📚 Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme for the Wards/Widows of Central Police Force Personnel

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Step 01: The applications are invited from eligible candidates by 30th November of each year.

Step 02: Each applicant should submit his/her application to the concerned force Head Quarter. (Application Form- Annexure)

Step 03: After scrutiny, all applications of selected candidates should be sent to the Chairman, Welfare And Rehabilitation Board, CPFs, CGO Complex, New Delhi so as to reach by 15th December of each year.

Step 04: The final list of selected candidates will be prepared by WARB and should be forwarded to MHA by 31st December each year for further necessary action.

Step 05: Selected applicants will be informed directly by the WARB, CPFs, Ministry of Home Affairs.

Note 01: Application received directly by WARB and MHA will not be entertained as the checklist enclosed with the application is required to be verified by the concerned forces Head Quarter.

Note 02: Incomplete application forms and applications received after the specified date will NOT be considered. A wrong or misleading entry will lead to rejection of the application. Any deletion/correction should be initiated by the applicant himself/herself.

Note 03: The respective offices will acknowledge receipt of only those applications received by the due date. Late receipted applications will not be processed.

Note 04: Two stamped self-addressed envelopes of 27x12 cms are to be attached with each application so as to facilitate acknowledgement of receipt of the application form.

Note 05: If an applicant granted a scholarship on the basis of the statement made in the application is at any subsequent date found to have made a false statement in any respect, both the wards of ex-CPFs personnel /widow will forfeit the scholarship and no application from the ex-CPFs personnel /widow would be entertained in future. In addition, the scholarship already granted would also have to be refunded.

Note 06: The attested photocopies of the supporting legal documents duly attested by any Gazetted Officer or Unit Commander of CPFs are to be attached to the application form.

Note 07: If the marks in the qualifying examination are expressed in grades only, then an equivalent percentage (100 point scale) duly certified by the concerned Board must be furnished.

Note 08: All wards applying for scholarships will open individual bank accounts in the principal bank designated by the Institute concerned and the account number must be mentioned in the application form for release of scholarship payment.

Note 09: A person having been granted a scholarship for one programme would not be entitled to the scholarship for another programme.

Note 10: The official listing gives no last date, so check the official portal for the current status before applying.

Note 11: The payment for the scholarship will be centrally made by the Welfare And Rehabilitation Board, CPFs directly, through account payee cheques, to be credited to the personal account of the individual ward/the mode of electronic clearing system. The first priority of the scholarship will be given to the account number which has an “electronic clearance system”

Note 12: The amount of scholarship, including any other scholarship or financial assistance from any other source, should not exceed the total grant of assistance available under this scheme.

Note 13: The Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India can suitably modify these instructions to remove difficulties, if any, for successful implementation of the scheme, as may be deemed necessary from time to time.