Lok Sabha Question No. 4496 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-23
Subject: Scholarship for SC Students
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Diya Kumari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4496 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03.2021

## SCHOLARSHIP FOR SC STUDENTS

## 4496. MS. DIYA KUMARI:

Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details and the number of Scholarships granted to students belonging to Scheduled Castes (SCs) during the last financial year; State-wise;
- (b) the total number of scholarships provided to students belonging to Scheduled Castes in Rajasthan during the last five years, category-wise;
- whether the Government proposes to introduce new scholarships for girl students belonging to the Scheduled Castes; and
- (d) if the details thereof? SO,

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA)

- (a): This Department deals with the following Scholarship Schemes for SC students:-
- Post Matric Scholarship Scheme for SC students (PMS-SC);
- (ii) Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme for SC students studying in Class IX & X;
- (iii) Class Education for SC Students; Top
- (iv) National Overseas Scholarship Scheme for SC etc. candidates (NOS)

The Post Matric and Pre-Matric   Scholarship Schemes are Centrally   Sponsored Schemes implemented through State Governments and UT Administrations The details of beneficiaries, State-wise, during the last financial year under these schemes are attached at Annexure:

The Class Education for SC students and NOS schemes are Central Sector Schemes and State-wise allocation is not made under them.Total beneficiaries under the Class Education for SC students and National Overseas Scholarship schemes during the last financial year Were 1375 students and 100 students respectively: Top Top

- (6): The total number of scholarships provided to students belonging to Scheduled Castes in Rajasthan during the last five years under the Post-Matric Scholarship scheme for SC students and Pre-Matric   Scholarship scheme for SC students are as under:-

| Year    | PMS-SC        | Pre-Matric (SC)   |
|---------|---------------|-------------------|
|         | Beneficiaries | Beneficiaries     |
| 2015-16 | 143602        | 85031             |
| 2016-17 | 310639        | 23542             |
| 2017-18 | 191184        | 73945             |
| 2018-19 | 339157        | 233651            |
| 2019-20 | 457915        | 168095            |

There is no State-wise allocation/release of funds in Class Education for SC students and NOS schemes and thus State-wise figures for number of beneficiaries are not maintained. Top

(c) & (d): No such proposal is under consideration.

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Statement referred to part (a) in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4496 for answer on 23.03.2021 regarding Scholarship for SC Students"

State ~wise beneficiaries under Post and Pre Matric Scholarship Scheme the last financial year (2019-20) during

| S.NO.   |                  | PMS-SC   | Pre-Matric (SC)   |
|---------|------------------|----------|-------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh   | 369316   | 223722            |
| 2       | Assam            | 6668     | 720               |
|         | Bihar            | 109869   |                   |
| 4       | Chandigarh       |          | 1500              |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh     | 96362    | 88138             |
| 6       | Daman & Diu      |          | 119               |
|         | Delhi            | 19508    | 14643             |
| 8       | Goa              |          |                   |
| 9       | Gujarat          | 131284   | 61052             |
| 10      | Haryana          | 91438    | 147104            |
| 11      | Himachal Pradesh | 20758    | 20665             |
| 12      | Jammu & Kashmir  | 11995    | 4978              |
| 13      | Jharkhand        | 24038    | 44352             |
| 14      |                  | 330000   | 260732            |
| 15      | Kerala           |          |                   |
| 16      | Madhya Pradesh   | 339676   | 323545            |
| 17      | Maharashtra      | 325856   | 74365             |
| 18      | Manipur          | 8163     | 1379              |
| 19      | Meghalaya        |          |                   |
| 20.     | Odisha           | 169666   | 171450            |
| 21      | Puducherry       |          | 2693              |
| 22      | Punjab           |          |                   |
| 23      | Rajasthan        | 457915   | 168095            |
| 24      | Sikkim           | 464      | 152               |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu       | 611434   | 257855            |
| 26      | Telangana        | 220381   | 15423             |
| 27      | Tripura          | 17992    | 3585              |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh    | 1360376  | 541551            |
| 29      | Uttarakhand      | 38077    | 22492             |
| 30      | West Bengal      | 518953   | 283504            |
|         | TOTAL            | 5280189  | 2809542           |

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