Lok Sabha Question No. 160 (STARRED), answered on 2016-03-08
Subject: Funds for Scholarship Schemes
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV, DUSHYANT CHAUTALA

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

## †*160. FUNDS FOR SCHOLARSHIP SCHEMES

## SHRI LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV: SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA:

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

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  released  the  funds  under  various  scholarship  schem including  Pre

- Matric  and  PostMatric  Scholarship  for  Scheduled  Castes  (SCs)  and  Other

Backward Cla sses (OBCs) as per the demand of the States, if not, the reasons therefor with the details of funds demanded and actually released during each of the last thre

State

- wise;

(b) whether funds under the said schemes have not been released by t he Government on time

in certain cases, if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;

- (c) whether delay in release of funds has affected the education of a large number of OBC students and if so, the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (d)whether various States have urged the Government to release the funds for the schola schemes on time and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  for  timely  release  of  funds  and  to  ensure scholarship is provided to t he SC and OBC students on time?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT ( SHRI THAAWARCHAND GEHLOT)

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

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STARRED QUESTION NO.+*160 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.03.2016

## Statement in answer to parts (a) to (e) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 160 fo 8.03.2016 by Shri Laxmi Narayan Yadav and Shri DushyantChautala regarding Funds for Scholarship Schemes

(a)to (e) Government releases funds to States under the followi ng centrally sponsored scholarship schemes for Scheduled Caste (SC) and Other Backward Classes (BC);

- (i) Pre - Matric Scholarship to SC Students studying in classes IX and X.
- (ii) Post -Matric Scholarship to SC students
- (iii) Pre - matric Scholarship for OBC Students
- (iv) Post Matric Scholarship for OBC Students

Central Government releases due Central Assistance (CA) in full to the States/UTs in respect of all Scholarship Schemes for SC students except Post Matric Scholarship Sch for SC students (PMS - SC).It has not been possible for the Central Government to release t entire due central assistance to the States/UTs with respect to PMS(SC) due to inad allocation. However,  as  and  when  funds  are  available  CA  is  released  without  delay. The details of f unds demanded and actually released during each of the last th ree years, State - wise under PMS(SC) is attached at Annexure -I.

The details of fund released under Pre - matric Scholarship for SC students studying in classes IX and Xare attached at Annexure -II.

Under the Scholarship Schemes for OBCs ,it is not possible for Central Government to meet the full demands of the States.  Every year, the total budget provided under the sch divided  and  allocated  to  States/UT  Administrations  having  OBC  population on  notional allocation  based  on  their  total  population  (as  per  2011  census  data)  since  the  St - wi e accurate population of the OBCs is not available.  The Notional Allocation is conveyed States/UTs at the beginning of the financial year and they are requested to send proposals within  their  Notional  Allocation.      The  States/UTs  are  requested  to  limit  the  num scholarships to the extent of Central Assistance plus State's Committed Liability.  However, they  are  free  to  supplement  their  expenditu re  under  the  schemes  from  the  State  Plan allocation for additional demand. The details of funds demanded and actually released each  of  the  last  three  years,  State -wise  under  Post  Matric  and  Pre - Matric  Scholarship  for OBC students are attached at Ann exure - III and Annexure -IV respectively.

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## Annexure - I Annexure referred in reply to part (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Starred Question no. 160 for 8.03.2

Details of Central Assistance (CA) demanded by States/UTs and CA released under Post Matric Scholarship for SC students during the last three years                                              (Rs.

|       |                                 | 2012- 13    | 2012- 13    | 2013- 14    | 2013- 14    | 2014- 15    | 2014- 15    |
|-------|---------------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| S.NO  | State/UTs                       | CA demanded | CA Released | CA demanded | CA Released | CA demanded | CA Released |
| 1     | A.P.                            | 62881.08    | 7900.78     | 38820.99    | 19410.50    | 18088.77    | 9300.00     |
| 2     | Assam                           | 2432.60     | 2447.26     | 2622.28     | 1216.00     | 2000.54     | 683.28      |
| 3     | Bihar                           | 4749.67     | 6234.04     | 9484.70     | 4462.87     | 11534.00    | 3000.00     |
| 4     | Chandigarh                      | 0.00        | 0.00        | 63.44       | 50.00       | 300.00      | 275.00      |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh                    | 3697.18     | 3129.30     | 2205.36     | 1535.00     | 2609.00     | 1100.00     |
| 6     | Daman & Diu                     | 3.76        | 0.73        | 11.39       | 0.00        | 19.00       | 20.31       |
| 7     | Delhi                           | 650.00      | 161.78      | 1195.54     | 0.00        | 830.00      | 1700.00     |
| 8     | Goa                             | 31.45       | 2.23        | 23.98       | 14.49       | 29.00       | 7.00        |
| 9     | Gujarat                         | 4401.52     | 5615.52     | 7448.18     | 5283.36     | 10575.00    | 3900.00     |
| 10    | Haryana                         | 14325.03    | 1329.68     | 21717.56    | 3669.05     | 16434.00    | 2700.00     |
| 11    |                                 | 2665.91     | 2931.73     | 2411.28     | 926.00      | 3965.00     | 1600.00     |
| 12    | HimachalPradesh Jammu & Kashmir | 367.93      | 67.60       | 596.05      | 897.01      | 369.00      | 298.00      |
| 13    | Jharkhand                       | 1994.00     | 82.68       | 1161.52     | 1334.10     | 2235.00     | 900.00      |
| 14    | Karnataka                       | 6957.44     | 4830.98     | 8054.26     | 4270.82     | 8149.00     | 2400.00     |
| 15    | Kerala                          | 4978.87     | 0.00        | 6106.70     | 11765.30    | 7577.00     | 4200.00     |
|       |                                 | 10903.94    | 9114.60     | 21099.17    | 12198.89    | 12640.00    | 6350.00     |
| 16 17 | MadhyaPradesh Maharashtra       | 19144.16    | 22755.90    | 49341.10    | 3311.00     | 57597.00    | 17635.00    |
| 18    | Manipur                         | 0.00        | 176.10      | 583.86      | 0.00        | 340.58      | 1193.50     |
| 19    | Meghalaya                       | 13.52       | 13.52       | 5.18        | 6.00        | 25.00       | 0.00        |
| 20    | Odisha                          | 5831.11     | 344.17      | 6243.45     | 3121.72     | 7837.00     | 4222.83     |
| 21    | Puducherry                      | 839.17      | 49.10       | 1090.92     | 0.00        | 571.00      | 0.00        |
| 22    | Punjab                          | 0.00        | 398.92      | 11749.52    | *28081.00   | 29934.00    | *37687.61   |
| 23    | Rajasthan                       | 8283.81     | 6013.35     | 12507.99    | 10592.00    | 13670.00    | 5500.00     |
| 24    | Sikkim                          | 12.60       | 16.70       | 58.04       | 66.64       | 46.95       | 46.95       |
| 25    | Tamil Nadu                      | 5918.18     | 14239.39    | 36947.93    | 32173.06    | 75334.00    | 25400.00    |
| 26    | Telangana                       | 0.00        | 0.00        | 0.00        | 0.00        | 24183.00    | 8800.00     |
| 27    | Tripura                         | 1219.67     | 1099.59     | 1216.05     | 1086.90     | 1632.27     | 1768.59     |
| 28    | UttarPradesh                    | 112200.00   | 70817.35    | 102888.26   | 55666.00    | 93870.00    | 47249.56    |
| 29    | Uttarakhand                     | 1964.77     | 1919.12     | 3259.51     | 3623.83     | 49.06       | 1800.00     |
| 30    | West Bengal                     | 9196.53     | 3772.66     | 10666.87    | 10588.00    | 11431.38    | 6600.00     |
|       | Total                           | 285663.90   | 165464.78   | 359581.08   | 215349.54   | 413875.55   | 196337.63   |

Note: CA demanded in a particular year is an estimate by the state/UT.

* CA released included the arrears of past

## Annexure referred in reply to part (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Starred Question no. 160 for 8.03.2016

Details of Central Assistance released to States/UTs during the last three years Pre - Matric Scholarship Scheme for SC students

(Rs. in lakh)

| S.No .   | State/ UT       |   CA Released |   CA Released | CA Released   |
|----------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
| 1        | AndhraPradesh   |      11299.1  |          0    | 1554.35       |
| 2        | Assam           |          0    |       1346.02 | 673.01        |
| 3        | Bihar           |       5467.24 |       6184.72 | 3127.82       |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh    |          0    |       2475.25 | 1237.62       |
| 5        | Goa             |          2.31 |          0    | 0.00          |
| 6        | Gujarat         |       1155.74 |          0    | 1200.00       |
| 7        | Haryana         |          0    |          0    | 0.00          |
| 8        | HimachalPradesh |        862.44 |          0    | 0.00          |
| 9        | Jammu & Kashmir |          0    |        172.5  | 86.25         |
| 10       | Jharkhand       |       1202.87 |          0    | 0.00          |
| 11       | Karnataka       |       4781.3  |       3057.84 | 3826.44       |
| 12       | Kerala          |       1984.19 |       2318.65 | 1159.33       |
| 13       | MadhyaPradesh   |       9695.44 |          0    | 8022.55       |
| 14       | Maharashtra     |          0    |      11954.7  | 5977.37       |
| 15       | Odisha          |       4068.6  |       5126.06 | 5135.24       |
| 16       | Punjab          |       2154.53 |       6020.47 | 2869.66       |
| 17       | Rajasthan       |       4396.23 |       4262.15 | 4922.90       |
| 18       | Sikkim          |          8.02 |          0    | 0.00          |
| 19       | Tamilnadu       |       4113.93 |       4647.37 | 2323.68       |
| 20       | Tripura         |        534.22 |        507.84 | 302..13       |
| 21       | UttarPradesh    |      29484.4  |          0    | 0.00          |
| 22       | Uttarakhand     |       1597.18 |       1170.2  | 1626.69       |
| 23       | West Bengal     |      10320    |       5310.58 | 7292.66       |
| 24       | Daman & Diu     |          0    |          0    | 1.67          |
| 25       | Manipur         |          9.11 |         56.27 | 28.13         |
| 26       | Meghalaya       |          0    |          0    | 3.62          |
| 27       | Chandigarh      |          0    |         42.45 | 32.22         |
|          | Total           |      93136.8  |      54653.1  | 51403.34      |

## Annexure - III

## Annexure referred in reply to part (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Starred Question no. 160 for 8.

## Details of demands of the State/UTs and funds released under the Scheme of Pre -Matric for OBC Students during last three years

Rs. in lakh

|                | States/ UTs            | 2012- 13             | 2012- 13       | 2013- 14             | 2013- 14         | 2014- 15Remarks      | 2014- 15Remarks   | 2014- 15Remarks    |
|----------------|------------------------|----------------------|----------------|----------------------|------------------|----------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
| S.No.          | States/ UTs            | Demand of States/UTs | Funds Released | Demand of States/UTs | Funds Rel- eased | Demand of States/UTs | Funds Released    |                    |
| 1              | AndhraPradesh          | 655.15               | 318.00         | 0.00                 | 0.00             | 1000.00              | 515.50            |                    |
| 2              | Bihar                  | 17557.41             | 174.24         | 122576.61            | 1691.00          | 36541.90             | 721.00            |                    |
| 3              | Chhattisgarh           | 0.00                 | 0.00           | 0.00                 | 0.00             | 4742.64              | 948.00            |                    |
| 4              | Goa                    | 50.00                | 0.00           | 50.00                | 50.00            | 36.00                | 36.00             |                    |
| 5              | Gujarat                | 625.00               | 113.50         | 1717.36              | 1120.00          | 762.26               | 573.32            |                    |
| 6              | HimachalPradesh        | 0.00                 | 13.00          | 0.00                 | 40.00            | 0.00                 | 40.00             |                    |
| 7              | Jammu & Kashmir        | 0.00                 | 0.00           | 358.49               | 112.01           | 0.00                 | 0.00              | Deficient proposal |
| 8              | Jharkhand              | 68.55                | 68.55          | 0.00                 | 0.00             | 100.00               | 68.53             |                    |
| 9              | Karnataka              | 115.00               | 115.00         | 5000.00              | 1160.00          | 710.00               | 710.00            |                    |
| 10             | Kerala                 | 2258.50              | 383.24         | 3200.00              | 796.08           | 3200.00              | 607.00            |                    |
| 11             | Maharashtra            | 0.00                 | 0.00           | 0.00                 | 0.00             | 279.70               | 279.70            |                    |
| 12             | Odisha                 | 137.46               | 137.46         | 487.00               | 440.47           | 487.00               | 243.50            |                    |
| 13             | Punjab                 | 680.25               | 0.00           | 1912.62              | 452.00           | 0.00                 | 0.00              | Deficient proposal |
| 14             | Rajasthan              | 290.86               | 258.00         | 450.54               | 442.51           | 535.36               | 508.44            |                    |
| 15             | Tamil Nadu             | 309.66               | 309.66         | 1471.78              | 1338.00          | 1724.00              | 744.31            |                    |
| 16             | Telangana              | 309.66               | 0.00           | 0.00                 | 0.00             | 413.00               | 413.00            |                    |
| 17             | UttarPradesh           | 23914.05             | 2293.26        | 6069.94              | 3253.00          | 6069.94              | 3520.00           |                    |
| 18             | Uttarakhand            | 180.55               | 116.09         | 157.91               | 58.50            | 0.00                 | 58.50             |                    |
| 19             | West Bengal            | 0.00                 | 0.00           | 280.27               | 280.73           | 363.31               | 315.60            |                    |
| 20             | Assam                  | 200.00               | 154.00         | 0.00                 | 0.00             | 318.75               | 319.00            |                    |
| 21             | Manipur                | 15.00                | 0.00           | 0.00                 | 0.00             | 100.00               | 100.00            |                    |
| 22             | Tripura                | 147.50               | 147.50         | 174.63               | 142.00           | 174.00               | 174.00            |                    |
| 23             | Sikkim                 | 0.00                 | 0.00           | 40.00                | 24.00            | 0.00                 | 0.00              | No Demand          |
| 24             | Andaman Nicobar Island | 35.00                | 35.09          | 33.93                | 33.93            | 0.00                 | 0.00              |                    |
| 25             | Chandigarh             | 0.00                 | 0.00           | 1.41                 | 0.00             | 0.00                 | 0.00              | Deficient proposal |
| 26             | Daman & Diu            | 14.47                | 13.86          | 18.17                | 18.17            | 23.17                | 5.50              |                    |
| 27             | Delhi                  | 50.56                | 50.56          | 45.26                | 45.26            | 58.53                | 54.76             |                    |
| 28             | Puducherry             | 0.00                 | 0.00           | 660.35               | 101.23           | 0.00                 | 0.00              |                    |
| Total 47614.63 | Total 47614.63         |                      | 4701.01        | 144706.27            | 11598.89         | 57639.56             | 10955.66          |                    |

## Annexure referred in reply to part (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Starred Question no. 160 for 8.

## Details of Demand of the States/UTs and Funds released under Post Matric Scholarship scheme OBC students (Fund- Limited) during last three years

(Amount in lakh)

| Sl. No.   | State/UTs                 | 2012- 13           | 2012- 13        | 2013- 14           | 2013- 14        | 2014- 15 Remarks   | 2014- 15 Remarks   | 2014- 15 Remarks   |
|-----------|---------------------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UTs                 | Demand of State/UT | Amount released | Demand of State/UT | Amount released | Demand of State/UT | Amount released    |                    |
| 1         | AndhraPradesh             | 39135.78           | 6178.00         | 62493.78           | 6314.00         | 9800.00            | 3322.00            |                    |
| 2         | Bihar                     | 29861.66           | 4715.83         | 129622.35          | 7738.00         | 60070.33           | 6581.90            |                    |
| 3         | Chattisgarh               | 0.00               | 0.00            | 0.00               | 0.00            | 12259.96           | 2623.35            |                    |
| 4         | Goa                       | 94.66              | 94.37           | 243.73             | 106.00          | 599.24             | 442.00             |                    |
| 5         | Gujarat                   | 3578.03            | 2495.29         | 2683.55            | 2707.10         | 5291.60            | 3142.87            |                    |
| 6         | Haryana                   | 15139.38           | 707.17          | 0.00               | 811.00          | 16047.96           | 0.00               | Deficient proposal |
| 7         | HimachalPradesh           | 245.23             | 245.23          | 492.03             | 448.86          | 2295.08            | 425.00             |                    |
| 8         | Jammu & Kashmir           | 329.50             | 0.00            | 717.89             | 708.89          | 1460.63            | 769.00             |                    |
| 9         | Jharkhand                 | 4181.32            | 2663.81         | 8037.91            | 2460.00         | 17702.19           | 2222.90            |                    |
| 10        | Karnataka                 | 2973.35            | 2973.35         | 8669.00            | 3749.32         | 10419.00           | 4115.30            |                    |
| 11        | Kerala                    | 6676.92            | 2628.44         | 3749.32            | 2490.00         | 10000.00           | 2117.30            |                    |
| 12        | MadhyaPradesh             | 35895.24           | 5859.39         | 20895.24           | 5412.00         | 50000.00           | 5620.00            |                    |
| 13        | Maharashtra               | 11137.95           | 9072.32         | 25816.30           | 8379.00         | 45946.76           | 8014.00            |                    |
| 14        | Odisha                    | 1740.37            | 1740.00         | 2291.74            | 2601.39         | 2392.78            | 1289.00            |                    |
| 15        | Punjab                    | 1603.39            | 1355.00         | 5922.02            | 0.00            | 20163.58           | 0.00               | Deficient proposal |
| 16        | Rajasthan                 | 3680.58            | 2838.54         | 21107.96           | 4442.93         | 14606.10           | 4546.02            |                    |
| 17        | Tamil Nadu                | 3237.02            | 3153.68         | 13819.20           | 5375.00         | 8600.00            | 4571.50            |                    |
| 18        | Telangana                 | 0.00               | 0.00            | 0.00               | 0.00            | 36585.45           | 1094.10            |                    |
| 19        | UttarPradesh              | 62656.55           | 16109.72        | 52122.22           | 14880.00        | 64000.00           | 13445.00           |                    |
| 20        | Uttrakhand                | 4401.73            | 815.00          | 3809.44            | 392.00          | 5293.47            | 680.10             |                    |
| 21        | West Bengal               | 904.28             | 904.26          | 6926.48            | 6277.14         | 6563.49            | 5280.55            |                    |
| 22        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 16.91              | 16.91           | 0.00               | 0.00            | 2504.00            | 11.00              |                    |
| 23        | Daman & Diu               | 5.68               | 5.68            | 8.86               | 8.86            | 10.30              | 7.13               |                    |
| 24        | Chandigarh                | 3.98               | 0.00            | 35.61              | 0.51            | 61.00              | 61.00              |                    |
| 25        | Delhi                     | 215.46             | 86.64           | 600.19             | 44.88           | 1406.63            | 92.98              |                    |
| 26        | Puducherry                | 76.80              | 76.80           | 0.00               | 0.00            | 56.00              | 7.00               |                    |
| 27        | Assam                     | 1581.87            | 1285.00         | 480.47             | 0.00            | 6453.66            | 5454.96            |                    |
| 28        | Manipur                   | 19.71              | 0.00            | 531.00             | 531.00          | 598.00             | 598.00             |                    |
| 29        | Tripura                   | 649.91             | 591.00          | 851.80             | 850.00          | 1430.00            | 1430.00            |                    |
| 30        | Sikkim                    | 70.99              | 70.99           | 128.00             | 128.00          | 150.00             | 150.00             |                    |
|           | Total:                    | 190978.47          | 66682.42        | 372056.09          | 76855.88        | 412767.21          | 78113.96           |                    |