Lok Sabha Question No. 4295 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-19
Subject: PM YASASVI Scheme
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Shri Pushpendra Saroj

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4295 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.08.2025

## PM YASASVI SCHEME

4295. SHRI PUSHPENDRA SAROJ:

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

- (a) the total number of beneficiaries under Prime Minister Young Achievers Scholarship Award Scheme for Vibrant India (PM-YASASVI) Scheme offering Pre-Matric and Post-Matric Scholarship for Scheduled Castes (SCs), Other Backward Classes(OBCs), Economically Backward Classes (EBCs) and De-notified Tribes (DNTs), year, State and district-wise including Uttar Pradesh; and
- (b) the details of funds sanctioned and disbursed under PM-YASASVI Scheme offering the PreMatric and Post-Matric Scholarship for SC, OBC, EBC and DNT students, year and State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI B.L. VERMA)

- (a) & (b): The Prime Minister Young Achievers Scholarship Award Scheme for Vibrant India for OBCs and Others (PM-YASASVI) is an umbrella scheme for Other Backward Classes (OBC), Economically Backward Classes (EBC) and De-notified, Nomadic and SemiNomadic Tribes (DNT) students having following sub-schemes:
- (i) Pre-Matric Scholarship for OBC, EBC and DNT Students
- (i) Post-Matric Scholarship for OBC, EBC and DNT Students

Under PM-YASASVI, the total number of beneficiaries & funds released in Pre-Matric Scholarship and Post-Matric Scholarship schemes for OBCs, EBCs and DNTs in the last three years is given in Annexure-I and Annexure-Il respectively. The district wise data under the Pre-Matric and Post-Matric Scholarship schemes for OBC, EBC and DNT Students is not maintained. The schemes under PM-YASASVI does not cover Scheduled Castes (SCs).

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last 3 years

| SI. No.   | States/UTs                       | 2022-23              | 2022-23       | 2023-24              | 2023-24   | 2024-25              | 2024-25       |
|-----------|----------------------------------|----------------------|---------------|----------------------|-----------|----------------------|---------------|
| SI. No.   | States/UTs                       | No. of Beneficiaries | Fund released | No. of Beneficiaries | Fund      | No. of Beneficiaries | Fund released |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh                   | 647000               |               |                      |           | 0                    |               |
|           | Bihar                            |                      |               |                      |           |                      |               |
|           | Chhattisgarh                     |                      |               |                      |           | 0                    |               |
| 4         | Goa                              | 700                  |               |                      |           |                      |               |
| 5         | Gujarat                          | 110000               |               |                      |           | $                    |               |
| 6         | Haryana                          | 17000                |               |                      |           | 0                    |               |
|           | Himachal Pradesh                 | 13000                |               |                      |           |                      |               |
|           | Jammu & Kashmir                  | 0                    |               |                      |           | $                    |               |
|           | Jharkhand                        | 0                    |               |                      |           |                      |               |
| 10        | Karnataka                        | $                    |               |                      |           | $                    |               |
| 11        | Kerala                           |                      |               |                      |           |                      |               |
| 12        | Madhya Pradesh                   |                      |               |                      |           | $                    |               |
| 13        | Maharashtra                      |                      |               |                      |           |                      |               |
| 14        | Odisha                           |                      |               |                      |           |                      |               |
| 15        | Punjab                           |                      |               |                      |           |                      |               |
| 16        | Rajasthan                        |                      |               |                      |           |                      |               |
|           | Tamil Nadu                       |                      |               |                      |           |                      |               |
|           | Telangana                        |                      |               |                      |           |                      |               |
|           | Uttar Pradesh                    |                      |               |                      |           |                      |               |
|           | Uttarakhand                      |                      |               |                      |           |                      |               |
|           | West Bengal                      |                      |               |                      |           |                      |               |
| 22        | Andaman & Nicobar Island         |                      |               |                      |           |                      |               |
| 23        | Dadra & Nagar Havali Daman & Diu |                      |               |                      |           |                      |               |
|           | Chandigarh                       |                      |               |                      |           |                      |               |
| 25        | Delhi                            |                      |               |                      |           |                      |               |
| 26        | Puducherry                       |                      |               |                      |           |                      |               |
| 27        | Assam                            |                      |               |                      |           |                      |               |
| 28        | Manipur                          |                      |               |                      |           |                      |               |
| 29        | Sikkim                           |                      |               |                      |           |                      |               |
| 30        | Tripura                          |                      |               |                      |           |                      |               |
|           | Total                            |                      |               |                      |           |                      |               |

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$ Data not reported by States/UTs.

(Amount in crore)