Parliament Question: Scholarship Schemes for SC Students

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3860 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.08.2025 SCHOLARSHIP SCHEMES FOR SC STUDENTS 73860. SHRI HARISH CHANDRA MEENA: Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state: (a) the details and total number of students of SC category applied for scholarship under the schemes sponsored by Central Government and the number of students, who were provided scholarships during the last five years, State and district-wise including Rajasthan; (b) whether it is a fact that the scholarships are not being given to SC students in Rajasthan during the last three years, if so, the reasons therefor; (c) whether the Government proposes to provide scholarships to SC students who are deprived of scholarships in Rajasthan, if so, the time by which scholarship is likely to be provided and if not, - the reasons therefor; (d) whether the scholarships given to SC students under the Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme of previous years are pending in many States, if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Rajasthan; (e) whether the Government is delaying the allocation of funds to the States for this purpose, if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Rajasthan; and (f) the impact of delay in scholarships for the higher education of students along with the details thereof? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI RAMDAS ATHAWALE) (a) to (f): Department of Social Justice and Empowerment implements Centrally Sponsored ‘Pre-Matric Scholarships Scheme for SCs & Others’ and ‘Post-Matric Scholarships Scheme for SC Students through States/UTs. Under these schemes, scholarships are released directly into the Aadhaar Seeded Bank Account of the beneficiaries through DBT. Under the above said schemes, the release of Central share of scholarships is contingent upon states/UTs disbursing their share and pushing the States/UTs share paid data to the National Scholarship Portal. The States/UTs-wise details of number of beneficiaries, including State of Rajasthan, who were released Central Share during the last five FYs is attached at Annexure. The details pertaining to State Rajasthan also includes beneficiaries from all the districts of State of Rajasthan whose state share paid data has been pushed to Central Portal for release of central share.Annexure Pre-Matric Scholarships Scheme for SCs & Others: FY 2020-21 | FY 2021-22 | FY 2022-23 | FY 2023-24 | FY 2024-25 Sl State/UT No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of No. beneficiaries | beneficiaries | beneficiaries | beneficiaries beneficiaries Andhra 1 Pradésh 236337 245595 0 2,21,219 116 2 Assam 912 418 0 14 2233 3 Bihar 531536 473106 132127 1,46,660 31087 4 | Chandigarh 1000 1634 1304 1,097 874 5_| Chhattisgarh 75714 0 0 41,271 21123 6 {Daman & Diu 0 51 14 8 11 7 Delhi 16500 3771 501 761 903 8 Goa 200 29 6 0 8 9 Gujarat 56499 270489 77116 2,73,157 201106 10 | Haryana 0 0 0 0 0 1 | Himachal 15458 16759 0 24,536 9052 Pradesh Jammu & 12 Kashmir 891 13359 0 2,584 3923 13 | Jharkhand 38493 57745 0 0 68230 14} Karnataka 323332 271576 200119 2,35,562 278285 14 Kerala 59312 61622 42003 11,999 85996 16| Madhya 318631 355000 0 0 368813 Pradesh 17 | Maharashtra 0 0 0 0 535 18 | Manipur 485 571 0 676 731 19 | Meghalaya 0 0 0 0 l 20 Odisha 153073 92329 29047 31,486 80835 21 | Puducherry 1527 1349 0 704 674 22 Punjab 217729 196843 92604 1,03,357 41793 23 | Rajasthan 183416 240500 0 1,35,092 41298 24 Sikkim 118 54 0 8 4 25 | Tamil Nadu 278838 341246 104324 3,35,642 521124 26 | Telangana 9051 26175 0 0 0 27 Tripura 4592 10211 4075 2,105 6096 28 | Uttar Pradesh 362511 320390 373692 3,82,766 299751 29 | Uttarakhand 26990 14368 0 9,940 9916 30 | West Bengal 209552 223209 77336 1,68,896 91465 Total 3122697 3238399 1134268 21,29,540 2165983Post-Matric Scholarships Scheme for SC Students: FY2020-21 FY2021-22 FY2022-23 FY2023-24 FY2024-25 Sl State/UT No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of No. beneficiaries | beneficiaries | beneficiaries | beneficiaries | beneficiaries Andhra 303298 1 Pradesh 409678 243823 238915 195269 2 Assam 7942 0 11140 8426 12073 3 Bihar 78181 0 136340 68975 73615 4 | Chandigarh 1128 899 876 287 1253 3__| Chhattisgarh 101987 87464 96267 79237 87675 6 |Daman & Diu 142 0 98 0 0 7 Delhi 20709 0 7531 3,160 4692 8 Goa 66 0 1 34 58 9 Gujarat 145413 97697 113531 1,79,116 157584 10| Haryana 68183 0 87913 70,464 55444 11 | Himachal | 16445 0 21502 23,959 33149 Pradesh 12 J Ka am shm mu i & r 9856 100 10097 7,370 6567 13 | Jharkhand 30608 7805 33922 44,610 57784 14| Karnataka 318389 131448 458548 4,03,965 404008 14 Kerala 125898 90866 42521 1,55,319 147531 16| Madhya 475993 48270 445319 3,46,289 636303 Pradesh 17 | Maharashtra 391778 68576 148573 7,49,317 362808 18 | Manipur 6096 0 8988 2,125 7938 19 | Meghalaya 0 0 0 0 25 20 Odisha 173264 75530 299369 © 1,43,861 191873 21 | Puducherry 4303 0 3904 2,564 2694 22 Punjab 176482 152157 40708 1,99,508 294284 23 | Rajasthan 365604 217176 303252 1,51,922 229002 24 Sikkim 351 0 448 216 172 25 | Tamil Nadu 654131 441672 543772 6,43,761 934793 26| Telangana 223613 0 0 0 0 27 Tripura 14721 0 22278 16,858 19849 28 | Uttar Pradesh 802648 868554 1269634 9,49,934 644827 29 | Uttarakhand 30530 0 27735 23,804 26216 30 | West Bengal 361943 493099 273953 2,68,228 108693 Total 5016082 3025136 4647135 4738578 4804208 oe ok ek