SCHEME OF ‘POST-MATRIC SCHOLARSHIP’ FOR STUDENTS BELONGING TO

THE MINORITY COMMUNITIES 1. BACKGROUND

The Prime Minister’s New 15 Point Programme for the Welfare of Minorities was

announced in June, 2006. It provides that a post-matric scholarship scheme for meritorious

students from minority communities would be implemented.

2. OBJECTIVE

The objective of the scheme is to award scholarships to meritorious students belonging

to economically weaker sections of minority community so as to provide them better

opportunities for higher education, increase their rate of attainment in higher education and

enhance their employability.

3. SCOPE

The scholarship is to be awarded for studies in India in a government or private higher

secondary school/college/university, including such residential institutes of the Government and

eligible private institutes selected and notified in a transparent manner by the State

Government/Union Territory Administration concerned. It will also cover technical and

vocational courses in Industrial Training Institutes/ Industrial Training Centres affiliated with

the National Council for Vocational Training (NCVT) of classes XI and XII level.

4. ELIGIBILITY

Scholarship will be awarded to the students who have secured not less than 50% marks

or equivalent grade in the previous final examination and the annual income of whose

parents/guardian from all sources does not exceed Rs.2.00 lakh.

5. DISTRIBUTION

Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain and Zoroastrians (Parsis) have been notified as

minority communities under Section 2 (c) of the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992.

The distribution of scholarship among the States/Union Territories will be made on the basis of

population of the above notified minorities in the States/ Union Territories of Census 2001.

6. EARMARKING FOR GIRL STUDENTS

30% of scholarship will be earmarked for girl students. In case sufficient number of

eligible girl students are not available, then the balance earmarked scholarships may be awarded

to eligible boy students.

7. SELECTION PROCEDURE

Unlike scholarship for SC and ST, there are a fixed number of scholarships for

minorities is small and limited. Students from BPL families, having the lowest income shall be

given preference in the ascending order. The renewal applications would be fully exhausted

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8. DURATION

Scholarship will be provided for the entire course. However, maintenance allowance will

be given for a period not exceeding 10 months only in an academic year. 9. RATE OF SCHOLARSHIP

Actual financial assistance will be provided for admission & course /tuition fee and

maintenance allowance as given below subject to a maximum ceiling indicated against item

concerned:

(Amount in Rs.)

Sl. Item Hosteller * Day scholar

No.

1 Admission and tuition fee for classes Actual subject to a Actual subject to a

XI and XII. maximum ceiling maximum ceiling of

of Rs.7,000 p.a. Rs.7,000 p.a.

2 Admission and course/tuition fee for Actual subject to Actual subject to a

technical and vocational courses of XI a maximum ceiling maximum ceiling of

and XII level. (Includes fees/charges of Rs.10,000 p.a. Rs.10,000 p.a.

for raw materials, etc.)

3 Admission and tuition fee for under- Actual subject to a Actual subject to a

graduate, post graduate. maximum ceiling maximum ceiling of

of Rs.3,000 p.a. Rs.3,000 p.a.

4 Maintenance allowance for 10 months

only in an academic year (Includes

expenses for study material, etc.)

(i) Classes XI and XII including

technical and vocational courses of

this level. Rs.380 p.m. Rs.230 p.m.

(ii)Courses other than technical and Rs.570 p.m. Rs.300 p.m.

professional courses at under-

graduate and post graduate level

(iii) M. Phil and Ph.D. Rs.1200 p.m. Rs.550 p.m.

(For those researchers who are not

awarded any fellowship by

university or any other authority)

* Hostellers include students who are not staying in hostel of the school/institute concerned but are staying as paying guest or in rented accommodation in towns/cities which are not the places where their parents reside.

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10. IMPLEMENTING AGENCIES

The scheme will be implemented through the State Government/ Union Territory

Administration.

11. CONDITIONS FOR SCHOLARSHIP

(i) Scholarship will be awarded to the students who have secured not less than

50% marks or equivalent grade in the previous final examination and the

annual income of whose parents/guardian from all sources does not exceed

Rs.2.00 lakh. Unlike scholarship for SC and ST, there are a fixed number of

scholarships for minorities and hence preference for selection has been laid

down. Students from BPL families, having the lowest income shall be given

preference in the ascending order. The renewal applications would be fully

exhausted before the new applications are considered.

(ii) The award will be discontinued if a student fails to secure 50% marks or

equivalent grade in the previous final examination. Scholarship will not be

awarded for more than the normal period of time taken to obtain

Certificate/Degree/M. Phil Degree/Doctorate Degree.

(iii) Scholarships will not be given to more than two students in a family.

(iv) The students should be regular in attendance for which the yardstick will be

decided by the competent authority of the school/college/university.

(v) Migration of students from one Institution to another would not normally be

allowed during the course of the academic year except under exceptional

circumstances and in the interest of the student’s academic career.

(vi) If a student violates any other term and condition of the scholarship, the

scholarship may be suspended or cancelled. The State Government/Union

Territory Administration can also directly cancel the award if duly satisfied of

the reasons of violation of these regulations governing the scheme.

(vii) If a student is found to have obtained a scholarship by false

statement/certificates, his/her scholarship will be cancelled forthwith and the

amount of the scholarship paid shall be recovered, at the discretion of the

concerned State Government/Union Territory Administration.

(viii) Course fee/tuition fee and maintenance allowance will be credited directly to

the students’ bank account.

(ix) The State Government/Union Territory Administration will maintain a separate

account and records relating to the funds received from the Ministry and they

will be subjected to inspection by the officers of the Ministry or any other

agency designated by the Ministry.

(x) The student obtaining benefits under this scholarship scheme shall not be

allowed to avail of benefits under any other scholarship scheme implemented

by State Government/UT Administration, for the same purpose.

(xi) The State Government/ Union Territory Administration shall constitute a

Committee of the departments implementing such scholarship schemes to

ensure that the students from the minority community, who may also belong to

SC/ST/OBC category, does not avail scholarship from other sources for the

same purpose and avail only from one source.

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(xii) The fund for distribution of scholarships in subsequent years will be released

after receiving the utilization certificate for the previous year.

(xiii) The scheme will be evaluated at regular intervals by the Ministry or any other

agency designated by the Ministry and the cost of the evaluation study will be

borne by the Ministry under the provision of the scheme.

(xiv) The State/Union Territory shall place all relevant details of financial and

physical achievements on their website.

(xv) The regulations can be changed at any time at the discretion of the Government

of India.

(xvi) The concerned State Government/Union Territory Administration will be

responsible for processing and scrutinizing the applications submitted by the

students (as per the work flow opted) and send the proposal of eligible students

online to this Ministry for sanction of the scholarships as per timelines.

12. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

As the magnitude of data to be entered and processed would be enormous as the

scheme gets implemented over the years, there would be a need to engage qualified skilled

personnel right from the beginning to ensure that the data based computerised systems are

operational. Qualified skilled personnel possessing requisite expertise to operate computer

programme designed for this purpose, enter, process, analyse, monitor, retrieve and

transfer data should be engaged on contract basis as per need. Data provided by the

States/Union Territories will be maintained and managed by the Ministry with personnel

of similar expertise to be engaged on contract basis.

A provision not exceeding 2% of the total budget will be made to meet the

administrative and allied costs viz. expenditure of the States/Union Territories and the

Ministry for office equipments including computers and accessories, furniture, printing of

application forms, advertisements, engagement of personnel, etc. This provision will also

be used for evaluation and monitoring of the scheme, through outside reputed

institutions/agencies engaged by the Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India

and the State Governments/Union Territory Administrations.

13. RENEWAL OF SCHOLARSHIP

The scholarship, once awarded, may be renewed during the next academic year of

the course on the production of certificate that the student has secured 50% marks in the

examination.

14. ANNOUNCEMENT OF SCHEME

The scheme will be announced by the concerned State Government/Union

Territory Administration well in time, through advertisements in the leading language

newspapers and local dailies and by using other suitable publicity media.

16. PATTERN OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

100% funding will be given by the Central Government to the State

Government/Union Territory Administration.

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17. MONITORING & TRANSPARENCY

The States/Union Territories implementing the scheme shall monitor the financial

and physical performance of the scheme at the State/Union Territory level. For this

purpose, an IT enabled monitoring mechanism shall be in place. The State/Union Territory

will be required to furnish quarterly financial and physical progress reports to the

Ministry. The State/Union Territory shall maintain year-wise details of the students

receiving scholarship, indicating school/college/institute, location of

school/college/institute, government or private, class, gender and new or renewal. The

States/Union Territories shall place relevant physical and financial details in their official

website. 18. EVALUATION

The monitoring of the financial and physical performance of the scheme will be

evaluated by assigning evaluation/impact studies to reputed institutions/agencies by the

Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India.

19. PROCEDURE FOR APPLYING

(i) The scheme is implemented through National Scholarship Portal (NSP). It is

mandatory for all students to apply online on the website of this Ministry

i.e. www.scholarships.gov.in.

(ii) The list of documents to be scanned & uploaded for both Fresh and Renewal

Scholarships as under:

a) Student Photo. (Mandatory).

b) Institution Verification Form. (Mandatory).

c) Self declaration of Income Certificate by the student. (Mandatory).

d) Self declaration of community by the student. (Mandatory).

e) In case of Fresh: Self Attested Certificate of ‘Previous Academic Mark

sheet’ as filled in Form. (Mandatory).

f) In case of Renewal: Self-Attested Certificate of Previous Year Marksheet

as filled in the Form. (Mandatory).

g) Fee Receipt of current course year. (Mandatory).

h) Proof of Bank Account in the name of student. (Mandatory).

i) Aadhaar Card (optional).

j) Residential Certificate. (Mandatory).

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SCHEME OF POST-MATRIC SCHOLARSHIPFOR STUDENTS BELONGING TO THE

MINORIry COMMUNITIES

(Effective from 29.1 1 .2OOT)

GOVERNMENT OF INDIAMINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

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CENRALLY SPONSORED SCHEME OF 'POST.MATRIC SCHOLARSHIP, F,OR STUDENTSBELONGING TO THE MINORITY COMMUNITIES

1. BACKGROUND

The prime Minister's New 15 point programme forthe welfare of Minorities was announced in June, 2006. rtprovides that a post_matric scholarship ..nL*.- -fo,

meritorious students from minority communities would beimplemented.

2. OBJECTIVE

The objective of the scheme is to award scholarships tomeritorious students.belonging to economically weaker sectionsof minority community ro u. ti provioeitrem better opportunitiesfor higher education, ln.reas" tireir rats or uttui;;;ii;-r,ti",education and enhance their employaUifity.

3. SCOPE

The scholarship is to be awarded for studies in India in agovernment or private higher secondary ,"frooV.off"nVuniversity, including such residential -

iir.rirrr, " ii"'irr"Government and eligible private instituies selected and notified

T a transparent mun r"i by the St"t" Government/UnionTerritory Administration concernea. rt-witt also cover technicarand vocational courses in Industrial rraining Institutes/ IndustriarTraining centres affiriated with the National council forvocational Trainiqg (NCVT) of classes xl and XII level.

4. ELIGIBILITY

- Scholarship will be awarded to the students who havesecured not less thal 5.0% marks or equivalent g.uJ. ln-lt.previous final examination and the u*uur income of whoseparents/guardian, from all sources does not exceed Rs.2 lakh.

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5. DISTRIBUTION

Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists andZoroastrians (Parsis) have been notified as minoritycommunities under Section 2 (c) of the NationalCommission for Minorities Act, 1992. The distribution ofscholarship among the StatesAJnion Territories will bemade on the basis of population of the above notifiedminorities in the States/ Union Territories of Census 2001.

6. EARMARIilNG FOR GIRL STUDENTS:

30% of scholarship will be earmarked for girlstudents. In case sufficient number of eligible girl studentsare not available, then the balance earmarked scholarshipsmay be awarded to eligible boy students.

7. SELECTION PROCEDURE

Unlike scholarship for SC and ST, there are a fixednumber of scholarships for minorities is small and limited.Students from BPL families, having the lowest incomeshall be given preference in the ascending order. Therenewal applications would be fully exhausted before thenew applications are considered.

8. DURATION

Scholarship will be provided for the entire course.However, maintenance allowance will be given for a period notexceeding l0 months only in an academic year.

9. RATE OF SCHOLARSHIP

Actual financial assistance will be provided foradmission & course/tuition fee and maintenance allowance asgiven below subject to a maximum ceiling indicated against itemconcerned:

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sl.No.

Item Hosteller * Day scholar

I @feefor classes XI and XIL

Actual subjectto a maxirnumceiling ofRs.7,000 p.a.

Actual subjectto a maximumceiling ofRs.7,000 p.a.

2 Admission antlcourse/tuition fee fortechnical and vocationalcoruses of XI and XII level.(Includes fees/charges tbrraw materials; etc.)

Actual subjectto a maximumceiling ofRs.10,000 p.a.

Actual subjectto a maximumceiling ofRs.10,000 p.a.

J Admission and tuition t'ecfor under-graduate andpost graduate.

Actual subjectto a maximumceiling ofRs.3,000 p.a.

Actual subjectto a maximumceiling ofRs.3,000 p.a.

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Hryffi.*lx"i"f T;academic year (Includesexpenses for study material,etc.)

Rs.235 p.m. Rs.l40 p.m.(i) Classes XI and XIIincluding technical andvocational courses of thislevel.

(ii) Courses other rhantechnical and professionalcourses at under-graduateand post graduhte level

Rs.355 p.m, Rs.185 p.m.

(iii) M. Phil and ph.D (Forthose researchers who arenot awarded any t'ellowshipby university or any otherauthoriry)

Rs.5l0 p.m. Rs.330 p.m.

* Hostellers include students *ho ffischooUinstiture concerned but are staying u, puying-fgu.ra";i" ;";;;accommodation in towns/cities which *" not itt"-p'L"", *t"." tt"i,

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parents reside.

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IO. IMPLEMENTING AGENCIES

The scheme will be implemented through the StateGovernment/ Union Territory Administration.

1I. CONDITIONS FOR SCHOLARSHIP

(i) Scholarship will be awarded to the students whohave secured not less than 50% marks orequivalent grade in the previous finalexamination and the annual income of whoseparents/guardian, from all sources does notexceed Rs.2 lakh. Unlike scholarship for SCand ST, there are a fixed number of scholarshipsfor minorities and hence preference for selectionhas been laid down. Students from BpLf-amilies, having the lowest income shall begiven preference in the ascending order. Therenewal applications would be fully exhaustedbefore the new applications are considered.

(ii) The award will be discontinued if a student failsto secure 50% marks or equivalent grade in theprevious final examination. Scholarship will notbe awarded for more than the normal period oftirne taken to obtain certificateidegree/M. phildegree/doctorate degree.

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(iv)

Scholarships will not be given to more than twostudents in a family.

The students should be regular in attendance forwhich the yardstick will be decided by thecompetent authorityschool/college/university.

of the

stamp paper for self_employed parents/guardianand fro*,. employer -

for "rrp;;;;parents/guardian.

(vi) The school/college/university authority willcertifli the claim of the student of t;ng";;outstation students not residing in hostel

";,h;institution concerned on the bisis of p"*un"niaddress and parent,s address.

(vii) Migration of students from one institution toanother would not normally be allowed ;".i;;the course. of the academic year except underexceptional circumstao.", und in the d.r;;;;the student's academic career.

(viii) If a student violates any other term andcondition of the scholarship, the schotarstripmay be suspended or cancelled. ii;;*S;;;;Government/Union Territory Administrationcan also directly cancel the award if dulfsatisfied of the reasons of violation of tn*lregulations governing the scheme.

(ix) If a student is found to have obtained ascholarship by false statement/certificates,his4rer scholarship will be cancelled forthwithand the amount of the scholarship puiO Jufi U.recovered, at the discretion of ifrl .on..*"jState Government/Union TerritoryAdministration.

(x) The State Government/Union TerritoryAdministration will lay down the detailedprocedure for qlogessing and sanctioning ofscholarships to eligible stiAents.lncome certificate should be on self-certificationbasis by way of an affidavit on non-judicial

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(xi) Course fee/tuition fee will be credited to theschool's/college's/institution's bank account.Efforts will be made for transferring itelectronically through the banks.

(xii) Maintenance allowance will be credited to thestudent's bank account. Efforts will be made fortransferring it electronically through thc banks.

(xiii) The State GovernmenVUnion TerritorvAdministration will maintain a separate ur.ountand records relating to the funcls received fromrhe Ministry and they will be subjected toinspection by the officers of the Minisiry or anyother agency designated by the Ministry.

(xiv) The student obtaining benefits under thisscholarship scheme shall not be allowed to availof benefits under any other scholarship schemefor the same purpose.

(xv) The State Government/Union TerritorvAdministration shall constitute a committee ofthe departments implementing such scholarshipschemes to ensure that the students from thirninority community, who may also belong toSC/ST/OBC category, does not avail scholarihipfrom other sources for the same purpose andavail only from one source.

(xvi) The fund for distribution of scholarships insubsequent years will be released after receivingthe utilization certificate for the previous year.

(xvii) The scheme wili be evaluated at regularintervals by the Ministry or any other agencydesignated by the Ministry and the cost of ttre

evaluation study will be borne by the Ministryunder the provision of the scheme.(xviii) The Statefunion |roirory shall place allrelevant details of financial and physical

achievements on their website.(xix) The regulatio.l,s c1n be changed at any time at thediscretion of the Governmeit ilmii^.

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