PARLIAMENT QUESTION: BENEFICIARIES SELECTED UNDER INSPIRE SHE

Ministry of Science & Technology

PARLIAMENT QUESTION: BENEFICIARIES SELECTED UNDER INSPIRE SHE प्रव तथ: 12 AUG 2026 3:37PM by PIB Delhi The annual target for awarding scholarships under the Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research - Scholarship for Higher Education (INSPIRE–SHE) Scheme, including both the Direct Mode and the Institution Mode, has been achieved. Scholarships under the Scheme are awarded strictly to eligible candidates as per the approved provisions and selection criteria. The year-wise and State/UT-wise details of applications received, students selected and scholarships awarded under INSPIRE-SHE since 2019-20

are given below:

State/UT Total Applications received Total number of students selected/s awarded 2019- 2020- 2021- 2022- 2023- 2024- 2019- 2020- 2021- 2022- 2 20 21 22 23 24 25 20 21 22 23 Andaman 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 and Nicobar Andhra 160 55 49 35 40 14 95 25 18 18 Pradesh Arunachal 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pradesh Assam 114 123 240 145 176 98 64 45 115 75 Bihar 686 945 345 289 299 655 433 292 154 165 Chandigarh 12 5 6 11 5 8 8 0 2 5 Chhattisgarh 249 296 373 503 610 494 172 132 273 345 Dadra 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 Nagar HaveliState/UT Total Applications received Total number of students selected/s awarded 2019- 2020- 2021- 2022- 2023- 2024- 2019- 2020- 2021- 2022- 2 20 21 22 23 24 25 20 21 22 23 Delhi 195 201 134 116 108 96 119 41 50 46 Goa 6 3 3 1 6 1 5 1 2 1 Gujarat 267 273 234 124 121 54 173 116 192 78 Haryana 286 755 760 219 111 130 149 154 321 78 Himachal 357 450 339 248 219 174 237 219 257 170 Pradesh Jharkhand 49 80 47 69 54 36 23 20 22 24 Jammu & 23 53 48 81 15 5 11 11 24 37 Kashmir Karnataka 117 191 223 104 104 117 50 42 53 36 Kerala 977 1737 1807 1180 1043 893 525 299 731 410 Ladakh 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Madhya 821 1328 1047 743 811 1289 617 655 699 513 Pradesh Maharashtra 685 822 1092 506 370 164 463 379 443 332 Manipur 171 197 178 154 194 151 116 111 172 118 Meghalaya 6 14 86 54 62 37 4 6 69 38 Mizoram 3 1 2 6 17 5 3 1 2 0 Nagaland 26 31 29 14 14 13 20 19 23 9 Odisha 301 229 409 228 192 434 99 84 93 121 Punjab 178 251 163 174 126 164 106 71 83 95State/UT Total Applications received Total number of students selected/s awarded 2019- 2020- 2021- 2022- 2023- 2024- 2019- 2020- 2021- 2022- 2 20 21 22 23 24 25 20 21 22 23 Puducherry 1 3 3 1 6 2 1 0 2 1 Rajasthan 4154 5090 2350 3703 3890 4384 2937 2756 1197 2777 2 Sikkim 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tamil Nadu 34 105 118 40 36 43 18 22 26 19 Telangana 110 168 102 25 78 55 52 41 38 6 Tripura 4 2 5 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 Uttar 4111 7327 7460 5417 8505 10808 2579 3580 4217 3846 5 Pradesh Uttarakhand 723 792 938 492 601 532 487 402 740 366 West Bengal 1956 2933 1495 2294 627 535 1196 934 839 810 Total 16782 24467 20087 16979 18443 21392 10764 10461 10859 10539 1 The details of funds allocated, released and utilised under INSPIRE SHE since 2019-20, year-wise is

given below:

Financial Year Total Amount allocated/released/utilized (Rs. in Cr.) 2019-20 228.12 2020-21 238.64 2021-22 220.63 2022-23 233.02 2023-24 212.19 2024-25 213.862025-26 232.17 The gender-wise and rural-urban details of beneficiaries selected under INSPIRE SHE since 2019-20 are

given below:

Gender-wise details Financial Year Students Selected Male Female 2019-20 10764 5885 4879 2020-21 10461 5514 4947 2021-22 10859 4952 5907 2022-23 10539 4905 5634 2023-24 11705 5193 6512 2024-25 11294 4799 6495 Rural-urban details Financial Year Students Selected Rural Urban 2019-20 10764 7400 3364 2020-21 10461 7284 3177 2021-22 10859 7633 3226 2022-23 10539 7878 2661 2023-24 11705 7760 3945 2024-25 11294 6004 5290 The Government regularly reviews the implementation and outcomes of the INSPIRE-SHE scheme.

This information was given by the Minister of State (Ind. Charge) Science & Technology; Earth Sciences and Minister of State PMO; Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy and Space Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.***** NKR/FT (रलीज़ आईडी: 2298227) आगंतुक पटल : 316 इस वज्ञ को इन भाषाओ ंम पढ़: Urdu , ही