Lok Sabha Question No. 3095 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-22
Subject: Post Matric Scholarships for OBC
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Rajeshbhai Naranbhai Chudasama

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3095 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.03.2022

## POST MATRIC SCHOLARSHIPS FOR OBC

3095. SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA:

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

- (a) whether the scheme of Post Matric Scholarship (PMS) for the students of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) is being implemented in various States of the country; and
- (b) if so, the details of the amount allocated, released and utilised under the scheme in the country during the last three years and the current year; State-wise including Gujarat?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SUSHRI PRATIMA BHOUMIK)

- (a) & (b): Yes, Sir: A State-wise status of the implementation of the Scheme during the last three years and current year including Gujarat is placed at Annexure.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3095 for answer on 22/03/2022.

|    | State /UTs           | 2018-19             | 2018-19            | 2019-20             | 2019-20                 | 2020-21             | 2020-21                  | 2021-22             | 2021-22                            |
|----|----------------------|---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|------------------------------------|
|    | State /UTs           | Notional Allocation | released /utilized | Notional Allocation | Fund released /utilized | Notional Allocation | Fund released / utilized | Notional Allocation | Amount released (as on 14.03.2022) |
|    | Andhra Pradesh       | 4183.00             | 4121.81            | 5159.00             | 7553.00                 | 5391.00             | 5391.00                  | 8469.00             | 563.75                             |
|    | Bihar                | 8843.00             | 8842.71            | 10906.00            | 0.00                    | 11398.00            | 11398.00                 | 10363.00            | 1192.00                            |
|    | Chhattisgarh         | 2172.00             | 2172.00            | 2679.00             | 0.00                    | 2800.00             | 2800.00                  | 2541.00             | 292.75                             |
|    | Goa                  | 128.00              | 297.05             | 158.00              | 236.00                  |                     | 165.00                   | 149.00              | 17.00                              |
|    | Gujarat              | 5145.00             | 5145.00            | 6346.00             | 9315.00                 | 6632.00             | 6632.00                  | 6018.00             | 694.50                             |
|    | Haryana              | 2164.00             | 1235.46            | 2669.00             | 0.00                    | 2789.00             | 0.00                     | 2531.00             |                                    |
|    | Himachal Pradesh     | 588.00              | 588.00             | 725.00              | 543.75                  | 758.00              | 0.00                     | 688.00              | 179.08                             |
|    | Jammu & Kashmir      | 1065.00             | 801.10             | 1313.00             | 0.00                    | 410.00              | 0.00                     | 123.00              | 0.0                                |
|    | Jharkhand            | 2811.00             | 2811.00            | 3467.00             | 5046.00                 | 3624.00             | 1000.00                  | 3288.00             | 379.50                             |
| 10 | Karnataka            | 5205.00             | 5205.00            | 6420.00             | 9426.00                 | 6709.00             | 6709.00                  | 6088.00             | 5000.00                            |
| 11 | Kerala               | 2845.00             | 2845.00            | 3509.00             | 5166.00                 | 3668.00             | 3668.00                  | 3328.00             | 3328.00                            |
| 12 | Madhya Pradesh       | 6185.00             | 6185.00            | 7628.00             | 11211.00                | 7972.00             | 7972.00                  | 7234.00             | 7234.00                            |
| 13 | Maharashtra          | 9575.00             | 9575.00            | 11810.00            | 17410.00                | 12342.00            | 12342.00                 | 11200.00            | 11200.00                           |
| 14 | Odisha               | 3570.00             | 3534.81            | 4402.00             | 6429.00                 | 4600.00             | 1200.00                  | 4175.00             | 481.00                             |
| 15 | Punjab               | 2360.00             | 0.00               | 2910.00             | 0.00                    | 3042.00             | 0.00                     | 2760.00             |                                    |
| 16 | Rajasthan            | 5844.00             | 5782.49            | 7208.00             | 6813.04                 | 7533.00             | 1900.00                  | 6825.00             | 6798.00                            |
| 17 | Tamil Nadu           | 6142.00             | 6142.00            | 7575.00             | 11139.00                | 7917.00             | 7917.00                  | 7184.00             | 828.00                             |
| 18 | Telangana            | 3033.00             | 0.00               | 3740.00             | 5444.00                 | 3909.00             | 3909.00                  | 3547.00             | 408.75                             |
| 19 | Uttar Pradesh        | 17004.00            | 20450.66           | 20972.00            | 20972.00                | 21917.00            | 21917.00                 | 19908.00            | 2300.25                            |
| 20 | Uttarakhand          | 860.00              | 269.46             | 1061.00             | 0.00                    | 1109.00             | 1106.38                  | 1006.00             | 514.83                             |
| 21 | West Bengal          | 7778.00             | 6702.51            | 9593.00             | 7638.89                 | 10025.00            | 7484.72                  | 9097.00             | 1050.25                            |
| 22 | Andaman & Nicobar    | 11.00               | 11.00              | 33.50               | 13.54                   | 33.00               | 27.07                    | 33.00               | 16.50                              |
| 23 | Dadra & Nagar Havali | 17.00               | 0.00               | 50.00               | 0.00                    | 50.00               | 0.00                     | 50.00               |                                    |
| 24 | Daman & Diu          | 11.00               | 28.00              | 33.50               | 29.73                   | 34.00               | 0.00                     | 35.00               | 59.79                              |
| 25 | Chandigarh           | 61.00               | 61.00              | 183.00              | 137.25                  | 183.00              | 137.25                   | 183.00              | 30.50                              |
| 26 | Delhi                | 187.00              | 154.00             | 933.00              | 289.53                  | 550.00              | 99.50                    | 165.00              | 27.50                              |
| 27 | Puducherry           | 13.00               | 32.00              | 67.00               | 138.27                  | 40.00               | 30.00                    | 12.00               | 1.75                               |
| 28 | Assam                | 9991.00             | 3634.92            | 11833.00            | 0.00                    | 12852.00            | 8352.10                  | 10646.00            | 1187.25                            |
| 29 | Manipur              | 864.00              | 653.31             | 1024.00             | 1467.88                 | 1113.00             | 1606.32                  | 921.00              | 102.75                             |
| 30 | Sikkim               | 192.00              | 316.10             | 228.00              | 514.00                  | 247.00              | 185.25                   | 205.00              | 204.98                             |
| 31 | Tripura              | 1153.00             | 2450.00            | 1365.00             | 3000.00                 | 1483.00             | 1976.32                  | 1228.00             | 1228.00                            |
|    | Total:               | 110000.00           | 100046.39          | 136000.00           | 129932.88               | 141300.00           | 115924.91                | 130000.00           | 45320.68                           |

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