RAJYA SABHA
FREE COACHING TO MINORITY STUDENTS
762. SHRI SYED ZAFAR ISLAM
Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:
(a) the details of coaching institutions providing free coaching to minority students in the country, including Uttar Pradesh and criteria to select coaching centres and the teachers;
(b) the details of the students who have benefited under scholarship, free coaching and allied schemes during the last two years and the current year, State-wise; and
(c) the details of funds allocated for this purpose during the last three years, State- wise including Uttar Pradesh?
(SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)
(a): The Ministry of Minority Affairs implements the Free Coaching and Allied Scheme (Naya Savera) under which free coaching is provided to students/candidates who belong to the six notified minority communities (Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists, Parsis, Jains and Muslims) whose total annual family income from all sources does not exceed Rs. 6.00 lakhs per annum. The criteria for empanelment of Project Implementing Agencies (PIAs) under the scheme is as under:
- The institute should be registered body or run by any organisation registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 / Companies Act, 2014 or any other relevant /act of the State/Union Territory.
- The registration for at least three years will be required in respect of the organizations/implementing agency which desire to apply for empanelment as on date of notification inviting applications from States/UTs/ Coaching Institutions.
- The Institute/Centre should have been fully functional for a minimum period of 3 years at the time of applying under the Naya Savera Scheme and having a minimum enrolment of 100 students in the courses for coaching included in the Naya Savera Scheme each year for last 3 three years, immediately prior to the year in which the institute has applied for empanelment.
- The institutes should have the required number of qualified faculty members either on its pay roll or on part-time basis.
- The institutes should have necessary infrastructure such as premises, library, requisite equipment etc. to run the coaching classes in the courses applied for.
- Coaching institutes should have a minimum success rate of 15% in the coaching courses applied for. Its past performance vis-à-vis intake and success rate is taken into consideration in selection.
- The Implementing Agencies must have been registered on NITI Aayog Portal i.e. http://ngodarpan.gov.in or as the case may be.
- The institution/organization should not have been declared bankrupt at any point of time.
- The institutions/organization should have not been blacklisted by any department or body of the government at any point of time.
At present, 44 PIAs have been given allocation for conducting Class room Coaching under the Naya Savera Scheme including 15 PIAs in Uttar Pradesh.
(b): In the last two years, 1,29,23,415 scholarships were provided, and under Naya Svera Scheme 24,977 students/candidates have benefitted/ been allocated in the last two years and current year. The State-wise details of students of minority community benefitted under Scholarship schemes, and Free Coaching and Allied Scheme during the last two years and current year are at Annexure-I and Annexure-II respectively.
(c): There is no State-wise fund allocation under Naya Savera- Free Coaching and Allied Scheme, and Scholarship schemes. However, an amount of Rs.6,599.97 crore has been allocated under the above schemes in the last three years.
Annexure-I |
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ANNEXURE |
|
State-wise |
|
States/UTs |
Scholarship |
Andhra Pradesh |
325919 |
Telangana |
380209 |
Assam |
484265 |
Bihar |
583789 |
Chhattisgarh |
15603 |
Goa |
1356 |
Gujarat |
313910 |
Haryana |
25256 |
Himachal Pradesh |
4639 |
Jammu & Kashmir |
832049 |
Jharkhand |
163162 |
Karnataka |
1101403 |
Kerala |
1347060 |
Madhya Pradesh |
291286 |
Maharashtra |
1536396 |
Manipur |
69443 |
Meghalaya |
31857 |
Mizoram |
99615 |
Nagaland |
93383 |
Odisha |
29390 |
Punjab |
996172 |
Rajasthan |
360195 |
Sikkim |
1303 |
Tamil Nadu |
793152 |
Tripura |
9245 |
Uttar Pradesh |
1620824 |
Uttarakhand |
59819 |
West Bengal |
1329618 |
Andaman & Nicobar |
195 |
Chandigarh |
3082 |
Dadra & Nagar Haveli |
328 |
Daman & Diu |
420 |
Delhi |
12311 |
Puducherry |
6761 |
1,29,23,415 |
Annexure-II |
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ANNEXURE |
|
State-wise |
|
State/UTs |
No .of students benefited/been allocated |
Andhra Pradesh |
1300 |
Assam |
150 |
Bihar |
200 |
Chandigarh |
290 |
Chhattisgarh |
300 |
Delhi |
378 |
Gujarat |
1350 |
Haryana |
650 |
Jammu and Kashmir |
150 |
Jharkhand |
360 |
Karnataka |
2499 |
Kerala |
1230 |
Madhya Pradesh |
1760 |
Maharashtra |
2380 |
Manipur |
250 |
Meghalaya |
300 |
Punjab |
800 |
Rajasthan |
1000 |
Tamil Nadu |
400 |
Uttar Pradesh |
7400 |
West Bengal |
1830 |
Total |
24977 |