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The Government has informed the Rajya Sabha that there is no non-utilization of financial allocation for the Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme, Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme and the Merit-cum-means based Scholarship Scheme of the Ministry of Minority Affairs. Giving this information in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today, Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister of Minority Affairs, informed the House that the funds for these three Schemes are released to the States/Union Territories by the Central Government after receipt of proposals and utilization certificates for previous releases from the States/UTs.
Shri Khurshid said that the progress of implementation of scholarship schemes for students belonging to minority communities, which are included in the Prime Minister’s New 15-Point Programme for the Welfare of Minorities, are reviewed and monitored on half yearly basis by a Committee of Secretaries and thereafter a report is submitted to the Union Cabinet.
