Lok Sabha Question No. 127 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-18
Subject: Scholarship Programme in Jharkhand
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Jayant Sinha

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-127

TO BE ANSWERED ON- 18/07/2022

## SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME IN JHARKHAND

127. SHRI JAYANT SINHA:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:-

- (a) the number of beneficiaries under the Top Class Scholarship Programme, State-wise;
- (b) the number of beneficiaries under the programme from Jharkhand since 2019, district-wise;
- (c) the scholarship offered to each beneficiary under the programme and the funds disseminated so far, year-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI BISHWESWAR TUDU)

- (a): The State-wise number of beneficiaries, based on the domicile state of student, for Financial Year 2019-20,  2020-21  and  2021-22  under  the  National  Scholarship  Scheme  (Top  Class  Scholarship)  is givenbelow:-

|   S. No. | Name of State             |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |
|----------|---------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|        1 | ANDAMANANDNICOBAR ISLANDS |         1 |         1 |         1 |
|        2 | ANDHRA PRADESH            |       119 |       147 |       183 |
|        3 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH         |        53 |        56 |        44 |
|        4 | ASSAM                     |        48 |        62 |        81 |
|        5 | BIHAR                     |        63 |        71 |        83 |
|        6 | CHHATTISGARH              |        57 |        69 |        71 |
|        7 | GOA                       |         1 |         2 |         1 |
|        8 | GUJARAT                   |        20 |        21 |        21 |
|        9 | HIMACHAL PRADESH          |        23 |        34 |        46 |
|       10 | JAMMU ANDKASHMIR          |        55 |        18 |        13 |
|       11 | JHARKHAND                 |        73 |        98 |        99 |
|       12 | KARNATAKA                 |        57 |       101 |       115 |
|       13 | KERALA                    |         2 |         2 |         2 |
|       14 | LADAKH                    |         1 |        47 |        58 |

| 15   | MADHYAPRADESH                                |   45 | 49   | 57   |
|------|----------------------------------------------|------|------|------|
| 16   | MAHARASHTRA                                  |   30 | 33   | 45   |
| 17   | MANIPUR                                      |   56 | 46   | 39   |
| 18   | MEGHALAYA                                    |   20 | 37   | 23   |
| 19   | MIZORAM                                      |   28 | 32   | 23   |
| 20   | NAGALAND                                     |   33 | 40   | 26   |
| 21   | ODISHA                                       |   31 | 31   | 35   |
| 22   | RAJASTHAN                                    |  367 | 363  | 389  |
| 23   | SIKKIM                                       |   12 | 11   | 9    |
| 24   | TAMIL NADU                                   |   13 | 7    | 8    |
| 25   | TELANGANA                                    |  632 | 988  | 1182 |
| 26   | THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU |    1 |      |      |
| 27   | TRIPURA                                      |    5 | 5    | 8    |
| 28   | UTTAR PRADESH                                |   31 | 33   | 35   |
| 29   | UTTARAKHAND                                  |   19 | 21   | 32   |
| 30   | WEST BENGAL                                  |   18 | 24   | 22   |
|      | Grand Total                                  | 1914 | 2449 | 2751 |

## (b)      the  number  of  beneficiaries  from  State  of  Jharkhand  (based  on  domicile  state  of  the  students), district-wise, under the National Scholarship Scheme (Top Class Scholarship) since 2019-20 to 2021-22 is given below:-

|   S. No. | Name of District   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2021-22   |
|----------|--------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|        1 | BOKARO             | 3         | 3         | 4         |
|        2 | DEOGHAR            | 1         | 2         | 2         |
|        3 | DHANBAD            | 2         | 2         | 2         |
|        4 | DUMKA              | 1         |           | 2         |
|        5 | EAST SINGHBUM      | 6         | 14        | 15        |
|        6 | GIRIDIH            |           | 1         | 2         |
|        7 | GODDA              |           | 1         | 1         |
|        8 | GUMLA              | 7         | 9         | 4         |
|        9 | HAZARIBAGH         |           |           | 2         |
|       10 | JAMTARA            | 2         | 1         |           |
|       11 | KHUNTI             | 2         | 3         | 2         |
|       12 | LATEHAR            | 2         | 3         | 2         |
|       13 | LOHARDAGA          | 2         | 2         | 4         |
|       14 | PAKUR              | 1         | 1         | 1         |
|       15 | PALAMU             |           | 1         | 1         |
|       16 | RAMGARH            | 1         |           |           |
|       17 | RANCHI             | 28        | 33        | 38        |

| 18   | ROHTAS             |   1 |    |    |
|------|--------------------|-----|----|----|
| 19   | SAHEBGANJ          |   1 |  4 |  4 |
| 20   | SARAIKELAKHARSAWAN |   4 |  7 |  5 |
| 21   | SIMDEGA            |   2 |  2 |  3 |
| 22   | WEST SINGHBHUM     |   6 |  9 |  5 |
|      | Grand Total        |  72 | 98 | 99 |

- (c): The scholarship offered to each beneficiary under the 'National Scholarship Scheme (Top Class Scholarship) as per the norms mentioned in the Scheme Guidelines is given below:

| Component             | Details                                                                                               | Remark                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Tuition Fees          | Full tuition fee and other non-refundable dues in respectof Government/Government- funded Institutes. | There will be a ceiling of Rs.2.50 lakhs per annum per student for private sector Institutes.                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Books & Stationery    | @Rs.3000/-                                                                                            | per annum per student without bills/vouchers.                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Stipend               | 2200/-per month                                                                                       | Amount will be provided as per actuals subject to maximum ceiling 26400/- per annum                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Computer &Accessories | Rs.45000/-(One time assistance during the tenure)                                                     | Computer may be Desktop/Laptop etc. The accessories may, inter-alia include, all kind of printers, CDs/DVDs, Keyboard, Main board, Motherboard, Hard Disk Drive, Mouse, Sound adapters, Toners, Speakers, USB Hubs/Cables, Memory Chips, Memory Card readers etc. |

Further, the year-wise fund released under 'National Scholarship Scheme (Top Class Scholarship) from 2019-20 to 2022-23 is given below:-

| Financial Year            |   Release Amount (in crores) |
|---------------------------|------------------------------|
| 2019-20                   |                        19    |
| 2020-21                   |                        29.31 |
| 2021-22                   |                        35.17 |
| 2022-23 (as on 30.6.2022) |                         8.65 |