PM-YASASVI: Post-Matric Scholarship for OBC, EBC and DNT Students
State: Central
Ministry: Ministry Of Social Justice and Empowerment
Department: Department of Social Justice & Empowerment
Category: Education & Learning
Beneficiary Type: Individual

The objective of the scheme is to provide financial assistance to the OBC, EBC and DNT students studying at post-matriculation or post-secondary stage to enable them to complete their education.

Benefits:
The scholarship includes the following components for the complete duration of the course:
**Sl. No.****Category of Courses****Yearly Academic Allowance (in ₹)****Yearly Tuition Fee (in ₹)****Total (in ₹)**1Group 1: Degree and Post Graduate level professional courses10,000/-10,000/-20,000/-2Group 2: Other Professional Courses leading to Degree, Diploma, Certificate8,000/-5,000/-13,000/-3Group 3: Graduate and Post Graduate courses not covered under Group I &amp;amp;amp;amp; Group II6,000/-2,000/-8,000/-4Group 4: All post-matriculation (Post Class X level) non-degree courses5,000/-05,000/-**Note 01:** Students pursuing CA./I.C.W.A./C.S./I.C.F.A. shall be treated as day scholars for the purpose of academic allowance. Students studying through correspondence/online courses shall not be eligible for academic allowance.
**Note 02:** Tuition fees shall be paid to online/correspondence students.
**Note 03:** The State Governments may, if they so decide, top up the academic allowance from their own resources.
**Note 04:** The entire scholarship amount, both from the State and Central Government, including the tuition fees, academic allowance and any other admissible allowance will be paid directly into the account of the students ONLY through DBT preferably through an Aadhaar Based Payment System (Aadhaar Payment Bridge).
**Note 05:** Scholarship will not be paid for the period of internship/housemanship in the M.B.B.S course or for practical training in other courses if the student is in receipt of some remuneration during the internship period or some allowance/stipend during the practical training in other courses.

Eligibility:
1. The scholarships will be open to Indian nationals belonging to OBCs, EBCs, and DNTs, as notified by the Central Govt./State Govt./ UT Admin. 
   1. These scholarships will be given for the study of all recognized post-matriculation or post-secondary courses pursued in recognized institutions as specified in para 3 of the [Guidelines](https://socialjustice.gov.in/public/ckeditor/upload/65661651839791.pdf).   1. Only those candidates who belong to OBCs/EBCs/DNTs so specified in relation to the State/UT to which the applicant actually belongs, i.e. permanently settled and who have passed the Matriculation or higher secondary or any higher examination of a recognized University or Board of Secondary Education will be eligible.
   1. Students studying in the XI Class of the Higher Secondary School courses or the XII class of the Multipurpose High School will not be eligible for it being a continuous school course. However, in cases, where the 10th Class examination of such courses is treated as equivalent to Matriculation and students who after passing the 10th Class join other courses, such students will be treated as post-matric students and will be eligible for the award of scholarships.
   1. Students pursuing Post-graduate courses in medicine will be eligible only if they are not allowed to practice during the period of their course.
   1. Students who after failing or passing the Under Graduate/Post-Graduate examinations in Arts/Science/Commerce join any recognized professional or Technical certificate/diploma/degree courses will be awarded scholarships if otherwise eligible. No subsequent failure will be condoned except for courses in Group &amp;#39;1&amp;#39; and no further change in the course will be allowed thereafter.
   1. Students, who pursue their studies through correspondence/online courses, are also eligible. The term correspondence includes distance and continuous education for courses in Central/State Universities only.
   1. Only two boys of the same parents/guardians will be entitled to receive scholarships. This restriction will, however, not apply to girls. Accordingly, scholarships availed by girls of the same parents/guardian will not adversely affect the admissibility of availing scholarships upto two boys of the same parents/guardian.
   1. A scholarship holder under this Scheme will not hold any other scholarship/stipend. If awarded any other scholarship/stipend, the student can exercise his/her option for either of the two Scholarships/stipends, whichever is more beneficial to him/her, and should inform the awarding authority through the Head of the Institution about the option made. No scholarship will be paid to the students under this Scheme from the date he/she accepts any other scholarships/ stipend. The student can, however, accept free lodging or a grant or ad-hoc monetary help from the State Government or any other source for the purchase of books, and equipment or for meeting the expenses on board and lodging, in addition to the scholarship amount paid under the Scheme.
   1. Scholarship holders who are receiving coaching in any of the pre-examination training centers with financial assistance from the Central Government/ State Government will not be eligible for a stipend under the coaching schemes for the duration of the coaching programme.
   1. The ceiling on the age limit for admission as regular students in different classes should be decided by concerned Institutions.
   1. Employed students whose income combined with the income of their parents/guardians does not exceed ₹2.50 lakhs per annum shall be eligible for post-matric scholarship.
   1. Unemployed students whose parents/guardians&amp;#39; income from all sources does not exceed ₹2.50 lakhs per annum will be entitled to the scholarship under the scheme.

**Note:** Income Certificate is required to be taken once only; i.e. at the time of admission of courses, which are continuing for more than one year.
&gt; **Other Conditions for the Award:**

   1. The scholarship is provided on the basis of satisfactory progress and conduct of the scholars. If it is reported by the Head of the Institution at any time that a scholar has, by reasons of his/her own act or default, failed to make satisfactory progress or has been guilty of misconduct such as resorting to or participating in strikes, irregularity in attendance without the permission of the authorities concerned, etc., the authority sanctioning the scholarships may either cancel the scholarship or stop or withhold further payment of scholarship for such period as it may think fit.
   1. If a student is found to have obtained a scholarship by false statement his/her scholarship will be cancelled forthwith and the amount of the scholarship paid will be recovered, at the discretion of the concerned State Government. The student concerned will be blacklisted and debarred for scholarship under any scheme forever.
   1. A scholarship awarded may be cancelled if the scholar changes the subject of the course of study for which the scholarship was originally awarded or changes the institution of study, without prior approval of the State Government. The Head of the Institution shall inform such cases to the scholar and stop payment of the scholarship money. The amount already paid may also be recovered at the discretion of the State Government.
   1. A scholar is liable to refund the scholarship amount at the discretion of the State Government, if during the course of the year, the studies for which the scholarship has been awarded, are discontinued by him/her

&gt; **Duration and Renewal of Awards:**

   1. The award once made will be payable up to the completion of the course subject to satisfactory academic performance and attendance of 75% in every academic year. The attendance will be verified through an Aadhaar-based attendance System.
   1. If a scholar is unable to appear in the annual examination owing to illness, the award may be renewed subject to the production of a medical certificate from a prescribed authority and acceptance of the same by the institution /college.
   1. If, according to the Regulations of a University/Institution, a student is promoted to the next higher class even though he/she may not have actually passed in the lower class and is required to take an examination of the junior class again after some time, he/she will be entitled to scholarship for the class to which he/she is promoted if the student is otherwise eligible for scholarship. Further, in case a student fails in any class and then again joins the same class as a regular student, he/she will be eligible for a scholarship for one additional year or the actual period, whichever is lower.
   1. If a scholar pursuing a Group I course fails in the examination for the first time, the award may be renewed. For second and subsequent failures in any class, the student shall bear his/her own expenses until he/she secures promotion to the next higher class.
   1. The authentication through Aadhaar would be compulsory at the time of renewals, if not provided earlier at the time of admission.

&gt; **Eligibility of Educational Institutions:**

Scholarships will be given for the study of all recognized post-matriculation or postsecondary courses (Intermediate/Senior Secondary, Diploma, long-term Vocational Training Certificate, Graduate, Post Graduate courses, etc.) pursued in recognized Institutions/Universities/Colleges falling in any of the following 9 categories:

   1. Institutions of National Importance;
   1. Central University/State University/Autonomous colleges recognized by UGC and Universities/Colleges recognized under section 2(f) of the UGC Act;
   1. Deemed Universities;
   1. All Private Universities recognized by State/Centre;
   1. Private Professional Institutions affiliated with a recognized Central/State University and covered by a Fee Fixation Committee as mandated by the Supreme Court;
   1. Recognized schools/colleges for Classes XI and class XII;
   1. Diploma granting Institutions as recognized by State/UT Governments;
   1. Vocational Training Institutes affiliated to the National Council of Vocational Training (NCVT);
   1. Institutions affiliated/ approved by the appropriate bodies like NMC/AICTE etc. or any regulatory body established by State/UT/Centre.

Application Process:
[Online]
All the State Governments/UT Administrations will announce starting from April, the details of the Scheme and invite applications by issuing an advertisement in the leading newspapers of the State and through their respective websites/Scholarship portals and other modes of media.
The applicant should submit the completed application to the prescribed authority on the portal specified for this purpose before the last date prescribed for receipt of applications.
The applicant can apply through the specified online portal of the State/UT and National Scholarship Portal.
Application Process: National Scholarship Portal-Online submission for the scholarship can be done through the website of the National Scholarship Portal with the required documents: https://scholarships.gov.in/ 
Registration for New Applicant:Step 01: Open the official NSP website and click on 'New Registration' under Applicant Corner.
Step 02: Read the Instruction/Guidelines, provide the undertaking by clicking on the Check box then click on Continue.
Step 03: Start the registration by providing the required details.
Registered Applicant:Step 01: Open the official NSP website and click on 'Fresh Application' under Applicant Corner.
Step 02: Login with your application ID & password.
Step 03: Select the Scholarship.
Step 04: Fill out the applicant form.
Step 05: Upload the required documents and Submit.
(Note: The application processes may vary for the different State/UT, to avail of the benefits of the scholarship; eligible students may apply on the IT Portal of the concerned States and Union Territories.)
Selection of Candidates:All the eligible OBC/EBC/DNT candidates will be given scholarships subject to the condition of eligibility prescribed in the Scheme, Candidates belonging to one State, but studying in another State, will be awarded scholarships by the State to which they belong and will submit their applications to the competent authorities in that State. In the matter of exemption from fees or other concessions also, they will be treated as studying in their own State.
Timelines for the Scheme:Opening of Portal for registration by students: 1st April
Closing of Portal for registration: 30th June
Verification by the institutions to be completed: 31st July
Verification by the State Govt: 15th August
Release of Central Assistance into the SNA, as per the data uploaded on to the central portal: 31st August
Payment of scholarships by the State Govt using the DBT process (before): 30th September
Process for Issue Freeship Card:All eligible students shall be entitled to take admission in the institutions without prepayment of tuition fees and hostel fees as per the Scheme Guidelines. To enable this, a FREESHIP CARD will be issued by the State Government to the eligible students.
The student shall, well before the expected date of admission, register for issuance of a Freeship Card on the respective scholarship portal giving details like the Aadhaar number, the name of the course in which he/she wants to take admission (e.g. MBBS, B.Sc., Class XI etc.) and an undertaking that the institution's charges would be paid within 7 working days from the date of receipt of the scholarship amount in his/her account. For the purpose of registration of the Freeship Card, the portals shall remain open throughout the year.
The verification of the income, caste, and merit details should be automatically done from the databases which are linked online for instant verification. The process should be entirely paperless. Until the above system is brought into effect, the documents may be scanned and uploaded which include: a passport size photograph, copy of each of the certificates for diploma, degree, etc. in respect of all examinations passed, Caste certificate duly signed by the authorized officer, valid Income certificate issued by the competent authority as prescribed by the State Govt. etc.
After the registration on the Portal, if the student is found eligible, all States/UTs will complete the verification process within 30 days from the receipt of the registration request from the students and issue the Freeship Card through the IT portal, mentioning the course for which application is made so that the eligible students are not denied admissions due to delay in depositing tuition fees. It should be possible for the student to download the Free Ship Card from the portal itself. Once complete digitization of all the required certificates is done, such a Freeship Card shall be automatically generated immediately on registration, if the student is found eligible.
The Freeship Card shall contain the details given in Annexure-1 and shall be digitally signed. For the purpose of admission, the Freeship card will remain valid for period of one year from the date of issue.
If a student wants to change his/her course before taking admission to an institution, he can do so by logging on IT portal and a fresh Freeship Card shall be issued automatically for all eligible students.
In case of renewal students, there shall be no need for fresh registration for the Freeship card and a card once issued to him/her shall be valid for the entire duration of the course.

Documents Required:
1.	Aadhaar Card
2.	Passport-size photograph
3.	Educational qualification marksheets/certificates
4.	Valid Income certificate issued by the competent Authority
5.	Domicile Certificate
6.	Caste/Community Certificate issued by the competent authority
7.	Disability certificate, if applicable
8.	Bank Account details
9.	Any other documents as required