Lok Sabha Question No. 617 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-23
Subject: Scholarship Schemes for Minority Students
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Bapi Haldar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 617

ANSWERED ON 23/07/2025

## SCHOLARSHIP SCHEMES FOR MINORITY STUDENTS

## 617.   SHRI BAPI HALDAR:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the number of children belonging to the Minority community who have applied and been provided scholarships during the last five years, State-wise;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  has  assessed  the  educational  status,  achievement  and  the  impact  of various central schemes among minority community students and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether it is a fact that the Government has discontinued pre-matric scholarships to students of minority communities from class one to eight from 2023-24 and if so, the reasons therefor; and (d) if so, whether the Government proposes to re-introduce the said scholarship scheme for minority community students?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

- (a):  The Government of India implements various schemes for the educational and socio- economic empowerment  of  every  strata  of  the  society  including  minorities,  especially  the  economically weaker  and  under  privileged  sections  through  different  ministries/  departments.  Ministry  of Minority Affairs implements three scholarship schemes namely Pre-Matric, Post-Matric and Meritcum-Means  based  Scholarship  Schemes  for  the  educational  empowerment  of  notified  minority communities. The Scholarship Schemes of Minority Affairs are Central Sector Schemes with 100% Central Share and scholarships are disbursed through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode. There is a defined State/UT-wise quota of beneficiaries based on Census data. However, the scheme has not been approved for implementation beyond 2021-22. The release over the period of 2019-20 to 202122, scheme-wise and State/UT-wise is annexed as Annexure-I.
- (b):  Monitoring and Evaluation of schemes is a continuous process for all the Schemes including Central  Schemes.  Ministry  of  Minority  Affairs  conducted  a  third  party  study  through  National Council of Applied Economic Research for all the three Scholarship Schemes during the year 202223. The findings of the report highlighted irregularities based on which, a physical verification study was conducted wherein out of 1572 institutes, 830 were found to be either fake/ partial fake or nonoperational. The matter has been handed over to the CBI for thorough investigation.
- (c)  &  (d):  The  Right  to  Education  (RTE)  Act,  2009  makes  it  obligatory  for  the  Government  to provide  free  and  compulsory  elementary  education  (classes  I  to  VIII)  to  each  and  every  child. Accordingly  only  students  studying  in  classes  IX  and  X  are  covered  under  the  Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme of Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment and Ministry of Tribal Affairs. There is no proposal under consideration in this Ministry to re-introduce such coverage.

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ANNEXURE-I  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  617  FOR  23.07.2025  REGARDING  'SCHOLARSHIP  SCHEMES  FOR MINORITY STUDENTS'.

| Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme-Details of scholarships and amount for AY 2019-20 to 2021-22 Amount in ₹ crore   | Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme-Details of scholarships and amount for AY 2019-20 to 2021-22 Amount in ₹ crore   | Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme-Details of scholarships and amount for AY 2019-20 to 2021-22 Amount in ₹ crore   | Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme-Details of scholarships and amount for AY 2019-20 to 2021-22 Amount in ₹ crore   | Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme-Details of scholarships and amount for AY 2019-20 to 2021-22 Amount in ₹ crore   | Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme-Details of scholarships and amount for AY 2019-20 to 2021-22 Amount in ₹ crore   | Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme-Details of scholarships and amount for AY 2019-20 to 2021-22 Amount in ₹ crore   |
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| State                                                                                                          | 2019-20                                                                                                        | 2019-20                                                                                                        | 2020-21                                                                                                        | 2020-21                                                                                                        | 2021-22                                                                                                        | 2021-22                                                                                                        |
| State                                                                                                          | Beneficiaries                                                                                                  | Amount                                                                                                         | Beneficiaries                                                                                                  | Amount                                                                                                         | Beneficiaries                                                                                                  | Amount                                                                                                         |
| ANDHRAPRADESH                                                                                                  | 161555                                                                                                         | 47.60                                                                                                          | 152714                                                                                                         | 36.4                                                                                                           | 175563                                                                                                         | 37.85                                                                                                          |
| TELANGANA                                                                                                      | 171908                                                                                                         | 60.28                                                                                                          | 156037                                                                                                         | 56.6                                                                                                           | 177571                                                                                                         | 61.29                                                                                                          |
| ASSAM                                                                                                          | 290719                                                                                                         | 161.16                                                                                                         | 250267                                                                                                         | 90.97                                                                                                          | 235337                                                                                                         | 99.98                                                                                                          |
| BIHAR                                                                                                          | 245662                                                                                                         | 82.43                                                                                                          | 134270                                                                                                         | 32.97                                                                                                          | 175287                                                                                                         | 49.19                                                                                                          |
| CHHATTISGARH                                                                                                   | 4839                                                                                                           | 1.64                                                                                                           | 4308                                                                                                           | 1.35                                                                                                           | 4453                                                                                                           | 1.34                                                                                                           |
| GOA                                                                                                            | 497                                                                                                            | 0.06                                                                                                           | 772                                                                                                            | 0.08                                                                                                           | 1111                                                                                                           | 0.11                                                                                                           |
| GUJARAT                                                                                                        | 134907                                                                                                         | 37.48                                                                                                          | 102873                                                                                                         | 28.6                                                                                                           | 89543                                                                                                          | 25.7                                                                                                           |
| HARYANA                                                                                                        | 8860                                                                                                           | 3.25                                                                                                           | 9396                                                                                                           | 3.58                                                                                                           | 25011                                                                                                          | 8.53                                                                                                           |
| HIMACHALPRADESH                                                                                                | 2056                                                                                                           | 0.40                                                                                                           | 1985                                                                                                           | 0.34                                                                                                           | 1790                                                                                                           | 0.3                                                                                                            |
| JAMMUANDKASHMIR                                                                                                | 523653                                                                                                         | 129.16                                                                                                         | 466290                                                                                                         | 96.24                                                                                                          | 389132                                                                                                         | 77.67                                                                                                          |
| JHARKHAND                                                                                                      | 84133                                                                                                          | 60.90                                                                                                          | 14332                                                                                                          | 5.17                                                                                                           | 14146                                                                                                          | 5.7                                                                                                            |
| KARNATAKA                                                                                                      | 507463                                                                                                         | 100.42                                                                                                         | 517527                                                                                                         | 99.74                                                                                                          | 566291                                                                                                         | 110.67                                                                                                         |
| KERALA                                                                                                         | 593531                                                                                                         | 74.80                                                                                                          | 599692                                                                                                         | 74.4                                                                                                           | 634299                                                                                                         | 78.32                                                                                                          |
| LADAKH                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                              | 0.00                                                                                                           | 14862                                                                                                          | 3.93                                                                                                           | 11884                                                                                                          | 3.08                                                                                                           |
| MADHYAPRADESH                                                                                                  | 137269                                                                                                         | 41.54                                                                                                          | 113780                                                                                                         | 37.93                                                                                                          | 139638                                                                                                         | 47.53                                                                                                          |
| MAHARASHTRA                                                                                                    | 744273                                                                                                         | 86.66                                                                                                          | 734816                                                                                                         | 81.65                                                                                                          | 802121                                                                                                         | 88.89                                                                                                          |
| MANIPUR                                                                                                        | 44390                                                                                                          | 25.76                                                                                                          | 47526                                                                                                          | 26.29                                                                                                          | 52432                                                                                                          | 28.17                                                                                                          |
| MEGHALAYA                                                                                                      | 9865                                                                                                           | 2.51                                                                                                           | 14630                                                                                                          | 3.97                                                                                                           | 15462                                                                                                          | 4.42                                                                                                           |
| MIZORAM                                                                                                        | 52652                                                                                                          | 15.09                                                                                                          | 53129                                                                                                          | 15.07                                                                                                          | 60784                                                                                                          | 18.54                                                                                                          |
| NAGALAND                                                                                                       | 53156                                                                                                          | 18.90                                                                                                          | 69053                                                                                                          | 24.01                                                                                                          | 77882                                                                                                          | 28.03                                                                                                          |
| ODISHA                                                                                                         | 12934                                                                                                          | 2.53                                                                                                           | 17470                                                                                                          | 2.92                                                                                                           | 25620                                                                                                          | 4.19                                                                                                           |
| PUNJAB                                                                                                         | 468622                                                                                                         | 76.14                                                                                                          | 447136                                                                                                         | 70.44                                                                                                          | 503179                                                                                                         | 75.57                                                                                                          |
| RAJASTHAN                                                                                                      | 165049                                                                                                         | 53.66                                                                                                          | 146296                                                                                                         | 46.59                                                                                                          | 188827                                                                                                         | 55.58                                                                                                          |
| SIKKIM                                                                                                         | 716                                                                                                            | 0.15                                                                                                           | 102                                                                                                            | 0.03                                                                                                           | 513                                                                                                            | 0.1                                                                                                            |
| TAMILNADU                                                                                                      | 376543                                                                                                         | 78.23                                                                                                          | 381455                                                                                                         | 76.96                                                                                                          | 448485                                                                                                         | 86.55                                                                                                          |
| TRIPURA                                                                                                        | 3525                                                                                                           | 0.52                                                                                                           | 5723                                                                                                           | 0.87                                                                                                           | 7109                                                                                                           | 1.02                                                                                                           |
| UTTAR PRADESH                                                                                                  | 727980                                                                                                         | 247.14                                                                                                         | 747354                                                                                                         | 265.24                                                                                                         | 842938                                                                                                         | 317.32                                                                                                         |
| UTTARAKHAND                                                                                                    | 30197                                                                                                          | 14.00                                                                                                          | 18621                                                                                                          | 7.4                                                                                                            | 21812                                                                                                          | 10.48                                                                                                          |
| WEST BENGAL                                                                                                    | 884                                                                                                            | 0.36                                                                                                           | 273                                                                                                            | 0.2                                                                                                            | 576                                                                                                            | 0.14                                                                                                           |
| ANDAMANAND NICOBAR                                                                                             | 107                                                                                                            | 0.04                                                                                                           | 2796                                                                                                           | 0.37                                                                                                           | 3272                                                                                                           | 0.4                                                                                                            |
| CHANDIGARH                                                                                                     | 1461                                                                                                           | 0.15                                                                                                           | 1913                                                                                                           | 0.2                                                                                                            | 1783                                                                                                           | 0.18                                                                                                           |
| DNHDD                                                                                                          | 468                                                                                                            | 0.07                                                                                                           | 275                                                                                                            | 0.03                                                                                                           | 318                                                                                                            | 0.04                                                                                                           |
| DELHI                                                                                                          | 4928                                                                                                           | 0.65                                                                                                           | 8328                                                                                                           | 0.88                                                                                                           | 12302                                                                                                          | 1.25                                                                                                           |
| PUDUCHERRY                                                                                                     | 3223                                                                                                           | 0.87                                                                                                           | 3963                                                                                                           | 1                                                                                                              | 4318                                                                                                           | 1.04                                                                                                           |
| Total                                                                                                          | 5568025                                                                                                        | 1424.56                                                                                                        | 5239964                                                                                                        | 1192.42                                                                                                        | 5,710,789                                                                                                      | 1329.17                                                                                                        |

Source:

National Scholarships Portal

| Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme- Details of scholarships and amount for AY 2019-20 to 2021-22 Amount in ₹   | Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme- Details of scholarships and amount for AY 2019-20 to 2021-22 Amount in ₹   | Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme- Details of scholarships and amount for AY 2019-20 to 2021-22 Amount in ₹   | Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme- Details of scholarships and amount for AY 2019-20 to 2021-22 Amount in ₹   | Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme- Details of scholarships and amount for AY 2019-20 to 2021-22 Amount in ₹   | Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme- Details of scholarships and amount for AY 2019-20 to 2021-22 Amount in ₹   | Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme- Details of scholarships and amount for AY 2019-20 to 2021-22 Amount in ₹   |
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|                                                                                                            | 2019-20                                                                                                    | 2019-20                                                                                                    | 2020-21                                                                                                    | 2020-21                                                                                                    | crore 2021-22                                                                                              | crore 2021-22                                                                                              |
| State                                                                                                      | Beneficiaries                                                                                              | Amount                                                                                                     | Beneficiaries                                                                                              | Amount                                                                                                     | Beneficiaries                                                                                              | Amount                                                                                                     |
| ANDAMANAND NICOBAR                                                                                         | 9                                                                                                          | 0.01                                                                                                       | 278                                                                                                        | 0.1                                                                                                        | 295                                                                                                        | 0.1                                                                                                        |
| ANDHRAPRADESH                                                                                              | 15408                                                                                                      | 12.95                                                                                                      | 12661                                                                                                      | 9.69                                                                                                       | 15216                                                                                                      | 11.32                                                                                                      |
| ASSAM                                                                                                      | 38531                                                                                                      | 32.94                                                                                                      | 30456                                                                                                      | 24.78                                                                                                      | 49106                                                                                                      | 51.34                                                                                                      |
| BIHAR                                                                                                      | 48456                                                                                                      | 30.53                                                                                                      | 43512                                                                                                      | 18.12                                                                                                      | 19642                                                                                                      | 9.55                                                                                                       |
| CHANDIGARH                                                                                                 | 154                                                                                                        | 0.06                                                                                                       | 123                                                                                                        | 0.05                                                                                                       | 117                                                                                                        | 0.05                                                                                                       |
| CHHATTISGARH                                                                                               | 2202                                                                                                       | 1.38                                                                                                       | 2198                                                                                                       | 1.27                                                                                                       | 2744                                                                                                       | 1.54                                                                                                       |
| DELHI                                                                                                      | 2261                                                                                                       | 0.89                                                                                                       | 3518                                                                                                       | 1.08                                                                                                       | 2908                                                                                                       | 0.86                                                                                                       |
| GOA                                                                                                        | 218                                                                                                        | 0.15                                                                                                       | 349                                                                                                        | 0.21                                                                                                       | 458                                                                                                        | 0.27                                                                                                       |
| GUJARAT                                                                                                    | 23445                                                                                                      | 13.43                                                                                                      | 21289                                                                                                      | 11.6                                                                                                       | 23519                                                                                                      | 12.82                                                                                                      |
| HARYANA                                                                                                    | 4703                                                                                                       | 3.22                                                                                                       | 5194                                                                                                       | 3.31                                                                                                       | 7824                                                                                                       | 4.58                                                                                                       |
| HIMACHALPRADESH                                                                                            | 534                                                                                                        | 0.26                                                                                                       | 500                                                                                                        | 0.24                                                                                                       | 637                                                                                                        | 0.29                                                                                                       |
| JAMMUANDKASHMIR                                                                                            | 111052                                                                                                     | 72.51                                                                                                      | 53725                                                                                                      | 30.38                                                                                                      | 47574                                                                                                      | 27.47                                                                                                      |
| JHARKHAND                                                                                                  | 13182                                                                                                      | 8.72                                                                                                       | 5918                                                                                                       | 2.99                                                                                                       | 5494                                                                                                       | 3.41                                                                                                       |
| KARNATAKA                                                                                                  | 74944                                                                                                      | 49.90                                                                                                      | 55081                                                                                                      | 34.24                                                                                                      | 73830                                                                                                      | 43.98                                                                                                      |
| KERALA                                                                                                     | 65635                                                                                                      | 32.68                                                                                                      | 67583                                                                                                      | 31.8                                                                                                       | 74271                                                                                                      | 37.55                                                                                                      |
| LADAKH                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                          | 0.00                                                                                                       | 1593                                                                                                       | 0.91                                                                                                       | 905                                                                                                        | 0.5                                                                                                        |
| MADHYAPRADESH                                                                                              | 22038                                                                                                      | 14.47                                                                                                      | 20430                                                                                                      | 13.6                                                                                                       | 23622                                                                                                      | 16.13                                                                                                      |
| MAHARASHTRA                                                                                                | 48331                                                                                                      | 24.23                                                                                                      | 47333                                                                                                      | 23.02                                                                                                      | 42110                                                                                                      | 20.97                                                                                                      |
| MANIPUR                                                                                                    | 5599                                                                                                       | 4.86                                                                                                       | 4497                                                                                                       | 3.82                                                                                                       | 4629                                                                                                       | 3.93                                                                                                       |
| MEGHALAYA                                                                                                  | 7533                                                                                                       | 5.06                                                                                                       | 7254                                                                                                       | 4.88                                                                                                       | 5306                                                                                                       | 3.63                                                                                                       |
| MIZORAM                                                                                                    | 1309                                                                                                       | 1.17                                                                                                       | 1144                                                                                                       | 0.85                                                                                                       | 1702                                                                                                       | 1.34                                                                                                       |
| NAGALAND                                                                                                   | 5332                                                                                                       | 4.58                                                                                                       | 6029                                                                                                       | 4.88                                                                                                       | 6421                                                                                                       | 5.45                                                                                                       |
| ODISHA                                                                                                     | 2738                                                                                                       | 1.98                                                                                                       | 3146                                                                                                       | 1.91                                                                                                       | 4030                                                                                                       | 2.4                                                                                                        |
| PUDUCHERRY                                                                                                 | 572                                                                                                        | 0.36                                                                                                       | 596                                                                                                        | 0.33                                                                                                       | 629                                                                                                        | 0.33                                                                                                       |
| PUNJAB                                                                                                     | 56646                                                                                                      | 30.18                                                                                                      | 53450                                                                                                      | 27.66                                                                                                      | 55430                                                                                                      | 29.96                                                                                                      |
| RAJASTHAN                                                                                                  | 27933                                                                                                      | 20.73                                                                                                      | 27404                                                                                                      | 19.39                                                                                                      | 30012                                                                                                      | 21.26                                                                                                      |
| SIKKIM                                                                                                     | 52                                                                                                         | 0.03                                                                                                       | 85                                                                                                         | 0.04                                                                                                       | 289                                                                                                        | 0.15                                                                                                       |
| TAMILNADU                                                                                                  | 43241                                                                                                      | 25.93                                                                                                      | 44319                                                                                                      | 24.79                                                                                                      | 52409                                                                                                      | 29.18                                                                                                      |
| TELANGANA                                                                                                  | 17393                                                                                                      | 13.90                                                                                                      | 18372                                                                                                      | 14.63                                                                                                      | 20843                                                                                                      | 16.8                                                                                                       |
| DNHDD                                                                                                      | 81                                                                                                         | 0.03                                                                                                       | 57                                                                                                         | 0.02                                                                                                       | 78                                                                                                         | 0.03                                                                                                       |
| TRIPURA                                                                                                    | 1067                                                                                                       | 0.73                                                                                                       | 1004                                                                                                       | 0.63                                                                                                       | 1766                                                                                                       | 1.21                                                                                                       |
| UTTAR PRADESH                                                                                              | 94291                                                                                                      | 68.20                                                                                                      | 4646                                                                                                       | 81.22                                                                                                      | 134433                                                                                                     | 100.24                                                                                                     |
| UTTARAKHAND                                                                                                | 4521                                                                                                       | 3.43                                                                                                       | 114388                                                                                                     | 3.37                                                                                                       | 5296                                                                                                       | 3.85                                                                                                       |
| WEST BENGAL                                                                                                | 3730                                                                                                       | 3.15                                                                                                       | 5184                                                                                                       | 5.49                                                                                                       | 6548                                                                                                       | 7.09                                                                                                       |
| Total                                                                                                      | 743141                                                                                                     | 482.65                                                                                                     | 663316                                                                                                     | 401.3                                                                                                      | 720093                                                                                                     | 469.58                                                                                                     |

Source:

National Scholarships Portal

| Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship Scheme- Details of scholarships and amount for AY 2019- 20 to 2021-22 Amount in ₹   | Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship Scheme- Details of scholarships and amount for AY 2019- 20 to 2021-22 Amount in ₹   | Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship Scheme- Details of scholarships and amount for AY 2019- 20 to 2021-22 Amount in ₹   | Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship Scheme- Details of scholarships and amount for AY 2019- 20 to 2021-22 Amount in ₹   | Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship Scheme- Details of scholarships and amount for AY 2019- 20 to 2021-22 Amount in ₹   | Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship Scheme- Details of scholarships and amount for AY 2019- 20 to 2021-22 Amount in ₹   | Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship Scheme- Details of scholarships and amount for AY 2019- 20 to 2021-22 Amount in ₹   |
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| State                                                                                                                 | 2019-20                                                                                                               | 2019-20                                                                                                               | 2020-21                                                                                                               | 2020-21                                                                                                               | crore 2021-22                                                                                                         | crore 2021-22                                                                                                         |
| State                                                                                                                 | Beneficiaries                                                                                                         | Amount                                                                                                                | Beneficiaries                                                                                                         | Amount                                                                                                                | Beneficiaries                                                                                                         | Amount                                                                                                                |
| ANDAMANAND NICOBAR                                                                                                    | 3                                                                                                                     | 0.01                                                                                                                  | 4                                                                                                                     | 0.01                                                                                                                  | 3                                                                                                                     | 0.01                                                                                                                  |
| ANDHRAPRADESH                                                                                                         | 3476                                                                                                                  | 9.17                                                                                                                  | 1808                                                                                                                  | 4.43                                                                                                                  | 2118                                                                                                                  | 5.54                                                                                                                  |
| ASSAM                                                                                                                 | 6158                                                                                                                  | 17.25                                                                                                                 | 7216                                                                                                                  | 19.08                                                                                                                 | 9287                                                                                                                  | 26.93                                                                                                                 |
| BIHAR                                                                                                                 | 6985                                                                                                                  | 18.74                                                                                                                 | 7933                                                                                                                  | 20.85                                                                                                                 | 6733                                                                                                                  | 17.66                                                                                                                 |
| CHANDIGARH                                                                                                            | 2                                                                                                                     | 0.00                                                                                                                  | 6                                                                                                                     | 0.02                                                                                                                  | 7                                                                                                                     | 0.02                                                                                                                  |
| CHHATTISGARH                                                                                                          | 432                                                                                                                   | 1.09                                                                                                                  | 441                                                                                                                   | 1.28                                                                                                                  | 516                                                                                                                   | 1.42                                                                                                                  |
| DELHI                                                                                                                 | 384                                                                                                                   | 0.97                                                                                                                  | 376                                                                                                                   | 1.04                                                                                                                  | 295                                                                                                                   | 0.77                                                                                                                  |
| GOA                                                                                                                   | 76                                                                                                                    | 0.20                                                                                                                  | 116                                                                                                                   | 0.29                                                                                                                  | 50                                                                                                                    | 0.13                                                                                                                  |
| GUJARAT                                                                                                               | 3037                                                                                                                  | 7.17                                                                                                                  | 2722                                                                                                                  | 6.47                                                                                                                  | 2731                                                                                                                  | 6.54                                                                                                                  |
| HARYANA                                                                                                               | 821                                                                                                                   | 2.12                                                                                                                  | 772                                                                                                                   | 2.04                                                                                                                  | 1029                                                                                                                  | 2.71                                                                                                                  |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                                                                      | 30                                                                                                                    | 0.09                                                                                                                  | 32                                                                                                                    | 0.09                                                                                                                  | 51                                                                                                                    | 0.13                                                                                                                  |
| JAMMU AND KASHMIR                                                                                                     | 7702                                                                                                                  | 19.91                                                                                                                 | 8898                                                                                                                  | 22.14                                                                                                                 | 9392                                                                                                                  | 23.83                                                                                                                 |
| JHARKHAND                                                                                                             | 1501                                                                                                                  | 4.40                                                                                                                  | 232                                                                                                                   | 0.59                                                                                                                  | 685                                                                                                                   | 1.94                                                                                                                  |
| KARNATAKA                                                                                                             | 20779                                                                                                                 | 52.96                                                                                                                 | 22510                                                                                                                 | 56.59                                                                                                                 | 22161                                                                                                                 | 55.79                                                                                                                 |
| KERALA                                                                                                                | 26205                                                                                                                 | 71.42                                                                                                                 | 29630                                                                                                                 | 80.81                                                                                                                 | 32790                                                                                                                 | 89.80                                                                                                                 |
| LADAKH                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                     | 0.00                                                                                                                  | 130                                                                                                                   | 0.30                                                                                                                  | 81                                                                                                                    | 0.22                                                                                                                  |
| MADHYAPRADESH                                                                                                         | 2448                                                                                                                  | 7.28                                                                                                                  | 2216                                                                                                                  | 6.53                                                                                                                  | 2530                                                                                                                  | 7.30                                                                                                                  |
| MAHARASHTRA                                                                                                           | 2814                                                                                                                  | 8.50                                                                                                                  | 2187                                                                                                                  | 7.14                                                                                                                  | 2335                                                                                                                  | 7.74                                                                                                                  |
| MANIPUR                                                                                                               | 348                                                                                                                   | 1.01                                                                                                                  | 282                                                                                                                   | 0.81                                                                                                                  | 338                                                                                                                   | 0.94                                                                                                                  |
| MEGHALAYA                                                                                                             | 1322                                                                                                                  | 3.32                                                                                                                  | 1165                                                                                                                  | 2.63                                                                                                                  | 601                                                                                                                   | 1.51                                                                                                                  |
| MIZORAM                                                                                                               | 1115                                                                                                                  | 3.24                                                                                                                  | 46                                                                                                                    | 0.11                                                                                                                  | 107                                                                                                                   | 0.23                                                                                                                  |
| NAGALAND                                                                                                              | 1193                                                                                                                  | 3.09                                                                                                                  | 1193                                                                                                                  | 3.01                                                                                                                  | 1258                                                                                                                  | 3.13                                                                                                                  |
| ODISHA                                                                                                                | 436                                                                                                                   | 1.33                                                                                                                  | 392                                                                                                                   | 1.08                                                                                                                  | 466                                                                                                                   | 1.29                                                                                                                  |
| PUDUCHERRY                                                                                                            | 62                                                                                                                    | 0.14                                                                                                                  | 44                                                                                                                    | 0.09                                                                                                                  | 48                                                                                                                    | 0.12                                                                                                                  |
| PUNJAB                                                                                                                | 2410                                                                                                                  | 6.53                                                                                                                  | 1829                                                                                                                  | 5.06                                                                                                                  | 1716                                                                                                                  | 4.76                                                                                                                  |
| RAJASTHAN                                                                                                             | 3241                                                                                                                  | 8.63                                                                                                                  | 3173                                                                                                                  | 8.52                                                                                                                  | 2907                                                                                                                  | 7.97                                                                                                                  |
| SIKKIM                                                                                                                | 18                                                                                                                    | 0.04                                                                                                                  | 34                                                                                                                    | 0.05                                                                                                                  | 51                                                                                                                    | 0.08                                                                                                                  |
| TAMILNADU                                                                                                             | 5685                                                                                                                  | 14.85                                                                                                                 | 5295                                                                                                                  | 13.48                                                                                                                 | 6856                                                                                                                  | 17.55                                                                                                                 |
| TELANGANA                                                                                                             | 3311                                                                                                                  | 8.88                                                                                                                  | 4065                                                                                                                  | 10.80                                                                                                                 | 4757                                                                                                                  | 12.82                                                                                                                 |
| DNHDD                                                                                                                 | 5                                                                                                                     | 0.01                                                                                                                  | 7                                                                                                                     | 0.07                                                                                                                  | 8                                                                                                                     | 0.06                                                                                                                  |
| TRIPURA                                                                                                               | 81                                                                                                                    | 0.20                                                                                                                  | 111                                                                                                                   | 0.28                                                                                                                  | 94                                                                                                                    | 0.24                                                                                                                  |
| UTTAR PRADESH                                                                                                         | 10545                                                                                                                 | 27.05                                                                                                                 | 10154                                                                                                                 | 26.19                                                                                                                 | 12387                                                                                                                 | 32.10                                                                                                                 |
| UTTARAKHAND                                                                                                           | 470                                                                                                                   | 1.26                                                                                                                  | 496                                                                                                                   | 1.44                                                                                                                  | 658                                                                                                                   | 1.69                                                                                                                  |
| WEST BENGAL                                                                                                           | 5264                                                                                                                  | 14.77                                                                                                                 | 4856                                                                                                                  | 14.54                                                                                                                 | 6764                                                                                                                  | 19.90                                                                                                                 |
| Total                                                                                                                 | 118359                                                                                                                | 315.63                                                                                                                | 120371                                                                                                                | 317.86                                                                                                                | 131810                                                                                                                | 352.87                                                                                                                |

Source:

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