The Ministry of Minority Affairs implements Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship Scheme for the educational empowerment of minority students pursuing professional and technical courses at under-graduate and post-graduate levels in a Government or private institution, selected and notified in a transparent manner by the State Government/Union Territory Administration concerned. A selected student pursuing a course in any of the 85 Reputed Premier Institutes, covered under the scheme is eligible for reimbursement of full course fee as scholarship during an academic year. Minority students can also avail scholarship for professional education under the Post Matric Scholarship Scheme of Ministry of Minority Affairs.                           

In addition Ministry of Minority Affairs also implements Padho Pardesh Scheme, Maulana Azad National Fellowship (MANF) Scheme and Education Loan by National Minority Development and Finance Corporation(NMDFC). Under Padho Pardesh scheme, interest subsidy is provided to students of minority communities on educational loans for overseas higher studies. In MANF Fellowship in the form of financial assistance is given to students from minority communities, to pursue regular and full time research studies leading to award of M.Phil/Ph.D degree within India.

As of now, Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship Scheme and Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme for minorities is continuing as per the existing guidelines.

During the last three years, Rs. 1163.51 Crore has been allocated under Merit-cum-Means scholarship scheme and Rs. 1517.66 Crore has been allocated under Post-Matric Scholarship scheme.

The State/UT-wise details of number of scholarship sanctioned under Pre-Matric, Post Matric, Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship and Begum Hazrat Mahal National Scholarship Schemes of the Ministry during the last three years are annexed

Annexure

State/UT-wise details of Scholarship Sanctioned Under Pre-Matric, Post Matric, Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship and  Begum Hazrat Mahal National Scholarship Schemes during the last three years i.e. 2018-19 to 2020-21*
S. No.	States/UTs	Number of Scholarship Sanctioned**
1	Andhra Pradesh	503541
2	Telangana	545797
3	Arunachal Pradesh	7
4	Assam	785310
5	Bihar	826909
6	Chhattisgarh	22576
7	Goa	2630
8	Gujarat	468516
9	Haryana	41778
10	Himachal Pradesh	7190
11	Jammu & Kashmir	1346483
12	Jharkhand	192458
13	Karnataka	1736186
14	Kerala	2160475
15	Ladakh	16250
16	Madhya Pradesh	450830
17	Maharashtra	2369230
18	Manipur	123099
19	Meghalaya	54920
20	Mizoram	153414
21	Nagaland	169217
22	Odisha	52641
23	Punjab	1487991
24	Rajasthan	548423
25	Sikkim	1516
26	Tamil Nadu	1237697
27	Tripura	16389
28	Uttar Pradesh	2608329
29	Uttarakhand	88214
30	West Bengal	1419702
31	Andaman & Nicobar	3248
32	Chandigarh	4901
33	Dadra & Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu	966
34	Delhi	22501
35	Lakshadweep	2
36	Puducherry	11568
Total		1,94,80,904

 

* Provisional data (Sanction/Disbursement of scholarships continues in 2021-22).

** Includes the number sanctioned towards the Begum Hazrat Mahal National Scholarship Scheme.

Note: Arunachal Pradesh and Lakshadweep do not avail the scholarships under the Pre-Matric, Post-Matric and Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship Schemes.

This information was given by the Union Minister for Minority Affairs Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.

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