Lok Sabha Question No. 2373 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-03
Subject: Applications for Scholarship
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shashi Tharoor

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2373 ANSWERED ON 03.08.2023

## Applications for Scholarship

## 2373. DR. SHASHI THAROOR:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  number of applications  received  under the Pre-matric Scheme, Post-matric Scholarship Scheme, Merit-cum-Means Scholarship for Professional-Technical Courses and Begum Hazrat Mahal National Scholarship for the academic Year 2022-23;
- (b) the present status of the applications under the said schemes;
- (c) whether 11.65 lakh applications (about 64%) have been blocked; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a) to (d):The Government has implemented various schemes for the welfare and upliftment of every  strata,  including  minorities,  especially  the  economically  weaker  and  lesser  privileged sections  of  the  society,  through  various  schemes  of  the  Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and Entrepreneurship, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Ministry of Textiles, Ministry of  Culture,  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child  Development  and  Ministry  of  Rural  Development. Ministry  of  Minority  Affairs  has  specifically  implemented  various  schemes,  including  PreMatric, Post Matric and Merit-cum-Means Scholarship schemes, across the country for socioeconomic and educational empowerment of the six notified minority communities.

The number of the applications received under the Pre-Matric, Post-Matric, Merit-cum-Means Based  Scholarship  Scheme  and  Begum  Hazrat  Mahal  National  Scholarship  for  the  academic Year 2022-23 is given below:

| Details of number of verified applications under Pre-Matric, Post Matric, MCMand BHMNS during AY 2022-23   | Details of number of verified applications under Pre-Matric, Post Matric, MCMand BHMNS during AY 2022-23   | Details of number of verified applications under Pre-Matric, Post Matric, MCMand BHMNS during AY 2022-23   | Details of number of verified applications under Pre-Matric, Post Matric, MCMand BHMNS during AY 2022-23   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Scheme                                                                                                     | Verified Applications                                                                                      | Verified Applications                                                                                      | Verified Applications                                                                                      |
|                                                                                                            | Fresh                                                                                                      | Renewal                                                                                                    | Total                                                                                                      |
| Pre-Matric                                                                                                 | 502804                                                                                                     | 634823                                                                                                     | 1137627                                                                                                    |
| Post-Matric                                                                                                | 847993                                                                                                     | 201071                                                                                                     | 1049064                                                                                                    |
| MCM                                                                                                        | 75204                                                                                                      | 69156                                                                                                      | 144360                                                                                                     |
| BHNMS                                                                                                      | 282470                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                          | 282470                                                                                                     |
| Total                                                                                                      | 1708471                                                                                                    | 905050                                                                                                     | 2613521                                                                                                    |

Ministry has entrusted National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) to undertake 'Monitoring  and  Evaluation  of  Central  Government  Minority  Scholarship  Scheme',  wherein some irregularities have been noticed. The Ministry has taken action in this regard to make the scholarship disbursal process more transparent and seamless

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