Lok Sabha Question No. 2256 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-14
Subject: Scholarships for Backward Classes and SCs
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Haji Fazlur Rehman

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2256 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.03.2023

## SCHOLARSHIPS FOR BACKWARD CLASSES AND SCs

## +2256. SHRI HAJI FAZLUR REHMAN:

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

- (a) whether the Government has taken any decision to increase the amount of scholarship being provided to the students belonging to backward classes, Scheduled Castes and if s0, the details thereof; and
- (6) the number of scholarships provided to the students along with total amount of funds released during each of the past three years and current year; State and district-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI A. NARAYANASWAMY)

- (a): The Department is implementing following Centrally  Sponsored   Scholarship  Schemes  for Backward Classes and Scheduled Castes:
- Pre-Matric Scholarship for OBCs and Others
- (iii) Pre Matric Scholarship Scheme for SC and Others.
- (iiPost-Matric Scholarship for OBCs and Others
- (iv) Post Matric Scholarships to the students belonging to Scheduled castes for studies in India

Pre Matric OBC Scholarship, the scholarship changes from Rs 1500 per annum  (for Scholars) and Rs. 5500 per annum (for Hostellers) to fixed academic allowance Rs. Rs. 1600 to Rs 7500 plus other compulsory non refundable fees etc per annum; to a fixed academic Day

As regards SC Scholarships, in Pre Matric(Comp-I), the amount has been increased from Rs 3000 to Rs 3500 (for scholar) and from Rs 6250 to Rs 7000 (for Hosteller) w.e.f 2022-23. The amount under Post Matric SC Scholarship has been increased from the range of Rs 2300- Rs 12000 to Rs 2500- Rs 13500 w.e.f 2020-21, Day

- (b): Number of beneficiaries and fund released under BC and SC Scholarship Schemes, during the past three years and current year, State-wise, is at Annexure I & Annexure-II, respectively. Further; in SC Scholarship Schemes, from 2022-23, Central Share of Scholarship is required to be released after release of State Share. Thus release of Central Share is delayed due to slow release of State Share by States/UTs:

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## Annexure [ referred to in reply to the lok Sabha Unstarred Question Nummber 2256. State-wise details ofachievements under the Scheme of Pre-Matric Scholarship for OBCand Others during the last three years and current year (Ason 10.3.2023)

## Amount and Beneficiaries in lakhs

| SNo.   | States/ UTs      | 2019-20        | 2019-20            | 2020-21        | 2020-21             | 2021-22        | 2021-22             | 2022-23        | 2022-23                                                                                |
|--------|------------------|----------------|--------------------|----------------|---------------------|----------------|---------------------|----------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| SNo.   | States/ UTs      | Funds Released | No.of Benficiaries | Funds Released | No: of Benficiaries | Funds Released | No. of Benficiaries | Funds Released | No. of Benficiaries                                                                    |
|        | Andhra Pradesh   | 841.00         | 0.11               | 967.00         |                     | 199.50         | 2.30365             | 1237.00        | Number of beneficaries are provided by States/UT along with subsequent year'$ proposal |
| 2      | Bihar            | 1128.668       | 60.22              | 0.00           | 104.99              | 4000.00        |                     | 1094.50        |                                                                                        |
| 3      | Chhattisgarh     | 0.00           |                    | 577.40         | 8.37                | 104.50         |                     |                |                                                                                        |
| 4      | Goa              | 1950           | 0.23               | 34.51          |                     | 10.00          | 0.01                | 44.00          |                                                                                        |
| 5      | Gujarat          | 800.00         | 1.03               | 800.00         | 1.01                | 800.00         | 5.20                |                |                                                                                        |
| 6      | Haryana          | 190.00         |                    | 0.00           |                     | 0.00           |                     |                |                                                                                        |
|        | Himachal Pradesh | 0.00           |                    | 141.55         | 0.10                | 30.00          | 0.1311              | 100.50         |                                                                                        |
| 8      | Jammu & Kashmir  | 150.32         | 035                | 0.00           | 0.17                | 80.00          |                     |                |                                                                                        |
|        | Jharkhand        | 955.85         | 034                | 650.00         | 8.61                | 2000.00        | 2.27                | 480.00         |                                                                                        |
| 10     | Karnataka        | 1741.85        | 15.34              | 1384.84        | 11.25               | 2500.00        | 8.48                | 0              |                                                                                        |
| 11     | Kerala           | 962.51         | 2.31               | 756.82         | 2.40                | 1800.00        | 12.50               |                |                                                                                        |
| 12     | Madhya Pradesh   | 0.00           |                    | 0.00           | 0.00                | 0.00           | 0                   |                |                                                                                        |
| 13     | Maharashtra      | 0.00           | 0                  | 0.00           | 5.97                | 1508.08        | 5.31                |                |                                                                                        |
| 14     | Odisha           | 712.00         | 1.21               | 825.00         | 1.37                | 788.99         | 0.59                | 754.605        |                                                                                        |
| 15     | Punjab           | 775.26         | 2.21               | 546.00         | 2.10                | 114.50         | 2.18                | 0              |                                                                                        |
| 16     | Rajasthan        | 1115.29        | 1.66               | 1555.06        | 6.37                | 2972.55        | 0.25                | 997.00         |                                                                                        |
| 17     | Tamil Nadu       | 1896.00        | 1.11               | 1633.275       | 1.61                | 2694.72        | 4.69                | 760.035        |                                                                                        |
| 18     | Telangana        | 0.00           | 0                  | 0.00           | 0.03                | 0.00           | 0.01                | 0              |                                                                                        |
| 19     | Uttar Pradesh    | 559035         | 3.27               | 4081.00        | 6.99                | 848.00         | 11.21               | 5741.995       |                                                                                        |
| 20     | Uttarakhand      | 0.00           | 0                  | 228.89         | 0.22                | 50.00          | 0.09                | 147.00         |                                                                                        |
| 21     | West Bengal      | 2592.15        | 4.28               | 2069.20        | 4.22                | 544.00         | 3.13                | 2469.475       |                                                                                        |
| 22     | Assam            | 0.00           | 0                  | 0.00           | 0.03                | 81.65          |                     | 175850         |                                                                                        |
| 23     | Manipur          | 0.00           | 0.03               | 72.31          | 0.05                | 124.756        | Nil                 | 152.00         |                                                                                        |
| 24     | Sikkim           | 7.31           | 0.01               | 7.79           | 0.01                | 7.720          | 0.00484             | 2.56           |                                                                                        |
| 25     | Tripura_         | 350.00         | 0.66               | 215.275        | 0.24                | 214.94         | 0.33                |                |                                                                                        |
| 26     | A & N Island     | 15.06          | 0                  | 26.05          |                     | 10.50          | 0.00699             | 5.50           |                                                                                        |
| 27     | Chandigarh       | 10.00          |                    | 8.15           |                     | 14.50          |                     | 30.50          |                                                                                        |
| 28     | D & N Haveli     | 0.795          | 0                  | 0.00           |                     | 33.00          | Nil                 | 14.00          |                                                                                        |
| 29     | Daman & Diu      | 74.145         | 0                  | 8.25           |                     | 22.00          | Nil                 |                |                                                                                        |
| 30 31  | Delhi Puducherry | 183.00 41.25   | 0.11 0.03          | 0.00           | 0.07                | 223.75         | 0.32                |                |                                                                                        |
|        | Total:           |                | 94.52              | 3.00           | 0.03                | 51.25          |                     | 2.00           |                                                                                        |
|        |                  | 20157.31       |                    | 16591.37       | 166.200             | 21828.90       | 59.02               | 16127.68       |                                                                                        |

## Annexure [ referred to in reply to the lok Sabha Unstarred Question Nummber 2256.

| SL No:   | State/UTs            | 2019-20         | 2019-20       |                 |               | 2021-22         | 2021-22       |                 |                                                                        |
|----------|----------------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| SL No:   | State/UTs            | Amount released | Beneficiaries | Amount released | Beneficiaries | Amount released | Beneficiaries | Amount released | Beneficiaries                                                          |
|          | Andhra Pradesh       | 7553.00         | 7.43          | 5391.00         | 14.39         |                 | 10.30         | 2880.25         | Number of beneficaries are provided by States/UT along with subsequent |
| 2        | Bihar                | 0.00            | 0.00          | 11398.00        | 4.07          | 10363.00        |               | 0               |                                                                        |
| 3        | Chhattisgarh         | 0.00            | 2.81          | 2800.00         | 2.77          | 292.75          | 3.2685        |                 |                                                                        |
| 4        | Goa                  | 236.00          | 0.03          | 165.00          | 0.03          | 17.00           | 0.00146       | 0               |                                                                        |
| 5        | Gujarat              | 9315.00         | 2.53          | 6632.00         | 1.94          | 6018.00         | 2.04          | 0               |                                                                        |
| 6        | Haryana              | 0.00            | 0.06          | 0.00            |               | 0.00            | 0.31          | 0               |                                                                        |
| 7        | Himachal Pradesh     | 543.75          | 0.07          | 0.00            | 0.07          | 179.08          | 0.11          | 0               |                                                                        |
| 8        | Jammu & Kashmir      | 0.00            | 0.03          | 0.00            | 0.07          | 530.25          | 0.22          | 0               |                                                                        |
| 9        | Jharkhand            | 5046.00         | 0.12          | 1000.00         | 1.93          | 5215.42         | 2.02          | 0               |                                                                        |
| 10       | Karnataka            | 9426.00         | 3.63          | 6709.00         | 7.25          | 5000.00         |               | 0               |                                                                        |
| 11       | Kerala               | 5166.00         | 3.59          | 3668.00         | 1.24          | 6000.00         |               | 0               |                                                                        |
| 12       | Madhya Pradesh       | 11211.00        | 0.21          | 7972.00         | 0.23          | 11088.00        | 0.62          |                 |                                                                        |
| 13       | Maharashtra          | 17410.00        |               | 12342.00        | 6.26          | 23699.50        | 5.31          |                 |                                                                        |
| 14       | Odisha               | 6429.00         | 1.15          | 1200.00         | 1.11          | 6144.73         | 1.80          | 1858.71         |                                                                        |
| 15       | Punjab_              | 0.00            | 0.17          | 0.00            | 0.00          | 0.00            | 0             |                 |                                                                        |
| 16       | Rajasthan            | 6813.04         | 0.55          | 1900.00         | 0.37          | 10226.00        | 0.77          |                 |                                                                        |
| 17       | Tamil Nadu           | 11139.00        | 2.08          | 7917.00         | 2.21          | 16079.00        | 4.53          |                 |                                                                        |
| 18       | Telangana            | 5444.00         | 3.51          | 3909.00         | 0.13          | 3547.00         | 6.59          |                 |                                                                        |
| 19       | Uttar Pradesh        | 20972.00        | 5.75          | 21917.00        | 2.38          | 19908.00        | 1.74          | 12409.28        |                                                                        |
| 20       | Uttarakhand          | 0.00            | 0.16          | 1106.38         | 0.20          | 514.83          |               | 801.27          |                                                                        |
| 21       | West Bengal          | 7638.89         | 2.36          | 7484.72         | 1.19          | 1050.25         | 3.31684       | 2653.11         |                                                                        |
| 22       | Andaman & Nicobar    | 13.54           |               | 27.07           | 0.01          | 33.95           |               | 0               |                                                                        |
| 23       | Dadra & Havali Nagar | 0.00            | 0.00          | 0.00            |               |                 |               |                 |                                                                        |
| 24       | Daman & Diu          | 29.73           | 0.01          | 0.00            | 0.01          | 59.79           |               | 94.55           |                                                                        |
| 25       | Chandi garh          |                 | 0.00          | 137.25          | 0.00          | 30.50           | 0.0031        | 81.43           |                                                                        |
| 26       | Delhi                | 289.53          | 0.07          | 99.50           | 0.07          | 164.99          | 0.06          | 123.84          |                                                                        |
| 27       | Puducherry           | 138.27          | 0.03          | 30.00           | 0.01          | 11.98           | 0.03065       | 49.45           |                                                                        |
| 28       | Assam                | 0.00            | 0.15          | 8352.10         | 0.44          | 1187.25         |               |                 |                                                                        |
| 29       | Manipur              | 1467.88         | 0.20          | 1606.32         |               | 102.75          | Nil           | 134.63          |                                                                        |
| 30       | Sikkim               | 514.00          | 0.02          | 185.25          |               | 445.90          | 0.05          | 151.17          |                                                                        |
| 31       |                      |                 |               |                 | 0.02          |                 |               |                 |                                                                        |
|          | Tripura              | 3000.00         | 0.16          | 1976.32         | 0.12          | 3540.00         |               | 302.48          |                                                                        |
|          | Total:               | 129932.88       | 40.94         | 115924.91       | 49.10         | 132013.67       | 43.35         | 21540.2         |                                                                        |

State-wise details ofachievement under the Scheme of Post Matric Scholarship for OBC and Others during the last three years and current year (As 0n 10.3.2023) Amount & Beneficiaries in Lakhs

## Central Assistance released and beneficiaries covered during 2019-20 to 2021-22 under Post Matric Scholarship Scheme for SC Students (n lakb)

| SI No.   | State/UT         | 2019-20     | 2019-20            | 2020-21      | 2020-21          | 2021-22      | 2021-22          |
|----------|------------------|-------------|--------------------|--------------|------------------|--------------|------------------|
|          |                  | CA Released | No.ofbenficiari es | CA Release d | No.ofbenficiarie | CA Release d | No.ofbenficiarie |
|          | Andhra Pradesh   | 28767       | 369316             | 45001        | 469000           | 44,276       | 353652           |
| 2        | Assam            |             | 6668               | 1800         | 17944            | 758          | 9378             |
| 3        | Bihar            |             | 109869             | 4783         | 153787           | 3,754        | 136340           |
| 4        | Chandigarh_      |             | 0                  |              |                  | 231          |                  |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh     | 327         | 96362              | 3854         | 105994           | 3,989        | 112514           |
|          | Daman & Diu      |             |                    |              |                  | 20           | 98               |
|          | Delhi            | 197         | 19508              |              | 22500            | 871          | 5640             |
| 8        | Goa              |             |                    |              | 0                | 0            |                  |
| 9        | Gujarat          |             | 131284             | 17032        | 140000           | 26,385       | 156519           |
| 10       | Haryana          |             | 91438              |              | 0                | 9,458        | 58179            |
| 11       | Himachal Pradesh |             | 20758              | 1135         | 22836            | 1,760        | 21502            |
| 12       | Jammu & Kashmir  |             | 11995              |              |                  | 546          | 10197            |
| 13       | Jharkhand        |             | 24038              | 1342         | 28010            | 2,230        | 41727            |
|          | Karnataka        | 12147       | 330000             | 25279        |                  | 28,025       | 362401           |
| 14       | Kerala           | 980         |                    | 8685         | 119575           | 9,671        | 125478           |
| 16       | Madhya Pradesh   |             | 339676             | 31940        | 476050           | 32,007       | 468050           |
| 17       | Maharashtra      | 0           | 325856             | 55800        | 346330           | 42,242       | 217149           |
| 18       | Manipur          | 794         | 8163               | 689          | 8255             | 483          | 5992             |
| 19       | Meghalaya        | 0           |                    |              |                  | 0            |                  |
| 20       | Odisha           | 14071       | 169666             | 13067        | 174756           | 23,255       | 211101           |
| 21       | Puducherry       | 0           |                    | 221          | 7177             | 349          | 3784             |
| 22       | Punjab_          | 20647       |                    | 19158        | 186354           | 27,256       | 192862           |
| 23       | Rajasthan        | 31454       | 457915             | 28401        | 503707           | 27,926       | 436055           |
| 24       | Sikkim           | 104         | 464                | 81.35        | 442              | 76           | 448              |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu       | 92584       | 611434             | 12023        | 825000           | 66,744       | 683187           |
| 26       | Telangana        | 0           | 220381             | 24503        | 286495           | 0            |                  |
| 27       | Tripura          | 3542        | 17992              | 3037         | 17672            | 3,777        | 21392            |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh    | 65516       | 1360376            | 89236        | 1450000          | 82,768       | 1235406          |
| 29       | Uttarakhand      |             | 38077              | 976          | 45692            | L,259        | 27734            |
| 30       | West Bengal      |             | 518953             | 12817        | 677932           | 12,845       |                  |
|          | Total            | 271130      |                    | 400860       | 6237819          | 44,276       | 5451808          |

## Central Assistance released and beneficiaries covered during 2019-20 to 2021-22 under Pre Matric Scholarship Scheme for SC & Others (Comp-I) (in lakh)

|    |                            | 2019-20     | 2019-20             | 2020-21     | 2020-21             | 2021-22     | 2021-22             |
|----|----------------------------|-------------|---------------------|-------------|---------------------|-------------|---------------------|
| SN | Statel UT                  | CA released | No of Beneficiaries | CA released | No of Beneficiaries | CA released | No of Beneficiaries |
|    | Andhra Pradesh             |             | 223722              | 4944        | 225512              | 5089        | 231340              |
| 2  | Assam                      |             | 720                 |             | 9500                |             | 418                 |
| 3  | Bihar                      | 5550        | 0                   |             |                     | 7534        | 473106              |
|    | Chandigarh                 | 27          | 1500                |             |                     | 36          | 1634                |
| 5  | Chhattisgarh               | 1041        | 88138               |             | 104987              | 0           |                     |
| 6  | Daman & Diu and D&N Haveli |             | 119                 |             |                     |             | 51                  |
| 8  | Delhi                      | 268         | 14643               | 291         |                     | 699         | 3771                |
| 9  | Goa                        | 0           | 0                   | 3.6         |                     | 0           | 29                  |
| 10 | Gujarat                    | 1440        | 61052               | 1044        | 70000               | 1118        | 61128               |
| 11 | Haryana                    | 368         | 147104              | 0           |                     | 0           |                     |
| 12 | Himachal Pradesh           |             | 20665               | 408         | 22725               | 374         | 16759               |
|    | Jammu &Kashmir             | 70          | 4978                | 260         | 18000               | 23          | 13359               |
| 14 | Jharkhand                  | 676         | 44352               | 659         | 48772               | 420         | 57745               |
| 15 | Karnataka                  | 3691        | 260732              | 6230        | 286885              | 7658        | 271576              |
| 16 | Kerala                     | 19          | 75728               | 1368        |                     | 1074        | 60926               |
| 17 | Madhya Pradesh             | 406         | 323545              | 7784        | 405130              | 4475        | 355000              |
| 18 | Maharashtra                | 0           | 74365               |             | 97992               |             | 0                   |
| 19 | Manipur                    | 45          | 1379                |             | 1614                | 38.95       | 571                 |
| 20 | Odisha                     | 2590        | 171450              | 3512        | 183631              | 2871        | 92023               |
| 21 | Puducherry                 | 0           | 2693                | 27          | 4000                | 82          | 1349                |
| 22 | Punjab                     | 3029        | 0                   | 2743        | 0                   | 3551        | 196843              |
| 23 | Rajasthan                  | 3323        | 168095              | 3827        | 203083              | 3673        | 240500              |
| 24 | Sikkim                     | 4           | 152                 | 5           | 0                   | 2           | 54                  |
| 25 | Tamilnadu                  | 0           | 257855              | 5018        | 269112              | 5394        | 306132              |
| 26 | Telangana                  | 0           | 15423               |             |                     | 221         | 26175               |
| 27 | Tripura                    | 469         | 3585                |             |                     |             | 10211               |
|    | Uttar Pradesh              | 9075        | 541551              | 12096       | 580000              | 3732        | 320390              |
| 29 | Uttrakhand                 | 344         | 22492               | 143         | 26990               | 469         | 17363               |
| 30 | West Bengal                | 2854        | 283504              | 6540        | 408019              | 2371        | 222783              |
|    | Total                      | 35289       | 2809542             | 56903       | 2965952             | 50934       | 2981236             |

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