Lok Sabha Question No. 3044 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-11
Subject: National Scholarship Portal
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Shri Patel Umeshbhai Babubhai

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3044

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 11.03.2026

## NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP PORTAL

## † 3044.   SHRI PATEL UMESHBHAI BABUBHAI

Will the Minister of ELECTRONICS and INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of applications received from students of Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu on National Scholarship Portal during the last five years;
- (b) the number of students pursuing the diploma/graduate/post-graduate courses in Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu who have been awarded scholarship through National Scholarship Portal for each category during the last five years;
- (c) whether National Scholarship Portal has been continuously processing applications from Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu during the last five years;
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) the details of the schemes of the Union Government for Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu under which applications for scholarship have been processed during each of the last five years, scheme-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI JITIN PRASADA)

(a) to (e): National Scholarship Portal has been continuously processing applications from Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu during the last five years.

During  the  last  five  years  (till  February  2026)  32,848  applications  have  been  received  from students of Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu on National Scholarship Portal (NSP).  Out  of this 3,273 scholarships have been awarded  to students pursuing diploma/graduate/post-graduate courses.

Year wise break up is placed at Table-1 and 2 of Annexure-I .

Over the past five years, scholarship applications for students in the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu have been processed under 22 Union Government scholarship schemes. Details are at Annexure-II.

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## Table-1

Year-wise breakup of applications received from the students of Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu on NSP.

|                                 | Academic Year   | Academic Year   | Academic Year   | Academic Year   | Academic Year   | Total   |
|---------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
| #                               | 2021- 2022      | 2022- 2023      | 2023- 2024      | 2024- 2025      | 2025- 2026      |         |
| Number of Applications Received | 13,124          | 8,825           | 4,066           | 4,094           | 2,739           | 32,848  |

## Table-2

Year  wise  breakup  of  the  Scholarships  awarded  to  students  pursuing  diploma/graduate/post graduate courses in the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu through National Scholarship Portal (NSP)

| Course Name                                | Academic Year   | Academic Year   | Academic Year   | Academic Year   | Academic Year   | Total   |
|--------------------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
|                                            | 2021- 2022      | 2022- 2023      | 2023- 2024      | 2024- 2025      | 2025- 2026      |         |
| Degree/Graduate/ Undergraduate/ Integrated | 468             | 1,218           | 317             | 61              | 216             | 2,280   |
| Diploma (Other than Polytechnic)           | 9               | 47              | 2               | 0               | 1               | 59      |
| I.T. I                                     | 64              | 77              | 55              | 0               | 29              | 225     |
| PG Diploma                                 | 1               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 1       |
| Polytechnic                                | 66              | 97              | 79              | 71              | 48              | 361     |
| Postgraduation                             | 74              | 236             | 11              | 0               | 26              | 347     |
| Total                                      | 682             | 1,675           | 464             | 132             | 320             | 3,273   |

## ANNEXURE-I

## Annexure-II

Union Government scholarship schemes under which applications of students from the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu have been processed

|   Sr. No. | Ministry Name                                                | Scheme Name                                                                                                                                       |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | All India Council for Technical Education                    | Pragati Scholarship Scheme for Girl Students (Technical Degree)                                                                                   |
|         2 | All India Council for Technical Education                    | Saksham Scholarship Scheme for Specially Abled Student (Technical Diploma)                                                                        |
|         3 | All India Council for Technical Education                    | Swanath Scholarship Scheme (Technical Degree)                                                                                                     |
|         4 | All India Council for Technical Education                    | Pragati Scholarship Scheme for Girls (Degree) For Technical Education                                                                             |
|         5 | Department of Agriculture Research and Education             | ICAR National Talent Scholarship (NTs-PG)                                                                                                         |
|         6 | Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities       | Post Matric Scholarship for Students with Disabilities                                                                                            |
|         7 | Department of Higher Education                               | Central Sector Scheme of Scholarships for College and University Students                                                                         |
|         8 | Department of School Education &Literacy                     | National Means Cum Merit Scholarship                                                                                                              |
|         9 | Department of Social Justice &Empowerment (Backward Classes) | PM Yasasvi Central Sector Scheme of Top-Class education in college for OBC, EBC and DNT students                                                  |
|        10 | Ministry of Social Justice &Empowerment                      | Central Sector Scholarship of Top-Class education for SC students                                                                                 |
|        11 | Ministry of Social Justice &Empowerment                      | Central Sector Scholarship of Top-Class Education for SC Students                                                                                 |
|        12 | Ministry of Labour& Employment                               | Financial Assistance for Education to the wards of BEEDI/CINE/IOMC/LSDM- Pre Matric                                                               |
|        13 | Ministry of Labour& Employment                               | Financial Assistance for Education to the wards of BEEDI/CINE/IOMC/LSDM- Post Matric                                                              |
|        14 | Ministry of Minority Affairs                                 | Merit-Cum-Means Scholarship for Professional and Technical Courses CS                                                                             |
|        15 | Ministry of Minority Affairs                                 | Post Matric Scholarship Schemes Minorities CS                                                                                                     |
|        16 | Ministry of Minority Affairs                                 | Pre Matric Scholarships for Minority                                                                                                              |
|        17 | MOMA-MAEF                                                    | Begum Hazrat Mahal National Scholarship                                                                                                           |
|        18 | Ministry of Tribal Affairs                                   | National Fellowship and Scholarship for Higher Education of ST Students - Scholarship (Formally Top- Class Education for Schedule Tribe Students) |

|   19 | UGC   | National Scholarship for Post Graduate Studies                             |
|------|-------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   20 | UGC   | PG Indira Gandhi Scholarship for Single Girl Child                         |
|   21 | UGC   | PG Scholarship for University Rank Holders (Ist and IInd Rank Holders)     |
|   22 | UGC   | PG Scholarship Scheme for SC ST Students for pursuing Professional Courses |

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