6028 vacancies available under SC, ST, OBC, EWS, & PWD categories: Central Govt

Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Sushri Pratima Bhoumik in the Rajya Sabha in a written reply shared information on vacancies available in SC/ST/OBC reserved seats and scholarships for SC/ST/OBC students.

Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Sushri Pratima Bhoumik in the Rajya Sabha in a written reply shared information on vacancies available in SC/ST/OBC reserved seats and scholarships for SC/ST/OBC students. The statement in a table showed the information received from the Ministry of Education, the details of the number of seats reserved for SC/ST/OBC in Central Universities that remain vacant as on February 3, 2023. According to the table, there are a total of 6028 vacancies available under SC, ST, OBC, EWS, and PWD categories as on February 3, 2023.

The statement further added, “The Department of Social Justice and Empowerment has been running Centrally Sponsored Schemes for SCs namely (i) Post Matric Scholarships to the students belonging to SCs for studies in India (ii) Pre Matric Scholarship Scheme for SC & Others. Both the Schemes are open-ended and the scholarships to the eligible SC beneficiaries are released as per the finally verified data received from the State Governments/UTs. The Central share to the beneficiaries is disbursed accordingly as per the scheme guidelines.”

For OBCs, EBCs and DNTs students, the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment has been running - (i) Pre-Matric Scholarship for OBC, EBC andDNT students & (ii) Post-Matric Scholarship for OBC, EBC and DNT students. The funds disbursed under these schemes during financial year 2022-23 are as given at Annexure – I.

Scheme	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22
	Funds released	Funds released	Funds released
Pre-Matric Scholarship for OBC, EBC & DNT students	20157.37	16591.37	21828.90
Post-Matric Scholarship for OBC, EBC & DNT students	129932.88	115924.91	132013.67

For STs, the Ministry of Tribal Affairs has been running Post Matric Scholarship for STs, Pre-Matric Scholarship for ST students studying in Classes IX & X, National Fellowship and Scholarship Scheme for ST students and National Overseas Scholarship for ST students. The funds disbursed under these schemes during the financial year 2022-23 are as given in the table below:       

Name of the Scheme	2019-20
	BE	RE	Final Allocation	Actual Expenditure
Post Matric Scholarship for STs	1613.50	1826.39	1862.65	1862.65
Pre- Matric Scholarship ST students studying in Classes IX & X	340.00	440.00	440.00	439.99
National Fellowship and Scholarship Scheme for ST students	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
National Overseas Scholarship for ST students	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00

Name of the Scheme	2020-21
	BE	RE	Final Allocation	Actual Expenditure
Post Matric Scholarship for STs	1900.00	1833.00	1833.00	1830.14
Pre- Matric Scholarship ST students studying in Classes IX & X	400.00	250.00	250.00	248.90
National Fellowship and Scholarship Scheme for ST students	100.00	120.00	120.00	120.00
National Overseas Scholarship for ST students	2.00	4.76	4.76	4.76

Name of the Scheme	2021-22
	BE	RE	Final Allocation	Actual Expenditure
Post Matric Scholarship for STs	1993.00	2257.72	2257.72	2257.72
Pre- Matric Scholarship ST students studying in Classes IX & X	400.00	400.00	394.14	394.14
National Fellowship and Scholarship Scheme for ST students	150.00	120.00	120.00	120.00
National Overseas Scholarship for ST students	3.00	4.95	4.95	4.95

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