Lok Sabha Question No. 2041 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-19
Subject: Prime Minister's Research Fellowship Scheme
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Bhagirath Chaudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2041 ANSWERED ON- 19/12/2022

## Prime Minister's Research Fellowship Scheme

## †2041.  SHRI BHAGIRATH CHOUDHARY:

Will the Minister of Education be pleased to state:

- (a) the time by which the Prime Minister's Research Fellowship Scheme was started to fulfil the objective of providing employment to all youth;
- (b) the details of the process of selection in the said scheme;
- (c) whether the Government has fixed any criteria for the beneficiaries of the said scheme and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the number of eligible beneficiaries therefrom since the inception of the Scheme to so far, State/Year-wise; and
- (e) the details of quantum of fellowship given along with the number of beneficiaries therefrom in Rajasthan during each of the last three years and the current year, district-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SMT. ANNPURNA DEVI)

(a) to (d): The Prime Minister's Research Fellowship (PMRF) scheme was started in February 2018, aimed at attracting the best talent in science and technology for undertaking research in premier Higher Educational  Institutes.  The  process  of  selection  involves  four-stages,  viz.  Nomination,  Detailed Application, Evaluation and Final Selection. The detailed guidelines, including eligibility criteria, for this scheme are available at https://www.pmrf.in/guidelines . Number of candidates provided PMRF, year-wise and State-wise, is at Annexure-I .

- (e): Details are at Annexure-II.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2041 ANSWERED ON 19/12/2022 ASKED BY SHRI BHAGIRATH CHOUDHARY, HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING 'PRIME MINISTER'S RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP SCHEME'

| State of Domicile           |   2018 |   2019 |   2020 |   2021 |   2022 (upto May) |   Grand Total |
|-----------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-------------------|---------------|
| Andaman And Nicobar Islands |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |                 1 |             1 |
| Andhra Pradesh              |      6 |     13 |     32 |     29 |                25 |           105 |
| Arunachal Pradesh           |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |                 1 |             1 |
| Assam                       |      3 |      2 |     19 |     34 |                23 |            81 |
| Bihar                       |      6 |      7 |     23 |     37 |                31 |           104 |
| Chandigarh (Ut)             |      0 |      0 |      0 |      1 |                 0 |             1 |
| Chhattisgarh                |      9 |      3 |      7 |      7 |                12 |            38 |
| Daman And Diu (Ut)          |      0 |      0 |      0 |      1 |                 0 |             1 |
| Delhi                       |      7 |      4 |     26 |     25 |                23 |            85 |
| Goa                         |      1 |      0 |      0 |      3 |                 0 |             4 |
| Gujarat                     |      5 |      3 |      6 |     21 |                16 |            51 |
| Haryana                     |      4 |     10 |     22 |     32 |                32 |           100 |
| Himachal Pradesh            |      2 |      2 |      3 |      4 |                 6 |            17 |
| Jammu And Kashmir           |      5 |      3 |     15 |     26 |                14 |            63 |
| Jharkhand                   |      7 |      5 |     13 |     10 |                12 |            47 |
| Karnataka                   |     10 |      9 |     24 |     33 |                11 |            87 |
| Kerala                      |      9 |     12 |     51 |     60 |                37 |           169 |
| Madhya Pradesh              |      6 |      2 |     21 |     20 |                27 |            76 |
| Maharashtra                 |     13 |     17 |     43 |     63 |                43 |           179 |
| Meghalaya                   |      0 |      0 |      0 |      1 |                 0 |             1 |
| Nagaland                    |      0 |      0 |      0 |      2 |                 1 |             3 |
| Odisha                      |      7 |      8 |     17 |     41 |                40 |           113 |
| Puducherry                  |      0 |      1 |      2 |      2 |                 4 |             9 |
| Punjab                      |      0 |      0 |     13 |     16 |                12 |            41 |
| Rajasthan                   |      2 |      3 |     21 |     29 |                23 |            78 |
| Tamil Nadu                  |      8 |     12 |     38 |     37 |                42 |           137 |
| Telangana                   |      6 |      2 |     20 |     23 |                13 |            64 |
| Tripura                     |      1 |      0 |      6 |      8 |                 2 |            17 |
| Uttar Pradesh               |     11 |     22 |     78 |     85 |               103 |           299 |
| Uttarakhand                 |      1 |      3 |     14 |     16 |                13 |            47 |
| West Bengal                 |     19 |     32 |    149 |    186 |               155 |           541 |
| Grand Total                 |    148 |    175 |    663 |    852 |               722 |          2560 |

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2041 ANSWERED ON 19/12/2022 ASKED BY SHRI BHAGIRATH CHOUDHARY, HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING 'PRIME MINISTER'S RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP SCHEME'

| District Name   |   Number of PMRFs | Total fellowship& research grant (Rs.)   | Fellowship &research grant for 2019 (Rs.)   | Fellowship& research grant for 2020 (Rs.)   | Fellowship& research grant for 2021 (Rs.)   | Fellowship &research grant for 2022 (Rs.)   |
|-----------------|-------------------|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| Ajmer           |                 4 | 82,20,000                                | 10,40,000                                   | 20,80,000                                   | 31,80,000                                   | 19,20,000                                   |
| Alwar           |                 7 | 74,90,000                                | 0                                           | 10,40,000                                   | 20,80,000                                   | 43,70,000                                   |
| Banswara        |                 1 | 16,60,000                                | 0                                           | 0                                           | 10,40,000                                   | 6,20,000                                    |
| Barmer          |                 1 | 20,80,000                                | 0                                           | 10,40,000                                   | 10,40,000                                   | 0                                           |
| Bharatpur       |                 4 | 1,09,80,000                              | 10,40,000                                   | 31,20,000                                   | 42,20,000                                   | 26,00,000                                   |
| Bhilwara        |                 2 | 37,40,000                                | 0                                           | 10,40,000                                   | 20,80,000                                   | 6,20,000                                    |
| Bikaner         |                 2 | 27,00,000                                | 0                                           | 10,40,000                                   | 10,40,000                                   | 6,20,000                                    |
| Bundi           |                 1 | 6,20,000                                 | 0                                           | 0                                           | 0                                           | 6,20,000                                    |
| Churu           |                 3 | 43,60,000                                | 0                                           | 0                                           | 31,20,000                                   | 12,40,000                                   |
| Dausa           |                 3 | 43,60,000                                | 0                                           | 10,40,000                                   | 20,80,000                                   | 12,40,000                                   |
| Jaipur          |                22 | 3,62,80,000                              | 10,40,000                                   | 83,80,000                                   | 1,67,60,000                                 | 1,01,00,000                                 |
| Jhalawar        |                 1 | 27,30,000                                | 0                                           | 10,40,000                                   | 10,40,000                                   | 6,50,000                                    |
| Jhunjhunu       |                 7 | 1,21,30,000                              | 0                                           | 31,20,000                                   | 52,00,000                                   | 38,10,000                                   |
| Jodhpur         |                 3 | 29,00,000                                | 0                                           | 0                                           | 10,40,000                                   | 18,60,000                                   |
| Karauli         |                 1 | 10,40,000                                | 0                                           | 0                                           | 10,40,000                                   | 0                                           |
| Kota            |                 4 | 65,00,000                                | 10,40,000                                   | 10,40,000                                   | 31,80,000                                   | 12,40,000                                   |
| Pratapgarh      |                 1 | 6,20,000                                 | 0                                           | 0                                           | 0                                           | 6,20,000                                    |
| Sawai Madhopur  |                 1 | 10,40,000                                | 0                                           | 0                                           | 10,40,000                                   | 0                                           |
| Sikar           |                 2 | 37,70,000                                | 0                                           | 10,40,000                                   | 20,80,000                                   | 6,50,000                                    |
| Sirohi          |                 2 | 43,40,000                                | 10,40,000                                   | 11,00,000                                   | 22,00,000                                   | 0                                           |
| Sri Ganganagar  |                 3 | 43,60,000                                | 0                                           | 10,40,000                                   | 20,80,000                                   | 12,40,000                                   |
| Udaipur         |                 3 | 39,40,000                                | 0                                           | 0                                           | 20,80,000                                   | 18,60,000                                   |
| Grand Total     |                78 | 12,58,60,000                             | 52,00,000                                   | 2,71,60,000                                 | 5,76,20,000                                 | 3,58,80,000                                 |

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