Organisation : Department of Social Justice & Empowerment
Scheme Name : Free Coaching For Beneficiaries of PM CARES Children Scheme
Applicable For : SCs, OBCs and beneficiaries of PM CARES Children Scheme
Applicable State/UT : All India
Website : https://socialjustice.gov.in/schemes/30
What is Free Coaching For Beneficiaries of PM CARES Children Scheme?
The objective of the Scheme is to provide coaching of good quality for economically disadvantaged Scheduled Castes (SCs), Other Backward Classes (OBCs), and beneficiaries of PM CARES Children Scheme (included from 2024-25) to enable them to appear in competitive examinations for obtaining appropriate jobs in Public/Private Sector and/or for securing admission in reputed technical and professional higher education Institution.
Related / Similar Scheme : Dr. Ambedkar Scheme of Interest Subsidy (ACSIS)
Courses For PM CARES Children Scheme Beneficiaries
The courses for which the Coaching will be imparted shall be as follows:
a. Group A and B examinations conducted by the Union Public Service Commission(UPSC), the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) and the various Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs);
b. Group A and B examinations conducted by the State Public Service Commissions;
c. Officers’ Grade examinations conducted by Banks, Insurance Companies and Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs);
e. Premier Entrance Examinations for admission in (i) Engineering (e.g. IIT-JEE), (ii) Medical (eg. NEET), (iii) Professional courses like Management (e.g. CAT) and Law (e.g. CLAT),and (iv) Any other such disciplines as Ministry may decide from time to time.
f. Eligibility tests/examinations like SAT, GRE, GMAT, IELTS and TOEFL.
g. Entrance examination tests for CPL courses/National Defence Academy and Combined Defence Services.
Eligibility For Free Coaching For PM CARES Beneficiaries
A. For students belonging to SCs and OBCs Category:
a. Students belonging to SCs and OBCs, having total family income of Rs. 8.00 lakh or less per annum from all sources will be eligible for benefits under the Scheme.
b. SCs/OBCs candidate belonging to a Minority community may apply under the similar scheme(s) of Ministry of Minority Affairs, or the State Govts., as the case may be.
c. Income Certificate: Income declaration of self-employed parents/guardian should be in the form of a certificate issued by a Revenue Officer not below the rank of Tehsildar. Employed parents/guardians are required to obtain income certificate from their employer and submit consolidated certificate from Revenue Officer including any other additional source of income.
B. For beneficiaries of PM CARES Children Scheme:
All beneficiaries of the PM CARES Children Scheme who have a certificate (with beneficiary ID) issued by the Central Government confirming their status as beneficiaries are eligible.There will be no income or caste-related restrictions for such beneficiaries to avail of the benefits under this scheme.
Mode of Selection of Students For Free Coaching
The Central University shall issue suitable advertisements inviting willing and eligible students to apply for the coaching. No offline applications will be entertained by the Central University from the students. Only online applications complete in all respects, shall be considered for assistance. All the incomplete applications will be summarily rejected.
However, the rejected candidates will have the option to apply in the subsequent years of selection.Beneficiaries of PM CARES Children Scheme will be exempted from selection procedure and all such eligible candidates who apply will be given admission for coaching by respective Central University.
Mode of Payment For Free Coaching
All the admissible payments shall be released to the students through DBT in their Aadhar enabled bank accounts. The fee and stipend shall be released in two installments of 50% each of the admissible amount.
The first installment shall be released immediately at commencement of course and the second installment will be released after conclusion of more than 75% of the course duration. The students will be required to remit the portion to the University fee immediately and in any case not exceeding 15 days, to the Central Universities where they are receiving coaching.