Lok Sabha Question No. 4318 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-22
Subject: TSP/ Post Matric Scholarship
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: D. Ravikumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4318

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.03.2021

## TSP/ POST MATRIC SCHOLARSHIP

4318. SHRI RAVIKUMAR D.:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any plan to restart Tribal Sub Plan (TSP) and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and

(b)the details of State-wise number of tribal students who  were  provided  with  Post  Matric  Scholarships between 2013 and 2020?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SMT. RENUKA SINGH SARUTA)

- (a) Government is implementing Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP) since 1974-75 as a strategy for tribal development. TSP has now been renamed as Scheduled Tribe Component (STC). Besides,  Ministry  of  Tribal  Affairs  40  Central  Ministries  /  Departments  have  been mandated by NITI Aayog to earmark STC funds in the range of 4.3 to 17.5 percent of their total Scheme allocation every year for tribal development.
- (b) The State/UT-wise number of beneficiaries covered under the Post Matric Scholarship scheme of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs during the years 2013-14 to 2019-20 is given at Annexure.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4318  for  22.03.2021  by  SHRI  RAVIKUMAR  D.  regarding  'TSP/  POST  MATRIC SCHOLARSHIP'

## Number of beneficiaries covered under the Post Matric Scholarship scheme of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs during the years 2013-14 to 2019-20

|   Sl.No | State/UT                   |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |
|---------|----------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|       1 | Andaman & Nicoba r Islands |        28 |         0 |         0 |       167 |       544 |       439 |       447 |
|       2 | Andhra Pradesh             |    229360 |     82091 |     49239 |     65173 |     71687 |     59146 |    158195 |
|       3 | Arunachal Pradesh          |       630 |       630 |         0 |     22564 |     18863 |     26000 |     20500 |
|       4 | Assam                      |    102800 |    102800 |    116693 |     29423 |     26867 |     79526 |     55507 |
|       5 | Bihar                      |      6463 |      6463 |         0 |         0 |      9950 |     12544 |     13938 |
|       6 | Chhattisgarh               |    106231 |    139447 |    148660 |    135586 |    143320 |    154656 |    144453 |
|       7 | Dadar & Nagar Haveli       |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |      3720 |      2115 |      5618 |
|       8 | Daman & Diu                |       320 |       320 |         0 |       328 |       196 |       192 |       351 |
|       9 | Goa                        |      1332 |      1332 |      4270 |      1924 |      4442 |         0 |      5870 |
|      10 | Gujarat                    |    218570 |    218570 |    163989 |    192322 |    214605 |         0 |    202667 |
|      11 | Himachal Pradesh           |      5189 |      5189 |      8079 |      3739 |     10747 |      4729 |      3009 |
|      12 | Jammu & Kashmir            |     18700 |      8925 |     21000 |     13854 |     16905 |     27900 |     10685 |
|      13 | Jharkhand                  |     72878 |     81768 |         0 |     63029 |     73385 |     76782 |     79823 |
|      14 | Karnataka                  |    132376 |    134988 |    140891 |    109943 |    101059 |    111614 |    118083 |
|      15 | Kerala                     |     12705 |     13225 |         0 |     15834 |     16111 |     16245 |     16583 |
|      16 | Madhya Pradesh             |    192437 |    188145 |    197176 |    263176 |    272714 |    289095 |    244126 |
|      17 | Maharashtra                |    178146 |    117578 |    175000 |    163321 |    147262 |    131000 |    139550 |
|      18 | Manipur                    |     53965 |     57828 |     66928 |     59995 |     59661 |     22644 |     30969 |
|      19 | Meghalaya                  |     79011 |     79011 |     74608 |     54900 |     35305 |         0 |         0 |
|      20 | Mizoram                    |     56873 |     62410 |     57330 |     42072 |     51983 |     47948 |     38174 |
|      21 | Nagaland                   |     39867 |     40133 |     45140 |     44404 |     28949 |     38380 |     40164 |
|      22 | Odisha                     |     89115 |    130960 |    165100 |    176579 |    185888 |    196667 |    171532 |
|      23 | Puducherry                 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |        23 |
|      24 | Rajasthan                  |    288020 |    246249 |    275669 |    126965 |    135523 |    269659 |    286652 |
|      25 | Sikkim                     |      2643 |      2705 |      3053 |      2605 |      2962 |      4299 |      4431 |
|      26 | Tamil Nadu                 |     11092 |     11092 |     20060 |     23574 |     21605 |     29622 |     29478 |
|      27 | Telangana                  |         0 |    171329 |    171329 |    112236 |    153845 |     58253 |    129243 |
|      28 | Tripura                    |     24270 |     22261 |     28374 |     21001 |     23020 |     22896 |     23720 |
|      29 | Uttar Pradesh              |      7500 |      7500 |         0 |      5322 |      2779 |         0 |     17984 |
|      30 | Uttrakhand                 |     24812 |     25269 |     27796 |     15401 |      8335 |      6133 |      6499 |
|      31 | West Bengal                |     79230 |     79230 |     73357 |     85901 |     90395 |     58421 |     62234 |

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