Lok Sabha Question No. 698 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-07
Subject: Educational Empowerment Schemes
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: S. Jothimani

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 698

ANSWERED ON 07.12.2023

## EDUCATIONAL EMPOWERMENT SCHEMES

## 698.     MS. S. JOTHIMANI:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether there has been a decline in the allocation of funds and the number of beneficiaries of various Educational Empowerment Schemes for minority communities;

(b)  if  so,  the  details  of  funds  allocated  and  number  of  beneficiaries  in  the  State  of  Tamil Nadu;

(c) the details of the amount  of scholarships sanctioned under various Educational Empowerment Schemes for minority communities in Karur Parliamentary constituency since 2019;

(d)  whether  there  has  been  a  decline  in  the  amount  of  scholarships  sanctioned  for  Karur Parliamentary Constituency since 2019;

(e) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and

(f)  the  impact  of  reduced  scholarship  amount  on  beneficiaries  in  Karur  Parliamentary Constituency?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (f):  The  Government  has  been  implementing  various  schemes  for  the  welfare  and upliftment  of  every  strata,  including  minorities,  especially  the  economically  weaker  and lesser privileged sections of the society, through different Ministries/Departments.

Ministry of Minority Affairs has specifically implemented  various  welfare  schemes, including various Scholarship schemes, across the country for socio-economic and educational empowerment of the notified minority communities.

The  Scholarship  schemes  namely  (i)  Pre-Matric  Scholarship,  (ii)  Post  Matric  Scholarship, (iii) Merit cum Means based Scholarship, implemented by Ministry of Minority Affairs are Central Sector Schemes wherein, funds are directly transferred to the account of beneficiary. The Scholarship Schemes are quota driven  based on  merit. State-wise/ District-wise  funds are not allocated.

The district-wise details of fund released under various educational schemes for minorities in the State of Tamil Nadu including the district of Karur since 2019-20 is annexed.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY OF PARTS (b) & (c) OF LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO. 698 ON 'EDUCATIONAL EMPOWERMENT SCHEME S' TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2023

## District-wise details of number and amount of scholarships sanctioned under Pre Matr ic Scholarship Scheme during 2019-20 to 2021-22

| District Name   | 2019-20                  | 2019-20            | 2020-21                  | 2020-21            | 2021-22                  | 2021-22            |
|-----------------|--------------------------|--------------------|--------------------------|--------------------|--------------------------|--------------------|
| District Name   | Number of Beneficiarie s | Amount S anctioned | Number of Beneficiarie s | Amount S anctioned | Number of Beneficiarie s | Amount S anctioned |
| ARIYALUR        | 3254                     | 6677219            | 2695                     | 4720683            | 3321                     | 6107141            |
| CHENGALPAT TU   | 0                        | 0                  | 681                      | 1238262            | 2219                     | 3495839            |
| CHENNAI         | 10140                    | 24272443           | 9866                     | 23579641           | 12745                    | 28082463           |
| COIMBATORE      | 3747                     | 8716411            | 3508                     | 6741108            | 5362                     | 9354978            |
| CUDDALORE       | 8934                     | 23874049           | 7901                     | 20492597           | 10837                    | 25657089           |
| DHARMAPURI      | 2083                     | 3794003            | 2105                     | 3239845            | 2741                     | 4232168            |
| DINDIGUL        | 13303                    | 23667841           | 11173                    | 20310948           | 14696                    | 25743570           |
| ERODE           | 3088                     | 5321450            | 3007                     | 5294964            | 3447                     | 5689282            |
| KALLAKURIC HI   | 0                        | 0                  | 550                      | 1102650            | 1497                     | 3165804            |
| KANCHIPURA M    | 8209                     | 19155334           | 7416                     | 15855133           | 9205                     | 18643381           |
| KANNIYAKU MARI  | 80980                    | 18489609 0         | 80611                    | 186345765          | 88272                    | 192495401          |
| KARUR           | 3772                     | 7443451            | 4163                     | 7761659            | 4937                     | 8741245            |
| KRISHNAGIRI     | 8359                     | 13004038           | 9378                     | 12582154           | 11569                    | 14885751           |
| MADURAI         | 6693                     | 14859116           | 7622                     | 14849241           | 9196                     | 17411880           |
| NAGAPATTIN AM   | 12758                    | 30015797           | 11500                    | 27481414           | 14810                    | 32160142           |
| NAMAKKAL        | 1273                     | 2295479            | 1522                     | 2547556            | 1675                     | 2607655            |
| NILGIRIS        | 6264                     | 17181688           | 7242                     | 17510955           | 7224                     | 18491723           |
| PERAMBALUR      | 3795                     | 9757645            | 3662                     | 8718393            | 4121                     | 9536714            |
| PUDUKKOTTA I    | 12906                    | 25804672           | 15604                    | 28811099           | 17030                    | 30510889           |
| RAMANATHA PURAM | 18061                    | 37315439           | 20045                    | 39925248           | 23292                    | 44494422           |
| RANIPET         | 0                        | 0                  | 578                      | 817802             | 1319                     | 1945228            |

| SALEM            |   4435 | 8208224    |   4766 |   7947114 |   5541 |   9041471 |
|------------------|--------|------------|--------|-----------|--------|-----------|
| SIVAGANGA        |   7875 | 16964733   |   8186 |  16988828 |   9719 |  19516232 |
| TENKASI          |      0 | 0          |   1729 |   2092371 |   4340 |   5634531 |
| THANJAVUR        |  15873 | 39519669   |  14073 |  34655618 |  18312 |  43400777 |
| THENI            |   2499 | 4677661    |   2531 |   4778160 |   3018 |   4808612 |
| THOOTHUKU DI     |  21128 | 36517502   |  22001 |  38389854 |  24438 |  41487501 |
| TIRUCHIRAPP ALLI |  20240 | 35194283   |  20127 |  33133010 |  21416 |  36025365 |
| TIRUNELVELI      |  27900 | 45829589   |  28840 |  46345024 |  28990 |  46823265 |
| TIRUPATHUR       |      0 | 0          |    707 |   1248860 |   2075 |   3407586 |
| TIRUPPUR         |   1369 | 2449006    |   1669 |   2327805 |   3297 |   4296293 |
| TIRUVALLUR       |   5906 | 12430546   |   6087 |  12331591 |   8925 |  16698318 |
| TIRUVANNAM ALAI  |   9824 | 19542170   |   9504 |  16984096 |  12198 |  20894405 |
| TIRUVARUR        |   9671 | 21990265   |   8679 |  19999260 |   9906 |  21624603 |
| VELLORE          |  26524 | 48967836   |  25339 |  49108891 |  28389 |  52810335 |
| VILLUPURAM       |  11243 | 25713105   |  11611 |  26446202 |  13652 |  29646036 |
| VIRUDHUNAG AR    |   4437 | 6285363    |   4777 |   6897153 |   5828 |   8251635 |
| Total            | 376543 | 78234211 7 | 381455 | 769600954 | 449559 | 867819730 |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY OF PARTS (b) & (c) OF LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO. 698 ON 'EDUCATIONAL EMPOWERMENT SCHEME S' TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2023

## District-wise details of number and amount of scholarships sanctioned under Post Mat ric Scholarship Scheme during 2019-20 to 2021-22

|                | 2019-20                 | 2019-20            | 2020-21                 | 2020-21            | 2021-22                 | 2021-22            |
|----------------|-------------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
| District Nam e | Number of Beneficiaries | Amount S anctioned | Number of Beneficiaries | Amount S anctioned | Number of Beneficiaries | Amount S anctioned |
| ARIYALUR       | 698                     | 4479543            | 674                     | 3473030            | 836                     | 4823132            |
| CHENGALP ATTU  | 0                       | 0                  | 90                      | 446781             | 307                     | 1212720            |
| CHENNAI        | 1019                    | 5826600            | 936                     | 5025831            | 904                     | 4193350            |

| COIMBATO RE      |   166 |   920840 |   158 |   846595 |   190 |   906360 |
|------------------|-------|----------|-------|----------|-------|----------|
| CUDDALOR E       |  1009 |  7714535 |   893 |  6026861 |  1253 |  7914426 |
| DHARMAP URI      |   300 |  1717872 |   358 |  1690417 |   545 |  2414421 |
| DINDIGUL         |  2853 | 17202323 |  2460 | 15103043 |  3470 | 21862277 |
| ERODE            |   172 |   915200 |   174 |   923862 |   198 |  1175149 |
| KALLAKUR ICHI    |     0 |        0 |   115 |   541140 |   175 |   850300 |
| KANCHIPU RAM     |   796 |  4360799 |   812 |  3919892 |   878 |  4159567 |
| KANNIYAK UMARI   |  5863 | 35494618 |  4594 | 25939882 |  4285 | 24708190 |
| KARUR            |   435 |  2367465 |   400 |  2197402 |   486 |  2843795 |
| KRISHNAGI RI     |   782 |  5036797 |   923 |  3719793 |  1087 |  4139003 |
| MADURAI          |   870 |  4845754 |  1039 |  5531558 |  1023 |  5686380 |
| NAGAPATT INAM    |  1942 | 14332860 |  2115 | 14833218 |  3266 | 20703187 |
| NAMAKKA L        |   205 |  1237700 |   208 |  1061693 |   197 |   960961 |
| NILGIRIS         |   140 |   789881 |   142 |   751840 |   177 |  1202475 |
| PERAMBAL UR      |  1155 |  7957626 |  1116 |  7100034 |  1331 |  8367206 |
| PUDUKKOT TAI     |  2182 | 13028350 |  2410 | 13255288 |  2884 | 16244709 |
| RAMANAT HAPURAM  |  1937 | 12539654 |  2196 | 12959102 |  2841 | 17249701 |
| RANIPET          |     0 |        0 |   124 |   590252 |   244 |  1130875 |
| SALEM            |   618 |  3612255 |   687 |  3588533 |   732 |  4090955 |
| SIVAGANG A       |  1160 |  6797579 |  1116 |  6162823 |  1418 |  7920236 |
| TENKASI          |     0 |        0 |    62 |   295813 |   158 |   650726 |
| THANJAVU R       |  2413 | 16458306 |  2611 | 16760099 |  3600 | 22422851 |
| THENI            |   325 |  1843662 |   239 |  1572875 |   299 |  1833285 |
| THOOTHUK UDI     |  2124 | 10565803 |  2811 | 13183652 |  2904 | 13500173 |
| TIRUCHIRA PPALLI |  3189 | 19262705 |  3043 | 16736162 |  3519 | 19651460 |
| TIRUNELV ELI     |  2142 | 10557177 |  1927 |  9142224 |  1721 |  7830325 |
| TIRUPATH         |     0 |        0 |   173 |  1020165 |   200 |  1032172 |

| UR              |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |                 |
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| TIRUPPUR        | 163             | 770670          | 147             | 563344          | 227             | 992940          |
| TIRUVALL UR     | 538             | 2682817         | 546             | 2603826         | 687             | 2878233         |
| TIRUVANN AMALAI | 1453            | 9470493         | 1807            | 10719172        | 2532            | 13494070        |
| TIRUVARU R      | 1549            | 9942963         | 1619            | 9735297         | 2180            | 13307919        |
| VELLORE         | 3343            | 16786210        | 3656            | 19522463        | 3587            | 18884990        |
| VILLUPUR AM     | 1350            | 8450974         | 1511            | 8756956         | 1620            | 8907280         |
| VIRUDHUN AGAR   | 350             | 1298385         | 427             | 1613019         | 471             | 1823779         |
| Total           | 43241 259268416 | 43241 259268416 | 44319 247913937 | 44319 247913937 | 52432 291969578 | 52432 291969578 |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY OF PARTS (b) & (c) OF LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO. 698 ON 'EDUCATIONAL EMPOWERMENT SCHEME S' TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2023

District-wise details of number and amount of scholarships sanctioned under Merit-cu m-Means Based Scholarship Scheme during 2019-20 to 2021-22

| District Na me   | 2019-20                 | 2019-20            | 2020-21                 | 2020-21            | 2021-22                 | 2021-22            |
|------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
| District Na me   | Number of Beneficiaries | Amount S anctioned | Number of Beneficiaries | Amount S anctioned | Number of Beneficiaries | Amount S anctioned |
| ARIYALUR         | 29                      | 819945             | 30                      | 833200             | 29                      | 829100             |
| CHENGALP ATTU    | 0                       | 0                  | 16                      | 400000             | 50                      | 1245000            |
| CHENNAI          | 326                     | 9250453            | 240                     | 7936910            | 339                     | 8605122            |
| COIMBATO RE      | 90                      | 2212255            | 73                      | 1740400            | 76                      | 2105800            |
| CUDDALO RE       | 81                      | 2191010            | 62                      | 1640800            | 98                      | 2651140            |
| DHARMAP URI      | 23                      | 557000             | 19                      | 426505             | 13                      | 331955             |
| DINDIGUL         | 91                      | 2311365            | 83                      | 1969159            | 93                      | 2361455            |
| ERODE            | 63                      | 1582000            | 60                      | 1429800            | 72                      | 2448180            |
| KALLAKU RICHI    | 0                       | 0                  | 9                       | 186400             | 20                      | 442300             |
| KANCHIPU RAM     | 117                     | 2965450            | 94                      | 2266562            | 122                     | 3035502            |

| KANNIYA KUMARI   |   1888 |   49138855 |   1670 |   42108603 |   2169 |   55249510 |
|------------------|--------|------------|--------|------------|--------|------------|
| KARUR            |     29 |     747000 |     24 |     605200 |     25 |     582005 |
| KRISHNAG IRI     |     70 |    1946200 |     78 |    1659270 |     93 |    2204040 |
| MADURAI          |    109 |    2732505 |    110 |    2705790 |    119 |    2980365 |
| NAGAPAT TINAM    |     99 |    2624130 |     99 |    2581760 |    156 |    4110515 |
| NAMAKKA L        |     20 |     519747 |     26 |     612200 |     31 |     768000 |
| NILGIRIS         |     47 |    1345000 |     37 |    1027000 |     48 |    1324500 |
| PERAMBA LUR      |     89 |    2381570 |     82 |    2160010 |    132 |    3480955 |
| PUDUKKO TTAI     |    108 |    2769100 |    105 |    2605715 |    149 |    3716185 |
| RAMANAT HAPURAM  |    243 |    6372650 |    246 |    6298700 |    367 |    9442200 |
| RANIPET          |      0 |          0 |     19 |     448500 |     37 |     909500 |
| SALEM            |     53 |    1780365 |     62 |    1875010 |     74 |    1750855 |
| SIVAGANG A       |    102 |    2669390 |     87 |    2338972 |    105 |    2838983 |
| TENKASI          |      0 |          0 |     20 |     496200 |    109 |    2853120 |
| THANJAVU R       |    143 |    3745160 |    142 |    3685820 |    222 |    5865785 |
| THENI            |     61 |    1918583 |     68 |    1697558 |     59 |    1472255 |
| THOOTHU KUDI     |    204 |    5425555 |    179 |    5035680 |    309 |    8364060 |
| TIRUCHIR APPALLI |    255 |    6384640 |    264 |    6779090 |    301 |    8404890 |
| TIRUNELV ELI     |    500 |   12708855 |    555 |   13946775 |    670 |   17154740 |
| TIRUPATH UR      |      0 |          0 |     31 |     717700 |     49 |    1126200 |
| TIRUPPUR         |     58 |    1519500 |     37 |     856000 |     35 |     843510 |
| TIRUVALL UR      |     73 |    1794590 |    116 |    2974200 |    101 |    2408095 |
| TIRUVANN AMALAI  |     68 |    1793500 |     76 |    1855030 |     74 |    1822300 |
| TIRUVARU R       |     67 |    1809545 |     55 |    1413755 |     95 |    2491545 |
| VELLORE          |    372 |    8845170 |    296 |    6246270 |    266 |    5515025 |
| VILLUPUR AM      |    165 |    4520650 |     95 |    2448590 |     96 |    2446415 |
| VIRUDHUN         |     42 |    1118010 |     30 |     753100 |     59 |    1480223 |

| AGAR   |                |                |                |
|--------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| Total  | 5685 148499748 | 5295 134762234 | 6862 175661330 |