• More than 74 crore  spent in the last five years under the Central Sector Scheme of Free Coaching Scheme (FCS) for SC and OBC students
• 8761 students benefited under the Free Coaching Scheme (FCS) for SC and OBC students  during the last 5 years

The 'Central Sector Scheme of Free Coaching Scheme (FCS) for SC and OBC students' is implemented for providing coaching for competitive examinations to economically disadvantaged Scheduled Castes and OBC students in the country, including in the states of Odisha and Rajasthan.

Being a Central Sector scheme, there is no provision of State wise/district wise funds allocation under the scheme. The details of the total expenditure incurred under the scheme during the last 5 years is as under:

Year	Expenditure (Rs. in crore)
2017-18	19.84
2018-19	14.87
2019-20	13.26
2020-21	11.96
2021-22	14.98

 

(c): A total of 8761 students have benefited under the scheme during the last 5 years for the competitive examinations covered under the scheme including UPSC, SPSC, JEE, NEET, SAT and GRE Examinations etc.

(d): Under the Free Coaching scheme, 30% of the total available seats are reserved for female students. However, there is no reservation of seats for disabled students under the scheme.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Sushri Pratima Bhoumik in a written reply in Lok Sabha, today.

 

 

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