PM YASASVI Scheme:- The National Testing Agency has launched the PM YASASVI Scheme so that the students belonging to the categories of OBC, EBC, DNT, NT and SNT will be able to avail of the scholarship amount of Rs. 75,000/- to Rs. 1,25,000/- getting transferred to their relevant bank account numbers. A Target of covering around 15,000 numbers of eligible or meritorious students has been fixed by the government.
Through this article you will get all the information regarding the PM YASASVI Scheme 2023 such as objectives, eligibility criteria, benefits, features and important documents, etc. beside with that, we will bring up to date with the step-by-step application procedures for applying online under this scheme.
PM YASASVI Scheme 2023
PM YASASVI Scheme has been launched under the supervision of the Central Government so that the students falling under the section or group of underprivileged and disadvantaged communities will be able to get or receive the scholarship amounts. Students will be given financial assistance ranging from Rs. 75,000/- to Rs. 1, 25,000/-.
PM YASASVI Scheme has been launched started or initiated by the NTA (National Testing Agency) setting up a target of covering around 15,000 meritorious students belonging to the categories of OBC, EBC, DNT, NT and SNT. Financial assistance will be given to them in the form of scholarship amounts including Rs. 75,000/- to Rs. 1, 25,000/-.
PM YASASVI Scheme 2023 Highlights
The highlights of this scheme are as follows:-
| Name Of The Scheme | PM YASASVI Scheme |
| Full Name | PM Young Achievers Scholarship Award Scheme For Vibrant India |
| Known As | PM YASASVI Yojana |
| Launched By | National Testing Agency |
| Delegated Ministry | Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology |
| Allocated Portal | NTA Portal |
| Test Name | YET (YASASVI Entrance Test) |
| Objective | To provide scholarships to the meritorious students |
| Benefit | Students will be able to continue their education |
| Applicable To | Citizens of India |
| Beneficiaries | Meritorious Students |
| Student Category | School Level Students |
| Beneficiary Categories | OBC (Other Backward Classes) EBC (Economically Backward Classes) DNT (Denotified Tribes) NT (Nomadic Tribe) SNT (Semi-Nomadic Tribe) |
| Eligible Classes or Degrees | Class 9th Class 10th Class 11th |
| No. of Beneficiaries | 15,000 |
| Mode Of Transfer | DBT (Direct Benefit Transfer) |
| Payment Mechanism | e-payment mechanism or PFMS System |
| Payment Type | One-Time Payment System |
| Form of Benefit | Scholarship amount |
| Scholarship Renewal | Good Academic Record |
| Scholarship Transferral | Yearly Basis |
| Amount of benefit | Rs. 75,000/- to Rs. 1,25,000/- |
| Covered Allowances | Maintenance Allowance Books Allowances Ad Hoc Additional Allowance Generous Allowance |
| Hosting Site | National Information Center (NIC) |
| Mode Of Application | Online |
| Exam Mode | Online Mode (CBT) |
| Exam Duration | 3 Hours (180 Minutes) |
| Medium of Instruction | English Hindi |
| Exam Charges | No Fees |
| Total Questions Asked | 100 |
| Question Type | MCQ |
| Subjects Covered | Maths Science SST GK |
| Delegated Commissions | National Commission for SCs National Commission for BCs National Commission for Safai Karamcharis National Commission for DN, NT, SNT |
| No. of Delegated Commissions | 4 |
| Delegated Corporations | National Scheduled Castes Finance & Development Corporation (NSFDC) National Backward Classes Finance & Development Corporation National Safai Karamcharis Finance & Development Corporation |
| No. of Delegated Corporations | 3 |
| Associated Foundations | Dr. Ambedkar Foundation Babu Jagjivan Ram National Foundation |
| No. of Associated Foundations | 2 |
| Scheme Categories of Social Justice & Empowerment Department | NGOs Schemes Educational Schemes Economic Development Schemes Social Empowerment Schemes |
| No. of Scheme Categories of Social Justice & Empowerment Department | 4 |
| Tenure | 1 Year (12 Months) |
| Last Date of Online Form Submission | Will be updated soon |
| Mode of application | Online |
| Telephone Number | 011-69227700 |
| Email Id | yet@nta.ac.in |
| Official website | www.yet.nta.ac.in |
PM YASASVI Scheme Objectives
PM YASASVI Scheme has been launched with the major or primary objective of providing scholarships to the students securing good or academic excellence but they are not able to continue their education due to their financial instabilities. To such students, the government will start providing scholarship amounts. Students belonging to the categories of OBC, EBC, DNT, NT and SNT will be given financial help.
Another objective of launching the PM YASASVI Scheme is to provide social security or social-economic welfare to the students of OBC/EBC/DNT/NT and SNT so that they will be able to get the same educational opportunities provided by the government as the other students get access to who belong to General Categories.
PM YASASVI Scheme Timelines
The timelines of this scheme are as follows:-
| Event | Date |
| Fresh Opening of Scholarship Registration Forms | 26th August 2022 |
| Correction of Submitted Forms | 27th August 2022 |
| Last Date to Make Corrections | 31st August 2022 |
| Releasing of Admit Cards | 5th September 2022 |
| Conducting of Exam | 11th September 2022 |
| Declaration of Exam | Will be updated soon |
List of Eligible Classes
The lists of eligible classes are as follows:-
- Class 9th
- Class 10th
- Class 11th
Rate of Scholarship
The rate of scholarship which will be provided to the student has only been fixed or set up by the government concerning the rules and regulations fixed by the governmental authorities. The students will be given the scholarship amounts on an annual basis covering the scholarship amounts of Rs. 75,000/- to Rs. 1, 25,000/-.
Beneficiary Category
The categories of beneficiaries are as follows:-
- OBC (Other Backward Classes)
- EBC (Economically Backward Classes)
- DNT (Denotified Tribes)
- NT (Nomadic Tribe)
- SNT (Semi-Nomadic Tribe)
YET Exam Details
The exams details of YET are as follows:-
| Name of Exam | YET (YASASVI Entrance Test) |
| Exam Mode | Online Mode (CBT) |
| Exam Duration | 3 Hours (180 Minutes) |
| Medium of Instruction | English Hindi |
| Exam Charges | No Fees |
| Total Questions Asked | 100 |
| Question Type | MCQ |
| Subjects Covered | Maths Science SST GK |
Subject Wise Exam Details
The exam details of each subject are as follows:-
| Subject | Total no. of Questions | Total Marks |
| Maths | 30 | 120 |
| Science | 20 | 80 |
| SST | 25 | 100 |
| GK | 25 | 100 |
List of Covered States
The lists of covered states are as follows:-
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands | Andhra Pradesh | Arunachal Pradesh |
| Assam | Bihar | Chandigarh |
| Chhattisgarh | Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli | Delhi |
| Goa | Gujarat | Haryana |
| J&K | Himachal Pradesh | Jharkhand |
| Karnataka | Kerala | Ladakh |
| Lakshadweep | Manipur | Meghalaya |
| Mizoram | Nagaland | Pondicherry |
| Rajasthan | Punjab | Sikkim |
| Tamilnadu | Telangana | Tripura |
| Uttarakhand | UP | WB |
State Wise Slot Allocation
The state-wise allocations of slots are as follows:-
| State | OBC/DNT | EWS/EBC | Total |
| Maharashtra | 963 | 107 | 1070 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 1081 | 120 | 1201 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Assam | 200 | 22 | 222 |
| Bihar | 1652 | 184 | 1836 |
| Chandigarh | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| Chhattisgarh | 294 | 33 | 327 |
| Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Delhi | 83 | 9 | 92 |
| Goa | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| Gujarat | 616 | 68 | 684 |
| Haryana | 182 | 20 | 202 |
| J&K | 36 | 4 | 40 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 30 | 3 | 33 |
| Jharkhand | 292 | 44 | 435 |
| Karnataka | 860 | 96 | 955 |
| Kerala | 553 | 61 | 614 |
| Lakshadweep | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Manipur | 38 | 4 | 42 |
| Meghalaya | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Mizoram | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nagaland | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pondicherry | 24 | 3 | 27 |
| Rajasthan | 822 | 91 | 913 |
| Punjab | 113 | 13 | 126 |
| Sikkim | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| Tamilnadu | 1392 | 155 | 1547 |
| Tripura | 15 | 2 | 17 |
| Uttarakhand | 47 | 5 | 52 |
| UP | 2761 | 307 | 3068 |
| WB | 202 | 22 | 224 |
| Total | 12282 | 1376 | 13756 |
List of Examination Cities
The list of examination cities are as follows:-
| State | City |
| Andhra Pradesh | Amaravathi |
| Andhra Pradesh | Nellore |
| Andhra Pradesh | Vijayawada |
| Andhra Pradesh | Visakhapatnam |
| Andaman & Nicobar | Port Blair |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar/Naharlagun |
| Assam | Sivasagar |
| Assam | Guwahati |
| Bihar | Gaya |
| Bihar | Patna |
| Chandigarh (Ut) | Chandigarh/Mohali/Panchkula |
| Chhattisgarh | Raipur |
| Chhattisgarh | Bastar / Jagdalpur |
| Chhattisgarh | Korba |
| Daman And Diu (Ut) | Daman |
| Delhi | Delhi/New Delhi |
| Goa | Panaji/Madgaon/Margao |
| Gujarat | Gandhinagar |
| Gujarat | Surat |
| Gujarat | Rajkot |
| Gujarat | Bhuj |
| Haryana | Gurugram |
| Haryana | Ambala |
| Haryana | Hissar |
| Himachal Pradesh | Shimla |
| Himachal Pradesh | Solan |
| Jammu & Kashmir | Jammu |
| Jammu & Kashmir | Srinagar (J & K) |
| Jharkhand | Ranchi |
| Jharkhand | Deoghar (Jharkhand) |
| Karnataka | Bengaluru |
| Karnataka | Mysuru (Mysore) |
| Kerala | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Kerala | Kochi |
| Kerala | Kozhikode/Calicut |
| Ladakh | Leh |
| Lakshadweep | Kavaratti |
| Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal |
| Madhya Pradesh | Gwalior |
| Madhya Pradesh | Jabalpur |
| Madhya Pradesh | Ratlam |
| Maharashtra | Mumbai |
| Maharashtra | Nagpur |
| Maharashtra | Nanded |
| Maharashtra | Dhule |
| Maharashtra | Kolhapur |
| Manipur | Imphal |
| Meghalaya | Shillong |
| Mizoram | Aizawl |
| Nagaland | Kohima |
| Odisha | Bhubaneswar |
| Odisha | Sambalpur |
| Odisha | Berhampur / Ganjam |
| Punjab | Amritsar |
| Punjab | Jalandhar |
| Punjab | Patiala/Fatehgarh Sahib |
| Puducherry | Puducherry |
| Rajasthan | Jaipur |
| Rajasthan | Udaipur |
| Rajasthan | Bikaner |
| Rajasthan | Kota |
| Sikkim | Gangtok |
| Tamil Nadu | Chennai |
| Tamil Nadu | Salem |
| Tamil Nadu | Madurai |
| Tamil Nadu | Tirunelveli |
| Telangana | Hyderabad/Secunderabad |
| Telangana | Khammam |
| Telangana | Karimnagar |
| Tripura | Agartala |
| Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow |
| Uttar Pradesh | Gorakhpur |
| Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi |
| Uttar Pradesh | Agra |
| Uttarakhand | Dehradun |
| Uttarakhand | Nainital |
| West Bengal | Kolkata |
| West Bengal | Siliguri |
List of Delegated Commissions
The commissions delegated with this scheme are as follows:-
- National Commission for SCs
- National Commission for BCs
- National Commission for Safai Karamcharis
- National Commission for DN, NT, SNT
List of Delegated Corporations
The corporations delegated with this scheme are as follows:-
- National Scheduled Castes Finance & Development Corporation (NSFDC)
- National Backward Classes Finance & Development Corporation
- National Safai Karamcharis Finance & Development Corporation
Associated Foundations
The foundations associated with this scheme are as follows:-
- Dr Ambedkar Foundation
- Babu Jagjivan Ram National Foundation
Scheme Categories of Social Justice & Empowerment Department
The scheme categories of the Social Justice & Empowerment Department are as follows:-
- NGOs Schemes
- Educational Schemes
- Economic Development Schemes
- Social Empowerment Schemes
Benefits of PM YASASVI Scheme 2023
The benefits of this scheme are as follows:-
- Students will be able to get some social security provisions after getting online registration under the PM YASASVI Scheme.
- There will be a distribution of equal employment and educational opportunities.
- Students will be able to get the scholarship amounts after conducting the YET exam.
- Variable scholarship amounts will be provided to the students.
- There are around 35 states in which the students can register in case of exam centre of preference.
- An equal amount of seat allocation has been given to each category of student in each state or city.
- For each correct answer, the student will get 4 marks.
- There will be no negative marking in case the student has answered a question with the wrong answer.
- One can apply online under the PM YASASVI Scheme before 26th August 2022.
- Students will be able to stand up on their own feet.
Features of PM YASASVI Scheme 2023
The features of this scheme are as follows:-
- The National Testing Agency has launched the PM YASASVI Scheme.
- The full name of this scheme is PM Young Achievers Scholarship Award Scheme For Vibrant India.
- Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment will be the main implementation body for carrying out the working of the implementation procedure.
- Students studying in classes from 9th to 11th will be considered eligible for applying.
- The name of the exam will be YET (YASASVI Entrance Test).
- 3 hours will be provided to the students for answering the whole paper.
- Students will be given or allotted 4 marks for each correct answer.
- There are 4 subjects allotted to the students for preparing for the exam consisting of Maths, Science, SST and GK.
- The fresh opening of the registration forms for the PM YASASVI Scheme is on 26th August 2022.
- For getting more information, one can visit the official website.
Eligibility Criteria
For applying online under this scheme, the applicant must possess the following criteria mentioned below:-
- The student must be a permanent resident of India.
- The applicant must be a student of class 9th/10th or 11th.
- He or she must belong to the categories of OBC, EBC, DNT, NT and SNT.
- The annual income of the student’s family must not exceed to Rs. 2.5/- lakhs.
Important Documents
Some of the important documents required to apply online under this scheme as per given below:-
- Aadhar Card
- DOB Certificate
- Identity Card
- Residential Certificate
- Fee Receipt
- Admission Proof
- Latest Passport Size Photograph
- Admission’s Proof
- Bank Account Details
- Photo Id Proof
- Working Email ID
- Active Mobile Number
Process To Apply Online Under PM YASASVI Scheme
The applicants will need to follow the mentioned-below points for getting online registration under this scheme:-
- Now you will get land on the homepage, where you will need to look at your left-hand side.
- Look under the section to Useful Links.
- Click on the link to Register.
- Now you will get land on the new page.
- Here, the registration form will get displayed on your screen.
- Fill in the required details such as:-
- Now click on the Create Account.
To Do Login
The applicants will need to follow the mentioned-below points to do login to the portal:-
- Visit the official website.
- Look under the section to Useful Links.
- Click on the link to Login.
- A new page will get displayed on your screen.
- Fill the form correctly such as:-
- Application Number
- Password
- Then click on the Submit button.
- After that, you will get the login to the portal.
Getting Contact Details
The applicants will need to follow the mentioned-below points for getting contact details to the portal:-
- In the first step, the applicant will need to visit the official website.
- Look at the top-right-hand corner of your screen.
- Click on the Contact Us.
- The contact details will get displayed on your screen.
- Now you can go through the contact details.
Contact Information
In case of queries and questions come to your mind regarding the PM YASASVI Scheme, then you may contact this mentioned below telephone number and email ID:-
