Ministry of Culture
AWARD OF SCHOLARSHIPS TO YOUNG ARTISTS IN DIFFERENT CULTURAL FIELDS (SYA)
3.27 Crore disbursed to 1079 Young Artists in Different Cultural Fields under SYA scheme during FY 2025-26 (till 30.10.2025)
A total of 4956 Young Artists received Scholarships from 2021 to 2025 October
प्रविष्टि तिथि:
11 DEC 2025 3:43PM by PIB Delhi
The number and details of applications received; scholarships sanctioned is attached at Annexure A. Further, number of Scholars and amount disbursed for the period from financial year 2021-22 to financial year 2025-26 (till 30.10.2025) is attached at Annexure B.
After receipt of the applications from the Scholars, the same are evaluated/scrutinized and after that interaction/interview are also held. Subsequently eligible applications are placed before Expert Committee for further consideration and approval and funds for scholarship is released to the eligible candidates in 04 six-monthly installments. However, release after 1st installment depends upon timely receipt of six-monthly reports from Scholars.
This information was given by Union Minister for Culture and Tourism Shri Gajendra Singh
Shekhawat in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today
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Annexure A
|
Sl.No
|
States/UTs
|
BATCH YEAR
2019-20*
|
BATCH YEAR
2020-21*
|
BATCH YEAR
2021-22*
|
BATCH YEAR
2022-23
|
|
Application received
|
Approved Scholars
|
Application received
|
Approved Scholars
|
Application received
|
Approved Scholars
|
Application received
|
Approved Scholars
|
-
|
Andaman &
Nicobar Islands
|
1
|
00
|
1
|
01
|
1
|
00
|
1
|
01
|
-
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
45
|
03
|
18
|
02
|
16
|
03
|
50
|
04
|
-
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
4
|
01
|
01
|
00
|
4
|
02
|
4
|
01
|
-
|
Assam
|
148
|
27
|
110
|
15
|
124
|
19
|
198
|
20
|
-
|
Bihar
|
145
|
15
|
83
|
22
|
144
|
12
|
162
|
12
|
-
|
Chhattisgarh
|
145
|
11
|
70
|
23
|
127
|
10
|
196
|
11
|
-
|
Chandigarh
|
15
|
03
|
28
|
06
|
6
|
00
|
14
|
04
|
-
|
Delhi
|
225
|
23
|
78
|
12
|
181
|
21
|
289
|
29
|
-
|
Goa
|
6
|
02
|
8
|
02
|
8
|
00
|
5
|
01
|
-
|
Gujarat
|
53
|
07
|
19
|
08
|
41
|
06
|
55
|
03
|
-
|
Haryana
|
74
|
05
|
25
|
12
|
35
|
02
|
77
|
08
|
-
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
29
|
00
|
8
|
02
|
23
|
02
|
31
|
01
|
-
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
10
|
01
|
9
|
06
|
13
|
01
|
12
|
05
|
-
|
Jharkhand
|
23
|
08
|
17
|
04
|
34
|
08
|
24
|
05
|
-
|
Karnataka
|
145
|
28
|
37
|
18
|
87
|
26
|
155
|
19
|
-
|
Kerala
|
152
|
20
|
48
|
15
|
99
|
17
|
163
|
27
|
-
|
Ladakh
|
00
|
00
|
00
|
00
|
00
|
00
|
1
|
01
|
-
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
253
|
26
|
194
|
46
|
315
|
39
|
351
|
22
|
-
|
Maharashtra
|
252
|
41
|
99
|
28
|
174
|
28
|
269
|
50
|
-
|
Manipur
|
73
|
08
|
19
|
07
|
62
|
17
|
75
|
10
|
-
|
Meghalaya
|
00
|
00
|
00
|
00
|
00
|
00
|
00
|
00
|
-
|
Mizoram
|
00
|
00
|
00
|
00
|
00
|
00
|
00
|
00
|
-
|
Nagaland
|
00
|
00
|
00
|
00
|
00
|
00
|
00
|
00
|
-
|
Odisha
|
235
|
25
|
119
|
26
|
319
|
36
|
353
|
39
|
-
|
Puducherry
|
2
|
00
|
00
|
00
|
3
|
00
|
3
|
00
|
-
|
Punjab
|
24
|
04
|
5
|
02
|
12
|
01
|
29
|
01
|
-
|
Rajasthan
|
65
|
10
|
28
|
09
|
62
|
08
|
69
|
07
|
-
|
Sikkim
|
3
|
01
|
1
|
01
|
1
|
00
|
4
|
02
|
-
|
Tamil Nadu
|
65
|
18
|
13
|
10
|
31
|
09
|
68
|
08
|
-
|
Telangana
|
79
|
04
|
11
|
02
|
15
|
03
|
76
|
05
|
-
|
Tripura
|
25
|
02
|
8
|
01
|
20
|
04
|
29
|
01
|
-
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
245
|
36
|
107
|
33
|
252
|
42
|
280
|
32
|
-
|
Uttarakhand
|
33
|
04
|
13
|
04
|
34
|
05
|
38
|
01
|
-
|
West Bengal
|
509
|
67
|
264
|
83
|
539
|
79
|
804
|
70
|
|
|
Total
|
3083
|
400
|
1441
|
400
|
2782
|
400
|
3885
|
400
|
*For batch year 2019-20, applications are invited and received during the year 2021.
For batch years 2023-24, 2024-25 and 2025-26, applications are being received.
Annexure B
Amount disbursed under the scheme ‘Award of Scholarship to Young Artists in Different Cultural Fields (SYA)’ during FY 2021 to till 30th October, 2025
(Rs. in lakh)
|
Sl.
No.
|
State/UT
|
FY 2021-22
|
FY 2022-23
|
FY 2023-24
|
FY 2024-25
|
FY 2025-26 (till 30.10.2025)
|
|
|
|
No. of Scholars
|
Amount
|
Nos. of Scholars
|
Amount
|
Nos. of Scholars
|
Amount
|
Nos. of Scholars
|
Amount
|
Nos. of Scholars
|
Amount
|
-
|
Andaman & Nicobar
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
03
|
0.90
|
-
|
-
|
01
|
0.30
|
-
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
20
|
6.00
|
03
|
0.90
|
09
|
2.70
|
06
|
1.80
|
07
|
2.10
|
-
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
08
|
2.40
|
01
|
0.30
|
05
|
1.50
|
03
|
0.90
|
03
|
0.90
|
-
|
Assam
|
56
|
16.80
|
28
|
8.40
|
89
|
26.70
|
58
|
17.40
|
49
|
14.70
|
-
|
Bihar
|
43
|
12.90
|
16
|
4.80
|
63
|
18.90
|
43
|
12.90
|
39
|
11.70
|
-
|
Chandigarh
|
03
|
0.90
|
03
|
0.90
|
09
|
2.70
|
07
|
2.10
|
07
|
2.10
|
-
|
Chhattisgarh
|
35
|
10.50
|
10
|
3.00
|
50
|
15.00
|
38
|
11.70
|
35
|
10.50
|
-
|
NCT of Delhi
|
72
|
24.00
|
21
|
6.30
|
73
|
21.90
|
53
|
16.20
|
59
|
18.00
|
-
|
Goa
|
04
|
1.20
|
02
|
0.60
|
06
|
1.80
|
04
|
1.20
|
1
|
0.30
|
-
|
Gujarat
|
26
|
7.80
|
05
|
1.50
|
23
|
6.90
|
19
|
5.70
|
16
|
4.80
|
-
|
Haryana
|
22
|
6.60
|
05
|
1.50
|
25
|
7.50
|
18
|
5.40
|
20
|
6.00
|
-
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
04
|
1.20
|
-
|
-
|
04
|
1.20
|
03
|
0.90
|
04
|
1.20
|
-
|
Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir
|
16
|
4.80
|
01
|
0.30
|
09
|
2.70
|
08
|
2.40
|
12
|
3.60
|
-
|
Union Territory of Ladakh
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Jharkhand
|
17
|
5.10
|
08
|
2.40
|
24
|
7.20
|
17
|
5.10
|
15
|
4.50
|
-
|
Karnataka
|
80
|
24.00
|
30
|
9.00
|
97
|
29.10
|
63
|
18.90
|
56
|
17.10
|
-
|
Kerala
|
74
|
22.20
|
20
|
6.00
|
71
|
21.30
|
48
|
14.40
|
54
|
16.50
|
-
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
128
|
38.40
|
27
|
8.10
|
131
|
39.30
|
104
|
31.80
|
100
|
30.30
|
-
|
Maharashtra
|
132
|
39.60
|
40
|
12.00
|
127
|
38.10
|
81
|
24.30
|
94
|
28.80
|
-
|
Manipur
|
30
|
9.00
|
08
|
2.40
|
39
|
11.70
|
29
|
8.70
|
32
|
9.60
|
-
|
Meghalaya
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Mizoram
|
01
|
0.30
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Nagaland
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Odisha
|
75
|
22.50
|
25
|
7.50
|
97
|
29.10
|
71
|
21.60
|
91
|
27.90
|
-
|
Pondicherry
|
02
|
0.60
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Punjab
|
14
|
4.20
|
04
|
1.20
|
11
|
3.30
|
05
|
1.50
|
03
|
0.90
|
-
|
Rajasthan
|
21
|
6.30
|
10
|
3.00
|
37
|
11.10
|
25
|
7.50
|
19
|
6.00
|
-
|
Sikkim
|
02
|
0.60
|
01
|
0.30
|
03
|
0.90
|
02
|
0.60
|
02
|
0.60
|
-
|
Tamil Nadu
|
37
|
11.10
|
18
|
5.40
|
51
|
15.30
|
32
|
9.90
|
23
|
6.90
|
-
|
Telangana
|
12
|
3.60
|
03
|
0.90
|
13
|
3.90
|
08
|
2.40
|
11
|
3.30
|
-
|
Tripura
|
03
|
0.90
|
02
|
0.60
|
10
|
3.00
|
06
|
1.80
|
04
|
1.20
|
-
|
Uttarakhand
|
08
|
2.40
|
03
|
0.90
|
16
|
4.80
|
10
|
3.00
|
09
|
2.70
|
-
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
153
|
45.90
|
35
|
10.50
|
134
|
40.20
|
97
|
29.70
|
99
|
30.30
|
-
|
West Bengal
|
195
|
58.50
|
67
|
20.10
|
278
|
83.70
|
219
|
65.70
|
214
|
64.20
|
|
|
Total
|
1293
|
390.30
|
396
|
118.80
|
1507
|
452.40
|
1077
|
325.5
|
1079
|
327.00
|
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