The Government of India funded Revision of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Post-Matric Scholarship for students belonging to OBCs (PMS-OBC), India
Study Subject(s):a) Engineering; b) Management; c) Pure Sciences; d) Agricultural Science; and e) Medicine.
Course Level:Post-Matric
Scholarship Provider: The Government of India
Scholarship can be taken at: India
User Review
( votes)Eligibility:
The Scheme has now been revised w.e.f. 01.07.2011. The revision consists of the following:-
I. Changes in (i) income ceiling; (ii) grouping of courses; and (iii) rates of maintenance and other allowances, as per details given in para 4 below, and
II. The Scheme was, to begin with, meant to be open-ended, but has, in practice, been implemented subject to allocation available for it.
At the beginning of the financial year, notional allocation(NA) of funds of States/UTs will be made by this Ministry, from the overall annual outlay of the Scheme, on the basis of population of each State/UT, excluding States/UTs having no notified list of OBCs (viz. Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Lakshadweep).
Scholarship Open for International Students: No
Scholarship Description: The Government of India has been implementing the Scheme of Post-Matric Scholarship to students belonging to OBCs since 1998. It aims to provide financial assistance to students belonging to OBCs for pursuing post-matriculation courses through recognized institutions. Under the Scheme, Central Assistance is provided on 100% basis to all States/UTs over and above their respective “committed liability” except in the case of North Eastern States, which are exempted from committed liability.
How to Apply: State Governments/UTs, which have already sent proposals for 2011-12, are requested to revise their proposal for Central Assistance in 2011-12, in the light of the provisions contained in para 4 of this letter, and send the revised proposal to this Ministry, so as to reach the undersigned (by name), as early as possible but in any case, by 15th September, 2011. In case the proposal for Central Assistance under the Scheme for the 2011-12 has not yet been sent, it may now please be sent, in the light of the above revision, by the above date, to enable the Ministry to release Central Assistance at the earliest.
