(a) Whether the grants being given to the States by the Union Government
to provide scholarship to the students of other backward classes under post Matric Scholarship scheme has been discontinued;
(b) If so, the reasons therefor;
(c) Whether the release of subsidy on scholarship provided earlier to the students by the States is pending;
(d) If so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor ; and
(e) The steps taken by the Government in this regard?