Scholarship for PM Cares Children

Objective

The objective of the scheme is to provide scholarship assistance to support children who have lost both the Parents or legal Guardian or Adoptive Parents or Surviving Parents during the COVID-19 pandemic to complete their education from Class 1 onwards till they complete education class 12.

Eligibility

All the children studying from Class 1 to Class 12 and who have lost both their Parents or Legal Guardian or Adoptive Parents or Surviving Parent to COVID-19 would be eligible for the scheme irrespective of their caste, religion, gender, location, etc and whose applications have been verified and approved by the District Nodal Authorities on the PM CARES for Children Portal.

The students must have a Bank Account while applying for scholarships. The scholarship amount will be provided directly into the bank account through DBT mode which shall be linked with their Aadhar Numbers.

Benefits

An allowance of Rs 20,000/- per child per annum will comprise a monthly allowance of  Rs 1,000 per month and an Annual academic allowance of Rs. 8,000 to cover the entire school fees, cost of the books and uniform, shoes and other educational equipment. 

The children will have the option to migrate into some other schemes of any Ministry/ Department, subject to eligibility, which is more beneficial to them. But this exercise may be carried out once up to class 12.

How to apply

For online application, click here.

For detailed guidelines, click here.