Lok Sabha Question No. 537 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-25
Subject: Scholarship for Students
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Jagdambika Pal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 537

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 25 TH  JUNE, 2019/ ASHADHA 4, 1941 (SAKA) SCHOLARSHIP FOR STUDENTS

537. SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government has enhanced scholarship for wards of police personnel martyred in terror or Maoist attacks; and

(b) if so, the number of persons who have been benefitted from this scheme so far, State/UT-wise including Siddharth Nagar in Uttar Pradesh?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI NITYANAND RAI)

(a)  Under  the  Prime  Minister's  Scholarship  Scheme,  dependent  wards  and widows of Central Armed Police Forces and Assam Rifles (CAPFs and AR) personnel serving/killed/disabled in Government services are given Scholarships  of  Rs.  2250/-  and  Rs.  2000/-  per  month  for  girls  and  boys respectively.

The  above  scheme  has  now  been  extended  to  the  wards  of  State  Police Personnel  who are  killed  during  Terror  /  Naxal  attacks  from  the  Academic Year 2019-2020 onwards. The amount of Scholarship under this scheme has also been increased to Rs. 3000/- and Rs. 2500/- per month for girls and boys respectively from the Academic Year 2019-2020.

(b) As per available records, details of wards of CAPFs and AR, State/UT-wise who have been benefitted under this scheme are enclosed at  Annexure-A.

## STATE WISE DETAILS OF PRIME MINISTER'S SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME

## Annexure-A

(Lok Sabha Unstarred Q/No. 537)

|       | Cat   | Andaman and Nicobar Islands   | Andhra Pradesh   | Arunachal Pradesh   | Assam   | Bihar    | Chandigarh   | Chhattisgarh   | Dadra and Nagar Haveli   | Daman and Diu   | Goa         | Gujarat   | Haryana    | Himachal Pradesh   | Jammu and Kashmir   | Jharkhand     | Karnataka   | Kerala      | Madhya Pradesh   |
|-------|-------|-------------------------------|------------------|---------------------|---------|----------|--------------|----------------|--------------------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------|------------|--------------------|---------------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|------------------|
| 2016- | Girls | 0                             | 69               | 1                   | 2       | 36       | 4            | 10             | 0                        | 0               | 0           | 4         | 11         | 21                 | 12                  | 5 57          |             | 76          | 29               |
| 17    | Boys  | 0                             | 72               | 0                   | 3       | 4        | 20           | 10             | 0                        | 0               | 4           | 8         | 22         | 13                 | 7                   | 5             | 83          | 42          | 249              |
| 2017- | Girls | 0                             | 83               | 0                   | 14      | 34       | 5            | 9              | 0                        | 0               | 2           | 6         | 26         | 40                 | 11                  | 8             | 62          | 99          | 30               |
| 18    | Boys  | 2                             | 117              | 0                   | 12      | 85       | 3            | 15             | 0                        | 0               | 0           | 9         | 43         | 20                 | 12                  | 11            | 47          | 74          | 55               |
| 2018- | Girls | 0                             | 93               | 0                   | 3       | 36       | 5            | 5              | 0                        | 0               | 1           | 17        | 18         | 45                 | 20                  | 14 74         |             | 92          | 24               |
| 19    | Boys  | 0                             | 119              | 0                   | 9       | 67       | 2            | 6              | 0                        | 0               | 0           | 11        | 43         | 42                 | 14                  | 15 62         |             | 60          | 33               |
|       |       | Maharashtra                   | Manipur          | Meghalaya           | Mizoram | Nagaland | New Delhi    | Odisha         | Puduch- erry             | Punjab          | Rajas- than | Sikkim    | Tamil Nadu | Telangana          | Tripura             | Uttar Pradesh | Uttarakhand | West Bengal |                  |
| 2016- | Girls | 21                            | 0                | 0                   | 1       | 0        | 31           | 10             | 0                        | 14              | 26          | 0         | 60         | 46                 | 1                   | 46 39         | 18          |             |                  |
| 17    | Boys  | 37                            | 1                | 0                   | 0       | 0        | 54           | 20             | 2                        | 52              | 22          | 0         | 120        | 50 1               |                     | 10 41         |             | 58          |                  |
| 2017- | Girls | 32                            | 2                | 2                   | 0       | 0        | 30           | 14             | 5                        | 24              | 21          | 0         | 59         | 79                 | 2                   | 51 46         | 32          |             |                  |
| 18    | Boys  | 29                            | 2                | 0                   | 0       | 0        | 56           | 19             | 2                        | 16              | 20          | 0         | 78         | 54                 | 3                   | 125 49        | 49          |             |                  |
| 2018- | Girls | 24                            | 2                | 0                   | 0       | 0        | 32           | 17             | 3                        | 14              | 23          | 0         | 62         | 59                 | 1                   | 53 78         | 28          |             |                  |
| 19    | Boys  | 18                            | 0                | 1                   | 0       | 1        | 40           | 25             | 1                        | 19              | 37          | 0         | 61         | 63 2               | 130                 | 66            |             | 43          |                  |

| SUMMARY   | SUMMARY   |   SUMMARY |   SUMMARY |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 2016      | Girls     |       650 |       650 |
|           | Boys      |      1010 |      1010 |
| 2017      | Girls     |       828 |       828 |
|           | Boys      |      1007 |      1007 |
| 2018      | Girls     |       843 |       843 |
|           | Boys      |       990 |       990 |
| Total     |           |      5328 |      5328 |