Lok Sabha Question No. 195 (STARRED), answered on 2019-07-04
Subject: Scholarships to Minority Students
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Prasun Banerjee

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA STARRRED QUESTION NO. *195 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.07.2019

## SCHOLARSHIPS TO MINORITY STUDENTS

## *195.    SHRI PRASUN BANERJEE:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of pre-matric, post-matric, merit-cum-means and other scholarships  disbursed  by  the  Union  Government  to  the  minority  students  during each of the last five years;and
- (b) the manner in which the number of such scholarships is likely to beincreased to 5 crore during the next five years?

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

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

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STAEMENT  AS  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION NO. *195 FOR ANSWER ON 04.07.2019 ASKED BY SHRI PRASUN BANERJEE REGARDING 'SCHOLARSHIPS TO MINORITY STUDENTS'

- (a): The number of scholarships disbursed by the Ministry of Minority Affairs to the  students  belonging  to  the  six  notified  minority  communities  under  Pre-Matric, Post Matricand Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship Schemes and by the Maulana Azad  Education  Foundation  (MAEF),  a  registered  Society  under  the  Ministry  of Minority  Affairs,  to  meritorious  girl  students  belonging  to  the  six  notified  minority communities  under  the  Begum  Hazrat  Mahal  National  Scholarship  (BHMNS) Scheme during the last five years, are as follows:

|                            | Scholarships (Number of beneficiaries)   | Scholarships (Number of beneficiaries)   | Scholarships (Number of beneficiaries)   | Scholarships (Number of beneficiaries)   |
|----------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|                            | Pre-Matric                               | Post-Matric                              | Merit-Cum-Means                          | BHMNS                                    |
| During the Last Five Years | 2,73,42,859                              | 34,83,889                                | 6,12,718                                 | 4,41,002                                 |
| Total                      | 3,18,80,468                              | 3,18,80,468                              | 3,18,80,468                              | 3,18,80,468                              |

Includes provisional data for 2018-19.

Since, 2015, the scholarship schemes are being implemented through Direct Benefit  transfer  (DBT)  mode  to  improve  the  efficiency  and  bring  transparency  by removing duplicity and stopping pilferages.

- (b):  It  is  proposed  to  disburse  scholarships under the three  Scholarship  Schemes being  implemented  by  the  Ministry  of  Minority  Affairs  to  5  crore  beneficiaries belonging to economically weaker-section minority students over the next five years by popularising them among the six centrally notified minority communities namely Buddhist, Christian, Jain, Muslim, Parsi and Sikh. Further measures will be taken to increase renewal scholarships and minimize the dropout rates particularly under the pre-matric and post matric Schemes to ensure that a child once registered  under these Schemes completes school education or the training in the vocation of her/his choice.

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