Chandigarh: Haryana Social Justice and Empowerment Department has invited online applications for post-matric scholarship for students belonging to the minority communities for 2017-18.

Chandigarh: Haryana Social Justice and Empowerment Department has invited online applications for post-matric scholarship for students belonging to the minority communities for 2017-18.

A spokesman of the department said here today that the applicants could send their applications for fresh scholarship by August 31 and applications for renewal of scholarship by July 31 .

Students belonging to the minority communities, namely Muslim, Sikh, Buddhist, Christian, Zoroastrian (Parsis) and Jain notified by the Central Government, pursuing higher education from class XI to Ph.D, including technical and vocational courses of industrial centres affiliated with the National Council for Vocational Training (NCVT) in government or recognised schools or institutes could apply for the scholarship to be awarded by the Union Ministry of Minority Affairs.

He said students permanently residing in Haryana were eligible for this scholarship. The annual income from all sources of the student’s parent should not exceed Rs 2 lakh. The continuance or new grant of award would be subject to securing 50 per cent marks in the previous examination. Aadhaar card number was mandatory to apply online.