Lok Sabha Question No. 202 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-11
Subject: Scholarship Schemes for Differently Abled Students
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB, RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE, SANJAY SHAMRAO DHOTRE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (Divyangjan) MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 202 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.12.2018

## Scholarship Schemes for Differently Abled Students

## 202. Shri Bhartuhari Mahtab:

Shri Rahul Shewale:

Shri Sanjay Dhotre:

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

(a) the number of differently abled students who have benefited under various scholarship schemes in the country during each of the last three years and the current year; scheme and State/UT-wise;

if so, the details thereof and the reasons thereof; Scheme and  State/UT-wise;

(b) whether the Government has received complaints   regarding denial of benefits of the said schemes to the eligible students in the country the said period; during-

(d) whether cases of advantages of the said schemes by non-eligible students have come to the notice of the Government during the said period, if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; scheme and State/UTwise; and taking

(e) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to each eligible student under the coverage of the said schemes? bring

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

(SHRI KRISHANPAL GURJAR)

a The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities is presently implementing an umbrella scheme *Scholarships for Students with Disabilities The main objective of the umbrella scholarship scheme is to empower students with disabilities to study further in order to earn their livelihood and to find a dignified place in the society, as face several barriers physical, financial and psychological in pursuing studies and with dignity they living

The umbrella scholarship scheme comprises six components: (i) Pre-matric (for class IX & X) (ii) Postmatric (for Class XI to Post-graduate degreeldiploma), (iii) Class Education (for Graduate degree/Postgraduate degreeldiploma in notified institutes of excellence in education), (iv) National Fellowship for PwDs (for M.Phil/Ph D in Indian Universities), National Overseas Scholarship (for Master' s degree/Doctorate in universities abroad) and Free Coaching (for students   appearing in   competitive examinations for Government jobs and admission to technical and professional courses). Top benefits implemented by this Department the last three being during years

(b) & (c): No complaint has been received regarding denial of benefits of scholarships scheme to the eligible students.

(d) No case of non-eligible students having taken advantage of the said schemes has come to the notice of this Department during the said period.

(e) In order to eligible students with disabilities under umbrella scholarship scheme being implemented by this Department, a number of initiatives have been taken to encourage State Governments to popularize the scholarship scheme and motivate students with disabilities to apply for scholarships Applications of eligible students are invited through advertisements in national newspapers (dailies). Pre-matric, Post-matric and Class Education scholarships are implemented through National Scholarship Portal  developed by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology: National Fellowship for Students with Disabilities is being   implemented   through UGC Portal. National Overseas   Scholarship and Free Coaching are implemented offline. bring Top being being

No of students with disabilities released scholarships under Free Coaching

| S.No. State/UT                | 2017-18         |                 |
|-------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR           | No. of students | No. of students |
| 2ANDHRA PRADESH               |                 |                 |
| 3ARUNACHAL PRADESH            |                 |                 |
| ASSAM                         |                 |                 |
| 5IBIHAR                       |                 |                 |
| 6 CHANDIGARH                  |                 |                 |
| CHHATTISGARH                  |                 |                 |
| 8IDADRA & NAGAR HAVELI        |                 |                 |
| 9 DAMAN & DIU                 | 0               |                 |
| 10 DELHI                      | 150             | 150             |
| 11 GOA                        | 0               |                 |
| 12 GUJARAT                    |                 |                 |
| 13 HARYANA 14HIMACHAL PRADESH | 0               |                 |
| 15 JAMMU AND KASHMIR          | 100             | 100             |
| 16 JHARKHAND                  | 0               |                 |
| 17 KARNATAKA                  | 0               |                 |
| 18 KERALA                     |                 |                 |
| 19 LAKSHADWEEP                |                 |                 |
| 24 MIZORAM                    |                 |                 |
| 25 NAGALAND                   |                 |                 |
| 26 ODISHA                     |                 |                 |
| 27 PUDUCHERRY                 |                 |                 |
| 28 PUNJAB                     |                 |                 |
| 29 RAJASTHAN                  |                 |                 |
| 30 Sikkim                     |                 |                 |
| 31 TAMIL NADU                 |                 |                 |
| 32 TELANGANA                  |                 |                 |
| 33 TRIPURA                    |                 |                 |
| 34 UTTARAKHAND                |                 |                 |
| 35 UTTAR PRADESH              |                 |                 |
| 36/WEST BENGAL                |                 |                 |
| TOTAL                         | 250             | 250             |

Notes

Scheme started from 1st April 2017

Data for 2018-19 is upto 3Oth November, 2018

Annexure No. of students with disabilities released scholarships under Pre-matric

|                       | 2015-16   |          | 2016-17 2017-18 No. of   | 2018-19         |
|-----------------------|-----------|----------|--------------------------|-----------------|
| S.No: State/UT        |           | students | No. of students          | No. of students |
| 1 ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR |           |          | 3                        |                 |
| 2JANDHRA PRADESH      |           | 49       | 24                       |                 |
| 3ARUNACHAL PRADESH    | 0         | 3        | 0                        |                 |
| 4 ASSAM               | 0         | 21       | 0                        |                 |
| 5IBIHAR               | 7         | 51       | 12                       | 36              |
| 6JCHANDIGARH          | 11        | 2        | 0                        |                 |
| CHHATTISGARH          | 8         | 82       | 226                      | 109             |
| 8DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI |           | 0        | 1                        |                 |
| 9 DAMAN & DIU         | 0         | 0        | 3                        |                 |
| 10 DELHI              | 0         | 3        | 33                       |                 |
| 11GOA                 | 0         | 0        | 0                        |                 |
| 12 GUJARAT            | 12        | 99       |                          |                 |
| 13 HARYANA            | 0         | 2        | 77                       |                 |
| 14HIMACHAL PRADESH    |           | 38       | 79                       |                 |
| 15JJAMMU AND KASHMIR  | 0         | 37       | 176                      | 2               |
| 16 JHARKHAND          | 0         | 2        | 1                        | 32              |
| 1Z/KARNATAKA          | 38        | 1299     | 734                      | 25              |
| 18 KERALA             | 1067      | 441      | 2187                     | 50              |
| 19 LAKSHADWEEP        | 0         | 0        |                          |                 |
| 2OMADHYA PRADESH      | 74        | 44261    | 4619                     | 205             |
| 21MAHARASHTRA         | 0         | 14       | 0                        |                 |
| 22 MANIPUR            |           | 1        | 3                        |                 |
| 23 MEGHALAYA          |           | 11       | 2                        |                 |
| 24 MIZORAM            |           | 14       | 20                       |                 |
| 25 NAGALAND           | 0         | 1        | 4                        |                 |
| 26 ODISHA             | 792       | 572      | 1240                     | 115             |
| 27 PUDUCHERRY         | 0         | 0        | 14                       |                 |
| 28 PUNJAB             | 0         | 43       | 6                        |                 |
| 29 RAJASTHAN          | 3         | 29       | 243                      | 138 71          |
| 30 Sikkim             | 0         | 40       | 6                        | 0               |
| 31 TAMIL NADU         | 0         | 23       |                          |                 |
| 32 TELANGANA          | 4         | 23       | 668 5                    | 170 32          |
| 33 TRIPURA            |           | 117      |                          |                 |
| 34 UTTARAKHAND        |           |          | 64                       |                 |
| 35 UTTAR PRADESH      | 0         | 0        | 0                        |                 |
| 36 WEST BENGAL        | 270 37    | 298      | 1554                     | 5 665           |
| TOTAL                 | 2368      | 7927     | 12593                    | 1657            |

Note: Data for 2018-19 is upto 3Oth November, 2018

1o. of students with disabilities released scholarships under Post-matric

| S.No: State/UT         | 2015-16 No. of students   | 2016-17 No. of students   | 2017-18 No. of students   | 2018-19 students   |
|------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------|
| 1 ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR  | 0                         | 1                         | L_                        |                    |
| 2ANDHRA PRADESH        | 15                        | 61                        | 91                        |                    |
| 3ARUNACHAL PRADESH     | 0                         | 18                        | 2                         |                    |
| ASSAM                  | 25                        | 84                        | 0                         |                    |
|                        | 9                         | 355                       | 3661                      | 787                |
| 6 CHANDIGARH           | 14                        | 1                         | 11                        | 3                  |
| CHHATTISGARH           | 4                         |                           | 44                        | 179                |
| 8 DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI | 1                         | 4                         | 1                         |                    |
| 9 DAMAN & DIU          | 0                         | 0                         | 1                         |                    |
| 10 DELHI               | 128                       | 5                         | 1961                      | 192                |
| 11/GOA                 | 0                         | 0                         | 3                         |                    |
| 12 GUJARAT             | 32                        | 24                        | 433                       |                    |
| 13 HARYANA             | 38                        | 55                        | 46                        | 146                |
| 14 HIMACHAL PRADESH    | 0                         | 64                        | 61                        | 16                 |
| 15 JAMMU AND KASHMIR   | 0                         | 110                       |                           | 152                |
|                        |                           | 106                       | 42                        | 500                |
| 17 KARNATAKA           | 40                        | 1232                      | 238                       | 1116               |
| 18 KERALA              | 130                       | 3761                      | 214                       | 73                 |
| 19 LAKSHADWEEP         | 0                         | 0                         | 0                         |                    |
|                        | 219                       | 2129                      | 1779                      | 2312               |
| 21 MAHARASHTRA         | 44                        | 267                       | 40                        | 521                |
| 22 MANIPUR             | 27                        | 2                         | 27                        |                    |
| 23 MEGHALAYA           | 3                         | 49                        | 25                        |                    |
| 24 MIZORAM             | 0                         | 19                        | 15                        |                    |
| 25 NAGALAND            | 0                         | 14                        | 1                         |                    |
|                        | 1098                      | 31                        | 1038                      | 1241               |
| 27 PUDUCHERRY          | 2                         | 0                         | 3                         | 9                  |
| 28 PUNJAB              | 45                        | 20                        | 88                        | 57                 |
| 29 RAJASTHAN           | 60                        | 78                        | 455                       | 563                |
| 30 Sikkim              |                           | 15                        | 7                         | 2                  |
| 31 TAMIL NADU          | 0                         | 136                       | 580                       | 672                |
| 32 TELANGANA           | 10                        | 57                        | 97                        | 62                 |
| 33 TRIPURA             | 0                         | 143                       | 126                       |                    |
| 34 UTTARAKHAND         | 42                        | 3                         | 0                         |                    |
| 35 UTTAR PRADESH       | 1545                      | 251                       | 1032                      | 3086               |
|                        | 22                        | 535                       | 479                       | 2254               |
| TOTAL                  | 3565                      | 6281                      | 7657                      |                    |

Note: Data for 2018-19 is upto 3Oth November, 2018

No. of students with disabilities released scholarships under Class Education Top

| S.No:                  | State/UT   | 2015-16 No. of   | 2016-17 of students   | 2018-19   |
|------------------------|------------|------------------|-----------------------|-----------|
| 1 ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR  | 0          | 0                | 0                     | 2018-19   |
| 2 ANDHRA PRADESH       | 2          | 2                |                       |           |
| 3 ARUNACHAL PRADESH    | 0          | 0                |                       |           |
| 5IBIHAR                |            | 3                |                       |           |
| 6 CHANDIGARH           |            | 0                | 0                     |           |
| 7ICHHATTISGARH         |            | 0                |                       |           |
| 8 DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI |            | 0                |                       |           |
| 9 DAMAN & DIU          | 0          |                  | 3                     |           |
| 10 DELHI               | 0          |                  | 8                     |           |
| 11 GOA                 |            |                  |                       |           |
| 12 GUJARAT             |            |                  |                       |           |
| 14 HIMACHAL PRADESH    |            | 0                |                       |           |
| 15 JAMMU AND KASHMIR   |            | 8                |                       |           |
| 16 JHARKHAND           |            |                  |                       |           |
| 17 KARNATAKA           | 3          |                  |                       |           |
| 18 KERALA              |            |                  | 0                     |           |
| 19 LAKSHADWEEP         |            |                  |                       |           |
| 20 MADHYA PRADESH      |            |                  | 3                     |           |
| 23 MEGHALAYA           |            |                  | 0                     |           |
| 24IMIZORAM             | 0          |                  | 0                     |           |
| 25INAGALAND            |            | 0                | 0                     |           |
| 26 ODISHA              |            |                  | 2                     |           |
| 27 PUDUCHERRY          |            |                  | 0                     |           |
| 28 PUNJAB              |            |                  | 0                     |           |
| 29 RAJASTHAN           | 1          | 0                | 6                     |           |
| 30 Sikkim              | 0          |                  |                       |           |
| 31 TAMIL NADU          |            | 0                |                       |           |
| 32 TELANGANA           | 0          | 1                |                       |           |
| 33 TRIPURA             |            | 0                |                       |           |
| 34 UTTARAKHAND         | 0          | 0                | 0                     |           |
| 35 UTTAR PRADESH       |            | 11               | 11                    |           |
| 36 WEST BENGAL         | 0          | 3                | 3                     |           |
| TOTAL                  | 14         | 42               | 37                    | 14        |

Note: Data for 2018-19 is upto 3Oth November, 2018

No of students with disabilities released scholarships under National Fellowship

| S.No. State/UT        | 2015-16 No: of students   | 2016-17 2017-18 No: of students   | No: of students   | 2018-19   |
|-----------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------|-----------|
| 1 ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR | 0 0                       | students                          | 0                 |           |
| 2ANDHRA PRADESH       | 111                       | 109                               | 117               | 94        |
| 3ARUNACHAL PRADESH    | 0                         | 0                                 | 0                 |           |
| 4IASSAM               | 5                         | 8                                 | 8                 | 10        |
|                       | 24                        | 20                                | 27                | 15        |
| 6 CHANDIGARH          | 01                        |                                   | 0                 |           |
| CHHATTISGARH          | 4                         | 2                                 | 5                 |           |
| 8DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI |                           |                                   |                   |           |
| 9 DAMAN & DIU         |                           |                                   |                   |           |
| 10 DELHI              | 16                        | 14                                | 14                | 11        |
| 11/GOA                | 0                         | 9                                 | 0                 | 0         |
| 12 GUJARAT            | 11                        |                                   | 15                | 12        |
| 13 HARYANA            | 17                        | 15                                | 20                | 12        |
| 14 HIMACHAL PRADESH   | 3                         |                                   | 4                 | 1         |
| 15 JAMMU AND KASHMIR  | 5                         | 7                                 | 9                 | 8         |
| 16 JHARKHAND          | 8                         | 9                                 | 10                | 9         |
| 17 KARNATAKA          | 261                       | 32                                | 36                | 28        |
| 18 KERALA             | 10                        | 12                                | 14                | 12        |
| 19 LAKSHADWEEP        | 0                         | 0                                 | 0                 | 0         |
| 20MADHYA PRADESH      | 14                        | 17                                | 21                | 151       |
| 21 MAHARASHTRA        | 39                        | 41                                | 48                | 40        |
| 22 MANIPUR            |                           |                                   | 0                 |           |
| 23 MEGHALAYA          |                           |                                   | 0                 |           |
|                       |                           |                                   | 0                 |           |
| 26/ODISHA             |                           | 24                                | 27                | 18        |
| 27IPUDUCHERRY         | 5                         | 5                                 | 5                 |           |
| 28 PUNJAB             | 9                         | 9                                 | 12                | 10        |
| 29 RAJASTHAN          | 13                        | 14                                | 21                | 18        |
| 30 Sikkim             | 0                         | 0                                 | 0                 |           |
| 31 TAMIL NADU         | 51                        | 30                                | 12                | 13        |
| 32 TELANGANA          | 13                        | 27                                | 33                | 30        |
| 33 TRIPURA            | 2                         | 2                                 | 2                 | 2         |
| 34/UTTARAKHAND        | 0                         | 0                                 | 1                 | 1         |
| 35 UTTAR PRADESH      | 82                        | 143                               | 158               | 117       |
| 36 WEST BENGAL        | 37                        | 36                                | 47                | 351       |
| TOTAL                 | 527                       | 589                               | 666               | 519       |

Note: Data for 2018-19 is upto 3Oth November, 2018

of students with disabilities released scholarships under National Overseas Scholarship

| State/UT               | 2016-17         | 2017-18         | S.No:   |
|------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
| 1 ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR  | No. of students | No: of students | S.No:   |
| 2ANDHRA PRADESH        |                 |                 |         |
| 3ARUNACHAL PRADESH     |                 |                 |         |
| 4ASSAM                 |                 |                 |         |
| 5IBIHAR                |                 |                 |         |
| 6 CHANDIGARH           |                 | 8               |         |
| 7ICHHATTISGARH         |                 | 0               |         |
| 8 DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI |                 | 0               |         |
| & DIU                  |                 | 0               |         |
| 11/GOA                 |                 |                 |         |
| 12 GUJARAT             |                 |                 |         |
| 13 HARYANA             |                 |                 |         |
| 14 HIMACHAL PRADESH    |                 | 0               |         |
| 15JJAMMU AND KASHMIR   |                 |                 |         |
| 18 KERALA              |                 |                 |         |
| 19 LAKSHADWEEP         |                 | 0               |         |
|                        |                 | 0               |         |
| 21 MAHARASHTRA         |                 | 0               |         |
| 22 MANIPUR             |                 |                 |         |
| 23 MEGHALAYA           |                 |                 |         |
| 24MIZORAM              |                 |                 |         |
| 25 NAGALAND            |                 |                 |         |
| 26/ODISHA              |                 |                 |         |
| 27IPUDUCHERRY          |                 |                 |         |
| 28 PUNJAB              |                 |                 |         |
| 29 RAJASTHAN           |                 |                 |         |
| 30/Sikkim              |                 |                 |         |
| 31 TAMIL NADU          |                 |                 |         |
| 32 TELANGANA           | 0               |                 |         |
| 33 TRIPURA             |                 |                 |         |
| 34 UTTARAKHAND         |                 | 0               |         |
| 35 UTTAR PRADESH       |                 |                 |         |
| 36 WEST BENGAL         | 0               |                 |         |
| TOTAL                  | 2               | 3               |         |

Notes: (i) No eligible application received during 2015-16

(ii) Data for 2018-19 is upto 3Oth November, 2018