The Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Shri Jual Oram today laid a statement on the table of the house in Lok Sabha that the Ministry of Tribal Affairs implements one Central Sector scholarship scheme namely National Overseas Scholarship (NOS) to provide financial assistance to twenty (20) eligible Scheduled Tribe students for pursuing higher studies abroad, for Master’s, Ph.D., and Post-Doctoral courses. Eligible candidates whose annual parental income is less than Rs 6 lakhs are provided with financial assistance which covers fees of the institute, Visa fees, annual maintenance allowance, medical insurance, air passage grant on actual basis from India to the nearest place to the educational institution and back to India by economy class etc. The detailed scheme guidelines are available at https://tribal.nic.in/downloads/guidelines/NOS/RevisedGuidelinesNOS07102022.

The details regarding the Budget allocation and expenditure disbursement under the NOS scheme is tabulated below: -

Total funds allocated and disbursed under NOS during last 10 years
(Rs. in crore)
S. No.	Year	Funds allocated (R.E)	Funds disbursed
1	2015-16	0.72	0.39
2	2016-17	0.39	0.39
3	2017-18	1.00	1.00
4	2018-19	2.00	2.00
5	2019-20	2.00	2.00
6	2020-21	4.76	4.76
7	2021-22	4.95	4.95
8	2022-23	4.00	4.00
9	2023-24	7.00	7.00
10	2024-25	6.00	6.00

 

The details regarding the number of beneficiaries under National Overseas Scholarship Scheme for ST students, state-wise and year-wise since 2015 is given at Annexure- I.
NOS Scheme has neither been stopped nor has any reduction made in its extent of benefits since 2015.

Under NOS Scheme, all admissible payments to the awardees and the concerned foreign universities are made directly by the respective Indian Mission/Embassy abroad. After making such payments, the Ministry of External Affairs submits vouchers to the Ministry of Tribal Affairs for reimbursement. The Ministry reimburses MEA as per the vouchers received. Hence, no individual payments to beneficiaries remain pending with the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.

 

Annexure-I

Annexure to be referred in respect to the part (c) of the reply of the Lok Sabha Starred Question no. 263 for 18.12.2025 regarding “Scholarships for Tribal Students Aspiring to Study Abroad "

State Name	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25	2025-26
Andhra Pradesh	2						2		1		3
Arunachal Pradesh				2		2			2	1	1
ASSAM		2	2	1	1	2
Chhattisgarh	1		1				1			1
Goa			1			1				2
Gujarat		1						1
Himachal Pradesh		1
Jammu and Kashmir	1	1	1	2		1	1	1			1
Jharkhand		2		2		3	1	1		1	1
Karnataka	1	1	1					1		1	2
Ladakh					2	1		1		1	1
Madhya Pradesh			1					1
Maharashtra	1		1		3	1		2	1	1	1
Manipur	2	2	4	3	5	5	5	5	4	6	6
Meghalaya	1				2		1		2		1
Mizoram		2	1	2			2		1	2	2
Nagaland	1	2	1	1			2		1	3
Odisha	1		1	1	1			1			1
Rajasthan	1		2	2			1		1		1
Sikkim											1
Tamil Nadu		1							1
Telangana	3	1	2	2	3	3	1	3	6	4
Tripura				1	1	1	0
Uttarakhand					1
West Bengal			1	1	1			1
Total	15	16	20	20	20	20	17	18	20	23*	22**

 

 

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