ICAR - Post Matric Scholarship For Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribes Candidates
The scheme "Post-Matric Scholarship to Scheduled Castes / Scheduled Tribes Candidates" was introduced by ICAR, Dept. of Agricultural Research and Education, to enable the students belonging to the weaker sections of society to complete undergraduate courses.
- Ministry / Department
- Ministry Of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
- Level
- Central
- Benefit type
- cash
What is ICAR - Post Matric Scholarship For Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribes Candidates?
The scheme "Post-Matric Scholarship to Scheduled Castes / Scheduled Tribes Candidates" was introduced by ICAR, Dept. of Agricultural Research and Education, to enable the students belonging to the weaker sections of society to complete undergraduate courses.
- Benefit
- **VALUE OF SCHOLARSHIP** The value of the scholarship will be ₹ 1,000/- per month along with a contingent grant of ₹ 750/- per annum for the payment of tuition fees, purchase of books, cost of uniforms, etc. **DURATION OF SCHOLARSHIP** The duration of the scholarship will cover the whole of the normal period of the particular degree program to which the candidate is admitted.
- Level
- Central
- Ministry / Dept.
- Ministry Of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
- Benefit type
- cash
- Key eligibility
- 1. The applicant must be a citizen of India. 1. The applicant must belong to Scheduled Castes / Scheduled Tribes communities as defined by the Government of India. 1. The applicant must have been admitted to Agricultural Universities in any of the Agriculture & Allied Sciences undergraduate degree p
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Benefits
**VALUE OF SCHOLARSHIP** The value of the scholarship will be ₹ 1,000/- per month along with a contingent grant of ₹ 750/- per annum for the payment of tuition fees, purchase of books, cost of uniforms, etc. **DURATION OF SCHOLARSHIP** The duration of the scholarship will cover the whole of the normal period of the particular degree program to which the candidate is admitted.
Eligibility
Documents Required
How to Apply
Step 1: Offline application — step 1
Step 01: The scholarship amount as well as the contingent grant will be remitted to the respective institutions by the Council based on the demand received from each institution through the Registrar / Comptroller of the University in the prescribed proforma .
Step 2: Offline application — step 2
Step 02: The students will be eligible to receive scholarships and contingent grants from the date of joining the course.
Step 3: Offline application — step 4
Procedure of Selection:
Step 4: Offline application — step 5
1. A tentative distribution of scholarships will first be made to various agricultural universities on the basis of seats reserved by the individual agricultural universities for SC/ST candidates.
Step 5: Offline application — step 6
2. The actual number of scholarships allotted to the universities every year would, however, be determined on the basis of actual SC/ST students admitted so as to maintain approximately equal proportion between the number of SC/ST students admitted in each university to the number of scholarships available.
Sources & References
- Official scheme website ↗
- Source record ↗
- Information is summarised from official government sources. Verify all details on the official website before applying.
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