(a) the details of Scholarship provided to the students in all the States including Jammu & Kashmir
and Madhya Pradesh at present;
(b) the details of the Prime Minister’s Special Scholarship Scheme for Jammu & Kashmir students
along with the number of students benefitted by the said scheme till date; and
(c) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to monitor and improve the said scheme?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(DR. SATYA PAL SINGH)
(a) to (c) The Ministry of Human Resource Development is implementing the following Schemes:
(i) National Means-Cum Merit Scholarship Scheme: Under the scheme, scholarship is awarded to the
eligible meritorious students, having parental income up to Rs.1.5 lakh per annum, with the objective to
arrest their dropping out in class VIII and encourage them to continue education at secondary and higher
secondary stage up to class XII. 1,00,000 fresh scholarships are provided per annum. The rate of
scholarship is Rs.12,000/- per annum.
(ii) Central Sector Scheme of Scholarship for College and University Students: Under the scheme,
financial assistance is provided to those eligible meritorious students who are above 80th percentile of
successful candidates in the relevant stream from a particular Board of Examination, in class XII and
having family income of less than Rs. 8 Lakhs per annum. 82000 fresh scholarships are provided per
year (41000 for boys and 41000 for girls) and have been divided amongst the State Education Boards
based on the State’s population in the age group of 18-25 years. The rate of scholarship is Rs. 10,000/-
per annum for the first three years and Rs. 20,000/- per annum for the fourth and fifth year.
(iii) Special Scholarship Scheme for Jammu and Kashmir: The scheme aims to encourage the youth
from Jammu & Kashmir to take advantage of the educational institutions outside the state, which would
provide them an opportunity, to interact with their counterpart from the rest of the country, thereby be
part of the mainstream. 5000 fresh scholarships are provided per annum. Scholarship is provided towards
Tuition fee and Maintenance allowance. The rate of scholarship towards tuition fee for General Degree
course is Rs.30,000 per annum, for Engineering course is Rs.1.25 Lakhs per annum and for Medical
studies is Rs.3.0 Lakhs per annum. Fixed Maintenance allowance of Rs. 1.0 Lakhs per annum is provided
to all students.
The number of students who have been disbursed fresh and renewal scholarships is:
<pre>
Year No. of Beneficiaries
(Fresh/Renewals)
2012-13 3687
2013-14 7335
2014-15 8249
2015-16 8109
2016-17 7098
2017-18 6417
2018-19 (November 2018) 4756
Total 45651
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The Government has taken several steps/initiatives to ensure that the benefit of the scheme is
availed by all the deserving students. As a result of various initiatives including inviting of online
application, online counseling & online allotment of seats, creation of supernumerary quota seats in
Engineering, Architecture, Nursing, Pharmacy and Agriculture colleges, more number of students are
taking admission in professional courses and thereby improving their employability.
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