Prime Ministers Scholarship Scheme For Central Armed Police Forces & Assam Rifles Ministry of Home Affairs:
Introduction:
Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme (PMSS) under the aegis of the National Defense Fund, was introduced from the academic year 2006-07 to encourage higher technical & professional education for the dependent wards & widows of Central Armed Police Forces & Assam Rifles (CAPFs & AR)
Personnel.
Number of Scholarship:
Total 2000 of Scholarship to be sanctioned equally for both girls &
boys under PMSS will be given for the each academic year in addition to renewal cases of previous years.
Eligibility:
I) Wards/widows of deceased CAPFs & AR personnel died in harness/election duty, wards of personnel disabled due to causes attributable to Government service and Wards of Ex-CAPFs & AR
personnel in receipt of Gallantry Awards.
II) Wards/widows of retired and serving CAPFs & AR Personnel. (Personnel below Officer Rank)
III) Pursuing first professional degree programme in the field of Engineering, Medicine, Dental, Veterinary, BBA, BCA, B. Pharma, B.SC (Nursing, Agriculture, etc.), MBA and MCA etc. in accordance with the guidelines as mentioned in Para- 8 (B).
IV) Having minimum 60% marks in Minimum Entry Qualification (MEQ) i.e. 10+2/Diploma/Graduation or equivalent in case of new applicant. Or For applicants applying under renewal category, it is mandatory to pass the each subsequent academic year of the professional courses being pursued by them with minimum 50% marks.
V) A grace period of one year only for cases, where there is a delay on part of candidate for submission of application for renewal of scholarship may be entertained.
Duration of Scholarship
One to five years (depending upon the duration of the course being pursued by the applicant and as approved by the respective regulatory body).
Amount of Scholarship:
I. Rs. 2250/-per month for girls.
II. Rs. 2000/- per month for boys.
To be paid annually after selection.@ Rs 27000/- to each girl & Rs 24000/- to each boy
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Introduction:
Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme (PMSS) under the aegis of the National Defense Fund, was introduced from the academic year 2006-07 to encourage higher technical & professional education for the dependent wards & widows of Central Armed Police Forces & Assam Rifles (CAPFs & AR)
Personnel.Number of Scholarship:
Total 2000 of Scholarship to be sanctioned equally for both girls &
boys under PMSS will be given for the each academic year in addition to renewal cases of previous years.
Eligibility:
I) Wards/widows of deceased CAPFs & AR personnel died in harness/election duty, wards of personnel disabled due to causes attributable to Government service and Wards of Ex-CAPFs & AR
personnel in receipt of Gallantry Awards.
II) Wards/widows of retired and serving CAPFs & AR Personnel. (Personnel below Officer Rank)
III) Pursuing first professional degree programme in the field of Engineering, Medicine, Dental, Veterinary, BBA, BCA, B. Pharma, B.SC (Nursing, Agriculture, etc.), MBA and MCA etc. in accordance with the guidelines as mentioned in Para- 8 (B).
IV) Having minimum 60% marks in Minimum Entry Qualification (MEQ) i.e. 10+2/Diploma/Graduation or equivalent in case of new applicant. Or For applicants applying under renewal category, it is mandatory to pass the each subsequent academic year of the professional courses being pursued by them with minimum 50% marks.
V) A grace period of one year only for cases, where there is a delay on part of candidate for submission of application for renewal of scholarship may be entertained.
Duration of Scholarship
One to five years (depending upon the duration of the course being pursued by the applicant and as approved by the respective regulatory body).
Amount of Scholarship:
I. Rs. 2250/-per month for girls.
II. Rs. 2000/- per month for boys.
To be paid annually after selection.@ Rs 27000/- to each girl & Rs 24000/- to each boy
How to apply:
1. From the academic year 2015-16 on wards, the Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme (PMSS) for CAPFs & AR will be implemented through National Scholarship Portal (NSP).
2. For this, all the eligible applicants need to apply online on the website of National Scholarship Portal (NSP) i.e. www.scholarship.gov.in on or before 31 December of every year and incase applicant is unable to apply online, than offline application may be accepted upto 15 January, 2016 for this academic year only. After scrutiny and compilation of all applications CAPFs & AR should forward the same to the Chairman, Welfare and Rehabilitation Board, CAPFs, New Delhi by 15 March of each year positively. Final compiled list of selected candidates will be prepared by
WARB and should be forwarded to MHA by 15 April of each year for onward submission to PMO.
Detailed guidelines and documents/ prescribed proforma required to be scanned and uploaded for both fresh and renewal categories are available on the website of :
I) National Scholarship Portal (NSP)
II) Welfare and Rehabilitation Board (WARB)
III) Central Armed Police Forces & Assam Rifle ( CAPFs & AR)
IV) Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)