Lok Sabha Question No. 596 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-06
Subject: Pendency of Stipend to Students
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Amar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

## LOK SABHA

## PENDENCY OF STIPEND TO STUDENTS

## 596. DR AMAR SINGH:

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware of the pendency of stipend to students under National Fellowship for OBC Students (NF-OBC) scheme;
- (b) if the steps taken by the Government to provide timely monthly stipend; SO,
- the number of hostels constructed under Construction of Hostels for OBC and Girls scheme, State-wise; and Boys
- (d) the number of students benefitted from the educational loan provided by National Backward Classes Finance & Development Corporation?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SUSHRI PRATIMA BHOUMIK)

- (a) (b) The stipend under the National Fellowship scheme meant to help M.Phil and PhD scholars from Other Backward Classes (OBC) is released immediately as per available grants.
- The number of hostels constructed under Construction of Hostels for OBC and Girls scheme, State-wise last three years is at Annexure-I: Boys during
- (d) National Backward Classes Finance & Development Corporation (NBCFDC) during last 3 years is at Annexure-II:

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UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.596 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2024

## 06.02.2024

## Construction of Hostels for OBC and Girls, State-wise details of Released Amount and Beneficiaries under the Scheme of Hostels for OBC Boys and Girls Boys

Rs. in lakh

| S     | State /UTs         | 2020-21         | 2020-21      | 2020-21   | 2021-2022                     | 2021-2022    | 2021-2022      | 2022-2023       | 2022-2023    | 2022-2023      |
|-------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------|-------------------------------|--------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------|----------------|
| S     | State /UTs         | Amount released | No. of Seats | No. of    | Amount Hostels |released | No. of Seats | No. of Hostels | Amount released | No. of Seats | No: of Hostels |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh     | 0.00            |              |           |                               |              |                |                 |              |                |
| 2     | Bihar              | 0.00            |              |           |                               |              |                |                 |              |                |
| 3     | IChhattisgarh      | 0.00            |              |           |                               |              |                |                 |              |                |
| 4     | IGoa               | 360.00          | 300          |           |                               |              |                |                 |              |                |
| 5     | Gujarat_           | 0.00            |              |           |                               |              |                |                 |              |                |
| 6     | Haryana            | 0.00            |              |           |                               |              |                |                 |              |                |
| 7     | Himachal Pradesh   | 0.00            |              |           |                               |              |                |                 |              |                |
|       | IJammu & Kashmir   | 0.00            |              |           |                               |              |                |                 |              |                |
| 9     | llharkhand         | 0.00            |              |           |                               |              |                |                 |              |                |
| 10    | Karnataka          | 675.00          | 500          | 5         |                               |              |                |                 |              |                |
| 11    | Kerala             | 0.00            | 0            |           |                               |              |                |                 |              |                |
| 12    | Madhya Pradesh     | 607.50          | 500          |           | 122.00                        | 100          |                | 75.35           | 100          | 1              |
| 13    | Maharashtra        | 0.00            |              |           |                               |              |                | 0               | 0            | 0              |
| 14    | Odisha             | 0.00            |              |           |                               |              |                | 356.54          | 900          |                |
| 15    | Punjab             | 0.00            |              |           |                               |              |                |                 |              | 0              |
| 16    | Rajasthan          | 0.00            |              |           |                               |              |                |                 |              | 0              |
| 17    | Tamil Nadu         | 0.00            |              |           | 585.00                        | 500          | 5              |                 |              | 0              |
| 18    | [Telangana_        | 0.00            |              |           |                               |              |                |                 |              |                |
| 19    | Uttar Pradesh      | 16.44           |              | 3         |                               |              |                |                 |              |                |
| 20    | Uttarakhand        | 0.00            |              |           |                               |              |                |                 |              |                |
| 21    | IWest Bengal       | 0.00            |              |           |                               |              |                |                 |              |                |
| 22    | Andaman & Nicobar  | 0.00            |              |           |                               |              |                |                 |              |                |
| 23 24 | [Dadra & Nagar     | 0.00            |              |           |                               |              |                |                 |              |                |
|       | Daman & Diu        | 0.00            |              |           |                               |              |                |                 |              |                |
| 25    | Chandigarh         | 0.00            |              |           |                               |              |                |                 |              |                |
| 26    | Delhi              | 0.00            |              |           |                               |              |                |                 |              |                |
| 27    | [Puducherry        | 0.00            |              |           |                               |              |                |                 |              | 0              |
| 28    | Assam              | 0.00            |              |           |                               |              |                |                 |              | 0              |
|       | 29 [Manipur        | 0.00            |              |           |                               |              |                | 567.00          | 400          |                |
| 30    | Sikkim             | 0.00            |              |           |                               |              |                |                 |              |                |
| 31    | Tripura            | 0.00            |              |           |                               |              | 0              |                 |              |                |
| 32    | Central University | 1499.59         | 1700         | 6         | 1170.00                       | 1450         | 5              | 881.10          | 400          |                |
|       | Total:             | 3158.53         | 3000         | 17        | 1877.00                       | 2050         | 11             | 1879.99         | 1800         | 22             |

## 06.02.2024 for

## Thenumber of students benefitted from\_the Educational Loan provided\_by NBCFDC during last 3 years

|    | Year    |   Total Students (Nos:) |
|----|---------|-------------------------|
| 1_ | 2020-21 |                    1145 |
| 2. | 2021-22 |                     400 |
| 3_ | 2022-23 |                     142 |
|    | Totall  |                    1687 |