Andaman and Nicobar Post Matric Scholarship for OBC – Application Form, Eligibility

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Andaman and Nicobar Post Matric Scholarship for OBC – Application Form, Eligibility @ scholarships.gov.in: The students who are here to get details about the Andaman and Nicobar Scholarship can check this article thoroughly. The officials of the Government of India have announced the Andaman Nicobar Student Post Matric Scholarship. In this latest Andaman and Nicobar Post Matric Scholarship, the objective is to provide Post Matric Scholarship For OBC Students. And the aspirants who are interested and wish to know more details about this Andaman and Nicobar Scholarship can check the below section.

From the below sections, you can check and know complete information about the Andaman and Nicobar Post Matric Scholarship Registration Process. Just to make it easy for you we have arranged a direct link for the registration and also to check the guidelines released by the officials.

Andaman and Nicobar Scholarship | Overview

Post Matric Scholarship For OBC Students – Objectives

The objective of the scheme is to provide financial assistance to the OBC students studying at the post-matriculation or post-secondary stage to enable them to complete their education.

Scope of Andaman Nicobar Student Post Matric Scholarship

These scholarships shall be available for studies in India only and will be awarded by the Government of State/ Union Territory to which the applicant actually belongs, i.e. permanently settled.

Andaman and Nicobar Post Matric Scholarship Eligibility Conditions

• The scholarships will be open to Indian nationals belonging to OBCs, as notified by the Central Govt/ State Govt./ UT Admn.;
• These scholarships will be given for the study of all recognized post-matriculation
  or post-secondary courses pursued in recognized institutions as specified in para IV(i). Only those candidates who belong to OBCs so specified in relation to the State/UT to which the applicant actually belongs, i.e. permanently settled and who have passed the Matriculation or Higher Secondary or any higher examination of a recognized University or Board of Secondary Education will be eligible.
• Candidates who, after passing one stage of education, are studying in the same stage of education in different subject e.g. I. Sc. after I.A or B.Com. after B.A. or M.A, in a subject after M.A in another subject will not be eligible.
• Students who, after having completed their educational career in one professional line, e.g., LLB after B.T/ B. Ed will not be eligible.
• Students studying in XI Class of the Higher Secondary School courses or the XII class of the Multipurpose High School will not be eligible for it being a continuous school course. However, in cases, where tenth class examination of such courses is treated as equivalent to Matriculation and students who after passing tenth class join other courses, such students will be treated as post-matric students and will be eligible for the award of scholarships.
• Students pursuing Post-graduate courses in medicine will be eligible only if they are not allowed to practice during the period of their course
• Students who after failing or passing the Under Graduate/ Post-Graduate examinations in Arts/ Science/ Commerce join any recognized professional or Technical certificate/ diploma/ degree courses will be awarded scholarships if otherwise eligible. No subsequent failure will be condoned except for courses in Group ‘A’ and no further change in the course will be allowed thereafter.
• Students who pursue their studies through correspondence courses will be eligible for reimbursement of the non-refundable fee. The term correspondence includes distant and continuing education. Besides reimbursement of the non-refundable fees, such students will also be eligible for an annual allowance of Rs. 900/- for essential/ prescribed books, as applicable
• Scholarships should be restricted up to two boys of the same parents/ guardian. This restriction will, however, not apply to girls.
• A scholarship holder under this Scheme will not hold any other scholarship/ stipend. If awarded any other scholarship/stipend, the students can exercise his/her option for either of the two scholarships/ stipends, whichever is more beneficial to him/ her, and should inform the awarding authority through the Head of the Institution about the option made. No scholarship will be paid to the students under this Scheme from the date he/ she accepts any other scholarships/ stipend. The student can, however, accept free lodging or a grant or ad-hoc monetary help from the State Government or any other source for the purchase of books, equipment or for meeting the expenses on board and lodging, in addition to the scholarship amount paid under the Scheme
• Scholarship holders who are receiving coaching in any of the pre-examination training centers with financial assistance from the Central Government/ State Government will not be eligible for a stipend under the coaching schemes for the duration of the coaching program.
• Employed students whose income combined with the income of their parents/ guardians does not exceed Rs.1.50 lakh per annum shall be eligible for a post-matric scholarship to the extent of reimbursement of all compulsorily payable non-refundable fees.
• Unemployed students whose parents/ guardians income from all sources does not exceed Rs. 1.50 lakh per annum will be entitled to the scholarship under the Scheme.

Value of Andaman Nicobar Student Post Matric Scholarship

The value of the scholarship will include Maintenance Allowance, Reader Charges for blind students, reimbursement of the compulsory non-refundable fee, Study Tour Charges/ thesis printing charges, and book allowance for students pursuing correspondence course, for the complete duration of the course as per details given below:-

a) Maintenance Allowances

b) Reader Charges For Blind Students (Blind Scholars)

c) Fees

Scholars will be paid enrolment/ registration, tuition, games, union, library, magazine, medical examination, and such other fees compulsorily payable by the scholar to the institution or University/ Board. Refundable deposit-like caution money, the security deposit will, however, be excluded.

d) Study Tours

Study tour charges up to a maximum of Rs. 900/- per annum limited to the actual expenditure incurred by the student on transportation charges etc., will be paid to the scholars studying professional and technical courses, provided that the head of the institution certifies that the study tour is essential for the scholar for completion of his/ her course of study.

e) Thesis Typing/ Printing Charges

Thesis typing/ printing charges up to a maximum of Rs. 1000 will be paid to research scholars on the recommendation of the Head of the Institution.

Selection of Candidates

All the eligible Other Backward Classes candidates will be given scholarships subject to the condition of eligibility prescribed in para III of this Scheme. Candidates belonging to one State, but studying in another State, will be awarded scholarships by the State to which they belong and will submit their applications to the competent authorities in that State. In the matter of exemption from fees or other concessions also, they will be treated as studying in their own State.

Payment of Andaman and Nicobar Post Matric Scholarship

• Maintenance charges shall be payable from 1st April or from the month of admission, whichever is later, to the month in which the examination is completed at the end of the academic year (including maintenance during holidays) provided that the scholar secures admission after the 20th day of a month, the amount will be made from the month following the month of admission.
• In case of renewal of scholarships awarded in the previous years, maintenance charges will be paid from the month following the month up to which scholarship was paid in the previous year, if the course of study is continuous.
• All scholars are expected to purchase the necessary textbooks, stationery, etc, out of the maintenance allowance sanctioned. If it is reported by the Head of the concerned Institution that a scholar is without text-books stationary etc., the value of the scholarship may be reduced at the discretion of the authority sanctioning the scholarship
• The scholarship money will be paid to the selected students by the government of the State/ Union Territory’s Administration to which they belong in accordance with the procedure laid down by them in this regard.
• The scholarship will not be paid for the period of internship/ horsemanship in the M.B.B.S. course or for practical training in another course if the student is in receipt of some remuneration during the internship period or some allowance/stipend during the practical training in another course.
• 30% of the funds allocated earmarked for girl students and 5% for students with disabilities.
• Depending on the availability of funds, the first preference in the disbursement of scholarships would be given to students of Government institutions and then to students of Government aided institutions, and thereafter disbursement will be made to the students of unaided private institutions.

Documents Needed to be Included For Andaman and Nicobar Post Matric Scholarship Registration Process

1. An application for a scholarship to the prescribed authority should comprise

• One copy of the application for scholarship in the prescribed form (separate application form may be prescribed by concerned State Government/UT for ‘fresh’ and ‘renewal’ scholarship).
• One copy of the passport size photograph with signatures of the student thereon (for fresh scholarship)
• One attested copy each of certificates/diploma/degree etc., in respect of all examination, passed.
• A certificate (in original) of Caste signed by an authorized Revenue Officer, not below the rank of Tehsildar.
• An income declaration by the parents/guardians, stating definite income from all sources by way of income certification from employer along with the affidavit on non-Judicial Stamp Paper.
• A receipt in acknowledgment of the scholarship in the previous year on the form attached to the application duly countersigned by the Head of the Institution concerned, if the applicant was in receipt of a scholarship under this Scheme in the preceding year.

2. In the case of an online mode of application, the procedure of application may vary as the application is required to be filled online and the documents need to be uploaded on the website as notified by the prescribed authority of the concerned State/ UT.

Steps To Apply For the Andaman and Nicobar Post Matric Scholarship

• Do open the official website @ scholarships.gov.in
• Now, scroll down and click on the State Schemes tab.
• Next, choose the Andaman & Nicobar option.
• Now, you can find and click on the “Post Matric Scholarship For OBC Students”.
• Check the Guidelines thoroughly
• And if eligible, Application complete in all respect shall be submitted to the Head of the Institution being attended or last attended by the candidates and shall be addressed to an officer specified for this purpose by the State Government/ Union Territory Administration to which the student belongs in accordance with the instructions issued by them from time to time.

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