Rs. 4,90,000 has been provided in the budget for 1960-61.

Post-Matric Schloarships Scheme

Selections for 162 scholarships, of the total of 200 for 1959-60, have been finalised and the selected candidates have joined their institutions. The remaining 38 candidates will be selected by the end of January, 1960. In all 855 scholars are studying under the Scheme at present.

Rs. 9,40,000 has been provided in the budget for 1960-61.

Scholarships for Higher Studies in Hindi for students from the non- Hindi Speaking States

Selections for 67 scholarships, of the total of 110 for 1959-60, have been finalised; candidates for the remaining 43 scholarships will be selected by the end of January, 1960-59 scholars of 1959-60 have joined their institutions so far; in all 225 scholars are studying under the Scheme at present.

Rs. 3,00,000 has been provided in the budget for 1960-61.

Research Scholarships in Humanities

Of the total of 48 candidates selected for 1958-59, the scholarships of 11 were cancelled. 32 selected candidates are doing research in their approved subjects and five have yet to commence their research. In all 64 scholars are studying under the Scheme at present. The Scheme will continue during 1960-61.

Rs. 2,25,000 has been provided in the budget for 1960-61.

Scholarships/Other Educational Facilities to the Children of Political Sufferers

A Scheme for the award of Scholarships/Other Educational Facilities to the children of Political Sufferers has been instituted from the year 1959-60. The Scheme provides, inter alia, the following concessions(a) special consideration in the matter of admissions and awards of freeships and half freeships in all the recognised Primary, Basic, Middle and High Schools; (b) free seats in hostels attached to recognised. Schools and Colleges; and (c) a limited number of stipends and book grants to scholars from the primary to the post- Graduate levels. All except two (Jammu and Kashmir and Kerala) have concurred in the Scheme. The Scheme will be administered by the State Governments/Union Administrations. The Central Government will give grants to the State Governments on a 50:50 basis, while in the case of the Union Territories the entire expenditure will be met by it.

Rs. 2,00,000 has been provided in the budget for 1960-61.

Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes Scholarships Scheme

Owing to the termendous and increasing demands for the award of these scholarships, the work at the Centre increased phenomenally; Funds had to be increased progressively over the last few years and procedural factors led to some delay in the payment of the scholarships. The State Governments have also been spending funds from their own resources in furtherence of the Scheme. To overcome certain difficulties, and duplications arising out of these features, the Scheme has been decentralised from 1959-60 and the work of selections, etc., has been entrusted to the State Governments/Union Administrations. The Central Government has laid down the principles for the award of these scholarships, and has placed a large part of the funds available at the disposal of the authorities concerned. The total amount (Rs. 222 lakhs) available for 1959-60 has been apportioned among the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and the Other Backward Classes on the basis of the expenditure incurred during 1958- 59. It is being distributed amongst the States/ Administrations in the ratio that the number of eligible candidates of each category in a State/Territory bears to the total number of candidates of that category in the whole of India. The same procedure for distribution of funds will be followed during 1960-61.

A provision of Rs. 225 lakhs for these scholarships (including overseas, scholarships and passage grants) has been made in the budget for 1960-61.

Grants to Hostels/Institutions abroad

(a) 1,425, (in Pound) out of the annual expenditure of 1,665 (in Pound) has been provided in the budget for 1960-61 of the High Commissioner in the United Kingdom to meet part of the expenditure on the maintenance of the Guilford Street Indian Students Hostel, London; the remaining expenditure will be met out of the savings from the catering services of the hostel.

(b) A grant of 750 (in Pound) was given to the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, during 1959-60. An equal amount has been provide in the budget for 1960-61 of the High Commissioner in the United Kingdom for the purpose.

(c) A sum of Rs. 7,500 was granted to the Ceylon Estate Workers Education Trust, Ceylon, which provides educational facilities to the children of Indians domiciled there, during 1959-60. An equal amount has been provided in the budget for 1960-61.

(d) A sum of Rs. 18,000 is being sanctioned for 1959-60 to the Educational Institutions in Nepal, inter alia by way of presentation of books. An equal amount has been provided in the budget for 1960- 61.

(e) 225 (in Pound) was provided in the budget for 1959-60 for, grant to the Royal Asiatic Society, London. An equal amount has been provided in the budget for 1960-61 for the purpose.

(f) A grant of 250 (in Pound) was given to the Indian Students' Union and Hostel (Y.M.C.A.), London, during 1959-60. 300 (in Pound) has been provided in the budget for 1960-61 on this account.

(g) A grant of 150 (in Pound) was given to the Indian Students Organisations in the United Kingdom during 1959-60. 225 (in Pound) has been provided for 1960-61.

Partial Financial Assistance (Loan) Scheme

During 1959-60, loans amounting to Rs. 16,000 have been sanctioned to eight students for meeting the cost of one way passage, etc. A sum of Rs. 22,433 has been given to 45 students out of the Emergency Fund Allotments placed at the disposal of the Indian Missions in the U.K., U.S.A., and West Germany. The Scheme is now being handled by the Ministries of Education and Scientific Research & Cultural Affairs, according to the subjects falling under the purview of each Ministry. The provision of Rs. 75,000 for 1959-60 has been divided between the two Ministries in the ratio of 1:4. The overall control of expenditure for 1959-60, however, rests with the Education Ministry.

Rs. 15,000 has been provided in the budget for 1960-61.