Samaj Kalyan Scholarship 2023- 2024: The Samaj Kalyan Scholarships are offered by the Social Welfare Departments of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. The scholarship is primarily targeted towards students to help them complete their education.
More specifically, the Samaj Kalyan Scholarship caters to the needs of students pursuing their post-matric and pre-matric. The scholarship is a need and merit-based scholarship, hence, bright, academically meritorious students under poverty can apply for this scholarship.
Samaj Kalyan Scholarship Eligibility Criteria
The following are the eligibility criteria for the scholarship under each state.
Samaj Kalyan Scholarship Uttar Pradesh Eligibility Criteria
Pre-Matric
- Students must be pursuing their class 9 or 10.
- Open to all categories (SC, ST or General)
- Annual family income from all sources must be not more than INR 1,00,000.
Post-Matric Intermediate
- Students must be pursuing their class 11 or 12.
- Open to all categories (SC, ST or General)
- Annual family income from all sources must be not more than INR 2,00,000.
Post-Matric
- Application for students pursuing UG, PG, or Postdoctoral Programmes
- Open to all categories (SC, ST or General)
- Annual family income from all sources must be not more than INR 2,00,000.
Samaj Kalyan Scholarship Rajasthan Eligibility Criteria
Post-Matric ST/SC/SBC
- Candidates must be domiciles of Rajasthan
- Must belong to either SC, ST or SBC categories
- Must have enrolled in a Government or a Government-recognized institution and be pursuing post-matric level courses
- Annual family income from all sources must not be more than INR 2,50,000
Post-Matric OBC
- Candidates must be domiciles of Rajasthan
- Must belong to OBC category
- Must have enrolled in a Government or a Government-recognized institution and be pursuing post-matric level courses
- Annual family income from all sources must not be more than INR 2,50,000
Dr. Ambedkar Post-Matric EBC
- Candidates must be domiciles of Rajasthan
- Must belong to EBC category
- Eligible for students pursuing their class 11 up till post-graduation
- Annual family income from all sources must not be more than INR 1,00,000
Dr. Ambedkar Post-Matric DNTs
- Candidates must be domiciles of Rajasthan
- Candidates must also belong to Denotified, Semi-nomadic and Nomadic Tribes (DNTs)
- Must have enrolled in a Government or a Government-recognized institution and be pursuing post-matric level courses
- Eligible for students pursuing their class 11 up till post-graduation
- Annual family income from all sources must not be more than INR 2,00,000
Mukhya Mantri Sarvjan Uchha Shiksha Chatravriti Yojana
- Candidates must be domiciles of Rajasthan
- Annual family income from all sources must not be more than INR 5,00,000
- Must be pursuing courses from well-renowned national institutions.
Samaj Kalyan Scholarship Uttarakhand Eligibility Criteria
Post-Matric OBC
- Students pursuing class 11 and above
- Candidates must belong to the OBC category
- Candidates should also have cleared their last qualifying exam
- Annual family income from all sources must be less than INR 1,00,000.
Post-Matric SC and ST
- Students pursuing class 11 and above
- Candidates must belong to the SC or ST category
- Candidates should also have cleared their last qualifying exam
- Annual family income from all sources must be less than INR 2,50,000.
Pre-Matric SC and ST
- Students pursuing class 1 to class 10
- Candidates must belong to the SC or ST category
- Candidates should also have cleared their last qualifying exam
- Annual family income from all sources must be less than INR 2,00,000 for students of class 9 and 10
- No such income limit for students pursuing classes 1 to 8.
Pre-Matric OBC
- Students pursuing class 1 to class 10
- Candidates must belong to the OBC category
- Candidates should also have cleared their last qualifying exam
- Annual family income from all sources must be less than INR 44,500
Pre-Matric Disability
- Applicable only to disabled candidates
- Students pursuing class 1 to class 10 from a recognized school within or outside the state of Uttarakhand.
- Candidates should also have cleared their last qualifying exam
- Annual family income from all sources must be less than INR 24,000
Post-Matric EBC
- Applicable to students pursuing their post-matric studies (from class 11 up till post-doctoral level)
- Annual family income from all sources must be less than INR 1,00,000
- Candidates must fall under EBC category
- Students pursuing distance education are also eligible.
Pre-Matric Minority
- Students pursuing class 1 to class 10
- Candidates must belong to any of the minority classes (Christianity, Jain, Parsi, Sikh etc)
- Candidates should also have cleared their last qualifying exam
- Annual family income from all sources must be less than twice the current income slab of BPL (below the poverty line)
Samaj Kalyan Scholarship Amount
Samaj Kalyan Scholarship Amount (Uttar Pradesh) – The scholar will be presented with variable financial assistance.
Samaj Kalyan Scholarship Amount Rajasthan
- Post-Matric ST/SC/SBC: Non-refundable fees and maintenance allowance
- Post-Matric OBC: Maintenance allowance
- Dr. Ambedkar Post-Matric EBC: Maintenance allowance
- Dr. Ambedkar Post-Matric DNTs: Maintenance allowance
- Mukhya Mantri Sarvjan Uchha Shiksha Chatravriti Yojana: 50% of the total (non-refundable) fees
Samaj Kalyan Scholarship Amount Uttarakhand
- Post-Matric OBC: INR 750 per month for hostellers, INR 350 per month for day scholars
- Post-Matric – SC and ST: INR 1200 per month for hostellers, INR 550 per month for day scholars
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Pre-Matric – SC and ST
- INR 600 per annum for class 1 to 5 students.
- INR 720 per annum for class 6 to 8 students.
- INR 1500 per annum for class 9 to 10 students – Day scholars.
- INR 3500 per annum for class 9 to 10 students – Hostellers.
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Pre-Matric – OBC
- INR 600 per annum for class 1 to 5 students.
- INR 720 per annum for class 6 to 8 students.
- INR 1000 per annum for class 9 to 10 students.
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Pre-Matric Disability
- INR 600 per annum for class 1 to 5 students.
- INR 960 per annum for class 6 to 8 students.
- INR 1700 per annum for class 9 to 10 students.
- Post-Matric EBC: Maintenance allowance up to INR 750 per month for a total duration of 10 months. Candidates will also receive reimbursement of compulsory non-refundable fees.
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Pre-Matric Minority:
- INR 50 per month for up to 12 months for class 1 to 5 students.
- INR 80 per month for up to 12 months for class 6 to 8 students.
- INR 120 per month for up to 12 months for class 9 to 10 students.
Samaj Kalyan Scholarship Dates
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Samaj Kalyan Scholarship Uttar Pradesh
- The application period is between July to September for Pre- Matric Scholarship for SC/ ST and General Category.
- The application period is between July to November for all other scholarships.
- Samaj Kalyan Scholarship Rajasthan: The application period is from December to January for all relevant scholarships.
- Samaj Kalyan Scholarship Uttarakhand: The application period is from October to November for all relevant scholarships.
Samaj Kalyan Scholarship Application Procedure
Candidates can apply online for all the Uttarakhand scholarships mentioned above through the official National Scholarship Portal .
- Samaj Kalyan Scholarship (Uttar Pradesh) application form can be found at http://scholarship.up.nic.in/ .
- Samaj Kalyan Scholarship (Rajasthan) application form can be found at http://rajpms.nic.in/default.aspx .
- Samaj Kalyan Scholarship (Uttarakhand) application form can be found at https://scholarships.gov.in/
FAQs on Samaj Kalyan Scholarship
Question 1.
What is the Samaj Kalyan Scholarship?
Answer:
The Samaj Kalyan Scholarships are offered by the Social Welfare Departments of Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh. The scholarship is primarily targeted towards needy and meritorious students to help them complete their education.
Question 2.
Which are the states that offer this scholarship?
Answer:
The scholarships are offered by the state of Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.
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