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iii) Designate Grievance Redressal Officers (GROs) at the State and District levels to redress
students' scholarship-related grievances.

XVI. Effective implementation/ alteration of modalities

r. For the purposes of effective implementation of the Scheme, implementing States may
formulate guidelines for assessing eligibility of beneficiaries & institutions and modalities
for Direct benefit transfer, which shall be in accordance with the objectives of the Scheme
provided that the States shall not be at liberty to impose any guideline which enhances or
has the effect of enhancing the liability of the Centre under the Scheme.
g. The Centre may call for reports from time to time and issue guidelines for effective
implementation. The guidelines and eligibility norms of the scheme may also be changed
by Central government as deemed necessary.

XVII. Inspection and Monitoring of the scheme:

The States/ Union Territories implementing the scheme shall monitor physical and financial
performance of the scheme at the States/ Union Territories level. For this purpose, an IT
enabled monitoring mechanism shall be in place. The States/ Union Territories will be required
to furnish quarterly financial and physical progress reports to the Ministry. The States/ Union

Territories shall maintain year wise details of the students receiving scholarship, indicating
school/ college/ institute, location of school/ college/ institute, government or private, class,
gender and new or renewal. The States/ Union Territories shall place relevant physical and
financial details in their official website. All the State/ UT governments will ensure that all
private institutions are annually inspected by Group ‘A’ officer.

XVIII. Evaluation

The performance of the scheme will be evaluated by Ministry of Social Justice and
Empowerment (GOI) at least once every three years, to begin with.

XIX. Administrative Charges

The Centre will have a budgetary provision of administrative cost, which will be equivalent to
1% of funds released by the Centre to States in the terminal year of the previous plan period.
The States/UTs can seek administrative charges towards implementing, monitoring etc. the
scheme, up to 1% of the funds released and stipulated above to that particular State. Out of
above Centre can also avail 10% budget for its own administrative and monitoring expenses.

XX. Transitory provision for existing beneficiaries

Beneficiaries of scholarships under the pre-revised Post Matric Scholarship Scheme for SCs will
continue to be governed by terms and conditions as prevailed before amendment of the
scheme till completion of the course for which he/she is availing Scholarship. (However,
redefined committed liability to State Govts/UT administrations will be applicable from the
year 2017-18.)

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