Parliament Question: Scholarship Schemes for Tribal Students

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 3397 TO BE ANSWERED ON- 12/03/2026 SCHOLARSHIP SCHEMES FOR TRIBAL STUDENTS

3397. SHRI BALYA MAMA SURESH GOPINATH MHATRE:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state: the number of tribal students in Maharashtra who have been benefited under Pre-Matric, Post- Matric and National Fellowship/Scholarship Schemes during the last three years along with the district-wise details thereof? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI DURGADAS UIKEY) The number of tribal students in Maharashtra who have been benefited under Pre-Matric, Post- Matric and National Fellowship/Scholarship Schemes during the last three years along with the district-wise details, is enclosed as Annexure-IAnnexure-I Annexure to be referred in the reply of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3397 for answer on 12.03.2026 asked by Shri Balya Mama Suresh Gopinath Mhatre regarding “Scholarship Schemes for Tribal students” Post -Matric Scholarship for ST Students No. of Students Benefitted under Post-Matric Scholarship Schemes for ST Students from F.Y.2022-23 to F.Y.2024-25 in the State of Maharashtra 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Sl. No District No. of No. of No. of Beneficiaries Beneficiaries Beneficiaries 1 Ahmednagar 7,917 8,246 8,406 2 Akola 1,336 1,163 1,165 3 Amravati 5,112 4,813 5,501 4 Beed 584 763 1,036 5 Bhandara 2,727 2,546 2,634 6 Buldana 851 762 831 7 Chandrapur 8,778 7,428 8,180 Chhatrapati Sambhaji 8 4,094 4,369 4,884 Nagar 9 Dharashiv 254 336 285 10 Dhule 4,595 5,118 5,959 11 Gadchiroli 5,077 4,881 5,532 12 Gondiya 3,986 3,812 3,885 13 Hingoli 1,712 1,825 2,180 14 Jalgaon 3,132 3,356 3,746 15 Jalna 627 753 1,118 16 Kolhapur 288 274 329 17 Latur 1,011 1,101 1,214 18 Mumbai City 522 503 516 19 Mumbai Suburban 309 288 303 20 Nagpur 8,555 8,225 8,866 21 Nanded 3,395 3,496 4,094 22 Nandurbar 10,811 11,808 14,055 23 Nashik 26,076 29,224 33,578 24 Palghar 7,982 8,289 9,235 25 Parbhani 2,242 2,521 3,423 26 Pune 6,338 6,762 7,924 27 Raigarh 1,045 994 1,09428 Ratnagiri 209 210 225 29 Sangli 208 173 212 30 Satara 318 274 298 31 Sindhudurg 116 126 126 32 Solapur 434 349 364 33 Thane 3,388 3,503 3,972 34 Wardha 3,621 3,309 3,342 35 Washim 1,026 1,013 1,105 36 Yavatmal 7,261 6,801 7,419 Grand Total 1,35,937 1,39,414 1,57,036Pre- Matric Scholarship for ST Students No proposal for central share funds are received from state govt. of Maharashtra. State govt. has informed that the pre matric scholarship scheme of the central govt. is presently not being implemented in the state of Maharashtra.

No. of Students Benefitted under National Scholarship (Top Class) Schemes for ST Students from F.Y.2022-23 to F.Y.2024-25 in the State of Maharashtra District 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Sl.

No. of No. of No. of N Beneficiarie Beneficiarie Beneficiarie o s s s 1 AHMEDNAGAR 1 1 2 2 AKOLA 2 1 2 3 AMRAVATI 2 4 5 4 AURANGABAD 1 2 5 BEED 1 1 6 BHANDARA 2 2 7 BULDHANA 3 4 4 8 CHANDRAPUR 5 14 12 CHHATRAPATI 9 SAMBHAJINAGAR 3 10 DHULE 1 2 4 11 GADCHIROLI 2 2 12 GONDIA 1 13 HINGOLI 1 14 JALGAON 1 7 5 15 LATUR 2 1 1 16 MUMBAI 1 1 1 17 MUMBAI SUBURBAN 1 2 1 18 NAGPUR 7 8 5 19 NANDED 8 18 24 20 NANDURBAR 1 5 6 21 NASHIK 2 3 6 22 PALGHAR 1 2 4 23 PARBHANI 1 2 3 24 PUNE 6 9 11 25 SOLAPUR 2 2 1 26 THANE 4 8 10 27 WARDHA 2 5 8 28 WASHIM 1 1 2 29 YAVATMAL 4 6 10 Grand Total 61 113 135No. of Students Benefitted under National Fellowship for ST Students (NFST) from F.Y.2022-23 to F.Y.2024-25 in the State of Maharashtra Sl. District Name 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 No No. of No. of No. of Beneficiaries Beneficiaries Beneficiaries 1 AHILYANAGAR 3 3 5 2 AKOLA 1 1 0 3 AMRAVATI 0 1 1 4 BEED 5 3 3 5 BHANDARA 1 1 2 6 BULDHANA 1 0 0 7 CHANDRAPUR 2 4 2 CHHATRAPATI 8 SAMBHAJINAGAR 5 6 2 9 DHULE 6 5 4 10 GADCHIROLI 7 5 1 11 GONDIA 1 1 1 12 HINGOLI 4 2 1 13 JALGAON 4 4 2 14 JALNA 2 1 1 15 KOLHAPUR 0 0 0 16 MUMBAI 0 0 0 17 NAGPUR 1 1 3 18 NANDED 11 12 10 19 NANDURBAR 8 9 8 20 NASHIK 5 7 9 21 DHARASHIV 3 2 2 22 PALGHAR 2 4 4 23 PARBHANI 0 0 0 24 PUNE 3 4 3 25 RATNAGIRI 1 1 1 26 THANE 0 1 2 27 WARDHA 2 1 0 28 YAVATMAL 1 2 2 TOTAL 79 81 69 *****