POST MATRIC SCHOLARSHIP TO ST STUDENTS - ASSAM

Stated amount: 1,200 The scholarship will have two components, payment of compulsory nonrefundable fees for the course pursued by the student and the monthly stipend.

1. Stipend: The scholarship will have two components, payment of compulsory nonrefundable fees for the course pursued by the student and the monthly stipend. ​​​​​​​ Group Courses Hostellers Monthly - Annually Day Scholar Monthly - Annually Group I Bachelor, Master Degree, MPhil/PhD degree leading to Degree, PG Diploma, in professional courses in various streams 1200 12000 550 5500 Group Il All non-professional recognized courses leading to a Bachelor, Master Degree, MPhil/PhD degree not covered under Group I in Arts, Science and Commerce like BA/B.Sc/B.Com or MA/MSc/M.Com 820 8200 530 5300 Group III Vocational stream, ITI courses, 3 year diploma courses in Polytechnics, etc. 570 5700 300 3000 Group-IV All post-matriculation level non-degree courses for which entrance qualification is High School (Class X), e.g. senior secondary certificate (class XI and XII). 380 3800 230 2300 Additional Disability Allowance: - In addition to stipend provided an additional Stipend of Rs. 800/-per month (Rs. 9600 annually) will be given to the Divyangjan student who is hosteller and Rs.600 (Rs 7200 annually) to Day scholar.
2. Fee component: The fee component will depend on type of course pursued by the student. The courses have been divided in 4 categories. Group Courses Group I Graduate and Post Graduate courses leading to Degree, PG Diploma, MPhil, PhD in professional courses in various streams Group Il All non-professional recognized courses leading to a Graduate, Post Graduate Degree not covered under Group I in Arts, Science and Commerce like BA/B.Sc/B.Com or MA/MSc/M.Com etc Group III Vocational stream, ITI Polytechnics, etc. Group IV All post-matriculation level non-degree courses for which entrance qualification is High School (Class X), e,g. senior secondary certificate (class XI and XII). Note1: The fee component will be decided by the State Level Fee Fixation Committee of the state. In case of students studying in private sector institutes there will be a ceiling of Rs.2.50 lakhs per annum per student for Engineering Courses and Rs.6.00 lakh per annum for MBBS/ MS/ MD courses and Rs.1.00 lakh per annum for other courses as far as support of Government of India is concerned.s. For accounting purpose, such additional amount, if any, would be accounted for separately in the State portal. Note 2: The new guidelines will be applicable in respect of students who apply in Post Matric Scholarship Scheme on or after 1.4.2022. No. of scholarship is the subject to availability, please visit Official website.

i. All States/UTs are required to develop an Online Platform for inviting online applications and disbursement through DBT mode into the bank account of student. The states/UTs have option to opt for National Scholarship Portal for inviting such applications, if State/UT does not have own portal. ii. The States/UTs would obtain necessary documents from applicants in support of eligibility of the applicants. Any student found to have stated wrong facts and misrepresented facts would become ineligible and debarred from any benefits of the scheme. iii. Before initiating registration process, students are advised to carefully go through the instructions of State /NSP portal and 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. The student can take admission in any Government Institute within or outside the state. As far as NonGovernment Institutes are concerned. b) The Bank Account details (A/c Number, IFSC Code) given in application is correct and keep the account active (i.e. non-dormant). The account should be held in the name of the student and linked with Aadhar and Mobile number to ensure timely DBT payment. c) The resolution/quality of documents and photo uploaded is adequate and document is legible and clear. d) The mobile number provided in the application is correct, active and belongs to the applicant or the parent. The student should preferably continue the same mobile number linked with the bank account for entire period of course. e) The student/applicant should take timely action

1. on the SMS received from State owned portal/NSP f) The applicant should follow up with Institutes for application verification before the deadlines. 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. Other Info Duration and renewal of scholarship i. The scholarship will be payable for the entire course for which the application has been made. ii. In the application form student will be required to mention the duration of course. The award once made will be tenable from the stage at which it is given till the completion of course subject to good conduct and regularity in attendance. iii. In case a student couldn't apply for scholarship for an eligible course in the 1st year of the course, he can apply for scholarship in 2nd or subsequent year and would be entitled for scholarship for the remaining duration of course from the date of application, subject to the eligibility. iv. The scholarship to a student will be renewed from year to year provided he/she has completed the previous class successfully and moves to the next class. v. In case he/she has failed in one year, he/she will not be entitled to scholarship till he/she clears that class and gets promoted to the next class. vi. However, if a student is unable to appear in the annual examination owing to illness and/or on account of any other unforeseen event, the award may be renewed for the next academic year on submission of medical certificate and/or other required sufficient proof to the satisfaction of the Head of the Institution and his/her certifying that the student would have passed had he/she appeared in the examination. vii. In accordance with the Regulations of a University/institution, if a student is promoted to the next higher class even though he/she may not have actually passed in lower class and is required to take examination of the junior class again after sometime, he/she will be entitled to scholarship for the class to which he/she is promoted if the student is otherwise eligible for scholarship.