Revision of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Post-Matric Scholarship for Students belonging to OBCs (PMS-OBC), India
Written by on December 5th, 2011
The Government of India funded Revision of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Post-Matric Scholarship for college students belonging to OBCs (PMS-OBC), India
Study Subject(s):a) Engineering b) Management c) Pure Sciences d) Agricultural Science and e) Medicine.
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Eligibility:
At the starting of the fiscal year, notional allocation(NA) of funds of States/UTs will be produced by this Ministry, from the general 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 College students: No
Scholarship Description: The Government of India has been implementing the Scheme of Post-Matric Scholarship to college students belonging to OBCs since 1998. It aims to supply financial support to students belonging to OBCs for pursuing post-matriculation courses by way of recognized institutions. Beneath the Scheme, Central Support is provided on one hundred% basis to all States/UTs over and over 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 attain the undersigned (by name), as early as possible but in any situation, by 15th September. In case the proposal for Central Support under the Scheme for the 2011-12 has not nevertheless been sent, it may possibly now please be sent, in the light of the over revision, by the over date, to allow the Ministry to release Central Support at the earliest.
