Lok Sabha Question No. 2393 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-03
Subject: Scholarships to Minority Children
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Naba (Hira) Kumar Sarania

## Scholarships to Minority Children

## †2393.  SHRI NABA KUMAR SARANIA:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  number  of  children  belonging  to  the  Minority  community  who  have  been  provided scholarship during the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (b)  whether  the  children  belonging  to  the  Minority  Community  have  been  provided  the opportunity to study abroad and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  the  quantum of funds allocated by the Government to Minority Board or Entity across the country, State-UT-wise; and
- (d) the details of different Government schemes being implemented for the people of minority communities  who  reside  in  districts  of  North  Eastern  States,  Jharkhand,  Madhya  Pradesh, Odisha,  Chhattisgarh,  Kerala,  Delhi,  Jammu  and  Kashmir,  Ladakh,  Andaman  and  Nicobar Islands, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh during the said period?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a) to (d): The Government has implemented various schemes for the welfare and upliftment of every  strata,  including  minorities,  especially  the  economically  weaker  and  lesser  privileged sections  of  the  society,  through  various  schemes  of  the  Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and Entrepreneurship, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Ministry of Textiles, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Women and Child Development and Ministry of Rural Development.

The details of the number of minority children who have been provided scholarships under the above-mentioned 3 Scholarship Schemes during the last three years (2019-20 to2021-22) are at Annexure.

The National Minorities Development & Finance Corporation (NMDFC), a PSU under Ministry of  Minority  Affairs  provides  educational  loan  for  education  abroad,  at  lower  rate  of  interest, exclusively to students belonging to minority communities.

Under the Scholarship Schemes of this Ministry, funds are not allocated to the Minority Boards and entities in the States/UTs.

Ministry of Minority Affairs has specifically implements various schemes, including scholarship schemes for educational empowerment, namely Pre-Matric, Post Matric and Merit-cum-Means Scholarship schemes, skilling schemes namely, Seekho Aur Kamao, Nai Manzil, USTTAD and Nai  Roshni  Scheme  for  employment  and  economic  empowerment,  provisions  for  community infrastructure, etc. across the country for socio-economic and educational empowerment of the six centrally notified minority communities. Details of these schemes are available in the website of Ministry of Minority Affairs www.minorityaffairs.gov.in.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2393 ON 'SCHOLARSHIPS TO MINORITY CHILDREN' TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.08.2023

| Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme - Details of scholarships sanctioned during 2019-20 to 2021-22   | Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme - Details of scholarships sanctioned during 2019-20 to 2021-22   | Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme - Details of scholarships sanctioned during 2019-20 to 2021-22   | Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme - Details of scholarships sanctioned during 2019-20 to 2021-22   | Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme - Details of scholarships sanctioned during 2019-20 to 2021-22   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                                                |                                                                                                | 2019-20                                                                                        | 2020-21                                                                                        | 2021-22                                                                                        |
| S.No.                                                                                          | State/UT                                                                                       | Scholarships Sanctioned                                                                        | Scholarships Sanctioned                                                                        | Scholarships Sanctioned                                                                        |
| 1                                                                                              | ANDAMANAND NICOBAR                                                                             | 107                                                                                            | 2,796                                                                                          | 3,294                                                                                          |
| 2                                                                                              | ANDHRA PRADESH                                                                                 | 1,61,555                                                                                       | 1,52,714                                                                                       | 1,75,881                                                                                       |
| 3                                                                                              | ASSAM                                                                                          | 2,90,719                                                                                       | 2,50,267                                                                                       | 2,35,497                                                                                       |
| 4                                                                                              | BIHAR                                                                                          | 2,45,662                                                                                       | 1,34,270                                                                                       | 1,75,486                                                                                       |
| 5                                                                                              | CHANDIGARH                                                                                     | 1,461                                                                                          | 1,913                                                                                          | 1,813                                                                                          |
| 6                                                                                              | CHHATTISGARH                                                                                   | 4,839                                                                                          | 4,308                                                                                          | 4,476                                                                                          |
| 7                                                                                              | DELHI                                                                                          | 4,928                                                                                          | 8,328                                                                                          | 12,553                                                                                         |
| 8                                                                                              | GOA                                                                                            | 497                                                                                            | 772                                                                                            | 1,118                                                                                          |
| 9                                                                                              | GUJARAT                                                                                        | 1,34,907                                                                                       | 1,02,873                                                                                       | 90,391                                                                                         |
| 10                                                                                             | HARYANA                                                                                        | 8,860                                                                                          | 9,396                                                                                          | 25,053                                                                                         |
| 11                                                                                             | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                                               | 2,056                                                                                          | 1,985                                                                                          | 1,819                                                                                          |
| 12                                                                                             | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                                                                              | 5,23,653                                                                                       | 4,66,290                                                                                       | 3,95,184                                                                                       |
| 13                                                                                             | JHARKHAND                                                                                      | 84,133                                                                                         | 14,332                                                                                         | 14,174                                                                                         |
| 14                                                                                             | KARNATAKA                                                                                      | 5,07,463                                                                                       | 5,17,527                                                                                       | 5,68,451                                                                                       |
| 15                                                                                             | KERALA                                                                                         | 5,93,531                                                                                       | 5,99,692                                                                                       | 6,38,742                                                                                       |
| 16                                                                                             | LADAKH                                                                                         | -                                                                                              | 14,862                                                                                         | 11,903                                                                                         |
| 17                                                                                             | MADHYAPRADESH                                                                                  | 1,37,269                                                                                       | 1,13,780                                                                                       | 1,39,838                                                                                       |
| 18                                                                                             | MAHARASHTRA                                                                                    | 7,44,273                                                                                       | 7,34,816                                                                                       | 8,10,541                                                                                       |
| 19                                                                                             | MANIPUR                                                                                        | 44,390                                                                                         | 47,526                                                                                         | 52,557                                                                                         |
| 20                                                                                             | MEGHALAYA                                                                                      | 9,865                                                                                          | 14,630                                                                                         | 15,488                                                                                         |
| 21                                                                                             | MIZORAM                                                                                        | 52,652                                                                                         | 53,129                                                                                         | 61,081                                                                                         |
| 22                                                                                             | NAGALAND                                                                                       | 53,156                                                                                         | 69,053                                                                                         | 78,013                                                                                         |
| 23                                                                                             | ODISHA                                                                                         | 12,934                                                                                         | 17,470                                                                                         | 25,644                                                                                         |
| 24                                                                                             | PUDUCHERRY                                                                                     | 3,223                                                                                          | 3,963                                                                                          | 4,327                                                                                          |
| 25                                                                                             | PUNJAB                                                                                         | 4,68,622                                                                                       | 4,47,136                                                                                       | 5,05,497                                                                                       |
| 26                                                                                             | RAJASTHAN                                                                                      | 1,65,049                                                                                       | 1,46,296                                                                                       | 1,90,684                                                                                       |
| 27                                                                                             | SIKKIM                                                                                         | 716                                                                                            | 102                                                                                            | 513                                                                                            |
| 28                                                                                             | TAMIL NADU                                                                                     | 3,76,543                                                                                       | 3,81,455                                                                                       | 4,49,559                                                                                       |
| 29                                                                                             | TELANGANA                                                                                      | 1,71,908                                                                                       | 1,56,037                                                                                       | 1,77,799                                                                                       |
| 30                                                                                             | THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMANAND DIU                                                    | 468                                                                                            | 275                                                                                            | 318                                                                                            |
| 31                                                                                             | TRIPURA                                                                                        | 3,525                                                                                          | 5,723                                                                                          | 7,156                                                                                          |
| 32                                                                                             | UTTAR PRADESH                                                                                  | 7,27,980                                                                                       | 7,47,354                                                                                       | 8,45,364                                                                                       |
| 33                                                                                             | UTTARAKHAND                                                                                    | 30,197                                                                                         | 18,621                                                                                         | 21,837                                                                                         |
| 34                                                                                             | WEST BENGAL                                                                                    | 884                                                                                            | 273                                                                                            | 576                                                                                            |
|                                                                                                | Total                                                                                          | 55,68,025                                                                                      | 52,39,964                                                                                      | 57,42,627                                                                                      |

* Source: National Scholarship Portal

Disbursement of Scholarships during 2022-23 has not been made.

| Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme - Details of scholarships sanctioned during 2019-20 to 2021-22   | Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme - Details of scholarships sanctioned during 2019-20 to 2021-22   | Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme - Details of scholarships sanctioned during 2019-20 to 2021-22   | Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme - Details of scholarships sanctioned during 2019-20 to 2021-22   | Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme - Details of scholarships sanctioned during 2019-20 to 2021-22   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                                                 |                                                                                                 | 2019-20                                                                                         | 2020-21                                                                                         | 2021-22                                                                                         |
| S.No                                                                                            | States/Uts                                                                                      | Scholarship Sanctioned                                                                          | Scholarship Sanctioned                                                                          | Scholarship Sanctioned                                                                          |
| 1                                                                                               | ANDAMANANDNICOBAR                                                                               | 9                                                                                               | 278                                                                                             | 296                                                                                             |
| 2                                                                                               | ANDHRA PRADESH                                                                                  | 15,408                                                                                          | 12,661                                                                                          | 15,217                                                                                          |
| 3                                                                                               | ASSAM                                                                                           | 38,531                                                                                          | 30,456                                                                                          | 49,111                                                                                          |
| 4                                                                                               | BIHAR                                                                                           | 48,456                                                                                          | 43,512                                                                                          | 19,654                                                                                          |
| 5                                                                                               | CHANDIGARH                                                                                      | 154                                                                                             | 123                                                                                             | 117                                                                                             |
| 6                                                                                               | CHHATTISGARH                                                                                    | 2,202                                                                                           | 2,198                                                                                           | 2,745                                                                                           |
| 7                                                                                               | DELHI                                                                                           | 2,261                                                                                           | 3,518                                                                                           | 2,923                                                                                           |
| 8                                                                                               | GOA                                                                                             | 218                                                                                             | 349                                                                                             | 459                                                                                             |
| 9                                                                                               | GUJARAT                                                                                         | 23,445                                                                                          | 21,289                                                                                          | 23,530                                                                                          |
| 10                                                                                              | HARYANA                                                                                         | 4,703                                                                                           | 5,194                                                                                           | 7,831                                                                                           |
| 11                                                                                              | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                                                | 534                                                                                             | 500                                                                                             | 637                                                                                             |
| 12                                                                                              | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                                                                               | 1,11,052                                                                                        | 53,725                                                                                          | 47,601                                                                                          |
| 13                                                                                              | JHARKHAND                                                                                       | 13,182                                                                                          | 5,918                                                                                           | 5,499                                                                                           |
| 14                                                                                              | KARNATAKA                                                                                       | 74,944                                                                                          | 55,081                                                                                          | 73,919                                                                                          |
| 15                                                                                              | KERALA                                                                                          | 65,635                                                                                          | 67,583                                                                                          | 74,335                                                                                          |
| 16                                                                                              | LADAKH                                                                                          | -                                                                                               | 1,593                                                                                           | 907                                                                                             |
| 17                                                                                              | MADHYAPRADESH                                                                                   | 22,038                                                                                          | 20,430                                                                                          | 23,638                                                                                          |
| 18                                                                                              | MAHARASHTRA                                                                                     | 48,331                                                                                          | 47,333                                                                                          | 42,159                                                                                          |
| 19                                                                                              | MANIPUR                                                                                         | 5,599                                                                                           | 4,497                                                                                           | 4,632                                                                                           |
| 20                                                                                              | MEGHALAYA                                                                                       | 7,533                                                                                           | 7,254                                                                                           | 5,318                                                                                           |
| 21                                                                                              | MIZORAM                                                                                         | 1,309                                                                                           | 1,144                                                                                           | 1,704                                                                                           |
| 22                                                                                              | NAGALAND                                                                                        | 5,332                                                                                           | 6,029                                                                                           | 6,425                                                                                           |
| 23                                                                                              | ODISHA                                                                                          | 2,738                                                                                           | 3,146                                                                                           | 4,032                                                                                           |
| 24                                                                                              | PUDUCHERRY                                                                                      | 572                                                                                             | 596                                                                                             | 630                                                                                             |
| 25                                                                                              | PUNJAB                                                                                          | 56,646                                                                                          | 53,450                                                                                          | 55,461                                                                                          |
| 26                                                                                              | RAJASTHAN                                                                                       | 27,933                                                                                          | 27,404                                                                                          | 30,055                                                                                          |
| 27                                                                                              | SIKKIM                                                                                          | 52                                                                                              | 85                                                                                              | 289                                                                                             |
| 28                                                                                              | TAMIL NADU                                                                                      | 43,241                                                                                          | 44,319                                                                                          | 52,432                                                                                          |
| 29                                                                                              | TELANGANA                                                                                       | 17,393                                                                                          | 18,372                                                                                          | 20,851                                                                                          |
| 30                                                                                              | THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELIANDDAMAN AND DIU                                                      | 81                                                                                              | 57                                                                                              | 79                                                                                              |
| 31                                                                                              | TRIPURA                                                                                         | 1,067                                                                                           | 1,004                                                                                           | 1,767                                                                                           |
| 32                                                                                              | UTTAR PRADESH                                                                                   | 94,291                                                                                          | 4,646                                                                                           | 1,35,329                                                                                        |
| 33                                                                                              | UTTARAKHAND                                                                                     | 4,521                                                                                           | 1,14,388                                                                                        | 5,298                                                                                           |
| 34                                                                                              | WEST BENGAL                                                                                     | 3,730                                                                                           | 5,184                                                                                           | 6,560                                                                                           |
| Total                                                                                           | Total                                                                                           | 7,43,141                                                                                        | 6,63,316                                                                                        | 7,21,440                                                                                        |

* Source: National Scholarship Portal

Disbursement of Scholarships during 2022-23 has not been made.

| Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship Scheme - Details of scholarships sanctioned during 2019-20 to 2021-22   | Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship Scheme - Details of scholarships sanctioned during 2019-20 to 2021-22   | Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship Scheme - Details of scholarships sanctioned during 2019-20 to 2021-22   | Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship Scheme - Details of scholarships sanctioned during 2019-20 to 2021-22   | Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship Scheme - Details of scholarships sanctioned during 2019-20 to 2021-22   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No.                                                                                                     | States/Uts                                                                                                | 2019-20 Scholarship Sanctioned                                                                            | 2020-21 Scholarship Sanctioned                                                                            | 2021-22 Scholarship Sanctioned                                                                            |
| 1                                                                                                         | ANDAMANANDNICOBAR                                                                                         | 3                                                                                                         | 4                                                                                                         | 3                                                                                                         |
| 2                                                                                                         | ANDHRA PRADESH                                                                                            | 3,476                                                                                                     | 1,808                                                                                                     | 2,118                                                                                                     |
| 4                                                                                                         | ASSAM                                                                                                     | 6,158                                                                                                     | 7,216                                                                                                     | 9,384                                                                                                     |
| 5                                                                                                         | BIHAR                                                                                                     | 6,985                                                                                                     | 7,933                                                                                                     | 6,737                                                                                                     |
| 6                                                                                                         | CHANDIGARH                                                                                                | 2                                                                                                         | 6                                                                                                         | 7                                                                                                         |
| 7                                                                                                         | CHHATTISGARH                                                                                              | 432                                                                                                       | 441                                                                                                       | 518                                                                                                       |
| 8                                                                                                         | DELHI                                                                                                     | 384                                                                                                       | 376                                                                                                       | 296                                                                                                       |
| 9                                                                                                         | GOA                                                                                                       | 76                                                                                                        | 116                                                                                                       | 51                                                                                                        |
| 10                                                                                                        | GUJARAT                                                                                                   | 3,037                                                                                                     | 2,722                                                                                                     | 2,733                                                                                                     |
| 11                                                                                                        | HARYANA                                                                                                   | 821                                                                                                       | 772                                                                                                       | 1,031                                                                                                     |
| 12                                                                                                        | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                                                          | 30                                                                                                        | 32                                                                                                        | 52                                                                                                        |
| 13                                                                                                        | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                                                                                         | 7,702                                                                                                     | 8,898                                                                                                     | 9,397                                                                                                     |
| 14                                                                                                        | JHARKHAND                                                                                                 | 1,501                                                                                                     | 232                                                                                                       | 685                                                                                                       |
| 15                                                                                                        | KARNATAKA                                                                                                 | 20,779                                                                                                    | 22,510                                                                                                    | 22,175                                                                                                    |
| 16                                                                                                        | KERALA                                                                                                    | 26,205                                                                                                    | 29,630                                                                                                    | 32,815                                                                                                    |
| 17                                                                                                        | LADAKH                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                         | 130                                                                                                       | 81                                                                                                        |
| 19                                                                                                        | MADHYAPRADESH                                                                                             | 2,448                                                                                                     | 2,216                                                                                                     | 2,533                                                                                                     |
| 20                                                                                                        | MAHARASHTRA                                                                                               | 2,814                                                                                                     | 2,187                                                                                                     | 2,344                                                                                                     |
| 21                                                                                                        | MANIPUR                                                                                                   | 348                                                                                                       | 282                                                                                                       | 338                                                                                                       |
| 22                                                                                                        | MEGHALAYA                                                                                                 | 1,322                                                                                                     | 1,165                                                                                                     | 601                                                                                                       |
| 23                                                                                                        | MIZORAM                                                                                                   | 1,115                                                                                                     | 46                                                                                                        | 107                                                                                                       |
| 24                                                                                                        | NAGALAND                                                                                                  | 1,193                                                                                                     | 1,193                                                                                                     | 1,258                                                                                                     |
| 25                                                                                                        | ODISHA                                                                                                    | 436                                                                                                       | 392                                                                                                       | 466                                                                                                       |
| 26                                                                                                        | PUDUCHERRY                                                                                                | 62                                                                                                        | 44                                                                                                        | 48                                                                                                        |
| 27                                                                                                        | PUNJAB                                                                                                    | 2,410                                                                                                     | 1,829                                                                                                     | 1,716                                                                                                     |
| 28                                                                                                        | RAJASTHAN                                                                                                 | 3,241                                                                                                     | 3,173                                                                                                     | 2,910                                                                                                     |
| 29                                                                                                        | SIKKIM                                                                                                    | 18                                                                                                        | 34                                                                                                        | 51                                                                                                        |
| 30                                                                                                        | TAMIL NADU                                                                                                | 5,685                                                                                                     | 5,295                                                                                                     | 6,862                                                                                                     |
| 31                                                                                                        | TELANGANA                                                                                                 | 3,311                                                                                                     | 4,065                                                                                                     | 4,758                                                                                                     |
| 32                                                                                                        | THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELIANDDAMAN AND DIU                                                                | 5                                                                                                         | 7                                                                                                         | 8                                                                                                         |
| 33                                                                                                        | TRIPURA                                                                                                   | 81                                                                                                        | 111                                                                                                       | 94                                                                                                        |
| 34                                                                                                        | UTTAR PRADESH                                                                                             | 10,545                                                                                                    | 496                                                                                                       | 12,442                                                                                                    |
| 35                                                                                                        | UTTARAKHAND                                                                                               | 470                                                                                                       | 10,154                                                                                                    | 659                                                                                                       |
| 36                                                                                                        | WEST BENGAL                                                                                               | 5,264                                                                                                     | 4,856                                                                                                     | 6,770                                                                                                     |

* Source: National Scholarship Portal

Disbursement of Scholarships during 2022-23 has not been made.