Lok Sabha Question No. 1160 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-19
Subject: Scholarship to Students
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Rajiv Pratap Rudy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1160 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.09.2020

## Scholarship to Students

## 1160. SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government of India have any scholarship/grant schemes for Indian Students travelling abroad for higher studies;
- (b) if so, the list of all such scholarship/grant programs in the country;
- (c)  the  number  of  students  who  have  benefitted  from  the  above  mentioned  scholarship/grant schemes in the country, year-wise and State-wise, during the past five years; and
- (d)  whether the Government is willing to consider or is considering for expanding the existing pool  of  Government  sponsored  scholarship  schemes  for  Indian  Students  applying  for  high studies, particularly in areas like Public policy, Public administration, Development studies and International Relations etc?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

- (a) to (c) Yes, Sir. Government of India is implementing schemes for scholarship/grant for Indian students travelling abroad for higher studies which are as follows: -
1. National  Overseas  Scholarship  for  Scheduled  Caste  Students :  The  scheme  is implemented  by  the  Ministry  of  Social  Justice  and  Empowerment  under  which  financial assistance is provided to the selected students from Scheduled Castes, De-notified Nomadic & Semi-Nomadic  Tribes,  Landless  Agricultural  Labourers  and  Traditional  Artisan  categories  for pursuing  Masters  level  courses  and  Ph.D.  The  year-wise  and  state-wise  number  of  students benefitted under the scheme in the last five years is at Annexure-I .
2. National  Overseas  Scholarship  for  Scheduled  Tribe  Students :  The  scheme  is implemented by the Ministry  of Tribal  Affairs  where  in  financial  assistance  is  provided  to  the meritorious  Scheduled  Tribe  students  for  pursuing  Master  level  courses,  Ph.D.  and  Post Doctoral programme in foreign Universities in the fields of engineering, technology and science. The  family  income  ceiling  is  Rs.  6  lac  per  annum.  The  year-wise  and  state-wise  number  of students benefitted under the scheme in the last five years is at Annexure-II .
3. Padho  Pardesh :  The  scheme  is  implemented  by  the  Ministry  of  Minority  Affairs.  The scheme  targets  meritorious  and  economically  weaker  students  belonging  to  the  six  notified minority communities. Under the scheme, interest subsidy is awarded to students on the interest payable  for  the  period  of  moratorium  for  the  educational  loans  taken  to  pursue  approved courses of studies abroad at Masters/Ph. D. /M. Phil levels. The family income ceiling is Rs. 6 lac per annum. The year-wise and state-wise number of students benefitted under the scheme in the last five years is at Annexure -III .
4. University Grants Commission (UGC) has informed that as per the Education Exchange Programme between India and Hungary, the Hungarian Govt. offers 200 scholarships to Indian students for pursuing Higher Education in Hungarian Higher Education Institutions. Year -wise number of students benefitted in the last five years is at Annexure - IV .
5. Under the Cultural and Educational exchange programme, countries namely, Italy, South Korea,  China,  New  Zealand,  United  Kingdom  are  offering  scholarships  to  Indian  students  for pursuing Higher Education in these countries. Ministry of Education facilitates the nomination process for these scholarships. The number of Indian students nominated during the last five years is at Annexure - V .
- (d) No, Sir. There is no such proposal.

## ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA USNTARRED QUESTION  NO.  1160  ASKED  BY  SHRI  RAJIV  PRATAP  RUDY  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON 19.09.2020 REGARDING SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS

State-wise number of students selected under National Overseas Scholarship scheme for Scheduled Caste Students in the last five years

| S No.   | STATE/UT          |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |
|---------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    |         5 |         3 |         6 |         4 |         0 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh |         0 |         1 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 3       | Assam             |         2 |         1 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 4       | Bihar             |         0 |         2 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      |         0 |         4 |         1 |         0 |         0 |
| 6       | Delhi             |         4 |         4 |        10 |         3 |         8 |
| 7       | Gujarat           |         0 |         4 |         1 |         2 |         0 |
| 8       | Haryana           |         0 |         1 |         2 |         5 |         6 |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh  |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 10      | Jammu & Kashmir   |         0 |         1 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 11      | Jharkhand         |         0 |         2 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 12      | Karnataka         |         3 |         3 |        10 |         3 |         7 |
| 13      | Kerala            |         1 |         4 |         3 |         2 |         3 |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh    |         1 |         5 |        10 |         6 |         7 |
| 15      | Maharashtra       |        16 |        53 |        95 |        53 |        44 |
| 16      | Manipur           |         0 |         0 |         2 |         0 |         1 |
| 17      | Odisha            |         1 |         0 |         3 |         1 |         2 |
| 18      | Puducherry        |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         2 |
| 19      | Punjab            |         4 |         2 |         7 |         3 |         0 |
| 20      | Rajasthan         |         1 |         1 |         3 |         0 |         1 |
| 21      | Tamil Nadu        |         4 |         5 |         6 |         6 |         4 |
| 22      | Telangana         |         1 |         2 |         6 |         3 |         5 |
| 23      | Tripura           |         0 |         1 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 24      | Uttar Pradesh     |         6 |         8 |        14 |         3 |         5 |
| 25      | Uttarakhand       |         0 |        22 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 26      | West Bengal       |         1 |         1 |         4 |         6 |         5 |
|         | TOTAL             |        50 |       108 |       183 |       100 |       100 |

ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE REERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA USNTARRED QUESTION  NO.  1160  ASKED  BY  SHRI  RAJIV  PRATAP  RUDY  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON 19.09.2020 REGARDING SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS

| State-wise number of students selected under National Overseas Scholarship scheme for Scheduled Tribe Students in the last five years   | State-wise number of students selected under National Overseas Scholarship scheme for Scheduled Tribe Students in the last five years   | State-wise number of students selected under National Overseas Scholarship scheme for Scheduled Tribe Students in the last five years   | State-wise number of students selected under National Overseas Scholarship scheme for Scheduled Tribe Students in the last five years   | State-wise number of students selected under National Overseas Scholarship scheme for Scheduled Tribe Students in the last five years   | State-wise number of students selected under National Overseas Scholarship scheme for Scheduled Tribe Students in the last five years   | State-wise number of students selected under National Overseas Scholarship scheme for Scheduled Tribe Students in the last five years   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S No.                                                                                                                                   | STATE/UT                                                                                                                                | 2015-16                                                                                                                                 | 2016-17                                                                                                                                 | 2017-18                                                                                                                                 | 2018-19                                                                                                                                 | 2019-20                                                                                                                                 |
| 1.                                                                                                                                      | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                          | 1                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                       |
| 2.                                                                                                                                      | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                       | 1                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                       | 1                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                       | 1                                                                                                                                       |
| 3.                                                                                                                                      | Assam                                                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                       | 2                                                                                                                                       | 1                                                                                                                                       | 2                                                                                                                                       |
| 4.                                                                                                                                      | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                            | 0                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                       | 1                                                                                                                                       | 1                                                                                                                                       |
| 5.                                                                                                                                      | Goa                                                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                       | 1                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                       |
| 6.                                                                                                                                      | Gujarat                                                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                       | 1                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                       |
| 7.                                                                                                                                      | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                        | 0                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                       | 1                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                       |
| 8.                                                                                                                                      | Jammu and Kashmir                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                       | 1                                                                                                                                       | 1                                                                                                                                       |
| 9.                                                                                                                                      | Jharkhand                                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                       | 1                                                                                                                                       |
| 10.                                                                                                                                     | Kerala                                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                       | 1                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                       |
| 11.                                                                                                                                     | Ladakh                                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                       | 1                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                       |
| 12.                                                                                                                                     | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                       | 1                                                                                                                                       |
| 13.                                                                                                                                     | Maharashtra                                                                                                                             | 0                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                       | 1                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                       |
| 14.                                                                                                                                     | Manipur                                                                                                                                 | 1                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                       | 3                                                                                                                                       | 1                                                                                                                                       |
| 15.                                                                                                                                     | Mizoram                                                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                       | 2                                                                                                                                       | 1                                                                                                                                       |
| 16.                                                                                                                                     | Nagaland                                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                                       | 1                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                       | 4                                                                                                                                       | 3                                                                                                                                       |
| 17.                                                                                                                                     | Rajasthan                                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                       | 1                                                                                                                                       | 1                                                                                                                                       | 1                                                                                                                                       |
| 18.                                                                                                                                     | Telangana                                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                       | 4                                                                                                                                       | 1                                                                                                                                       | 4                                                                                                                                       |
| 19.                                                                                                                                     | West Bengal                                                                                                                             | 0                                                                                                                                       | 1                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                                       | 1                                                                                                                                       |
|                                                                                                                                         | TOTAL                                                                                                                                   | 3                                                                                                                                       | 2                                                                                                                                       | 12                                                                                                                                      | 16                                                                                                                                      | 18                                                                                                                                      |

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA USNTARRED QUESTION  NO.  1160  ASKED  BY  SHRI  RAJIV  PRATAP  RUDY  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON 19.09.2020 REGARDING SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS

## State-wise number of students selected under Padho Pardesh Scheme In the last 5 years

| S No.   | STATE/UT               |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |
|---------|------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1.      | Andaman and Nicobar    |         1 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 2.      | Andhra Pradesh         |       135 |       111 |        74 |        75 |        72 |
| 3.      | Assam                  |         9 |         7 |         7 |         7 |         5 |
| 4.      | Bihar                  |         4 |         4 |         2 |         8 |        12 |
| 5.      | Chandigarh             |         7 |         5 |         4 |         5 |         4 |
| 6.      | Chhattisgarh           |        10 |        12 |        11 |        11 |         6 |
| 7.      | Dadra and Nagar Haveli |         1 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 8.      | Daman and Diu          |         0 |         0 |         0 |         1 |         2 |
| 9.      | Delhi                  |        12 |        12 |         7 |        12 |        20 |
| 10.     | Goa                    |         7 |        12 |         8 |        14 |        15 |
| 11.     | Gujarat                |        72 |        74 |        91 |       120 |       129 |
| 12.     | Haryana                |        20 |        16 |        13 |        17 |        15 |
| 13.     | Himachal Pradesh       |         0 |         1 |         2 |         2 |         3 |
| 14.     | Jammu and Kashmir      |        42 |        36 |        28 |        72 |        80 |
| 15.     | Jharkhand              |         1 |         2 |         0 |         3 |         8 |
| 16.     | Karnataka              |       132 |       131 |       129 |       211 |       289 |
| 17.     | Kerala                 |       679 |       688 |       715 |      1138 |      1734 |
| 18.     | Madhya Pradesh         |        73 |        79 |        74 |       101 |       106 |
| 19.     | Maharashtra            |       165 |       220 |       250 |       297 |       322 |
| 20.     | Manipur                |         1 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 21.     | Meghalaya              |         5 |         4 |         1 |         2 |         1 |
| 22.     | Mizoram                |         1 |         1 |         0 |         2 |         1 |
| 23.     | Odisha                 |         1 |         1 |         2 |         5 |         7 |
| 24.     | Puducherry             |         7 |         3 |         1 |         5 |        11 |
| 25.     | Punjab                 |       127 |        83 |        58 |        81 |        82 |
| 26.     | Rajasthan              |        24 |        27 |        25 |        37 |        32 |
| 27.     | Tamil Nadu             |       130 |       120 |       108 |       147 |       155 |
| 28.     | Telangana              |        59 |        83 |        57 |        79 |        72 |
| 29.     | Uttar Pradesh          |        35 |        35 |        33 |        31 |        36 |
| 30.     | Uttarakhand            |        12 |         7 |         5 |         5 |         4 |
| 31.     | West Bengal            |         7 |         7 |         6 |         7 |        15 |
|         | TOTAL                  |      1779 |      1781 |      1711 |      2495 |      3238 |

ANNEXURE-IV

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA USNTARRED QUESTION  NO.  1160  ASKED  BY  SHRI  RAJIV  PRATAP  RUDY  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON 19.09.2020 REGARDING SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS

| Year-wise students benefitted under India-Hungary Educational Exchange Programmes*   | Year-wise students benefitted under India-Hungary Educational Exchange Programmes*   | Year-wise students benefitted under India-Hungary Educational Exchange Programmes*   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                                              | Year                                                                                 | No. of Students                                                                      |
| 1.                                                                                   | 2016                                                                                 | 113                                                                                  |
| 2.                                                                                   | 2017                                                                                 | 166                                                                                  |
| 3.                                                                                   | 2018                                                                                 | 166                                                                                  |
| 4.                                                                                   | 2019                                                                                 | 178                                                                                  |
| 5.                                                                                   | 2020                                                                                 | 185                                                                                  |

*There is no state-wise selection under this scheme.

ANNEXURE-V

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA USNTARRED QUESTION  NO.  1160  ASKED  BY  SHRI  RAJIV  PRATAP  RUDY  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON 19.09.2020 REGARDING SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS

| Year-wise details of nominations sent to Donor Countries under Cultural/Educational Exchange Programmes by Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education*   | Year-wise details of nominations sent to Donor Countries under Cultural/Educational Exchange Programmes by Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education*   | Year-wise details of nominations sent to Donor Countries under Cultural/Educational Exchange Programmes by Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education*   | Year-wise details of nominations sent to Donor Countries under Cultural/Educational Exchange Programmes by Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education*   | Year-wise details of nominations sent to Donor Countries under Cultural/Educational Exchange Programmes by Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education*   | Year-wise details of nominations sent to Donor Countries under Cultural/Educational Exchange Programmes by Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education*   | Year-wise details of nominations sent to Donor Countries under Cultural/Educational Exchange Programmes by Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education*   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                                                                                                                             | Country                                                                                                                                                             | 2015-16                                                                                                                                                             | 2016-17                                                                                                                                                             | 2017-18                                                                                                                                                             | 2018-19                                                                                                                                                             | 2019-20                                                                                                                                                             |
| 1.                                                                                                                                                                  | Italy                                                                                                                                                               | 15                                                                                                                                                                  | 10                                                                                                                                                                  | 10                                                                                                                                                                  | 20                                                                                                                                                                  | 45                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 2.                                                                                                                                                                  | South Korea                                                                                                                                                         | 10                                                                                                                                                                  | 15                                                                                                                                                                  | 15                                                                                                                                                                  | 15                                                                                                                                                                  | 15                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 3.                                                                                                                                                                  | China                                                                                                                                                               | 24                                                                                                                                                                  | 54                                                                                                                                                                  | 80                                                                                                                                                                  | 80                                                                                                                                                                  | 39                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 4.                                                                                                                                                                  | New Zealand                                                                                                                                                         | 4                                                                                                                                                                   | 4                                                                                                                                                                   | 2                                                                                                                                                                   | 2                                                                                                                                                                   | 2                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 5.                                                                                                                                                                  | United Kingdom (Commonwealth Scholarship)                                                                                                                           | 51                                                                                                                                                                  | 65                                                                                                                                                                  | 65                                                                                                                                                                  | 52                                                                                                                                                                  | 39                                                                                                                                                                  |

*There is no state-wise selection under these schemes