Parliament Question: National Overseas Scholarship

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT LOK SABHA T NSTARRED QUESTION NO.2538 TO BE AI\SWERED ON 05.08.2025 NATIONAL OVERSEAS SCHOLARSHIP

2538. SHRI S VENKATESAN:

SHRI RAHUL GANDHI:

SHRI SELVAGANAPATHI T.M.:

SHRI SACHITHANANTHAM R:

Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:

(a) whether it has come to the notice of the Government regarding the inordinate delay in National Overseas Scholarship (NOS) to 60Yo of the students belonging to SC/ST;

(b) if so, the reasons for an inordinate delay in clearing NOS, State-wise;

(c) the measures are taken to safeguard the interest of the students belonging to oppressed sections whose study is hindered;

(d) whether the Govemment proposes to provide scholarships to all promising young candidates selected under the National Overseas Scholarship for 2025-26, if so, the details thereof, State- wise;

(e) the details and number of candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, De-notified Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes, Landless Agricultural Labourers and Traditional Artisans who have availed benefits under the NOS scheme since 2019, along with details of the financial assistance disbursed and utilized, State-wise;

if

(f) whether the Govemment proposes to revise or enhance the annual maintenance allowance, so, the details thereof; and

(g) whether it is a fact that the Govemment is not in a state to provide funds for evaluating the scheme during the financial year (2026-2027) and if so, the details thereof? ANSWER MINISTER OX'STATE F'OR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (sHRr RAMDAS ATHAWALE)

(a) to (d): Provisional Award Letters have been issued to all the 106 candidates who have been selected in the first round of the Selection Year 2025-26 under the National Overseas Schotarship (NOS) Scheme for SCs etc. The StateAJT-wise details of candidates provisionally selected for selection year 2025-26 under the Scheme is at Annexure-I.

(e): State/UT-wise and category-wise details of beneficiaries and financial assistance disbursed since 2019 is at Annexure-Il.

(f) & (g): The NOS Scheme has been approved for the period from 2021-22 to 2025-26.

Review of the Schemes which also covers components of financial assistance, follows a laid down procedure.Annexure-I '^ Annexure referred to part (a) to (d) in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2538 to be answered on 05.08.2025.

The StateAJT-wise details of candidates provisionally selected for selection year 2025-26 under

the Scheme:

S. No. State/UT 2025-26 Andaman & Nicobar 0 1 2 Andhra Pradesh 7 3 Arunachal Pradesh 0 4 Assam 0 5 Bihar 5 6 Chandigarh 2 7 Chhattisearh 2 8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu 0 9 Delhi 7 l0 Goa 0 t1 Guiarat 9 t2 Haryana t2 13 Himachal Pradesh 0 t4 Jammu & Kashmir 0 l5 Jharkhand 0 l6 Karnataka 7 t7 Kerala 4 18 Ladaktr 0 t9 Lakshadweep 0 20 Madhya Pradesh 1l 2t Maharashtra t2 22 Manipur I 23 Meshalaya 0 24 Mizoram 0 25 Nagaland 0 26 Odisha 2 27 Puducherry 0 28 Puniab 6 29 Raiasthan 2 30 Sikkim 0 3t Tamil Nadu I 32 Telangana 3 33 Tripura 0 34 Uttar Pradesh 9 3s Uttarakhand 2 36 West Bengal 2 Total 106 _,t_Apnexure-II Ann€xur€ refer€d to part (e) h rcply to Lok Sabha Unstafled Question No. 2538 to be answered on 05.08.2025 ' Stratr/UT-wise details of the numb€r of beneficiaries betonging to Schedulcd Cast€s, De-notified Nomadic and Semi Nomadic Tribes, L€ndtcss Agricultural Labourers and Traditionat Artisans who have availed benefit under the Soheme, along with the finaucial assistance extqrded to them since 2019:

m crore 2019-20 2020-21 202t-22 2022-23 2023-24 20u-25 Deneficieriet Beneficieries Beneliciaries Expenditure Beneficieries |eneficiaries Benelicirries t02s-26 S.No. state^.IT Gone Expenditure (Gone Expcnditure [Gone (Gone Expenditure Gone Expenditure iGone Expenditure lbroed) Ahrord) Abroad) Abroad) \broad) {broad) I { )rn ad dh er sa h 0 0.00 4 2.26 0 0.00 0 0.00 3 1.67 3 2.98 ., arunachal 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 lradesh 3 {ssam 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 I 0.80 0 0.00 4 lihar 0 0.00 0 0.00 I 0.92 I 0.1 1 0.40 2 0.91 5 rh 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 6 uh 0 0.00 0 0.00 I 0.43 0 0.00 I 0.58 0 0.00 7 )elhi 5 2.64 3 1.63 1 1.65 4 2.s0 8 s.50 7 4.26 8 ioa 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 9 lirriamt 0 0.00 0.74 4 t.52 8 4.07 6 3.88 t2 7.33 l0 Flaryana I 0.68 3 1.77 7 t.96 2 r.3E 3 3.01 0.42 hovisional a ll Himachal Pradesh 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 I l.0l 0 0.00 ward letters t2 Iammu and 0 0.00 I 0.70 0 0.00 0 0.00 I 0.41 ) 1.27 to selected Kashmir 106 t 13 lharkhand 0 0.00 I 0.35 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 candidates 4 5 K Ka er rn aa lataka ., 0l. .3 67l 4 4 2 1. .3 76 4 4I 0 2. .6 t2E 35 2 1.. 6t 8t 3I 0 1. .8 54 5 40 0 2. .0 l0 l h isa sv ue e db e ae nn d \ 6 Ladakh 0 0.00 0 L56 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 these candidates t7 Madhya 5 2.90 J 0.00 6 3.77 I 0.34 4 3.08 5 2.70 are yet to Pradesh IE Maharashtra 20 10.90 28 19.73 43 2.34 56 29.27 68 43.65 ll 12.00 proceed t9 0.40 0 1.3 E 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 000 0 0.00 abroad for 20 Meehalava 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 study.

2t Mizoram 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 22 Naealand 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 23 Cdisha I 1.27 2 1.3 8 2 2.5 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 24 $ 0 0.00 I 0.00 4 0.00 0.00 I 0.00 6 t.20 25 Puducherrv 0 0.00 0 0.81 0 2.9t 0 2.25 0 0.70 2 4.26 26 0 0.00 0 0.00 2 1.90 0 0.00 I 0.42 a46 27 Sikkim 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 28 Iamil Nadu 2 0.35 5 6.04 7 4.97 1.05 4 3.41 4 2.38 29 Ielangana I 0.31 3 r.43 1 1.42 l.l E I 0.39 4 1.97 30 fripura 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 3l Uttar Pradesh I 0.3 r 2 0.58 9 5.23 7 3. l6 6 2.41 9 7.M 32 Ittarakhand 0 0.00 0.40 I 15 1.28 0 0.00 2 1.00 33 West Bengal I 0.E8 5 5.31 2 1.80 I 0.4E 0 0.00 4 2.63 Total 4l 22.63 7t 50.17 9E 3733 98 50.86 tt4 73.E0 79 s4.92 The total amount mentioned above represents the amount sm *tl.*tl.tl.

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