Lok Sabha reply: 13,550 Scheduled Caste students in Karnataka’s Chikkaballapura benefited from central scholarship schemes
Lok Sabha reply links Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) implementation with scholarship delivery for Scheduled Caste students in Chikkaballapura, Karnataka
- The Ministry reported district-level beneficiaries for Scheduled Castes scholarship schemes in Chikkaballapura for Academic Year 2025–26 and described DBT-based service delivery reforms.
What happened (Lok Sabha reply for Chikkaballapura, Karnataka)
In a written Lok Sabha reply, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment reported district-level beneficiary counts for centrally sponsored scholarships targeted at Scheduled Castes (SC) students. The reply stated that Chikkaballapura district recorded benefits under Post-Matric Scholarship and Pre-Matric Scholarship for the Academic Year 2025–26, while SHREYAS—Scholarships for Higher Education for Young Achievers Scheme for Scheduled Castes—reported no district beneficiaries for the same period.
Background and earlier position (which scholarship schemes exist, and how delivery is planned)
UPSC framing can treat scholarship delivery in Scheduled Castes education as a governance-and-equity problem: how centrally sponsored schemes use technology-enabled service delivery and DBT to reach beneficiaries, and how ministries track awareness and disbursal effects. The same framing also invites scrutiny of evidence gaps, such as the Ministry’s stated non-assessment of dropout-rate changes.
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