SCHOLARSHIPS FOR TRIBAL STUDENTS ASPIRING TO STUDY ABROAD

Ministry of Tribal Affairs SCHOLARSHIPS FOR TRIBAL STUDENTS ASPIRING TO STUDY ABROAD प्रव तथ: 18 DEC 2025 3:17PM by PIB Delhi 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 4.009 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.

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