The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is implementing following schemes:-
- Post Matric Scholarships (PMS) for SC Students
- Pre Matric Scholarships (PMS) for SC Students & Others
- PM Young Achievers Scholarship Award Scheme for vibrant India, PM – YASASVI (Pre-Matric Scholarship for OBC/ EBC/DNT) Scheme
- PM Young Achievers Scholarship Award Scheme for vibrant India, PM–YASASVI (Post Matric Scholarship for OBC/EBC/DNT) Scheme
- Pre and Post Matric Scholarships (PMS) for Students with Disabilities component of Umbrella Scheme titled ‘Scholarships for Students with Disabilities (Divyangjan) .
Under Pre-Matric Scholarships Scheme for SC and others, funds were so far released to the State Governments who invited and processed their applications as per the eligibility criteria under the said scheme. Thus, data related to gender-wise number of applications and releases, rejections etc. is not available with the Department. However, since 2021-22, under PMS-SC scheme, DBT payments of the Central share are directly done by the Department to the beneficiaries after
receiving the verified data from the State Government on the Central Portal. As per information available on the Central portal, the number of SC students, gender-wise, who applied and received scholarships under PMS-SC for the last year (2021-22) so far is as follows:
|
Male
|
Female
|
Others
|
Applied
|
32,28,429
|
31,73,019
|
193
|
Received
|
20,97,679
|
21,56,055
|
152
|
The number of applications under PMS-SC for 2021-22 rejected so far by the State Governments is 3,13,403.
The students that have applied and received under Pre and Post Matric Scholarships (PMS) for Students with Disabilities during 2021-22 is as follows:
No. of Students applied for Scholarship during 2021-22
|
|
SC
|
ST
|
Pre -Matric
|
8792
|
3478
|
Post Matric
|
3863
|
1210
|
No. of Students received Scholarship during 2021-22
|
|
SC
|
ST
|
Pre-Matric
|
4031
|
1370
|
Post Matric
|
3063
|
998
|
Total number of application received under Pre and Post Matric Scholarship Scheme (Gender-wise)
|
Gender
|
Pre- Matric
|
Post- Matric
|
Female
|
8974
|
8506
|
Male
|
12075
|
16492
|
The budget allocated and funds released to the States/UTs during the years 2019-20 and 2020-21 under PMS-SC is as follows:-
Year
|
Budget Allocated
|
Central Assistance Released
|
2019-20
|
2926.80
|
2711.30
|
2020-21
|
2987.30
|
4008.60
|
From the year 2021-22, the Central share of the scholarships is being released directly to the beneficiaries by the Department and not released to the States. The budget allocated and Central share of scholarships released to the students during the years 2021-22 and 2022-23 under PMS-SC is as follows:-
(Rs. in Crore)
Year
|
Budget Allocated
|
Central Share Released
|
2021-22
|
3415.62
|
1930.38
|
2022-23
|
5660.00
|
1369.72
|
The details of funds allocated & released under Pre and Post Matric Scholarships (PMS) for Students with Disabilities in the financial years of 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23 is given in the table below:
(Rs. in Crore)
Years
|
2019-20
|
2020-21
|
2021-22
|
2022-23
|
Allocated
|
125
|
125
|
125
|
105
|
Released
|
114.56
|
97.37
|
120.00
|
49.48
(till 20/07/2022)
|
The details of rejected scholarship is not maintained on National Scholarship Portal .
Since 2021-22, under PMS-SC, a composite scholarship is paid in only three components i.e.
(i) Non-refundable tuition fees
(ii) Academic Allowance
(iii) Disability allowance
Similarly, under Pre-Matric Scholarships Scheme for SC & others, a composite scholarship is paid in only two components i.e.
(i) Academic Allowance
(ii) Disability allowance
The State-wise details of the composite amount allocated and released under the aforementioned schemes during the last year are attached as Annexure
Annexure
- Post Matric Scholarships (PMS) for SC Students
State-wise releases during year 2019-20 to 30.06.2022
Rs. in lakhs
S.No.
|
State
|
2019-20
|
2020-21
|
2021-22
|
2022-23(from 31st March, 2022 to 30th June, 2022)
|
1
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
28767
|
45001
|
29855
|
11456
|
2
|
Assam
|
-
|
1800
|
-
|
677
|
3
|
Bihar
|
-
|
4783
|
-
|
2672
|
4
|
Chandigarh
|
-
|
-
|
154
|
75.84
|
5
|
Chhattisgarh
|
327
|
3854
|
2900
|
991
|
6
|
Daman & Diu
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
18.23
|
7
|
Delhi
|
197
|
-
|
-
|
668
|
8
|
Goa
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
9
|
Gujarat
|
-
|
17032
|
10258
|
8697
|
10
|
Haryana
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
8025
|
11
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
-
|
1135
|
-
|
1725
|
12
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
517
|
13
|
Jharkhand
|
-
|
1342
|
412
|
1207
|
14
|
Karnataka
|
12147
|
25279
|
6542
|
16922
|
14
|
Kerala
|
980
|
8685
|
4578
|
2658
|
16
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
-
|
31940
|
828
|
14657
|
17
|
Maharashtra*
|
-
|
55800
|
6301
|
-
|
18
|
Manipur
|
794
|
689
|
-
|
478
|
19
|
Meghalaya
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
20
|
Odisha
|
14071
|
13067
|
7822
|
14148
|
21
|
Puducherry
|
-
|
221
|
-
|
291
|
22
|
Punjab
|
20647
|
19158
|
20976
|
3147
|
23
|
Rajasthan
|
31454
|
28401
|
9567
|
6901
|
24
|
Sikkim
|
104
|
81.35
|
-
|
65.89
|
25
|
Tamil Nadu
|
92584
|
12023
|
27888
|
32914
|
26
|
Telangana#
|
-
|
24503
|
-
|
-
|
27
|
Tripura
|
3542
|
3037
|
-
|
3620
|
28
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
65516
|
89236
|
53728
|
14148
|
29
|
Uttarakhand
|
-
|
976
|
-
|
1206
|
30
|
West Bengal
|
-
|
12817
|
11226
|
1221
|
|
Total
|
271130
|
400860
|
193038
|
136972.96
|
- Pre-Matric Scholarships Scheme for SC & others Scheme
State-wise releases during year 2019-20 to 2021-22 under -
Rs. in lakhs
S.
No
|
State/ UT
|
2019-20
|
2020-21
|
2021-22
|
CA released
|
CA released
|
CA Released
|
1
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
0
|
4944
|
5089
|
2
|
Assam
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
Bihar
|
5550
|
0
|
7534
|
4
|
Chandigarh
|
27
|
0
|
36
|
5
|
Chhattisgarh
|
1041
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
Daman & Diu
|
0
|
0.83
|
0
|
7
|
Delhi
|
268
|
291
|
699
|
8
|
Goa
|
0
|
3.6
|
0
|
9
|
Gujarat
|
1440
|
1044
|
1118
|
10
|
Haryana
|
368
|
0
|
0
|
11
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
0
|
408
|
374
|
12
|
Jammu &Kashmir
|
70
|
260
|
23
|
13
|
Jharkhand
|
676
|
659
|
420
|
14
|
Karnataka
|
3691
|
6230
|
7658
|
15
|
Kerala
|
19
|
1368
|
1074
|
16
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
406
|
7784
|
4475
|
17
|
Maharashtra
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
18
|
Manipur
|
45
|
0
|
3895
|
19
|
Odisha
|
2590
|
3512
|
2871
|
20
|
Puducherry
|
0
|
27
|
82
|
21
|
Punjab
|
3029
|
2743
|
3551
|
22
|
Rajasthan
|
3323
|
3827
|
3673
|
23
|
Sikkim
|
4
|
5
|
2
|
24
|
Tamilnadu
|
0
|
5018
|
5394
|
25
|
Telangana
|
0
|
0
|
221
|
26
|
Tripura
|
469
|
0
|
30.57
|
27
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
9075
|
12096
|
3732
|
28
|
Uttrakhand
|
344
|
143
|
469
|
29
|
West Bengal
|
2854
|
6540
|
2371
|
|
Total
|
35289
|
56903.4
|
50934
|
- Post Matric Scholarship for OBC.
Notional Allocation and funds released under PM-YASASVI (Post Matric Scholarship for OBC/EBC/DNT) Scheme
Notional Allocation and funds released under PM-YASASVI (Post Matric Scholarship for OBC/EBC/DNT) Scheme
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As on 19.07.2022
|
Sl. No.
|
State/UTs
|
2019-20
|
2020-21
|
2021-22
|
2022.-23
|
Notional Allocation
|
Amount released
|
Notional Allocation
|
Amount released
|
Notional Allocation
|
Amount released
|
Notional Allocation
|
Amount released
|
1
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
5159.00
|
7553.00
|
5391.00
|
5391.00
|
8469.00
|
563.75
|
6888.00
|
0.00
|
2
|
Bihar
|
10906.00
|
0.00
|
11398.00
|
11398.00
|
10363.00
|
10363.00
|
8428.00
|
0.00
|
3
|
Chhattisgarh
|
2679.00
|
0.00
|
2800.00
|
2800.00
|
2541.00
|
292.75
|
2066.00
|
0.00
|
4
|
Goa
|
158.00
|
236.00
|
165.00
|
165.00
|
149.00
|
17.00
|
121.00
|
0.00
|
5
|
Gujarat
|
6346.00
|
9315.00
|
6632.00
|
6632.00
|
6018.00
|
6018.00
|
4895.00
|
0.00
|
6
|
Haryana
|
2669.00
|
0.00
|
2789.00
|
0.00
|
2531.00
|
0.00
|
2058.00
|
0.00
|
7
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
725.00
|
543.75
|
758.00
|
0.00
|
688.00
|
179.08
|
560.00
|
0.00
|
8
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
1313.00
|
0.00
|
410.00
|
0.00
|
123.00
|
530.25
|
532.00
|
0.00
|
9
|
Jharkhand
|
3467.00
|
5046.00
|
3624.00
|
1000.00
|
3288.00
|
5215.42
|
2674.00
|
0.00
|
10
|
Karnataka
|
6420.00
|
9426.00
|
6709.00
|
6709.00
|
6088.00
|
5000.00
|
4951.00
|
0.00
|
11
|
Kerala
|
3509.00
|
5166.00
|
3668.00
|
3668.00
|
3328.00
|
6000.00
|
2706.00
|
0.00
|
12
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
7628.00
|
11211.00
|
7972.00
|
7972.00
|
7234.00
|
11088.00
|
5883.00
|
0.00
|
13
|
Maharashtra
|
11810.00
|
17410.00
|
12342.00
|
12342.00
|
11200.00
|
23699.50
|
9108.00
|
0.00
|
14
|
Odisha
|
4402.00
|
6429.00
|
4600.00
|
1200.00
|
4175.00
|
6144.73
|
3395.00
|
0.00
|
15
|
Punjab
|
2910.00
|
0.00
|
3042.00
|
0.00
|
2760.00
|
0.00
|
2244.00
|
0.00
|
16
|
Rajasthan
|
7208.00
|
6813.04
|
7533.00
|
1900.00
|
6825.00
|
10226.00
|
5551.00
|
0.00
|
17
|
Tamil Nadu
|
7575.00
|
11139.00
|
7917.00
|
7917.00
|
7184.00
|
16079.00
|
5843.00
|
0.00
|
18
|
Telangana
|
3740.00
|
5444.00
|
3909.00
|
3909.00
|
3547.00
|
3547.00
|
2884.00
|
0.00
|
19
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
20972.00
|
20972.00
|
21917.00
|
21917.00
|
19908.00
|
19908.00
|
16191.00
|
0.00
|
20
|
Uttarakhand
|
1061.00
|
0.00
|
1109.00
|
1106.38
|
1006.00
|
514.83
|
818.00
|
0.00
|
21
|
West Bengal
|
9593.00
|
7638.89
|
10025.00
|
7484.72
|
9097.00
|
1050.25
|
7406.00
|
0.00
|
22
|
Andaman & Nicobar
|
33.50
|
13.54
|
33.00
|
27.07
|
33.00
|
33.95
|
55.00
|
0.00
|
23
|
Dadra & Nagar Havali
|
50.00
|
0.00
|
50.00
|
0.00
|
50.00
|
59.79
|
83.00
|
0.00
|
24
|
Daman & Diu
|
33.50
|
29.73
|
34.00
|
0.00
|
35.00
|
55.00
|
0.00
|
25
|
Chandigarh
|
183.00
|
137.25
|
183.00
|
137.25
|
183.00
|
30.50
|
307.00
|
0.00
|
26
|
Delhi
|
933.00
|
289.53
|
550.00
|
99.50
|
165.00
|
164.99
|
716.00
|
0.00
|
27
|
Puducherry
|
67.00
|
138.27
|
40.00
|
30.00
|
12.00
|
11.98
|
52.00
|
0.00
|
28
|
Assam
|
11833.00
|
0.00
|
12857.00
|
8352.10
|
10646.00
|
1187.25
|
7970.00
|
0.00
|
29
|
Manipur
|
1024.00
|
1467.88
|
1113.00
|
1606.32
|
921.00
|
102.75
|
690.00
|
0.00
|
30
|
Sikkim
|
228.00
|
514.00
|
247.00
|
185.25
|
205.00
|
445.90
|
153.00
|
0.00
|
31
|
Tripura
|
1365.00
|
3000.00
|
1483.00
|
1976.32
|
1228.00
|
3540.00
|
919.00
|
0.00
|
32
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
332.00
|
0.00
|
33
|
Nagaland
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
485.00
|
0.00
|
34
|
Mizoram
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
281.00
|
0.00
|
|
Total:
|
136000.00
|
129932.88
|
141300.00
|
115924.91
|
130000.00
|
132013.67
|
107300.00
|
0.00
|
- Pre-Matric Scholarship for OBC/ EBC/DNT
State-wise details of funds allocated and released
|
|
|
As on 19.07.2022
|
Amount in lakh
|
|
|
S.No.
|
States/ UTs
|
2019-20
|
2020-21
|
2021-22
|
2022-23
|
Notional Allocation
|
Funds Released
|
Notional Allocation
|
Funds Released
|
Notional Allocation
|
Funds Released
|
Notional Allocation
|
Funds Released
|
1
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
841.00
|
841.00
|
967.00
|
967.00
|
16.01
|
199.50
|
30.78
|
0.00
|
2
|
Bihar
|
1778.00
|
1128.668
|
2045.000
|
0.00
|
19.55
|
4000.00
|
37.66
|
0.00
|
3
|
Chhattisgarh
|
437.00
|
0.00
|
502.00
|
577.40
|
4.80
|
104.50
|
9.23
|
0.00
|
4
|
Goa
|
26.00
|
19.50
|
30.00
|
34.51
|
0.28
|
10.00
|
0.54
|
0.00
|
5
|
Gujarat
|
1034.00
|
800.00
|
1190.00
|
800.00
|
11.38
|
800.00
|
21.87
|
0.00
|
6
|
Haryana
|
435.00
|
190.00
|
500.00
|
0.00
|
4.78
|
0.00
|
9.20
|
0.00
|
7
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
118.00
|
0.00
|
136.00
|
141.55
|
1.30
|
30.00
|
2.50
|
0.00
|
8
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
214.00
|
150.32
|
41.00
|
0.00
|
1.23
|
80.00
|
0.41
|
0.00
|
9
|
Jharkhand
|
565.00
|
955.85
|
650.00
|
650.00
|
6.22
|
2000.00
|
11.95
|
0.00
|
10
|
Karnataka
|
1046.00
|
1741.85
|
1204.00
|
1384.84
|
11.51
|
2500.00
|
22.12
|
0.00
|
11
|
Kerala
|
572.00
|
962.51
|
658.00
|
756.82
|
6.29
|
1800.00
|
12.09
|
0.00
|
12
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
1243.00
|
0.00
|
1430.00
|
0.00
|
13.68
|
0.00
|
26.29
|
0.00
|
13
|
Maharashtra
|
1925.00
|
0.00
|
2214.00
|
0.00
|
21.17
|
1508.08
|
40.7
|
0.00
|
14
|
Odisha
|
717.00
|
717.00
|
825.00
|
825.00
|
7.89
|
788.99
|
15.17
|
0.00
|
15
|
Punjab
|
474.00
|
775.26
|
546.00
|
546.00
|
5.22
|
114.50
|
10.03
|
0.00
|
16
|
Rajasthan
|
1175.00
|
1115.29
|
1352.00
|
1555.06
|
12.92
|
2972.55
|
24.80
|
0.00
|
17
|
Tamil Nadu
|
1235.00
|
1896.00
|
1420.00
|
1633.275
|
13.58
|
2694.715
|
26.11
|
0.00
|
18
|
Telangana
|
610.00
|
0.00
|
701.00
|
0.00
|
6.71
|
0.00
|
12.89
|
0.00
|
19
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
3418.00
|
5590.35
|
3932.00
|
4081.00
|
37.60
|
848.00
|
72.35
|
0.00
|
20
|
Uttarakhand
|
173.00
|
0.00
|
199.00
|
228.89
|
1.90
|
50.00
|
3.66
|
0.00
|
21
|
West Bengal
|
1564.00
|
2592.15
|
1799.00
|
2069.20
|
17.20
|
544.00
|
33.06
|
0.00
|
22
|
Assam
|
1801.00
|
0.00
|
2047.00
|
0.00
|
20.47
|
81.648
|
35.17
|
0.00
|
23
|
Manipur
|
156.00
|
0.00
|
117.00
|
72.31
|
1.77
|
124.756
|
3.04
|
0.00
|
24
|
Sikkim
|
35.00
|
7.31
|
40.00
|
7.79
|
0.39
|
7.720
|
0.68
|
0.00
|
25
|
Tripura
|
208.00
|
350.00
|
236.00
|
215.275
|
2.36
|
214.94
|
4.05
|
0.00
|
26
|
A & N Island
|
11.00
|
15.06
|
11.00
|
26.05
|
0.22
|
10.50
|
0.11
|
0.00
|
27
|
Chandigarh
|
61.00
|
10.00
|
61.00
|
8.15
|
1.22
|
14.50
|
0.61
|
0.00
|
28
|
D & N Haveli
|
17.00
|
0.795
|
17.00
|
|
0.33
|
33.00
|
0.17
|
0.00
|
29
|
Daman & Diu
|
11.00
|
74.145
|
11.00
|
8.25
|
0.22
|
22.00
|
0.11
|
0.00
|
30
|
Delhi
|
93.00
|
183.00
|
55.00
|
0.00
|
1.65
|
223.75
|
0.55
|
0.00
|
31
|
Puducherry
|
7.00
|
41.25
|
4.00
|
3.00
|
0.12
|
51.25
|
0.04
|
0.00
|
32
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
1.46
|
0.00
|
33
|
Nagaland
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
2.14
|
0.00
|
34
|
Mizoram
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
1.26
|
0.00
|
|
Total:
|
22000.00
|
20157.31
|
|
16591.37
|
250.00
|
21828.90
|
472.80
|
0.00
|
This information was given by Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Shri A. Narayanaswamy in the Lok Sabha in a written reply today.
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MG/RNM