Lok Sabha Question No. 2409 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-04
Subject: PMS for SC/OBC Students
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: BHAGWANT MANN, NISHIKANT  DUBEY

**GOVERNMENT OF INDIA**

**MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT**

**LOK SABHA**

#### UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2409

#### TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.08.2015

**2409. PMS FOR SC/OBC STUDENTS**

**SHRI BHAGWANT MANN:**

**SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY:**

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

(a) whether the Government provides Central Assistance to the States under the Post Matric Scholarship (PMS) scheme for students belonging to SC and OBC Community, if so, the amount of Central Assistance sought and the amount actually released during each of the last two years and the current year, category and State/ UT-wise;

(b) whether any norm has been fixed/ time frame stipulated for disbursal of the said scholarship to the SC/OBC students and if so, the details thereof;

(c) the number of SC/OBC students who had applied for the said scholarship and the number of such students actually provided the same during the said period, category and State/UT-wise; and

(d) the efforts being made to ensure coverage of all eligible students under the scheme?

**ANSWER**

MINISTER OF STATE FOR Social Justice and Empowerment

**(SHRI VIJAY SAMPLA)**

(a)The details of the central assistance sought and amount actually released during each of the last two years and the current year for scheduled caste students and other backward class students, state-wise, are given at Annexure-I and Annexure-II respectively.

(b) In order to ensure timely payment of scholarship amount to beneficiaries, the State Government / UT  administrations were advised to avoid cash payment of scholarship amount and are required to issue instructions to all concerned that payment of scholarship should be made to beneficiaries through their accounts in post offices/banks.

(c) and (d) As per the guidelines issued, all eligible scheduled caste students are given the said scholarship. The States/UTs are the implementing agencies. The details of the beneficiaries, state-wise furnished by the States/UTs during the last two years and the current year for scheduled caste students and other-backward class students  are given in the Annexure-I and Annexure-II respectively

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ANNEXURE-I

STATEMENT IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) AND (c) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2409 FOR ANSWER ON  04.08.2015  BY SHRI BHAGWANT MANN AND SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY, MP REGARDING PMS FOR SC/OBC STUDENTS

**Details of Central Assistance (CA) demanded/released and the Scheduled Caste beneficiaries covered during last two years and current year**

**(Rs. lakh)**

| **S. No.**   | **State/UT**     | 2013-14       | 2013-14       | 2013-14       | 2014-15      | 2014-15       | 2014-15                      | 2015-16       | 2015-16       | 2015-16                      |
|--------------|------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|------------------------------|---------------|---------------|------------------------------|
|              |                  | CA demanded   | CA released   | Beneficiaries | CA demanded  | CA released   | Beneficiaries  (Anticipated) | CA demanded   | CA released   | Beneficiaries  (Anticipated) |
| 1            | Andhra Pradesh   | 84539.31      | 19410.50      | 552723        | 37332.97     | 9300.00       | 593281                       | $             | 4974.00       | 0                            |
| 2            | Assam            | 2622.28       | 1216.00       | 27554         | 2025.29      | 683.28        | 33479                        | $             | 0.00          | 0                            |
| 3            | Bihar            | 9484.70       | 4462.87       | 118300        | 13007.78     | 3000.00       | 135000                       | $             | 3344.00       | 0                            |
| 4            | Chhattisgarh     | 1155.26       | 1535.00       | 82871         | 1591.21      | 1100.00       | *89501                       | 3377.28       | 128.00        | 98451                        |
| 5            | Goa              | 26.30         | 14.49         | 164           | 62.97        | 07.00         | *356                         | 70.64         | 14.00         | 477                          |
| 6            | Gujarat          | 7448.18       | 5283.36       | 111181        | 10575.18     | 3900.00       | *127210                      | 12570.68      | 2671.00       | 144000                       |
| 7            | Haryana          | 15605.89      | 3669.05       | 75913         | 17594.00     | 2700.00       | 82584                        | $             | 4578.00       | 0                            |
| 8            | Himachal Pradesh | 2200.62       | 926.00        | 19709         | 3965.96      | 1600.00       | 30746                        | $             | 791.00        | 0                            |
| 9            | Jammu & Kashmir  | 654.18        | 897.01        | 10131         | 738.65       | 298.00        | 11984                        | $             | 23.00         | 0                            |
| 10           | Jharkhand        | 2092.42       | 1334.10       | 13292         | 3636.18      | 900.00        | 22132                        | $             | 911.00        | 0                            |
| 11           | Karnataka        | 8541.64       | 4270.82       | 267142        | 12171.99     | 2400.00       | 299342                       | $             | 3840.00       | 0                            |
| 12           | Kerala           | 8436.69       | 11765.30      | 123711        | 7609.51      | 4200.00       | 126245                       | $             | 1125.00       | 0                            |
| 13           | Madhya Pradesh   | 21099.17      | 12198.89      | 237813        | 12610.35     | 6350.00       | 299223                       | $             | 4401.00       | 0                            |
| 14           | Maharashtra      | 49012.43      | 3311.00       | 406427        | 57597.19     | 17635.00      | 524599                       | $             | 27988.00      | 0                            |
| 15           | Manipur          | 914.47        | 0.00          | 4969          | 1193.50      | 1193.50       | *5892                        | 521.29        | 0.00          | 6187                         |
| 16           | Meghalaya        | 61.00         | 06.00         | 107           | 26.61        | 0.00          | 118                          | $             | 0.00          | 0                            |
| 17           | Odisha           | 6243.45       | 3121.72       | 141776        | 14136.69     | 4222.83       | 148864                       | $             | 3314.00       | 0                            |
| 18           | Punjab           | 36665.50      | 28081.00      | 216214        | 53498.89     | 37687.61      | *286394                      | 77276.26      | 4930.00       | 601427                       |
| 19           | Rajasthan        | 17507.99      | 10592.00      | 249703        | 18670.88     | 5500.00       | 274673                       | 30108.75      | 4752.00       | 0                            |
| 20           | Sikkim           | 66.64         | 66.64         | 278           | 59.83        | 46.95         | *273                         | 164.53        | 0.00          | 491                          |
| 21           | Tamil Nadu       | 57940.40      | 32173.06      | 698174        | 120476.06    | 25400.00      | 739894                       | $             | 31334.00      | 0.00                         |
| 22           | Telangana        | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0             | 36960.31     | 8800.00       | 278308                       | $             | 11090.00      | 0.00                         |
| 23           | Tripura          | 1216.05       | 1086.90       | 16610         | 1632.27      | 1768.59       | *21177                       | 2089.16       | 0.00          | 25412                        |
| 24           | Uttar Pradesh    | 143446.60     | 55666.00      | 1095526       | 146022.58    | 47249.56      | 1128218                      | $             | 28656.00      | 0                            |
| 25           | Uttarakhand      | 4295.12       | 3623.83       | 70182         | 4558.04      | 1800.00       | *81415                       | 11173.66      | 1328.00       | 100489                       |
| 26           | West Bengal      | 11817.93      | 10588.00      | 405554        | 13874.98     | 6600.00       | *514992                      | 14660.70      | 774.00        | 540976                       |
| 27           | Daman & Diu      | 34.41         | 0.00          | 188           | 25.00        | 20.31         | *136                         | 26.78         | 0.00          | 140                          |
| 28           | Delhi            | 1134.96       | 0.00          | 45528         | 1714.45      | 1700.00       | 19303                        | $             | 0.00          | 0                            |
| 29           | Puducherry       | 865.92        | 0.00          | 1953          | 571.52       | 0.00          | 8635                         | $             | 0.00          | 0                            |
| 30           | Chandigarh       | 98.00         | 50.00         | 1686          | 316.56       | 275.00        | 2500                         | $             | 0.00          | 0                            |
|              | **Total**        | **495227.51** | **215349.54** | **4995379**   | **594257.4** | **196337.63** | **5886474**                  | **152039.73** | **140966.00** | **1518050**                  |

* States have informed the actual number of beneficiaries for 2014-15.

$ Proposal for 2015-16 has not been received, however Central Government on its own released central assistance of Rs. 140966.00 lakh to 21 states as per their notional allocation fixed for 2015-16.

ANNEXURE-II

STATEMENT IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) AND (c) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.   2409    FOR     ANSWER

ON  04.08.2015 BY SHRI BHAGWANT MANN AND SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY, MP REGARDING PMS FOR SC/OBC STUDENTS

**Details of Central Assistance (CA) demanded/released and the other backward class beneficiaries covered during last two years and current year**

**(Amount and beneficiaries in lakh)**

| **S. No.**   | **State/UT**              | 2013-14       | 2013-14      | 2013-14       | 2014-15       | 2014-15      | 2014-15       | 2015-16       | 2015-16      | 2015-16                      |
|--------------|---------------------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|------------------------------|
|              |                           | CA demanded   | CA released  | Beneficiaries | CA demanded   | CA released  | Beneficiaries | CA demanded   | CA released  | Beneficiaries  (Anticipated) |
| 1            | Andhra Pradesh            | 62493.78      | 6314.00      | 0.76          | 9800.00       | 3322.00      | 5.24          | 10000.00      | 3408.00      | 2.08                         |
| 2            | Bihar                     | 129622.35     | 7738.00      | 1.37          | 60070.33      | 6581.90      | 4.50          | 75582.04      | 5403.75      | 5.25                         |
| 3            | Chattisgarh               | 0.00          | 0.00         | 2.19          | 12259.96      | 2623.35      | 0.25          | 13320.29      | 0.00         | 2.74                         |
| 4            | Goa                       | 243.73        | 106.00       | 0.04          | 599.24        | 442.00       | 0.05          | 854.67        | 104.00       | 0.06                         |
| 5            | Gujarat                   | 2683.55       | 2707.10      | 1.79          | 5291.60       | 3142.87      | 0.97          | 7511.00       | 3142.87      | 0.97                         |
| 6            | Haryana                   | 0.00          | 811.00       | 0.56          | 16047.96      | 0.00         | 0.17          | 18544.54      | 0.00         | 0.68                         |
| 7            | Himachal Pradesh          | 492.03        | 448.86       | 0.07          | 2295.08       | 425.00       | $             | $             | 359.25       |                              |
| 8            | Jammu & Kashmir           | 717.89        | 708.89       | 0.09          | 1460.63       | 769.00       | 0.07          | 1684.44       | 0.00         | 0.13                         |
| 9            | Jharkhand                 | 8037.91       | 2460.00      | 1.79          | 17702.19      | 2222.90      | $             | $             | 1718.25      |                              |
| 10           | Karnataka                 | 8669.00       | 3749.32      | 1.72          | 10419.00      | 4115.30      | 3.37          | 12400.00      | 4241.00      | 3.75                         |
| 11           | Kerala                    | 3749.32       | 2490.00      | 1.61          | 10000.00      | 2117.30      | 1.48          | 5000.00       | 1738.50      | 2.04                         |
| 12           | Madhya Pradesh            | 20895.24      | 5412.00      | 0.32          | 50000.00      | 5620.00      | 3.86          | 60000.00      | 3779.25      | **$**                        |
| 13           | Maharashtra               | 25816.30      | 8379.00      | 3.49          | 45946.76      | 8014.00      | 2.67          | 50099.62      | 5851.50      | 6.61                         |
| 14           | Odisha                    | 2291.74       | 2601.39      | 1.22          | 2392.78       | 1289.00      | 1.41          | 3869.06       | 0.00         | 1.41                         |
| 15           | Punjab                    | 5922.02       | 0.00         | 0.00          | 20163.58      | 0.00         | 0.00          | 15864.51      | 1923.00      | 0.97                         |
| 16           | Rajasthan                 | 21107.96      | 4442.93      | 2.05          | 14606.10      | 4546.02      | 0.65          | 18367.50      | 3571.50      | 2.59                         |
| 17           | Tamil Nadu                | 13819.20      | 5375.00      | 1.36          | 8600.00       | 4571.50      | 1.24          | 12400.05      | 5004.00      | 3.48                         |
| 18           | Telangana                 | 0.00          | 0.00         | 2.26          | 36585.45      | 1094.10      | 7.81          | 32242.00      | 2471.00      | 6.78                         |
| 19           | Uttar Pradesh             | 52122.22      | 14880.00     | 6.34          | 64000.00      | 13445.00     | $             | $             | 10390.50     |                              |
| 20           | Uttrakhand                | 3809.44       | 392.00       | 0.25          | 5293.47       | 680.10       | 0.41          | 4560.30       | 525.75       | 0.47                         |
| 21           | West Bengal               | 6926.48       | 6277.14      | 2.20          | 6563.49       | 5280.55      | 2.29          | 11593.92      | 6312.81      | 3.62                         |
| 22           | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 0.00          | 0.00         | 0.00          | 2504.00       | 11.00        | $             | $             | 0.00         |                              |
| 23           | Dadra & Nagar Havali      | 0.00          | 0.00         | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00         | 0.00          | $             | 0.00         |                              |
| 24           | Daman & Diu               | 8.86          | 8.86         | 0.01          | 10.30         | 7.13         | $             | $             | 0.00         |                              |
| 25           | Chandigarh                | 35.61         | 0.51         | 0.00          | 61.00         | 61.00        | $             | $             | 0.00         |                              |
| 26           | Delhi                     | 600.19        | 44.88        | 0.001         | 1406.63       | 92.98        | 0.001         | $             | 0.00         |                              |
| 27           | Puducherry                | 0.00          | 0.00         | 0.00          | 56.00         | 7.00         | 0.004         | 56.00         | 7.00         | 0.04                         |
| 28           | Assam                     | 480.47        | 0.00         | 0.68          | 6453.66       | 5454.96      | $             | $             | 0.00         |                              |
| 29           | Manipur                   | 531.00        | 531.00       | 0.09          | 598.00        | 598.00       | $             | $             | 0.00         |                              |
| 30           | Tripura                   | 851.80        | 850.00       | 0.30          | 1430.00       | 1430.00      | 0.00          | 1532.65       | 627.75       | 0.32                         |
| 31           | Sikkim                    | 128.00        | 128.00       | 0.01          | 150.00        | 150.00       | 0.01          | 339.00        | 140.00       | 0.01                         |
|              | **Total**                 | **372056.09** | **76855.88** | **32.571**    | **412767.21** | **78113.96** | **36.46**     | **355821.59** | **60719.68** | **44.00**                    |

$ Information/proposal not received from the State Govt.