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- Parliamentary replies confirmed that Pre-Matric, Post-Matric and Merit-cum-Means scholarships, as well as the Free Coaching Scheme, Interest Subsidy for Overseas Studies, Maulana Azad National Fellowship and Nai Roshni, are no longer in operation.
- While past allocations rose steadily between 2014–15 and 2018–19, the government clarified that no cuts have been made to ongoing schemes for 2025–26
- Meanwhile, 42 projects worth over Rs 700 crore have been sanctioned under the Pradhan Mantri Virasat Ka Samvardhan scheme.
The Union government has allocated ₹3,350 crore to the Ministry of Minority Affairs, marking a decline of 17.06 per cent compared with the average annual allocation of ₹4,038.97 crore between 2014 and 2019.
In a Parliamentary reply on Wednesday, Kiren Rijiju, Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, explained that the cut in the budget was due to scholarship schemes not being approved for implementation beyond 2021–22. The second reason, he said, was that the Free Coaching and Allied Scheme, Interest Subsidy on Educational Loan for Overseas Studies scheme, Maulana Azad National Fellowship, Nai Roshni for Minorities have been discontinued with effect from the year 2022-23.
The questions were raised by BJP MPs Jugal Kishore of Jammu-5 and Alok Sharma of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
To a separate query from Navaskani K, an Indian Union Muslim League representative from Tamil Nadu‘s Ramanathapuram, the government confirmed that the Ministry’s scholarship programmes—including the Pre-Matric, Post-Matric, and Merit-cum-Means based schemes—had not been sanctioned for continuation beyond 2021–22.
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