Parliament Question: Scholarship Schemes for Minority Students

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1787 ANSWERED ON 29.07.2026 SCHOLARSHIPS SCHEMES FOR MINORITY COMMUNITIES

1787. SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV.

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the details of scholarships sanctioned and disbursed under each scholarship scheme run by the Government for students belonging to minority communities during the last ten years, year and community-wise;

(b) the number of eligible applicants who could not get the scholarship, year wise; and

(c) the details of the Budgetary allocation, revised estimates and actual expenditure of the Government during the last ten years, year-wise? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

(a): The Ministry of Minority Affairs implemented the following scholarship schemes for the educational empowerment of students belonging to the six centrally notified minority communities, namely Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Parsis:

(i) Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme;

(ii) Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme; and

(iii) Merit-cum-Means Scholarship Scheme.

The schemes were implemented through the National Scholarship Portal (NSP) with Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) to eligible beneficiaries. The schemes were implemented up to the academic year 2021-22 and were not approved for implementation beyond 2021-22.

The scheme-wise, community-wise details of scholarships sanctioned/disbursed during the last ten years is at Annexure-I.

(b): Scholarships under the above schemes were sanctioned subject to fulfilment of the eligibility criteria prescribed in the respective scheme guidelines and availability of funds. The Ministry does not maintain a separate database of eligible applicants who could not be awarded scholarship under the schemes.

(c): The year-wise details of Budget Estimates (BE), Revised Estimates (RE) and Actual Expenditure under the scholarship schemes during the last ten years is at Annexure-II.Annexure-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN POINT (a) OF REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1787 FOR ANSWER ON 29.07.2026 REGARDING “SCHOLARSHIPS SCHEMES FOR MINORITY COMMUNITIES” ASKED BY SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV.

Community- Wise Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme (2016-17 To 2025-26) Amount Total Release AY Muslim Christan Sikh Buddhist Jain Parsi Scholars d (Rs. hip In Crore) 61863 2016-17 3072462 561447 395909 61130 713 4153524 749.43 2017-18 3718345 539847 424748 131419 59317 544 4874220 983.85 2018-19 4418314 613651 421037 170892 67106 854 5691854 1264.29 2019-20 4156104 682322 479171 183965 65561 902 5568025 1424.55 2020-21 3913963 661410 453020 159266 51748 557 5239964 1192.43 2021-22 4231712 727011 507578 187002 56691 795 5710789 1329.2 2022-23 222321 64752 17200 9014 5268 21 318576 100.32 2023-24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2024-25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2025-26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 23733221 3850440 2698663 903421 366821 4386 31556952 7044.07 Community- Wise Post Matric Scholarship Scheme (2016-17 To 2025-26) Amoun t Total Release AY Muslim Christan Sikh Buddhist Jain Parsi Scholarship d (Rs.

In Crore) 467203 77019 64919 836 14847 166 624990 361.42 2016-17 471057 73814 58040 3743 14603 64 621321 369.01 2017-18 514831 87602 61245 5192 15244 151 684265 423.18 2018-19 572341 89427 62135 4093 14995 150 743141 482.65 2019-20500785 86092 58702 3793 13807 137 663316 401.31 2020-21 543901 94074 61839 4908 15213 158 720093 469.57 2021-22 92420 18549 8975 738 3907 18 124607 79.28 2022-23 2023-24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2024-25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2025-26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 3162538 526577 375855 23303 92616 844 4181733 2586.42Community- Wise MCM Scholarship Scheme (2016-17 To 2025-26) Amount Total Released AY Muslim Christan Sikh Buddhist Jain Parsi Scholarship (Rs. In Crore) 2016-17 90574 18613 8631 329 3693 18 121858 323.34 2017-18 88406 17899 6457 583 3096 11 116452 316.57 2018-19 90731 19035 4163 495 3335 12 117771 315.93 2019-20 90477 21127 3110 301 3328 16 118359 315.62 2020-21 93080 21486 2296 234 3270 5 120371 317.84 2021-22 103072 22955 2230 267 3269 17 131810 352.91 2022-23 43110 12689 951 76 1603 1 58430 157.07 2023-24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2024-25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2025-26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 599450 133804 27838 2285 21594 80 785051 2099.28Annexure-II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN POINT (c) OF REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1787 FOR ANSWER ON 29.07.2026 REGARDING “SCHOLARSHIPS SCHEMES FOR MINORITY COMMUNITIES” ASKED BY SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV.

Merit-Cum-Means based Scheme Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme Post Matric Scholarship Scheme Scholarship Scheme Budget Revised Actual Budget Revised Actual Budget Revised Actual Year Estimate Estimate Expenditure Estimate Estimate Expenditure Estimate Estimate Expenditure

(BE) (RE) (In ₹ Crore) (BE) (RE) (In ₹ Crore) (BE) (RE) (In ₹ Crore) 2016-17 931.00 931.00 585.94 550.00 550.00 287.11 335.00 395.00 220.54 2017-18 950.00 1001.15 1108.13 550.00 561.29 479.72 393.54 393.54 388.79 2018-19 980.00 1269.00 1176.19 692.00 500.00 354.89 522.00 402.00 261.17 2019-20 1220.30 1199.82 1324.85 496.01 482.66 428.77 366.43 361.51 285.63 2020-21 1330.00 1330.00 1325.54 535.00 535.00 512.81 400.00 400.00 396.34 2021-22 1378.00 1378.00 1350.99 468.00 468.00 411.87 325.00 325.00 345.77 2022-23 1425.00 556.82 43.95 515.00 515.00 29.00 365.00 358.02 34.90 2023-24 433.00 400.00 95.84 1065.00 1000.00 85.02 44.00 25.00 152.74 2024-25 326.16 90.00 1.55 1145.38 343.91 5.31 33.80 19.41 3.50 2025-26 195.70 0.06 0.00 413.99 0.06 0.00 7.34 0.06 0.00 Total 9169.16 8155.85 7012.98 6430.38 4955.92 2594.50 2792.11 2679.54 2089.38