NSP National Means Cum Merit Scholarship Scheme 2023-24

Each State/UT will conduct a test at the stage of Class 8 for the selection of students for the award of the scholarship. The state level examination may consist of the following two tests -

• Mental Ability Test (MAT)
• Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)

The duration of each test will be 90 minutes. Children with disabilities will be given extra time, as applicable.

• A student can avail only one scholarship under any Central Government scholarship scheme.
• The awardees will be required to open bank accounts preferably in SBI/any public sector bank or any scheduled bank which provides core banking facilities.
• No scholarship will be available for studies abroad for any course.
• No claim for scholarship arrears will be entertained after the expiry of 12 months of the academic session for which one has applied for the claim.
• In case any awardee leaves the course of study within one month of registration/admission, no scholarship shall be paid to them.
• The student must join the next class/desired course within 3 months of the declaration of the result of the previous class/course.
• The scholarship will be discontinued if any gap of one academic session occurs in studies at any time due to any reason.
• The scholarship once discontinued on the basis of the rules of disbursement of scholarship cannot be revived under any circumstances.
• All rules are subject to change from time to time, as and when required, which will be binding on all awardees.
• For continuing the scholarship in class X and XII, the awardees should get clear promotion from class IX to class X and from class XI to class XII in the first attempt.
• If any student's application is marked fake by the District Nodal officer (DNo)/ state Nodal officer (SNO), the application against the said Institute/School may be put on hold until re-verification is complete.
• The State Bank of India disburses the scholarship to students in their accounts through PFMS (Public Finance Management System). 
• Reservations are applicable as per state government norms.
• For renewal/continuation of the scholarship in Class 10 and 12, the awardees are required to get a clear promotion from Class 9 to 10 and from Class 11 and 12 in the first attempt with 55% marks. (Note - Relaxable by 5% for SC/ST).
• For continuation of scholarship at the higher secondary stage (class 10), the awardees must obtain a minimum of 60% marks in class 10 (Note:- Relaxation of 5% will be given to SC/ST students). 

Note - For more information, kindly refer to the 'Scholarship Guidelines' document.