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Ministry of Tribal Affairs

PRE-MATRIC AND POST-MATRIC TRIBAL SCHOLARSHIPS

प्रविष्टि तिथि: 18 DEC 2025 3:25PM by PIB Delhi

Replying to an un-starred question today in Lok Sabha the Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Shri Durgadas Uikey informed that the total number of beneficiaries under the Pre-Matric and Post-Matric Scholarship schemes for Scheduled Tribe students across all States and Union Territories during the last five years is given at Annexure-I. Further, the district-wise number of beneficiaries in State Govt. of Tamil Nadu under the Pre-Matric and Post-Matric Scholarship schemes for Scheduled Tribe students during the last five years is given at Annexure-II.

The total funds allocated/released by the Union Government for these two scholarship schemes across all States and Union Territories during 2020-21 to 2024-25, is given at Annexure-III.

Annexure-I

State-wise no. of beneficiaries under Pre-Matric Scholarship for ST students
Sl. No.	Name of the State/UT	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25
Sl. No.		Beneficiaries	Beneficiaries	Beneficiaries	Beneficiaries	Beneficiaries
1	Andaman & Nicobar	296	284	260	173	281
2	Andhra Pradesh	26676	35364	40465	*	*
3	Arunachal Pradesh	5676	4548	5178	2852	2831
4	Assam	2504	4767	5688	4353	8075
5	Bihar	51076	42425	26450	8451	15139
6	Chhattisgarh	132421	129615	28642	44837	27171
7	DNH & DD	2760	2167	2017	1273	1162
8	Goa	2504	1978	2108	1670	1698
9	Gujarat	166649	157714	157553	121083	124886
10	Himachal Pradesh	1846	2160	2479	2616	3260
11	Jammu & Kashmir	2621	5883	4689	2548	8371
12	Jharkhand	87131	136830	129269	114519	129142
13	Karnataka	92254	85554	98705	97191	104211
14	Kerala	9880	7071	9457	8331	10980
15	Ladakh	421	1439	760	2228	2029
16	Madhya Pradesh	378127	328961	255944	259997	212347
17	Manipur	2479	2365	1836	3470	3916
18	Meghalaya	616	2406	1588	5590	6149
19	Mizoram	11046	10031	10312	8911	8807
20	Nagaland	451	307	*	*	*
21	Odisha	190066	135053	79252	106691	122029
22	Puducherry	19	23	21	11	14
23	Rajasthan	208751	213064	73816	76272	57037
24	Sikkim	88	296	49	62	377
25	Tamil Nadu	14822	16854	15325	15154	17273
26	Telangana	7623	3066	9255	2460	*
27	Tripura	9404	17307	15017	11601	12597
28	Uttar Pradesh	2007	815	1579	2329	3211
29	Uttarakhand	1212	1313	1464	902	812
30	West Bengal	28504	28053	23979	21789	24333
	Total	1439930	1377713	1003157	927364	908138

*- Beneficiary data not reported by concerned State/UT

State wise no. of beneficiaries under Post-Matric Scholarship for ST students
Sl. No.	Name of the State/UT	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25
Sl. No.		Beneficiaries	Beneficiaries	Beneficiaries	Beneficiaries	Beneficiaries
1	A.& N. Islands	327	491	386	193	311
2	Andhra Pradesh	112645	117089	129032	79780	67888
3	Arunachal Pradesh	31527	43744	46330	42417	45125
4	Assam	53205	71115	62140	58774	77350
5	Bihar	9068	16302	3768	1444	3428
6	Chhattisgarh	73550	86910	34184	40552	34022
7	DNH DD	3549	3352	2208	1053	1627
8	Goa	4822	4047	4439	3274	3163
9	Gujarat	237041	260770	262538	226456	233161
10	Himachal Pradesh	2410	3332	4303	4390	4937
11	Jammu & Kashmir	4316	8335	10430	7319	15309
12	Jharkhand	92117	127258	147633	148676	65104
13	Karnataka	112381	133422	131968	123707	125823
14	Kerala	15820	14558	14863	13731	13034
15	Ladakh	3055	8631	8619	9413	8969
16	Madhya Pradesh	346060	457808	391317	353486	326410
17	Maharashtra	157503	130732	135915	139165	144785
18	Manipur	37258	47793	42572	33542	32275
19	Meghalaya	16399	52598	61360	76755	73902
20	Mizoram	33073	37448	38784	31685	28471
21	Nagaland	36940	40588	40638	42485	41793
22	Odisha	175252	207678	204172	213957	230366
23	Puducherry	24	23	18	11	10
24	Rajasthan	206011	188614	236628	168516	*
25	Sikkim	3488	4233	2650	1849	2411
26	Tamil Nadu	21383	24441	23529	24482	27578
27	Telangana	118347	126708	114911	131505	131032
28	Tripura	26108	35520	37380	33678	33506
29	Uttar Pradesh	8132	8930	9655	9676	10427
30	Uttarakhand	3039	3837	3534	3972	3853
31	West Bengal	60846	78100	63208	37760	29528
	Total	2005696	2344407	2269112	2063703	1815598

* Beneficiary data not reported by concerned State/UT

Annexure-II

No. of Beneficiaries under Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme for ST students (District wise – Tamil Nadu)
S. No.	District	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25
1	ARIYALUR	279	256	211	207	221
2	CHENGALPATTU	0	667	543	535	598
3	CHENNAI	41	31	122	170	202
4	COIMBATORE	448	497	437	422	618
5	CUDDALORE	349	383	395	422	479
6	DHARMAPURI	1230	1211	1136	1118	1318
7	DINDIGUL	49	70	92	119	98
8	ERODE	300	341	312	415	477
9	KALLAKURICHI	0	1166	1070	1160	1108
10	KANCHIPURAM	761	275	237	229	253
11	KANNIYAKUMARI	116	106	150	164	171
12	KARUR	5	5	8	3	9
13	KRISHNAGIRI	373	446	368	382	492
14	MADURAI	120	115	148	211	177
15	Mayiladuthurai	0	32	41	33	58
16	NAGAPATTINAM	63	35	42	35	58
17	NAMAKKAL	1441	1546	1541	1619	1605
18	PERAMBALUR	80	92	83	93	123
19	PUDUKKOTTAI	9	5	4	5	9
20	RAMANATHAPURAM	0	4	6	4	9
21	RANIPET	0	188	130	126	205
22	SALEM	2973	3259	2835	2733	2656
23	SIVAGANGAI	0	0	7	5	9
24	TENKASI	0	0	41	55	66
25	THANJAVUR	31	33	41	73	88
26	THE NILGIRIS	459	596	611	517	733
27	THENI	23	32	26	26	42
28	THIRUVALLUR	678	778	583	543	704
29	THIRUVARUR	36	35	33	29	59
30	TIRUCHIRAPPALLI	453	467	410	435	441
31	TIRUNELVELI	86	71	61	86	103
32	TIRUPATHUR	0	919	705	631	815
33	TIRUPPUR	107	102	119	161	194
34	TIRUVANNAMALAI	1398	1986	1815	1519	1949
35	TUTICORIN	27	0	59	86	103
36	VELLORE	1337	245	260	210	311
37	VILLUPURAM	1526	833	619	515	636
38	VIRUDHUNAGAR	24	27	24	58	76
	Total	14822	16854	15325	15154	17273

No. of Beneficiaries under Post-matric Scholarship Scheme District wise – Tamil Nadu
S. No	District	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25
1	ARIYALUR	223	345	351	247	245
2	CHENGALPATTU	0	8	571	733	828
3	CHENNAI	485	194	268	634	878
4	COIMBATORE	965	518	456	1165	1597
5	CUDDALORE	299	533	559	541	643
6	DHARMAPURI	1729	2427	2378	1941	2098
7	DINDIGUL	233	226	197	258	270
8	ERODE	423	326	361	582	797
9	KALLAKURICHI	0	28	1693	1074	998
10	KANCHEEPURAM	831	804	231	351	416
11	KANNIYAKUMARI	222	207	172	265	335
12	KARUR	77	16	33	95	112
13	KRISHNAGIRI	517	335	312	546	780
14	MADURAI	260	279	255	318	368
15	MAYILADUTHURAI	0	0	78	55	70
16	NAGAPATTINAM	107	107	80	68	87
17	NAMAKKAL	3545	3072	2856	3626	4091
18	PERAMBALUR	240	82	110	197	258
19	PUDUKKOTTAI	43	6	54	107	84
20	RAMANATHAPURAM	1	4	23	25	14
21	RANIPET	0	2	186	194	251
22	SALEM	4239	5128	4453	4302	4195
23	SIVAGANGAI	20	4	8	34	34
24	TENKASI	0	0	48	54	75
25	THANJAVUR	107	43	81	175	181
26	THE NILGIRIS	351	651	637	533	716
27	THENI	55	36	44	56	63
28	THOOTHUKKUDI	72	41	323	96	109
29	TIRUCHIRAPPALLI	1032	788	468	1016	1005
30	TIRUNELVELI	143	146	412	131	155
31	TIRUPATHUR	0	119	724	1172	1185
32	TIRUPPUR	78	208	964	267	331
33	TIRUVALLUR	507	639	462	619	730
34	TIRUVANNAMALAI	1397	2350	2412	1796	2027
35	TIRUVARUR	47	55	82	65	84
36	VELLORE	1655	2133	335	461	632
37	VILLUPURAM	1402	2504	761	600	755
38	VIRUDHUNAGAR	78	77	91	83	81
Total		21383	24441	23529	24482	27578

Annexure-III

Funds released under Pre-Matric Scholarship for ST students (State wise)
(₹ in crore)
Sl. No.	Name of the State/UT	F.Y. 2020-21	F.Y. 2021-22	F.Y. 2022-23	F.Y. 2023-24	F.Y. 2024-25
Sl. No.		Fund Released	Fund Released	Fund Released	Fund Released	Fund Released
1	Andaman & Nicobar	0.12	0.08	*	*	0.10
2	Andhra Pradesh	14.34	39.35	*	57.00	30.77
3	Arunachal Pradesh	0.00	2.07	2.67	*	*
4	Assam	0.17	1.02	1.07	1.88	1.00
5	Bihar	0.00	0.00	*	*	*
6	Chhattisgarh	35.42	0.00	*	52.50	*
7	DNH & DD	2.34	2.07	*	*	*
8	Goa	0.41	0.00	1.08	0.53	0.36
9	Gujarat	21.99	36.89	54.52	62.00	9.23
10	Himachal Pradesh	0.92	0.00	0.79	1.10	*
11	Jammu & Kashmir	0.00	0.00	*	*	*
12	Jharkhand	0.00	38.99	*	57.00	*
13	Karnataka	0.00	17.53	23.70	34.00	7.00
14	Kerala	1.17	3.47	*	4.36	1.00
15	Ladakh	0.42	0.74	*	*	0.40
16	Madhya Pradesh	54.29	114.58	127.44	*	53.05
17	Manipur	0.00	0.00	*	*	*
18	Meghalaya	0.00	0.00	1.15	*	0.70
29	Mizoram	1.68	6.57	*	3.07	*
20	Nagaland	0.61	0.00	*	*	*
21	Odisha	69.45	52.37	93.97	*	29.50
22	Puducherry	0.02	0.00	*	*	*
23	Rajasthan	31.27	62.34	35.31	*	22.36
24	Sikkim	0.09	0.00	0.18	*	*
25	Tamil Nadu	2.41	5.47	4.04	3.62	0.60
26	Telangana	0.00	0.00	*	1.50	0.00
27	Tripura	2.52	0.59	11.37	*	6.92
28	Uttar Pradesh	0.00	0.88	*	*	*
29	Uttarakhand	1.38	0.00	*	0.15	0.70
30	West Bengal	7.88	9.13	*	29.89	*
	Total	248.90	394.14	357.29	308.60	163.69

Funds released under Post-Matric Scholarship for ST students (State wise)
(₹ in Crore)
Sl. No.	Name of the State/UT	F.Y. 2020-21	F.Y. 2021-22	F.Y. 2022-23	F.Y. 2023-24	F.Y. 2024-25
Sl. No.		Fund Released	Fund Released	Fund Released	Fund Released	Fund Released
1	A.& N. Islands	0.13	0.10	*	*	0.10
2	Andhra Pradesh	60.39	89.91	133.57	114.71	120.00
3	Arunachal Pradesh	57.13	123.61	96.16	80.00	100.00
4	Assam	54.14	10.93	68.45	35.00	79.71
5	Bihar	7.08	*	*	*	4.43
6	Chhattisgarh	87.90	*	93.30	71.25	70.00
7	DNH DD	34.82	*	*	4.04	4.90
8	Goa	4.58	*	11.87	5.27	5.00
9	Gujarat	229.78	461.70	244.26	350.00	231.22
10	Himachal Pradesh	0.00	*	*	*	5.00
11	Jammu & Kashmir	8.05	*	6.84	7.46	9.95
12	Jharkhand	0.00	126.55	*	53.11	200.00
13	Karnataka	0.00	170.81	*	225.56	125.00
14	Kerala	32.85	25.16	*	46.89	29.00
15	Ladakh	7.38	22.14	18.91	5.96	35.00
16	Madhya Pradesh	123.44	245.29	270.49	350.00	250.00
17	Maharashtra	181.50	192.15	90.27	570.36	117.81
18	Manipur	21.84	42.92	41.38	30.00	25.00
19	Meghalaya	0.00	26.36	146.20	85.00	145.08
20	Mizoram	34.47	38.75	25.90	25.00	24.00
21	Nagaland	32.26	44.36	36.08	35.00	62.00
22	Odisha	190.96	218.43	171.33	135.64	294.00
23	Puducherry	0.20	*	*	*	*
24	Rajasthan	255.57	137.45	188.10	220.00	350.00
25	Sikkim	5.54	10.36	9.25	*	6.00
26	Tamil Nadu	33.29	48.49	28.54	20.00	25.00
27	Telangana	272.98	75.04	238.51	112.50	152.50
28	Tripura	48.05	71.89	45.22	40.00	74.94
29	Uttar Pradesh	22.19	*	*	10.00	15.00
30	Uttarakhand	0.00	35.68	*	1.88	2.70
31	West Bengal	22.56	38.72	*	34.06	35.00
	Total	1829.08	2256.80	1964.63	2668.69	2598.34

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