Begum Hazrat Mahal National Scholarship 2022

Begum Hazrat Mahal National Scholarship 2022 About Begum Hazrat Mahal National Scholarship 2022 FOR MERITORIOUS GIRL STUDENTS BELONGING TO THE MINORITY COMMUNITIES BACKGROUND The Scheme of “Begum Hazrat Mahal National Scholarship” for Meritorious Girl Students belonging to the Minority Communities was earlier known as “Maulana Azad National Scholarship for Meritorious Girls belonging Minorities” and the same was launched by the then Prime Minister of India (late) Atal Bihari Vajpayee at National Conference of Educational & Economic Development of Minorities held on 03.05.2003 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. OBJECTIVE To recognize, promote and assist girl students belonging to National Minorities who cannot continue their education due to lack of financial support. SCOPE Scholarship will be admissible for expenditure on payment of School/College fee, purchase of syllabus books, purchase of stationery/equipments required for the course and payment of Boarding/Lodging charges. ANNOUNCEMENT OF SCHEME The scheme will be announced by the concerned State/Union Territory Administration well in time, by giving advertisements in the leading language newspapers and local dailies/vernacular and by using other suitable publicity media. MODE OF APPLYING The scheme is implemented through the National Scholarship Portal (NSP). It is mandatory for all students to apply online on the website i.e. www.scholarships.gov.in. AMOUNT OF SCHOLARSHIP Amount of scholarship will be provided Rs.5000/each for Class IX & X and Rs.6000/-each for Class XI & XII. DISTRIBUTION Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Parsis have been notified as minority communities under Section 2 (c) of the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992. The distribution of scholarship among the States/Union Territories will be made on the basis of population of the above notified minorities in the States/ Union Territories of Census 2011. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: (i) Only girl students belonging to six notified Mi