Revision of Post-Matric and Pre-Matric Scholarship Amount for SC Students

Revision of Post-Matric and Pre-Matric Scholarship Amount for SC Students

Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment

REVISION OF POST-MATRIC AND PRE-MATRIC SCHOLARSHIP AMOUNT FOR SCHEDULED CASTES STUDENTS

Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme for SC students (PMS-SC) and Pre-Matric Scholarship Schemes for Scheduled Castes & Others are open-ended schemes

Posted On: 26 JUL 2023 4:17PM by PIB Delhi
As per the latest UDISE 2021-22 report published by the Department of School Education and Literacy, the dropout rate of Scheduled Castes students at various levels of school education compared to the average rate of dropout is provided at Annexure.
Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme for SC students (PMS-SC) and Pre-Matric Scholarship Schemes for Scheduled Castes & Others are open-ended schemes wherein the eligible applicants as per the scheme guidelines and which have been finally verified by the States/UTs are provided the scholarship. Upto 2020-21 in PMS-SC and 2021-22 in Pre-Matric SC Scheme, Central assistance was released to the States/UTs wherein, State Governments/UTs being the implementing agency verified the applications as per the eligibility criteria and disbursed the complete scholarship amount. The number of beneficiaries awarded scholarship, as reported by the State Governments for the years 2020-21 under PMS-SC and 2020-21 & 2021-22 under Pre-Matric Scheme is attached as Annexure. From 2021-22 under PMS-SC Scheme and 2022-23 in Pre-Matric SC Scheme, Central assistance is being released directly into the accounts of the beneficiaries through DBT after the State share is paid to the verified beneficiaries and the verified data is sent to the Central Portal. The details of number of beneficiaries awarded the scholarship during these years are attached at Annexure.
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The rates of scholarship have been recently revised under Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme for SC students in FY 2020-21 and under Pre-Matric Scholarships Scheme for SC & Others in FY 2021-22.
Annexure
Dropout rate of Scheduled Castes students at various levels of school education
(As per UDISE 2021-22 Report)

Category

Primary (I-V)

Upper Primary (VI-VIII)

Secondary (IX-X)

Scheduled Castes

1.46

3.56

12.55

Average

1.45

3.02

12.61

Beneficiaries covered under Post Matric Scholarship Scheme for SC Students (PMS-SC) during the financial years 2020-21 to 2022-23

Sl No.

State/UT

2020-21

2021-22

2022-23

1

Andhra Pradesh

409678

243823

238915

2

Assam

7942

0

11140

3

Bihar

78181

0

136340

4

Chandigarh

1128

899

876

5

Chhattisgarh

101987

87464

96267

6

D&D and DNH

142

0

98

7

Delhi

0

0

7531

8

Goa

66

0

1

9

Gujarat

141000

97697

113531

10

Haryana

68183

0

87913

11

Himachal Pradesh

16445

0

21502

12

Jammu & Kashmir

9856

100

10097

13

Jharkhand

29782

7805

33922

14

Karnataka

318389

131448

458548

15

Kerala

125898

90866

42521

16

Madhya Pradesh

475993

48270

445319

17

Maharashtra

391778

68576

148573

18

Manipur

6096

0

8988

19

Odisha

173264

75530

299369

20

Puducherry

4303

0

3904

21

Punjab

176482

152157

40708

22

Rajasthan

207382

217176

303252

23

Sikkim

351

0

448

24

Tamil Nadu

654131

441672

543772

25

Telangana

223613

0

0

26

Tripura

14721

0

22278

27

Uttar Pradesh

802648

868554

1269634

28

Uttarakhand

30530

0

27735

29

West Bengal

361943

493099

273953

Total

4831912

3025136

4647135

Number of beneficiaries under Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme for SC students during the financial years 2020-21 to 2022-23

S.No

State/ UT

2020-21

2021-22

2022-23*

1

Andhra Pradesh

236337

231340

0

2

Assam

912

418

0

3

Bihar

531536

473106

132127

4

Chandigarh

1000

1634

1304

5

Chhattisgarh

0

0

0

6

D&D and DNH

46

51

14

7

Delhi

16500

3771

501

8

Goa

200

29

6

9

Gujarat

56684

61128

21103

10

Haryana

0

0

0

11

Himachal Pradesh

15458

16759

0

12

Jammu &Kashmir

891

13359

0

13

Jharkhand

38015

57745

0

14

Karnataka

323332

271576

200119

15

Kerala

59312

60926

42003

16

Madhya Pradesh

318631

355000

0

17

Maharashtra

0

0

0

18

Manipur

485

571

0

19

Odisha

153073

92023

29047

20

Puducherry

4000

1349

0

21

Punjab

217729

196843

92604

22

Rajasthan

203083

240500

0

23

Sikkim

118

54

0

24

Tamilnadu

278838

306132

104324

25

Telangana

9051

26175

0

26

Tripura

4592

10211

4075

27

Uttar Pradesh

362511

320390

373692

28

Uttrakhand

26990

17363

0

29

West Bengal

209552

222783

77336

Total

3068876

2981236

1078255

This information was given by Minister of State for Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

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