Lok Sabha Question No. 2683 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-22
Subject: Pre-Matric Scholarships
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Abdul Majeed Ariff, Asaduddin Owaisi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2683 ANSWERED ON 22.12.2022

## PRE-MATRIC SCHOLARSHIPS

2683. ADV. A.M. ARIFF: SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  it  is  true  that  the  Government  has  decided  to  limit  the  pre-matric  scholarship  to students of Minority Communities of class 9 and 10 only from ongoing academic year 2022-23 and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;

(b) whether the Government has taken note of the fact that limiting the scholarship will seriously affect the prospects of thousands of students from economically backward households belonging to Minority Communities especially Muslims in continuing their studies;

(c) if so, the details thereof and the action taken thereon;

(d) whether the Government intends to continue with the existing system of providing pre-matric scholarship to all students studying in class 1 to 10 and if not, the reasons therefor;

(e)  the  details  of  the  number  of  applications  received,  rejected  and  approved  of  pre-matric scholarships during the year 2022-23, State and UTwise; and

(f) whether students in Madarsas holding recognition for providing formal education are covered by the scheme and will continue to be covered and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a) to (d): Ministry of Minority Affairs implements Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme for students from weaker economic background belonging to the 6 notified minority communities, namely, Buddhist,  Christian,  Jain,  Muslim,  Parsi  and  Sikh.  The  coverage  under  the  scheme  has  been modified from 2022-23 and made applicable for classes IX and X only as the Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009 provides for free and compulsory elementary education (classes I to VIII) to each and every child. This modification has also been done to harmonize the Scheme with the identical Scholarship Schemes implemented by Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment and Ministry of Tribal Affairs.

(e): The State/ UT-wise details of the number of verified applications received, rejected and yet to be  verified  by  States/  UTs  under  Pre-Matric  Scholarship  Scheme  during  2022-23  is  annexed. Applications are approved for payment after verification process is over and merit list is drawn. (f): Yes, Sir.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (E)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2683 FOR 22.12.2022 REGARDING "PRE-MATRIC SCHOLARSHIPS "

Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme: State/UT-wise details of applications verified, rejected and yet to be verified by States/UTs during 2022-23 *

| State/UT                           | No. of verified applications received from State/UT   | No. of applications rejected by Institute/State/ UT   | No. of applications yet to be verified by State/UT   |
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| Andaman and Nicobar                | 400                                                   | 1                                                     | 1                                                    |
| Andhra Pradesh                     | 39,201                                                | 1,110                                                 | 19                                                   |
| Assam                              | 56,545                                                | 22,036                                                | 10,027                                               |
| Bihar                              | 34,126                                                | 13,963                                                | 1,311                                                |
| Chandigarh                         | 72                                                    | 7                                                     | -                                                    |
| Chhattisgarh                       | 1,226                                                 | 237                                                   | 24                                                   |
| Delhi                              | 3,310                                                 | 1,134                                                 | 19                                                   |
| Goa                                | 224                                                   | 9                                                     | -                                                    |
| Gujarat                            | 18,505                                                | 452                                                   | -                                                    |
| Haryana                            | 6,000                                                 | 301                                                   | 46                                                   |
| Himachal Pradesh                   | 478                                                   | 8                                                     | 87                                                   |
| Jammu and Kashmir                  | 77,069                                                | 1,093                                                 | -                                                    |
| Jharkhand                          | 5,331                                                 | 443                                                   | 429                                                  |
| Karnataka                          | 1,36,875                                              | 2,813                                                 | 8,644                                                |
| Kerala                             | 1,04,423                                              | 661                                                   | -                                                    |
| Ladakh                             | 1,548                                                 | 16                                                    | -                                                    |
| Madhya Pradesh                     | 36,528                                                | 570                                                   | -                                                    |
| Maharashtra                        | 1,21,492                                              | 1,610                                                 | -                                                    |
| Manipur                            | 17,399                                                | 1,109                                                 | 1,293                                                |
| Meghalaya                          | 4,496                                                 | 40                                                    | -                                                    |
| Mizoram                            | 6,450                                                 | 396                                                   | 852                                                  |
| Nagaland                           | 19,046                                                | 451                                                   | 1,797                                                |
| Odisha                             | 6,289                                                 | 168                                                   | 25                                                   |
| Puducherry                         | 1,054                                                 | 12                                                    | -                                                    |
| Punjab                             | 66,963                                                | 3,880                                                 | -                                                    |
| Rajasthan                          | 52,630                                                | 2,493                                                 | 5,597                                                |
| Sikkim                             | 89                                                    | 3                                                     | 3                                                    |
| Tamil Nadu                         | 1,07,247                                              | 1,004                                                 | -                                                    |
| Telangana                          | 50,448                                                | 589                                                   | 18                                                   |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman& Diu | 32                                                    | 4                                                     | -                                                    |
| Tripura                            | 2,425                                                 | 21                                                    | -                                                    |
| Uttarakhand                        | 1,325                                                 | 173                                                   | 3,233                                                |
| Uttar Pradesh                      | 1,81,760                                              | 25,907                                                | 1,717                                                |
| West Bengal                        | 2,576                                                 | 1,668                                                 | 241                                                  |
| Total                              | 11,63,582                                             | 84,382                                                | 35,383                                               |

Source: National Scholarship Portal

* Data provisional (as on 19.12.2022)