Central Sector Scholarship CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION
SHIKSHA KENDRA, 2, COMMUNITY CENTRE, PREET VIHAR, DELHI-110092
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING ONLINE APPLICATION FOR CENTRAL SECTOR SCHEME OF SCHOLARSHIP FOR COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS-201x
| Eligibility: | All conditions are mandatory andapplicable to all categories of applicants a. The applicant should be an Indian national b. The applicant should have passed the Senior School Certificate Examination 201x conducted by CBSE and have secured the total aggregate marks (in first five subjects) equal or above the following minimum marks as per the stream opted by the applicant: | Science | Commerce | Others | | Minimum Total Aggregate Marks for all categories (SC/ST/OBC/UR) to apply for Scholarship (Marks in first five subjects) | 408/500 | 380/500 | 334/500 |
c. The applicant should be pursuing higher studies and have taken admission in Under Graduation regular course (not correspondence or distance mode) from recognized Educational Institutions in India d. The applicant should not be availing any other scholarship e. Total Annual Income of parents of the applicant from all sources should not exceed Rs 4.5 lakh per annum f. The applicant should not belong to creamy layer as defined by DoP&T from time to time. (Govt. of India, Dept. of Per. & Trg., OM No. 36033/S/2004-Estt. (Res.), dated 14-10-2004) (This is applicable to all categories of applicants both ‘general’ and ‘reserved’) |
| Scholarship amount and duration | | Course | Amount | Disbursal | | | Graduation | Rs.1000/- per month* for three years | To be disbursed lump sum Amount of Rs.10,000/- at end of academic year. | For 4th and 5th year of Professional Courses @ Rs 2000/- per month. | | Post Graduation(Other than that of the professional courses) | Rs 2000/- per month for two years after Graduation | To be disbursed lump sum Amount of Rs.20,000/- at end of academic year. | |
Number of scholarships will be distributed amongst pass out of the Science, Commerce and Humanities in ratio of 3:2:1. Reservation to SC, ST, OBC and PH will be as per guidelines of the Govt of India. |
| Mode of Disbursal of Scholarship | a. Scholarship amount shall be sent to the selected candidate’s Bank Account only by ECS (Electronic Clearing System) mode.b. Applicants are requested to open Bank Account in his/her name in a branch of any Scheduled Nationalised/ commercial Bank which has ECS facility. Applicants are advised to provide their Bank Account number, Bank Name and detail address of the Bank and the correct RTGS/NEFT branch code of the Bank. c. No request for sending the amount of scholarship by Draft or in account of parents or joint account will be entertained |
| Renewal of Scholarship | a. For renewal of Scholarship, applicant has to apply on separate renewal form. Applicant should have passed in all the subjects in semester/annual examinations with not less than 60 % marks in the aggregate of 2 semester or annual examinations and have maintained 75 % attendance, good discipline and not involved in ragging activities etc.b. Scholarship once cancelled will not be revived under any circumstances. |
Last Date of Receipt of Online Application for CSSS-201x 31st Dec, 201x
How to apply for Scholarship:
A. Check eligibility criteria
B. If eligible, obtain the Bank Details of your Account, RTGS/NEFT branch code of the bank from the Bank Manager.
C. Fill the application form of Scholarship online.
D. Application form and Joining report will be generated online and these may be printed on A4 size paper.
E. Get the Joining report verified from Institution’s Head from where course is being pursued.
F. Get the Income affidavit on a non-judicial stamp paper of Rs.10/- duly sworn in before Notary Public/First class Executive Magistrate/Revenue Officer.
G. Send the Online generated Application Form along with the following documents :
- Duly signed Online generated Application form.
- Joining report Attested by Head of Institution/Report.
- Copy of Marksheet of Sr.School Certificate Exam – 201x Write online registration no. on its top.
- Copy of Caste Certificate, if applicable. Write online registration no. on its top.
o Income Affidaviton a non-judicial stamp paper of Rs.10/- in original. Write online registration no. on its top.
o Income Tax Returns/Form-16 of both the Parents (of the year ending Mar 201x) issued by the employer should be attached alongwith the affidavit wherever applicable)
o Printout of Online Form bearing Registration No. and other documents be sent to “Section Officer (Scholarship), 7th floor, CBSE, Shiksha Kendra, 2, Community Centre, Preet Vihar, Delhi- 110092” by ordinary post superscribing “ Online CSSS-201x” on top left.
H. Students are advised to keep a photocopy of complete application form with them.
Applications without above mentioned documents will be rejected summarily and no correspondence will be made/ entertained in this regard.
Note:
1. Those students who have passed Class- XII Exam from CBSE prior to 201x need not apply.
2. Only online application forms will be accepted. Forms of previous year or website printouts without bearing online Registration No. will be rejected. The application in respect of the candidates who have filled in the details online but have not submitted the signed forms along with Joining report and Income affidavit before due date will be rejected.
3. Mere submission of the application form/fulfilling the eligibility criteria will not entitle the applicant for the award of Scholarship. Scholarships will be distributed among various streams and various categories on merit as per criteria advised by the Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India.
4. Applicant is entitled to receive only one scholarship at a time. If the applicant is in receipt of any scholarship from any other scheme he/she has to refund that scholarship, failing which action will be taken as per rules.
5. The information regarding receipt of application for scholarship and its details will be displayed / updated on website from time to time.
6. Any change in address and Bank Details must be immediately reported to “Section Officer (Scholarship), 7th floor, CBSE, Shiksha Kendra, 2, Community Centre, Preet Vihar, Delhi-110092” alongwith the Online Registration No., Name and Roll No., of the applicant and copy of the form submitted.
7. Application received after due date shall be summarily rejected.
8. In case of any difficulty in online submission of Application form, contact atantriksh.cbse@nic.in, kamalcbse@gmail.com, sanandan.cbse@nic.in
G.I, Dept. of Per. & Trg., Lr. No. 36033/S/2004-Estt. (Res.), dated 14-10-2004
Definition and Clarification regarding Creamy Layer
Children of the persons in civil services of the Central and the State Governments, it provides that son(s) and daughter(s) of:-
(a) Parents, both of whom are directly recruited Class I / Group’ A’ officers;
(b) Parents, either of whom is a directly recruited Class I / Group ‘A’ officer;
(c) Parents, both of whom are directly recruited Class I Group ‘A’ officers, but one of them
dies or suffers permanent incapacitation;
(d) Parents, either of whom is a directly recruited Class I / Group ‘A’ officer and such parent dies or suffers permanent incapacitation and before such death or such incapacitation has had the benefit of employment in any International Organization like UN, IMF, World Bank, etc., for a period of not less than 5 years;
(e) Parents, both of whom are directly recruited Class I / Group ‘A’ officers and both of them die or suffer permanent incapacitation and before such death or such incapacitation of the both, either of them has had the benefit of employment in any International Organization like UN, IMF, World Bank, etc., for a period of not less than 5 years;
(f) Parents, both of whom are directly recruited Class II / Group ‘B’ officers;
(g) Parents of whom only the husband is a directly recruited Class II / Group ‘B’ officer and he gets into Class I/ Group ‘A’ at the age of 40 or earlier;
(h) Parents, both of whom are directly recruited Class II / Group ‘B’ officers and one of them dies or suffers permanent incapacitation and either of them has had the benefit of employment in any International Organization like UN, IMF, World Bank, etc., for a period of not less than 5 years;
(i) Parents of whom the husband is a Class I / Group’ A’ officer (direct recruit or pre-forty promoted) and the wife is a directly recruited Class II / Group ‘B’ officer and the wife dies; or suffers permanent incapacitation; and
(j) Parents, of whom wife is a Class I / Group’ A’ officer (direct recruit or pre-forty promoted) and the husband is a directly recruited Class II / Group ‘B’ officer and the husband dies or suffers permanent incapacitation.
shall be treated as falling in creamy layer.
2. The Schedule further provides that sons and daughters of:-
(i) Parents either of whom or both of whom are directly recruited Class I / Group’ A’ officer(s) and such parent(s) dies/die or suffers / suffer permanent incapacitation;
(ii) Parents both of whom are directly recruited Class II / Group ‘B’ officers and one of them dies or suffers permanent incapacitation;
(iii) Parents both of whom are directly recruited Class II / Group ‘B’ officers and both of them die or suffer permanent incapacitation, even though either of them has had the benefit of employment in any International Organization like UN, IMF, World Bank, etc., for a period of not less than 5 years before their death or permanent incapacitation.
shall not be treated to be falling in creamy layer.
3. The criteria prescribed for determining creamy layer status of sons and daughters of persons in Government service mutatis mutandis applies to the sons and daughters of persons holding equivalent or comparable posts in PSUs, Banks, Insurance Organizations, Universities, etc., and also holding equivalent or comparable posts and positions under private employment. The creamy layer status of the sons and daughters of employees of organizations where evaluation of the posts on equivalent or comparable basis has not been made is determined on the basis of ‘Income / Wealth Test’ given in the schedule. The Income / Wealth Test prescribes that the sons and daughters of persons having gross annual income of Rs. 2.5 lakhs# or above or possessing wealth above the exemption limit as prescribed in the Wealth Tax Act for a period of three consecutive years would be treated to fall in creamy layer. An explanation is given below the Income / Wealth Test which provides that ‘income from salaries or agricultural land shall not be clubbed’. (# Revised to Rs 4.5 Lakh)
4. Following questions have been raised from time to time about the application of the above provisions to determine creamy layer:-
(i) Will the sons and daughters of parents either of whom or both of whom are directly recruited Class I / Group ‘A’ officer(s) and such parent(s) dies / die or suffers / suffer permanent incapacitation after retirement be treated to be excluded from the creamy layer?
(ii) Will the sons and daughters of parents, both of whom are directly recruited Class II / Group ‘B’ officers and one of them dies or suffer permanent incapacitation after retirement be treated to be excluded from the creamy layer?
(iii) Will the sons and daughters of parents, both of whom are directly recruited Class II / Group ‘B’ officers and both of them die or suffer permanent incapacitation after retirement even though either of them has had got the benefit of employment in any International Organization like UN, IMF, World Bank, etc., for a period of not less than 5 years before their death or permanent incapacitation be treated to be excluded from the purview of creamy layer?
(iv) Willthe sons and daughters of parent(s) who retire from the service on the basis of which their sons and daughters fall in creamy layer, continue to fall in creamy layer after retirement of the parent(s)?
(v) Will the sons and daughters of parents of whom husband is directly recruited Class III / Group ‘C’ or Class IV / Group ‘D’ employee and he gets into Class I /Group’ A’ at the age of 40 or earlier be treated to be falling in creamy layer?
(vi) Will a candidate who himself is a directly recruited Class I / Group ‘A’ officer or a directly recruited Class II / Group ‘B’ officer who got into Class I/ Group ‘A’ at the age of 40 or earlier be treated to be falling in creamy layer on the basis of his service status?
(vii) Will a candidate who has gross annual income of Rs. 2.5 lakh# or above or possesses wealth above the exemption limit as prescribed in the Wealth Tax Act for a period of three consecutive years be treated to fall in creamy layer? (# Revised to Rs 4.5 Lakh)
(viii) The instructions provide that a lady belonging to OBC category who has got married to a directly recruited Class I/ Group ‘A’ officer shall not be treated as falling in creamy layer on the basis of her marriage. Will a man belonging to OBC category who is married to a directly recruited Class I / Group’ A’ officer be treated as falling in creamy layer on the basis of his marriage?
(ix) How will the Income / Wealth Test apply in case of sons and daughters of parent(s) employed in PSUs, etc., in which equivalence or comparability of posts has not been established vis-a-vis posts in the Government?
(x) What is the scope of the explanation, ‘Income from salaries or agricultural land shall not be clubbed’, given below the Income / Wealth Test?
5. It is clarified in regard to Clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of Para. 4 that the sons and daughters of:-
(a) Parents either of whom or both of whom are directly recruited Class I / Group ‘A’ officers and such parent(s) dies / die or suffers / suffer permanent incapacitation while in service;
(b) Parents both of whom are directly recruited Class II / Group ‘B’ officers and one of them dies or suffers permanent incapacitation while in service; and
(c) Parents both of whom are directly recruited Class II / Group ‘B’ officers and both of them die or suffer permanent incapacitation while in service, even though either of them has had the benefit of employment in any International Organization like UN, IMF, World Bank, etc., for a period of not less than 5 years before their death or permanent incapacitation.
are not treated to be falling in creamy layer.
But if the parent(s) dies / die or suffers / suffer permanent incapacitation in such cases after retirement from service, his / their sons and daughters would be treated to be falling in creamy layer and would not get the benefit of reservation.
6. In regard to Clause (iv) of Para. 4, it is clarified that sons and daughters of parents who are included in the creamy layer on the basis of service status of their parents shall continue to be treated in creamy layer even if their parents have retired or have died after retirement.
7. In regard to Clause (v) of Para. 4, it is clarified that the sons and daughters of parents of whom only the husband is a directly recruited Class II / Group ‘B’ officer who gets into Class I / Group ‘A’ at the age of 40 or earlier are treated to be in creamy layer. If the father is directly recruited Class III / Group ‘C’ or Class IV/ Group ‘D’ employee and he gets into Class I / Group ‘A’ at the age of 40 or earlier, his sons and daughters shall not be treated to be falling in creamy layer.
8. In regard to Clauses (vi), (vii) and (viii) of Para. 4, it is clarified that the creamy layer status of a candidate is determined on the basis of the status of his parents and not on the basis of his own status or income or on the basis of status or income of his / her spouse. Therefore, while determining the creamy layer status of a person, the status or the income of the candidate himself or of his / her spouse shall not be taken into account.
9. In regard to Clause (ix) of Para. 4, it is clarified that the creamy layer status of sons and daughters of persons employed in organizations where equivalence or comparability of posts vis-a-vis posts in Government has not been evaluated is determined as follows:-
Income of the parents from the salaries and from the other sources other than salaries and agricultural land is determined separately. If either the income of the parents from the salaries or the income of the parents from other sources other than salaries and agricultural land exceeds the limit of Rs. 2.5 lakhs# per annum for a period of three consecutive years, the sons and daughters of such persons shall be treated to fall in creamy layer. But the sons and daughters of parents whose income from salaries is less than Rs. 2.5 lakhs# per annum and income from other sources is also less than Rs. 2.5 lakhs# per annum will not be treated as falling in creamy layer even if the sum of the income from salaries and the income from the other sources is more than Rs. 2.5 lakhs# per annum for a period of three consecutive years. It may be noted that income from agricultural land is not taken into account while applying the Test.
(# Revised to Rs 4.5 Lakh)
10. In regard to Clause (x) of Para. 4, it is clarified that while applying the Income / Wealth Test to determine creamy layer status of any candidate as given in Category-VI of the Schedule to the OM, income from the salaries and income from agricultural land shall not be taken into account. It means that if income from salaries of the parents of any candidate is more than Rs. 2.5 lakhs per annum, income from agricultural land is more than Rs. 2.5 lakhs per annum, but income from other sources is less than Rs. 2.5 lakhs per annum, the candidate shall not be treated to be falling in creamy layer on the basis of Income / Wealth Test, provided his parent(s) do not possess wealth above the exemption limit as prescribed in the Wealth Tax Act for a period of three consecutive years. (# Revised to Rs 4.5 Lakh)
11. You are requested to bring the contents of this letter to all concerned in the State.
Online Registration No: CSSS-10/………….
Format of INCOME AFFIDAVIT
| NON JUDICIAL STAMP PAPER OF Rs. TENSAMPLE FORMAT OF TEXT TO BE WRITTEN/TYPED ON A AFFIDAVIT DULY SWORN IN BEFORE NOTARY/FIRST CLASS MAGISTRATE/REVENUE OFFICER ( TO BE FILLED AND SIGNED BY PARENT ) |
I, ____________________________________________(Name of Parent) son/daughter of Shri/Smt __________________________ presently residing at ________________________________________ _____________________________________ solemnly affirm and say as follows:-
That my annual income(including income of the spouse) from all sources(including salary, business, rent, commission, Pension, income form land etc) in the preceding year ending the 31st March, 201x is Rs. ___________________ and I do not belong to the creamy layer as stipulated in the Govtof India DOPT Circular No. 36033/5/2004- Estt(Res) dated 14.10.2004 as amended from time to time..
That the statements made in the foregoing paragraphs are true to my knowledge. I make myself personally responsible for the accuracy of the facts and figures furnished.
That I further undertake that in the event of the particulars given in this declaration being found false, I shall refund to the President of India DOUBLE the amount of the scholarship to the said scholar (s) and the Government’s decision on whether the declaration of particulars is false shall be final and binding on me.
Signature of Parent*
Name in full
To be signed in the presence of Notary Public or a Magistrate/Ist Class Magistrate Executive/ Revenue Officer/ who would also affix his signature and seal.
* To be signed by both parents if they are working/earning/ businessmen/tax assesee.
