Lok Sabha Question No. 521 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-22
Subject: Maulana Azad National Fellowship
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Talari Rangaiah, T.R.V.S. Ramesh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 521 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.07.2021

## MAULANA AZAD NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP

## 521. SHRI TALARI RANGAIAH: SHRI T.R.V.S. RAMESH:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  total  number  of  fellowships  sanctioned  during  the  last  two  years  for  the Maulana Azad National Fellowship (MANF), State-wise; and
- (b)  the  total  funds  sanctioned  during  the  last  two  years  for  the  State  of  Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu for the purpose?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)

- (a):    The  Ministry  of  Minority  Affairs  implements  the  Maulana  Azad  National Fellowship (MANF) Scheme for educational empowerment of students belonging to six notified  minority  communities  i.e. Buddhist,  Christian, Jain,  Muslim,  Sikh, Zoroastrian  (Parsi)  who  pursue  regular  and  full  time  M.  Phil  and  Ph.D  courses. During the last seven years i.e. from 2014-15 to 2020-21, a total of 5,750 fellowships have been sanctioned while during the last two years i.e. 2019-20 to 2020-21, a total of 1,726 fellowships have been sanctioned under the scheme (both data provisional).

The  details  of  State/UT-wise  fellowships  sanctioned  during  the  last  two  years  i.e. 2019-20 and 2020-21 are annexed.

- (b):    Funds  are  not  sanctioned  State/UT-wise  under  the  Scheme.  However,  the fellowships amounting to Rs. 14,70,28,978/- and Rs. 8,14,90,253/- were disbursed to the beneficiaries from the States of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu during  the last two years i.e. 2019-20 and 2020-21.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 521  for  22.07.2021  asked  by  Shri  Talari  Rangaiah  and  Shri  T.R.V.S.  Ramesh regarding 'Maulana Azad National Fellowship'.

|   S. No. | States/UTs           |   Fellowships Sanctioned |
|----------|----------------------|--------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh       |                        7 |
|        2 | Arunachal Pradesh    |                        6 |
|        3 | Assam                |                       52 |
|        4 | Bihar                |                       40 |
|        5 | Chhattisgarh         |                        2 |
|        6 | Goa                  |                        2 |
|        7 | Gujarat              |                       19 |
|        8 | Haryana              |                       26 |
|        9 | Himachal Pradesh     |                        9 |
|       10 | Jammu & Kashmir      |                      336 |
|       11 | Jharkhand            |                       15 |
|       12 | Karnataka            |                       25 |
|       13 | Kerala               |                      213 |
|       14 | Madhya Pradesh       |                       24 |
|       15 | Maharashtra          |                       63 |
|       16 | Manipur              |                       19 |
|       17 | Meghalaya            |                       12 |
|       18 | Mizoram              |                        4 |
|       19 | Nagaland             |                        8 |
|       20 | Orissa               |                        5 |
|       21 | Punjab               |                      106 |
|       22 | Rajasthan            |                       45 |
|       23 | Sikkim               |                       10 |
|       24 | Tamil Nadu           |                       26 |
|       25 | Tripura              |                        2 |
|       26 | Uttar Pradesh        |                      320 |
|       27 | Uttrakhand           |                       17 |
|       28 | West Bengal          |                      158 |
|       29 | Andaman & Nicobar    |                        0 |
|       30 | Chandigarh           |                        5 |
|       31 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |                        0 |
|       32 | Daman & Diu          |                        0 |
|       33 | Delhi                |                      126 |
|       34 | Lakshadweep          |                        0 |
|       35 | Puducherry           |                        4 |
|       36 | Telangana            |                       13 |
|       37 | Ladakh               |                        7 |