PARLIAMENT QUESTION: OVERSEAS SCHOLARSHIPS TO SC/ST STUDENTS.

 

PARLIAMENT QUESTION: OVERSEAS SCHOLARSHIPS TO SC/ST STUDENTS

18 MAR 2025 Delhi (prajaamaravati):

The details of the National Overseas Scholarship (NOS) provided by the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment and the Ministry of Tribal Affairs to the students belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes for studying abroad during the last ten years is as under:

S. No.	Year	Number of SC and ST students selected under NOS for studying abroad during last ten years
		SC	ST
1.	2014-15	59	20
2.	2015-16	50	15
3.	2016-17	108	16
4.	2017-18	178	20
5.	2018-19	97	20
6.	2019-20	97	20
7.	2020-21	90	20
8.	2021-22	122	20
9.	2022-23	119	20
10.	2023-24	117	23
Total		1037	194
*Vacant slots of previous years were carried forward.

At present, 263 SC students and 39 ST students are studying abroad. New initiatives such as simplification of process, invitation of applications online through portal; doing away with Police Verification and obtaining self-declaration regarding pending case/non-conviction of offense; introduction of QS ranking based selection procedure; enhancing of family income ceiling, number of slots and amount of financial assistance have been taken by the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment and the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.

This information was provided by UNION MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT, SHRI RAMDAS ATHAWALE, in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.