Organization : Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
Service Name : Central Sector Scholarship Scheme of 'Top Class Education for SC Students Frequently Asked Questions FAQ's
Applicable State/UT : All Over India
Website : http://socialjustice.nic.in/UserView...28545#premssc1

Central Sector Scholarship Scheme of 'Top Class Education for SC Students FAQ's :
To whom the scholarship is provided under the scheme?
Ans: The scholarship is provided to SC students, pursuing studies beyond 12th class.

In which institutions the scheme is operative?
Ans: The scheme operates in institutions notified by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India. (List may be seen on the website of the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment: socialjustice.nic.in/writereaddata/UploadFile /Top%20Class%20Education%20for%20SC%20Students.pdf).

What are the components of scholarship under the scheme?
Ans: The scholarship is awarded to meet the requirements of:
** Tuition fee
** Non-refundable charges
** Living expenses (boarding and lodging charges)
** Books and stationery
** A computer

What is the rate of tuition fee and other non-refundable charges?
Ans:
** For Govt. institutions: Full or as per the actuals.
** For Private Sector institutions: Rs. 2.00 lakh per annum per student subject to actuals.
** For Private Sector Flying Clubs (for Commercial Pilot License Training): Rs. 3.72 lakh per annum per student subject to actuals.

What are the rates of other components?
Ans:
** Living expenses: Rs. 2220/- per month per student (admissible for 12 months).
** Books and stationery : Rs. 3000/- per annum per student.
** Computer : Rs. 45,000/- per student
** (The above rates are subject to actuals).

Whether scholarship, once awarded, continues till the completion of the course?
Ans: Yes, it will continue till the completion of the course, subject to satisfactory performance.

Whether the scholarship would be terminated?
Ans: Yes, if the student fails to pass the examination of each year or any terminal examination prescribed.

Who are eligible for scholarship under the scheme?
Ans: Only SC students, who have secured admission in the notified institutions, are eligible for scholarship.

To what extent the number of scholarships is given to the institutions in a year?
Ans: The number of scholarships to the students per year is given to the extent of number of scholarships allocated to the institutes concerned.

What happens when the number of admitted students exceeds the number of awards?
Ans: In that situation, the scholarship is restricted to the top ones in the inter-se-merit list.

How the merit list will be generated?
Ans: Institute prepares the merit list of the students who have got admission in the 1st year and belongs to the target group (Scheduled Caste) and their annual family income is less than the prescribed limit in the eligibility criteria.

The merit is based on the ranking in the entrance examination. The Institute verifies only those application forms which figures into the merit list and rest of the application forms shall be rejected straight away. The institute will verify the students applications & forward to the ministry a inter-se merit list of students restricted to the number of slots alloted to it.

What happens if an institute finds number of eligible candidates in the 1st year less than the number of scholarships allotted to it?
Ans: In such cases, the balance scholarship is offered to the students of 2nd, 3rd, 4th year, etc. on the basis of inter-se-merit of previous year's result. (Priority is given to those students with higher number of years left to complete the course. For example: 2nd year student will get priority over the 3rd year student, 3rd year student over the 4th year student and so on).

What is the ceiling of total Annual Family Income?
Ans: Rs. 4.50 lakh.

What is the criterion for selection of students?
Ans: The general selection criteria among the eligible candidates of any institution are the merit.

What happens if there is more than one student with equal marks for the last available slot in an institution?
Ans: The preference is given to the student whose parental income is lowest.

How the institutions are notified under the scheme?
Ans: Any addition or deletion to the list of institutions is notified by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment based on the recommendations of the Steering Committee constituted under the scheme.

How many institutions are notified under the scheme?
Ans: Presently, there are 175 notified institutions (earlier there was 212 Institutions), which include all IITs, NITs, IHMs, NLUs, IIMs, etc..

How the fund is released?
Ans: Fund is released directly to the institution concerned in a single installment or the beneficiary student (in case of DBT).

What will be the effects on students if an institution is denotified/deleted?
Ans: The scholarship will continue to be available to the students already admitted till the completion of course. (However, no fresh seats will be allotted and funds released to such denotified institutes).

What would be the procedure for applying to the Scholarship Scheme?
Ans: Students who wish to avail the fresh scholarship (first year only) under the "Central Sector Scheme of Top Class Education Scheme for SC Students" for 2017-18 need to apply through National Scholarship Portal (NSP) by 31.10.2017. The students will be selected for grant of Scholarship as per the slots available to the institute under the Scheme and their inter-se merit list (based on enterance examination).

The online applications for the shortlisted candidates must be forwarded by the institutes to this Department by 31st October, 2017. After forwarding the cases online through NSP, institute needs to prepare the Annexure-A and send the complete proposal physically to this Ministry before the prescribed date.