PM Scholarship Scheme 2021 – Dates, Eligibility, Selection Criteria, Application Process

PM scholarship 2020-21: The prime minister scholarship scheme run by the Rehabilitation and Welfare Board, Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs is a scholarship scheme that targets technical education for the dependent wards, encouraging higher professionals and widows of central armed Assam rifles and Police forces. PM scholarship scheme established in the year 2006-07, many students completed their studies with this scheme and helped them to pursue those dream careers.

PM Scholarship – Key Eligibility

 The key eligibility features that you need to fill for this scholarship are –

• Students who have minimum educational qualifications to apply for these courses should be diploma/ graduation or class 12.
• Applicant must be a dependent widow/ward of deceased AR and CAPF serving and retiring state police personnel.
• Students must have obtained at least 60% marks or above marks in the minimum education qualification.
• Applicants must be pursuing professional courses like Medical Courses, Engineering/ Architecture, Management Courses, and Other professional courses.

 This is the list of professional degree courses for which the PM scholarship is applicable is given in the list below:

1. Management Courses

Sr. No.	Courses Name and Duration
1	BCA (3 years)
2	MCA (3 years)
3	B.Plan (4 years)
4	MBA (2 years)
5	BBA (3 years)

2. Engineering/ Architecture

Sr. no.	Course Name and Duration
1	B.Tech (4 years)
2	BArch (4 to 5 years)
3	BE (4years)

3. Medical Courses

Sr. No.	Courses Name and Duration
1	MBBS (4.5 years)
2	B.Pharma (4 years)
3	BSc Nursing (4 years)
4	BUMS (5 years)
5	BHMS (4.5 years)
6	Doctor of Pharmacy ( 4 years)
7	BNYS (5 years)
8	BSC, BPT (4 years)
9	BDS (5 years)
10	BVSc & AH (5 years)

4. Other Professional Courses

Sr. No.	Courses Name and duration
1	BSC Horticulture (4 years )
2	BSC Agriculture (4 years)
3	B.ED. (1 year)
4	BMC (3 years)
5	BFT (3 years)
6	LLB (2 to 3 years)
7	BFA (4 years)
8	BA LLB (5 years)
9	BSc HHA (3 years)
10	BSc Microbiology (3 years)

PM Scholarship – Application Process

The applications for PM scholarships are made online for applicants, for the previous year 2020 the government made a national scholarship portal to fill admission applications by students. Here we guide you step by step procedure to fill the application for scholarship-

Step 1: Registering on NSP

• Firstly visit the official website of the National Scholarship Portal (NSP).
• Click on the “New Registration” tab.
• Read the application forms guideline carefully.
• And continue to proceed.
• Fill in all the required details which they want. 
• And after all this process click on “Register”.

Step 2: Complete the Application

• After clicking on “Register” Log in to the National Scholarship Portal using the id and password of the application. 
• And after this, the OTP no. was received on your registered number. And you successfully login into the official website.
• Verify the OTP number and create your password.
• Once you log into the official website then fill the scholarship application form.
• And the last step is to upload the scanned copy of your all required documents.
• After submitting the documents click on “Submit” and your application is successfully submitted.

PM Scholarship – Documents Required

Once you fill all the procedures of filling the application process, applicants must be anteriorly willing to know about the required documents that applicants need to submit for applying to the PM Scholarship Scheme. Since when you start to fill the admission form of the PM Scholarship application then the applicants are prepared with scanned copies of required documents. Here is the list of required documents that applicants must provide during the PM Scholarship application –

• Certificate issued by the state government indicating which the state police personnel was killed by Terror attacks and Naxal.
• Certificate of minimum educational qualification is inappropriate – class 12th mark sheet, diploma mark sheet, and graduation mark sheet.
• Death Certificate (This is applicable for Deceased personnel).
• Certificate of Gallantry Award (if the applicant wins the gallantry awards).
• Disabled certificate (applicable for disabled person).

PM Scholarship – Selection Criteria

While an end to end disbursement and implementation of the Scholarship scheme is taken care of by the Ministry of Home Affairs, the preference is given to the applicants in the following order- 

• Category A: The first relish is given to the widows and wards of AR & CAPFs who were killed in the attack or war.
• Category B: The second relish is given to the wards of EX- AR & CAPFs who got disabled in war and attacks.
• Category C: The third relish is given to the widows and wards of deceased AR & CAPFs, who are died during their service for causing ascribable to government service.
• Category D: The fourth relish is given to the wards of Ex AR and Ex CAPFs, who got disabled during the period of their service with disability ascribable to government service.
• Category E: The fifth relish is given to the wards of EX AR and EX CAPFs, who win the gallantry awards.
• Category F: The sixth relish is given to the wards of EX AR and Ex CAPFs personnel (PBOR only).
• Category G: And the seventh relish is given to the wards of serving AR and CAPFs personnel (PBOR) subject to the availability of the scheme of PM Scholarship.

PM Scholarship Scheme – Important dates

The list given below has all the important dates related to the PM Scholarship scheme. While the new applications are admittable within a limited time period, the renewal of applications can be formed all through the years.

This list contains all the details of the PM Scholarship:

Sr. No.	Particulars	Important Date
1	Online Registration of Application form status	16 August 2020
2	Last date  for verification of defective applications	15 November 2020 extended till 30th April 2021
3	Last date to submit an online application	31 October 2020 extended till 25 April 2021
4	Last date for institution verification	15 November 2020 extended till 30th April 2021
5	Preparation of Merit list and lot generation phase.	To be continued
6	Verification of the application by the AR & CAPFs	To be continued
7	Sanctioning of the scholarship by MHA and R&W directorate.	To be continued
8	Payment file generation	To be continued
9	Disbursement of scholarship amount	To be continued
10	Dispatch of the personal letter from the hon’ble PM	To be continued

PM Scholarship – Renewal

While the selected applicants get the first installment of the Prime minister scholarship instantly after the announcing of the merit list, the subsequent payment is created only if the applicants apply for the renewal after the ending of each academic year. Just like the new applicants, old students can also apply for renewal application, students must fulfill certain conditions that include- 

• Applicants should obtain at least 55% marks in each academic year or semester exam.
• Applicants need to pass all the subjects in each semester/year in one attempt.

The best thing about the PM Scholarship renewal is that the applicant can apply for it within one year of the announcement of the result and the application can be made every year except for the months between January to April.

PM Scholarship – Rewards

New students have only one question that how much amount they will get under the prime minister scheme? Is there any reservation for girls? How many scholarships are given to the students every year? 

As we all know this scheme is for those students who are capable to do professional courses and bright in their studies, the government of India started this scheme for student benefits. 2,000 eligible students get benefits under this PM scholarship scheme every year. The government of India issued the reservation for girls as equal to boy candidates. And the third thing is the Government of India also offers some amount to the students, for boys they paid INR 2,500 per month and for girls they paid 3,000 per month. The duration of the scholarship is started from 1 year to 5 years depending on your professional course duration. And they also include 500 more scholarships to give to the wards of CAPFs or AR, who are martyred during a terrorist attack or Naxal attack, this scheme started from 2019-20.

PM Scholarship Scheme – FAQs

Q1. Can Applicant apply offline for the PM Scholarship Scheme?
Ans. No, Applicant should be filled their registration form online through the official website of Kendriya Sainik Board (KSB).

Q2. Is Prime Minister Scholarship scheme applicable for diploma courses?
Ans. No, Prime Minister Scholarship scheme is only applicable for professional degree courses like UGC, AICTE, and MCI, etc.

Q3. What are the eligibility criteria to be fulfilled to get the Prime minister Scholarship for the subsequent years?
Ans. The applicants have to secure a minimum of 50% marks in each semester/academic year to the scholarship for subsequent years failing then the scheme will be closed for them.

Q4. What documents are required to apply for Prime Minister Scholarship Scheme?
Ans. While registering for the Prime Minister Scholarship scheme, the applicants need to support their registration form with the required documents like Service certificate, Academic certificate, Disability certificate, gallantry award certificate, death certificate, deceased certificate.