Maintenance Allowance

Group A

1. Degree and Post Graduate level courses including M.Phil., PhD and Post Doctoral research in Medicine (Allopathic, Indian and other recognized systems of medicines), Engineering, Technology, Planning, Architecture, Design, Fashion Technology, Agriculture, Veterinary and Allied Sciences, Management, Business Finance/Administration, Computer Science/Applications.
2. Post Graduate Diploma courses in various branches of management & medicine.
3. C.A./ I.C.W.A./ C.S./ I.C.F.A. etc.
4. M. Phil., Ph.D. and Post-Doctoral Programmes (D.Litt., D.Sc. etc.).
5. L.L.M

Group B

1. Graduate/Post/Graduate courses leading to Degree, Diploma, Certificate in areas like Pharmacy (B. Pharma), Nursing (B Nursing), LLB, BFS, other para-medial branches like rehabilitation diagnostics etc., Mass Communication, Hotel Management & Catering, Travel/Tourism/Hospitality Management, Interior Decoration, Nutrition & Dietetics, Commercial Art, Financial Services (e.g. Banking, Insurance, Taxation etc.) for which entrance qualification is minimum Sr. Secondary (10+2), except aviation related courses.
2. Post Graduate courses not covered under Group A e.g. MA/M.Sc./M.Com/ M.Ed./M.Pharma etc.

Group C

Group D

Reader Charges for Blind Students (Blind Scholars)

Fees

Study Tours

Thesis Typing/ Printing Charges

Mode of Disbursal

Duration of Awards

Renewal of Awards

Eligibility Criteria for Applicants -

• The applicant should be an Indian national.
• The applicant should belong to OBCs, as notified by their State Govt./ UT Admn.
• The applicant should be pursuing post-matriculation or post-secondary courses in a recognized institution.
• The applicant should be permanently settled and should have passed a recognized Matriculation or Higher Secondary or any higher examination.
• The applicant should be eligible if, after failing or passing the undergraduate/Post-Graduate examinations in Arts/Science/Commerce, they join any recognized professional or technical certificate/diploma/degree courses, provided they are otherwise eligible. No subsequent failure will be condoned, except for courses in Group 'A', and no further change in the course will be allowed.
• The employed applicant should be eligible to the extent of reimbursement of all compulsorily payable non-refundable fees if their income, combined with the income of their parents/guardians, does not exceed Rs. 1.50 lakh per annum.
• The unemployed applicant should be eligible if their parents/guardians' income from all sources does not exceed Rs. 1.50 lakh per annum.
• The scholarships are restricted to two boys of the same parents/guardian, with this restriction not applying to girls.

• The applicant should be eligible to pursue post-graduate courses in medicine only if they are not allowed to practice during the period of their course.
• The applicant should not hold any other scholarship/stipend concurrently under this Scheme. If awarded any other scholarship/stipend, they can exercise their option for either of the two scholarships/stipends, whichever is more beneficial to them, and should inform the awarding authority through the Head of the Institution about the option made. No scholarship will be paid from the date they accept any other scholarship/stipend. However, students can accept free lodging or a grant or ad-hoc monetary help from the State Government or any other source for the purchase of books, equipment, or for meeting the expenses on board and lodging, in addition to the scholarship amount paid under the Scheme.
• The applicant should be eligible if they pursue their studies through correspondence courses, with eligibility only towards reimbursement of a non-refundable fee and an annual allowance of Rs. 900/- for essential/prescribed books, as applicable.

Eligibility Criteria for Beneficiaries -

1. Scholarships shall not be awarded for Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL) Courses and other aviation-linked courses.
2. Candidates who, after passing one stage of education, are studying in the same stage of education in a different subject e.g. I.Sc. after I.A or B.Com. after a B.A. or M.A. in a subject after an M.A. in another subject will not be eligible.
3. Students who, after having completed their educational career in one professional line, e.g., LLB after B.T/B. Ed will not be eligible.
4. 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 tenth class examination of such courses is treated as equivalent to Matriculation and students who after passing the tenth class join other courses, such students will be treated as post-matric students and will be eligible for the award of scholarships.

1. One copy of the application for the scholarship in the prescribed form (a separate application form may be prescribed by the concerned State Government/UT for a 'fresh' and 'renewal' scholarship).
2. One copy of the passport-size photograph with signatures of the student thereon (for fresh scholarship)
3. One attested copy of each of the certificates/diplomas/degrees etc., with respect of all examinations passed
4. A certificate (in original) of income issued by an authorized Revenue Officer, not below the rank of Tehsildar.
5. A receipt in acknowledgement of the scholarship in the previous year on the form attached to the application only duly countersigned by the Head of the Institution concerned, if the applicant was in receipt of a scholarship under this Scheme in the preceding year.