Lok Sabha Question No. 1389 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-07
Subject: Pre-matric Scholarships
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Gaddam Ranjith Reddy, Venkatesh Netha Borlakunta, Dayakar Pasunoori, Kavitha Malothu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

## LOK SABHA

## PRE-MATRIC SCHOLARSHIPS

1389. DR G. RANJITH REDDY: SHRI VENKATESH NETHA BORLAKUNTA: SHRI PASUNOORI DAYAKAR: SHRIMATI KAVITHA MALOTHU:

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

- (a) whether out of 7.46 lakh applications received in the Ministry between 2018-19 and 2020-21 under PreMatric Scholarship Scheme in Telangana only 4.6 lakh applicants have got scholarship;
- (6) if the reasons for sanctioning only half of applicants; and SO, `
- (c) the details of scholarships sanctioned the abovesaid period to various States, Statewise and district-wise? during

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR)

- (a) & (b): The Ministry deals with the following Pre Matric Scholarship Schemes in all concerned States/UTs including Telangana:

The States/UTs are the implementing agency for selection and award of scholarship to all the eligible candidates under  the scheme. No direct applications are invited by the Department:

Pre-Matric  Scholarship for OBC and Others is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme and funds were released to the State Governments for further disbursement of scholarship. No funds were released to Telangana State under Pre Matric Scholarship Scheme for OBC between 2018-19 & 2020-21,

## Pre-matric\_Scholarship for Students\_with Disabilities:

Under the scheme, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) has received 72 applications from the state of Telangana for the period 2018-19 to 2020-21 on the National Scholarship Portal and scholarship has been disbursed to all the 72 beneficiaries.

- (c): The Scheme wise and State-wise details of scholarships sanctioned during the year 2018-19 to 2020-21,as reported by the State Governments, is attached as Annexure-I State wise release of funds released under Pre Matric Scholarship Scheme for OBCs and Others is attached as Annexure-II:

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UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1389 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2021

## answer 0p 02.122021

| State-wise number Of beneficiaries and Central Assistance (CA) released under Pre-Matric Scholarship for SC students studyng_in Classes IX and X   | State-wise number Of beneficiaries and Central Assistance (CA) released under Pre-Matric Scholarship for SC students studyng_in Classes IX and X   | State-wise number Of beneficiaries and Central Assistance (CA) released under Pre-Matric Scholarship for SC students studyng_in Classes IX and X   | State-wise number Of beneficiaries and Central Assistance (CA) released under Pre-Matric Scholarship for SC students studyng_in Classes IX and X   | State-wise number Of beneficiaries and Central Assistance (CA) released under Pre-Matric Scholarship for SC students studyng_in Classes IX and X   | State-wise number Of beneficiaries and Central Assistance (CA) released under Pre-Matric Scholarship for SC students studyng_in Classes IX and X   | State-wise number Of beneficiaries and Central Assistance (CA) released under Pre-Matric Scholarship for SC students studyng_in Classes IX and X   | State-wise number Of beneficiaries and Central Assistance (CA) released under Pre-Matric Scholarship for SC students studyng_in Classes IX and X   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                    | 2018-19                                                                                                                                            | 2018-19                                                                                                                                            | 2019-20                                                                                                                                            | 2019-20                                                                                                                                            | 2020-21                                                                                                                                            | 2020-21                                                                                                                                            |
| SNo                                                                                                                                                | Statel UT                                                                                                                                          | CA released                                                                                                                                        | No: of Beneficiaries                                                                                                                               | CA released                                                                                                                                        | No. of Beneficiaries                                                                                                                               | CA released                                                                                                                                        | No. of Beneficiaries                                                                                                                               |
|                                                                                                                                                    | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                                    | NR                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                    | 223722                                                                                                                                             | 4944                                                                                                                                               | 236337                                                                                                                                             |
| 2                                                                                                                                                  | Assam                                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                    | NR                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                    | 720                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                                    | 912                                                                                                                                                |
| 3                                                                                                                                                  | Bihar                                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                    | 480497                                                                                                                                             | 5550                                                                                                                                               | NR                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                    | 531536                                                                                                                                             |
|                                                                                                                                                    | Chandigarh _                                                                                                                                       |                                                                                                                                                    | 2268                                                                                                                                               | 27                                                                                                                                                 | 1500                                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                    | 1000                                                                                                                                               |
| 5                                                                                                                                                  | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                                       |                                                                                                                                                    | 84747                                                                                                                                              | 1041                                                                                                                                               | 88138                                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                    | NR                                                                                                                                                 |
| 6                                                                                                                                                  | DeN Haveli                                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                                                    | NR                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                    | NR                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                    | 46                                                                                                                                                 |
| 7                                                                                                                                                  | Daman & Diu                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                                                                                    | NR                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                    | 119                                                                                                                                                | 0.83                                                                                                                                               | NR                                                                                                                                                 |
| 8                                                                                                                                                  | Delhi                                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                    | 39                                                                                                                                                 | 268                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                                    | 291                                                                                                                                                | 16500                                                                                                                                              |
| 9                                                                                                                                                  | Goa                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                                    | NR                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                    | NR                                                                                                                                                 | 3.6                                                                                                                                                | 200                                                                                                                                                |
| 10                                                                                                                                                 | Gujarat                                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                                    | 73716                                                                                                                                              | 1440                                                                                                                                               | 61052                                                                                                                                              | 1044                                                                                                                                               | 56684                                                                                                                                              |
| 11                                                                                                                                                 | Haryana                                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                                    | NR                                                                                                                                                 | 368                                                                                                                                                | 147104                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                    | NR                                                                                                                                                 |
| 12                                                                                                                                                 | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                    | NR                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                    | 20665                                                                                                                                              | 408                                                                                                                                                | 15458                                                                                                                                              |
| 13                                                                                                                                                 | Jammu &Kashmir                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                                    | 1093                                                                                                                                               | 70                                                                                                                                                 | 4978                                                                                                                                               | 260                                                                                                                                                | 891                                                                                                                                                |
| 14                                                                                                                                                 | Jharkhand                                                                                                                                          | 1634                                                                                                                                               | 45992                                                                                                                                              | 676                                                                                                                                                | 44352                                                                                                                                              | 659                                                                                                                                                | 38015                                                                                                                                              |
| 15                                                                                                                                                 | Karnataka                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                                    | 222775                                                                                                                                             | 3691                                                                                                                                               | 260732                                                                                                                                             | 6230                                                                                                                                               | 323332                                                                                                                                             |
| 16                                                                                                                                                 | Kerala                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                    | NR                                                                                                                                                 | 19                                                                                                                                                 | 75728                                                                                                                                              | 1368                                                                                                                                               | 59312                                                                                                                                              |
| 17                                                                                                                                                 | Pradesh Madhya                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                                    | NR                                                                                                                                                 | 406                                                                                                                                                | 323545                                                                                                                                             | 7784                                                                                                                                               | 318631                                                                                                                                             |
| 18                                                                                                                                                 | Maharashtra                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                                                                                    | NR                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                    | 74365                                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                    | NR                                                                                                                                                 |
| 19                                                                                                                                                 | Manipur                                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                                    | 1149                                                                                                                                               | 45                                                                                                                                                 | 1379                                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                    | 485                                                                                                                                                |
| 20                                                                                                                                                 | Meghalya                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                                    | NR                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                    | NR                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                    | NR                                                                                                                                                 |
| 21                                                                                                                                                 | Odisha                                                                                                                                             | 996                                                                                                                                                | 183072                                                                                                                                             | 2590                                                                                                                                               | 171450                                                                                                                                             | 3512                                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                    |
| 22                                                                                                                                                 | Puducherry                                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                                                    | NR                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                    | 2693                                                                                                                                               | 27                                                                                                                                                 | 4000                                                                                                                                               |
| 23                                                                                                                                                 | Punjab_                                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                                    | 228633                                                                                                                                             | 3029                                                                                                                                               | NR                                                                                                                                                 | 2743                                                                                                                                               | 217729                                                                                                                                             |
| 24                                                                                                                                                 | Rajasthan                                                                                                                                          | 3075                                                                                                                                               | 233651                                                                                                                                             | 3323                                                                                                                                               | 168095                                                                                                                                             | 3827                                                                                                                                               | 203083                                                                                                                                             |
| 25                                                                                                                                                 | Sikkim                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                    | 127                                                                                                                                                | 4                                                                                                                                                  | 152                                                                                                                                                | 5                                                                                                                                                  | 118                                                                                                                                                |
| 26                                                                                                                                                 | Tamilnadu                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                                    | 256720                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                    | 257855                                                                                                                                             | 5018                                                                                                                                               | 278838                                                                                                                                             |
| 27                                                                                                                                                 | Telangana                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                                    | NR                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                    | 15423                                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                    | 9051                                                                                                                                               |
| 28                                                                                                                                                 | Tripura                                                                                                                                            | 259                                                                                                                                                | 15823                                                                                                                                              | 469                                                                                                                                                | 3585                                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                    | 4592                                                                                                                                               |
| 29                                                                                                                                                 | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                                      | 2706                                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                    | 9075                                                                                                                                               | 541551                                                                                                                                             | 12096                                                                                                                                              | 362511                                                                                                                                             |
| 30                                                                                                                                                 | Uttarakhand                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                                                                                    | NR                                                                                                                                                 | 344                                                                                                                                                | 22492                                                                                                                                              | 143                                                                                                                                                | 26990                                                                                                                                              |
| 31                                                                                                                                                 | West Bengal                                                                                                                                        | 2870                                                                                                                                               | 268475                                                                                                                                             | 2854                                                                                                                                               | 283504                                                                                                                                             | 6540                                                                                                                                               | 209552                                                                                                                                             |
|                                                                                                                                                    | Total                                                                                                                                              | 11540                                                                                                                                              | 2630366                                                                                                                                            | 35289                                                                                                                                              | 2809542                                                                                                                                            | 56903                                                                                                                                              | 3068876                                                                                                                                            |

## State-wise details of achievements under the Scheme of Pre-Matric Scbolarship for OBC Students during the years and current year

Amount\_and bbeneficiaries\_in lakh

|    | StatesL UTs        | 201819 201920 SNo   | 201819 201920 SNo   | 201819 201920 SNo   | 201819 201920 SNo   | 201819 201920 SNo   | 201819 201920 SNo   |
|----|--------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|    | Andhra Pradesh     | 890.00              | 0.64                | 841.00              | 0.11214             | 967.00              |                     |
| 2  | Bihar              | 0.00                | 80.95               | 1128.668            | 60.22000            |                     |                     |
| 3  | Chhattisgarh       | 460.00              | 9.25067             | 0.00                | 8.51580             | 0.00                | 8.37420             |
| 4  | Goa                | 30.00               | 0.06                | 19.50               |                     | 577.40              |                     |
| 5  | Gujarat            | 1090.00             | 0.97                | 800.00              | 0.23000             | 34.51               |                     |
| 6  | Haryana_           | 190.00              | 0.00                |                     | 1.03477             | 800.00              |                     |
|    | Himachal Pradesh   | 0.00                | 0.00                | 190.00              |                     | 0.00                |                     |
| 8  | Jammu & Kashmir    | 0.00                |                     | 0.00                |                     | 141.55              |                     |
| 9  | Jharkhand          | 595.00              | 0.00 0.54           | 150.32              | 0.13537             | 0.00                |                     |
| 10 | Karnataka          | 1105.00             |                     | 955.85              | 0.34000             | 650.00              |                     |
| 11 | Kerala             | 453.75              | 13.32539            | 1741.85             | 15.34192            | 1384.84             | 11.24875            |
| 12 | Madhya             |                     | 1.80                | 962.51              | 2.30834             | 756.82              |                     |
| 13 | Pradesh            | 0.00                | 0.00                | 0.00                |                     | 0.00                |                     |
| 14 | Maharashtra Odisha | 0.00                | 0.00                | 0.00                |                     | 0.00                |                     |
| 15 | Punjab             | 482.67 198.00       | 1.11                | 717.00              | 1.21000             | 825.00              | 1.36661             |
| 16 | Rajasthan          | 930.00              | 2.54 325            | 775.26              | 2.21000             | 546.00              | 2.09809             |
| 17 | Tamil Nadu         | 0.00                | 0.00                | 1115.29             | 1.66000             | 1555.06             |                     |
| 18 | Telangana          | 0.00                |                     | 1896.00             |                     | 1633.275            |                     |
| 19 | Uttar Pradesh      |                     | 0.00                | 0.00                | 0                   | 0.00                |                     |
| 20 | Uttarakhand        | 3605.00             | 257                 | 559035              | 833622              | 4081.00             | 1.56174             |
| 21 |                    |                     | 0.00                | 0.00                | 0                   | 228.89              |                     |
|    | West Bengal        | 1650.00             | 536                 | 2592.15             |                     |                     |                     |
| 22 | Assam              | 0.00                | 0.00                | 0.00                | 4.28000             | 2069.20             | 421970              |
| 23 | Manipur            | 0.00                | 0.00                |                     | 0                   | 0.00                | 0.02576             |
| 24 | Sikkim             | 4.49                | 0.01                | 0.00                | 0.03000             |                     |                     |
| 25 | Tripura            | 300.00              | 0.60                | 7.31                | 0.00991             | 7.79                | 0.00912             |
| 26 | A & N Island       | 9.23                | 0.01                | 350.00              | 0.66000             | 215.275             | 0.38934             |
| 27 | Chandigarh         | 1005                | 0.01                | 15.06               |                     | 26.05               |                     |
| 28 |                    |                     |                     | 10.00               | 0.01000             | 8.15                |                     |
| 29 | Daman & Diu        | 0.90                | 0.00060             | 0.795               |                     |                     |                     |
| 30 | Delhi              | 79.82               | 0.05                | 74.145              | 0.00734             | 8.25                |                     |
| 31 | Puducherry         | 58.75               | 0.10                | 183.00              | 0.11000             | 0.00                | 0.06666             |
|    | Total:             | 4125 12183.91       | 0.03                | 41.25               | 0.03000             | 3.00                | 002750              |
|    | Awaited            |                     | 123.18              | 2015731             | 107.90181           | 16591.37            | 2938747             |

ADelhi 2019-2020 Rs.100.00 lakh authorised for utilisation in 20202021.

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