Lok Sabha Question No. 15 (STARRED), answered on 2023-07-20
Subject: Educational Schemes for Minorities
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Nusrat Jahan Ruhi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *15

ANSWERED ON 20.07.2023

## EDUCATIONAL SCHEMES FOR MINORITIES

## *15. MS. NUSSRAT JAHAN:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  funds  allocated  and  released  to  various  educational schemes  rolled  out  for  minorities  in  the  country  during  the  last  three  years, year-wise and State/UT-wise, especially in West Bengal;
- (b) the  details  of  funds  allocated  and  released  to  various  districts  of  West Bengal for implementation of such schemes during the last three years; and
- (c) the number  of students who  applied for and benefited under such educational schemes in West Bengal during the last three years, scheme-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT AS REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED  QUESTION *15 FOR ANSWER  ON  20.07.2023 REGARDING EDUCATIONAL SCHEMES FOR MINORITIES ASKED BY MS. NUSSRAT JAHAN:

(a) The Scholarship/Fellowship schemes namely (i) Pre-Matric Scholarship, (ii)  Post  Matric  Scholarship,  (iii)  Merit  cum  Means  based Scholarship,  (iv)  Begum  Hazrat  Mahal  National  Scholarship,  (v)  Maulana Azad National Fellowship and, (vi) Padho Pardesh, implemented by Ministry of  Minority  Affairs  are  Central  Sector  Schemes  wherein,  funds  are  directly transferred  to  the  account  of  beneficiary.  As  such,  funds  are  not  allocated State/UT wise under suchschemes. However, the number of beneficiaries and amount  sanctioned  under  various  educational  schemes,  State/UTwise  are  at annexure-I.

(b) The number of beneficiaries and amount sanctioned under (i) Pre-Matric Scholarship  Scheme,  (ii)  Post  Matric  Scholarship  Scheme,  (iii)  Merit  cum Means  based  Scholarship  Scheme  in  the  districts  of  West  Bengal  are  at annexure-II. District-wise beneficiaries and sanctioned amount is not maintained by the Ministry in other schemes.

(c) The  number  of  students  who  applied  for  and  benefited  under  the  3 Scholarship  Schemes  in  West  Bengal  during  the  last  three  years  are  at annexure-III.

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## ANNEXURE-I AS REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 15 FOR 20.07.2023 REGARDING 'EDUCATIONAL SCHEMES FOR MINORITIES'.

|                        | 2019-20              | 2019-20                      | 2019-20              | 2019-20                      | 2019-20              | 2019-20                      |
|------------------------|----------------------|------------------------------|----------------------|------------------------------|----------------------|------------------------------|
|                        | Pre-Matric           | Pre-Matric                   | Post-Matric          | Post-Matric                  | Merit-cum-Means      | Merit-cum-Means              |
| State                  | No. of Beneficiaries | Sanction Amount (Rs. in Cr.) | No. of Beneficiaries | Sanction Amount (Rs. in Cr.) | No. of Beneficiaries | Sanction Amount (Rs. in Cr.) |
| ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR    | 107                  | 0.04                         | 9                    | 0.01                         | 3                    | 0.01                         |
| ANDHRA PRADESH         | 161555               | 47.6                         | 15408                | 12.95                        | 3476                 | 9.17                         |
| ASSAM                  | 290719               | 161.16                       | 38531                | 32.94                        | 6158                 | 17.25                        |
| BIHAR                  | 245662               | 82.43                        | 48456                | 30.53                        | 6989                 | 18.75                        |
| CHANDIGARH             | 1461                 | 0.15                         | 154                  | 0.06                         | 2                    | 0                            |
| CHHATTISGARH           | 4839                 | 1.64                         | 2202                 | 1.38                         | 432                  | 1.09                         |
| DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI | 143                  | 0.02                         | 34                   | 0.01                         | 3                    | 0.01                         |
| DAMAN AND DIU          | 325                  | 0.05                         | 47                   | 0.02                         | 2                    | 0                            |
| DELHI                  | 4928                 | 0.65                         | 2261                 | 0.89                         | 384                  | 0.97                         |
| GOA                    | 497                  | 0.06                         | 218                  | 0.15                         | 76                   | 0.2                          |
| GUJARAT                | 134907               | 37.48                        | 23445                | 13.43                        | 3037                 | 7.17                         |
| HARYANA                | 8860                 | 3.25                         | 4703                 | 3.22                         | 821                  | 2.12                         |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH       | 2056                 | 0.4                          | 534                  | 0.26                         | 30                   | 0.09                         |
| JAMMU AND KASHMIR      | 523653               | 129.16                       | 111052               | 72.51                        | 7721                 | 19.97                        |
| JHARKHAND              | 84133                | 60.9                         | 13182                | 8.72                         | 1503                 | 4.41                         |
| KARNATAKA              | 507463               | 100.42                       | 74944                | 49.9                         | 20779                | 52.96                        |
| KERALA                 | 593531               | 74.8                         | 65635                | 32.68                        | 26207                | 71.53                        |
| MADHYA PRADESH         | 137269               | 41.54                        | 22038                | 14.47                        | 2448                 | 7.28                         |
| MAHARASHTRA            | 744273               | 86.66                        | 48331                | 24.23                        | 2814                 | 8.5                          |
| MANIPUR                | 44390                | 25.76                        | 5599                 | 4.86                         | 348                  | 1.01                         |
| MEGHALAYA              | 9865                 | 2.51                         | 7533                 | 5.06                         | 1322                 | 3.32                         |
| MIZORAM                | 52652                | 15.09                        | 1309                 | 1.17                         | 1115                 | 3.24                         |

| NAGALAND      |   53156 |    18.9 |   5332 |   4.58 |   1194 |   3.09 |
|---------------|---------|---------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| ODISHA        |   12934 |    2.53 |   2738 |   1.98 |    436 |   1.33 |
| PUDUCHERRY    |    3223 |    0.87 |    572 |   0.36 |     62 |   0.14 |
| PUNJAB        |  468622 |   76.14 |  56646 |  30.18 |   2410 |   6.53 |
| RAJASTHAN     |  165049 |   53.66 |  27933 |  20.73 |   3241 |   8.63 |
| SIKKIM        |     716 |    0.15 |     52 |   0.03 |     18 |   0.04 |
| TAMIL NADU    |  376543 |   78.23 |  43241 |  25.93 |   5685 |  14.85 |
| TELANGANA     |  171908 |   60.28 |  17395 |  13.9  |   3312 |   8.88 |
| TRIPURA       |    3525 |    0.52 |   1067 |   0.73 |     81 |   0.2  |
| UTTARAKHAND   |   30197 |   14    |   4521 |   3.43 |    470 |   1.26 |
| UTTAR PRADESH |  727980 |  247.14 |  94291 |  68.2  |  10547 |  27.05 |
| WEST BENGAL   |     884 |    0.36 |   3730 |   3.15 |   5264 |  14.77 |
| Total         | 5568025 | 1424.55 | 743143 | 482.65 | 118390 | 315.82 |

AY 2020-21

|                     | Pre-Matric           | Pre-Matric                   | Post-Matric          | Post-Matric                  | Merit-cum-Means      | Merit-cum-Means              |
|---------------------|----------------------|------------------------------|----------------------|------------------------------|----------------------|------------------------------|
| State               | No. of Beneficiaries | Sanction Amount (Rs. in Cr.) | No. of Beneficiaries | Sanction Amount (Rs. in Cr.) | No. of Beneficiaries | Sanction Amount (Rs. in Cr.) |
| ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR | 3294                 | 0.4                          | 278                  | 0.1                          | 4                    | 0.01                         |
| ANDHRA PRADESH      | 175881               | 37.99                        | 12661                | 9.69                         | 1808                 | 4.43                         |
| ASSAM               | 235497               | 100.05                       | 30456                | 24.78                        | 7216                 | 19.08                        |
| BIHAR               | 175486               | 49.29                        | 43512                | 18.12                        | 7933                 | 20.85                        |
| CHANDIGARH          | 1813                 | 0.19                         | 123                  | 0.05                         | 6                    | 0.02                         |
| CHHATTISGARH        | 4476                 | 1.35                         | 2198                 | 1.27                         | 441                  | 1.28                         |
| DELHI               | 12553                | 1.28                         | 3518                 | 1.08                         | 376                  | 1.04                         |
| GOA                 | 1118                 | 0.12                         | 349                  | 0.21                         | 116                  | 0.29                         |
| GUJARAT             | 90391                | 25.99                        | 21289                | 11.6                         | 2722                 | 6.47                         |
| HARYANA             | 25053                | 8.55                         | 5194                 | 3.31                         | 772                  | 2.04                         |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH    | 1819                 | 0.31                         | 500                  | 0.24                         | 32                   | 0.09                         |
| JAMMU AND KASHMIR   | 395184               | 79.29                        | 53725                | 30.38                        | 8898                 | 22.14                        |
| JHARKHAND           | 14174                | 5.71                         | 5918                 | 2.99                         | 232                  | 0.59                         |
| KARNATAKA           | 568451               | 111.05                       | 55081                | 34.24                        | 22510                | 56.59                        |
| KERALA              | 638742               | 78.94                        | 67584                | 31.8                         | 29630                | 80.81                        |
| LADAKH              | 11903                | 3.09                         | 1593                 | 0.91                         | 130                  | 0.3                          |
| MADHYA PRADESH      | 139838               | 47.61                        | 20430                | 13.6                         | 2216                 | 6.53                         |
| MAHARASHTRA         | 810541               | 89.82                        | 47333                | 23.02                        | 2187                 | 7.14                         |
| MANIPUR             | 52557                | 28.24                        | 4497                 | 3.82                         | 282                  | 0.81                         |
| MEGHALAYA           | 15488                | 4.43                         | 7254                 | 4.88                         | 1165                 | 2.63                         |
| MIZORAM             | 61081                | 18.67                        | 1144                 | 0.85                         | 46                   | 0.11                         |
| NAGALAND            | 78013                | 28.09                        | 6029                 | 4.88                         | 1193                 | 3.01                         |
| ODISHA              | 25644                | 4.21                         | 3146                 | 1.91                         | 392                  | 1.08                         |
| PUDUCHERRY          | 4327                 | 1.04                         | 596                  | 0.33                         | 44                   | 0.09                         |
| PUNJAB              | 505497               | 75.93                        | 53450                | 27.66                        | 1829                 | 5.06                         |
| RAJASTHAN           | 190684               | 56.2                         | 27404                | 19.39                        | 3173                 | 8.52                         |

| SIKKIM                                     |     513 |     0.1 |     85 |   0.04 |     34 |   0.05 |
|--------------------------------------------|---------|---------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| TAMIL NADU                                 |  449559 |   86.78 |  44319 |  24.79 |   5295 |  13.48 |
| TELANGANA                                  |  177799 |   61.39 |  18372 |  14.63 |   4068 |  10.81 |
| THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN & DIU |     318 |    0.04 |     57 |   0.02 |      7 |   0.07 |
| TRIPURA                                    |    7156 |    1.03 |   1004 |   0.63 |    111 |   0.28 |
| UTTARAKHAND                                |   21837 |   10.49 |   4646 |   3.37 |    496 |   1.44 |
| UTTAR PRADESH                              |  845364 |  318.08 | 114390 |  81.22 |  10160 |  26.2  |
| WEST BENGAL                                |     576 |    0.14 |   5184 |   5.49 |   4856 |  14.54 |
| Total                                      | 5742627 | 1335.89 | 663319 | 401.3  | 120380 | 317.88 |

| AY-2021-22          | AY-2021-22           | AY-2021-22                   | AY-2021-22           | AY-2021-22                   | AY-2021-22           | AY-2021-22                   |
|---------------------|----------------------|------------------------------|----------------------|------------------------------|----------------------|------------------------------|
|                     | Pre-Matric           | Pre-Matric                   | Post-Matric          | Post-Matric                  | Merit-cum-Means      | Merit-cum-Means              |
| State               | No. of Beneficiaries | Sanction Amount (Rs. in Cr.) | No. of Beneficiaries | Sanction Amount (Rs. in Cr.) | No. of Beneficiaries | Sanction Amount (Rs. in Cr.) |
| ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR | 2796                 | 0.37                         | 296                  | 0.1                          | 3                    | 0.01                         |
| ANDHRA PRADESH      | 152717               | 36.4                         | 15217                | 11.32                        | 2118                 | 5.54                         |
| ASSAM               | 250267               | 90.97                        | 49111                | 51.34                        | 9384                 | 27.22                        |
| BIHAR               | 134270               | 32.97                        | 19654                | 9.56                         | 6737                 | 17.67                        |
| CHANDIGARH          | 1913                 | 0.2                          | 117                  | 0.05                         | 7                    | 0.02                         |
| CHHATTISGARH        | 4308                 | 1.35                         | 2745                 | 1.54                         | 518                  | 1.43                         |
| DELHI               | 8328                 | 0.88                         | 2923                 | 0.86                         | 296                  | 0.78                         |
| GOA                 | 772                  | 0.08                         | 459                  | 0.27                         | 51                   | 0.13                         |
| GUJARAT             | 102880               | 28.6                         | 23530                | 12.83                        | 2733                 | 6.54                         |
| HARYANA             | 9396                 | 3.58                         | 7831                 | 4.59                         | 1031                 | 2.72                         |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH    | 1985                 | 0.34                         | 637                  | 0.29                         | 52                   | 0.14                         |
| JAMMU AND KASHMIR   | 466290               | 96.24                        | 47601                | 27.49                        | 9397                 | 23.84                        |
| JHARKHAND           | 14332                | 5.17                         | 5499                 | 3.41                         | 685                  | 1.94                         |
| KARNATAKA           | 517541               | 99.75                        | 73919                | 44.03                        | 22175                | 55.83                        |
| KERALA              | 599695               | 74.4                         | 74335                | 37.59                        | 32815                | 89.89                        |
| LADAKH              | 14862                | 3.93                         | 907                  | 0.5                          | 81                   | 0.22                         |
| MADHYA PRADESH      | 113781               | 37.93                        | 23638                | 16.14                        | 2533                 | 7.3                          |
| MAHARASHTRA         | 734819               | 81.65                        | 42159                | 21                           | 2344                 | 7.76                         |
| MANIPUR             | 47528                | 26.29                        | 4632                 | 3.94                         | 338                  | 0.94                         |
| MEGHALAYA           | 14630                | 3.97                         | 5318                 | 3.64                         | 601                  | 1.51                         |
| MIZORAM             | 53129                | 15.07                        | 1704                 | 1.34                         | 107                  | 0.23                         |
| NAGALAND            | 69054                | 24.01                        | 6425                 | 5.45                         | 1258                 | 3.13                         |
| ODISHA              | 17470                | 2.92                         | 4032                 | 2.4                          | 466                  | 1.29                         |
| PUDUCHERRY          | 3963                 | 1                            | 630                  | 0.33                         | 48                   | 0.12                         |
| PUNJAB              | 447136               | 70.44                        | 55461                | 29.98                        | 1716                 | 4.76                         |
| RAJASTHAN           | 146298               | 46.59                        | 30055                | 21.29                        | 2910                 | 7.98                         |

| SIKKIM                                     |     102 |    0.03 |    289 |   0.15 |     51 |   0.08 |
|--------------------------------------------|---------|---------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| TAMIL NADU                                 |  381455 |   76.96 |  52432 |  29.2  |   6862 |  17.57 |
| TELANGANA                                  |  156037 |   56.6  |  20851 |  16.8  |   4758 |  12.82 |
| THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN & DIU |     275 |    0.03 |     79 |   0.03 |      8 |   0.06 |
| TRIPURA                                    |    5723 |    0.87 |   1767 |   1.21 |     94 |   0.24 |
| UTTARAKHAND                                |   18621 |    7.4  |   5298 |   3.85 |    659 |   1.7  |
| UTTAR PRADESH                              |  747354 |  265.24 | 135329 | 100.98 |  12442 |  32.25 |
| WEST BENGAL                                |     273 |    0.2  |   6560 |   7.1  |   6770 |  19.92 |
| Total                                      | 5240000 | 1192.43 | 721440 | 470.6  | 132048 | 353.58 |

NB: There is no State/UT wise distribution of targets for Maulana Azad National Fellowship and Padho Pardesh Scheme. Source of Data: National Scholarship Portal Database.

## Begum Hazrat Mahal National Scholarship

Summary of State-wise/year-wise Online Scholarship applications received/sanctioned from 2019-20 to 2021-22

| S. No.   | Name of           | 2019-20                       | 2019-20           | 2020-21                       | 2020-21           | 2021-22                       | 2021-22           |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------|
| S. No.   | State/UTs         | No. of Selected Beneficiaries | Sanctioned Amount | No. of Selected Beneficiaries | Sanctioned Amount | No. of Selected Beneficiaries | Sanctioned Amount |
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar | 0                             | 0                 | 1                             | 5000              | 3                             | 17000             |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh    | 7436                          | 41630000          | 5867                          | 31246000          | 5166                          | 28093000          |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh | 2                             | 12000             | 4                             | 23000             | 0                             | 0                 |
| 4        | Assam             | 8390                          | 46355000          | 15535                         | 82691000          | 632                           | 3470000           |
| 5        | Bihar             | 24286                         | 136286000         | 15629                         | 87538000          | 5590                          | 29109000          |
| 6        | Chandigarh        | 1                             | 6000              | 1                             | 6000              | 11                            | 58000             |
| 7        | Chattisgarh       | 94                            | 533000            | 72                            | 403000            | 68                            | 374000            |
| 8        | Delhi             | 315                           | 1721000           | 164                           | 921000            | 46                            | 258000            |
| 9        | Goa               | 26                            | 143000            | 36                            | 191000            | 7                             | 39000             |
| 10       | Gujarat           | 12735                         | 69431000          | 10056                         | 55136000          | 4744                          | 25960000          |
| 11       | Haryana           | 422                           | 2308000           | 449                           | 2479000           | 0                             | 0                 |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh  | 19                            | 106000            | 12                            | 65000             | 18                            | 101000            |
| 13       | Jammu & Kashmir   | 149                           | 798000            | 1422                          | 7840000           | 306                           | 1672000           |
| 14       | Jharkhand         | 2865                          | 16118000          | 4058                          | 22191000          | 210                           | 1199000           |
| 15       | Karnataka         | 31227                         | 177436000         | 17531                         | 96678000          | 9542                          | 52128000          |
| 16       | Kerala            | 66581                         | 378891000         | 38643                         | 217602000         | 54896                         | 310840000         |

| 17   | Ladakh                                     |      0 |          0 |     46 |     241000 |     43 |    242000 |
|------|--------------------------------------------|--------|------------|--------|------------|--------|-----------|
| 18   | Lakshadweep                                |      0 |          0 |      0 |          0 |      0 |         0 |
| 19   | Madhya Pradesh                             |  11146 |   61317000 |   8994 |   49278000 |   5400 |  29828000 |
| 20   | Maharashtra                                |  34465 |  188973000 |  24900 |  136508000 |  41639 | 226679000 |
| 21   | Manipur                                    |   1190 |    6649000 |    502 |    2782000 |     76 |    421000 |
| 22   | Meghalaya                                  |     16 |      95000 |     12 |      72000 |     23 |    121000 |
| 23   | Mizoram                                    |      3 |      16000 |     13 |      67000 |      2 |     11000 |
| 24   | Nagaland                                   |    146 |     779000 |     69 |     365000 |     35 |    192000 |
| 25   | Odisha                                     |    739 |    3944000 |    797 |    4159000 |    474 |   2591000 |
| 26   | Puducherry                                 |    165 |     935000 |     54 |     305000 |     85 |    473000 |
| 27   | Punjab                                     |     78 |     445000 |     59 |     345000 |    135 |    739000 |
| 28   | Rajasthan                                  |   6045 |   33131000 |   5130 |   28993000 |   4222 |  24115000 |
| 29   | Sikkim                                     |      0 |          0 |      0 |          0 |      4 |     21000 |
| 30   | Tamil Nadu                                 |   5417 |   30405000 |   6011 |   34012000 |   6046 |  34015000 |
| 31   | Telangana                                  |   8443 |   49148000 |   4869 |   27702000 |   2438 |  14045000 |
| 32   | The Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu |      4 |      22000 |      1 |       6000 |      1 |      5000 |
| 33   | Tripura                                    |    144 |     775000 |    237 |    1277000 |    142 |    780000 |
| 34   | Uttarakhand                                |   1735 |    9657000 |   2159 |   11825000 |   1599 |   8901000 |
| 35   | Uttar Pradesh                              |  49168 |  272923000 |  46272 |  253331000 |  14770 |  81627000 |
| 36   | West Bengal                                |  21574 |  120974000 |  40819 |  221128000 |   6811 |  37832000 |
|      | TOTAL                                      | 295026 | 1651962000 | 250424 | 1377411000 | 165184 | 915956000 |

| Maulana Azad National Fellowship   | Maulana Azad National Fellowship   | Maulana Azad National Fellowship   | Maulana Azad National Fellowship   | Maulana Azad National Fellowship   | Maulana Azad National Fellowship   | Maulana Azad National Fellowship   |
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|                                    | 2019-2020                          | 2019-2020                          | 2020-2021                          | 2020-2021                          | 2021-2022                          | 2021-2022                          |
| STATE Name                         | No of Beneficiaries                | Amount Disbursed                   | No of Beneficiaries                | Amount Disbursed                   | No of Beneficiaries                | Amount Disbursed                   |
| ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS        | 4                                  | 1829957                            | 3                                  | 1283000                            | 3                                  | 1015375                            |
| ANDHRA PRADESH                     | 100                                | 43108294                           | 66                                 | 24088213                           | 48                                 | 12633908                           |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH                  | 11                                 | 3853349                            | 7                                  | 2147918                            | 7                                  | 3011092                            |
| ASSAM                              | 93                                 | 38960633                           | 80                                 | 29056142                           | 63                                 | 22868021                           |
| BIHAR                              | 138                                | 60102667                           | 109                                | 50936491                           | 98                                 | 42484957                           |
| CHANDIGARH                         | 10                                 | 3450088                            | 8                                  | 2930916                            | 6                                  | 1978154                            |
| CHHATISGARH                        | 7                                  | 3084773                            | 3                                  | 1244690                            | 4                                  | 2240646                            |
| DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI             | 1                                  | 32500                              |                                    |                                    |                                    |                                    |
| DELHI                              | 128                                | 64272657                           | 138                                | 53999685                           | 108                                | 41856236                           |
| GOA                                | 11                                 | 4162385                            | 6                                  | 1925300                            |                                    |                                    |
| GUJARAT                            | 40                                 | 15437767                           | 18                                 | 6625889                            | 14                                 | 5267734                            |
| HARYANA                            | 34                                 | 13175458.34                        | 29                                 | 11606519                           | 22                                 | 8120777                            |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH                   | 14                                 | 3938593                            | 9                                  | 3440485                            | 11                                 | 3802896                            |
| JAMMU AND KASHMIR                  | 226                                | 104251626                          | 361                                | 172207571                          | 367                                | 143569940                          |
| JHARKHAND                          | 61                                 | 24853026                           | 45                                 | 18585350                           | 36                                 | 14966483                           |
| KALABURGI                          | 1                                  | 456510                             | 1                                  | 403060                             |                                    |                                    |
| KARNATAKA                          | 95                                 | 37447167                           | 61                                 | 22123370                           | 36                                 | 13688721                           |
| KERALA                             | 185                                | 78245735                           | 191                                | 74503170                           | 179                                | 67266394                           |
| LADAKH                             |                                    |                                    |                                    |                                    | 1                                  | 329634                             |
| LAKSHADWEEP                        | 1                                  | 615880                             | 1                                  | 465000                             | 2                                  | 820980                             |
| MADHYA PRADESH                     | 62                                 | 26328390                           | 49                                 | 18957899                           | 42                                 | 14027107                           |
| MAHARASHTRA                        | 166                                | 73633473                           | 129                                | 50190876                           | 101                                | 40352510                           |
| MANIPUR                            | 15                                 | 4963834                            | 13                                 | 5666242                            | 15                                 | 5718082                            |
| MEGHALAYA                          | 14                                 | 7219023                            | 17                                 | 8023453                            | 14                                 | 4970974                            |
| MIZORAM                            | 6                                  | 2563720                            | 7                                  | 2771920                            | 5                                  | 2235839                            |

| NAGALAND            | 10                  | 4625195             | 9                   | 3894817             | 8                   | 3135288             |
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| NALGONDA            | 1                   | 1032945             | 1                   | 641175              | 1                   | 88565               |
| ODISHA              | 20                  | 7749841             | 10                  | 3767677             | 12                  | 3505892             |
| ORISSA              | 5                   | 2057720             | 5                   | 2027090             | 4                   | 1672748             |
| PUDUCHERRY          | 15                  | 5678218             | 10                  | 2730235             | 4                   | 1251575             |
| PUNJAB              | 195                 | 75399370            | 174                 | 69259661            | 157                 | 51005765            |
| PURBA MEDINIPUR     | 1                   | 217840              | 1                   | 69460               |                     |                     |
| RAJASTHAN           | 61                  | 25146326.67         | 47                  | 17334419            | 39                  | 13827454            |
| SIKKIM              | 15                  | 4283508             | 11                  | 3515570             | 5                   | 1705873             |
| TAMIL NADU          | 83                  | 34076626            | 47                  | 17962982            | 28                  | 9984593             |
| TARN TARAN          | 1                   | 469314              | 1                   | 395208              | 1                   | 487064              |
| TELANGANA           | 48                  | 22808394            | 40                  | 14351474            | 28                  | 10924644            |
| TRIPURA             | 3                   | 940209              | 3                   | 1379720             | 3                   | 1157067             |
| UTTAR PRADESH       | 431                 | 178270037           | 388                 | 163514075           | 371                 | 145577258           |
| UTTARAKHAND         | 10                  | 5338302             | 15                  | 6611708             | 19                  | 7599394             |
| WAYANAD             | 1                   | 462200              | 1                   | 459560              | 1                   | 428250              |
| WEST BENGAL         | 257                 | 118370010           | 233                 | 99908129            | 198                 | 73800414            |
| Grand Total         | 2580                | 1102913561          | 2347                | 971006119           | 2061                | 779378304           |
| Source: Canara Bank | Source: Canara Bank | Source: Canara Bank | Source: Canara Bank | Source: Canara Bank | Source: Canara Bank | Source: Canara Bank |

State/UT-wise number of beneficiaries under Padho Pardesh Scheme

| S. No.   | State/ UT        |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |
|----------|------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh   |        72 |        91 |        81 |
| 2        | Assam            |         5 |         6 |         1 |
| 3        | Bihar            |        12 |        11 |         8 |
| 4        | Chandigarh       |         4 |         3 |         2 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh     |         6 |         3 |         1 |
| 6        | Daman &Diu       |         2 |         0 |         0 |
| 7        | Delhi            |        20 |        19 |        13 |
| 8        | Goa              |        15 |        13 |         4 |
| 9        | Gujarat          |       129 |       103 |        82 |
| 10       | Haryana          |        15 |        14 |        12 |
| 11       | Himachal Pradesh |         3 |         1 |         0 |
| 12       | Jammu & Kashmir  |        80 |       132 |       202 |
| 13       | Jharkhand        |         8 |         8 |         6 |
| 14       | Karnataka        |       289 |       275 |       229 |
| 15       | Kerala           |      1734 |      2236 |      3359 |
| 16       | Madhya Pradesh   |       106 |        82 |        51 |
| 17       | Maharashtra      |       322 |       300 |       265 |
| 18       | Meghalaya        |         1 |         0 |         0 |
| 19       | Mizoram          |         1 |         0 |         0 |
| 20       | Odisha           |         7 |         4 |         5 |
| 21       | Puducherry       |        11 |        12 |         9 |
| 22       | Punjab           |        82 |        59 |        74 |
| 23       | Rajasthan        |        32 |        27 |        24 |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu       |       155 |       133 |       108 |
| 25       | Telangana        |        72 |        63 |        53 |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh    |        36 |        30 |        15 |
| 27       | Uttrakhand       |         4 |        12 |         7 |
| 28       | West Bengal      |        15 |        19 |        11 |
|          | Total            |      3238 |      3656 |      4622 |

Source: Canara Bank

ANNEXURE-II  AS  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  15  FOR  20.07.2023  REGARDING  'EDUCATIONAL SCHEMES FOR MINORITIES'.

| Scheme-wise &District-wise Scholarship Statistics of West Bengal AY2019-20 (Amount in Rs.)   | Scheme-wise &District-wise Scholarship Statistics of West Bengal AY2019-20 (Amount in Rs.)   | Scheme-wise &District-wise Scholarship Statistics of West Bengal AY2019-20 (Amount in Rs.)   | Scheme-wise &District-wise Scholarship Statistics of West Bengal AY2019-20 (Amount in Rs.)   | Scheme-wise &District-wise Scholarship Statistics of West Bengal AY2019-20 (Amount in Rs.)   | Scheme-wise &District-wise Scholarship Statistics of West Bengal AY2019-20 (Amount in Rs.)   | Scheme-wise &District-wise Scholarship Statistics of West Bengal AY2019-20 (Amount in Rs.)   |
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| District                                                                                     | Pre-Matric                                                                                   | Pre-Matric                                                                                   | Post Matric                                                                                  | Post Matric                                                                                  | Merit-cum-Means                                                                              | Merit-cum-Means                                                                              |
| District                                                                                     | No. of Beneficiaries                                                                         | Amount Sanction ed                                                                           | No. of Beneficiaries                                                                         | Amount Sanctioned                                                                            | No. of Beneficiaries                                                                         | Amount Sanctioned                                                                            |
| Alipurduar                                                                                   | 3                                                                                            | 18910                                                                                        | 7                                                                                            | 79200                                                                                        | 21                                                                                           | 544596                                                                                       |
| Bankura                                                                                      | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            | 43                                                                                           | 482290                                                                                       | 58                                                                                           | 1508830                                                                                      |
| Bardhaman                                                                                    | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            | 63                                                                                           | 481920                                                                                       | 373                                                                                          | 10857337                                                                                     |
| Birbhum                                                                                      | 79                                                                                           | 324440                                                                                       | 414                                                                                          | 2859733                                                                                      | 336                                                                                          | 9337663                                                                                      |
| Coochbehar                                                                                   | 9                                                                                            | 8000                                                                                         | 55                                                                                           | 657200                                                                                       | 58                                                                                           | 1547298                                                                                      |
| Dakshin Dinajpur                                                                             | 7                                                                                            | 30740                                                                                        | 82                                                                                           | 925300                                                                                       | 133                                                                                          | 3779235                                                                                      |
| Darjeeling                                                                                   | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            | 61                                                                                           | 434726                                                                                       | 47                                                                                           | 2594115                                                                                      |
| East Medinipur                                                                               | 18                                                                                           | 130020                                                                                       | 83                                                                                           | 928662                                                                                       | 104                                                                                          | 3074576                                                                                      |
| Hooghly                                                                                      | 46                                                                                           | 64051                                                                                        | 194                                                                                          | 1129738                                                                                      | 98                                                                                           | 2541155                                                                                      |
| Howrah                                                                                       | 226                                                                                          | 396785                                                                                       | 89                                                                                           | 603860                                                                                       | 179                                                                                          | 4687701                                                                                      |
| Jalpaiguri                                                                                   | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            | 20                                                                                           | 161180                                                                                       | 44                                                                                           | 1089305                                                                                      |
| Jhargram                                                                                     | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            | 1                                                                                            | 30000                                                                                        |
| Kalimpong                                                                                    | 1                                                                                            | 8200                                                                                         | 11                                                                                           | 75870                                                                                        | 6                                                                                            | 138450                                                                                       |
| Kolkata                                                                                      | 30                                                                                           | 258190                                                                                       | 27                                                                                           | 235300                                                                                       | 574                                                                                          | 15689674                                                                                     |
| Maldah                                                                                       | 3                                                                                            | 20200                                                                                        | 372                                                                                          | 3739355                                                                                      | 1107                                                                                         | 32038915                                                                                     |
| Murshidabad                                                                                  | 30                                                                                           | 163800                                                                                       | 718                                                                                          | 7353499                                                                                      | 853                                                                                          | 23390287                                                                                     |
| Nadia                                                                                        | 3                                                                                            | 22470                                                                                        | 96                                                                                           | 1093185                                                                                      | 241                                                                                          | 6792088                                                                                      |
| North 24 Paraganas                                                                           | 214                                                                                          | 615631                                                                                       | 279                                                                                          | 1954704                                                                                      | 238                                                                                          | 6274752                                                                                      |
| Paschim Bardhaman                                                                            | 15                                                                                           | 23155                                                                                        | 485                                                                                          | 2396554                                                                                      | 51                                                                                           | 1255465                                                                                      |
| Purulia                                                                                      | 4                                                                                            | 33350                                                                                        | 40                                                                                           | 315783                                                                                       | 29                                                                                           | 752900                                                                                       |
| South 24 Paraganas                                                                           | 15                                                                                           | 119290                                                                                       | 146                                                                                          | 1726600                                                                                      | 273                                                                                          | 7633422                                                                                      |
| Uttar Dinajpur                                                                               | 95                                                                                           | 420490                                                                                       | 342                                                                                          | 3054496                                                                                      | 366                                                                                          | 10179427                                                                                     |
| West Medinipur                                                                               | 86                                                                                           | 909110                                                                                       | 103                                                                                          | 810150                                                                                       | 74                                                                                           | 2011720                                                                                      |
| Total                                                                                        | 884                                                                                          | 3566832                                                                                      | 3730                                                                                         | 31499305                                                                                     | 5264                                                                                         | 147748911                                                                                    |

| Scheme-wise &District-wise Scholarship Statistics of West Bengal AY2020-21 (Amount in Rs.)   | Scheme-wise &District-wise Scholarship Statistics of West Bengal AY2020-21 (Amount in Rs.)   | Scheme-wise &District-wise Scholarship Statistics of West Bengal AY2020-21 (Amount in Rs.)   | Scheme-wise &District-wise Scholarship Statistics of West Bengal AY2020-21 (Amount in Rs.)   | Scheme-wise &District-wise Scholarship Statistics of West Bengal AY2020-21 (Amount in Rs.)   | Scheme-wise &District-wise Scholarship Statistics of West Bengal AY2020-21 (Amount in Rs.)   | Scheme-wise &District-wise Scholarship Statistics of West Bengal AY2020-21 (Amount in Rs.)   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| District                                                                                     | Pre-Matric                                                                                   | Pre-Matric                                                                                   | Post Matric                                                                                  | Post Matric                                                                                  | Merit-cum-Means                                                                              | Merit-cum-Means                                                                              |
| District                                                                                     | No. of Beneficiarie s                                                                        | Amount Sanctione d                                                                           | No. of Beneficiari es                                                                        | Amount Sanctione d                                                                           | No. of Beneficia ries                                                                        | Amount Sanctioned                                                                            |
| Alipurduar                                                                                   | 4                                                                                            | 35100                                                                                        | 7                                                                                            | 59560                                                                                        | 19                                                                                           | 552360                                                                                       |
| Bankura                                                                                      | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            | 57                                                                                           | 693300                                                                                       | 73                                                                                           | 2147500                                                                                      |
| Bardhaman                                                                                    | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            | 142                                                                                          | 1352172                                                                                      | 215                                                                                          | 6582865                                                                                      |
| Birbhum                                                                                      | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            | 321                                                                                          | 2783339                                                                                      | 420                                                                                          | 12173054                                                                                     |
| Coochbehar                                                                                   | 2                                                                                            | 20400                                                                                        | 79                                                                                           | 912980                                                                                       | 48                                                                                           | 1409733                                                                                      |
| Dakshin Dinajpur                                                                             | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            | 179                                                                                          | 2030951                                                                                      | 128                                                                                          | 3731445                                                                                      |
| Darjeeling                                                                                   | 1                                                                                            | 5700                                                                                         | 51                                                                                           | 496900                                                                                       | 44                                                                                           | 1209360                                                                                      |
| East Medinipur                                                                               | 7                                                                                            | 63210                                                                                        | 193                                                                                          | 2495190                                                                                      | 56                                                                                           | 1623020                                                                                      |
| Hooghly                                                                                      | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            | 63                                                                                           | 654950                                                                                       | 50                                                                                           | 1399660                                                                                      |
| Howrah                                                                                       | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            | 32                                                                                           | 315403                                                                                       | 52                                                                                           | 1489900                                                                                      |
| Jalpaiguri                                                                                   | 4                                                                                            | 13200                                                                                        | 31                                                                                           | 319600                                                                                       | 25                                                                                           | 685760                                                                                       |
| Jhargram                                                                                     | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            | 1                                                                                            | 30000                                                                                        |
| Kalimpong                                                                                    | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            | 17                                                                                           | 179626                                                                                       | 2                                                                                            | 55000                                                                                        |
| Kolkata                                                                                      | 38                                                                                           | 378665                                                                                       | 62                                                                                           | 539445                                                                                       | 161                                                                                          | 6709210                                                                                      |
| Maldah                                                                                       | 3                                                                                            | 14800                                                                                        | 1067                                                                                         | 11362401                                                                                     | 1510                                                                                         | 44360883                                                                                     |
| Murshidabad                                                                                  | 28                                                                                           | 189795                                                                                       | 1428                                                                                         | 15791696                                                                                     | 870                                                                                          | 25551979                                                                                     |
| Nadia                                                                                        | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            | 154                                                                                          | 1829780                                                                                      | 247                                                                                          | 7350900                                                                                      |
| North 24 Paraganas                                                                           | 81                                                                                           | 483700                                                                                       | 259                                                                                          | 2450550                                                                                      | 138                                                                                          | 3998815                                                                                      |
| Paschim Bardhaman                                                                            | 0                                                                                            | 0                                                                                            | 190                                                                                          | 1154622                                                                                      | 29                                                                                           | 689615                                                                                       |
| Purulia                                                                                      | 2                                                                                            | 11400                                                                                        | 15                                                                                           | 136460                                                                                       | 17                                                                                           | 689700                                                                                       |
| South 24 Paraganas                                                                           | 7                                                                                            | 52610                                                                                        | 380                                                                                          | 4586640                                                                                      | 232                                                                                          | 7887900                                                                                      |
| Uttar Dinajpur                                                                               | 81                                                                                           | 633211                                                                                       | 332                                                                                          | 3533323                                                                                      | 449                                                                                          | 12999925                                                                                     |
| West Medinipur                                                                               | 15                                                                                           | 144980                                                                                       | 125                                                                                          | 1254282                                                                                      | 70                                                                                           | 2045250                                                                                      |
| Total                                                                                        | 273                                                                                          | 2046771                                                                                      | 5184                                                                                         | 54933170                                                                                     | 4856                                                                                         | 145373834                                                                                    |

| Scheme-wise &District-wise Scholarship Statistics of West Bengal AY 2021-22 (Amount in Rs.)   | Scheme-wise &District-wise Scholarship Statistics of West Bengal AY 2021-22 (Amount in Rs.)   | Scheme-wise &District-wise Scholarship Statistics of West Bengal AY 2021-22 (Amount in Rs.)   | Scheme-wise &District-wise Scholarship Statistics of West Bengal AY 2021-22 (Amount in Rs.)   | Scheme-wise &District-wise Scholarship Statistics of West Bengal AY 2021-22 (Amount in Rs.)   | Scheme-wise &District-wise Scholarship Statistics of West Bengal AY 2021-22 (Amount in Rs.)   | Scheme-wise &District-wise Scholarship Statistics of West Bengal AY 2021-22 (Amount in Rs.)   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| District                                                                                      | Pre-Matric                                                                                    | Pre-Matric                                                                                    | Post Matric                                                                                   | Post Matric                                                                                   | Merit-cum-Means                                                                               | Merit-cum-Means                                                                               |
| District                                                                                      | No. of Beneficiari es                                                                         | Amount Sanctioned                                                                             | No. of Beneficiari es                                                                         | Amount Sanctione d                                                                            | No. of Beneficia ries                                                                         | Amount Sanctioned                                                                             |
| Alipurduar                                                                                    | 5                                                                                             | 10070                                                                                         | 31                                                                                            | 236614                                                                                        | 18                                                                                            | 515560                                                                                        |
| Bankura                                                                                       | 6                                                                                             | 6720                                                                                          | 137                                                                                           | 1716270                                                                                       | 88                                                                                            | 2594900                                                                                       |
| Bardhaman                                                                                     | 24                                                                                            | 29040                                                                                         | 304                                                                                           | 2530893                                                                                       | 288                                                                                           | 8300657                                                                                       |
| Birbhum                                                                                       | 27                                                                                            | 35780                                                                                         | 431                                                                                           | 4517218                                                                                       | 562                                                                                           | 15704005                                                                                      |
| Coochbehar                                                                                    | 2                                                                                             | 9550                                                                                          | 135                                                                                           | 1665765                                                                                       | 71                                                                                            | 2110000                                                                                       |
| DakshinDinajpur                                                                               | 2                                                                                             | 19200                                                                                         | 240                                                                                           | 2942900                                                                                       | 178                                                                                           | 5233045                                                                                       |
| Darjeeling                                                                                    | 5                                                                                             | 15600                                                                                         | 89                                                                                            | 781034                                                                                        | 54                                                                                            | 1511410                                                                                       |
| East Medinipur                                                                                | 5                                                                                             | 24750                                                                                         | 104                                                                                           | 1292630                                                                                       | 59                                                                                            | 1710120                                                                                       |
| Hooghly                                                                                       | 2                                                                                             | 9500                                                                                          | 107                                                                                           | 915869                                                                                        | 106                                                                                           | 3337375                                                                                       |
| Howrah                                                                                        | 2                                                                                             | 2480                                                                                          | 45                                                                                            | 460530                                                                                        | 84                                                                                            | 2172476                                                                                       |
| Jalpaiguri                                                                                    | 8                                                                                             | 14380                                                                                         | 28                                                                                            | 245030                                                                                        | 51                                                                                            | 1482550                                                                                       |
| Jhargram                                                                                      | 0                                                                                             | 0                                                                                             | 3                                                                                             | 24230                                                                                         | 9                                                                                             | 270000                                                                                        |
| Kalimpong                                                                                     | 3                                                                                             | 12400                                                                                         | 20                                                                                            | 186963                                                                                        | 6                                                                                             | 150810                                                                                        |
| Kolkata                                                                                       | 62                                                                                            | 106290                                                                                        | 124                                                                                           | 817232                                                                                        | 130                                                                                           | 6211573                                                                                       |
| Maldah                                                                                        | 310                                                                                           | 589420                                                                                        | 1329                                                                                          | 14329580                                                                                      | 2165                                                                                          | 62906654                                                                                      |
| Murshidabad                                                                                   | 7                                                                                             | 22580                                                                                         | 1510                                                                                          | 17781594                                                                                      | 1343                                                                                          | 38901197                                                                                      |
| Nadia                                                                                         | 0                                                                                             | 0                                                                                             | 285                                                                                           | 3474830                                                                                       | 363                                                                                           | 10705250                                                                                      |
| North 24 Paraganas                                                                            | 57                                                                                            | 185148                                                                                        | 405                                                                                           | 3975001                                                                                       | 188                                                                                           | 5467360                                                                                       |
| PaschimBardha man                                                                             | 3                                                                                             | 5850                                                                                          | 158                                                                                           | 904815                                                                                        | 31                                                                                            | 1153145                                                                                       |
| Purulia                                                                                       | 6                                                                                             | 6894                                                                                          | 49                                                                                            | 356346                                                                                        | 17                                                                                            | 435550                                                                                        |
| South 24 Paraganas                                                                            | 0                                                                                             | 0                                                                                             | 246                                                                                           | 3097592                                                                                       | 297                                                                                           | 10300450                                                                                      |
| Uttar Dinajpur                                                                                | 38                                                                                            | 263180                                                                                        | 725                                                                                           | 8095609                                                                                       | 485                                                                                           | 12886605                                                                                      |
| West Medinipur                                                                                | 2                                                                                             | 2810                                                                                          | 55                                                                                            | 609175                                                                                        | 177                                                                                           | 5132962                                                                                       |

Source of Data: National Scholarship Portal Database

## ANNEXURE-III  AS  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  15  FOR  20.07.2023  REGARDING  'EDUCATIONAL SCHEMES FOR MINORITIES'.

| West Bengal AY 2019-20            | West Bengal AY 2019-20     | West Bengal AY 2019-20        |
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
| Scheme Name                       | Number of Students applied | Number of Students benefitted |
| Merit cum Means based Scholarship | 5333                       | 5264                          |
| Post Matric Scholarship Scheme    | 4494                       | 3730                          |
| Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme     | 1089                       | 884                           |

| AY 2020-21                        |   AY 2020-21 |   AY 2020-21 |
|-----------------------------------|--------------|--------------|
| Merit cum Means based Scholarship |         4985 |         4856 |
| Post Matric Scholarship Scheme    |         5661 |         5184 |
| Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme     |          317 |          273 |

| AY 2021-22                        |   AY 2021-22 |   AY 2021-22 |
|-----------------------------------|--------------|--------------|
| Merit cum Means based Scholarship |         6803 |         6770 |
| Post Matric Scholarship Scheme    |         6694 |         6560 |
| Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme     |          592 |          576 |

Note

:   The Schemes are yet to be implemented for 2022-23.

Source of Data: National Scholarship Portal Database.