VACANCY IN SC/ST/OBC RESERVED SEATS AND SCHOLARSHIPS FOR SC/ST/OBC STUDENTS
By PIB Delhi
As per the information received from Ministry of Education, the details of the number of seats reserved for SC/ST/OBC in Central Universities that remain vacant as on 03.02.2023 are given below :-
| Category | Gen | SC | ST | OBC | EWS | PWD | Total |
| Vacancy | 2154 | 878 | 520 | 1543 | 611 | 322 | 6028 |
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.
For STs, the Ministry of Tribal Affairs has been running Post Matric Scholarship for STs, Pre- Matric Scholarship 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 financial year 2022-23 are as given at Annexure – II.
Annexure-I
| Sr. No. | Scheme | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 |
| Funds released | Funds released | Funds released | ||
| 1. | Pre-Matric Scholarship for OBC, EBC & DNT students | 20157.37 | 16591.37 | 21828.90 |
| 2. | Post-Matric Scholarship for OBC, EBC & DNT students | 129932.88 | 115924.91 | 132013.67 |
Annexure-II
| Details of BE, RE, Final allocation and Actual expenditure during last 3 years | |||||||||||||
| Rs in Crore | |||||||||||||
| Sl. No. | Name of the Scheme | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | |||||||||
| BE | RE | Final Allocation | Actual Expenditure | BE | RE | Final Allocation | Actual Expenditure | BE | RE | Final Allocation | Actual Expenditure | ||
| 1 | Post Matric Scholarship for STs | 1613.50 | 1826.39 | 1862.65 | 1862.65 | 1900.00 | 1833.00 | 1833.00 | 1830.14 | 1993.00 | 2257.72 | 2257.72 | 2257.72 |
| 2 | Pre- Matric Scholarship ST students studying in Classes IX & X | 340.00 | 440.00 | 440.00 | 439.99 | 400.00 | 250.00 | 250.00 | 248.90 | 400.00 | 400.00 | 394.14 | 394.14 |
| 3 | National Fellowship and Scholarship Scheme for ST students | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 120.00 | 120.00 | 120.00 | 150.00 | 120.00 | 120.00 | 120.00 |
| 4 | National Overseas Scholarship for ST students | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 4.76 | 4.76 | 4.76 | 3.00 | 4.95 | 4.95 | 4.95 |
This information was given by Minister of state for Social Justice and Empowerment Sushri Pratima Bhoumik in the Rajya Sabha in a written reply today.
