Scholarship Schemes for the educational empowerment of students belonging to economically weaker sections

LOK SABHA 

SCHOLARSHIP SCHEMES

355. SHRI  M. BADRUDDIN  AJMAL

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the number of applications received by the Government from meritorious students of minority communities  for  Post-matric,  Pre-matric  and  Merit-cum-Means scholarship during the last five years;

(b) the details about the number of applicants for each scholarship separately, year and scheme-wise;

(c) the number out of them who succeeded in getting scholarship during the above said period along with the details of the beneficiaries, year and scheme-wise; and

(d) the amount of funds allocated and spent for these scholarship schemes, year and scheme-wise?

(SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)

(a) to (c): The Ministry of Minority Affairs implements three Scholarship Schemes viz. Pre-Matric, Post Matric and Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship Schemes for the educational empowerment of students belonging to economically weaker sections of the six notified minority communities i.e. Buddhist, Christian, Jain, Muslim, Parsi and Sikh in all States/UTs across the country. A total of thirty (30) lakh Pre-Matric, 5 lakh Post Matric and 60,000 Merit-cum-Means scholarships are targeted to be distributed as ‘Fresh’ Scholarships every year, besides, Renewal scholarships. The three scholarship schemes are being implemented through the National Scholarship Portal (NSP)  and are  being  disbursed  under  direct  benefit  transfer (DBT)  mode to improve the efficiency  and  bring  transparency  by  removing duplicity  and stopping  pilferages.

The details of number of applications  received,  verified  by  States/UTs  and sanctioned by the Ministry of Minority Affairs under the above mentioned schemes during 2016-17 to 2021-22 are as under:

*  Disbursement of Scholarships for 2020-21 continues in 2021-22.
** It includes sanction for finally verified renewal applications of 2021-22 only. Disbursement for fresh application 2021-22 is yet to begin.

(d): The  details  of  budget  allocated  and  released  under  the  above  mentioned schemes from 2016-17 to 2021-22 are as under:-

(In ₹ Crore)