MINISTER OF STATE (SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)
IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
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(a) Yes, Sir. The Government grants scholarship to the children of working (except defence and State Police), retired and deceased defence and para-military force personnel through National Defence Fund.
(b) The Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme (PMSS) under the aegis of the National Defence Fund was instituted with effect from 2006-07. Scholarships are available for higher education at technical institutions (medical, dental, veterinary, engineering, MBA and MCA etc.) and are available for a period of four years for each student and 5 years for medical students. The academic requirement for enrolment in the scheme is 60% marks at 10+2 level and 50% marks for renewal each year. The existing rates of scholarship (Academic Year 2019-20) is Rs. 2500/- per month for boys and Rs. 3000/- per month for girls. The details of the scholarship and budget provision are given below:-
S. no. Nodal Ministry Number and amount of scholarship @ Rs. 2000/Rs.2250 for boys/girls respectively for AY(2018-19) Number and amount of scholarship at enhanced rate Rs.2500/Rs.3000 pm (for boys/girls respectively for AY (2019-20) Additional
Budget
Number of scholarship Total amount per annum Number of scholarship Total amount per annum
i Defence 5500 14,02,50,000 5500 18,15,00,000 4,12,50,000
ii Home 2000 5,10,00,000 2000 6,60,00,000 1,50,00,000
iii Railway 150 38,25,000 150 49,50,000 11,25,000
iv State Police
(MHA) Does not exist 500 1,65,00,000 1,65,00,000
Total 7650 19,50,75,000 8150 26,89,50,000 7,38,75,000
(c) Yes, Sir. The amount of National Defence Fund has been increased. The details of the amount increase are shown in above table of part (b).
(d) The total amount paid as scholarship so far through National Defence Fund is Rs.347.50 crore. The State wise breakup is not maintained as the allotment of the scholarship is based on merit list. The breakup of the total amount paid as scholarship so far Ministry wise is as under:-
Ministries Amount (Rs. in crore)
Ministry of Defence Rs. 299.73
Ministry of Home Affairs Rs. 41.72
Ministry of Railways Rs. 6.05
Total Rs. 347.50
(e) Yes, Sir. The scheme has been extended to the wards of State Police Personnel who are killed during terror/Naxal attacks from the Academic Year 2019-20 onwards. A budgetary amount of Rs. 1.65 crore has been made for this category for 500 scholarship @ Rs.2500/Rs.3000 for boys/girls respectively. The nodal Ministry for such scholarship will be Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
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