Lok Sabha Question No. 1474 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-26
Subject: Scholarship for SCs
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Debasree Chaudhuri, Poonam (Mahajan) Vajendla Rao

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1474 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2022

## SCHOLARSHIP FOR SCs

## SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN:

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

- (a) the details and the total number of students that availed Post Matric Scholarship Scheme for Scheduled Caste (PMS-SC) and National Overseas Scholarship (NOS) scheme for Scheduled Caste (SC) during the last five years, State-wise and gender-wise; have
- (6) the total amount of funds released during the same period; State-wise; and
- (c) whether any funds remained unused and were returned to the thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b): The  number of students and funds released (State-wise) under the Post  Matric Scholarship Scheme for Schedule Caste students (PMS-SC) during the last five years is enclosed as Annexure-I:

Upto 2020-21, under PMS-SC, funds were released to the State Governments who invited and processed applications as per the eligibility criteria under the scheme. Thus, gender-wise data of beneficiaries for the years to 2021-22 is not available with the Department. prior

Since 2021-22, under PMS-SC scheme, DBT payments of the Central share are directly done by the Department to the beneficiaries after receiving the verified data from the State Govt o the Central Portal. As per information available on the Central portal, the gender-wise number of SC students; who received scholarships under PMS-SC for the last year (2021-22) SO far is as follows:

|               | Male      | Female    |     |
|---------------|-----------|-----------|-----|
| Beneficiaries | po,97,679 | p1,56,055 | 152 |

The number of students (State-wise and gender-wise) and funds released under the National Overseas Scholarship (NOS) scheme for Scheduled Caste etc  students during the last five years is enclosed as Annexure-II:

(c): The details of unutilised funds under PMS-SC are enclosed as Annexure-III: As date, State Govt  of Tripura has returned the unused amount of Rs. 3.44 Cr to the Ministry: on

The NOS Scheme is implemented through the Indian Missions abroad who have not released any funds directly and are authorized to release funds as per requirement only. Thus there is no possibility of untilised funds with the Indian Missions abroad

Annexure-I Annexure referred to in reply of part (a) and (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question Number 1474 for reply on 26.07.2022

## Central assistance released and beneficiaries covered under Post Matric Scholarship Scheme for SC Students (PMS-SC)during

| No.   | StateNUT          | 2017-18     | 2017-18            | 2018-19     | 2018-19            | 2019-20     | 2019-20            | 2020-21      | 2020-21            | 2021-22 (till 3lst March,   | 2021-22 (till 3lst March,   | 2021-22 (from 31st March, 2022 to 30th June2022)   | 2021-22 (from 31st March, 2022 to 30th June2022)   |
|-------|-------------------|-------------|--------------------|-------------|--------------------|-------------|--------------------|--------------|--------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|       |                   | CA Released | No.of benficiaries | CA Released | No.of benficiaries | CA Released | No.of benficiaries | CA Released  | No.of benficiaries | CA Released                 | No.of benficiaries          | CA Released                                        | No.of benficiaries                                 |
|       | Andhra Pradesh    | 31742.54    | 658534             | 900         | 660193             | 28767       | 369316             | 45001        | 469000             | 29855                       | 243823                      | 11456                                              | 91535                                              |
| 2     | Assam             |             | 23874              | 1500        | 7606               |             | 6668               | 1800         |                    | NR                          | NR                          | 677                                                | 8439                                               |
| 3     | Bihar             |             | 89213              |             | 96189              |             | 109869             | 4783         | 153787             | NR                          | NR                          | 2672                                               | 108444                                             |
|       | Chandigarh        | 145.97      | 2203               | 797         | 1086               |             | NR                 |              | NR                 | 154                         | 899                         | 75.84                                              | 227                                                |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh      | 3902.02     | 95565              | 323         | 104900             | 327         | 96362              | 3854         | 105994             | 2900                        | 87464                       | 991                                                | 23080                                              |
|       | Daman & Diu       |             | NR                 |             | NR                 |             | NR                 |              | NR                 | NR                          | NR                          | 18.23                                              | 93                                                 |
|       | Delhi             |             | 20100              | 702         | 14057              | 197         | 19508              |              | 22500              | NR                          | NR                          | 668                                                | 4653                                               |
|       | Goa               | 14.99       | 280                |             | 280                |             | NR                 |              | NR                 | NR                          | NR                          | NR                                                 | NR                                                 |
| 9     | Gujarat           | 1433954     | 131169             | 18055       | 127102             |             | 131284             | 17032        | 140000             | 10258                       | 97697                       | 8697                                               | 35966                                              |
| 10    | Haryana           |             | 123062             | 5809        | 123062             |             | 91438              |              | NR                 | NR                          | NR                          | 8025                                               | 51338                                              |
| 11    | Himachal Pradesh  | 7425        | 33057              | 5325        | 24949              |             | 20758              | 1135         | 22836              | NR                          | NR                          | 1725                                               | 21235                                              |
| 12    | Jammu & Kashmir   | 1362.76     | 11040              |             | 7159               |             | 11995              |              | NR                 | 3                           | 10                          | 517                                                | 9598                                               |
| 13    | Jharkhand         | 892.95      | 20177              | 1723        | 22629              |             | 24038              | 1342         | 28010              | 412                         | 7805                        | 1207                                               | 2277                                               |
| 14    | Karnataka         | 39546.98    | 322606             | 2918        | 302286             | 12147       | 330000             | 25279        | 152311             | 6542                        | 131448                      | 16922                                              | 177542                                             |
| 14    | Kerala            | 8391        | 132286             |             | 146998             | 980         | NR                 | 8685         | 119575             | 4578                        | 90866                       | 2658                                               | 28177                                              |
| 16    | Madhya Pradesh    | 23042.54    | 361268             |             | 361268             |             | 339676             | 31940        | 476050             | 828                         | 48270                       | 14657                                              | 269347                                             |
| 17    | Maharashtra"      | 50497.96    | 540993             | 143392      | 426506             |             | 325856             | 55800        | 346330             | 6301                        | 68576                       |                                                    |                                                    |
| 18    | Manipur           | 750.56      | 6566               | 754         | 5516               | 794         | 8163               | 689          | 8255               | NR                          | NR                          | 478                                                | 5910                                               |
| 19    | Meghalaya _       |             | NR                 |             | NR                 |             | NR                 |              | NR                 | NR                          | NR                          | NR                                                 | NR                                                 |
|       | Odisha            | 4747.56     | 202125             | 20891       | 202917             | 14071       | 169666             | 13067        | 174756             | 7822                        | 75530                       | 14148                                              | 124291                                             |
| 2     | Puducherry        |             | 6241               |             | 6241               |             | NR                 | 221          | 7177               | NR                          | NR                          | 291                                                | 3420                                               |
|       | Punjab            | 11573.21    | 274730             | 63131       | 200553             | 20647       | NR                 | 19158        | 186354             | 20976                       | 152157                      | 3147                                               | 23596                                              |
| 23    | Rajasthan         | 32922.79    | 191184             | 7768        | 339157             | 31454       | 457915             | 28401        | 503707             | 9567                        | 217176                      | 6901                                               | 89928                                              |
| 24    | Sikkim            |             | 361                | 104         | 387                | 104         | 464                | 81.35        | 442                | NR                          | NR                          | 65.89                                              |                                                    |
| 25    | Tamil Nadu        | 43448.24    | 761114             | 140738      | 761114             | 92584       | 611434             | 12023        | 825000             | 27888                       | 441672                      | 32914                                              | 2066385                                            |
| 26    | Telangana#        | 14024.24    | 212706             |             | 272169             |             | 220381             | 24503        |                    | NR                          | NR                          |                                                    | 0                                                  |
| 27    | Tripura           | 1991.84     | 14652              | 2597        | 16982              | 3542        | 17992              | 3037         | 17672              | NR                          | NR                          | 3620                                               | 21059                                              |
| 28    | Uttar Pradesh     | 25420.46    | 1238139            | 167288      | 1274740            | 65516       | 1360376            | 89236        | 1450000            | 53728                       | 868554                      | 14148                                              | 163945                                             |
|       | Uttarakhand       | 3969        | 69504              |             |                    |             | 38077              | 976          | 45692              | NR                          | NR                          | 1206                                               | 27178                                              |
| 29    |                   | 21256.91    |                    |             | 73920              |             |                    |              |                    |                             | 493099                      | 1221                                               | 43838                                              |
| 30    | West Bengal Total | 341409      | 382795 5925544     | 592815      | 6029970            | 271130      | 518953 5280189     | 12817 400860 | 677932 6237819     | 11226 193038                | 3025136                     | 136972.96                                          | 1562367                                            |

Annexure referred to in reply of part (a) and (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question Number 1474 to be replied on 26.07.2022

## State-wise number of candidates selected during the last five-years under NOS:

| S No:   | STATE             | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2021-22   |
|---------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 6         | 4         |           | 5         |           |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh |           |           |           |           |           |
| 3       | Assam             | 0         |           |           |           |           |
| 4       | Bihar             | 0         |           |           |           |           |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh_     |           |           | 0         |           |           |
| 6       | IDelhi            |           |           |           |           |           |
| 7       | Gujarat           |           |           |           |           |           |
| 11      | JJharkhand        | 0         |           |           |           |           |
| 12      | Karnataka         | 10        |           |           |           |           |
| 13      | Kerala            | 3         |           |           |           |           |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh    | 10        |           |           |           |           |
|         | E                 | 9         |           | H         |           |           |
|         | MManipur          |           |           |           |           |           |
| 19      | [Punjab_          |           |           |           |           |           |
| 20      | Rajasthan         |           |           |           |           |           |
|         | E                 |           |           |           |           |           |
| 3       |                   |           |           |           |           |           |
| 24      | Uttar Pradesh     |           |           |           |           |           |
| 25      | UUttarakhand      |           |           |           |           |           |
| 26      | West Bengal       |           |           |           | 5         | 2         |

## Gender-wise number of candidates selected during last five-years under NOS:

| Year   |     | p2018-19   | 12019-20   |   [2020-21 | 12021-22   |
|--------|-----|------------|------------|------------|------------|
| Male   | 136 |            | 70         |        169 |            |
| Female |  47 | 135        |            |         31 | 39         |
| Total  | 183 | 100        | 100        |        100 |            |

NOS is a Central Sector Scheme therefore funds are not released state-wise. However; the total amount of funds released during last five years is as follows:

| S: NO_   | Year    |   BE(Rs: in Crore) |   Expenditure (Rs. in Crore) |
|----------|---------|--------------------|------------------------------|
|          | 2017-18 |                 15 |                         4.59 |
| 2_       | 2018-19 |                 15 |                         5.97 |
| 3_       | 2019-20 |                 20 |                        28.56 |
|          | 2020-21 |                 20 |                        32.92 |
| 5_       | 2021-22 |                 30 |                        49.07 |

## Statement referred to in reply of part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred question number 1474 dated 26.07.2022

## from the States

| SI: No:   | State/UT         | Pending Amount with States (Rs. in Crore)   |
|-----------|------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| 1_        | Andhra Pradesh   | 100.01                                      |
| 2         | Assam            | 11.18                                       |
| 3.        | Bihar            | 47.83                                       |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh_    | 2.6                                         |
| 5         | Delhi            | 0.48                                        |
| 6.        | Haryana          | 12.65                                       |
| 7.        | Himachal Pradesh |                                             |
| 8.        | Manipur          | 6.5                                         |
| 9_        | Punjab           | 15.96                                       |
| 10.       | Rajasthan        | 23.25                                       |
| 11.       | Sikkim           | 0.18                                        |
| 12        | Tamil Nadu       | 237.63                                      |
| 13.       | Uttar Pradesh    | 226.29                                      |
| 14.       | West Bengal      | 85.71                                       |
| Total     | Total            | 781.55                                      |

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