The Ministry of Minority Affairs implements Scholarship Schemes and one Fellowship Scheme

The Ministry of Minority Affairs implements the following four Scholarship Schemes and one Fellowship Scheme for the educational empowerment of six notified minority communities viz. Buddhist, Christian, Jain, Muslim, Parsi and Sikh as detailed below:

(i) Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme (for Class I to X)- To be eligible, students should not have annual parental/guardian’s income of more than Rs.1.00 lakh and he/she should have secured minimum 50% marks in previous class (except for Class I).

(ii) Post Matric Scholarship Scheme (Class XI to Ph.D including technical and vocational courses of Class XI and XII level)- To be eligible, students should not have annual parental/guardian’s income of more than Rs.2.00 lakh and he/she should have secured minimum 50% marks in previous class.

(iii) Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship Scheme (for Technical and Professional courses at under-graduate and post-graduate levels)- To be eligible, students should not have annual parental/guardian’s income of more than Rs.2.50 lakh and he/she should have secured minimum 50% marks in previous class.

(iv) Begum Hazrat Mahal National Scholarship is meant for girl students, belonging to the Minority Communities, pursing Class IX to XII. To be eligible, students should not have annual parental/guardian’s income of more than Rs.2.00 lakh and she should have secured minimum 50% marks in previous class.

(v) Maulana Azad National Fellowship Scheme provides integrated five year fellowships in the form of financial assistance to students pursuing higher studies such as M.Phil and Ph.D in India. The Fellowship covers all Universities/Institutions recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC). The Fellowship is awarded on the pattern of UGC Fellowship awarded to research students pursuing regular and full time M.Phil and Ph.D. courses.

The details of the number of scholarships sanctioned and amount of scholarship sanctioned under each of the aforesaid four scholarship schemes since 2016, year- wise, are as under:

The details of fellowships awarded under Maulana Azad National Fellowship Scheme since 2016-17 till 2020-21, along with the funds released, year- wise, are as follows:

* Selection against December, 2020 UGC/CSIR-UGC-NET Examinations yet to be made.

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