Scholarship Schemes: Unstarred Question in Loksabha

Scholarship Schemes

(a) the details of the scholarship schemes implemented for minorities in Jharkhand during the last two years and the current year, year, scheme and district-wise; and
(b) the details of the actual financial and other targets fixed and the achievements made in each of the said schemes during the said period, year and scheme-wise?

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 903                                          ANSWERED ON: 07.02.2018

Scholarship Schemes

NISHIKANT DUBEY

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:-

(a) the details of the scholarship schemes implemented for minorities in Jharkhand during the last two years and the current year, year, scheme and district-wise; and
(b) the details of the actual financial and other targets fixed and the achievements made in each of the said schemes during the said period, year and scheme-wise?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS 
(SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)

(a) & (b): Ministry of Minority Affairs (MoMA) implements three scholarship schemes i.e. Pre-Matric, Post matric and Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship Schemes for educational empowerment of six notified minority communities viz. Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain and Parsi across the country including the State of Jharkhand. District-wise data is not maintained. However, State-wise physical and financial achievement including Jharkhand are at Annexure I, II & III. The scheme-wise details of physical and financial targets and achievements made during the years 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 are as under:-

Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme
Year Financial Target Physical Target Physical Achievements # Fund released
(Rs. In Crore)
2015-16 There is no financial target 76312 25797 7.94
2016-17* 76312 18933 8.92
2017-18*
(as on 31.01.2018) 76312 7216 3.39

# Less applications were received as compared to physical target.

Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme
Year Financial Target Physical Target Physical Achievements # Fund released
(Rs. In Crore)
2015-16 There is no financial target 12730 12173 6.78
2016-17* 12730 12929 8.25
2017-18*
(as on 31.01.2018) 12730 3885 2.54

# Less applications were received as compared to physical target.

Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship Scheme
Year Financial Target Physical Target Physical Achievements Fund released
(Rs. In Crore)
2015-16 There is no financial target 1528 2066 6.23
2016-17* 1528 2204 6.32
2017-18*
(as on 31.01.2018) 1528 1097 2.97
* Data provisional. Disbursement of scholarship continues for 2017-18.

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Source: Loksabha

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