Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP FOR SC STUDENTS
Beneficiaries for the fellowship are selected through National Eligibility Test-Junior Research Fellowship (NET-JRF) of University Grants Commission (UGC) or University Grants Commission-Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (UGC-CSIR) NET-JRF joint test
Posted On:
02 AUG 2023 4:40PM by PIB Delhi
The details of students who availed ‘National Fellowship for SC students’, State-wise and year-wise for the last five years is given in Annexure-I.
The details of the annual amount spent upon the ‘National Fellowship for SC students’, State-wise year-wise expenditure for the last five years is given in Annexure-II.
The beneficiaries for the fellowship are selected through National Eligibility Test-Junior Research Fellowship (NET-JRF) of University Grants Commission (UGC) or University Grants Commission-Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (UGC-CSIR) NET-JRF joint test. Presently, both the eligibility test are being held by National Testing Agency (NTA) twice in a year for 2000 new Fellowships (1500 Junior Research Fellows for Humanities/ Social Sciences and 500 Junior Research Fellows for Science stream) per year for such Scheduled Caste students who undertake advanced studies and research leading to M.Phil/Ph.D Degrees. These (2000) slots are over and above the number of SC students selected under the normal reservation policy of the Government for UGC & CSIR Fellowships.
Annexure-I
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DETAILS OF TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS AVAILED NFSC FELLOWSHIP LAST FIVE YEAR (STATE & YEAR-WISE)
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YEAR
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2018-2019
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2019-2020
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2020-2021
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2021-2022
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2022-2023
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Total No. of beneficiaries
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STATE
|
No. of beneficiaries
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No. of beneficiaries
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No. of beneficiaries
|
No. of beneficiaries
|
No. of beneficiaries
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ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS
|
61
|
34
|
22
|
9
|
1
|
127
|
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ANDHRA PRADESH
|
528
|
429
|
330
|
244
|
136
|
1667
|
|
ARUNACHAL PRADESH
|
81
|
36
|
18
|
10
|
6
|
151
|
|
ASSAM
|
101
|
84
|
62
|
65
|
67
|
379
|
|
BIHAR
|
342
|
189
|
102
|
83
|
90
|
806
|
|
CHANDIGARH
|
4
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
5
|
19
|
|
CHHATTISGARH
|
81
|
36
|
31
|
33
|
40
|
221
|
|
DELHI
|
102
|
75
|
77
|
131
|
173
|
558
|
|
GOA
|
8
|
4
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
19
|
|
GUJARAT
|
159
|
116
|
82
|
83
|
70
|
510
|
|
HARYANA
|
213
|
147
|
111
|
160
|
212
|
843
|
|
HIMACHAL PRADESH
|
40
|
39
|
55
|
99
|
134
|
367
|
|
JAMMU AND KASHMIR
|
108
|
79
|
67
|
66
|
72
|
392
|
|
JHARKHAND
|
374
|
226
|
119
|
69
|
40
|
828
|
|
KARNATAKA
|
766
|
578
|
447
|
344
|
217
|
2352
|
|
KERALA
|
207
|
160
|
118
|
97
|
110
|
692
|
|
LAKSHADWEEP
|
4
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
11
|
|
MADHYA PRADESH
|
215
|
149
|
91
|
91
|
85
|
631
|
|
MAHARASHTRA
|
330
|
250
|
199
|
184
|
136
|
1099
|
|
MANIPUR
|
8
|
10
|
14
|
19
|
24
|
75
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|
MEGHALAYA
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
7
|
|
MIZORAM
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
|
NAGALAND
|
53
|
38
|
21
|
5
|
1
|
118
|
|
ODISHA
|
158
|
113
|
104
|
104
|
106
|
585
|
|
PUDUCHERRY
|
17
|
9
|
3
|
2
|
4
|
35
|
|
PUNJAB
|
234
|
202
|
193
|
221
|
235
|
1085
|
|
RAJASTHAN
|
471
|
325
|
224
|
165
|
179
|
1364
|
|
SIKKIM
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
|
TAMIL NADU
|
604
|
463
|
332
|
236
|
132
|
1767
|
|
TELANGANA
|
150
|
142
|
137
|
128
|
119
|
676
|
|
TRIPURA
|
6
|
5
|
4
|
6
|
7
|
28
|
|
UTTAR PRADESH
|
906
|
648
|
587
|
544
|
591
|
3276
|
|
UTTARAKHAND
|
192
|
136
|
120
|
80
|
82
|
610
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WEST BENGAL
|
298
|
260
|
302
|
429
|
534
|
1823
|
|
Grand Total
|
6824
|
4991
|
3982
|
3716
|
3613
|
23126
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Annexure-II
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DETAILS OF THE FUNDS DISBURSED UNDER NFSC FOR LAST FIVE YEAR (STATE & YEAR-WISE) (Rs. In Lacs)
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|
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2018-2019
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2019-2020
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2020-2021
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2021-2022
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2022-2023
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TOTAL AMOUNT PAID
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STATE NAME
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AMOUNT PAID
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AMOUNT PAID
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AMOUNT PAID
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AMOUNT PAID
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AMOUNT PAID
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ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS
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200.34
|
173.68
|
66.85
|
9.21
|
1.26
|
451.35
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ANDHRA PRADESH
|
2106.46
|
1987.23
|
1160.99
|
687.86
|
445.80
|
6388.36
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|
ARUNACHAL PRADESH
|
164.53
|
125.20
|
27.73
|
45.67
|
7.66
|
370.79
|
|
ASSAM
|
406.87
|
337.29
|
207.93
|
196.72
|
249.18
|
1397.99
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|
BIHAR
|
1052.10
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630.84
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272.17
|
350.22
|
311.35
|
2616.68
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|
CHANDIGARH
|
16.65
|
14.02
|
5.84
|
13.56
|
21.68
|
71.74
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|
CHHATTISGARH
|
227.05
|
135.34
|
91.36
|
127.63
|
137.89
|
719.28
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DELHI
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347.44
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277.98
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293.78
|
503.63
|
712.49
|
2135.32
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GOA
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21.38
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20.01
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19.59
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7.85
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0.81
|
69.65
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GUJARAT
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557.03
|
472.37
|
263.79
|
321.86
|
216.16
|
1831.22
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HARYANA
|
682.13
|
516.73
|
362.99
|
549.74
|
863.93
|
2975.53
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|
HIMACHAL PRADESH
|
136.93
|
120.26
|
149.18
|
349.99
|
533.09
|
1289.44
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JAMMU AND KASHMIR
|
332.99
|
314.61
|
214.62
|
240.87
|
257.96
|
1361.06
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|
JHARKHAND
|
1278.51
|
807.22
|
367.02
|
228.83
|
143.65
|
2825.22
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|
KARNATAKA
|
2989.19
|
2526.73
|
1630.36
|
988.06
|
748.32
|
8882.66
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|
KERALA
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811.95
|
621.70
|
401.04
|
339.25
|
423.84
|
2597.77
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|
LAKSHADWEEP
|
14.05
|
13.62
|
7.93
|
2.32
|
0.00
|
37.91
|
|
MADHYA PRADESH
|
743.52
|
558.50
|
312.36
|
325.19
|
306.34
|
2245.90
|
|
MAHARASHTRA
|
1255.14
|
1144.88
|
720.00
|
531.64
|
488.32
|
4139.97
|
|
MANIPUR
|
35.40
|
36.42
|
25.25
|
80.61
|
85.76
|
263.43
|
|
MEGHALAYA
|
5.79
|
4.49
|
2.51
|
3.56
|
5.49
|
21.83
|
|
MIZORAM
|
2.25
|
2.61
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
4.86
|
|
NAGALAND
|
201.03
|
176.90
|
60.34
|
17.50
|
4.07
|
459.84
|
|
ODISHA
|
549.66
|
452.89
|
354.03
|
348.30
|
350.32
|
2055.20
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|
PUDUCHERRY
|
54.62
|
21.37
|
5.01
|
7.19
|
19.35
|
107.54
|
|
PUNJAB
|
796.35
|
693.25
|
597.59
|
736.59
|
893.35
|
3717.12
|
|
RAJASTHAN
|
1649.64
|
1198.19
|
637.10
|
612.78
|
661.47
|
4759.18
|
|
SIKKIM
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
4.47
|
6.57
|
11.05
|
|
TAMIL NADU
|
2213.48
|
2012.48
|
1217.55
|
680.62
|
401.20
|
6525.33
|
|
TELANGANA
|
640.28
|
671.83
|
509.93
|
450.81
|
453.77
|
2726.62
|
|
TRIPURA
|
25.60
|
22.77
|
18.91
|
14.99
|
23.91
|
106.17
|
|
UTTAR PRADESH
|
3152.60
|
2639.07
|
1930.36
|
2116.69
|
2177.10
|
12015.82
|
|
UTTARAKHAND
|
662.50
|
570.19
|
319.84
|
263.19
|
303.93
|
2119.65
|
|
WEST BENGAL
|
1186.42
|
1104.28
|
1056.60
|
1627.97
|
2151.12
|
7126.40
|
|
Grand Total
|
24519.88
|
20404.91
|
13310.54
|
12785.39
|
13407.14
|
84427.86
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This information was given by Minister of State for Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Shri A. Narayanaswamy in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
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