cisf.gov.in : PMSS 2017-18 Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme For Central Armed Police Forces & Assam Rifles

Organisation : Central Industrial Security Force
Scholarship Name : PMSS 2017-18 Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme For Central Armed Police Forces & Assam Rifles
Applicable For : Wards/widows of retired and serving CAPFs & AR Personnel
Application Last Date : 15th December 2017
Website : https://www.cisf.gov.in/
Notification : https://www.scholarships.net.in/uploads/19132-PMSS.pdf
Guidelines : https://www.scholarships.net.in/uploads/19132-Guide.pdf
Online Submission 2017-18 : https://scholarships.gov.in/

Prime Minister’s Scholarship :

Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme For Central Armed Police Forces & Assam Rifles Ministry of Home Affairs Revised Guidelines for submission of applications online for the Academic Year 2017-18 and onwards

Update : CISF PMSS Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme For Central Armed Police Forces & Assam Rifles 2018-19 : www.scholarships.net.in/29052.html

Introduction :
Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme (PMSS) under the aegis of the National Defence Fund, was introduced from the academic year 2006-07 to encourage higher technical & professional education for the dependent wards & widows of Central Armed Police Forces & Assam Rifles (CAPFs & AR) Personnel

Number of Scholarship:
Total 2000 of Scholarship to be sanctioned equally for both girls & boys under PMSS will be given for the each academic year in addition to renewal cases of previous years. Shortfall in fresh cases shall not be adjusted from girls/boys, if applicants (Boys/Girls) are selected less than 1000

Eligibility :
I) Wards/widows of deceased CAPFs & AR personnel died in harness/election duty, wards of personnel disabled due to causes attributable to Government service and Wards of Ex-CAPFs & AR personnel in receipt of Gallantry Awards.
II) Wards/widows of retired and serving CAPFs & AR Personnel. (Personnel below Officer Rank)
III) Pursuing first professional degree programme in the field of Engineering, Medicine, Dental, Veterinary, BBA, BCA, B. Pharma, B.SC (Nursing, Agriculture, etc.), MBA and MCA etc. in accordance with the guidelines as mentioned in Para- 8 (B).
IV) Having minimum 60% marks in Minimum Entry Qualification (MEQ) i.e. 10+2/Diploma/Graduation or equivalent in case of new applicant. Or For applicants applying under renewal category, it is mandatory to pass the each subsequent academic year of the professional courses being pursued by them with minimum 50% marks.
V) A grace period of one year only for cases, where there is a delay on part of candidate for submission of application for renewal of scholarship may be entertained.

Order of Preference :
Applications received from the eligible applicants under new category will be shortlisted on the basis of order of preference as mentioned below and percentage of marks obtained by them in MEQ:-

I) Category-A : Wards/Widows of CAPFs & AR personnel killed in action.
II) Category-B : Wards of Ex-CAPFs & AR personnel disabled in action.
III) Category-C : Wards/Widows of deceased CAPFs & AR personnel died for causes attributable to Government service including casualties during conduct of Election.
IV) Category-D : Wards of Ex-CAPFs & AR personnel disabled while in service with disability attributable to Government Service.
V) Category-E : Wards of Ex-CAPFs & AR personnel in receipt of Gallantry Awards.
VI) Category-F : Wards of Ex- CAPFs & AR personnel (PBOR).
VII) Category-G : Wards of serving CAPFs & AR personnel (PBOR) subject to availability of scholarship.

Duration of Scholarship:
Upto five years (depending upon the duration of the course being pursued by the applicant and as approved by the respective regulatory body).

Guidelines for the Applicant :
Applying online under PMSS Before applying, the applicants should read the instructions/guidelines carefully as mentioned below:-

A) Minimum Entry Qualification (MEQ) :
For being eligible for the scholarship under PMSS, an applicant should have secured minimum 60% marks in MEQ i.e. 10+2/ Diploma/ Graduation as the case may be. MEQ for entry to various professional course differs. For example MEQ for MBBS is 10+2 whereas for BE/B.Tech it is 10+2/Diploma. It is graduation for B. Ed and MBA.

Note:
I) Wards admitted in 2nd year of technical/professional Bachelor Degree Course (BE/B.Tech etc) through lateral entry after completion of Diploma courses are eligible for PMS.
II) In case of applicant passed XII exam from CBSE, marks obtained in best of five subjects out of 500 will be considered for calculating the percentage of marks in MEQ.

B) Courses applicable under PMSS :
I) Only First professional degree courses like BE, B Tech, BDS, MBBS, B.Ed., BBA, BCA, B Pharma, B.Sc (Nursing, Agriculture, etc.) duly recognized by the respective Government Regulatory Bodies, such as All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Medical Council of India (MCI), University Grant Commission (UGC).
II) Details of professional degree courses applicable for PMSS are mentioned at Appendix- I.

c) Scholarship for Integrated Courses:
The PMSS is restricted to first Professional Degree Courses only. It is applicable for B.Ed but not for BA+B.Ed. In case of integrated ME/M.Tech/M.Pharma, the scholarship will be given for initial three/four years as the case may be.

D) Bank Account:
I) Aadhar number linked with bank account is mandatory.
II) Applicant those fulfilled eligibility criteria and applying under PMSS must have an active and valid Account in any nationalized bank which has Electronic Clearing System (ECS)/Core Banking, to facilitate transfer of scholarship amount directly to their account.
III) In case of minor account, the same should be converted into major account

Important Instruction:
I). It will be the sole responsibility of the applicant to make sure that he/she is eligible to apply and fulfils all the conditions prescribed for the scholarship.
II) If in-eligibility of the applicant is1 detected at any stage, before or after the applying for scholarship scheme, or during at any stage by verification by authorities, his/her scholarship will be cancelled without any notice. Disciplinary action will be taken against him/her, further he/she will be blacklisted to opt for scholarship sponsored by Central Government for period of five years.
III) Incomplete application form and failure to attach the requisite documents will lead to rejection of application.
IV). All the requisite information should be clearly mentioned in the respective column. The information once generation on the part of applicants, no change/amendment acceptable.
V) Mobile number and Email address of applicant’s or wards of CAPFs & AR is mandatory so as to inform the candidate of any discrepancies or development through SMS and Email.

How to apply :
From the academic year 2016-17 onwards, the Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme (PMSS) for CAPFs & AR will be implemented through National Scholarship Portal(NSP) 2.0 version.

For this, all the eligible applicants need to apply online on the website of National Scholarship Portal (NSP) i.e.www.scholarship.gov.in on or before 15th December 2017.

Detailed guidelines and documents/ prescribed proforma required to be scanned and uploaded for both fresh and renewal categories are available on the website of :
I) National Scholarship Portal (NSP) version 2.0
II) Welfare and Rehabilitation Board (WARB).
III) Central Armed Police Forces & Assam Rifle ( CAPFs& AR) Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)