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As per UDISE 2021-22

report published by Department of School Education and Literacy, the State-wise detail of number of Scheduled Castes students studying in Pre-Matric classes (I-X) across the country is at Annexure-I.

Under the Pre-Matric scholarships scheme for SCs and others, the SC students studying in classes IX^th and X^th are given a consolidated academic allowance as follows:

Student type	Academic Allowance (Rs. per annum)
Day-scholar	3500
Hosteller	7000

 No reduction under the head of aforementioned scheme has been made during the period of 2018 to 2022. Instead, the Central assistance released to the States for these years has been on increasing trend. The details of Central Assistance released to the States implementing the aforementioned scheme during the said period is at Annexure-II.

Annexure-I

State-wise details of number of Scheduled Castes students studying in Pre-Matric classes (I-X) across the country (As per UDISE 2021-22 Report)

S. No.	State/UT	SC students
	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	466
	Andhra Pradesh	2919829
	Arunachal Pradesh	11218
	Assam	1101241
	Bihar	10099017
	Chandigarh	38660
	Chhattisgarh	1542582
	Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu	6035
	Delhi	791768
	Goa	7079
	Gujarat	1389846
	Haryana	2353296
	Himachal Pradesh	621381
	Jammu & Kashmir	366907
	Jharkhand	1962832
	Karnataka	4033008
	Kerala	882668
	Ladakh	133
	Lakshadweep	20
	Madhya Pradesh	4874447
	Maharashtra	5017326
	Manipur	52287
	Meghalaya	22314
	Mizoram	4300
	Nagaland	11402
	Odisha	2574503
	Puducherry	74559
	Punjab	3518026
	Rajasthan	6230522
	Sikkim	16587
	Tamilnadu	4980174
	Telangana	2061091
	Tripura	240203
	Uttarakhand	909227
	Uttar Pradesh	21733620
	West Bengal	7628334
Total		8,80,76,908

Annexure-II

State-wise Central Assistance released during 2018 to 2022 under Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme for SC students

(Rs. in Lakhs)

S.No	State/ UT	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22
1	Andhra Pradesh	0	0	4944	5089
2	Assam	0	0		0
3	Bihar	0	5550		7534
4	Chandigarh	0	27		36
5	Chhattisgarh	0	1041		0
6	Daman & Diu	0	0	0.83	0
7	Delhi	0	268	291	699
8	Goa	0	0	3.6	0
9	Gujarat	0	1440	1044	1118
10	Haryana	0	368		0
11	Himachal Pradesh	0	0	408	374
12	Jammu &Kashmir	0	70	260	23
13	Jharkhand	1634	676	659	420
14	Karnataka	0	3691	6230	7658
15	Kerala	0	19	1368	1074
16	Madhya Pradesh	0	406	7784	4475
17	Maharashtra	0	0		0
18	Manipur	0	45		38.95
19	Odisha	996	2590	3512	2871
20	Puducherry	0	0	27	82
21	Punjab	0	3029	2743	3551
22	Rajasthan	3075	3323	3827	3673
23	Sikkim	0	4	5	2
24	Tamilnadu	0	0	5018	5394
25	Telangana	0	0		221
26	Tripura	259	469		30.57
27	Uttar Pradesh	2706	9075	12096	3732
28	Uttrakhand	0	344	143	469
29	West Bengal	2870	2854	6540	2371
Total		11540	35289	56903.4	50934*

*Central assistance reduced due to unspent balances available with the States

This information was given by Minister of state for Social Justice and Empowerment Shri A. Narayanaswamy in the Rajya Sabha in a written reply today.