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(iii) Disclaimer (*If bank details entered by students are found incorrect or not validated by
the student’s bank, the scholarship will be canceled/amount will not be transferred even
though the application is approved for scholarship).

(iv) Bank Account holders must check their ‘Know your Customer’ (KYC) status from bank
and if required the KYC must be done for successful transaction of scholarship amount.

(v) Bank Account must be operational/active till the scholarship is disbursed.

(vi) Bank Account must be preferably in any scheduled Bank with core banking facility and
proper IFS Code.

(vii) Bank Account must be in the name of the student/applicant only.

20. MODIFICATION (if any, during 2017-18 to 2019-20)
Minor modifications, if any, in the scheme having no financial implications may be made by the
Competent Authority in the Ministry of Minority Affairs without seeking recourse to

SFC/EFC/Cabinet. However, Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure would be
consulted.

13.9 SCHEME OF ‘MERIT CUM MEANS BASED SCHOLARSHIP’ FOR STUDENTS

BELONGING TO THE MINORITY COMMUNITIES

1. OBJECTIVE

The objective of the Scheme is to provide financial assistance to the poor and meritorious
students belonging to minority communities to enable them to pursue professional and
technical courses.

2. SCOPE

The scholarship is to be awarded for studies in India in a Government or private institution,
selected and notified in a transparent manner by the State Government/Union Territory
Administration concerned. It will cover technical and professional courses at undergraduate
and post graduate level. A list of courses is at Appendix-E.

3. ELIGIBILITY

Scholarship will be awarded to the students who have secured not less than 50% marks or
equivalent grade in the previous final examination and the annual income of whose
parents/guardians from all sources does not exceed Rs.2.50 lakh.

4. DISTRIBUTION

Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists, Jain and Zoroastrians (Parsis) have been notified as minority
communities under Section 2 (c) of the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992. A total of
60,000 scholarships are targeted to be distributed as ‘Fresh’ Scholarships, besides, Renewal
scholarships. The distribution of scholarship among the States/Union Territories will be made on
the basis of population of minorities in the States/Union Territories as per Census 2001 for 2017-

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