Lok Sabha Question No. 2496 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-15
Subject: Status of Award of Scholarships to Young Artists
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Dr. Amar Singh, Shri Tanuj Punia, Shri Balwant Baswant Wankhade

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2496 ANSWERED ON 15.12.2025

## STATUS OF AWARD OF SCHOLARSHIPS TO YOUNG ARTISTS

## 2496.    SHRI TANUJ PUNIA: DR. AMAR SINGH: SHRI BALWANT BASWANT WANKHADE:

Will the MINISTER OF CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  number  of  applications  received,  scholarships  sanctioned  and  disbursed  under  the Award  of  Scholarships  to  Young  Artists  in  Different  Cultural  Fields  scheme  since  2021  till  30 October, 2025, year and State/UT-wise;
- (b) average  and  maximum  time  taken  for  sanction  and  disbursement  of  scholarship  funds  each  year during the said period, year-wise;
- (c) whether any review or audit has been undertaken regarding delays in processing or distribution of scholarship funds; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF CULTURE AND TOURISM (SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

- (a)   The number and details of applications received; scholarships sanctioned is attached at Annexure A . Further,  number  of  Scholars  and  amount  disbursed  for  the  period  from  financial  year  2021-22  to financial year 2025-26 (till 30.10.2025) is attached at Annexure B .
- (b),(c)&(d)  After receipt of the applications from the Scholars, the same are evaluated/scrutinized and after  that  interaction/interview  are  also  held.    Subsequently  eligible  applications  are  placed  before Expert Committee for further consideration and approval and funds for scholarship is released to the eligible  candidates  in  04  six-monthly  installments.  However,  release  after  1 st installment  depends upon timely receipt of six-monthly reports from Scholars.

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## Annexure A

## Annexure referred to in reply of part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2496 due for answer on 15.12.2025

| Sl. No   | States/UTs                | BATCH YEAR 2019-20*   | BATCH YEAR 2019-20*   | BATCH YEAR 2020-21   | BATCH YEAR 2020-21   | BATCH YEAR 2021-22   | BATCH YEAR 2021-22   | BATCH YEAR 2022-23   | BATCH YEAR 2022-23   |
|----------|---------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
| Sl. No   | States/UTs                | Application received  | Approved Scholars     | Application received | Approved Scholars    | Application received | Approved Scholars    | Application received | Approved Scholars    |
| 1.       | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 1                     | 00                    | 1                    | 01                   | 1                    | 00                   | 1                    | 01                   |
| 2.       | Andhra Pradesh            | 45                    | 03                    | 18                   | 02                   | 16                   | 03                   | 50                   | 04                   |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pradesh         | 4                     | 01                    | 01                   | 00                   | 4                    | 02                   | 4                    | 01                   |
| 4.       | Assam                     | 148                   | 27                    | 110                  | 15                   | 124                  | 19                   | 198                  | 20                   |
| 5.       | Bihar                     | 145                   | 15                    | 83                   | 22                   | 144                  | 12                   | 162                  | 12                   |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh              | 145                   | 11                    | 70                   | 23                   | 127                  | 10                   | 196                  | 11                   |
| 7.       | Chandigarh                | 15                    | 03                    | 28                   | 06                   | 6                    | 00                   | 14                   | 04                   |
| 8.       | Delhi                     | 225                   | 23                    | 78                   | 12                   | 181                  | 21                   | 289                  | 29                   |
| 9.       | Goa                       | 6                     | 02                    | 8                    | 02                   | 8                    | 00                   | 5                    | 01                   |
| 10.      | Gujarat                   | 53                    | 07                    | 19                   | 08                   | 41                   | 06                   | 55                   | 03                   |
| 11.      | Haryana                   | 74                    | 05                    | 25                   | 12                   | 35                   | 02                   | 77                   | 08                   |
| 12.      | Himachal Pradesh          | 29                    | 00                    | 8                    | 02                   | 23                   | 02                   | 31                   | 01                   |
| 13.      | Jammu& Kashmir            | 10                    | 01                    | 9                    | 06                   | 13                   | 01                   | 12                   | 05                   |
| 14.      | Jharkhand                 | 23                    | 08                    | 17                   | 04                   | 34                   | 08                   | 24                   | 05                   |
| 15.      | Karnataka                 | 145                   | 28                    | 37                   | 18                   | 87                   | 26                   | 155                  | 19                   |
| 16.      | Kerala                    | 152                   | 20                    | 48                   | 15                   | 99                   | 17                   | 163                  | 27                   |
| 17.      | Ladakh                    | 00                    | 00                    | 00                   | 00                   | 00                   | 00                   | 1                    | 01                   |
| 18.      | Madhya Pradesh            | 253                   | 26                    | 194                  | 46                   | 315                  | 39                   | 351                  | 22                   |
| 19.      | Maharashtra               | 252                   | 41                    | 99                   | 28                   | 174                  | 28                   | 269                  | 50                   |
| 20.      | Manipur                   | 73                    | 08                    | 19                   | 07                   | 62                   | 17                   | 75                   | 10                   |
| 21.      | Meghalaya                 | 00                    | 00                    | 00                   | 00                   | 00                   | 00                   | 00                   | 00                   |
| 22.      | Mizoram                   | 00                    | 00                    | 00                   | 00                   | 00                   | 00                   | 00                   | 00                   |

| 23.   | Nagaland      |   00 |   00 |   00 |   00 |   00 |   00 |   00 |   00 |
|-------|---------------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
| 24.   | Odisha        |  235 |   25 |  119 |   26 |  319 |   36 |  353 |   39 |
| 25.   | Puducherry    |    2 |   00 |   00 |   00 |    3 |   00 |    3 |   00 |
| 26.   | Punjab        |   24 |   04 |    5 |   02 |   12 |   01 |   29 |   01 |
| 27.   | Rajasthan     |   65 |   10 |   28 |   09 |   62 |   08 |   69 |   07 |
| 28.   | Sikkim        |    3 |   01 |    1 |   01 |    1 |   00 |    4 |   02 |
| 29.   | Tamil Nadu    |   65 |   18 |   13 |   10 |   31 |   09 |   68 |   08 |
| 30.   | Telangana     |   79 |   04 |   11 |   02 |   15 |   03 |   76 |   05 |
| 31.   | Tripura       |   25 |   02 |    8 |   01 |   20 |   04 |   29 |   01 |
| 32.   | Uttar Pradesh |  245 |   36 |  107 |   33 |  252 |   42 |  280 |   32 |
| 33.   | Uttarakhand   |   33 |   04 |   13 |   04 |   34 |   05 |   38 |   01 |
| 34.   | West Bengal   |  509 |   67 |  264 |   83 |  539 |   79 |  804 |   70 |
|       | Total         | 3083 |  400 | 1441 |  400 | 2782 |  400 | 3885 |  400 |

For batch years 2023-24, 2024-25 and 2025-26, applications are being received.

## Annexure B

## Annexure referred to in reply of part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2496 due for answer on 15.12.2025

## Amount disbursed under the scheme 'Award of Scholarship to Young Artists in Different Cultural Fields (SYA)' during FY 2021 to till 30 th October, 2025

(Rs. in lakh)

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                           | FY 2021-22      | FY 2021-22   | FY 2022-23       | FY 2022-23   | FY 2023-24       | FY 2023-24   | FY 2024-25       | FY 2024-25   | FY 2025-26 (till 30.10.2025)   | FY 2025-26 (till 30.10.2025)   |
|-----------|------------------------------------|-----------------|--------------|------------------|--------------|------------------|--------------|------------------|--------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|           |                                    | No. of Scholars | Amount       | Nos. of Scholars | Amount       | Nos. of Scholars | Amount       | Nos. of Scholars | Amount       | Nos. of Scholars               | Amount                         |
| 1.        | Andaman & Nicobar                  | -               | -            | -                | -            | 03               | 0.90         | -                | -            | 01                             | 0.30                           |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh                     | 20              | 6.00         | 03               | 0.90         | 09               | 2.70         | 06               | 1.80         | 07                             | 2.10                           |
| 3.        | Arunachal Pradesh                  | 08              | 2.40         | 01               | 0.30         | 05               | 1.50         | 03               | 0.90         | 03                             | 0.90                           |
| 4.        | Assam                              | 56              | 16.80        | 28               | 8.40         | 89               | 26.70        | 58               | 17.40        | 49                             | 14.70                          |
| 5.        | Bihar                              | 43              | 12.90        | 16               | 4.80         | 63               | 18.90        | 43               | 12.90        | 39                             | 11.70                          |
| 6.        | Chandigarh                         | 03              | 0.90         | 03               | 0.90         | 09               | 2.70         | 07               | 2.10         | 07                             | 2.10                           |
| 7.        | Chhattisgarh                       | 35              | 10.50        | 10               | 3.00         | 50               | 15.00        | 38               | 11.70        | 35                             | 10.50                          |
| 8.        | NCT of Delhi                       | 72              | 24.00        | 21               | 6.30         | 73               | 21.90        | 53               | 16.20        | 59                             | 18.00                          |
| 9.        | Goa                                | 04              | 1.20         | 02               | 0.60         | 06               | 1.80         | 04               | 1.20         | 1                              | 0.30                           |
| 10.       | Gujarat                            | 26              | 7.80         | 05               | 1.50         | 23               | 6.90         | 19               | 5.70         | 16                             | 4.80                           |
| 11.       | Haryana                            | 22              | 6.60         | 05               | 1.50         | 25               | 7.50         | 18               | 5.40         | 20                             | 6.00                           |
| 12.       | Himachal Pradesh                   | 04              | 1.20         | -                | -            | 04               | 1.20         | 03               | 0.90         | 04                             | 1.20                           |
| 13.       | Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir | 16              | 4.80         | 01               | 0.30         | 09               | 2.70         | 08               | 2.40         | 12                             | 3.60                           |
| 14.       | Union Territory of Ladakh          | -               | -            | -                | -            | -                | -            | -                | -            | -                              | -                              |
| 15.       | Jharkhand                          | 17              | 5.10         | 08               | 2.40         | 24               | 7.20         | 17               | 5.10         | 15                             | 4.50                           |
| 16.       | Karnataka                          | 80              | 24.00        | 30               | 9.00         | 97               | 29.10        | 63               | 18.90        | 56                             | 17.10                          |

| Sl. No.   | State/UT       | FY 2021-22      | FY 2021-22   | FY 2022-23       | FY 2022-23   | FY 2023-24       | FY 2023-24   | FY 2024-25       | FY 2024-25   | FY 2025-26 (till   | 30.10.2025)   |
|-----------|----------------|-----------------|--------------|------------------|--------------|------------------|--------------|------------------|--------------|--------------------|---------------|
|           |                | No. of Scholars | Amount       | Nos. of Scholars | Amount       | Nos. of Scholars | Amount       | Nos. of Scholars | Amount       | Nos. of Scholars   | Amount        |
| 17.       | Kerala         | 74              | 22.20        | 20               | 6.00         | 71               | 21.30        | 48               | 14.40        | 54                 | 16.50         |
| 18.       | Madhya Pradesh | 128             | 38.40        | 27               | 8.10         | 131              | 39.30        | 104              | 31.80        | 100                | 30.30         |
| 19.       | Maharashtra    | 132             | 39.60        | 40               | 12.00        | 127              | 38.10        | 81               | 24.30        | 94                 | 28.80         |
| 20.       | Manipur        | 30              | 9.00         | 08               | 2.40         | 39               | 11.70        | 29               | 8.70         | 32                 | 9.60          |
| 21.       | Meghalaya      | -               | -            | -                | -            | -                | -            | -                | -            | -                  | -             |
| 22.       | Mizoram        | 01              | 0.30         | -                | -            | -                | -            | -                | -            | -                  | -             |
| 23.       | Nagaland       | -               | -            | -                | -            | -                | -            | -                | -            | -                  | -             |
| 24.       | Odisha         | 75              | 22.50        | 25               | 7.50         | 97               | 29.10        | 71               | 21.60        | 91                 | 27.90         |
| 25.       | Pondicherry    | 02              | 0.60         | -                | -            | -                | -            | -                | -            | -                  | -             |
| 26.       | Punjab         | 14              | 4.20         | 04               | 1.20         | 11               | 3.30         | 05               | 1.50         | 03                 | 0.90          |
| 27.       | Rajasthan      | 21              | 6.30         | 10               | 3.00         | 37               | 11.10        | 25               | 7.50         | 19                 | 6.00          |
| 28.       | Sikkim         | 02              | 0.60         | 01               | 0.30         | 03               | 0.90         | 02               | 0.60         | 02                 | 0.60          |
| 29.       | Tamil Nadu     | 37              | 11.10        | 18               | 5.40         | 51               | 15.30        | 32               | 9.90         | 23                 | 6.90          |
| 30.       | Telangana      | 12              | 3.60         | 03               | 0.90         | 13               | 3.90         | 08               | 2.40         | 11                 | 3.30          |
| 31.       | Tripura        | 03              | 0.90         | 02               | 0.60         | 10               | 3.00         | 06               | 1.80         | 04                 | 1.20          |
| 32.       | Uttarakhand    | 08              | 2.40         | 03               | 0.90         | 16               | 4.80         | 10               | 3.00         | 09                 | 2.70          |
| 33.       | Uttar Pradesh  | 153             | 45.90        | 35               | 10.50        | 134              | 40.20        | 97               | 29.70        | 99                 | 30.30         |
| 34.       | West Bengal    | 195             | 58.50        | 67               | 20.10        | 278              | 83.70        | 219              | 65.70        | 214                | 64.20         |
|           | Total          | 1293            | 390.30       | 396              | 118.80       | 1507             | 452.40       | 1077             | 325.5        | 1079               | 327.00        |