PM YASASVI Scholarship 2025 : The YASASVI PM scholarship 2025 is a scheme announced under the Central Sector of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment for the students belonging to the Other Backward Class (OBC), Economically Backward Class (EBC), and Denotified Nomadic Tribes (DNT). The scholarship primarily aims to support financially meritorious students from the very poor strata of society for Class IX and Class XI. Applications are now open for students who want to avail themselves of this scheme to apply by August 31, 2025.

Benefits under Scholarship

Under this scheme, students from classes 9 and 10 would receive an amount of ₹75,000 per year, while the 11th and 12th class students would be entitled to receive ₹1,25,000 per year. The scholarship amount is credited into the bank account of the concerned students through Direct Benefit Transfer(DBT), making sure that the payment is transparent and is quick in nature.

Eligibility Criteria

The eligibility requirements for the PM YASASVI scholarship include the following criteria. The applicant must be an applicant for the scholarship either during the academic year for which he or she would apply for the scholarship or in Class IX or Class XI and be either a DNT or an EBC or an OBC. The family’s annual income of the applicant should not exceed ₹2.5 lakh. For families attracting children from the school from where the child is making the application for the scholarship, the school should have passed hundred percent in Class 10 or Class 12 board examinations last year.

Application Procedure

This scholarship is offered via an online application process. The student must first have downloaded the NSP OTR app from the Play Store and finished Aadhaar-based face authentication using their Aadhaar-linked mobile number. With successful authentication by that number, the beneficiary will get an OTR ID anyway. Thus, as stated in this step, the student can now log in to the National Scholarship Portal (scholarships.gov.in) using this OTR ID, select PM YASASVI as the scheme, and fill the application form. Along with this, he/she needs to upload Aadhaar card, caste certificate, income certificate, previous class mark sheet, bank passbook, and a bonafide certificate from the school.

Selection Procedures

As for selection procedures under PM YASASVI, selection shall be based on merit, and there shall be no entrance test. Selection now depends on class records from the last year, besides document verification by beneficiaries. The names of the students selected will enter the list presently displayed on the National Scholarship Portal after undergoing verification.

PM YASASVI Scholarship 2025 will render necessary financial assistance to attach selected underprivileged groups and motivate students belonging to these groups to continue their education without hindrances. Therefore, the students satisfying the criteria for such assistance must grab this opportunity and apply before the last date of application, August 31, 2025. For more details regarding the application, students can visit the official website: scholarships.gov.in.