Lok Sabha Question No. 10 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-18
Subject: Pre-Post Matric Scholarships
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, P.R. SUNDARAM, JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 10 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2018

## PRE-POST MATRIC SCHOLARSHIPS

## 10. SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK: DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT: SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO: SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE: SHRI SATAV RAJEEV: SHRI P.R. SUNDARAM: DR. J. JAYAVARDHAN:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government extends Pre-Post Matric and Merit-cum-Means scholarships to minority students;
- (b) if  so,  the  total  number  of  scholarships  in  these  categories  that  have  been  given  in  the current year;
- (c) the  details  of  the  amount  released/disbursed  by  Government  of  India  for  Post  Matric scholarship for minorities in different States during the last three  years  and the current year, State-wise;
- (d) the amount per student disbursed thereon, State-wise; and
- (e) whether the Government proposes to revise the scholarship amounts in accordance with the rising fee in universities and increase in living cost and if so, the details thereof?

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

(a) & (b) : Ministry  of  Minority  Affairs  implements  three  Scholarship  Schemes  viz.  Prematric, Post-matric and Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship Schemes for educational empowerment of six notified minority communities viz. Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain and Parsi (Zoroastrians) across the country. The process for disbursement of Scholarship entails inviting  applications  online,  verification  and  drawing  up  the  eligible  list,  which  is  normally completed in the 3 rd quarter of this financial year as was done in 2017-18. The same process is to be followed in 2018-19.

(c)  &  (d):      The  details  of  the  physical  allocation  and  achievement  along  with  amount  of scholarships  released  under  Post-matric  Scholarship  Scheme  to  the  minorities  in  different States/UTs during the last three years and the current year is annexed. The rates of scholarship under the scheme is as under:

(Amount in ₹ )

of of

|   S. No. | Item                                                                                                                                         | Hosteller *                                            | Day Scholar                                            |
|----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Admission and tuition fee for Classes XI and XII                                                                                             | Actual subject to a maximum ceiling of ₹ 7,000/- p.a.  | Actual subject to a maximum ceiling of ₹ 7,000/- p.a.  |
|        2 | Admission and Course/Tuition fee for Technical and Vocational courses of XI and XII level (including fee / charges for raw materials, etc.). | Actual subject to a maximum ceiling of ₹ 10,000/- p.a. | Actual subject to a maximum ceiling of ₹ 10,000/- p.a. |
|        3 | Admission and Tuition fee for Under- Graduate and Post-Graduate                                                                              | Actual subject to a maximum ceiling of ₹ 3,000/- p.a.  | Actual subject to a maximum ceiling of ₹ 3,000/- p.a.  |
|        4 | Maintenance allowance for 10 months in an academic year (includes expenses for study material etc.)                                          | ₹ 380/- p.m.                                           | ₹ 230/- p.m.                                           |
|        4 | (i) Classes XI and XII including Technical and Vocational courses for this level.                                                            | ₹ 380/- p.m.                                           | ₹ 230/- p.m.                                           |
|        4 | (ii) Courses other than Technical and Vocational courses at Under-Graduate and Post-Graduate                                                 | ₹ 570/- p.m.                                           | ₹ 300/- p.m.                                           |
|        4 | (iii) M.Phil and Ph.D (For those researchers who are not awarded any fellowship by University or any other Authority)                        | ₹ 1200/- p.m.                                          | ₹ 550/- p.m.                                           |

(e): The  Government  endeavours  to  revise  the  scholarship  amounts  as  and  when  found necessary, which is a continuous process.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTs (c) & (d) OF LOK STABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 10 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2018 ASKED BY SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK; DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT; SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO; SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE; SHRI SATAV RAJEEV; SHRI P.R. SUNDARAM; DR. J. JAYAVARDHAN; REGARDING "PRE-POST MATRIC SCHOLARSHIPS"

## State/UT-wise fund released under the Post-matric Scholarship Scheme during the last three years and current year (i.e. 2015-16 to 2018-19)

| S.N o.   | States/UTs           | Physica l               | 2015-16         | 2015-16               | 2016-17*        | 2016-17*              | 2017-18*        | 2017-18*              |
|----------|----------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
| S.N o.   | States/UTs           | Allocati on (For Fresh) | Amount released | Scholarship disbursed | Amount released | Scholarship disbursed | Amount released | Scholarship disbursed |
| S.N o.   | States/UTs           | (in number)             | (Rs. in Cr.)    | (in number)           | (Rs. in Cr.)    | (in number)           | (Rs. in Cr.)    | (in number)           |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh       | 10232                   | 9.05            | 10743                 | 10.06           | 12002                 | 10.69           | 13626                 |
| 2        | Telangana            | 11131                   | 11.94           | 15421                 | 12.08           | 15017                 | 10.64           | 15465                 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh    | 950                     |                 |                       |                 |                       |                 |                       |
| 4        | Assam                | 24077                   | 20.49           | 29600                 | 18.65           | 28330                 | 20.70           | 29200                 |
| 5        | Bihar                | 35712                   | 22.34           | 44162                 | 25.30           | 46630                 | 31.22           | 47105                 |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh         | 2589                    | 1.19            | 2204                  | 1.08            | 2001                  | 1.17            | 2137                  |
| 7        | Goa                  | 1187                    | 0.11            | 177                   | 0.17            | 239                   |                 |                       |
| 8        | Gujarat              | 14127                   | 12.91           | 24017                 | 10.60           | 18257                 | 11.17           | 18823                 |
| 9        | Haryana              | 6417                    | 1.84            | 2739                  | 2.37            | 3413                  | 3.64            | 5217                  |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh     | 718                     | 0.26            | 510                   | 0.26            | 503                   | 0.30            | 529                   |
| 11       | Jammu & Kashmir      | 18429                   | 11.42           | 20602                 | 14.46           | 23676                 | 14.13           | 22439                 |
| 12       | Jharkhand            | 12730                   | 6.78            | 12173                 | 8.27            | 12946                 | 9.78            | 14751                 |
| 13       | Karnataka            | 21414                   | 32.68           | 51775                 | 26.68           | 41720                 | 20.12           | 32220                 |
| 14       | Kerala               | 35965                   | 21.04           | 46703                 | 24.97           | 54613                 | 26.68           | 55941                 |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh       | 12697                   | 8.50            | 14309                 | 9.61            | 15296                 | 10.51           | 17273                 |
| 16       | Maharashtra          | 48302                   | 23.98           | 49766                 | 20.24           | 44085                 | 22.65           | 45604                 |
| 17       | Manipur              | 2412                    | 2.07            | 2647                  | 2.21            | 2852                  | 2.53            | 3330                  |
| 18       | Meghalaya            | 4486                    | 3.27            | 4498                  | 3.33            | 4954                  | 3.90            | 6034                  |
| 19       | Mizoram              | 2206                    | 0.44            | 586                   | 0.93            | 1331                  | 0.97            | 1331                  |
| 20       | Nagaland             | 4726                    | 0.66            | 797                   | 2.71            | 3676                  | 3.63            | 5520                  |
| 21       | Odisha               | 4381                    | 2.19            | 3430                  | 2.09            | 3179                  | 2.24            | 3019                  |
| 22       | Rajasthan            | 16371                   | 19.41           | 28437                 | 17.52           | 24608                 | 14.49           | 21973                 |
| 23       | Sikkim               | 511                     | 0.24            | 539                   | 0.10            | 207                   | 0.06            | 97                    |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu           | 18989                   | 24.78           | 41880                 | 21.31           | 38444                 | 18.12           | 32690                 |
| 25       | Tripura              | 1183                    | 0.51            | 1050                  | 0.44            | 909                   | 0.66            | 1021                  |
| 26       | Uttarakhand          | 3288                    | 1.42            | 2221                  | 2.11            | 2920                  | 3.08            | 4045                  |
| 27       | Andaman & Nicobar    | 282                     |                 |                       | 0.01            | 5                     |                 |                       |
| 28       | Chandigarh           | 499                     | 0.11            | 257                   | 0.12            | 259                   | 0.08            | 167                   |
| 29       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 37                      | 0.01            | 19                    | 0.01            | 26                    | 0.00            | 11                    |
| 30       | Daman & Diu          | 53                      | 0.01            | 34                    | 0.01            | 39                    | 0.00            | 4                     |
| 31       | Delhi                | 6425                    | 0.79            | 1226                  | 0.34            | 531                   | 1.94            | 4794                  |
| 32       | Lakshadweep          | 132                     |                 |                       |                 |                       |                 |                       |
| 33       | Puducherry           | 332                     | 0.15            | 211                   | 0.18            | 280                   | 0.22            | 382                   |
| 34       | Punjab               | 39627                   | 31.84           | 63801                 | 24.89           | 58822                 | 22.39           | 51292                 |
| 35       | Uttar Pradesh        | 82882                   | 66.69           | 98184                 | 54.41           | 74833                 | 56.66           | 86762                 |
| 36       | West Bengal          | 54501                   | 46.63           | 92122                 | 43.90           | 88387                 | 44.45           | 78171                 |