9.5 million Muslim students receive education scholarship in India

NEW DELHI: Over 9.5 Million Muslim children in India have benefited under the Pre-matric Scholarship Scheme since its launch in 2008-09, the State Press Information Bureau (PIB) said. The Ministry of Minority Affairs had set up the education scholarship scheme in 2008-09. The total number of Muslim students who benefited from it up to the end of India's 11th Five-Year Plan as per the information given by the Minister of State for Minority Affairs Vincent H Pala is 9.5 Million.

For the year 2012-13, the funds allocated for this scheme have been increased by 50% to US $162.2 Million (INR 9,000M) from 108.12 Million (INR 6000M)in 2011-12 to cover more minority students under the scheme, the PIB report said.