Lok Sabha Question No. 94 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-03
Subject: OBC Scholarships to Students of Barabanki District (UP)
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Tanuj Punia

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 94 ANSWERED ON 03/02/2025

## OBC Scholarships to Students of Barabanki District (UP)

## † 94. SHRI TANUJ PUNIA:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a)  the  details  of  universities  and  colleges  in  Barabanki  district  of  Uttar  Pradesh  which  have claimed OBC scholarships and the number of students who have received the said scholarships during the last three years;

(b)  the  number  and  detail  of  students  who  have  not  received  scholarships  or  had  their  names removed from the list in the said universities and colleges during the last three years;

(c) whether the Government proposes to allocate a separate budget for providing scholarships to the said students; and

(d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR)

(a)  to  (d):    The  Government  is  implementing  different  scholarships  schemes  for  providing financial  assistance  to  all  categories  of  students  including  students  belonging  to  the  Other Backward Classes (OBC), subject to extant scheme guidelines. As per information provided by the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment (DSJE), the DSJE is implementing the PM Young  Achievers  Scholarship  Award  Scheme  for  Vibrant  India  (PM-YASASVI)  to  promote OBC, EBC and DNT students to pursue higher education in the country. At the beginning of each financial  year, notional allocation of funds of States/UTs is made by the DSJE,  from the overall annual outlay of the scheme, on the basis of population of each State/UT. The details of the funds released and number of beneficiaries during the last 3 financial years under this scheme to the State Government of Uttar Pradesh, may be accessed at https://www.education.gov.in/parl\_ques.

In  addition,  the  Department  of  Higher  Education  (DHE)  implements  the  Pradhan  Mantri Uchchatar Shiksha Protsahan (PM-USP) Central Sector Scheme of Scholarship for College and University Students (CSSS), under which students pursuing higher education in India, including OBC  students  get  scholarships  as  per  Scheme  guidelines.  The  colleges  and  universities  in Barabanki  district  of  Uttar  Pradesh  and  number  of  students  who  received  the  PM-USP  CSSS scholarships from these higher education institutions during the academic years 2021-22, 202223 and 2023-24 may be accessed at https://www.education.gov.in/parl\_ques.

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## ANNEXURE

Annexure referred to in reply of Part (a) to (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no. 94 for  03-02-2025  asked  by  Shri  Tanuj  Punia,  Hon'ble  MP  regarding  OBC Scholarships  to Students of Barabanki District (UP)

Funds  Released and Number  of  Beneficiaries under Department  of Social Justice and Empowerment  scheme  PM-YASASVI  -  Post-Matric  Scholarship  for  OBC,  EBC  &  DNT Students to the State Government of Uttar Pradesh

| FY 2021-22   | FY 2021-22    | FY 2022-23   | FY 2022-23    | FY 2023-24   | FY 2023-24    |
|--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|
| Funds        | Number of     | Funds        | Number of     | Funds        | Number of     |
| Released     | Beneficiaries | Released     | Beneficiaries | Released     | Beneficiaries |
| (₹ lakhs)    | (lakhs)       | (₹ lakhs)    | (lakhs)       | (₹ lakhs)    | (lakhs)       |
| 19908.00     | 1.74          | 21000.00     | 1.32          | 21000.00     | 1.83          |

Names  of  Universities  and  colleges  and  number  of  students  in Barabanki  district  of  Uttar Pradesh who have received scholarships under the PM-USP CSSS scheme during the last three academic years

| AISHE Code   | Name of the College/ University                       |   Number of OBC students who received scholarships from PM-USP CSSS scheme during last three academic years |
|--------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| C-42304      | P.L. MEMORIAL MAHAVIDYALAYA, FAIZABAD ROAD, BARABANKI |                                                                                                           7 |
| C-42382      | SAI PG COLLEGE BELHARA ROAD FATEHPUR BARABANKI        |                                                                                                          29 |

| AISHE Code   | Name of the College/ University                                                               |   Number of OBC students who received scholarships from PM-USP CSSS scheme during last three academic years |
|--------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| C-42426      | MUNSHI RAGHUNANDAN PRASAD SARDAR PATEL P.G. COLLEGE, BARABANKI                                |                                                                                                          11 |
| C-42485      | JAWAHARLAL NEHRU MEMORIAL POSTGRADUATE COLLEGE                                                |                                                                                                           3 |
| C-42610      | RANI SHANTI DEVI MAHAVIDYALAYA, HATAUDHA, RAMSANEHIGHAT, BARABANKI                            |                                                                                                           2 |
| C-51894      | DR AWDHESH PRAKASH SHARMA SMARK MAHAVIDDAYLAY, NASIPUR                                        |                                                                                                           3 |
| C-52606      | SITA DEVI MAHAVIDYALAYA                                                                       |                                                                                                           1 |
| C-52883      | HAJI WARIS ALI SHAH MEMORIAL DEGREE COLLEGE                                                   |                                                                                                          44 |
| C-58689      | Government Degree College, Hansaor, Barabanki                                                 |                                                                                                           2 |
| C-59981      | Kanti degree college                                                                          |                                                                                                          11 |
| C-65562      | SHRI SUNDAR LAL SMARAK MAHAVIDHYALAY SHIKSHAN PRASHIKSHAN SANSTHAN AURELA SAIDANPUR BARABANKI |                                                                                                           1 |