Lok Sabha Question No. 601 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-23
Subject: Pre-Matric and Post-Matric Scholarship Schemes
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Charanjit Singh Channi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 601

ANSWERED ON 23/07/2025

## PRE-MATRIC AND POST-MATRIC SCHOLARSHIP SCHEMES

## 601.   SHRI CHARANJIT SINGH CHANNI:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the total number of beneficiaries under the Pre-Matric and Post-Matric Scholarship Schemes for minority students during the last three years, year and State-wise;

(b) whether the Government proposes to increase the budgetary allocation for these schemes in the upcoming financial years in view of rising demand and educational needs of economically weaker students from minority communities; and

(c) if so, the details thereof including any planned revisions in eligibility criteria, disbursement process or scholarship amount?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

(SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

(a) to (c): The Government of India implements various schemes for the educational and socioeconomic  empowerment  of  every  strata  of  the  society  including  minorities,  especially  the economically  weaker  and  under  privileged  sections  through  different  ministries/  departments. 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 latest release over the period of 3 years, scheme-wise and State/UT-wise is annexed as Annexure-I.

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ANNEXURE-I  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a) to (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  601  FOR  23.07.2025  REGARDING  'PRE-MATRIC  AND POST-MATRIC SCHOLARSHIP SCHEMES'.

| Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme-Details of scholarships   |               |         |               |         | AY 2019-20 to 2021-22 (Amount in ₹ crore)   | AY 2019-20 to 2021-22 (Amount in ₹ crore)   |
|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------|---------|---------------|---------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| 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   | Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme- Details of scholarships and amount for AY 2019-20 to 2021-22   | Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme- Details of scholarships and amount for AY 2019-20 to 2021-22   | Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme- Details of scholarships and amount for AY 2019-20 to 2021-22   | Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme- Details of scholarships and amount for AY 2019-20 to 2021-22   | Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme- Details of scholarships and amount for AY 2019-20 to 2021-22   | Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme- Details of scholarships and amount for AY 2019-20 to 2021-22   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                                                | 2019-20                                                                                        | 2019-20                                                                                        | 2020-21                                                                                        | 2020-21                                                                                        | (Amount in ₹ crore) 2021-22                                                                    | (Amount in ₹ 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