PM Young Achievers Scholarship Award Scheme (PM YASASVI)

About PM-YASASVI Scheme:

• It is a comprehensive umbrella scheme aimed at uplifting students from Other Backward Classes (OBC), Economically Backward Classes (EBC), and Denotified Tribes (DNT) by providing them with access to quality education during their formative years.
• It has consolidated and enhanced several earlier initiatives, including the Dr. Ambedkar Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme for EBCs and the Dr. Ambedkar Pre-Matric and Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme for DNTs, which were subsumed under this program starting from 2021-22.
• By integrating these schemes, PM YASASVI aims to ensure a more streamlined and impactful approach to supporting the educational needs of socially and economically disadvantaged students.
• Objective: The overarching goal of the scheme is to promote educational empowerment among these vulnerable groups, helping them overcome financial barriers and complete their education. 
• Under this Scheme students can avail Pre-Matric Scholarship from Class 9 to 10 and Post Matric Scholarship for their higher studies at post-matriculation or post-secondary stage.
• Eligibility:
  • The Pre-Matric Scholarship is designed for students in classes IX and X attending government schools,
  • Family income below Rs. 2.5 lakh.
• Implementing Agency: Department of Social Justice and Empowerment, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

Q1: Who are DNTs?

The term 'De-notified Tribes' stands for all those communities which were once notified under the Criminal Tribes Acts, enforced by the British Raj between 1871 and I947. These Acts were repealed by the Government of India in 1952, and these communities were "De-Notified". 

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