How to apply

payments made are as follows:-

Ser No Financial Year

Total No of beneficiaries Male Female Total

(a) 2017-18 5598 5712 11310 (b) 2018-19 6636 6614 13250 (c) 2019-20 7046 7242 14288 (d) 2020-21 5185 5443 10628 (e) 2021-22 8061 7892 15953

Total Amount Disbursed

29,15,58,030/34,21,96,840/40,15,87,204/35,29,71,626/53,23,59,623/-

How to apply

6. Eligiblity Conditions. The eligibility conditions for the scholarship are as follows:-

(a) Students who have taken admission in 1st Academic year of Course (1st year) are only eligible to apply for PMSS. The same is to be applied online on KSB web portal www.ksb.gov.in.

(b) Students studying in 2nd and subsequent years are not eligible except in case of integrated/ lateral entry courses.

(c) Students who are dependent Wards/Widows of Ex Servicemen & Ex Coast Guard personnel who died in harness/disabled due to causes attributable to military service/ coast guard service, irrespective of the rank.

(d) Dependent wards of Ex Servicemen/Ex-Coast Guard personnel and their widows (below officer rank only except for category one to five).

(e) Wards of Civilians including Para Military Personnel are NOT ELIGIBLE.

(f) Candidate must have minimum 60% marks in MEQ (minimum educational qualification) to apply for PM Scholarship Scheme. MEQ for entry to various Professional Courses differs e.g. for MBBS it is 10+2, for BE/ B-Tech it is 10+2/Diploma, whereas, for B.Ed. and MBA, it is graduation.

(g) Duration of the course is from one to five years, as approved by the concerned Regulatory Body. Scholarship is paid for the course duration only.

(h) Scholarship is stopped in case of failure or re-appearance in any subject during the course.

(j) Professional Degree Courses viz. B.Tech, BBA, BCA, B.Pharma, BDS, MBBS, MCA, MBA etc. duly recognized by the respective Government Regulatory Bodies,

such as All India Council for Technical Education, Medical Council of India, UGC are covered. (Auth : PMO ID No 83(2)/2012-PMF (Vol. II) dated 14 Sep 2015).

(k) Master Degree Courses are not eligible for PMSS except MBA and MCA.

(l) Students studying abroad are not eligible for this scheme.

(m) Academic courses like B.Sc., M.Sc., BA, MA, B.Com, M.Com and their various streams/sub streams are also not covered under this scheme.

(n) Distance learning / Diploma courses are not eligible for this scholarship.

(p) The candidate should have/ open a bank account in any Nationalized Bank (preferably be in SBI/PNB), which has “Electronic Clearance System”/ Core Banking and should be linked to student’s Aadhaar number to facilitate transfer of the scholarship amount.

(q) The scholarship is admissible for only two children of an individual.

(r) Candidature of a student shall stand automatically rejected if, at any stage, it is discovered that he/she has secured scholarship fraudulently by making false statement or misrepresentation of facts. The disbursed scholarship in such cases will be recovered.

(s) PM scholarship is eligible to the dependent wards of ESM i.e. male ward up to 25 years of age at the time of admission in the said course and female ward till she gets married. There is no age limit for widow candidate.

(t) Change of course by the selected student and getting fresh admission in subsequent academic year will lead to rejection of his/her scholarship forever.

(u) Priority for Grant of Scholarship. Order of preference for selection of candidates will be as follows: -

Category 1 Wards/ Widows of Defence/ Coast Guard personnel killed in action.

Category 2 Wards of ESM/ Ex Coast Guard personnel disabled in action and boarded out of service with disability attributable to Military/ Coast Guard service.

Category 3 Wards/ Widows of Defence/ Ex Coast Guard personnel who died while in service for causes attributable to Military/ Coast Guard Service.

Category 4 Wards of ESM/ Ex Coast Guard personnel disabled in service with disability attributable to Military/ Coast Guard Service.

Category 5 Wards/Widows of ESM/ Ex Coast Guard personnel in receipt of gallantry awards.

Category 6 Wards/Widows of ESM/ Ex Coast Guard personnel (PBOR only).

7. Application Form. The application form is required to be filled ONLINE. The form is available on KSB Web portal. Scanned image of the following original documents must be uploaded on the system. The size of the image in terms of MB has been mentioned online:-

(a) Ex-Servicemen/ Ex-Coast Guard Certificate as placed in Appendix ‘J’ (ORIGINAL TO BE SELF ATTESTED, SCANNED AND UPLOADED).

(b) Bonafide Certificate duly filled up correctly and signed by Vice Chancellor/ Principal/Vice Principal/Dean/Associate Dean/Registrar/Dy Registrar/Director/ Dy Director of the Institute/ College as per Annexure-2 (ORIGINAL TO BE SELF ATTESTED, SCANNED AND UPLOADED).

(c) Certificate from bank manager stating that Aadhaar Card of student is linked with his/ her bank account number as per Annexure-3 (ORIGINAL TO BE SELF ATTESTED, SCANNED AND UPLOADED).

(d) Matriculation Certificate for verifying the Date of Birth of the student (ORIGINAL TO BE SELF ATTESTED, SCANNED AND UPLOADED).

(e) Minimum Educational Qualification (MEQ) certificate as applicable. (10+2/ Graduation mark sheets of 3years)/Diploma (mark sheets of all semesters). (ORIGINAL TO BE SELF ATTESTED, SCANNED AND UPLOADED).

(f) 1st page of Bank Pass Book (Preferably SBI/ PNB) OR cancelled cheque clearly visible and showing name and A/c Number of Student. (ORIGINAL TO BE SELF ATTESTED, SCANNED AND UPLOADED).

(g) The following supporting documents in case of Category 1 to 5 (ORIGINAL TO BE SCANNED AND UPLOADED):-

(i) Category 1 Part II Order in case of Army, Genform in (ii) Category 2 case of Navy and POR in case of Air Force (iii) Category 3 (iv) Category 4 (v) Category 5 Award Certificate Along with Gazette Notification (vi) Category 6 PPO or ESM Identity Card