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NCSC Report : Problems faced by Scheduled Caste students in obtaining Scholarships - 2016
NCSC Report : Problems faced by Scheduled Caste students in obtaining Scholarships - 2016
Index
S. No. Contents Name Page No. 1 Foreword i 2 Introduction 1 3 Education indices of Scheduled Castes 2 4 Why the Study 4 5 Role of Central & State Governments 5 6 Budgetary and beneficiary data 6 7 System of release of scholarships in
States 8
8 Findings 21 9 Outcome of the cases taken up by NCSC 27
• 4240 students were left during 2014-15 and 23377 are left during 2015-16. • Arrears will be paid to them as and when all cases are verified online. There is no fund
crunch. • Reasons for leftover are technical reasons like linking of Aadhar, matching of
EAMCET details, discrepancy in verification by college , mistakes in application and system errors etc.
6.3.1.2 Overseas Scholarship:
• Telengana, has a special scheme for providing overseas scholarships for SC students.
Under Ambedkar Overseas Vidya Nidhi (AOVN) scheme 160 SC youths were sent
abroad for pursuing higher degrees. Applications of another batch of 63 students is
reported to be in process with scholarship amount Rs. 20.00 lakh per student.
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We observe that during 2014-15 there is no backlog/left out students whereas 204 students have been left out in 2015-16. It was clarified that these 204 students also will be given scholarship from State Government funds, without waiting for GOI funds along with current year applicants.
Non –reciept of amount from GOI is pointed out as biggest reason for delay in disbursal.
6.3.4 Madhya Pradesh:
• MP has an integrated e-Governance Portal for the automation, streamlining & effective
management of processes related to application receipt, processing, sanction and
disbursal of various scholarships to students.
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• This initiative is aimed to facilitate faster and efficient disposal of scholarship
applications and timely payment of the scholarships to the students directly in their bank
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In these three States , following documents are needed to avail the scholarship:
• Passport Size Photo(Self Attested).
• AADHAAR Card(UID / EID No).
• State Bonafide Certificate.
• Previous Year(s) Result Card(s) from Matric onwards.
• Latest Bank Statement of the Students Bank Account.
• SC Category Certificate (Issued by an officer not below the rank of Tehsildar).
• Income Certificate of Parent / Guardian (Issued by an officer not below the rank of Tehsildar).
• Gap Year Affidavit, for Post Matric Scholarship Scheme for SC / ST / OBC Students (in Original).
• Fee structure as approved by the University / Board / State Govt. / Centre Govt. In case of Private recognized institutions self-approved fee structure by the Head of the Institution is not valid,
• Fee Payment Receipts.
6.7.5 UT of Chandigarh
The UT has not implemented the online system for the payment of scholarship to students.
The students face the problem by physical filling the form and students have to trace the
application physically.
Many times the students do not know the deadlines for the form filling.
6.8 NCSC State office: Trivandrum (State covered: Kerela)
• There is no reimbursement of tuition fee in the State.
• The system followed is to disburse the educational concessions including the tuition
fees of the Schedule Caste students from the Schedule Caste Development Department
(SCDD) on receipt of student details from the educational institution. The system of
distribution for scholarship followed by SCDD is that the claim Statement is submitted
by the institution on or before 5th of every month .
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• The same is sanctioned by the Directorate through E-grants system, directly to the bank
accounts of the students.
• If ADHAR is linked to the bank account the scholarship will be disbursed too the
Aadhar linked bank account. But Aadhar is not made compulsory for getting the
scholarship.
• Fee -reimbursements in pre-metric institutions are also provided to unaided but
recognized schools.
6.9 NCSC State office: Bangalore (State covered: Karnataka)
• ePass Scholarship scheme, introduced by the Government.
• Under this scheme the student need to apply online by uploading necessary documents
and submit for getting registered.
• The downloaded Registration form(hard copy) need to be submitted to the
Principal/Head of the Institute.
• After verifying the eligibility of the student the list of selected students will be
forwarded to the Taluk Social Welfare officer for payment of scholarship.
• The amount is credited directly to the bank account of the student.
• On line registration is followed for Pre-Matric as well as Post -Matric scholarships.
6.9.1 Overseas Scholarship :
Karnataka has a special scheme for providing overseas scholarships for SC students. Under this
full fees, travel expenses etc for SC students pursuing higher degrees abroad are met by State
Government and the same has gone up to even Rs. 1 crore per student.
6.10 NCSC State office: Ahmedabad (State covered: Gujarat and Rajasthan )
6.10.1 Gujarat • Application through online portal : http://scholarships.gujarat.gov.in and
http://www.scholarships.gov.in
• Scrutiny is online
• Payment is directly to students’ bank account.
• Last date of submission of application for scholarship is 30 September 2016
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6.10.1.1 Status:
Scheme: Post Matric Scholarship For SC Students
(Rs. In Crore) Sr. No. Information Year 2015-16 Till Aug-16 (16-
17) 1 No. of Institutes registered for Scholarship NA NA 2 No. of Students registered for Scholarship 134592 63298 3 No. of Students given Scholarship 134592 63298 4 No. of Cases Pending and reasons of Pendency - - 5 Total Amount Disbursed 179.94 128.82
6.10.1.1 Free ship card to SC students for Scholarship:-
Gujarat provides a Free ship card to SC students5 enrolled in self financed institutions affiliated
with Universities and recognized by Education department. To avail this facility students need to
fill a form at District Welfare Officer after which the student is provided a free ship card to avail
the free admission in self-financed institutes in the State. The self-financed institutes in the State
have been instructed to give free admissions to students with free ship cards. The self-financed
institutes in the State will submit a proposal to District Deputy Director (SCW) for receiving fee
reimbursement for students with such cards admitted in their Institutes.
6.10.2 Rajasthan
• Application through online portal: http://rajpms.nic.in/default.aspx
• Scrutiny is online
• Payment is directly to students bank account.
• Last date of submission of application for scholarship is 15September 2016
• In both the following documents are needed to avail the scholarship:
• Passport Size Photo(Self Attested).
• AADHAAR Card(UID / EID No).
5 with parent income upto Rs 2.50 lakh per annum and eligible for post metric scholarship
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• State Bonafide Certificate.
• Previous Year(s) Result Card(s) from Matric onwards.
• Latest Bank Statement of the Students Bank Account.
• SC Category Certificate (Issued by an officer not below the rank of Tehsildar).
• Income Certificate of Parent / Guardian (Issued by an officer not below the rank of Tehsildar).
• Gap year Affidavit, for Post Matric Scholarship Scheme for SC / ST / OBC Students (in Original).
• Fee structure as approved by the University / Board / State Govt. / Centre Govt. In case
of private recognized onstitutions self-approved fee structure by the Head of the
Institution is not valid
• Fee Payment Receipts.
6.11 NCSC State office: Patna (States covered: Bihar and Jharkhand )
• The advertisement is issued centrally by the State governments separately in leading
dailies of the States inviting applications for post-metric scholarship for SC/ST students.
• The eligibility criteria are broadly are permanent domicile of the State concerned ,
Guardian/parents’ annual income below 2.5 lakh, applicants caste should be registered
as SC/ST in the State concerned and applicant should be a student of Government
recognised institute inside/outside the State.
• Applicants are requested to login on the website of the SC/ST Welfare Department of
the State and they should apply online.
• Applicants are requested to submit the application form with self-attested copies of
requisite documents such as caste certificate, income certificate, mark sheet, Fee
requisition from Institute, Hostel certificate etc. to Institutional Head and thereafter to
District Welfare Officer of concerned District.
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• Bihar has also established a toll free No. 1800-3456345 for any information/queries
relating to scholarship.
• After the applications are received, these are scrutinised and physically verified (
especially in Bihar) eligible applicants are selected for disbursement of scholarship by
the State Government.
• Release of the scholarship amount is directly to account of students.
6.12 NCSC State office: Chennai (States covered: Tamil Nadu and UT of Puducherry ) • Fee Structure: For Government, Government Aided Institutions, scholarship is paid as
per the fee structure approved by Government. For Self-Finance Colleges, fee is fixed by
the Fee Fixation Committee appointed as per directions of the Hon’ble Supreme Court.
• Scholarship: Scholarship is given for students who are studying in recognised post
matriculation or post secondary courses pursued in recognised institutions only. In
respect of Self Finance Colleges, Maintenance Allowances are paid to the student’s bank
account through ECS. Course Fees are compensated to the respective institutions
through ECS. In respect of Government / Government Aided, all compulsory and non-
refundable fees payable by the students alongwith Maintenance Allowance are paid to the
student’s bank account through ECS.
• Process: On behalf of the students, respective education institutions are entering the
applications through online. Fee structure for Government, Government Aided are
updated by Institutions and verified and approved by District Officers. After verification,
District Officer sanctions and forwards applications of Government and Government
Aided colleges to Welfare Directorate for disbursement through ECS.
• In respect of Self Financed Institutions, the District Officers forward the applications
submitted by the Institutions to the respective Heads of Educational Departments like
DOTE for Engineering courses, DME for Medical courses etc., after verification of the
uploaded documents such as Caste Certificates, Income Certificates and signed copy of
the application form. The Head of the Department verify details such as College
Recognition, Course Affiliation and admission mode of the student which determines the
course fee amount. Once Head of the Department approves and sanctions the
scholarship, it is escalated to the Directorate of Adi Dravidar / SC Welfare for
disbursement through ECS.
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7. Whether the system of State is online or not:
Serial no. Name of the State Application Online or Offline
• The Commission noticed that the systems for the payment of scholarships appear to
work most efficiently in Andhra Pradesh , Telengana , Karnataka as there are very few
complaints of non receipt of scholarships from students in these States in NCSC.
• These State governments also have a working grievance redressal model as can be seen
in the resolving of the nativity problem caused by the bifurcation of the State of Andhra
Pradesh.
8.1 Best practices :
• Chattisgarh has developed a method to cover students that are left out of the online
process by an offline method.
• Tripura has organized several awareness / workshops with all the involved users have
been done in phased manner and time was extended for uploading/verification etc.
• Gujarat provides a Free ship card to SC students for admission on ‘zero fee’ basis.
• Bihar has set up a toll free number for any information/queries relating to scholarship.
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• Telengana and Karnataka have special schemes for providing overseas scholarships for
SC students. In Telengana under Ambedkar Overseas Vidya Nidhi (AOVN) scheme 160
SC youths were sent abroad for pursuing higher degrees. Applications of another batch
of 63 students are reported to be in process with scholarship amount Rs. 20.00 lakh per
student. In Karnataka full fees, travel expenses etc. for SC students pursuing higher
degrees abroad are met by State Government and the same has gone up to even Rs. 1
crore per student.
8.2 Problems:
The problems faced by the students in receiving the scholarship / fee reimbursement are detailed
State wise below :
8.2.1 States : Andhra Pradesh and Telengana
• After bifurcation of the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh into Andhra Pradesh and Telengana
there are many complaints of e-pass not accepting PMS registration due to nativity issue.
Nativity is defined as when a student should study continuously in any district of Andhra
Pradesh or Telengana to get nativity of that State.
For example: If a student studied in Khammam District of Telengana but is a native of
Andhra Pradesh , then e-pass system will create problem.
Action taken by State Government to resolve problems :
These issues are being sorted out at State level by Scheduled Caste department.
8.2.2 States: Bihar and Jharkhand • Misappropriation of scholarship amount.
• Candidate not found genuine.
• Application not submitted to college.
• Slow pace of physical verification by State Government agencies leading to delays.
• Scholarship to 85653 students was released scholarships out of 89934 students
registered in 2014-15 only in 2016-17.
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• Scholarship to 72058 students was released scholarships out of 91114 students
registered in 2015-16 only in 2016-17.
• Verification for the remaining 4281 students of 2014-15 and 19056 students of 2015-16
is still ongoing.
• It is seen that in majority of cases, payment of scholarship has either been delayed or
not paid due to not uploading of the data by the institute/DIOS.
• The other reasons for non-payment of scholarship are wrong account number or IFSC
code or Bank.
• The payment of scholarship is the responsibility of the State Govt. In all these cases,
due to delays in verification process of the Department and institutions, the payments
could not be made in time and there is no fault of these students.
• In some cases, the marksheet and degree were also not released to the SC students by
the Institute due to non-payment of fee. Therefore, SC students are deprived of their
study in the field of higher education or could not apply for their career anywhere.
• In some cases, the institutes were blacklisted therefore scholarship are not released.
Thus SC students are the sufferers.
Case study : 60 SC students belonging to Bihar of Rajdhani Engineering College, Bhuvneshwar,
Odisha threatened suicide due to non release of their scholarship of 2013-2014 & 2014-15. After
intervention of NCSC , the Department of SC/ST Welfare Government of Bihar, reported that it
has released Rs. 51,58,830/- as scholarship to 80 students out of total 83 students of Rajdhani
Engineering College.
8.2.3 State : Karnataka
• Delay in disbursement of scholarship.
8.2.4 State : Kerela • Technical problems / delays in online uploading .
• Education assistance for self financing unaided institution is not admissible.
• Non-availability of caste certificates.
8.2.5 State : Tripura
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• The cases in which the scholarships were released by the social welfare department but
due to error in the bank account or IFSC code, the scholarship could not be given to the
students
• In some cases data could not be uploaded due to technical problems, therefore, the
scholarships were not released to the SC students as the online application for PMS has
been introduced in Tripura for the first time.
Action taken by State Government to resolve problems :
• Several awareness / workshops with all the involved users have been done in phased
manner.
• Time was extended for uploading/verification etc.
8.2.6 State: Uttar Pradesh
The Scheduled castes students could not get fee & compensation due to the following reasons.
• Data for scholarship i.e. tuition fee and compensation to the Scheduled Caste student
was not uploaded on the last date of application.
• The District Scholarship Committee rejected the case due to non-availability of Caste
Certificates and income certificate etc. of the SCs Students.
• The cases in which the scholarship were released by the Social Welfare Department but
due to error in the bank a/c or IFSC code, the scholarship could not be given to the
students.
• In some cases the data could not be uploaded due to technical problems, therefore, the
scholarship was not released to the SC students.
• In some cases, the marksheet and degree were also not released to the SC students by
the Institute due to non-payment / non reimbursement of fee. Therefore, SC students are
deprived of their study in the field of higher education and / or could not apply for their
career advancement anywhere.
• In cases where the Institutions did not receive fee reimbursement, the students were not
allowed to appear for exams or their mark sheets were withheld.
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Case Study : In B.Ed courses in Private Institutions , the fees charged6 by the institutions ( as
per orders of Hon’ble High Court) is higher than the prescribed fee which is reimbursed7 by the
Government of Uttar Pradesh ( GoUP). Hence students have to bear the difference (Rs 21,750/-
per student) thus negating the concept of ‘zero fee ‘ study. In one specific case8 even this lower
approved prescribed fee reimbursement and also the scholarship 9 was not received by the
students / institute, with the result that the students were not permitted to appear in the exams.
8.2.7 State: West Bengal • There are no Scholarship committees in districts
• Late sanction of scholarship.
• Late submission of application
• Non availability of caste certificate
• Misplaced hard copy of application
8.2.8 State : NCT of Delhi
• Lists do not contain the names of all the schools.
• Wrongful submission of documents.
• Cases not under the jurisdiction of Directorate of Education
• Non-submission of required documents.
• Late submission of documents.
• Scholarship amount not released by the university.
8.2.9 State : Haryana
• Scholarship amount not released by the concerned authority in college and not paid to
students.
• Institute’s name not uploaded on the scholarship portal.
• Fee not reimbursed by Social welfare Department
• Scholarship amount was returned to treasury.
8.2.10 State : Gujarat 6 fee charged by Institutions for B.Ed courses : Rs 73000/- per student 7 prescribed fee reimbursed by GoUP : Rs 51,250/- per student 8 Name of College : Chet Ram Sharma College of Education, Noida. 9 Scholarship : Rs. 6600/- per SC student
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• Institutes was not updated in scholarship portal.
Case Study : 56 Institutes in 11 districts are affiliated to an institution10 running courses which are not recognized . Scholarship to SC students studying in these Institutes has not been released for past 3-4 years.
8.2.11 State : Rajasthan
• Error in bank details.
• Some of the institutes are not registered but students take admission in them in
ignorance, so they are not getting Scholarships.
• The students from other States (not domicile of Rajasthan) take admissions in State
institutes are paid scholarship / reimbursements from their home State which may have
lower rates of reimbursement, so the student does not receive full payment of fees paid.
• Many students are unaware of the scholarship schemes and hence they are paying the
full fees.
8.2.12 State : Punjab
• Due to late submission of Utilization Certificates by the State Government,
approximately Rs. 527.68 crore for 2015-16 & Rs. 245.08 crore for backlog of 2014-15
are to be released by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment to the State.
• While the State has sanctioned some of this due amount from own funds, the huge
overdues means that the Scheduled Castes students are deprived of scholarship on time.
• The SC/BC department of the Punjab has conducted an enquiry on matter and has found
that around 1,700 Scheduled Caste students were shown enrolled at two colleges
simultaneously. Out of them, 966 were listed as beneficiaries both under the minority
quota and the Welfare Department scheme.
• The State government has now started verifying record of various private and
government colleges. Though private colleges showed them as drop-outs, around 80 per
cent of their scholarship amount had already been claimed. In Bathinda district, 20
students allegedly appeared at two examination centers on the same day and same time.
10 Nursing diploma courses by Bharat Sevak Samaj
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8.2.13 State : Tamil Nadu
• Out of 2,84,909 applications for Scholarship, in 2,47,820 cases scholarship has been sanctioned.
• 37,089 cases of Scholarship of 2015-16 are pending. • Out of these 37,089 pending cases of Scholarship, 29,111 cases were pending for
shortage of funds ( including non sanction of scholarship for B.A English through
correspondence education)and the remaining cases are pending for want of documents
such as Community Certificate, family income, college approval, course affiliation etc.
• Denial of scholarship for last two years to Research Scholars
Case studies :
• Non-sanction of scholarship to students of B.Ed Course11 for 89 SCs during 2011-12,
2012-13 and 2013-14 and in BE Courses.12
• Non-sanction of scholarship to 450 SC students13 during 2015-16.
8.2.14 UT : Puducherry : All the 19,477 cases of Scholarship were processed and sanctioned
with Scholarship in the year 2015-16 itself.
9. Outcome of the cases taken up by NCSC
After intervention of the Commission, in these 551 cases , at least 10413 students in 85 Colleges
and in 20 Institutes have received their due scholarship & tuition fee reimbursement of Rs.
24,90,90,592/-.
10. Recommendations
10.1 Implementing and steamlining of online systems:
• The State Governments are advised to make the process of applying for the
scholarships, scrutiny, sanction and payment online as in the case of Andhra Pradesh ,
Karnataka , Telengana , UP, MP and Chattisgarh. 11 in Sri Rajarajeshwari Educational College, Vellore District 12 in Anna Engineering College, Ka.Kuppam, Villupuram 13 of Avinashilingam University, Coimbatore
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• The Governments are advised to improve their online Scholarship/Tuition fee
application system by incorporating timely reminders to the institutions which have not
uploaded data or uploaded incomplete data and including further checks to balances in
the system to ensure complete data entry to ensure timely & accurate data feeding so
that Scheduled Castes students do not suffer.
• After admission of the students, the college/ institutes /District level officers dealing
with scholarships may ensure that all these student’s applications are be checked /
verified before uploading the data so that their applications are not rejected.
• There should be inbuilt system of warnings/ reminders to ensure rectifications/
corrections in time for any shortcomings in the applications.,.
• There can be a provision of SMS alerts to the stake holders such as Institutions and
students at various stages of processing which can highlight, for timely rectification any
minor shortcomings found in the applications.
• Online system should incorporate a provision for issue of reminders to to all such
Institutions which have not uploaded the data in time. These reminders should be issued
at least 15 days prior to closing date.
• The list of students may be generated /uploaded and sent to the concerned Institutes for
time bound rectification.
10.2 Rectification of cases with minor errors / rejected cases
• The cases rejected by the District Scholarship Committees may be cross checked on a
test basis for cases where minor rectifications/verifications are needed so that the
scholarships may be released if found as per rules after scrutiny.
• Due to error in bank IFSC code or wrong account number the scholarship were not
released in many cases. In such cases, the account no./IFSC code may be confirmed
from the students and the institutions at the end of the scholarship release time frame so
that the scholarship may be released after grant of one time exemption.
10.3 Tracking of status
• There can be an inbuilt system where the students / institutions can view/track the
status of their own application with Temporary ID/Permanent ID / Aadhar number /
Bank account number in the system.
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• Setting up of a toll free phone number , as in case of Bihar, for any information/queries
relating to scholarship can be considered by other State Governments .
10.4 Exemptions till stabliziation of online system:
• A large number of students have not received their scholarships due to the switch to
online system and the teething troubles therein.
• Since the students are suffering despite there being no fault of theirs, to mitigate their
suffering a one time relaxation may be provided by State Governments to all the SC
students whose data are not uploaded after completing filling the forms for tuition fee
and scholarship through their educational institutions.
• If needed, more demand of grants may be made to the Ministry of Social Justice &
Empowerment, Government of India so that payments of Scholarship could be made to
the SC students.
• A method to cover students left out of the online process due to some unforeseen
reasons by an offline method can be developed as in case of Chattisgarh.
10.5 Awareness workshops
• The example of Tripura where several awareness / workshops with all the involved
users have been held in a phased manner and time was extended for
uploading/verification etc. can be followed in other States .
10.6 Facilitating Zero fee admissions
• The State Governments may ensure that all the SC students as per their eligibility may
get the admission in the colleges/institutes on ‘zero fee’ basis. Necessary instructions
may be issued to all the Colleges and Institutions and the fee may be reimbursed
directly to the institutions by the Social Welfare departments of the States.
• Rates of fee reimbursement should be at par with the rates of the fee in States where the
students are studying.
• Issue of freeship cards like in Gujarat14 can be implemented by other states in order to
help the students get admission of ‘zero fee’ basis.
14 Details of application form and copy of sample freeship card is at Annexure -
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• In case of delay in fee reimbursement by the Social Welfare departments of the States ,
the Institutions should be given instructions that SC students are allowed to give exams
and not be deprived of their marksheets and degrees so that they can apply for higher
studies and careers.
10.7 Review of status by departments concerned and grievance redressal modalities
• The physical verification of students / Institutions as carried out by some State
Governments15 is taking a long time , with the genuine , needy students being deprived
of timely scholarships. The process needs to be streamlined and completed in a time
bound manner. There should be high level review of the process on a weekly basis.
• There should be State level / Division level grievance redressal Committee(s), with
members of the Social welfare department , some heads of Institutions , teacher / student
representatives and representatives of one or two prominent NGOs working in sphere of
education to examine the grievances of the students in a specified time frame and suggest
solutions.
• Non receipt / non release of the Scholarship amount from Government of India :
There are a large number of cases where the scholarships have not been released due to
non receipt / non release of the Scholarship amount from Government of India. To avoid
such situations the Central and State Governments should develop a monthly / quarterly
review mechanism to sort out problems so that smooth release is facilitated and students
do not suffer.
10.8 Adopting best practices of some States:
• Chattisgarh has developed a method to cover students that are left out of the online
process by an offline method.
• Tripura has organized several awareness / workshops with all the involved users have
been done in phased manner and time was extended for uploading/verification etc.
• Gujarat provides a Free ship card to SC students for facilitation of admission on ‘zero
fee’ basis.
15 eg : Bihar
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• Bihar has set up a toll free number for any information/queries relating to scholarship.
• Telengana and Karnataka have special schemes for providing overseas scholarships for
SC students.
The Commission recommends other State Governments also consider adopting these best
practices in their States.
Annexure-I
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List of cases of the States/UTs
1. Assam
Serial no.
File no. Year Name of the institution
Name of the petitioner
Remarks
1. 6/Rep/Sch/1/2013-RU
2012-13
Hotel & Catering Management Institute, Chandigarh
Km. Sumi Hazarika Guwahati & 3 others
The State Govt. of Assam had released ` 45,300/ for 4 students @ ` 11,325/- per student per annum. The State Govt. however stated that the released amount is as per extant guidelines.
2. 6/Rep/Sch/1/2015-RU
2011-12 & 2013-14
Deptt. Of I.T., GU of Science & Technology, Guwahati University
Sh.Kandarpa Das Guwahati University
Director SC Welfare, Govt. of Assam informed that the amount paid to Shri Das is at per prevalent rate then. On renewal of scholarship Shri das however paid ` 24,000/- on 19.12.2004 as per enhanced rate ten.
2. Bihar
Serial no.
File no. Year Name of the institution Name of the petitioner Remarks
1
16/164/Bihar/2015-ESDW
Regarding corruption of scholarship money by the Social Welfare Department, Nawada, Bihar
Reason-delay due to technical problems. The Principal, K.V, states that the educational assistance during the period 2011 to 2013 was disbursed to the petitioner as e-grants.
Annexure-I
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2 KL/E/12/5/2014(HQRS) 2014 MES College for Advanced Studies, Ernalulam
Shri T.S. Madhusoodanan, Thrissulat House, Narakkal, P.O. Kochi.
Educationa assisistance for self financing un-aided Institution is not admissible.
3 KL/E/12/6/2014(HQRS) 2014 Cochin University Research Scholars, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin-, Kerala.
The Research scholar informed that they received fellowship as e- grantz. The file is closed.
Shri.C.K.Pushpan Indeevaram Down Hill.PO,Kottappadi,Malappuram
The Additional Chief Secretary, SC/ST Development Deptt. states that Pariyaram Dental College are collecting special fee from the SC students without Govt.permission.
Village – Junsiya, Post – Itawa, Tahsil - Phoolera, District – Jaipur, Rajasthan.
Matric scholarship The report has been lodged
15. Tamil Nadu
Serial no.
File no. Year Name of the institution
Name of the petitioner Remarks
1. 16/121/TN/2015-ESDW
CMS college of Engineering, Tamil Nadu
Dr. Tamilselvan HOD Dept. of Mech. Engg. CMS College of Engineering
Corruption with scholarship amount
2. 16/239/TN/2015-ESDW
Parisutham Inst. Of Tech. and Science, Nanjikottai, Thanjavur-613006
Shri S. P. Anthony Samy, Distt. Thanjavur.
Scholarship amount not received in college till date.
3 4/33/2016 Rep last two years
Government Arts College, Salem
Shri.M.Anthony, Research Scholar, Government Arts College, Salem
Reply awaited from Adi D. & T. Welfare Deptt., Govt. of T.N., Chennai
4 4/53/2016 Rep Sri Sastha Institute of Engineering & Technology, Chennai
Smt.R.Kalaivani, Varagur SC Colony, Vellore District
As per the reply of the Principal of the College, the student has submitted inadequate documents and now it has been collected and re-submitted to Govt for sanction
5 4/54/2016 Rep B.A Engilish through correspondence education, Annamalai
Kum.S.Deepa, Pavupattu Village, Thiruvannamalai District
As per the reply of the Director, Adi D. & T. Welfare Deptt,
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University, Chidambaram
Chennai, due to lack of fund, scholarship will be sanctioned after receiving funds..
6 4/74/2016 Rep 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14
Sri Rajarajeshwari Educational College, Vellore District B.Ed Course for 89 SCs
Shri.N.Gunasekaran, Correspondent, Sri Rajarajeshwari Educational College, Vellore District
Reply is awaited from the District Collector, Vellore District
7 4/78/2016 Rep -
B.E course, Anna Engineering College, Ka.Kuppam, Villupuram
Shri.A.Jayaprakash, Siruvalai, Villupuram District
Reply awaited from the Director of Adi D. & T. Welfare, Chennai
8 4/86/2016 Rep 2015-16
450 SC students of Avinashilingam University, Coimbatore
Shri.S.Selvakumar, Veerakeralam, Coimbatore
Reply awaited from the Adi D. & T. Welfare Welfare Deptt, Govt of T.N., Chennai
Shri Biplab Ch. Sarkar, General Secretary of Tripura Tapasili Jati Suraksha Samiti, Agartala
School processed the case and the SC candidates now getting both scholarships regularly
2. SCW-Tripura-2015-00000022 of the PFMS Portal for Pre Matric Scholarship (Class IX-X)
2014-15 -- State Office, Agartala Proposal has been submitted for releasing fund to the State Govt, Tripura for Rs. 36,66,750/- against 1644 Nos. Students during the year 2015-16 as backlog for making payment to the Students and this is expected that fund will be placed by the Ministry to State.
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3. 54/1/2014-RU 2014-15 Tripura Medical College & Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Teaching Hospital, Hapania, Agartala, West Tripura
Smt. Bulti Nama Das, 2nd year MBBS student, T.M.C. & Dr. B.R.Ambedkar Teaching Hospital.
Due to intervention of the Commission the authority exempted her from the late fee of Rs. 12,000/-
17. Uttarakhand
Serial no.
File no. Year Name of the institution
Name of the petitioner Remarks
1. 16/206/UK/2015-ESDW 2013-14 MBA Student. Institue not mentioned.
Ravi Kr. S/O Jagdish Prasad, Hardwar
Scholarship not received
18. West Bengal
Serial no.
File no. Year Name of the institution
Name of the petitioner Remarks
1. 4/4/2012-Gen/WB 2011-12
Netaji Open University, Woodburn Park, Kolkata
Sh. Gautam Bhagaat, , JRF, Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship, C/o Netaji Open University, Kolkata
` 6000/- released by the Netaji Open University, Kolkata which was due to the SC candidate
The P.O. & DWO, Distt. Burdwan informed due to technical difficulties pre-matric scholarship of the SC candidate could not be processed. Final outcome not known.
9. 4/11/2015-Gen/WB 2015-16
Hyderabad St. Marry Engineering College
Km. Satardu Poddar of Habra, Dist. North Pgs
The P.O. & DWO asked the applicant to meet the candidate in person with relevant documents. Final outcome not known.
10. 4/13/2015-Gen/WB 2015-16
Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Udan Academy, Rae Bareli, U.P.
Md. Masud, Tulshitala, Dist. Maldah, W.B.
Neither the State Government nor the MSJE prepared to meet expenditure to pursue the CPL course which cost ` 32.5 lakh. The matter is pending now at NCSC Hqrs.
11. 4/2/2016 –GEN/WB 2014 – 2015
-- Shri Sujoy Paul of South 24 Pgs District. West Bengal
Amount of ` 4700/- credited his SB Account
12. 4/3/2016-Gen/WB 2015-16
Vidyanagar College, South 24 Pgs, West Bengal
Km. Anita Karan, Ddakshin Gauripur, S- 24 Pgs, West Bengal
Amount of ` 4700/- has been credited to the S/B Account of the SC student
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18. Uttar Pradesh
S.No File No. Year Name of Institute
Candidates name Address
Remarks
1. 16/213/U.P/2015-ESDW
2014-2015
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut
Sh.Ravindra Kumar S/o Sh.Mahendra Singh R/o Village Bhuribash PO Khera,Afghan Dist.,Saharanpur,Uttar Pradesh
The Scholarship for year 2014-15 not paid despite application submitted
2. 16/234/U.P/2015-ESDW
2013-2014
Swami Kalyan Dev Degree College Barala
Ms.Preeti D/o Sh.Om Prakash Swami Kalyan Dev Degree College Barala,Distt. Muzaffar Nagar,Uttar Pradesh
Scholarship not released
3. 16/243/U.P/2015-ESDW
2014-2015
Shri Ganpati Institute of Technology, Hapur
Sh.Sunny Kumar S/o Kawal Singh and others R/o Lajjapuri,Hapud,Uttar Pradesh
During 2014-15 , 7834 SC/ST enrolled Total Fee- Rs. 574895500 Released /sanctioned Rs. 57125336/-, difference Rs. 51770164/- Reimbursement of 1042 SC/ST students for session 2013-14 is also pending.
31. 16/67/UP/2014/ESDW 2013-14 I BMFT College Khurja G.T. Bulandshahr
The demand of Rs. 23738000/-from institute for the year 2008-09 and 2009-10 was received after last date of applies therefore rejected. The court also rejected the case.
121. 16/40/UP/2012/ESDW 2010-12 CPL Shri Rahul Kumar, S/o Omprakash, SS 1771 Sector H LDA colony Lucknow
The petitioner has not deposit affidavit bank a/c & IFSC code.
122. 16/47/UP/2012/ESDW 2011-12 2012-13
Shetan Singh Memorial Post Graduate college Jalesar Road Manikpur Hathras UP.
Kr. Chandani & others, Shetan Singh Memorial Post Graduate college Jalesar Road Manikpur Hathras UP.
The college is blacklisted due to embezzlement in the scholarship.
123. 16/80/U.P/2012/ESDW
2011-13 Rajkiya Aviation Training Institute Bijupatnayak, airport, Bhuveneshwar.
The amount of Rs. 4770/- of scholarship to the students has been paid.
132. 6/20/2012-Gen 2011-12 Acharaya Narendra Dev Inter College, Faizabad
Shri Aman Kr. S/O Shri Govind Raj
The amount of Rs. 2,300 of scholarship to the students has been paid.
133. 6/27/2012-Gen 2010-11 2011-12
Trilok Nath P.G. College, Ambedkar Nagar
All college students The amount of Rs. 43,33,439/- 4,98,725/- 17,46,865/- 6,03,240/- 12,93,525/- 2,27,01,090/- 1,45,55,430/- & 23.36,780/- of scholarship to the students has been
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paid. 134. 6/28/2012-Gen 2012-13 Kashi Hindu
university, Varanasi All SC/ST Students SC student of
B.ED 1188 & ST 95 and M.ED 6 student has given the scholarship.
The amount of Rs. 4,770/- of scholarship are given to M.A. 2nd Year.
150. 6/34/2013-Gen Bharat Ayurvedic Medical College and Research Centre
Shri Akash Gautam, Akanksha, Pinky angd others
Paid Rs. 2,43,000/- per student to Shri Akash Gautam & Kumari Akansha for the year 2011-12 & 2012-13, Rs. 4,08,590/- have been paid to Kumari Pinki, Shri Ramashankar, Shri Sukant & Shri Ishwar Chand.
151. 6/39/2013-Gen 6/81/2013-Gen
2011-12 Rajkiya Homeopathic Medical College, Gazipur
Jyoti D/O Shri ram Ambesh and others
Paid Rs. 11,000/- and Rs. 5,500/- have been paid to the BHMS student.
152. 6/43/2013-Gen 2013-14 Shivdaan Singh inst. Of tech. and management, Aligarh
Shri Dheeraj Kr. All four years scholarship is given to B. Tech students.
153. 6/46/2013-Gen 2008-09 2009-10
National P.G. College, Lucknow
Shri Santosh Kr. Gaur S/O Shri Jai Ram
Fee reimbursement & scholarship are given to B.C.A students.
Ms Ekta Raj D/o Shri Girjashankar & Ms Vandana Singh D/o Shri Ram Bahadur 2
Data is not uploaded.
225. 6/152/2013-Gen 2012-13 Avadh Institute of Medical Technology & Hospital, Lucknow
Ms Shashikanti Gautam D/o Shri Raghuvir Prasad 1
The Institute has not feed the data of GNM first year student.
226. 6/162/2013-Gen 2012-13 Deendayal Inter College, Faizabad: Ram Adhar Nursing College, Ambedkar Nagar Malti Modern Public Inter College, Ambedkar Nagar
Ms Pooja Bharati D/o Shri Parshuram Ms Amita D/o Shri Ramlal Shri Surender Kumar S/o Shri Mungu 3
Data is not uploaded.
227. 6/176/2013-Gen 2012-13 Ramdas Chaudhary Balika Inter College, Ambedkar Nagar
Ms Rinki D/o Late Shri Ram Pratap & Ms Poonam D/o Shri Jagjit 2
Due to lock of password, the amount could not be utilized.
296. 6/103/2013-Gen 2013-14 IIIT, Allahabad Shri Amit Kr. The payment of scholarship and fee reimbursement are debited from E-Payment medium, due to technical reason payment could not be made. Proposal again sent.
297. 6/55/2012-Gen 2009-10 D.G. College of Dental Science and Research, Ghaziabad
Shri Deepchand S/o Shri Ram Pratap, Jaunpur 1
Rs. 164,000/- have been adjusted.
298. 6/122/2013-Gen Shyam Narayan Urmila Girls Training College, Faizabad
Smt Vidyawati W/o Shri Umesh Kumar Rawat 1
Institute not covered under the Social Welfare Department.
Scholarship not released due to wrong account number status
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Note on Free-ship Card for Scheduled Castes Students
The scheme aims at recognizing and promoting quality education amongst students
belonging to Scheduled Castes by providing full financial support.
Under the scheme Free-ship card is provided to the Scheduled Castes students who
have been enrolled in self-finance institutions affiliated with university and recognized by the
Education Deptt. The eligiblity criteria for availing benefit of the scheme remains the same as
the criteria Post Metric Scholarship Scheme of Govt. of India. Self-finance Institutions falling
under the jurisdiction of State Education Deptt. are instructed to give admission to those
Scheduled Castes students who produce Free-ship card / guarantee provided to them by the
concerned District Deputy Director (SCW). The terms and conditions for the scheme is as
follow:
1] Scheduled Castes students whose parent’s income is Rs.2.50 lakh or less then Rs.2.50
lakh are eligible to avail the benefit of the scheme.
2] The District Officer should issue Free-ship card after ensuring that the eligibility
criteria set for the Free-ship card under Post Metric Scholarship Scheme are met.
3] These instructions of Education Deptt. would remain in place till this scheme is in
operation by Govt. of India and would become void after Govt. of India stops
implementing this scheme.
4] Self-finance institutions will have submit a proposal to District Deputy Director
(SCW) for getting the fees reimbursed for the students who have been enrolled
through Free-ship Card.
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Application form for Free-ship Card for getting admission in the Self-finance Institution. (Post Metric Scholarship Scheme, Govt. of India) To, Deputy Director, Scheduled Caste Welfare, District______________ 1 Name of Student : A] Address B] Permanent Address Mobile No. 2 Bank A/c No. Bank Name 3 Caste & Sub Caste 4 Religion
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