Lok Sabha Question No. 1156 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-25
Subject: Scholarships to Students
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Dr. T. Sumathy (a) Thamizhachi Thangapandian

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1156

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 TH  JULY, 2022

## Scholarships to Students

## 1156.   DR. T. SUMATHY (a) THAMIZHACHI THANGAPANDIAN:

Will the Minister of Education be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  75  recent  scholarships  announced  by  the  United  Kingdom  (UK) Government for Indian students to pursue Masters in the UK;
- (b) whether the Government  has  requested the Indian companies  partnering for the scholarships to allocate special provisions for Scheduled Caste (SC)/Scheduled Tribes(ST)/Other Backward Classes (OBC) students in the scholarships;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  initiated  any  new  schemes  to  support  the  education  of SC/ST/OBC students through funding; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (DR. SUBHAS SARKAR)

- (a): Based on requests  received  from  friendly  foreign  countries/institutions,  the  Ministry  of Education disseminates information on scholarships offered by such donor countries for Indian students to study abroad.The students are required to apply online http://proposal.sakshat.ac.in/scholarship.This  Ministry  has  not  received  any  request  to disseminate  information  about  75  recent  scholarships  announced  by  the  United  Kingdom Government for Indian students to pursue Masters in the UK.
- (b)  &  (c):Section  135  of  the  Companies  Act,  2013  along  with  Schedule  VII  of  the  Act  and Companies  (CSR  Policy)  Rules,  2014  provides  the  broad  framework  for  Corporate  Social

Responsibility (CSR). Promotion of education is one of the CSR activities listed in Scheduled VII of the Companies Act, 2013. Under the Companies Act, 2013 CSR is a Board driven process and the Board of the company is empowered to plan, decide, execute and monitor CSR activities based on the recommendations of its CSR Committee.

(d) & (e): The Government is implementing various schemes for providing financial assistance to all categories of students includingstudents fromScheduled Caste(SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Other  Backward  Class (OBC).The  details  of  these  schemesare  available  in  the  following websites:

|   Sl. No. | Ministry/ Department                      | Website links                                                                 |
|-----------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Department of Higher Education            | https://www.education.gov.in/en/pm-usp-scholarships- education-loan           |
|         2 | University Grants Commission              | https://www.ugc.ac.in/page/scholarships-and- fellowships.aspx                 |
|         3 | All India Council for Technical Education | https://www.aicte-india.org/bureaus/rifd/Scholarship- Schemes                 |
|         4 | Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment  | https://socialjustice.gov.in/scheme-cat                                       |
|         5 | Ministry of Tribal Affairs                | https://tribal.nic.in/ScholarshiP.aspx                                        |
|         6 | Ministry of Minority Affairs              | https://www.minorityaffairs.gov.in/en/schemesperfor mance/scholarship-schemes |

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