Lok Sabha Question No. 142 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-11
Subject: Mismanagement of Funds under PMS Scheme
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI, SANTOSH AHLAWAT, SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 142 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.12.2018

## MISMANAGEMENT OF FUNDS UNDER PMS SCHEME

## 142. SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI: SHRIMATI SANTOSH AHLAWAT: SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARSWATI:

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

(a) whether the Government has  received complaints of mismanagement of funds under Post Matric Scholarship (PMS) Schemes;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government thereon;

(c) whether the Government has taken any corrective   steps to mismanagement of funds for Scholarship Schemes and if so, the details thereof; stop

(d) whether the Government has prepared any data regarding the amount utilized for Scholarship Schemes during the last four years; and

(e) if so, the details thereof; State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI KRISHAN PAL GURJAR)

(a) & (b): This Department deals with the Post Matric Scholarship Scheme for SC (PMS-SC) students and Post Matric Scholarship Scheme for OBC (PMS-OBC) students. The PMS-SC is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme and is implemented by State Government/Union Territory Administrations. The details of the major complaints regarding misutilization of funds under PMS-SC during the last three years and the complaints of mismanagement of funds have been reported by any States/UTs:

(c): Complaintshrepresentations   received with   regard to   misutilization of funds under PMS-SC are immediately forwarded to the concerned State Government/ UT Administration for remedial action:

States/UTs have been advised under PMS-SC to ensure:

(i) payment of scholarship directly to the Bank/Post Office accounts of the

Beneficiaries/institutions.

(ii) annual inspection of all the institutions by a State Government Officer not below the level of a Group A officer.

(iii) constitution of fee fixation committee etc

(d) & (e): The release made during the last four under PMS-SC and PMS-OBC and is enclosed as per the Annexure II III respectively. years and

Statement referred to Part (a) and (b) of the Unstarred Question no 142 regarding Mismanagement of fund under PMS Scheme for answer on 11/12/2018

## Status of complaint against institutions/colleges for malfeasance of PMS-SC scholarship fund

| S.N.   | Complaint against                         | Complainant                                                           | Subject                                                                                                                                       | Action taken by Ministry                                                                                                                               |
|--------|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1      | of Krishna College Saharanpur Group       | Saharanpur                                                            | Embezzlement of PMS-SC scholarship                                                                                                            | Principal Secretary, Social Welfare Department; U.P, requested vide letter dt.21.03.2017 for  investigation in to the matter and for necessary action: |
| 2      | Social Welfare                            | DainikJagaran 21.03.2017 edition                                      | Inclusion of non eligible SC students in the list of eligible SC students.                                                                    | Principal Secretary, Social Welfare Department, UP requested vide letter dt.06.04.2017 for investigation in to the matter:                             |
| 3      | B.LS. Institute of Management:            | Mahesh Chand Rahi                                                     | Claiming funds of PMS-SC on fake students                                                                                                     | Principal Secretary, Social Welfare Department; U.P; requested vide letter dt.20 07.2017 for  needful action in to the matter .                        |
| 4.     | Social Welfare govt. of Dept              | Sh RavindraJugran, Uttrakhand                                         | CBL enquiry in to the matter of irregularities of PMS-SC funds disbursement:                                                                  | Principal Secretary, Social Welfare Department, Uttarakhand, requested vide letter dt. 15.09.2017 for needful action in to the matter.                 |
| 5      | Social Welfare Dept. Govt: of Uttarakhand | Sh. Jagat Singh ChauhanAdvoca te Ex. DP(BJP)                          | SIT investigation instead of CBI                                                                                                              | Principal Secretary, Social Welfare Department, Uttarakhand, requested vide letter dt. 28.11.2017 for needful action in to the matter.                 |
| 6_     | Social Welfare Dept. Govt. of Bihar       | News Paper Clipping                                                   | Embzzlement of Rs. 8 cr. by Accountant                                                                                                        | Secretary, Social Welfare Department, Govt. of Bihar;, requested vide letter dt. 28.11.2017 for verification of facts and inform status.               |
| 7      | Social Welfare Dept govt: of U.P.         | Shri PrakashPandey ~The Wednesday News'                               | Forgery of number of SC students                                                                                                              | Principal Secretary, Social Welfare requested vide letter dt.04.05.2018 for appropriate action in to the matter.                                       |
| 8_     | Govt. of Maharashtra                      | Mrs. S.M.Khaladdatk ar Clo Shri RajendraAhire, rlo Nasik; Maharashtra | The alleged fraud for claiming Scholarship by submitting forgery documents for his sons by Shri SanjioBhidasKawale an officer working at BSNL | Secretary, Social Welfare Department, Maharashtra, requested vide letter dt.11.05.2018 for appropriate action in to the matter.                        |
| 9      | Social Welfare Dept govt: of U.P.         | Sh. Ravi Kumar rlo Nitin Bihar colony, Girdharpur; Mathura U.P        | The alleged fraud for withdrawing scholarship from his account by Sh: College, UP. Shyam Agra;                                                | Principal Secretary; Social Welfare Department, U.P requested vide letter dt.11.1O.2018 for   appropriate action in to the matter                      |

Statement  referred to Part (d) and (e) of Unstarred Q No. 142 for answer o 11/12/2018 regarding mismanagement of fund under PMS Scheme State-Wise Release of funds under Post Matric Scholarship Scheme for SC students during last four years

(Rs. In Lakh)

| SNO.   | States/UTs       | 2014-15   |   2015-16 |   2016-17 | 2017-18   |
|--------|------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|        | Andhra Pradesh   | 9300.00   |  13341    |  14398    | 31742.54  |
| 2      | Assam            | 683.28    |    810    |   1690    |           |
| 3      | Bihar            | 3000.00   |   7476    |   4081    |           |
| 4      | Chandigarh       | 275.00    |      0    |      0    | 145.97    |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh     | 1100.00   |    628    |    190    | 3902.02   |
| 6      | Daman & Diu      |           |      0    |      0    |           |
|        | Delhi            | 1700.00   |      0    |    473.76 |           |
| 8      | Goa              | 07.00     |     14    |      0    | 14.99     |
| 9      | Gujarat          | 3900.00   |   5964    |   5244    | 14339.54  |
| 10     | Haryana          | 2700.00   |   6867    |  10735    |           |
| 11     | Himachal Pradesh | 1600.00   |   2700    |   2400    | 7425      |
| 12     | Jammu & Kashmir  |           |     91    |    202    | 1362.76   |
| 13     | Jharkhand        | 900.00    |    911    |   2071    | 892.95    |
| 14     | Karnataka        | 2400.00   |   3840    |   3300    | 39546.98  |
| 15     | Kerala           | 4200.00   |   1647    |   4267.2  | 8391      |
|        | Pradesh Madhya   | 6350.00   |  10300    |   3308    | 23042.54  |
| 17     | Maharashtra      | 17635.00  |  27988    |  10669    | 50497.96  |
| 18     | Manipur          | 1193.50   |    620.32 |    583.31 | 750.56    |
| 19     | Meghalaya        | 0.00      |      0    |      0    |           |
| 20.    | Odisha           | 4222.83   |   8995    |  19879.8  | 4747.56   |
| 21     | Puducherry       | 0.00      |      0    |      0    |           |
| 22     | Punjab           | 37687.61  |   8930    |  28008.4  | 11573.21  |
| 23     | Rajasthan        | 5500.00   |   8252    |  20056    | 32922.79  |
| 24     | Sikkim           | 46.95     |    164.53 |    255.5  |           |
| 25     | Tamil Nadu       | 25400.00  |  46064    |  74324    | 43448.24  |
|        | Telangana        | 8800.00   |  12454    |  33166    | 14024.24  |
| 27     | Tripura          | 1768.59   |   1625.15 |   1904.68 | 1991.84   |
| 28     | Uttar Pradesh    | 47249.56  |  46903    |  27000    | 25420.46  |
| 29     | Uttarakhand      | 1800.00   |   2519    |   7301    | 3969.00   |
| 30     | West Bengal      | 6600.00   |   2284    |   4369    | 21256.91  |
|        | TOTAL            | 196337.63 | 221388    | 279877    | 341409.06 |

referred to Part (d) and (e) of Unstarred Question No. 142 for answer on 11.12.2018 regarding mismanagement of fund under PMS scheme

## State-Wise Release of funds under Post Matric Scholarship scheme for OBC students

(Rs in lakh)

| SL No.   | State/UTs                 | 2014-15   |   2015-16 | 2016-17   |   2017-18 |
|----------|---------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|          | Andhra Pradesh            | 3322.00   |   3545.05 | 3709.10   |   4399.11 |
| 2        | Bihar                     | 6581.90   |   7485    | 5397.00   |      0    |
| 3        | Chattisgarh               | 2623.35   |      0    | 0.00      |   2282.26 |
| 4        | Goa                       | 442.00    |    114    | 113.32    |    132.53 |
| 5        | Gujarat                   | 3142.87   |   4351.05 | 4562.28   |   5335.74 |
| 6        | Haryana                   | 0.00      |   1494.29 | 0.00      |      0    |
|          | Himachal Pradesh          | 425.00    |    499    | 520.84    |    609.15 |
| 8        | Jammu & Kashmir           | 769.00    |    777.74 | 944.71    |    650.25 |
|          | Jharkhand                 | 2222.90   |   2376    | 2493.08   |   2956.86 |
| 10       | Karnataka                 |           |   4419    | 4615.67   |   5474.32 |
| 11       | Kerala                    | 2117.30   |   2223.7  | 2327.19   |   2950.14 |
| 12       | Madhya Pradesh            | 5620.00   |   5224    | 5484.11   |   6504.32 |
| 13       | Maharashtra               | 8014.00   |   8106.95 | 8490.40   |   5844    |
| 14       | Odisha                    | 1289.00   |   2383.39 | 2855.75   |   2178.75 |
| 15       | Punjab                    | 0.00      |   2003.01 | 2092.10   |   1440    |
| 16       | Rajasthan                 | 4546.02   |   4950.99 | 5182.28   |   5663.47 |
| 17       | Tamil Nadu                | 4571,50   |   5184    |           |   4550    |
| 18       | Telangana                 | 1094.10   |   2566    | 2689.21   |   1851    |
| 19       | Uttar Pradesh             | 13445.00  |  14472    |           |  17882    |
| 20       | Uttrakhand                | 680.10    |    726    | 737.74    |    525    |
| 21       | West Bengal               | 5280.55   |   6582.86 | 6602.03   |   8179.08 |
| 22       | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 11.00     |      0    | 0.00      |     14.66 |
| 23       | Dadra & Havali Nagar      | 0.00      |      0    | 0.00      |      0    |
| 24       | Daman & Diu               | 7.13      |     15.29 | 7.13      |      0    |
| 25       | Chandigarh                | 61.00     |     84.71 | 92.87     |     85.34 |
| 26       | Delhi                     | 92.98     |      0    | 187.00    |    100    |
| 27       | Puducherry                | 7.00      |     56    | 12.99     |     31.99 |
| 28       | Assam                     | 5454.96   |      0    | 5026.84   |      0    |
| 29       | Manipur                   | 598.00    |    602.62 | 471.00    |    622.37 |
| 30       | Tripura                   | 1430.00   |   1532.65 | 1950.00   |   2150    |
| 31       | Sikkim                    | 150.00    |    500    | 500.00    |    549.98 |
|          | Total                     | 78113.96  |  82275.3  | 87587.83  |  82962.4  |