Organisation : Ministry of Human Resource & Development
Service Name : National Means Cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme (NMMSS)
Applicable For : All
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MHRD NMMSS Complaint Redressal Mechanism
The following will be the channel for approaching the concerned officials engaged in sanction / disbursement of scholarship at State / Centre level after the proposal has been received from the State Governments and payment has become due.
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State Nodal Officer -> SBI Main Branch, New Delhi, -> Ministry of HRD
(i) The student /complainant will first approach State Nodal Officer regarding nonpayment of scholarships. A list of State Nodal Officers (SNOs) along with address and telephone no. etc., to be placed on the home page of Scholarship Portal is given below.
(ii) In case the proposals has been forwarded by the State Governments, and the payment has become due or reply has not been received from SNO in three weeks, the students may approach
Shri D.K. Kalra, Dy. Manager (Commercial & Institutional Division),
4th floor, State Bank of India New Delhi Main Branch,
11 Sansad Marg, New Delhi – 110001.
The details of phone and email etc. are as follows:
Phone: 011-23748016 / 23374190
Fax: 011-23365887
Email: mgrinstdev.00691@sbi.co.in
(iii) In case of no reply from SBI within 3 weeks, the student may thereafter, approach to the following Officers in the Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of HRD, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi -110001:
(a) S.K.Verma, Under Secretary
Phone No. : 011-23381782
Fax: 011-23074113
Email: santosh.verma@nic.in
(b) Ms. Kanta Malik, Section Officer (Secondary Scholarship Section)
Room No. 531-C
Phone No. 011-23383363
Email: ss.edu.nmmss@gmail.com
NMMSS
The Centrally Sponsored Scheme “National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme (NMMSS)” was launched in May, 2008.
The objective of the scheme is to award scholarships to meritorious students of economically weaker sections to arrest their drop out at class VIII and encourage them to continue the study at secondary stage.
Scholarship of Rs. 6000/- per annum (Rs.500/- per month) per student is awarded to selected students every year for study in classes from IX to XII in State Government, Government aided and local body schools.
There is quota of scholarships for different states/UTs. Students whose parental income from all sources is not more than Rs. 1,50,000/- are eligible to avail the scholarships. There is reservation as per State Government norms.
The selection of students award of the scholarships is made through an examination conducted by the State Governments. Scholarships are disbursed by the State Bank of India directly into the bank accounts of students on quarterly basis.
The students studying in “Kendriya Vidalayas and “Jawahar Vavodaya Vidlayas” are not entitled to get scholarship under this scheme.
Similarly, those students studying in Residential Schools run by the State Government Institutions, where facilities like boarding, lodging and education are provided and students studying in private schools are also not eligible for the scholarship under this scheme.
The proposals/list of beneficiaries for the academic year 2015-16 is required to be submitted/ uploaded on-line over National Scholarship Portal (NSP).
Adolescence Education Programme
The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) recognizes the potential of young people and invests in initiatives and partnerships to create and strengthen opportunities for young people to realize better life options.
The Adolescence Education Programme (AEP) is an important initiative that aims to empower young people with accurate, age appropriate and culturally relevant information, promote healthy attitudes and develop skills to enable them to respond to real life situations in positive and responsible ways.