Lok Sabha Question No. 132 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-20
Subject: Scholarship Schemes
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Diya Kumari, Sunil Kumar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 132

ANSWERED ON 20.07.2023

## SCHOLARSHIP SCHEMES

132.  MS. DIYA KUMARI: SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  Pre-Matric, Post-Matric  and  Merit-cum-Means  based  Scholarship  Schemes for the Minorities are being implemented successfully across the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether the Union Government has any data on the number of students that have been benefitted from these schemes during the last three years and the current year;
- (d) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including Rajasthan and Jharkhand; and
- (e) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (e):  Ministry  of  Minority  Affairs  has  implemented  various  schemes,  including Scholarship schemes, across the country for socio-economic and educational empowerment of  the  notified  minority  communities.TheState/UT-wise  details  (including  Rajasthan  and Jharkhand) of students benefitted from 3 Scholarship Schemes during the last three years are at Annexure.

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  to  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 132 FOR 20.07.2023 REGARDING "SCHOLARSHIP SCHEMES"

| State/UT-wise details of Number of Scholarships disbursed under 3 Scholarship Schemes during 2019-20 to 2021-22   | State/UT-wise details of Number of Scholarships disbursed under 3 Scholarship Schemes during 2019-20 to 2021-22   | State/UT-wise details of Number of Scholarships disbursed under 3 Scholarship Schemes during 2019-20 to 2021-22   | State/UT-wise details of Number of Scholarships disbursed under 3 Scholarship Schemes during 2019-20 to 2021-22   | State/UT-wise details of Number of Scholarships disbursed under 3 Scholarship Schemes during 2019-20 to 2021-22   | State/UT-wise details of Number of Scholarships disbursed under 3 Scholarship Schemes during 2019-20 to 2021-22   | State/UT-wise details of Number of Scholarships disbursed under 3 Scholarship Schemes during 2019-20 to 2021-22   | State/UT-wise details of Number of Scholarships disbursed under 3 Scholarship Schemes during 2019-20 to 2021-22   | State/UT-wise details of Number of Scholarships disbursed under 3 Scholarship Schemes during 2019-20 to 2021-22   | State/UT-wise details of Number of Scholarships disbursed under 3 Scholarship Schemes during 2019-20 to 2021-22   | State/UT-wise details of Number of Scholarships disbursed under 3 Scholarship Schemes during 2019-20 to 2021-22   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No.                                                                                                             | States/UTs                                                                                                        | Pre-Matric                                                                                                        | Pre-Matric                                                                                                        | Pre-Matric                                                                                                        | Post Matric                                                                                                       | Post Matric                                                                                                       | Post Matric                                                                                                       | Merit-cum-Means                                                                                                   | Merit-cum-Means                                                                                                   | Merit-cum-Means                                                                                                   |
| S.No.                                                                                                             | States/UTs                                                                                                        | 2019-20                                                                                                           | 2020-21                                                                                                           | 2021-22                                                                                                           | 2019-20                                                                                                           | 2020-21                                                                                                           | 2021-22                                                                                                           | 2019- 20                                                                                                          | 2020- 21                                                                                                          | 2021-22                                                                                                           |
| 1                                                                                                                 | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR                                                                                               | 107                                                                                                               | 2,796                                                                                                             | 3,294                                                                                                             | 9                                                                                                                 | 278                                                                                                               | 296                                                                                                               | 3                                                                                                                 | 4                                                                                                                 | 3                                                                                                                 |
| 2                                                                                                                 | ANDHRA PRADESH                                                                                                    | 1,61,555                                                                                                          | 1,52,714                                                                                                          | 1,75,881                                                                                                          | 15,408                                                                                                            | 12,661                                                                                                            | 15,217                                                                                                            | 3,476                                                                                                             | 1,808                                                                                                             | 2,118                                                                                                             |
| 3                                                                                                                 | ASSAM                                                                                                             | 2,90,719                                                                                                          | 2,50,267                                                                                                          | 2,35,497                                                                                                          | 38,531                                                                                                            | 30,456                                                                                                            | 49,111                                                                                                            | 6,158                                                                                                             | 7,216                                                                                                             | 9,384                                                                                                             |
| 4                                                                                                                 | BIHAR                                                                                                             | 2,45,662                                                                                                          | 1,34,270                                                                                                          | 1,75,486                                                                                                          | 48,456                                                                                                            | 43,512                                                                                                            | 19,654                                                                                                            | 6,985                                                                                                             | 7,933                                                                                                             | 6,737                                                                                                             |
| 5                                                                                                                 | CHANDIGARH                                                                                                        | 1,461                                                                                                             | 1,913                                                                                                             | 1,813                                                                                                             | 154                                                                                                               | 123                                                                                                               | 117                                                                                                               | 2                                                                                                                 | 6                                                                                                                 | 7                                                                                                                 |
| 6                                                                                                                 | CHHATTISGARH                                                                                                      | 4,839                                                                                                             | 4,308                                                                                                             | 4,476                                                                                                             | 2,202                                                                                                             | 2,198                                                                                                             | 2,745                                                                                                             | 432                                                                                                               | 441                                                                                                               | 518                                                                                                               |
| 7                                                                                                                 | DELHI                                                                                                             | 4,928                                                                                                             | 8,328                                                                                                             | 12,553                                                                                                            | 2,261                                                                                                             | 3,518                                                                                                             | 2,923                                                                                                             | 384                                                                                                               | 376                                                                                                               | 296                                                                                                               |
| 8                                                                                                                 | GOA                                                                                                               | 497                                                                                                               | 772                                                                                                               | 1,118                                                                                                             | 218                                                                                                               | 349                                                                                                               | 459                                                                                                               | 76                                                                                                                | 116                                                                                                               | 51                                                                                                                |
| 9                                                                                                                 | GUJARAT                                                                                                           | 1,34,907                                                                                                          | 1,02,873                                                                                                          | 90,391                                                                                                            | 23,445                                                                                                            | 21,289                                                                                                            | 23,530                                                                                                            | 3,037                                                                                                             | 2,722                                                                                                             | 2,733                                                                                                             |
| 10                                                                                                                | HARYANA                                                                                                           | 8,860                                                                                                             | 9,396                                                                                                             | 25,053                                                                                                            | 4,703                                                                                                             | 5,194                                                                                                             | 7,831                                                                                                             | 821                                                                                                               | 772                                                                                                               | 1,031                                                                                                             |
| 11                                                                                                                | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                                                                  | 2,056                                                                                                             | 1,985                                                                                                             | 1,819                                                                                                             | 534                                                                                                               | 500                                                                                                               | 637                                                                                                               | 30                                                                                                                | 32                                                                                                                | 52                                                                                                                |
| 12                                                                                                                | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                                                                                                 | 5,23,653                                                                                                          | 4,66,290                                                                                                          | 3,95,184                                                                                                          | 1,11,052                                                                                                          | 53,725                                                                                                            | 47,601                                                                                                            | 7,702                                                                                                             | 8,898                                                                                                             | 9,397                                                                                                             |
| 13                                                                                                                | JHARKHAND                                                                                                         | 84,133                                                                                                            | 14,332                                                                                                            | 14,174                                                                                                            | 13,182                                                                                                            | 5,918                                                                                                             | 5,499                                                                                                             | 1,501                                                                                                             | 232                                                                                                               | 685                                                                                                               |
| 14                                                                                                                | KARNATAKA                                                                                                         | 5,07,463                                                                                                          | 5,17,527                                                                                                          | 5,68,451                                                                                                          | 74,944                                                                                                            | 55,081                                                                                                            | 73,919                                                                                                            | 20,779                                                                                                            | 22,510                                                                                                            | 22,175                                                                                                            |
| 15                                                                                                                | KERALA                                                                                                            | 5,93,531                                                                                                          | 5,99,692                                                                                                          | 6,38,742                                                                                                          | 65,635                                                                                                            | 67,583                                                                                                            | 74,335                                                                                                            | 26,205                                                                                                            | 29,630                                                                                                            | 32,815                                                                                                            |
| 16                                                                                                                | LADAKH                                                                                                            | -                                                                                                                 | 14,862                                                                                                            | 11,903                                                                                                            | -                                                                                                                 | 1,593                                                                                                             | 907                                                                                                               | -                                                                                                                 | 130                                                                                                               | 81                                                                                                                |
| 17                                                                                                                | MADHYA PRADESH                                                                                                    | 1,37,269                                                                                                          | 1,13,780                                                                                                          | 1,39,838                                                                                                          | 22,038                                                                                                            | 20,430                                                                                                            | 23,638                                                                                                            | 2,448                                                                                                             | 2,216                                                                                                             | 2,533                                                                                                             |
| 18                                                                                                                | MAHARASHTRA                                                                                                       | 7,44,273                                                                                                          | 7,34,816                                                                                                          | 8,10,541                                                                                                          | 48,331                                                                                                            | 47,333                                                                                                            | 42,159                                                                                                            | 2,814                                                                                                             | 2,187                                                                                                             | 2,344                                                                                                             |
| 19                                                                                                                | MANIPUR                                                                                                           | 44,390                                                                                                            | 47,526                                                                                                            | 52,557                                                                                                            | 5,599                                                                                                             | 4,497                                                                                                             | 4,632                                                                                                             | 348                                                                                                               | 282                                                                                                               | 338                                                                                                               |
| 20                                                                                                                | MEGHALAYA                                                                                                         | 9,865                                                                                                             | 14,630                                                                                                            | 15,488                                                                                                            | 7,533                                                                                                             | 7,254                                                                                                             | 5,318                                                                                                             | 1,322                                                                                                             | 1,165                                                                                                             | 601                                                                                                               |

| 21    | MIZORAM                                  | 52,652    | 53,129    | 61,081    | 1,309    | 1,144    | 1,704    | 1,115    | 46       | 107      |
|-------|------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
| 22    | NAGALAND                                 | 53,156    | 69,053    | 78,013    | 5,332    | 6,029    | 6,425    | 1,193    | 1,193    | 1,258    |
| 23    | ODISHA                                   | 12,934    | 17,470    | 25,644    | 2,738    | 3,146    | 4,032    | 436      | 392      | 466      |
| 24    | PUDUCHERRY                               | 3,223     | 3,963     | 4,327     | 572      | 596      | 630      | 62       | 44       | 48       |
| 25    | PUNJAB                                   | 4,68,622  | 4,47,136  | 5,05,497  | 56,646   | 53,450   | 55,461   | 2,410    | 1,829    | 1,716    |
| 26    | RAJASTHAN                                | 1,65,049  | 1,46,296  | 1,90,684  | 27,933   | 27,404   | 30,055   | 3,241    | 3,173    | 2,910    |
| 27    | SIKKIM                                   | 716       | 102       | 513       | 52       | 85       | 289      | 18       | 34       | 51       |
| 28    | TAMIL NADU                               | 3,76,543  | 3,81,455  | 4,49,559  | 43,241   | 44,319   | 52,432   | 5,685    | 5,295    | 6,862    |
| 29    | TELANGANA                                | 1,71,908  | 1,56,037  | 1,77,799  | 17,393   | 18,372   | 20,851   | 3,311    | 4,065    | 4,758    |
| 30    | DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU | 468       | 275       | 318       | 81       | 57       | 79       | 5        | 7        | 8        |
| 31    | TRIPURA                                  | 3,525     | 5,723     | 7,156     | 1,067    | 1,004    | 1,767    | 81       | 111      | 94       |
| 32    | UTTAR PRADESH                            | 7,27,980  | 7,47,354  | 8,45,364  | 94,291   | 4,646    | 1,35,329 | 10,545   | 496      | 12,442   |
| 33    | UTTARAKHAND                              | 30,197    | 18,621    | 21,837    | 4,521    | 1,14,388 | 5,298    | 470      | 10,154   | 659      |
| 34    | WEST BENGAL                              | 884       | 273       | 576       | 3,730    | 5,184    | 6,560    | 5,264    | 4,856    | 6,770    |
| Total | Total                                    | 55,67,918 | 52,37,168 | 57,39,333 | 7,43,132 | 6,63,038 | 7,21,144 | 1,18,356 | 1,20,367 | 1,32,045 |

* Source: National Scholarship Portal database.

N.B. Disbursement of Scholarships for the year 2022-23 has not been made.