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Updated on 19th June, 2024 , 4 min read
Central Sector Scholarship Scheme for College and University Students is a centrally-funded merit-cum-means scholarship initiated by the Department of Higher Education of MHRD. It started with the objective to financially assist students of economically underprivileged families. The Central Sector Scholarship scheme is given in equal proportion to boys and girls, i.e., 41,000 of the total number of scholarships are reserved for boys and the other 41,000 are for girl candidates.
The fund provided under this scholarship helps the candidate to meet his/her daily expenses incurred while pursuing graduate or postgraduate studies in general or professional courses. The selected students receive an annual scholarship amount of up to ₹20,000 so that they could meet their day-to-day expenses while pursuing higher studies. The Central Sector Scholarship scheme disburses scholarships to 82,000 graduate/postgraduate students every year.
Central Sector Scholarship awards a total of 82,000 scholarships every year. 50% of the scholarship is earmarked for girl candidates and the remaining 50% is for boy candidates. Furthermore, the scholarships allotted to State Education Boards are divided in the ratio of 3:2:1 among the pass-outs of Science, Commerce and Arts, respectively.
All these scholarships are distributed to the State Education Boards on the basis of the population of 18-25 years age group in the respective State after segregating the share of CBSE and ICSE. The selected students receive the scholarship amount directly into their account through Direct Benefits Transfer (DBT) mode.
The application period varies from year to year and is subject to change at the discretion of the scholarship provider. For the academic session 2022-23, the last date to apply for the scholarship was 17 January 2023.
1. Graduation
An annual scholarship amount of ₹10,000 for 1st three years of graduation.
In case of a 5-year integrated course (professional studies), ₹20,000 per year is given to students during the 4th and 5th years of study.
2. Postgraduation
An amount of ₹20,000 is provided to students studying at postgraduation level.
This scheme is meant for those bright students who belong to economically disadvantaged families. While applying for this merit-cum-means scholarship, the applicants must make sure that they are above the 80th percentile of successful students in the relevant stream in the class 12 board exam.
Find below more details about the eligibility criteria needed to apply for the scholarship.
There are a few necessary documents that the applicants must keep with them ready at the time of the application process. The list of the required documents for the Central Sector Scholarship Scheme for College and University Students is given below.
To make the application process easy and accessible for applicants, MHRD allows students to fill out the scholarship application form online through the government scholarship portal, the National Scholarship Portal (NSP). Follow the steps given below to fill out the Central Sector Scholarship application form.
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By - Nikita Parmar 2024-09-06 10:59:22 , 6 min readThere is no minimum income requirement for the scholarship. However, the annual income of the applicant's family must not exceed ₹8 lakh per annum from all sources.
To ensure the renewal of scholarship, the students must secure at least 50% marks or more in the previous examination. Also, they must maintain an attendance of at least 75%.
The students, who are among the top 20th percentile of successful students in the relevant stream in Class 12 board examination can avail benefits under this scholarship. They must be pursuing a regular undergraduate/ postgraduate/ professional course from a recognised institution in India