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Sikhs, Muslims, Christians, Jains, Budh and Parsis fall under the minority category.
Students belongs to SC/ST/OBC/MINORITY category. (Sikh,Muslim,Christian,Bhuddhist,Parsi and Jain)
Income certificate issued by competent authority (SDM) should be valid at the time of submission of application required.
UID number otherwise known as ‘Aadhaar’ number is Unique Identification Number given by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). The Aadhaar Number is required to be seeded (linked) with the bank account in which Scholarship amount is desired to be transferred. Banks provide multiple ways of linking Aadhaar with the bank account and applicants can obtain the details from the website of the concerned bank or contact the concerned bank with a copy of the Aadhaar card.
Applicants/Students who have entered Aadhaar in their online application correctly and if their Aadhaar is linked to any of their bank account, in such cases the amount of Scholarship will be credited to that Aadhaar linked bank account only even if the student has mentioned any other non-Aadhaar linked bank account in her/his online application.
Yes. School /Institute / College will have to get themselves registered on portal and further, authenticate / verify the details of the students on the basis of their records. It is first level of verification.
Schools/ Colleges/ Instituteshave to upload the requisite information and documents on their dedicated login accounts and afterwardsauthenticate / verify the details of the students on the basis of their records of each and every application of their respective Schools/ Colleges/ Institutes.
You should immediately approach the institute to contact with the nodal officer of the concerned Department to help in addition of the school/ college/ institute. You can also drop email to the concerned implementing department under intimation to Nodal Department department. The implementing department will enter the name of the institute on to the webportal after receiving the requisite information.
Fields provided with red asterisk(*) mark are mandatory fields.
You are advised to keep your bank account active to receive the scholarship amount (till the disbursal of scholarships). Confirm from your bank that your account is not dormant/closed and also be sure that your account is free from transaction limit or any other conditions till the disbursal of scholarship is made in your account, to avoid any chance of transaction failure/return of scholarship amount. Please note that in case of transaction failure/return of scholarship amount, there is no provision for re-payment and Ministry of Minority Affairs is not responsible for such lapse.
A Student can avail either State sponsored scheme or Centrally sponsored in an academic year.