Lok Sabha Question No. 340 (STARRED), answered on 2015-12-22
Subject: Income Limit under PMS
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: ARJUN RAM  MEGHWAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT LOK SABHA

STARRED QUESTION NO. †*340. TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.12.2015

## †*340. INCOME LIMIT UNDER PMS

## SHRI ARJUN MEGHWAL:

## Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT  be pleased to state:

- (a) the present status of Post-Matric Scholarship (PMS) Schemes;
- (b) whether the Government  proposes to increase the annual income limit of the parents/guardians under the scheme of Post Matric Scholarship to the students belonging to Scheduled Castes and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether several cases/instances regarding release of funds to the States are pending with the Government even after submission of utilisation certificates by the States; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor and the time by which the said funds are likely to be released to the said States?

ANSWER

## MINISTER OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

(SHRI THAAWARCHAND GEHLOT)

(a) to (d) : A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## Statement in answer to parts (a) to (d) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 340 for 22.12.2015 by Shri Arjun Meghwal regarding income Limit under PMS.

(a) Post-matric Scholarship Scheme for Scheduled Castes Students is a centrally sponsored scheme and is implemented by the States/UTs administration since 1944. (b) The annual income limit of the parents/guardians under the scheme was increased from Rs. 2.00 lakh to Rs. 2.5 lakh w.e.f. Academic session 2013-14. At present there is no proposal to increase the annual income limit of the parents/guardians under the scheme. (c)  &  (d)  Central  Assistance  to  the  States/UTs  is  released  after  examining  their  proposal, utilizaiton certificate of fund released for the previous year and based on the availability of fund under the scheme. A statement giving the details of the demand made including arrears for  past,  Central  Assistance  released,  balance  due  as  on  date  is  at  annexure.  Central Assistance including balance to States/UTs is given on receipt of complete proposal subject to availability of funds.

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## Annexure

Statement referring in reply  to  parts (c & d) of the Lok  Sabha  starred  Question No.     340 for  answer on  22.12.2015   by SHRI ARJUN MEGHWAL,MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT (LOK SABHA) regarding  Income Limit under PMS

Estimated demand, arrears for past if any, Central Assistance released and balance Central Assistance (CA) during 2015-16 under Centrally Sponsored  Scheme  for  Post-matric Scholarship for SC students (PMS-SC)

(Rs. in lakh)

|   Sl No. | State/UT         |   Arrear Demandfrom 2014-15 | Currentyear estimated Demand receivedfrom States/UTsfor 2015-16   |   Total Estimated Demandin 2015-16 (Col.3+4) |   Central Assistance releasedin 2015-16 |
|----------|------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|        1 | 2                |                        3    | 4                                                                 |                                         5    |                                    6    |
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh   |                    14924    | *0.00                                                             |                                     14924    |                                 4974    |
|        2 | Assam            |                      100    | 2500.00                                                           |                                      2600    |                                    0    |
|        3 | Bihar            |                     8307.78 | 10834.68                                                          |                                     19142.5  |                                 3344    |
|        4 | Chandigarh       |                       39.25 | 551.19                                                            |                                       590.44 |                                    0    |
|        5 | Chhattisgarh     |                      379.72 | 2997.56                                                           |                                      3377.28 |                                  128    |
|        6 | Daman & Diu      |                       11.39 | 15.39                                                             |                                        26.78 |                                    0    |
|        7 | Delhi            |                       14    | *0.00                                                             |                                        14    |                                    0    |
|        8 | Goa              |                       18.94 | 44.70                                                             |                                        63.64 |                                   14    |
|        9 | Gujarat          |                     6626.73 | 15271.36                                                          |                                     21898.1  |                                 2671    |
|       10 | Haryana          |                    13734    | *0.00                                                             |                                     13734    |                                 4578    |
|       11 | Himachal Pradesh |                     3000    | 7000.00                                                           |                                     10000    |                                  791    |
|       12 | Jammu & Kashmir  |                       71    | *0.00                                                             |                                        71    |                                   23    |
|       13 | Jharkhand        |                     2735    | *0.00                                                             |                                      2735    |                                  911    |
|       14 | Karnataka        |                    11122    | *0.00                                                             |                                     11122    |                                 3840    |
|       15 | Kerala           |                     3294.05 | 8704.04                                                           |                                     11998    |                                 1125    |
|       16 | Madhya Pradesh   |                    10120.8  | 11890.59                                                          |                                     22011.4  |                                 4401    |
|       17 | Maharashtra      |                    44395.4  | 39725.61                                                          |                                     84121.1  |                                27988    |
|       18 | Manipur          |                        0    | 521.29                                                            |                                       521.29 |                                  521.29 |
|       19 | Meghalaya        |                       26    | *0.00                                                             |                                        26    |                                    0    |
|       20 | Odisha           |                       99.44 | *0.00                                                             |                                        99.44 |                                 3314    |
|       21 | Punjab           |                    24500    | 52952.90                                                          |                                     77452.9  |                                 7930    |
|       22 | Puducherry       |                      571    | *0.00                                                             |                                       571    |                                    0    |
|       23 | Rajasthan        |                    23112.8  | 17818.64                                                          |                                     40931.4  |                                 7552    |
|       24 | Sikkim           |                       14.79 | 149.74                                                            |                                       164.53 |                                  100    |
|       25 | Tamil Nadu       |                    92128.8  | 94200.87                                                          |                                    186330    |                                31334    |
|       26 | Telangana        |                    33783.4  | 21443.50                                                          |                                     55226.9  |                                11090    |
|       27 | Tripura          |                        0    | 2059.64                                                           |                                      2059.64 |                                    0    |
|       29 | Uttar Pradesh    |                    52114.4  | 72629.50                                                          |                                    124744    |                                28656    |
|       30 | Uttarakhand      |                     3744.27 | 11173.66                                                          |                                     14917.9  |                                 1728    |
|       31 | West Bengal      |                      944.94 | 13715.76                                                          |                                     14660.7  |                                  774    |