Applications invited from students for minority community scholarships

Tribune News service

Chandigarh, September 21

The Union Ministry of Minority Affairs has decided to provide scholarships for the year 2021-22 to eligible students belonging to the Muslim, Sikh, Buddhist, Christian, Jain and Zoroastrian community for pre-matriculation, post-matriculation and merit-cum-means-based eligible students.

The eligibility criteria for pre-matric, post-matric and merit-cum-means based for each minority community is 50 per cent or more in final examinations. Applications have been invited at the national scholarship portal at www.scholarship.gov.in.

An official spokesperson said the income and minority certificate must be issued by the competent authority declared by the state government, or else the application would be rejected. According to the guidelines issued by the government, the scholarship will be directly transferred to the bank account of the students/guardians, he added.

The applicants can avail scholarship for only one course/class at a time.

The spokesperson said for online scholarship applications, it is mandatory to attach pre-final examination certificate, income tax and minority community certificate, bank passbook, PAN card and Aadhaar card with the application form.

The last date for submission of online applications for fresh scholarship (first time applicant) and renewal scholarship (applicant who got scholarship for (2020-21) for pre-matric scholarship is November 15 and November 30 post-matriculation and merit-cum-means-based scholarship.

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