Lok Sabha Question No. 1162 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-30
Subject: Allocation under NFSC and NFOBC
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Ms. S Jothimani

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1162 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.07.2024

## ALLOCATION UNDER NESC AND NFOBC

## 1162 MS. S JOTHIMANI:

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

- (a) the details of National Fellowship for Scheduled Castes (NFSC) from 2019 to 2023, category-wise and State-wise; and
- (b) the allocation of National Fellowship for Other Backward Classes (NFOBC) fellowships from 2019 to 2023, category-wise and State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI RAMDAS ATHAWALE)

- (a) & (b): National Fellowship for Scheduled Castes (NFSC) and National Fellowship for Other Backward Classes (NFOBC) are Central Sector Schemes, hence no State-wise allocation are made. However, number and amount of fellowships given from 2019 to 2023, category-wise and State-wise under NFSC and NFOBC are at Annexure 1 and 2 respectively.

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| 30   | _ Tripura     | 8     |       |   0.60 | 4     | 5     |   0.27 | 6     |       |   0.19 |              |        | 4     |   2 |   0.23 |
|------|---------------|-------|-------|--------|-------|-------|--------|-------|-------|--------|--------------|--------|-------|-----|--------|
| 31   | Uttar Pradesh | 628   | 509   |  46.01 | 521   | 319   |  27.89 | 450   |       |  22.9  |              |  22.42 | 584   | 149 |  36.76 |
| 32   | Uttarakhand   | 20    | 19    |   1.51 | 37    | 12    |   1.28 | 41    |       |   1.92 | 46           |   2.53 | 64    |  24 |   4.21 |
| 33   | West Bengal   | 290   |       |  18.43 |       |       |  13.53 | 359   | 106   |  17.28 |              |  21.63 | 558   | 129 |  34.16 |
|      | Grand Total   | 2,984 | 1,988 | 204.12 | 2,630 | 1,331 | 133.12 | 2,701 | 1,005 | 127.94 | 2,702 | | 134.11 | 3,221 | 945 | 199.54 |

## Note

1. No. of Scholars are repeated over the years as fellowship tenure is upto 5 years. However, one Scholar is considered only once per year despite multiple payments
2. The Scholar's count w.r.t. Fellowship refunded by Scholars are not taken into account.

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| 25    | Sikkim        |   9 | 6   |   0.55 |   6 |   4 |   0.33 |   2 |   4 |   0.29 |     |     |       |      |     |       |
|-------|---------------|-----|-----|--------|-----|-----|--------|-----|-----|--------|-----|-----|-------|------|-----|-------|
| 26    | Tamil Nadu    |  21 |     |   1.67 |  25 |  24 |   1.89 |  35 |  24 |   2.8  |     |     |       |      |     |       |
| 27    | Telangana     |  25 | 12  |   1.74 |  29 |  10 |   1.55 |  24 |  10 |   1.88 |     |     |       |      |     |       |
| 28    | Tripura       |   1 |     |   0.19 |   1 |   4 |   0.26 |   1 |   4 |   0.22 |     |     |       |      |     |       |
| 29    | Uttar Pradesh |  99 | 103 |   9.16 | 143 |  80 |   7.28 | 163 |  80 |  10.31 | 212 | 113 | 10.56 | 324  | 130 | 20.52 |
| 30    | Uttarakhand   |   4 | 2   |   0.29 |   5 |   3 |   0.29 |   6 |   3 |   0.43 |     |     | 0.44  | 15   | 6   | 0.83  |
| 31    | West Bengal   |  31 | 44  |   4.19 |  44 |  46 |   3.08 |  49 |  46 |   4.19 | 65  |     | 3.50  | 109  | 50  | 7.75  |
| Total | Total         | 596 | 596 |  56.6  | 709 | 524 |  43.23 | 813 | 525 |  58.2  | 991 | 579 | 51.41 | 1381 | 628 | 89.42 |

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