Lok Sabha Question No. 5089 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-04-03
Subject: Scholarship at Primary Level
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Kumbakudi Sudhakaran, Sunil Kumar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 5089

TO BE ANSWERED ON- 03/04/2023

## SCHOLARSHIP AT PRIMARY LEVEL

5089.  SHRI KUMBAKUDI SUDHAKARAN: SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH:

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

- (a)    whether there any scholarship schemes for the Schedule Tribe students at the primary school level, if so, the details thereof;
- (b)    the details of higher education and foreign education scholarships have been given by the Government for the welfare of ST students under different schemes;
- (c)    the budgetary expenditure for the last five years for such schemes; and
- (d)    the details of students from Scheduled Tribe who dominates district of Jharkhand and have been benefited under this scheme?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): The Ministry of Tribal Affairs gives scholarship to ST students from Class IX & X under Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme whose parental annual income is up to Rs.2.50 lakhs.
- (b): Details of higher education and foreign education scholarships implemented by the M/o Tribal Affairs for the welfare of ST students is as under:
- (1) Post  Matric  Scholarship  for  ST  students  (Class  XI  and  above) :   It  is  a  Centrally Sponsored Scheme implemented through respective Ste/UT administrations. This is an openended Scheme covering all ST students studying in class XI and above, whose parental annual income is up to Rs. 2.50 lakhs. The contribution from Government of India is 75% and the state contribution is  25%.  In  respect  of  North  East  states  and  hilly  states,  the  contribution  from Government of India is 90% and the state contribution is 10%. In case of UTs like Andaman & Nicobar without  Legislative  Assembly  and  own  grants,  Govt.  of  India's  contribution  is 100%.
- (2) National  Scholarship  Scheme: Under  this  Central  Sector  Scheme,  Scholarship  is provided  to  ST  for  pursuing  Graduate/Post  Graduate  courses  in  the  252  notified  top  class institutes  such  as  Management,  Medicine,  Engineering,  Information  Technology,  Law  etc, whose annual parental income is upto RS. 6 lakhs.
- (3) National Fellowship Scheme for Higher Education of ST Students: Under this Central Sector scheme, scholarship is provided to 1000 meritorious ST students every year for pursuing M.Phil or Ph.D in India.
- (4) National  Overseas  Scholarship  for  ST  students: It  is  a  Central  Sector  Scheme scholarships are given to 20 meritorious Schedule Tribe (ST) students every year for pursuing higher education in reputed Institutes/Universities abroad, whose  parental income is up to Rs.6 lakhs per annum.
- (c): Details of fund released during last five years under above mentioned 4 higher education and foreign education scholarships schemes is given below:
- (d): The tribe wise  details  of  scholarships  disbursed  in  a district/state is  not  maintained by Ministry.  However, the number of beneficiaries for the State of Jharkhand during last 5 years under Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme is given below:-

| S. No.   | Scheme Name                                | 2017-18                                    | 2018-19                                    | 2019-20                                    | 2020-21                                    | 2021-22                                    |
|----------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|          |                                            | Rs in Crore                                | Rs in Crore                                | Rs in Crore                                | Rs in Crore                                | Rs in Crore                                |
| 1        | Post Matric Scholarship                    | 1463.87                                    | 1646.98                                    | 1862.65                                    | 1830.14                                    | 2256.81                                    |
| 2        | National fellowship and Scholarship Scheme | National fellowship and Scholarship Scheme | National fellowship and Scholarship Scheme | National fellowship and Scholarship Scheme | National fellowship and Scholarship Scheme | National fellowship and Scholarship Scheme |
| A        | National Scholarship                       | 29.77                                      | 17.89                                      | 19.00                                      | 29.30                                      | 35.17                                      |
| B        | National Fellowship                        | 70.22                                      | 82.09                                      | 81.00                                      | 90.7                                       | 84.83                                      |
| 3        | National Overseas Scholarship              | 1.00                                       | 2.00                                       | 2.00                                       | 4.76                                       | 4.95                                       |

| Financial Year       |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |
|----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| No. of beneficiaries |     73385 |     76782 |     79823 |     78755 |     94506 |

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