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Delhi, July 26 (Punjab Post Bureau) – The National Overseas Scholarship is a Central Sector scheme for Scheduled 
Caste (SC) students. There is no state wise quota of slots under this Scheme. Advertisements inviting applications under the scheme are published in leading newspapers and Employment News twice a year, once at the beginning of the year and then once again later during the financial year. The details of the scheme are also available on the website of the Department. Apart from this the features of the scheme are also broadcasted through radio channels of All India Radio in the programme ‘Sawarati Jaye Jeewan ki Rahen’.
The state-wise details of the candidates selected under this Scheme for the last three selection years are given below :
| STATE WISE SELECTED CANDIDATES | ||||
| S.No. | STATE | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 |
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Assam | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Bihar | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | Chhattisgarh | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | Delhi | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | Gujarat | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 8 | Haryana | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Jammu & Kashmir | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Jharkhand | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | Karnataka | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 12 | Kerala | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 13 | Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 14 | Maharashtra | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 15 | Manipur | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Orissa | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Punjab | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 18 | Rajasthan | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 19 | Tamil Nadu | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 20 | Telangana | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 21 | Tripura | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Uttar Pradesh | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 23 | West Bengal | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| TOTAL | 50 | 108 | 183 | |
This information was given by Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Shri Vijay Sampla in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
