Punjab Social Justice, Empowerment and Minorities Minister, Sadhu Singh Dharamsot on Saturday exhorted the students of minority community studying in to the of various institutions of the state to derive full benefit from the scholarship schemes.
The minister said students of the state belonging to the Sikh, Muslim, Christian, Buddhist, Parsi and Jain communities can apply online for getting scholarships under the post matric scholarship scheme. He said that during the academic session 2018-19, the students can apply online for new and renewal applications till September 30 through online mode.
Dharamsot said students of Government, Private, Aided schools, colleges as well as universities besides those from the residential institutions, polytechnic colleges, ITIs and Industrial Training Centers can submit their online applications on the national scholarship portal www.scholarships.gov www.scholarships.gov.in This scheme is 100 percent centrally sponsored.
The minister also said that for attaining the benefit of the post matric scholarship those students are eligible to apply whose family income is Rs. 2 lakh annually, must be a permanent resident of Punjab, Regular Student and secured at least 50 percent marks in the previous examination. He also disclosed that not more than 2 students from a single family would be eligible to be benefitted from the scholarship scheme whereas the student deriving benefit under this scholarship would not be eligible to take such a benefit from any other scheme of the either the Punjab or the Union Government.
Dharamsot added that those students would be eligible for the renewal of the scholarship who had secured minimum 50 percent marks.