Lok Sabha Question No. 671 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-04
Subject: Educational Empowerment of Muslim Girls
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Gaddam Ranjith Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 671 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.02.2021

## EDUCATIONAL EMPOWERMENT OF MUSLIM GIRLS

## 671. DR. G. RANJITH REDDY :

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of schemes being implemented for educational empowerment of Muslim  girls;
- (b)  the  status  of  implementation  of  each  of  the  above  scheme  in  Telangana during  each of the last three years and  the current year, year  and   districtwise;
- (c)  the details of physical targets set and achieved during the above period with a  particular  reference to Telangana;
- (d) whether  hostels  for Muslim  girls are also being  proposed    by    the Government; and
- (e)  if so, the details thereof with a particular reference to Telangana?

## ANSWER

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

(a) : The Ministry of Minority Affairs is implementing  following schemes for the educational empowerment of students/beneficiaries including girls belonging to six  notified  minority  communities  i.e.  Muslim,  Christian,  Sikh,  Buddhist,  Jain, Zoroastrian (Parsi) in all States across the country including Telangana:

- (i) Pre-matric  Scholarship  Scheme -  The  scholarship  is  provided  to minority students studying in class I to X in Government/ recognized Private schools. To be eligible, students should not have annual parental/guardian's income more than Rs.1.00 lakh and he/she should have secured minimum 50% marks in previous class. Minimum 30% scholarships are earmarked for girls.
- (ii) Post-matric  Scholarship  Scheme -  The  scholarship  is  provided  to minority students studying in Class  XI to Ph.D  level  in  Government/ recognized Private schools/Colleges/Institutes. To be eligible, students should not have annual parental/guardian's income more than Rs.2.00 lakh

and  he/she  should  have  secured  minimum  50%  marks  in  previous  class. Minimum 30% scholarships are earmarked for girls.

- (iii) Merit-cum-Mean  based  Scholarship  Scheme -  The  scholarship is awarded for pursuing professional and technical courses at under-graduate and post-graduate levels, in institutions recognized by the appropriate authority. 85 institutes for professional and technical courses have been listed in the scheme; for which full course fee is reimbursed. To be eligible, students should not have annual parental/guardian's income more than Rs.2.50 lakh and he/she should have secured minimum 50% marks in previous class. Minimum 30% scholarships are earmarked for girls.
- (iv) Maulana Azad National Fellowship (MANF) Scheme -The Fellowships are awarded to research students pursuing regular and full time M. Phil and Ph.D courses. The Scheme covers all Universities/Institutions recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC) under section 2(f) and section  3  of  the  UGC  Act  and  is  implemented  through  UGC.  To  be  eligible, students should not have annual parental/guardian's income more than Rs.6.00 lakh. Under the scheme, 30% fellowships are earmarked for girl students.
- (v) Padho Pardesh -  Scheme of Interest Subsidy on educational loans for overseas  studies-  Under  the  scheme,  the  interest  subsidy  is  awarded  to students on the interest payable for the period of moratorium for the Education Loans taken for overseas studies to pursue approved courses of studies abroad at  Masters,  M.Phil  or  Ph.D  levels.  The  scheme  is  implemented  through  the Canara Bank. To be eligible, students should not have annual parental/guardian's  income  more  than  Rs.6.00  lakh.  35%  scholarships  are earmarked for girls.
- (vi) Begum Hazrat Mahal National Scholarship - Maulana Azad Education Foundation (MAEF) under M/o Minority Affairs also implements  Begum Hazrat Mahal  National  Scholarship  scheme  for  meritorious  minority  girls  studying  in classes 9 th to 12 th .
- (b)  &  (c):  The  details  of  physical  targets  and  achievement  under  the  above mentioned  scheme  in  the  state  of  Telangana  during  the  last  three  years  are given  in Annexure-I .  District-wise  achievement  under  Begum  Hazrat  Mahal National  Scholarship  scheme  is  given  at Annexure-II .  However,  district-wise data is not collated for the other schemes.

(d) & (e): The Ministry has implemented Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK) in 1300 identified Minority Concentration Areas (MCAs) of the country with the objective of developing socio-economic assets and basic amenities for improving  quality  of  life  of  the  people  living in  these  areas .  Priority  Sectors under the scheme are education, health, skill development and women centric projects.  The projects approved are community assets and the facilities created are  available  to  the  entire  population  living  in  the  catchment  area  including Muslim Girls. Under PMJVK, projects are submitted by the State as per their felt need  and  infrastructure  requirement  in  the  identified  MCA.  The  programme being demand driven, no physical target are set.

During  the  last three years  and  current  year,  projects  of  Rs.  6514.25  crore having central share of Rs. 4630.94 crore under PMJVK, have been approved in education sector. The projects include  133- Residential Schools, 22  - Degree Colleges, 298- Student Hostels, 6 - Navodayas Vidyalayas,  9251 - Additional Classrooms  (ACR),   350-  ACR  blocks,  674  -  Sanitation  Projects  in  Schools, 8323- Smart Classes and Teaching Aids, etc.

The above includes education projects approved in the State of Telangana also, which are 8 hostels (04 for girls and 04 for boys), 47 Residential Schools (26 for girls and 21 for boys) and 4 School Buildings (02 for girls and 02 for boys).  The total  cost  of  these  projects  in  Telangana  are  Rs.976.20  crores  having  central share of Rs.585.72 crores.

Details of the projects approved under the programme are available at http://minorityaffairs.gov.in/en/pradhan-mantri-jan-vikas-karyakram-pmjvk-0.

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## Annexure-I

## Annexure referred in reply to Parts (b) & (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 671 for answer on 04.02.2021

Details of physical targets and achievement under the Educational Empowerment schemes in the state of Telangana during the last three and current year.

| S.No   | Scheme Name                    | 2017-18          | 2017-18      | 2018-19                   | 2018-19      | 2019-20**                 | 2019-20**    | 2020-21**                 | 2020-21**                               |
|--------|--------------------------------|------------------|--------------|---------------------------|--------------|---------------------------|--------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| S.No   | Scheme Name                    | Physic al target | Achieve ment | Physical target           | Achievem ent | Physical target           | Achievem ent | Physical target           | Achievem ent                            |
| 1.     | Pre-Matric                     | 66788            | 176726       | 62978                     | 169146       | 62978                     | 171908       | 62978                     | The scholarsh ips are yet to be awarded |
| 2.     | Post-Matric                    | 11131            | 16275        | 10496                     | 15597        | 10496                     | 17393        | 10496                     | The scholarsh ips are yet to be awarded |
| 3.     | Merit-cum- Means               | 1336             | 2913         | 1260                      | 2854         | 1260                      | 3311         | 1260                      | The scholarsh ips are yet to be awarded |
| 4.     | MANF                           | 15               | 13*          | No State- wise allocation | 20*          | No State- wise allocation | 9*           | No State- wise allocation | The Fellowshi p are yet to be awarded   |
| 5.     | Padho Pardesh                  | 8                | 57           | 8                         | 79           | 8                         | 72           | 8                         | 37                                      |
| 6      | Begam Hazrat Mahal Scholarship | 2662             | 5696         | 3656                      | 6146         | 5484                      | 9043         | 4560                      | The scholarsh ips are yet to be awarded |

## Annexure-II

## Annexure referred in reply to Parts (b) & (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 671 for answer on 04.02.2021

The District-wise summary of scholarships sanctioned in Telangana during the last three years under Begum Hazrat Mahal Scholorship Scheme .

| S.No.   | District Name    |   No. of scholarships sanctioned |
|---------|------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1       | Adilabad         |                              994 |
| 2       | Asifabad         |                                2 |
| 3       | Bhadradri        |                               30 |
| 4       | Bhuvanagiri      |                                8 |
| 5       | Hyderabad        |                             7615 |
| 6       | Jagtial          |                              410 |
| 7       | Jangaon          |                               31 |
| 8       | Jayashankar      |                                2 |
| 9       | Jogulamba Gadwal |                               11 |
| 10      | Kamareddy        |                              179 |
| 11      | Karimnagar       |                             1696 |
| 12      | Khammam          |                              284 |
| 13      | Kothagudem       |                                1 |
| 14      | Komaram Bheem    |                               82 |
| 15      | Mahabubabad      |                                4 |
| 16      | Mahabubnagar     |                             1253 |
| 17      | Mancherial       |                               23 |
| 18      | Medak            |                              390 |
| 19      | Medchal          |                              146 |
| 20      | Nagarkurnool     |                               23 |
| 21      | Nalgonda         |                              273 |
| 22      | Nirmal           |                              714 |
| 23      | Nizamabad        |                             4492 |
| 24      | Peddapalli       |                               91 |
| 25      | Rajanna Sircilla |                                3 |
| 26      | Rangareddy       |                              734 |
| 27      | Sangareddy       |                              401 |
| 28      | Siddipet         |                               72 |
| 29      | Suryapet         |                               23 |
| 30      | Vikarabad        |                              123 |
| 31      | Wanaparthy       |                               11 |
| 32      | Warangal         |                              723 |
|         | Total            |                            20885 |