Lok Sabha Question No. 703 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-12
Subject: Foreign Scholarship and Higher Education
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Nayab Singh, Gyaneshwar Patil

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 703

ANSWERED ON- 12/12/2022

## FOREIGN SCHOLARSHIP AND HIGHER EDUCATION

## †703.    SHRI NAYAB SINGH SHRI GYANESHWAR PATIL

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  any  scheme  to  provide  assistance  and  training  to  the students  applying  for  foreign  scholarship  and  higher  education  so  as  to  provide  equal opportunities to each student in getting foreign scholarship;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has formulated any scheme to set up centres in the States to provide assistance to such students applying for foreign scholarship;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the funds allocated for the purpose during the last three years and the current year, Statewise including Haryana and Madhya Pradesh?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (DR. SUBHAS SARKAR)

(a) to (e): The Ministry of Education provides financial aid to Indian students for higher studies in  India. Moreover, based on requests received from friendly foreign countries/institutions, the Ministry of Education disseminates information on scholarships offered by such donor countries for  Indian  students  of  all  the  States  and  Union  Territories  to  study  abroad.  The  details  are available on the Ministry's website https://www.education.gov.in/scholarships. The details of the schemes  and  programmes  being  implemented  by  different  Ministries  under  which  financial assistance and interest subsidy are provided to meritorious students for pursuing higher education abroad are available in following websites:

|   Sl. No. | Ministry                                 | Name of Schemes & Programmes                                                                                                                                                                                     | Website links                                                                                                                                                      |
|-----------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment | National Overseas Scholarship Scheme for Scheduled Castes, Denotified Nomadic and Semi- Nomadic Tribes, Landless Agricultural Labourers and Traditional Artisans Scheduled Castes, Traditional Artisans category | https://nosmsje.gov.in/?Aspx AutoDetectCookieSupport=1                                                                                                             |
|         2 | Ministry of Tribal Affairs               | National Overseas Scholarship Scheme for Scheduled Tribe Students                                                                                                                                                | https://overseas.tribal.gov.in/                                                                                                                                    |
|         3 | Ministry of Science &Technology          | Overseas Visiting Doctoral Fellowship Programme                                                                                                                                                                  | https://www.serbonline.in/SE RB/ovdf                                                                                                                               |
|         4 | Ministry of Minority Affairs             | Padho Pardesh (interest subvention scheme for minority community students)                                                                                                                                       | https://www.minorityaffairs.g ov.in/en/schemesperformance /padho-pardesh-scheme- interest-subsidy-educational- loans-overseas-studies- students-belonging-minority |

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