1. Students belonging to SCs and OBCs, having total family income of Rs. 8.00 lakh or less per annum from all sources will be eligible for benefits under the Scheme.

2. Age limit: 21-37.

3. Nationality: Indian Citizen

4. Income Certificate: Income declaration of self-employed parents/guardian should be in the form of a certificate issued by a Revenue Officer not below the rank of Tehsildar. Employed parents/guardians are required to obtain income certificate from their employer and submit consolidated certificate from Revenue Officer including any other additional source of income.

5. Students having completed the Under Graduate level course or studying in the final year of the Under Graduate course concerned at the time of receiving the benefit under the scheme shall be eligible. Student will be required to declare the marks obtained by him/her in class XII in the application form.

6. The student will be required to provide a declaration that he/she has not taken benefit under the Scheme or any other similar coaching scheme run by the Central or State Government.

7. The student should have a valid Aadhar number and a bank account seeded therewith, allotted to him/her.

8. The students who had already availed scholarship in this particular program during the session 2023-2024 are not eligible to apply.