Prime Minister's Scholarship Scheme for CAPF & Assam Rifles 2022-23

The Prime Minister's Scholarship Scheme for CAPF & Assam Rifles 2022-23 is an initiative of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India for the wards & widows of Central Armed Police Forces & Assam Rifles (CAPFs & AR) Personnel. The aim of this scheme is to encourage the candidates to pursue higher technical and professional education.

Number of Scholarship: 2000

Eligibility:

A) For CAPFs & Assam Rifles:-

Wards/widows of deceased C
CAPFs & AR personnel died in harness/election duty, wards of personnel disabled due to causes attributable to Government service and Wards of ExCAPFs & AR personnel in receipt of Gallantry Awards.
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).
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.
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 State Police Forces.

Dependent wards of States/UTs Police Personnel who are martyred during Terror/ Naxal attacks are eligible under this category subject to the following:-

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).
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.
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 Scholarship

Rs. 3000/- per month for girls.
Rs. 2500/- per month for boys
To be paid annually after selection @ Rs.36,000/- to each girl & Rs.30,000/- to each boy

How to Apply?

From the academic year 2022-23 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

Last Date: December 31, 2022

For more details, please visit: https://scholarships.gov.in/

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Last Date

31/12/2022