Lok Sabha Question No. 1235 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-30
Subject: Scholarship of BPL Families
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Smt. Delkar Kalaben Mohanbhai, Dr. Bachhav Shobha Dinesh

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1235 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.07.2024

## SCHOLARSHIP OF BPL FAMILIES

## †1235 SMT. DELKAR KALABEN MOHANBHAI: DR. BACHHAV SHOBHA DINESH:

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

- its serous arous lars ir provided to the personabelonging to bear poverty line including Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu;
- (b) the total number of beneficiaries under the said scheme during the last three years, scheme and State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has taken steps for proper implementation of such schemes;
- (d) if so, the delay thereof/State UT and district-wise including Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu; and
- (e) if not, the reasons therefor, State-wise, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWRI BAL. VERMA>

- (a): The mandate of the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment (DoSJE) is to take care of the welfare of the poorest households of the socially, educationally and economically marginalized sections of the society including Scheduled Castes (SCs), Other Backward Classes, Senior Citizens, Victims of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, Sanitation Workers, Transgender Persons, Beggars, De-notified and Nomadic Tribes (DNTs), Economically Backward Classes (EBCs), Economically Weaker Section (EWS).

There is no such Scheme particularly for BPL Category being implemented in the department. However, DoSJE is implementing various schemes namely Post-Matric Scholarships to the Students belonging to Scheduled Castes, Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme for Scheduled Castes & Others, Scholarships for Higher Education for Young Achievers (SHREYAS-SC), PM Young Achievers Scholarship Award Scheme for Vibrant India (PM-YASASVI) for Economically Backward Classes (EBC) & De-notified Tribes (DNT) Students, and Scholarships for Higher Education for Young Achievers (SHREYAS-BC), under which scholarship is provide to the persons.

(b) to (e): The State-wise details of total number of beneficiaries covered during the last 3 years under the aforementioned schemes is attached as Annexure. Further, the following steps have taken to ensure proper implementation of the aforementioned schemes in the States/UTs:

(i) Regular Handholding meetings/workshops for NSP on boarded States/UT including Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu;

i) Publication of advertisements in Hindi and English in the major newspapers at to lational level as well as in the Regional Languages in the States/UTs including UT of D&N and D&D to maximize the coverage;

(iii) Online end to end processing, verification of eligibility credentials through online transaction to ensure greater transparency, control duplicity and wrongful claims by institutions; and

(v) For the successful implementation of the Schemes, Government undertakes steps like mandatory annual inspections by the department, mandatory submission of utilization Certificate and periodic review by holding meetings at national level, state level and field visits. A Project Monitoring Unit (PMU) has also been set up in the Department regularly monitoring the functioning of all the institutions receiving funds from the Department. The Department also undertakes periodic review of the implementation of the schemes through third party evaluation studies, the studies have found that these schemes are achieving desired objectives and have recommended their continuation. Further, to ensure timely release, the system of State Nodal Agency (SNA) & Central Nodal Agency (CNA) have been adopted which ensures release of scholarship/fellowship to scholars.

(iv) Central share being released directly into the Aadhaar-seeded bank account of the students through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT).

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## Statement referred to part (b) to (e) of reply of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1235 for answer on 30.07.2024

## i. Post-Matric Scholarships Scheme for SC Students:

| SINo.   | State/UT                               |         | No.of beneficiaries No.of beneficiaries during FY2021-22 | during FY2022-23   | No.of beneficiaries during FY2023-   |
|---------|----------------------------------------|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh                         | 243823  | 238915                                                                             | 195269                               |
| 2       | Assam                                  |         | 11140                                                                              | 8426                                 |
| 3       | Bihar                                  |         | 136340                                                                             | 68975                                |
| 4       | Chandigarh                             |         |                                                                                    | 287                                  |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh                           |         |                                                                                    | 79237                                |
| 6       | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |         |                                                                                    |                                      |
|         | Delhi                                  |         |                                                                                    | 3,160                                |
| 8       | Goa                                    |         |                                                                                    | 34                                   |
|         | Gujarat                                |         |                                                                                    | 1,79,116                             |
| 10      | Haryana                                |         |                                                                                    | 70,464                               |
| 11      | Himachal Pradesh                       |         |                                                                                    | 23,959                               |
| 12      | Jammu & Kashmir                        |         |                                                                                    | 7,370                                |
|         | Jharkhand                              |         | 33922                                                                              | 44,610                               |
| 14      | Karnataka                              |         | 458548                                                                             | 4,03,965                             |
|         | Kerala                                 |         | 42521                                                                              | 1,55,319                             |
| 16      | Madhya Pradesh                         |         | 445319                                                                             | 3,46,289                             |
|         | Maharashtra                            |         | 148573                                                                             | 7,49,317                             |
| 18      | Manipur                                |         | 8988                                                                               | 2,125                                |
| 19      | Odisha                                 |         | 299369                                                                             | 1,43,861                             |
| 20      | Puducherry                             |         | 3904                                                                               | 2,564                                |
| 21      | Punjab                                 |         | 40708                                                                              | 1,99,508                             |
| 22      | Rajasthan                              |         | 303252                                                                             | 1,51,922                             |
| 23      | Sikkim                                 |         | 448                                                                                | 216                                  |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu                             | 441672  | 543772                                                                             | 6,43,761                             |
|         | Telangana                              |         | 0                                                                                  |                                      |
|         | Tripura                                |         | 22278                                                                              | 16,858                               |
|         | Uttar Pradesh                          |         | 1269634                                                                            | 9,49,934                             |
|         | Uttarakhand                            |         | 27735                                                                              | 23,804                               |
| 29      | West Bengal                            | 493099  | 273953                                                                             | 2,68,228                             |
|         | Total                                  | 3025136 | 4647135                                                                            | 4738578                              |

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## ii. Pre-Matric Scholarships Scheme for SCs & Others:

| SINo.   | State/UT                             | No.of beneficiaries No.of beneficiaries   | No.of during FY2021-22 during FY2022-23 during FY2023-24   |
|---------|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
|         | Andhra Pradesh                       | 245595                                    | 2,21,219                                                   |
| 2       | Assam                                | 418                                       | 14                                                         |
|         | Bihar                                | 473106                                    | 1,46,660                                                   |
| 4       | Chandigarh                           |                                           |                                                            |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh                         |                                           |                                                            |
|         | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |                                           |                                                            |
|         | Delhi                                |                                           |                                                            |
|         | Goa                                  |                                           |                                                            |
|         | Gujarat                              |                                           |                                                            |
|         | Haryana                              |                                           |                                                            |
|         | Himachal Pradesh                     |                                           |                                                            |
|         | Jammu & Kashmir                      |                                           | 2,584                                                      |
|         | Jharkhand                            |                                           |                                                            |
|         | Karnataka                            |                                           | 2,35,562                                                   |
|         | Kerala                               |                                           | 11,999                                                     |
|         | Madhya Pradesh                       |                                           | 0                                                          |
|         | Maharashtra                          |                                           | 0                                                          |
|         | Manipur                              |                                           | 676                                                        |
|         | Odisha                               |                                           | 31,486                                                     |
|         | Puducherry                           |                                           | 704                                                        |
|         | Punjab                               |                                           | 1,03,357                                                   |
|         | Rajasthan                            |                                           | 1,35,092                                                   |
|         | Sikkim                               |                                           | 8                                                          |
|         | Tamil Nadu                           |                                           | 3,35,642                                                   |
|         | Telangana                            |                                           | 0                                                          |
|         | Tripura                              |                                           | 2,105                                                      |
|         | Uttar Pradesh                        |                                           | 3,82,766                                                   |
|         | Uttarakhand                          |                                           | 9,940                                                      |
|         | West Bengal                          |                                           | 1,68,896                                                   |
|         | Total                                |                                           | 1134268 21,29,540                                          |

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## iii. Scholarships for Higher Education for Young Achievers (SHREYAS-SC)

## a. Top Class Education for SCs (TCS):

| Financial Year   |   Budget (In Crore) |   Expenditure (Rs. in crore) |   No. of beneficiaries |
|------------------|---------------------|------------------------------|------------------------|
| 2021-22          |                  70 |                        84.72 |                   4544 |
| 2022-23          |                 108 |                        85.67 |                   4171 |
| 2023-24          |                 111 |                        83.84 |                   3969 |

## b. National Overseas Scholarship for SCs (NOS):

| Year    |   Slots |   Candidate Selected |   Budget Estimate (In crore) |   Revised Estimate (In crore) |   Expenditure incurred (In crore) |
|---------|---------|----------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 2021-22 |     125 |                  125 |                           30 |                            35 |                             49.07 |
| 2022-23 |     125 |                  125 |                           36 |                            50 |                             86.59 |
| 2023-24 |     125 |                  125 |                           50 |                            85 |                             88.56 |

## c. National Fellowship for SC Students:

| Year    |   Budget Allocation (Rs. in crore) |   Fund Released by Ministry (Rs. in crore) | Fellowships awarded Total                                                                                                    |
|---------|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2021-22 |                                300 |                                     122.39 | 1932* (merged cycle)                                                                                                         |
| 2022-23 |                                173 |                                     114.25 | 1612 UGC NET (merged cycle) 260 CSIR JUNE 2022                                                                               |
| 2023-24 |                                163 |                                     207.74 | 945 (UGC NET December 2022 examination) 872 UGC Net June 2023 Examination, 404 CSIR December 2022 and June 2023 = Total 2221 |

## d. Free Coaching Scheme for SC and OBC students:

| [Financial| Year   | Budget (in Crore)   |   Expenditure (Rs. in crore) |   No. of the beneficiaries |
|-------------------------|---------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------|
| 2021-22                 |                     |                        14.98 |                       1761 |
| 2022-23                 |                     |                        18.4  |                        558 |
| 2023-24                 | 47                  |                         7.76 |                        223 |

## . b. Post-Matric Scholarship for OBC, EBC & DNT Students during last 3 years

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| S. No.   | State/UTs                              | 2021-22         | 2021-22       | 2022-23         | 2022-23       | 2023-24                                           | 2023-24                                                                |
|----------|----------------------------------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.   | State/UTs                              | Amount released | Beneficiaries | Amount released | Beneficiaries | Amount released Beneficiaries                     |                                                                        |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                         | 563.75          | 10.30         | 6324.25         | 6.47          | 13378.00 0.00 0.00 27.31 12748.16 1042.82 1100.71 | Details of beneficiaries are provided with subsequent year's proposal. |
|          | Bihar                                  | 10363.00        | 0.00          | 0.00            | 0.00          |                                                   |                                                                        |
| 3        | Chhattisgarh                           | 292.75          | 3.2685        | 0.00            | 0.00          |                                                   |                                                                        |
|          | Goa                                    | 17.00           | 0.00146       | 172.06          | 0.00718       |                                                   |                                                                        |
|          | Gujarat                                | 6018.00         | 2.04          | 11048.25        | 1.10          |                                                   |                                                                        |
|          | Haryana                                | 0.00            | 0.31          | 1842.65         | 0.17          |                                                   |                                                                        |
|          | Himachal Pradesh                       | 179.08          | 0.11          | 1057.15         | 0.13          |                                                   |                                                                        |
|          | Jammu & Kashmir                        | 530.25          | 0.22          | 0.00            | 0.00          | 0.00                                              |                                                                        |
| 9        | Jharkhand                              | 5215.42         | 2.02          | 0.00            | 0.00          |                                                   |                                                                        |
| 10       | Karnataka                              | 5000.00         | 0.00          | 4506.64         | 0.00          | 15392.12                                          |                                                                        |
| 11       | Kerala                                 | 6000.00         | 0.00          | 3600.00         | 0.00          |                                                   |                                                                        |
| 12       | Madhya Pradesh                         | 11088.00        | 0.62          | 12519.48        | 0.00          |                                                   |                                                                        |
| 13       | Maharashtra                            | 23699.50        | 0.00          | 6921.12         | 0.00          |                                                   |                                                                        |
| 14       | Odisha                                 | 6144.73         | 1.80          | 3340.80         | 1.94          | 2506.08                                           |                                                                        |
| 15       | Punjab                                 | 0.00            | 0.00          | 0.00            | 0.00          | 0.00                                              |                                                                        |
| 16       | Rajasthan                              | 10226.00        | 0.77          | 2757.95         | 0.76          | 0.00                                              |                                                                        |
| 17       | Tamil Nadu                             | 16079.00        | 4.53          | 8297.13         | 4.53          | 13500.00                                          |                                                                        |
| 18       | Telangana                              | 3547.00         | 6.59          | 0.00            | 6.86          | 2318.13                                           |                                                                        |
| 19       | Uttar Pradesh                          | 19908.00        | 1.74          | 21000.00        | 1.32          | 21000                                             |                                                                        |
| 20       | Uttarakhand                            | 514.83          | 0.00          | 1499.28         |               | 2281.48                                           |                                                                        |
| 21       | West Bengal                            | 1050.25         | 3.31684       | 9782.85         | 1.38          | 0.00                                              |                                                                        |
| 22       | Andaman & Nicobar                      | 33.95           | 0.00          | 0.00            | 0.00          | 0.00                                              |                                                                        |
| 23       | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 59.79           | 0.00          | 94.55           | 0.00          | 65.7                                              |                                                                        |
| 24       | Chandigarh                             | 30.50           | 0.0031        | 81.43           | 0.0028        | 0.00                                              |                                                                        |
| 25       | Delhi                                  | 164.99          | 0.06          | 270.00          | 0.04          | 98.77                                             |                                                                        |
| 26       | Puducherry                             | 11.98           | 0.03065       | 106.50          | 0.00          | 170.32                                            |                                                                        |
| 27       | Assam                                  | 1187.25         | 0.00          | 0.00            | 0.64          | 0.00                                              |                                                                        |
| 28       | Manipur                                | 102.75          | 0.00          | 1044.73         | 0.00          | 1572.00                                           |                                                                        |
| 29       | Sikkim                                 | 445.90          | 0.05          | 930.23          | 0.025         | 0.00                                              |                                                                        |
| 30       | Tripura                                | 3540.00         | 0.26          | 3364.23         | 0.18          | 3872.56                                           |                                                                        |
|          | Total:                                 | 132013.67       | 38.04         | 100561.28       | 25.55         | 98806.16                                          |                                                                        |

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## c. Top Class Education in School for OBC, EBC and DNT students

| Financial Year   |   Fund Released (in Cr.) |   [Beneficiaries (Actual) |
|------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------|
| 2022-23          |                     1.84 |                      1275 |
| 2023-24          |                     6.61 |                      3177 |

## d. Top Class Education in School for OBC, EBC and DNT students

| Financial Year   |   Fund Released (in Cr.) |   Beneficiaries (Actual) |
|------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| 2023-24          |                    11.17 |                     4762 |

## e. National Fellowship for OBC Students

| Year    |   Funds released |   No. of beneficiaries |
|---------|------------------|------------------------|
| 2021-22 |            55.55 |                   1338 |
| 2022-23 |            51.32 |                   1570 |
| 2023-24 |            89.7  |                   2013 |

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