minoritywelfare.up.nic.in 2017-18 Prematric/ Post Matric & Merit-cum-Means Based Scholarship : Uttar Pradesh Minorities Welfare

Organisation : Uttar Pradesh Minorities Welfare
Scholarship Name : Prematric/ Post Matric & Merit-cum-Means Based Scholarship 2017-18
Applicable For : Minority Community Students
Application Last Date : 31st August, 2017
Applicable State : Uttar Pradesh
Website : http://minoritywelfare.up.gov.in/en
Notification : https://www.scholarships.net.in/uploads/16600-Time.pdf

Scholarship Schemes :

Pre-Matric, Post-Matric and Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship Schemes for minority communities for the year 2017-18.

Related :  Uttar Pradesh Minorities Welfare 2016-17 Merit cum Means/Post Matric/Pre Matric Scholarships :  www.scholarships.net.in/1603.html

Guidelines :
1. Pre-Matric, Post- Matric and Merit-Cum-Means based Scholarship Schemes is being implemented by the Government of India, with 100% Central funding. Under these schemes, the Scholarships are awarded to the meritorious students from notified minority Communities viz. Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Zoroastrians (Parsis) and Jains, pursuing studies in India in a Government or Private Universities/Institutes/colleges/schools.

2. The Central Government has decided to open the National Scholarship Portal (NSP) on 1st June, 2017 for applying online for the scholarships of 2017-18. As such, it is incumbent upon this Ministry to initiate the process of issue of advertisement inviting applications and disbursement of scholarships for 2017-18 by the State Government/UT Administrations, which shall be implemented as per existing guidelines.

3. The State-wise/Community-wise tentative physical allocation (as per Census 2001) for Fresh Scholarship in respect of three Scholarship Schemes for the financial year 2017-18 is 30 lakh, 5 lakh and 60,000 for fresh scholarships (Copy enclosed). AS far as renewal applications are concerned, there is no target for them and all renewal applications are eligible for scholarship.

4. During 2017-18, the online implementation of the Pre-matric, Post-Matric and Merit-Cum-Means based Scholarship Schemes will be done through the National Scholarship Portal (NSP) of the Government of India, under URL www.scholarships.gov.in. A link to the site is also made available in the Website of this Ministry i.e. www.minorityaffairs.gov.in. The detailed guidelines of the three scholarship schemes and the standard operation procedure with the timelines is available on the National Scholarship Portal (NSP) Portal.

5. In view of above, all State Governments/UT Administrations are requested to take the following action:
(i) All the schemes need to be announced by the Concerned State Government/UT Administration well in time, through advertisements in the leading language newspapers and local dailies and by using other t publicity media Well in time.

(ii) The tentative timeline activities for the year 2017-18 for fresh and renewal of scholarships in respect of Pre-matric, Post-Matric and Merit-Cum-Means to the given to States/UTs at present are as under:-

(a) Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme:- Timeline (for Fresh & Renewal Scholarship):
Fresh scholarship by students 1st June to 31st August, 2017
Renewal scholarship by students 1st June to 31st July, 2017

(b) Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme:- Timeline (for Fresh & Renewal Scholarship):
Fresh scholarship by students 1st June to 31st August, 2017
Renewal scholarship by students 1st June to 31st July, 2017

Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship Scheme:- Timeline (for Fresh & Renewal Scholarship:
Fresh Scholarship by students 1st June to 31st August, 2017
Renewal scholarship by 1st June to 31st July, 2017

(iii) The advertisement will enable the minority students to avail the maximum benefits of scholarship schemes.
(iv) You may also advise all Universities/Institutes/Colleges/schools located in your State/UT to register themselves and their courses details on the NSP during this period so that they can verify the applications of their students on the portal without any delay.
(v) in the advertisement, the State / UT Department may also invite attention of the students to the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) available on the NSP homepage of the website for filling up of Online Application.
(vi) All the three Scholarship schemes are an individual beneficiary Oriented scheme being implemented by the Ministry of Minority Affairs. In this regard, it is stated that the linkage of beneficiary’s identification with UID/Aadhaar number is presently non-mandatory.