Organisation : Ministry of Home Affairs
Scholarship Name : Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme (PMSS) 2023-24
Applicable For : Wards/widows
Applicable States/ UTs : All Over India
Last Date : 31st December, 2023
Website : https://warb-mha.gov.in/
What is Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme PMSS?
Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme (PMSS) the wards of Central Armed Police Forces & Assam Rifles and States/UTs Police Personnel, Ministry of Home Affairs for submission of applications online for the Academic Year 2023-2024 is now open. For each academic year, under PMSS, a total of 2000 new scholarships will be granted. Last date of application is 31st December, 2023.
Related / Similar Scholarship : Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme For RPF/RPSF PMSS 2023-24 Ministry of Railways
Number of PMSS Scholarship
** For each academic year, under PMSS, a total of 2000 new scholarships will be granted in addition to renewal cases of previous year. The 2000 new scholarships are equally distributed between boy /girl applicants (1000 each).
** The quota of 1000 each fixed for boys and girls is not interchangeable. (In other words, if for example only 750 applications are received from boys, the remaining 250 will not be given to girls).
** From the academic session 2019- 2020, an additional 500 scholarships are granted to the dependent wards of States/UTs Police personnel who are martyred during Terror/Naxal attacks, equally distributed between boys and girls (250 each).
Eligibility of Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme
A) For CAPFs & Assam Rifles personnel :
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) 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).
III) 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.
IV) 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.
B) For States/UTs Police personnel :
Dependent wards of States/UTs Police Personnel who are martyred during Terror/ Naxal attacks are eligible under this category subject to the following;
I) 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).
II) 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.
III) 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.
Amount of Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme
I. Rs. 3000/-per month for girls. To be paid annually after selection.
II. Rs. 2500/- per month for boys @ Rs 36,000/-to each girl & Rs 30,000/- to each boy.
How to Apply for PMSS
** From the academic year 2023-24 onwards, the Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme (PMSS) for CAPFs, AR personnel & States/UTs Police personnel 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.scholarships.gov.in on or before (As per scheduled of activities decided by the DBT Mission, New Delhi)
** 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).
Online Process Flow for SPMSS cholarship
Applicants apply online on NSP and upload the requisite documents w.e.f. 1st October, 2023. On successful submission of application/documents, a system generated registration number sent to the applicant which can be used for future references.
Verify all the credentials mentioned in the application form the record of College/Institute and recommended the same to the CAPFs, AR & States/UTs Police personnel.
Verify all the credentials & requisite documents uploaded by the applicant related with service certificate, category claimed by the applicant as per order of preference and other eligibility criteria.
i) Consolidate the particulars received from CAPFs, AR & States/UTs Police personnel and list of applicants selected under renewal category.
ii) List of selected applicants will be sent on line to PFMS as well as MHA.
iii) Calculate total scholarship amount required to be sanctioned under PMSS and process for credit/ transfer of scholarship directly into the bank account of the beneficiaries through PFMS.
MHA- Process for drawl of fund of scholarship amount from PMO.
PFMS- Validate bank accounts of the selected applicants from respective bank and credit/transfer of scholarship directly into the bank account of the beneficiaries.
NSP- Generation of Merit list of fresh cases, final list of renewal cases & Lot Generation phase as per the guidelines of PMSS. To provide the details of selected rejected cases to WARB as per the desired proforma.
Schedule of Activities for PMSS
1. Registration/Filling of online application by the applicant on www.scholarships.gov.in 1st october, 2023 to 31st December, 2023
2. Scrutiny/verification & confirmation of application by College/Institute/University. 15th January, 2024
3. Scrutiny/verification & confirmation of application by CAPFs & AR and State Govt. 30th January, 2024
4. Merit List Preparation & Lot Generation Phase. 28th February, 2024
5. Processing for sanctioning of scholarship by R&W Directorate, MHA from PMO. 15th March, 2024
6. Payment File Generation. 15th April, 2024
7. Disbursement of scholarship amount. 30th April, 2024
8. Dispatch of personal letters from Hon’ble Prime Minister in appropriate language from WARB/ CAPFs/AR. 31st May, 2024
Detailed Notification Download here : https://www.scholarships.net.in/uploads/pdf2023/59900-pmss.pdf