The budget allocated under the 3 Scholarship Schemes for minorities being implemented by Ministry of Minority Affairs was Rs. 2,265 crore in 2020-21 compared to Rs. 2,082.74 crore in 2019-20. Further, there has also been no reduction in the quota for fresh scholarships under the three scholarship schemes during the COVID pandemic.

The year-wise details of number of scholarships sanctioned and amount involved during the last five years i.e. 2016-17 to 2020-21 is given in the table below:- 

 

Year	Number of Scholarship** sanctioned	Amount of Scholarship **sanctioned (in Rs. crore)
2016-17	49,33,933	1474.83
2017-18	62,42,892	1881.15
2018-19	66,93,890	2114.79
2019-20	67,24,551	2388.02
2020-21*	60,62,463	1984.69

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

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

 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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