The scheme provides for the award of 240 scholarships every year. These scholarships will be earmarked for individual Agricultural Universities in proportion to the actual number of scheduled castes / scheduled tribes candidates admitted. A tentative distribution of scholarships will first be made to various agricultural universities on the basis of seats reserved by the individual agricultural universities for SC/ST candidates. The actual number of scholarship allotted to the universities every year would, however, be determined on the basis of actual SC/ST students admitted so as to maintain approximately equal proportion between the number of SC/ST students admitted in each university to the number of scholarships available.

Yes, Scholarship during the leave on medical grounds will be admissible as follows:- (i) Full scholarship will be paid if the absence does not exceed two months due to illness supported by medical certificate as prescribed by the concerned university. (ii) Half the scholarship will be paid if the absence exceeds two months but not four months. The first two months scholarship will be paid on full rates and the half scholarship will be paid on full rates and the half scholarship will be paid for the preceding two months. (iii) No scholarship will be given if the absence exceeds four months. The payment of scholarship for the first four months, however, will be governed by the sub-clause (i) and (ii) above. (iv) In the case of married women, the scholarship will be admissible at full rates upto three months absence on grounds of maternity. However, no scholarship will be paid for the period exceeding three months. (v) In all the above cases (sub-clause i to iv), the scholarship at the rates indicated will be paid only if the Head of the Institution recommends the application of the students and certifies that the scholar is likely to make up the deficiency in studies subsequently. All these concessions indicated above in clause (i) to (iv) will be available only once in the whole duration of the course.

The student who accepts this scholarship will not be permitted to avail any other scholarship/concession provided by any other agencies nor permitted to accept any part-time employment.

If The Scholar Is Dropped By The Institution Due To Peer Performance, his/her scholarship will be terminated.