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Scholarships to Minority Students

*Religion-wise details under Post Matric and Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship Schemes from FY 2014-15 to 2021-22.

New Delhi: After 2014-15, 5.20 crore scholarships have been disbursed throughout the country compared to 3.03crore scholarships before 2014-15. The religion-wise details of Scholarships sanctioned to minority students under the Post-Matric and Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship Schemes during the financial years 2014-2015 to 2021-2022 along with the total amount sanctioned and disbursed under these Schemes directly to the beneficiary accounts under DBT (Direct Benefit Transfer) mode during the said period is given in the table below:

Religion-wise details under Post Matric and Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship Schemes from FY 2014-15 to 2021-22*

Scheme

Buddhist

Christian

Jain

Muslim

Sikh

Parsi

Amount sanctioned (In Rs. Crore)

Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme

12,98,637

53,13,905

4,58,665

3,36,11,677

35,90,880

6,015

9057.08

Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme

33,450

6,82,623

1,21,926

43,10,991

5,38,345

1,051

3426.81

Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship Scheme

3,376

1,63,188

31,206

7,51,778

49,963

97

2670.81

Total

13,35,463

61,59,716

6,11,797

3,86,74,446

41,79,188

7,163

15,154.70

This information was given by the Union Minister for Minority Affairs Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

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