(a) whether lack of internet facilities in the North-Eastern States and other far-flung hilly States stands in the ways of integration of those parts of the country with the main stream and implementation of scholarship schemes to minorities;
(b) if so, the manner in which the Government is implementing scholarship schemes in these areas;
(c) whether the Government has asked the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology to provide internet and other communication facilities in these areas for better implementation of scholarship schemes; and
(d) if so, the response of that Ministry in this regard and the steps taken or being taken by the Government to ensure that students of minority communities in these areas get full benefits of these schemes as other areas of the country are getting?