The Government provides fellowship for higher education through various Schemes, including the Maulana Azad National Fellowship (MANF) Scheme, which are implemented by different Ministries/Departments. All these Schemes, except MANF, are open for candidates of all communities including minorities but the data of fellowship distributed among minority students is captured only under the MANF Scheme.

The number of beneficiaries covered under the 3 Scholarship Schemes of Ministry of Minority Affairs namely Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme, Post Matric Scholarship Scheme and Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship Scheme since 2012-13 is given at Annexure. The MANF Scheme was implemented by the University Grants Commission (UGC) and as per the data provided by UGC 6722 candidates were selected under the Scheme between 2014-15 and 2021-22 and fellowships to the tune of ₹ 738.85 crore were distributed during the same period.

Since the MANF Scheme overlaps with various other fellowship Schemes for higher education being implemented by the Government and minority students are already covered under such Schemes, hence the Government has decided to discontinue the MANF Scheme from 2022-23.

This Information was given by the Minister of Minority Affairs, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.

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SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MINORITY STUDENTS

 

Year	SCHOLARSHIPS  AWARDED
	Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme	Post Matric Scholarship Scheme	Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship Scheme
2012-13	6436984	755643	68096
2013-14	7794190	890467	100428
2014-15	7496593	905620	138770
2015-16	5178779	666840	133582
2016-17	4153524	624990	121937
2017-18	5311257	698069	119472
2018-19	5691854	684265	117771
2019-20	5568025	743141	118359
2020-21	5239964	663316	120371
2021-22*	5710789	720093	131810
Total	58581959	7352444	1170596

 

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