Lok Sabha Question No. 3576 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-10
Subject: Scholarships for Marginalised Students
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3576 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2021

## SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MARGINALISED STUDENTS

3576. SHRI SHRINIWAS PATIL:

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

- a) the status of educational  scholarships provided by the Government to marginalized students during pandemic; and
2. (b) whether there is any provision planned for students who lost their parents during the pandemic and if $0, the details thereof? special

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI A. NARAYANASWAMY)

(a): This Ministry is providing  educational scholarships to marginalized students The details of scholarship schemes implemented by this Ministry are given at Annexure:

(6) No sir.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to part () of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No 3576 for 10.08.2021

## A. Department of Social Justice & Empowerment

| SN   | Name of the Scheme                                                                                                                |   FFund released lduring FY 2020-21 (Rs. in Crore) |
|------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|      | Post-Matric Scholarship to the SC Students Studying in Class XIth and above)                                                      |                                            4008.6  |
| 2    | Pre-Matric Scholarship to the SC Students Studying in classes IX & X                                                              |                                             569.03 |
| 3    | Pre-Matric Scholarship to the Children of those engaged in occupations involving cleaning and prone to health hazards (Class I-X) |                                              26.81 |
| 4    | Pre- Matric Scholarship for OBC Students                                                                                          |                                             165.91 |
| 5_   | Post- Matric Scholarship for OBC Students                                                                                         |                                            1159.25 |
| 6.   | Dr. Ambedkar Post-Matric Scholarship for EBC Students                                                                             |                                              25    |
| 7_   | Dr: Ambedkar Pre-Matric and Post-Matric Scholarship for EBC Students for DNT_ students_                                           |                                               9    |
| 8.   | National Overseas Scholarship for SC students (Masters Ph: D)                                                                     |                                              32.92 |

## B. Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Dlo EPwD)

| SN   | Name of the Scheme                                                                                                                     |   Fund released ffor the Fy 2020-21 & 2021-22 (Rs: in Crore) |
|------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1    | Pre-Matric Scholarship to the SC Students Studying in classes IX & X                                                                   |                                                       136.55 |
| 2.   | Post-Matric Scholarship for Class XI to Post Graduate Degrees[Diploma)                                                                 |                                                       136.55 |
| 3    | Class Education Scholarship (For Graduate and Post Graduate Degrees/Diploma in notified Institutes of the Excellence in Education) Top |                                                       136.55 |
| 4    | National Fellowship for PwDs (for M Phil and PhD. In Indian Universities                                                               |                                                       136.55 |
| 5_   | National Overseas Scholarship for (Masters Degrees & PhD in Foreign Universities)                                                      |                                                       136.55 |

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