Four crore scholarships given to minority EWS students, 54% to girls: Ministry of Minority Affairs
According to the media reports, the Ministry stated that out of the total, 54 per cent scholarship has been given to the girl students.
The Union Ministry of Minority Affairs through a written reply told the Rajya Sabha that since 2014-15 until date, over four crore scholarships have been distributed to the students belonging to the economically weaker sections (EWS) of the minority communities. According to the media reports, the Ministry stated that out of the total, 54 per cent scholarship has been given to the girl students. The information was given by Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi in the Upper House on September 14. The reports further suggest that for the socioeconomic and educational empowerment of six centrally notified minority communities, namely the Buddhists, Christians, Jains, Muslims, Parsis and Sikhs, the Ministry implements various welfare schemes.
Talking about the allocated funds, the Ministry also stated that during the period from 2015-16 to 2019-20, the total fund allocated to the Ministry of Minority Affairs was Rs 21,160.84 crore and actual expenditure was Rs 19,201.45 crore, which is approx 90.75 per cent of the total fund allocated. The official data released by the concerned ministry reveals that since 2014-15 to date, a total number of 4,00,06,080 scholarships have been distributed to the students belonging to the economically weaker sections of the minority communities, by incurring a total expenditure of Rs 11,690.81 crore.
An amount of Rs 9,223.68 crore is also spent for providing scholarships to 3,06,19,546 beneficiaries under various scholarship schemes of the Ministry during the period from 2015-16 to 2019-20, out of which about 54 per cent scholarships have been awarded to the minority girl students.
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