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Government of India
Ministry of Minority Affairs
21 DEC 2022 2:30PM by PIB Delhi
Parsi Institutions in The Country

The Minister of Minority Affairs, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today informed that as per Census 2011, Parsis are numerically the smallest minority community among the six (6) centrally notified minority communities. The National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (NCMEI) has granted Minority Status Certificate to 14 institutions which have been established and are administered by Parsi Community itself.

Year-wise details of students belonging to Parsi community who applied for scholarships and the number of scholarships sanctioned during 2017-18 to 2021-22 is at Annexure.

Annexure

Parsi Institutions in the country.

Name of Scheme

No of received & verified applications

(Fresh & Renewal)

No of scholarships sanctioned

(Fresh & Renewal)

 

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

PRE MATRIC SCHOLARSHIPS

1095

1352

1125

602

863

953

854

902

557

795

POST MATRIC SCHOLARSHIP

192

438

182

162

176

163

151

150

137

158

MERIT-CUM-MEANS SCHOLARSHIP

21

74

38

5

18

12

12

16

5

17

 

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