(a) whether there is any income ceiling for extending the assistance under the Pre and
Post-Matric Scholarship Schemes for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs)
students;
(b) if so, the details of the ceiling fixed;
(c) whether the Government proposes to increase the income ceiling in view of the rise in
price index; and
(d) if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT(SHRI D. NAPOLEON)
(a) and (b): The parental income-ceiling, prescribed as eligibility criterion for grant of
scholarships to Scheduled Castes(SC)/ Other Backward Classes (OBC) students is given below:-
(i) Scheme of Post Matric Scholarships to the Students belonging to SCs – Rs. 2.00 lakh
per annum;
(ii) Schemes of Pre-matric and Post Matric Scholarships to the OBC Students – Rs.44,500
per annum.
No income-ceiling is prescribed under Scheme of “Pre Matric Scholarships to the children of
those engaged in ‘unclean’ occupationsâ€.
(c) and (d): The income ceiling under the Post-matric Scholarship Scheme for SC students (PMS-SC) has been revised in December 2010 from Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 2 lakh per annum w.e.f.
01.07.2010. Revision of the Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme for OBC students, including
enhancement of income ceiling, is under consideration of the Government.