Lok Sabha Question No. 4293 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-18
Subject: Budgetary Allocation to Minority Scholarship Schemes
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Shyamkumar Daulat Barve

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4293

ANSWERED ON 18/03/2026

## BUDGETARY ALLOCATION TO MINORITY SCHOLARSHIP SCHEMES

4293. SHRI SHYAMKUMAR DAULAT BARVE:

Will the Minister of Minority Affairs be pleased to state:

(a) whether in recent years there has been a significant reduction in the budgetary allocations and the number  of beneficiaries under the Pre-Matric, Post-Matric and Merit-cum-Means  Minority Scholarship Schemes;

- (b)  if  so,  the  details  of  the  budget  allocated,  actual  expenditure  made  along  with  the  number  of students benefited under these schemes during the last seven years and the current year;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  assessed  that  cuts  in  budgetary  allocations  have  affected  the education of economically weaker minority students; and
- (d)  if  so,  the  concrete  and  time-bound  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  ensure continuity of education for such students?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

(SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

(a)  to  (d):  Ministry  of  Minority  Affairs  implements  various  Scholarship  schemes,  including  PreMatric,  Post-Matric  and  Merit-cum-Means  Scholarship  schemes,  across  the  country  for  socioeconomic and  educational  empowerment  of the  six  notified  minority  communities.  However,  the schemes  have  not  been  approved  for  implementation  beyond  2021-22.The  details  of  the  budget allocated, actual expenditure made along with the number of students benefited under these schemes during the last seven years and the current year are as annexed.

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(Annexure as mentioned in reply to part (a) to (d) of the Lok Sabha unstarred question No.4293 answered on 18.03.2026 on the subject of 'Budget Allocation to Minority Scholarship Schemes' asked by Shri Shyamkumar Daulat Barve)

| Scheme   | Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme (Amount In Rs. Crore)   | Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme (Amount In Rs. Crore)   | Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme (Amount In Rs. Crore)   | Post Matric Scholarship Scheme (Amount In Rs. Crore)   | Post Matric Scholarship Scheme (Amount In Rs. Crore)   | Post Matric Scholarship Scheme (Amount In Rs. Crore)   | Merit-Cum-Means based Scholarship Scheme (Amount In Rs. Crore)   | Merit-Cum-Means based Scholarship Scheme (Amount In Rs. Crore)   | Merit-Cum-Means based Scholarship Scheme (Amount In Rs. Crore)   |
|----------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Year     | Budget Allocated                                      | Actual Expendit ure                                   | No. of beneficiaries                                  | Budget Allocated                                       | Actual Expendit ure                                    | No. of beneficiaries                                   | Budget Allocated                                                 | Actual Expendit ure                                              | No. of beneficiaries                                             |
| 2018-19  | 1269.00                                               | 1176.19                                               | 5,691,854                                             | 500.00                                                 | 354.89                                                 | 684,265                                                | 402.00                                                           | 261.17                                                           | 117,771                                                          |
| 2019-20  | 1199.82                                               | 1324.85                                               | 5,568,025                                             | 482.66                                                 | 428.77                                                 | 743,141                                                | 361.51                                                           | 285.63                                                           | 118,359                                                          |
| 2020-21  | 1330.00                                               | 1325.54                                               | 5,239,964                                             | 535.00                                                 | 512.81                                                 | 663,316                                                | 400.00                                                           | 396.34                                                           | 120,371                                                          |
| 2021-22  | 1378.00                                               | 1350.99                                               | 5,710,789                                             | 468.00                                                 | 411.87                                                 | 720,093                                                | 325.00                                                           | 345.77                                                           | 131,810                                                          |
| 2022-23  | 556.82                                                | 43.95                                                 | 318,576                                               | 515.00                                                 | 29.00                                                  | 124,607                                                | 358.02                                                           | 34.90                                                            | 58,430                                                           |
| 2023-24  | 400.00                                                | 95.84                                                 | 0                                                     | 1000.00                                                | 85.02                                                  | 0                                                      | 25.00                                                            | 152.74                                                           | 0                                                                |
| 2024-25  | 90.00                                                 | 1.55                                                  | 0                                                     | 343.91                                                 | 5.31                                                   | 0                                                      | 19.41                                                            | 3.50                                                             | 0                                                                |
| 2025-26  | 0.06                                                  | 0.00                                                  | 0                                                     | 0.06                                                   | 0.00                                                   | 0                                                      | 0.06                                                             | 0.00                                                             | 0                                                                |