Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
PARLIAMENT QUESTION: OVERSEAS SCHOLARSHIPS TO SC/ST STUDENTS
Posted On:
18 MAR 2025 2:08PM by PIB Delhi
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:
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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.
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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.
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