Ministry of Tribal Affairs is implementing the following Scholarship Schemes to ensure that tribal communities have greater access to quality education: -

i) Pre-Matric Scholarship for ST students (Class IX and X)

ii) Post Matric Scholarship for ST students (Class XI and above)

iii) National Fellowship for Higher Education for ST students.

iv) National Scholarship for Higher Education for ST students(Top Class)

v) National Overseas Scholarship for ST students.

   Out of the schemes mentioned above, the scholarship schemes at Sl.No (i) to (ii) are Centrally Sponsored Schemes and implemented through respective State/UT. Both Pre& Post Matric Scholarship Schemes are open ended Schemes wherein scholarships are given to all eligible students for pursuing studies from class 9th to Post-Graduation courses whose parental income is not more than Rs. 2.5 lakh per annum. The inviting of applications, verification, selection of beneficiaries and disbursement of scholarship amount is the responsibility of the respective State/UT. The Ministry of Tribal Affairs, releases central share funds to States/UTs based on proposals submitted by them and after examining financial and physical progress. State Governments/Union Territory Administrations disburse the scholarship amount to all the eligible ST Student's bank account through DBT mode.

The Schemes at Sl. No. (iii) to (v) are Central Sector Schemes implemented by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. There are no state-wise allocation of slots and funds under these Central Sector Schemes. Under National Fellowship and Scholarship for Higher Education for ST students, funds are directly released to the Students/Institutions through DBT mode, whereas Schemes at Sl.No. (v) National Overseas Scholarship for ST students is implemented through the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), the funds are released to ST students studying abroad through Embassies, further Ministry of Tribal Affairs reimburse the funds to MEA.

the total amount of fund released by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs under the Centrally Sponsored Schemes of pre-matric and post-matric scholarship for ST students during the financial year 2023-24 and 2024-25 is given below:-

 

Scheme Name	Total fund released during FY 2023-24	Total fund released during FY 2024-25
Pre-Matric Scholarship for ST students	Rs.308.60 Crore	Rs.163.69 Crore
Post-Matric Scholarship for ST students	Rs.2668.69 Crore	Rs.2598.34 Crore

 

As informed by State Govt. of Tripura, the number of beneficiaries in Tripura, district-wise, under the Centrally Sponsored Schemes of Pre-Matric and Post-Matric Scholarship for ST students during the year 2023-24 and 2024-25 is given in the table below:-

ST Post-Matric Scholarship for ST students
Sl. No.	District Name	2023-24	2024-25 (till date)
		No. of beneficiaries	Nos. benefitted
1	Dhalai	4901	4599
2	Gomati	6917	6516
3	Khowai	4925	4618
4	North	1583	1411
5	Sepahijala	4043	3714
6	South	4724	5226
7	Unakoti	1297	1246
8	West	5288	4957
	Total	33678	32287

 

ST Pre-Matric (IX-X) Scholarship for ST students
Sl. No.	District Name	2023-24	2024-25 (till date)
		Nos. benefitted	Nos. benefitted
1	Dhalai	2449	2605
2	Gomati	2365	2071
3	Khowai	1469	1483
4	North	700	727
5	Sepahijala	979	958
6	South	1742	2255
7	Unakoti	660	612
8	West	1237	1325
	Total	11601	12036

 

Further, the number of beneficiaries from Tripura, district-wise, under the Central Sector Schemes implemented by Ministry of Tribal Affairs during the year 2023-24 and 2024-25 is given in the table below: -

District wise number of beneficiaries of Tripura Under National Scholarship (Top Class) Scheme for ST Students
Sl. No.	District Name	2023-24	2024-25
1	DHALAI	11	29
2	GOMATI	5	26
3	KHOWAI	13	23
4	NORTH TRIPURA	1	1
5	SEPAHIJALA	13	32
6	SOUTH TRIPURA	14	30
7	UNAKOTI	3	5
8	WEST TRIPURA	37	89
Total		97	235

 

 

District wise number of beneficiaries of Tripura Under National Fellowship (NFST) Scheme for ST students
Sl. No.	District Name	2023-24	2024-25
1	DHALAI	7	8
2	GOMATI	5	8
3	KHOWAI	5	5
4	NORTH TRIPURA	3	3
5	SEPAHIJALA	3	4
6	SOUTH TRIPURA	4	5
7	UNAKOTI	2	2
8	WEST TRIPURA	17	16
TOTAL		46	51
District wise number of beneficiaries of Tripura Under National Overseas Scholarship (NOS) Scheme for ST students
Sl. No.	District Name	2023-24	2024-25
1	DHALAI	1	-
TOTAL		1	0

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