Context: Recently, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has implemented the PM Young Achievers Scholarship Award Scheme for Vibrant India (PM-YASASVI).

About PM-YASASVI Scheme

• It is an integrated umbrella scheme for the promotion of students belonging to Other Backward Classes (OBC), Economically Backward Classes (EBC), and Denotified Tribes (DNT) through providing quality education in their crucial formative years.

• Consolidation and enhancement of the various earlier schemes, such as the Dr. Ambedkar Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme for EBCs and the Dr. Ambedkar Pre-Matric and Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme for DNTs, merged into this scheme from 2021-22.

• All these schemes will now merge to form PM YASASVI, which will benefit the students in a more integrated and effective manner.

• Objective: The Scheme aims to educationally empower these sections who are economically challenged, thus enabling them to cross the barriers of finance 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:

• Basically, the scheme of Pre-Matric Scholarship is prepared for students studying in classes IX and X in government schools.

• Less than Rs. 2.5 lakh family income.

• Implementing Agency: Department of Social Justice and Empowerment, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.