Lok Sabha Question No. 568 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-04
Subject: Free Coaching and Allied Scheme
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Bheemrao Baswanthrao Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.568 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.02.2021

## FREE COACHING AND ALLIED SCHEME

## 568. SHRI B.B. PATIL:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  present  status  of  the  existing  coaching  centres  identified  in  the  State  of  Telangana under Free Coaching and Allied Scheme for the candidates of Minority Communities;
- (b) the details of the funds allocated and released to these coaching centres under the said scheme during the last three years;
- (c) the details of the students of minority community benefited under Scholarship schemes, Free  Coaching  and  Allied  Scheme  during  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year, State/UT and year-wise;
- (d) the details of schemes aimed at providing free coaching to minority students during the above period; and
- (e) whether  there  exists  any  implementing  agency  to  have  a  check  on  such  coaching institutions/organizations and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OFMINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)

- (a) & (b):  The  Ministry  of  Minority  Affairs  implements  the  Free  Coaching  and  Allied Scheme (Naya Savera) under which free coaching is provided to students/candidates who belong to the six notified minority communities and whose total annual family income from all sources does not exceed Rs. 6.00 lakhs per annum. Eleven Project Implementing Agencies  (PIAs)  were  empanelled  under  the  scheme  w.e.f.  2017-18  from  the  State  of Telangana and an amount of Rs. 7.71 crore has been released to the PIAs in the State of Telangana during the financial years 2017-18 and 2018-19.
- (c): In the last three years, 1,90,52,213 students have benefitted under the scholarship scheme. In the last three years and the current year 36839 students / candidates have benefitted/ been allocated under the free coaching and allied scheme. The State-wise and Year -wise details of students of minority community benefitted under Scholarship schemes and Free Coaching and Allied Scheme during the last three years and current year are at AnnexureI and Annexure-II respectively.

- (d): The Ministry of Minority Affairs implements Naya Savera- Free Coaching and Allied Scheme  under  which  free  coaching  is  provided  to  students  of  six  centrally  notified minority communities namely Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, and Zoroastrians (Parsis). The scheme provides coaching to students so as to enable them to qualify  in  entrance  examinations  for  admission  in  technical/  professional  courses,  and various  Competitive  examinations  for  recruitment  to  Group  'A',  'B'  and  'C'  services. The  scheme  is  implemented  through  Project  Implementing  Agencies  (PIAs)/NonGovernmental Organizations (NGOs). Details are available on www.minorityaffairs.gov.in.
- (e): Coaching  institutions/organizations are monitored by State Government  as  per provisions of the scheme including checking their infrastructure and mid-term inspection report. In addition, National Productivity Council (NPC) which is an independent agency under administrative control of Department for Promotion of Industry & Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India had been engaged to conduct concurrent monitoring of the scheme w.e.f. 2016-17 to 2018-19.  Apart from this, in 2020 the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), New Delhi has conducted the third party evaluation study also of the scheme.

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Annexure-I

## ANNEXURE REFFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (C) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 568 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.02.2021 ASKED BY SHRI B.B. PATIL REGARDING SCHOLARSHIP SCHEMES

Pre-Matric, Post-Matric and Merit-cum-Means Scholarship Scheme: State-wise and year-wise details of scholarships sanctioned  during the last three years (2017-18 to 2019-20)

| S. No.   | States/UTs          | Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme   | Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme   | Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme   | Post Matric Scholarship Scheme   | Post Matric Scholarship Scheme   | Post Matric Scholarship Scheme   | Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship Scheme   | Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship Scheme   | Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship Scheme   |
|----------|---------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| S. No.   | States/UTs          | 2017-18                         | 2018-19                         | 2019-20*                        | 2017-18                          | 2018-19                          | 2019-20*                         | 2017-18                                    | 2018-19                                    | 2019-20* Scholars hip                      |
| S. No.   | States/UTs          | Scholarshi p Sanctioned         | Scholarship Sanctioned          | Scholarship Sanctioned          | Scholarship Sanctioned           | Scholarship Sanctioned           | Scholarship Sanctioned           | Scholarship Sanctioned                     | Scholarship Sanctioned                     | Sanction ed                                |
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh      | 132983                          | 129589                          | 161555                          | 14161                            | 13292                            | 15408                            | 2618                                       | 2599                                       | 3476                                       |
| 2.       | Telangana           | 176726                          | 169146                          | 171908                          | 16275                            | 15597                            | 17393                            | 2913                                       | 2854                                       | 3311                                       |
| 3.       | Assam               | 225605                          | 116564                          | 290719                          | 33071                            | 27856                            | 38531                            | 5178                                       | 4437                                       | 6158                                       |
| 4.       | Bihar               | 122582                          | 222209                          | 245662                          | 50511                            | 49333                            | 48456                            | 11094                                      | 11144                                      | 6985                                       |
| 5.       | Chhattisgarh        | 7958                            | 5595                            | 4839                            | 2189                             | 2114                             | 2202                             | 499                                        | 421                                        | 432                                        |
| 6.       | Goa                 | 1460                            | 349                             | 497                             | 291                              | 140                              | 218                              | 119                                        | 76                                         | 76                                         |
| 7.       | Gujarat             | 134673                          | 128432                          | 134907                          | 20454                            | 20652                            | 23445                            | 4058                                       | 3437                                       | 3037                                       |
| 8.       | Haryana             | 4685                            | 6259                            | 8860                            | 5247                             | 3792                             | 4703                             | 1123                                       | 821                                        | 821                                        |
| 9.       | Himachal Pradesh    | 1667                            | 1541                            | 2056                            | 570                              | 430                              | 534                              | 69                                         | 48                                         | 30                                         |
| 10.      | Jammu& Kashmir      | 157548                          | 155312                          | 523653                          | 26695                            | 28536                            | 111052                           | 6191                                       | 5794                                       | 7702                                       |
| 11.      | Jharkhand           | 51895                           | 50466                           | 84133                           | 15025                            | 12616                            | 13182                            | 2439                                       | 1264                                       | 1501                                       |
| 12.      | Karnataka           | 332989                          | 433314                          | 507463                          | 43917                            | 48924                            | 74944                            | 9970                                       | 15979                                      | 20779                                      |
| 13.      | Kerala              | 557278                          | 573776                          | 593531                          | 63084                            | 65875                            | 65635                            | 19240                                      | 22038                                      | 26205                                      |
| 14.      | Madhya Pradesh      | 99064                           | 108841                          | 137269                          | 18319                            | 18536                            | 22038                            | 3444                                       | 2154                                       | 2448                                       |
| 15.      | Maharashtra         | 619888                          | 688310                          | 744273                          | 47697                            | 48332                            | 48331                            | 6487                                       | 4336                                       | 2814                                       |
| 16.      | Manipur             | 6153                            | 14882                           | 44390                           | 3846                             | 3860                             | 5599                             | 301                                        | 364                                        | 348                                        |
| 17.      | Meghalaya           | 5544                            | 5392                            | 9865                            | 6129                             | 6563                             | 7533                             | 1214                                       | 1182                                       | 1322                                       |
| 18.      | Mizoram             | 34436                           | 42696                           | 52652                           | 1367                             | 1300                             | 1309                             | 403                                        | 543                                        | 1115                                       |
| 19.      | Nagaland            | 24840                           | 28156                           | 53156                           | 6301                             | 4360                             | 5332                             | 1231                                       | 1186                                       | 1193                                       |
| 20.      | Odisha              | 9922                            | 10611                           | 12934                           | 3260                             | 2134                             | 2738                             | 784                                        | 537                                        | 436                                        |
| 21.      | Punjab              | 432616                          | 409392                          | 468622                          | 61883                            | 55829                            | 56646                            | 5343                                       | 3273                                       | 2410                                       |
| 22.      | Rajasthan           | 146089                          | 135980                          | 165049                          | 23982                            | 24437                            | 27933                            | 3842                                       | 3555                                       | 3241                                       |
| 23.      | Sikkim              | 757                             | 392                             | 716                             | 101                              | 104                              | 52                               | 13                                         | 21                                         | 18                                         |
| 24.      | Tamil Nadu          | 353184                          | 325580                          | 376543                          | 39193                            | 36628                            | 43241                            | 6108                                       | 5475                                       | 5685                                       |
| 25.      | Tripura             | 5374                            | 3283                            | 3525                            | 1054                             | 1164                             | 1067                             | 168                                        | 125                                        | 81                                         |
| 26.      | Uttar Pradesh       | 577622                          | 691804                          | 727980                          | 94518                            | 86303                            | 94291                            | 11038                                      | 9901                                       | 10545                                      |
| 27.      | Uttarakhand         | 21012                           | 21275                           | 30197                           | 4102                             | 2830                             | 4521                             | 576                                        | 526                                        | 470                                        |
| 28.      | West Bengal         | 1054783                         | 1206629                         | 884                             | 89303                            | 99957                            | 3730                             | 12426                                      | 13154                                      | 5264                                       |
| 29.      | Andaman & Nicobar   | 288                             | 56                              | 107                             | 53                               | 18                               | 9                                | 14                                         | 2                                          | 3                                          |
| 30.      | Chandigarh          | 2307                            | 1342                            | 1461                            | 174                              | 115                              | 154                              | 11                                         | 8                                          | 2                                          |
| 31.      | Dadra& Nagar Haveli | 55                              | 134                             | 143                             | 11                               | 13                               | 34                               | 5                                          | 1                                          | 3                                          |
| 32.      | Daman &Diu          | 0                               | 0                               | 325                             | 45                               | 46                               | 47                               | 5                                          | 0                                          | 2                                          |
| 33.      | Delhi               | 7345                            | 2216                            | 4928                            | 4854                             | 2063                             | 2261                             | 487                                        | 459                                        | 384                                        |
| 34.      | Puducherry          | 1929                            | 2331                            | 3223                            | 387                              | 516                              | 572                              | 61                                         | 57                                         | 62                                         |
| Total    | Total               | 5311257                         | 5691854                         | 5568025                         | 698069                           | 684265                           | 743141                           | 119472                                     | 117771                                     | 118359                                     |

Note- Arunachal Pradesh and Lakshadweep do not avail Scholarship under aforesaid schemes.

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| State -wise minority                                                                                                                                                            | States/UTs                                                                                                                                                                      | 2017-18                                                                                                                                                                         | 2018-19                                                                                                                                                                         | 2019-20 No .of                                                                                                                                                                  | 2020-21 No. of (allocated)                                                                                                                                                      |
| Sl. No.                                                                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                                                                                 | No .of students benefited                                                                                                                                                       | No .of students benefited                                                                                                                                                       | students(allocated)                                                                                                                                                             | students                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 1.                                                                                                                                                                              | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                  | 260                                                                                                                                                                             | 400                                                                                                                                                                             | 500                                                                                                                                                                             | 400                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 2.                                                                                                                                                                              | Assam                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                               | 50                                                                                                                                                                              | 100                                                                                                                                                                             | 0                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 3.                                                                                                                                                                              | Bihar                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                                               | 100                                                                                                                                                                             | 100                                                                                                                                                                             | 0                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 4.                                                                                                                                                                              | Chandigarh                                                                                                                                                                      | 250                                                                                                                                                                             | 50                                                                                                                                                                              | 190                                                                                                                                                                             | 50                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 5.                                                                                                                                                                              | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                                                                                               | 100                                                                                                                                                                             | 100                                                                                                                                                                             | 100                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 6.                                                                                                                                                                              | Delhi                                                                                                                                                                           | 645                                                                                                                                                                             | 328                                                                                                                                                                             | 50                                                                                                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 7.                                                                                                                                                                              | Gujarat                                                                                                                                                                         | 618                                                                                                                                                                             | 550                                                                                                                                                                             | 600                                                                                                                                                                             | 200                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 8.                                                                                                                                                                              | Haryana                                                                                                                                                                         | 210                                                                                                                                                                             | 50                                                                                                                                                                              | 300                                                                                                                                                                             | 300                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 9.                                                                                                                                                                              | Jammu and Kashmir                                                                                                                                                               | 490                                                                                                                                                                             | 50                                                                                                                                                                              | 50                                                                                                                                                                              | 50                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 10.                                                                                                                                                                             | Jharkhand                                                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                                                               | 360                                                                                                                                                                             | 0                                                                                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 11.                                                                                                                                                                             | Karnataka                                                                                                                                                                       | 2219                                                                                                                                                                            | 1049                                                                                                                                                                            | 1050                                                                                                                                                                            | 400                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 12.                                                                                                                                                                             | Kerala                                                                                                                                                                          | 700                                                                                                                                                                             | 590                                                                                                                                                                             | 640                                                                                                                                                                             | 0                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 13.                                                                                                                                                                             | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                  | 435                                                                                                                                                                             | 680                                                                                                                                                                             | 780                                                                                                                                                                             | 300                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 14.                                                                                                                                                                             | Maharashtra                                                                                                                                                                     | 1550                                                                                                                                                                            | 1390                                                                                                                                                                            | 940                                                                                                                                                                             | 50                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 15.                                                                                                                                                                             | Manipur                                                                                                                                                                         | 100                                                                                                                                                                             | 60                                                                                                                                                                              | 140                                                                                                                                                                             | 50                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 16.                                                                                                                                                                             | Meghalaya                                                                                                                                                                       | 110                                                                                                                                                                             | 100                                                                                                                                                                             | 100                                                                                                                                                                             | 100                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 17.                                                                                                                                                                             | Punjab                                                                                                                                                                          | 600                                                                                                                                                                             | 300                                                                                                                                                                             | 300                                                                                                                                                                             | 200                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 18.                                                                                                                                                                             | Rajasthan                                                                                                                                                                       | 330                                                                                                                                                                             | 350                                                                                                                                                                             | 350                                                                                                                                                                             | 300                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 19.                                                                                                                                                                             | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                                                                      | 450                                                                                                                                                                             | 200                                                                                                                                                                             | 200                                                                                                                                                                             | 0                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 20.                                                                                                                                                                             | Telangana                                                                                                                                                                       | 1750                                                                                                                                                                            | 0                                                                                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 21.                                                                                                                                                                             | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                   | 945                                                                                                                                                                             | 2600                                                                                                                                                                            | 2500                                                                                                                                                                            | 2300                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 22.                                                                                                                                                                             | West Bengal                                                                                                                                                                     | 200                                                                                                                                                                             | 740                                                                                                                                                                             | 590                                                                                                                                                                             | 500                                                                                                                                                                             |