Lok Sabha Question No. 314 (STARRED), answered on 2024-12-17
Subject: Scholarships for BPL Families
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Smt. Delkar Kalaben Mohanbhai, Shri Gyaneshwar Patil

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

STARRED QUESTION NO. 4*314 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.12.2024

## SCHOLARSHIPS FOR BPL FAMILIES

## **314. SMT. DELKAR KALABEN MOHANBHAI: SHRI GYANESHWAR PATIL:

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

- (a) the details of number of scholarships provided to the persons of families living Below Poverty Line (BPL) under various schemes during the last three years in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Madhya Pradesh;
- (b) the number of beneficiaries of scholarships under the said schemes during the last three years in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Madhya Pradesh, scheme and district-wise; and
- (c) the measures taken by the Government to run the said schemes smoothly in the country including Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Madhya Pradesh?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR)

(a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the table of the House.

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Statement referred to in reply of part (a) to (c) in respect of Lok Sabha Starred Question no. 314 asked by SMT. DELKAR KALABEN MOHANBHAI and SHRI GYANESHWAR PATIL for answer on 17.12.2024

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

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

- (b) District-wise details of beneficiaries in the State/UT of Madhya Pradesh and Dadra & Nagra Haveli and Daman & Diu (D&NH and D&D) in regard of above-mentioned Schemes except Pre and Post Matric Scholarships Scheme for SC Students are not maintained. The details of number of beneficiaries during the last three years, Scheme wise in the State/UT of Madhya Pradesh and D&NH and D&D is as Annexure.
- (c) Following Steps have been taken to run the above said Schemes smoothly in the country including State/UT of Madhya Pradesh and D&NH and D&D:
- (i) Regular handholding meetings/workshops for National Scholarships Portal on boarded States/UT including D&NH and D&D and Madhya Pradesh;
- (ii) Publication of advertisements in Hindi and English in the major newspapers at the National level as well as in the Regional Languages in the States/UTs including UT of D&NH and D&D and Madhya Pradesh to maximize the coverage;
- (iii) Online end to end processing, verification of eligibility credentials through online transaction to ensure greater transparency, prevent duplicity and wrongful claims by institutions; and
- (iv) Central share being released directly into the Aadhaar-seeded bank account of the students through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT).
- (v) For the successful implementation of the Schemes, Government undertakes steps like mandatory annual inspections by the department, mandatory submission of Utilization Certificate and periodic review by holding meetings at national level, state level and field visits. A Project Monitoring Unit (PMU) has also been set up in the Department regularly monitoring the functioning of all the institutions receiving funds from the Department. The Department also undertakes periodic review of the implementation of the schemes through third party evaluation studies. The studies have found that these schemes are achieving desired objectives and have recommended their continuation.

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Statement referred to part (b) of reply of Lok, Sabha Starred Question No. 314 for answer on 17.12.2024

## i Post-Matric Scholarships Scheme for SC Students

| State name     | District name        | No. of beneficiaries during FY2021- during FY2022- | during FY2023-   | No. of beneficiaries   |   No. of beneficiaries |
|----------------|----------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| MADHYA PRADESH | AGARMALWA            | 3857                                                                       | 2741                   |                   2642 |
|                | ALIRAJPUR            | 665                                                                        | 585                    |                    512 |
|                | ANUPPUR              | 3136                                                                       | 2876                   |                   2671 |
|                | ASHOKNAGAR           | 6817                                                                       |                        |                   4977 |
|                | BALAGHAT             | 8039                                                                       |                        |                   5718 |
|                | BARWANI              | 2331                                                                       |                        |                   1714 |
|                | BETUL                | 10243                                                                      |                        |                   7185 |
|                | BHIND                | 14137                                                                      |                        |                   9247 |
|                | BHOPAL               | 18755                                                                      |                        |                   8488 |
|                | BURHANPUR            | 2109                                                                       |                        |                   1569 |
|                | CHHATARPUR           | 20050                                                                      |                        |                  16238 |
|                | CHHINDWARA           | • 15238                                                                    |                        |                  10290 |
|                | DAMOH                | 11221                                                                      |                        |                   7062 |
|                | DATIA                | 8444                                                                       |                        |                   6404 |
|                | DEWAS                | 14019                                                                      |                        |                   9012 |
|                | DHAR                 | 6115                                                                       |                        |                   4424 |
|                | DINDORI              | 2307                                                                       |                        |                   2203 |
|                | GUNA                 | 7992                                                                       |                        |                   4702 |
|                | GWALIOR              | 18704                                                                      |                        |                  13710 |
|                | HARDA                | 5461                                                                       |                        |                   4103 |
|                | HOSHANGABAD          | 11079                                                                      |                        |                   7584 |
|                | INDORE               | 24554                                                                      |                        |                  15119 |
|                | JABALPUR             | 11479                                                                      |                        |                   8179 |
|                | JHABUA               | 679                                                                        |                        |                    590 |
|                | KATNI                | 5328                                                                       |                        |                   3847 |
|                | KHANDWA (EAST NIMAR) | 6063                                                                       |                        |                   4984 |
|                | KHARGONE             | 8618                                                                       |                        |                   6381 |
|                | MANDLA               | 2715                                                                       |                        |                   2174 |
|                | MANDSAUR             | 8349                                                                       |                        |                   6368 |
|                | MORENA               | 14316                                                                      |                        |                   9684 |
|                | NARSINGHPUR          | 9021                                                                       |                        |                   7671 |
|                | NEEMUCH              | 4506                                                                       |                        |                   3159 |
|                | NIWARI               | 2253                                                                       |                        |                     62 |
|                | PANNA                | 9530                                                                       |                        |                   7571 |
|                | RAISEN               | 9285                                                                       |                        |                   6797 |
|                | RAJGARH              | 11226                                                                      |                        |                   7560 |
|                | RATLAM               | 6143                                                                       |                        |                   4141 |
|                | REWA                 | 15231                                                                      |                        |                  11365 |
|                | SAGAR                | 23012                                                                      |                        |                  14319 |

:

|                                              | SATNA                        | 22030    | 18391                      | 15535   |
|----------------------------------------------|------------------------------|----------|----------------------------|---------|
|                                              | SEHORE                       | 15860    | 12877                      | 11530   |
|                                              | SEONI                        | 7928     | 6922                       | 6070    |
|                                              | SHAHDOL                      | 4160     | 3508                       | 3135    |
|                                              | SHAJAPUR                     | 11108    | 7936                       | 6822    |
|                                              | SHEOPUR                      | 3447     | 3171                       | 2664    |
|                                              | SHIVPURI                     | 11488    | 9574                       | 7801    |
|                                              | SIDHI                        | 4900     | 4427                       | 4052    |
|                                              | SINGRAULI                    | 4051     | 3261                       | 2876    |
|                                              | TIKAMGARH                    | 15559    | 13516                      | 10849   |
|                                              | UJJAIN                       | 16936    | 12785                      | 11376   |
|                                              | UMARIA                       | 2727     | 2302                       | 1899    |
|                                              | VIDISHA                      | 13357    | 10788                      | 9467    |
| THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU | DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI DAMAN | 49 32 17 | UT has not shared any data |         |
| Total DIU                                    | Total DIU                    | 496676   | 401387                     | 344502  |

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

| State name     | District name   | No. of beneficiaries 22 Not available with   |   No. of beneficiaries 23 |   No. of beneficiaries during FY2021- during FY2022- during FY2023- 24 |
|----------------|-----------------|----------------------------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| MADHYA PRADESH | AGARMALWA       | this Department                              |                      1216 |                                                                   1171 |
|                | ALIRAJPUR       | this Department                              |                       226 |                                                                    170 |
|                | ANUPPUR         | this Department                              |                      1218 |                                                                   1108 |
|                | ASHOKNAGAR      | this Department                              |                      1968 |                                                                   1864 |
|                | BALAGHAT        | this Department                              |                      1874 |                                                                   1565 |
|                | BARWANI         | this Department                              |                       958 |                                                                    888 |
|                | BETUL           | this Department                              |                      2636 |                                                                   2429 |
|                | BHIND           | this Department                              |                      3750 |                                                                   3094 |
|                | BHOPAL          | this Department                              |                      1753 |                                                                   1536 |
|                | BURHANPUR       | this Department                              |                      1045 |                                                                   1025 |
|                | CHHATARPUR      |                                              |                      6867 |                                                                   6489 |
|                | CHHINDWARA      |                                              |                      3835 |                                                                   3425 |
|                | DAMOH           |                                              |                      4014 |                                                                   3399 |
|                | DATIA           |                                              |                      2348 |                                                                   1990 |
|                | DEWAS           |                                              |                      3531 |                                                                   2945 |
|                | DHAR            |                                              |                      2231 |                                                                   1927 |
|                | DINDORI         |                                              |                      1121 |                                                                   1085 |
|                | GUNA            |                                              |                      1891 |                                                                   1768 |
|                | GWALIOR         |                                              |                      4606 |                                                                   4042 |
|                | HARDA           |                                              |                      1414 |                                                                   1138 |
|                | HOSHANGABAD     |                                              |                      2885 |                                                                   2693 |

|                                          | INDORE                 | 3887   |
|------------------------------------------|------------------------|--------|
|                                          | JABALPUR               | 3093   |
|                                          | JHABUA                 | 247    |
|                                          | KATNI                  | 1843   |
|                                          | KHANDWA (EAST NIMAR)   |        |
|                                          | KHARGONE               |        |
|                                          | MANDLA                 |        |
|                                          | MANDSAUR               |        |
|                                          | MORENA                 |        |
|                                          | NARSINGHPUR            |        |
|                                          | NEEMUCH                |        |
|                                          | NIWARI                 |        |
|                                          | PANNA                  |        |
|                                          | RAISEN                 |        |
|                                          | RAJGARH                |        |
|                                          | RATLAM                 |        |
|                                          | REWA                   |        |
|                                          | SAGAR                  |        |
|                                          | SATNA                  |        |
|                                          | SEHORE                 |        |
|                                          | SEONI                  |        |
|                                          | SHAHDOL                |        |
|                                          | SHAJAPUR               |        |
|                                          | SHEOPUR                |        |
|                                          | SHIVPURI               |        |
|                                          | SIDHI                  |        |
|                                          | SINGRAULI              |        |
|                                          | TIKAMGARH              |        |
|                                          | UJJAIN                 |        |
|                                          | UMARIA                 |        |
|                                          | VIDISHA                |        |
| THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND | DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI | 8      |
|                                          | DAMAN                  | 2      |
| DIU                                      | DIU                    | 4      |
| Total                                    | Total                  | 122970 |

## iii. PM Young Achievers Scholarship Award Scheme for Vibrant India (PMYASASVI) for OBC and Others

| Scheme                                                   | Madhya Pradesh                     | Madhya Pradesh                     | Madhya Pradesh   | D&NH and D&D                       | D&NH and D&D                       | D&NH and D&D   |
|----------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|----------------|
|                                                          | 2021-22                            | 2022-23                            | 2023-24          | 2021-22                            | 2022-23 | 2023-24             |                |
| Pre-Matric Scholarship for OBC, EBC and DNT's Students   |                                    |                                    |                  | 1375                               | 341                                |                |
| Post Matric Scholarship for OBC, EBC and DNT's Students  | 0.77 lakh                          | 10.76 lakh                         |                  | 479                                | 341                                | 597            |
| Top Class Education ir Schools for OBC/EBC/DNT Students  | Scheme is implemented from 2022-23 | 191                                | 622              | Scheme is implemented from 2022-23 |                                    |                |
| Top Class Education in Colleges for OBC/EBC/DNT Students | Scheme is implemented from 2023-24 | Scheme is implemented from 2023-24 | 232              | Scheme is implemented from 2023-24 | Scheme is implemented from 2023-24 | 1              |

## iv. Scholarships for Higher Education for Young Achievers (SHREYAS) for OBC and Others

| Scheme                                                                                                        | Madhya Pradesh   | Madhya Pradesh   | Madhya Pradesh   | D&NH and D&D   | D&NH and D&D   | D&NH and D&D   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|                                                                                                               | 2021-22          | 2022-23          | 2023-24          | 2021-22        | 2022-23        | 2023-24        |
| National Fellowship for OBC Candidates                                                                        |                  | 48               | 61               |                |                | 1              |
| Ambedkar Central Scheme of Interest Subsidy on Educational Loans for Overseas Studies for Students to OBC/EBC | 115              |                  | 51               | 2              | 1              |                |

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

Top Class Education for SCs (TCS):

| Financial Year   |   No. of beneficiaries |
|------------------|------------------------|
| 2021-22          |                   4544 |
| 2022-23          |                   4171 |
| 2023-24          |                   3969 |

National Overseas Scholarship for SCs (NOS):

* Being Central Sector Scheme, state-wise and district wise fund are not allocated.

| Financial Year   |   No of students availed NOS |
|------------------|------------------------------|
| 2021-22          |                           98 |
| 2022-23          |                           98 |
| 2023-24          |                          113 |

## National Fellowship for SC Students:

| Financial Year   |   No. of Beneficiaries |
|------------------|------------------------|
| 2021-22          |                   3706 |
| 2022-23          |                   3608 |
| 2023-24          |                   4166 |

Free Coaching Scheme for SC and OBC students:

| Financial Year   |   Number of beneficiaries |
|------------------|---------------------------|
| 2021-22          |                      1761 |
| 2022-23          |                       558 |
| 2023-24          |                       223 |

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