CENTRALLY SPONSORED SCHEME OF PRE MATRIC SCHOLARSHIP FOR NEEDY ST STUDENTS - GOA

1. Applicant student should belong to the Scheduled Tribe, so specified in relation to the State/Union Territory to which he/she actually belongs (Domicile State).
2. The student should be studying in a Government School or in a School recognized by Government or a Central/State Board of Secondary Education.
3. The family income of student from all sources should not exceed Rs. 2.5 lakh per annum.
4. The student should have a valid account in a Scheduled Bank, linked with Aadhaar and mobile number.
5. The student should not be getting any other scholarship.
6. Scholarship for studying in any class will be available for only one year. If a student has to repeat a class, he/she would not get scholarship for the same class twice.
7. The student can renew scholarship for the next class when he/she is promoted.

Stated amount: 9,600 The rates of scholarship and other grant will be as follows: Item Day scholars Hostelars Monthly Annually Monthly Annually Scholarship for 10 months 225 2250 525 5250 Book and ad hoc grant 750 1000 ​​​​​​​Additional Disability Allowance:-

1. In addition to scholarship, an additional grant of Rs. 800/- monthly (Rs. 9600 annually) will be given to the 5 Divyangjan student who is hosteler and Rs.600/monthly (Rs 7200 annually) to a day scholar.
2. The disability as defined under the Act has to be certified by a competent medical authority of the State Govt./UT Administration. The provisions of disability allowance will also apply to leprosy-cured and students having sickle cell anemia or Thalassemia, with the necessary certificate. No. of Scholarships is subject to availability, for more please visit Official webiste.

1. All States/UTs are required to develop an online platform for inviting online application and disbursement of scholarship through DBT mode into the bank account of student. The States/UTs can opt for National Scholarship Portal for inviting such applications.
2. The States/UTs would obtain necessary documents from the student . Any student found to have stated wrong facts or given misrepresented facts would become ineligible and will be liable to be debarred from the scheme.
3. Before initiating registration process, students are advised to carefully go through the instructions of State /NSP portal and should have all documents. The applicant while applying should take care of the following: a. Candidates belonging to one State (Domicile State) but studying in other State will be awarded scholarships by the State to which they belong (domicile State) and will submit their applications to the competent authorities in their domicile State. b. Bank account details (A/c Number, IFSC Code) given in applications need to be correct and the account should remain active (i.e. non-dormant). The account should be held in the name of student/parent and linked with Aadhaar and mobile to ensure timely DBT. c. The resolution/quality of documents and photo uploaded should be adequate and document should be legible and clear. d. The mobile number provided in the application should be correct, active and should belong to the applicant or the parent. The student should continue the same mobile number linked with the bank account for entire period of scholarship. In case of any change, the student needs to get the changed number incorporated in the records. e. The applicant student should take timely action on the SMS received from State owned portal/NSP. f. The applicant should follow up with institutes for application verification before the deadline. g. The applicant should rectify the error(s) and comply with the remarks made in the application, in case the application is marked as defective in State owned portal/NSP. h. The applicant shall note that applications marked as rejected by the nodal officer during verification process will not be considered for further processing on NSP, in respect of those States which are on NSP. Other Info DURATION AND RENEWAL OF AWARDS a. Scholarship will be payable for 10 months in an academic year. Additional Disability Allowance will be paid for all twelve months. b. The award once made will continue subject to good conduct and regularity in attendance. It will be renewed for Class X after the student passes class IX.​​​​​​​ c. The applicant shall note that applications marked as rejected by the nodal officer during verification process will not be considered for further processing on NSP, in respect of those States which are on NSP.