward Class students.
1. Central Sector Scheme of Scholarship for College and University Students (CSSS) Under this  scheme,  scholarship  is  provided  to  the  eligible  meritorious  students  having  family

income less than Rs. 8.0 lakh per annum, for pursuing higher studies.  The amount of scholarship is Rs. 10,000/- per annum for the first three years and Rs. 20,000/- per annum for the fourth and fifth year.

2. Special Scholarship Scheme for Jammu & Kashmir (SSS for J&K) Scholarship  is  provided  to  the  eligible  students  from  the  State  of  Jammu  &  Kashmir,  having family income less than Rs. 8.0 lakh per annum, to pursue higher studies outside the State of

J&K. An amount to the tune of Rs. 1.30 lakh to Rs. 4.00 lakh per annum is provided.

The  budget  head  for  both  the  schemes  indicated  at  (i)  &  (ii)  above  is  common.    BE  for  the Financial  Year  2018-19  is  Rs.  339  Crore.  Out  of  this,  Rs.  139  Crore  is  allocated  for  Central Sector Scheme for College and University Students and Rs. 200 Crore is for Special Scholarship Scheme for Jammu & Kashmir.

## 3. Central Sector Interest Subsidy Scheme (CSIS)

Under  this  Scheme,  full  interest  subsidy  is  provided  during  the  moratorium  period  (course period plus one year), on the educational loan up to Rs. 7.5 lakh, taken by the students having annual parental income up to Rs.4.5 lakh.  The BE for the Financial Year is Rs. 2150 Crore.

## 4. Fees Waiving in IITs

In  IITs,  from  the  academic  year  2016-17,  following  provisions  were  made  for  protecting  the interest of the socially and economically backward students while making the payment of tuition fee.

- a) The SC/ST/PH students shall get complete fee waiver.
- b) The most economically backward students (whose family income is less than Rs.1 lakh per annum ) shall get full remission of the fee.
- c) The other economically backward students (whose family income is between Rs.1 lakh to Rs. 5 lakh per annum ) shall get remission of 2/3 rd of the fee.
- d) All students shall have access to interest free loan under the Vidyalaxmi scheme for the total portion of the tuition fee payable.

Under the Vidyalaxmi Scheme, Interest subvention on the education loans for all students admitted for undergraduate and the five year integrated degree programmes is  provided.

For advancement of Economically Weaker Sections of the society, and as per the Constitution 103 rd Amendment Act 2019, Government has issued orders providing 10 percent reservation to EWS categories in admission to  educational  institutions.  This  reservation  for  EWS  categories would be provided without disturbing the existing entitlements for SC/ST and OBC categories.

Beside these schemes, (i) Remedial Coaching for SC/ST/OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) & Minority  Community  Students,  (ii)  Coaching  for  NET/SET  for  SC/ST/OBC  (Non-Creamy Layer) & Minority Community Students and (iii) Coaching Classes for Entry into services for SC/ST/OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) & Minority Community Students are also being given.

(c) The payment for the above mentioned schemes are processed online through PFMS and scholarship / interest subsidy is released through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode.

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