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Aadhaar EID and other alternative documents as provided for in the said notification on
their respective Scholarship portals or otherwise.
(vii) Non-refundable fee to students should be released in the following order of priority:
i. Students studying in Government Educational Bodies including Central and State
Universities.
ii. Students studying in Government aided Schools/ Colleges/ Institutions.

iii. Students studying in Private institutions affiliated to Central/State Universities.
iv. Students studying in other institutions.
(viii) All States/UTs availing of benefits under post-matric scholarship scheme will migrate to
online processing of disbursal of scholarships within one year of the revised scheme
coming into effect. The scholarship portal should mandatorily have the following features:
h. Every student should be assigned an Aadhaar ID, Aadhaar EID and other alternative form
of ID as per this Ministry’s notification no. 428 dated 16.02.2017 which will enable
elimination of duplication and false claims.
i. The District Collector will nominate Group ‘A’ officers to inspect all private institutes
offering courses at the level of graduation or above during the year preferably by the time
of closure of admission.

j. Online verification of eligibility credentials such as caste certificates, income certificates,
mark-sheets etc. should be mandatorily provided.
d. DBT to the students’ account in respect of maintenance and non-refundable fees,
e. Provision for application of renewal scholarships online.

5. Disbursal of arrears: Central Assistance towards arrear shall be disbursed in the
following manner:

k. Where the State Government has released the scholarship to Students after making due
provision in the budget and claimed reimbursement of the same, the arrears due and
admissible will be considered for release as per regulations of PMS (SC) Scheme.
l. In case the State Government has not released scholarship to Students and have claimed
the arrears towards pending past claims, in such cases the State govt. will follow
procedure as given below:

i. Where the Institutes have not charged the non-refundable fees from students; the state
shall verify such claims with the concerned students and also furnish a complete list of
such students, institute wise, while forwarding arrears claims to the ministry (in the
context of pre-revised cases).
ii. Where Institute have charged non-refundable fees from students, the State shall furnish
a complete list of such students, along with details of their bank accounts and Aadhaar
number institution wise while forwarding arrear claims to the ministry. The arrears
should be released invariably through DBT in to the accounts of students.

XI. Other Conditions for the Award

i. The scholarship is dependent on the satisfactory progress and conduct of the scholar. If
it is reported by the Head of the Institution at any time that a scholar has by reasons of
his/her own act of default failed to make satisfactory progress or has been guilty of
misconduct such as resorting to or participating in strikes, irregularity in attendance

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