Lok Sabha Question No. 3480 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-21
Subject: Number of Schemes
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: ABHISHEK SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3480

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2015

## NUMBER OF SCHEMES

3480. SHRI ABHISHEK SINGH:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of schemes implemented by the Government to promote educational

development of minorities and women population in the country; and

(b) the total budget allocated by the Government for the above purpose and the total fund spent till date?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a)  &  (b):  The  Ministry  of  Human  Resource  Development  has  several  schemes  to  promote educational  development  including  those  of  minorities  and  women.    The  Scheme  for  Providing Quality Education for Madarsas (SPQEM) and Scheme of Infrastructure Development in Minority Institutions  (IDMI)  are  exclusively  for  educational  development  of  minorities.  Under  Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) special provisions have been  made  to  cater  to  the  needs  of  minorities  and  girls.  In  Rashtriya  Ucchatar  Shiksha  Abhiyan (RUSA), financial assistance is given for establishment of polytechnics, women hostel  and Model Degree Colleges in Minority Concentration Districts (MCDs) also.

The  University  Grants  Commission  (UGC)  has  the  following  schemes  for  the  benefit  of minority communities and women:-

- (i) Remedial  Coaching  for  SC/ST/OBC  (Non-Creamy  Layer)  and  Minority  Community Students;
- (ii) Coaching for National Eligibility Test (NET)/State Eligibility Test(SET) for SC/ST/OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) and minority community students;
- (iii) Coaching Classes for entry into services SC/ST/OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) and minority community students;
- (iv) Coaching Classes for Residential for Minorities/SC/ST and Women.
- (v) Indira Gandhi Scholarship for Single Girl Child for Pursuing Higher and Non-Technical Education;
- (vi) Post-Doctoral Fellowships for Women
- (vii) Swami Vivekananda Single Girl Child Scholarship
- (viii) Construction of Women's Hostels for Colleges
- (ix) Development of Women's Studies in Universities and Colleges

The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) gives concessions in setting up new technical institutions under the category of minority institutions to encourage minorities to establish new educational institutions and thus enable easy access to technical education to minority students in  the  country.  AICTE  has  launched  a  Scheme  titled  'Pragati'  in  November,  2014  for  providing assistance for advancement of girls participation in technical education.

The  Central  Bureau  of  Secondary  Education  (CBSE)  has  launched  UDAAN  a  project  to provide free online resources to girl students of Class XI and Class XII for preparation of admission test for the premier engineering colleges in the country.

The Ministry of Minority Affairs implements Post-Matric Scholarship Schemes for Class XI to Ph.D., Merit-Cum-Means (MCM) scholarships for professional and technical courses for higher education  of  minorities  and  Maulana  Azad  National  Fellowships  to  Minority  students  pursuing M.Phil/Ph.D in universities/colleges. Under the 'Padho Pardesh Scheme' of the Ministry of Minority Affairs, interest subsidy on educational loan for overseas studies is provided. In all scholarship/fellowship schemes of the Ministry of Minority Affairs, a minimum 30% of the seats are earmarked for girls.

The details of funds allocated and expenditure in respect of the major schemes is given at Annexure-A.

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Annexure-A

## Annexure  referred  in  parts  (a)  and  (b)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  3480  for answer on 21.12.2015.

Amount released under SPQEM:

| Sl.No.   | Year    | Funds allocated (Rs. in lakh)   |   Amount released(Rs. in lakh) |   No. of teachers covered |   No. of Madarsas covered |
|----------|---------|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| 1        | 2009-10 | 5000.00                         |                        4623.54 |                      4962 |                      1979 |
| 2        | 2010-11 | 10400.00                        |                       10147    |                     11382 |                      5045 |
| 3        | 2011-12 | 15000.00                        |                       13953.4  |                     16592 |                      6792 |
| 4.       | 2012-13 | 19500.00                        |                       18249.3  |                     23146 |                      9905 |
| 5.       | 2013-14 | 20000.00                        |                       18273.4  |                     35157 |                     14859 |
| 6        | 2014-15 | 37500.00 (for SPQEM& IDMI)      |                       10782.9  |                     26673 |                     11654 |
| 7        | 2015-16 | 37550 (for SPQEM& IDMI)         |                        7449.54 |                     19057 |                      7574 |
|          | Total   |                                 |                       83485.1  |                    134789 |                     56950 |

Amount released under IDMI:

| Sl.No.   | Year    | Funds allocated (Rs. in lakh)   |   Amount (Rs. in lakh) |   No. of Institutes |
|----------|---------|---------------------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
| 1        | 2009-10 | 500.00                          |                 448    |                  22 |
| 2        | 2010-11 | 2575.00                         |                2247.8  |                 122 |
| 3        | 2011-12 | 5000.00                         |                4843.6  |                 259 |
| 4.       | 2012-13 | 2839.00                         |                2838    |                 174 |
| 5        | 2013-14 | 5000.00                         |                2498.99 |                 229 |
| 6        | 2014-15 | 37500.00 (for SPQEM &IDMI)      |                1144.71 |                 126 |
| 7        | 2015-16 | 37550.00 (for SPQEM &IDMI)      |                  39.58 |                   4 |
|          | Total   |                                 |               14142.1  |                 951 |

Amount released under SSA:

| Year                       |   Funds allocated (Rs. in crores) |   Funds utilized (Rs. in crores) |
|----------------------------|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 2012-13                    |                          15382.7  |                         11856.3  |
| 2013-14                    |                           8787.24 |                          7296.03 |
| 2014-15                    |                          10306.9  |                          3552.82 |
| 2015-16 (As on 30.09.2015) |                          12134.2  |                          1361.83 |

The UGC's allocation and release during XII Plan is:-

|   S. No. | Name of Schemes                                                                                          | Allocation   |   Release (Till date) |
|----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|-----------------------|
|        1 | Maulana Azad National Fellowship for Minority students.                                                  | 18.44        |                 16.18 |
|        2 | Remedial Coaching for SC/ST/OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) & Minority Community Students.                        | *            |                184.09 |
|        3 | Coaching for NET/SET for SC/ST/OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) & Minority Community Students.                     | *            |                 14.92 |
|        4 | Coaching Classes for Entry into services for SC/ST/OBC (Non- Creamy Layer) &Minority Community Students. | *            |                 58.21 |
|        5 | Coaching Classes for Residential Academies for Minorities/SC/ST and Women's.                             | 61.31        |                 58.83 |
|        6 | Women Hostel for Colleges.                                                                               | 295.61       |                160.15 |
|        7 | Women Hostel for Universities (2015-16).                                                                 | *            |                 67.8  |
|        8 | PG Indira Gandhi Scholarship for Single Girl Child                                                       | **           |                 20.74 |
|        9 | Development of Women's Studies in Indian Universities and Colleges.                                      | *            |                 29.67 |

Rupees in Crore

* The Financial assistance under the scheme is given under the UGC Flagship scheme of General Development  Assistance.  The  grant  is  released  in  accordance  with  the  proposal  received  from Higher Education Institutions thus there is no specific allocation is made.

**The  scheme  does  not  have  fixed  slots  for  scholarship.  The  financial  assistance  is  given  to awardees selected on the basis of the recommendation of Expert Committee.

## Amount released by Ministry of Minority Affairs for its schemes:

|   S. No | Schemes                                                                               | Year     |   Financial Allocation |   Fund Released |
|---------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|------------------------|-----------------|
|       1 | Pre-matric Scholarship                                                                | 2014-15  |                1100    |         1129.27 |
|       1 | Pre-matric Scholarship                                                                | 2015-16* |                1040.1  |            0.77 |
|       2 | Post-matric Scholarship                                                               | 2014-15  |                 598.5  |          501.28 |
|       2 | Post-matric Scholarship                                                               | 2015-16* |                 580.1  |            0.52 |
|       3 | Merit-cum-means Scholarship.                                                          | 2014-15  |                 335    |          381.27 |
|       3 | Merit-cum-means Scholarship.                                                          | 2015-16* |                 335    |           35.79 |
|       4 | Maulana Azad Education Foundation (MAEF)                                              | 2014-15  |                 113    |          113    |
|       4 | Maulana Azad Education Foundation (MAEF)                                              | 215-16   |                 113    |          113    |
|       5 | Maulana Azad National Fellowship for minority students                                | 2014-15  |                  50    |            0.12 |
|       5 | Maulana Azad National Fellowship for minority students                                | 2015-16  |                  49.83 |           49.74 |
|       6 | Padho Pardesh" - Scheme of Interest Subsidy on Educational Loans for Overseas Studies | 2014-15  |                   4    |            3.5  |
|       6 | Padho Pardesh" - Scheme of Interest Subsidy on Educational Loans for Overseas Studies | 2015-16  |                   4.19 |            1.63 |

(Rs. in crore)

* Funds  for  scholarship  have  not  released  because  the  last  date  of  submission  of  application  was 31.10.2015.  The States/UTs have not sent the proposals to Central Government. The disbursement made so far during 2015-16 to some of the States/UTs pertains to the previous financial year 2014-15.

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