Lok Sabha Question No. 2888 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-05
Subject: Scholarship Schemes for Minority Students
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: D.K. Suresh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRRED QUESTION NO.2888 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.12.2019

## SCHOLARSHIP SCHEMES FOR MINORITY STUDENTS

## 2888.  SHRID.K SURESH

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether there is any scheme for the scholarships of Minority students and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  increase  the  number  of  scholarships considering the large number of minority students;
- (c)  if  so,  whether  the  Government  has  received  any  request  from  the  State  of Karnataka in this regard; and
- (d) if so, the reaction of the Government thereto?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): Yes, Sir. The Ministry of Minority Affairs (MoMA) is implementing the following three Scholarship schemes for the educational empowerment of students belonging to  six  centrally  notified  Minority  communities  i.e.  Buddhist,  Christian,  Jain,  Muslim, Sikh, Zoroastrian (Parsi) in all States/Union Territories across the country:
- (i) Pre-matric  Scholarship  Scheme -  The  scholarship  is  provided  to  minority students  studying  in  class  I  to  X  in  Government/  recognized  Private  schools. Minimum 30% scholarships are earmarked for girls. To be eligible, students should not have annual parental/guardian's income of more than  Rs.1.00 lakh and he/she should have secured minimum 50% marks in previous class.
- (ii) Post-matric Scholarship Scheme - The scholarship is provided to minority students  studying  in  Class  XI  to  Ph.D  level  in  Government/  recognized  Private schools/Colleges/Institutes.  Minimum 30% scholarships are earmarked for girls. To

be eligible, students should not have annual parental/guardian's income of more than Rs.2.00  lakh  and  he/she  should  have  secured  minimum  50%  marks  in  previous class.

(iii) Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship Scheme - The scholarship is awarded for pursuing professional and technical courses at under-graduate and post-graduate levels, in institutions recognized by the appropriate authority. Under the scheme, 30% Scholarships  are  earmarked  for  girl  students.  85  reputed  premier  institutes  for professional  and  technical  courses  have  been  listed  in  the  scheme  for  which  full course fee is reimbursed. To be eligible, students should not  have annual parental/guardian's  income  of  more  than  Rs.2.50  lakh  and  he/she  should  have secured minimum 50% marks in previous class.

(b): The scheme as a whole including its various aspects is to be looked at while approving the continuation of Scholarship Schemes beyond 2019-20, concurrent to the 15 th Finance Commission Cycle.

(c)& (d): Yes,  Sir.  Government  of  Karnataka  requested  for  additional  quota under  the  Merit-cum-Means  (MCM)  based  Scholarship  Scheme  for  2017-18  and against its allocated quota of 2570 fresh scholarship under the MCM Scheme, the State availed 5380 Scholarships in 2017-18.

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