warb-mha.gov.in : 2016-17 Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme For Central Armed Police Forces & Assam Rifles

Organization : Welfare & Rehabilitation Board, Ministry of Home Affairs
Scholarship Name : Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme For Central Armed Police Forces & Assam Rifles 2016-17
Application Last Date : 31st December 2016

Website : http://www.warb-mha.gov.in/#
Apply Online : http://www.scholarships.gov.in/#

Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme:

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.

Update : NSP Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme For Central Armed Police Forces & Assam Rifles 2018-19 : www.scholarships.net.in/25527.html

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.

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.

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

Amount of Scholarship:
I. Rs. 2250/-per month for girls.
II. Rs. 2000/- per month for boys

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

How to apply:
** From the academic year 2015-16 onwards, the Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme (PMSS) for CAPFs & AR will be implemented through National Scholarship Portal (NSP).

** 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 31 December of every year and incase applicant is unable to apply online, than offline application may be accepted upto 15 January, 2016 for this academic year only.

** After scrutiny and compilation of all applications CAPFs & AR should forward the same to the Chairman, Welfare and Rehabilitation Board, CAPFs, New Delhi by 15 March of each year positively. Final compiled list of selected candidates will be prepared by WARB and should be forwarded to MHA by 15 April of each year for onward submission to PMO.

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)
II) Welfare and Rehabilitation Board (WARB)
III) Central Armed Police Forces & Assam Rifle ( CAPFs & AR)
IV) Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)

Schedule of Activities:
1. Filling of online application by the applicant on www.scholarship.gov.in 31st December
2. Scrutiny/verification & confirmation of application by College/Institute/University 15th March
3. Scrutiny/verification & confirmation of application by CAPFs & AR
4. Scrutiny/Consolidation/preparation of merit list & processing for sanctioning of scholarship by WARB 15th April