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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