India, Nov. 25 -- The Maharashtra government has approved scholarships for 75 students from minority communities to pursue higher studies in reputed foreign universities. Among the grantees, 67 will pursue post graduation while the remaining seven will pursue doctoral research, officials familiar with the matter told Hindustan Times.

The state minority development department, on November 20, approved scholarships for 75 applicants, officials said.

The scheme for providing scholarships on an annual basis to 75 minority students who had secured admission to universities ranked within the top 200 in the QS World Rankings was announced two years ago. But only 24 students were granted the scholarship during the first year (2024-25) as approv...