UGC provides assistance to students pursuing higher studies through various scholarship schemes. Applications are now invited for Post Graduate Indira Gandhi Scholarship. Interested and eligible candidates can apply.
University Grants Commission offers PG Indira Gandhi Scholarship for single girl child. PG Indira Gandhi Scholarship This scholarship is given to female students who are the only girl child in the family. This girl child should not have any elder brother, sister, sister,
Such students can apply. Female students pursuing their first year post-graduate studies in a UGC recognized university can apply for the scholarship. Through this scheme, the only girl child of the family will be given Rs 36,200 per year during post-graduate education.
Scholarship:
For students Rs. 36,200 per annum, and every year, 3,000 new scholarships will be awarded to students.
Benefit
- Girls from poor families get financial assistance for higher education.
- Through this project, social perceptions about girls will be reduced.
- Along with this, financial assistance will be provided to the families of single children.
- Through this scheme, a girl child will receive Rs 36,200 per year for post-graduate education.
- But no amount is provided for health and housing through this scheme. Funds are paid for education only.
- The benefits of this scheme start immediately after admission in post graduation.
- Under this scheme, the scholarship amount will be directly transferred to the bank account of the beneficiary during both the years of post graduation.
Eligibility
- Family should be Indian for this scheme.
- Along with this, the age of the girl should be less than 30 years.
- The benefit of this scheme will be given to the girl child of the family having only one girl child.
- Apart from this, families having twin girls will also be given the benefit of this scheme.
- The benefit of this scheme is available only when a girl is admitted to a non-professional degree for graduation.
Documents required
- Aadhaar card
- PAN Card
- Caste certificate
- Original address proof
- Bank passbook
- Post Graduate Admit Card
- Stamp paper
- Photo
How to apply?
- To apply for this scheme, first go to its scholarships.gov.in.
- This will open its home page.
- Find the scheme registration option on this homepage.
- After this, during registration, click on the Fresh Registration button.
- So a new scholarship application form opens.
- In this application form, the scholarship applicant must enter all the information related to the form.
- After this, upload all your important documents and submit the form.
- After this process is completed, the application form will be verified. If all the information is found correct during verification, the applicant will start receiving the scholarship.
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