Lok Sabha Question No. 4775 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-22
Subject: Financial Assistance to Students
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Ganesan Selvam, Mohanbhai Kalyanji Kundariya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4775 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 nd  JULY, 2019

## Financial Assistance to Students

## 4775.   SHRI SELVAM G.: SHRI MOHANBHAI KALYANJI KUNDARIYA:

## Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government provides financial assistance to meritorious students of weaker section to pursue higher studies under the Central Sector Scheme of Scholarship scheme for College and University Students; and

(b) if so, the details thereof along with the quantum of financial assistance provided during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise including Tamil Nadu?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank')

(a)  to  (b):  The  Ministry  of  Human  Resource  Development  has  been  implementing  the  'Central Sector  Scheme  of  Scholarship  for  College  and  University  Students'  since  the  year  2008.  The objective  of  the  scheme  is  to  provide  financial  assistance  to  meritorious  students  from  weaker sections having  family income  of less than Rs. 8 lakhs per annum. Students  who are above 80 th percentile of successful candidates in class XII can apply for scholarship under this scheme.. The rate of scholarship is Rs. 10,000/- per annum for the first three years and Rs. 20,000/- per annum for the fourth and fifth year. The details of the financial assistance provided during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise including Tamil Nadu is at Annexure.

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Annexure referred to in reply of part (b) of Lok Sabha Un-Starred Question No. 4775 for 22.07.2019 asked by Shri Selvam G. and Shri Mohanbhai Kalyanji Kundariya, Hon'ble Member of Parliament regarding 'Financial Assistance to Students'

Annexur

(Rs. in

## crores)

| Sr. No.   | State / Education Board   |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 (as on date) |
|-----------|---------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh            |      7.13 |     12.66 |      8.8  |                   1.16 |
| 2         | Assam                     |      0.34 |      0.59 |      1.59 |                   0.1  |
| 3         | Bihar                     |      0.14 |      0.13 |      0.24 |                   0.1  |
| 4         | CBSE                      |     10.91 |     14.56 |     12.72 |                   0.15 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh              |      1.5  |      2.22 |      3.19 |                   0.66 |
| 6         | CISCE                     |      0.01 |      0.11 |      0.05 |                   0    |
| 7         | Goa                       |      0.19 |      0.29 |      0.45 |                   0.03 |
| 8         | Gujarat                   |      3.03 |      5.83 |      5.52 |                   1.43 |
| 9         | Haryana                   |      4.4  |      5.08 |      4.73 |                   0.12 |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh          |      2.65 |      0.49 |      0    |                   0.07 |
| 11        | Jammu and Kashmir         |      0.38 |      1.45 |      1.19 |                   0.15 |
| 12        | Jharkhand                 |      0.03 |      0    |      0    |                   0    |
| 13        | Karnataka                 |     21.26 |     12.71 |     15.21 |                   2.03 |
| 14        | Kerala                    |      2.01 |      5.17 |      6.27 |                   1.51 |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh            |      8.09 |     16.82 |     10.77 |                   0.71 |
| 16        | Maharashtra               |      7.88 |     12.84 |     15.54 |                   0.54 |
| 17        | Manipur                   |      0.05 |      0.27 |      0.33 |                   0.04 |
| 18        | Meghalaya                 |      0    |      0    |      0.01 |                   0.09 |
| 19        | Mizoram                   |      0    |      0    |      0    |                   0    |
| 20        | Nagaland                  |      0.06 |      0    |      0.18 |                   0.01 |
| 21        | Odisha                    |      1.97 |      3.47 |      4.28 |                   0.55 |
| 22        | Puducherry                |      0.49 |      0.31 |      0.38 |                   0.03 |
| 23        | Punjab                    |      7.15 |      3.94 |      4.96 |                   0.27 |
| 24        | Rajasthan                 |      4.08 |      9.75 |      2.8  |                   0.76 |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu                |      5.78 |      5.68 |      8.7  |                   0.88 |
| 26        | Telangana                 |      6.09 |     14.39 |      6.87 |                   0.59 |
| 27        | Tripura                   |      0.31 |      0.36 |      0.43 |                   0.06 |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh             |      0.98 |      9.29 |      5.47 |                   0.96 |
| 29        | Uttarakhand               |      0.25 |      0.32 |      0.95 |                   0.2  |
| 30        | West Bengal               |      4.01 |      4.6  |      7.84 |                   2.71 |
|           | Total:                    |    101.18 |    143.33 |    129.45 |                  15.92 |