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PM Scholarship for wards of police personnel martyred in terror/Naxal attacks: Rs 36,000 a year, apply by 30 November

By AiCoN | Published 18 October 2026 | Sources checked 18 October 2026, deadlines re-checked 2 November 2026

The Prime Minister's Scholarship Scheme (PMSS) for wards of States/UTs police personnel martyred in terror or Naxal attacks is open on the National Scholarship Portal till 30 November 2026. It pays Rs 3,000 a month to girls (Rs 36,000 a year) and Rs 2,500 a month to boys (Rs 30,000 a year) for a first professional degree. The scheme is run by the Ministry of Home Affairs under the National Defence Fund.

Scoped update: 2 November 2026. The live NSP scheme list now shows this scheme with student applications till 30 November 2026, defective application and institute verification till 15 December 2026 and nodal verification till 31 December 2026. Our earlier version said 31 October, 15 November and 30 November. Original publication date unchanged.

Official publisher artwork, cropped by AiCoN to omit the national emblem. Original: https://scholarships.gov.in/. Independent guide, not affiliated or sponsored.

Good to knowThis is the police-personnel category of PMSS, separate from the CAPF/Assam Rifles category on the same portal - wards of state and UT police personnel martyred in terror or Naxal attacks apply under this one. Only two children per family can get it, and fresh applications are shortlisted by preference category, your marks, age and the parent's rank, not on a first-come basis.

Who can apply

Dependent wards of States/UTs police personnel martyred during terror or Naxal attacks
Pursuing a first professional degree: Engineering, Medicine, Dental, Veterinary, BBA, BCA, B.Pharma, B.Sc (Nursing), Agriculture, MBA, MCA and similar courses
Minimum 60% marks in the minimum entry qualification (10+2, diploma or graduation)
For renewal: pass each academic year with at least 50% marks
Marital status does not matter; up to two children per family

What you get

Girls: Rs 3,000 per month (Rs 36,000 a year); boys: Rs 2,500 per month (Rs 30,000 a year), paid annually after selection
For up to five years, depending on the course
500 fresh scholarships a year for this police category (250 boys, 250 girls), plus renewals
Selected fresh applicants also receive a personal letter from the Prime Minister

Dates for 2026-27

Student applications: open since 1 June 2026, close 30 November 2026
Defective application and institute verification: till 15 December 2026
DNO/SNO/MNO verification: till 31 December 2026

How to apply on NSP: step by step

Checked on the live National Scholarship Portal on 19 October 2026. NSP now uses One Time Registration (OTR) - do this first if you have never registered.

Open scholarships.gov.in (Academic Year 2026-27 is live), click Students → Apply now, then Register. Registration is free - no fee is required.
Read the OTR guidelines, tick the consent boxes and click Next. Register your active mobile number and verify it with the OTP; a reference number is sent to your mobile.
Complete eKYC: install the NSP OTR app and the Aadhaar Face RD app on an Android phone and do face authentication with the reference number. Your OTR ID is then generated. Aadhaar is required; a minor without Aadhaar can register with a parent's or legal guardian's Aadhaar.
Log in on NSP with your OTR ID, open Fresh Application for Academic Year 2026-27 and choose the PM Scholarship for wards of police personnel martyred in terror/Naxal attacks from the scheme list.
Fill the application form and upload the documents it lists.
Submit before 30 November 2026. Track the application in the same dashboard; institute and district/state verification happen after you submit.

National Scholarship Portal homepage for Academic Year 2026-27 with Students, Institutions, Officers, Public and Fellowship tiles — Step 1: the NSP homepage for Academic Year 2026-27 - start from the Students tile. Screenshot of the official National Scholarship Portal, captured 24 October 2026 (cropped to the top of the page). Tap or click the image to open it full size.

NSP Register page showing the 4-step One Time Registration flow: Guidelines, Register Mobile No, eKYC, Finish — Steps 2-3: the official NSP registration page with the 4-step OTR flow (Guidelines, Register Mobile No., eKYC, Finish) and the OTR guidelines. Screenshot of the official National Scholarship Portal, captured 24 October 2026. Tap or click the image to open it full size.

Steps 4-6 happen inside your own NSP login, so they are not shown as screenshots. Generating an OTR alone is not an application - you must still log in and submit the scholarship application.

Video guides

We searched YouTube on 19 October 2026 for a step-by-step application video for this scheme on the current NSP OTR portal in English and in Malayalam. The videos we found cover older portal versions or could not be verified to match the current portal, so we are not linking any rather than risk outdated or unrelated instructions.

We read the NSP scheme listing and the official WARB revised guidelines for 2026-27 (18 pages) on 18 October 2026.

Sources: National Scholarship Portal, PMSS revised guidelines 2026-27 (WARB, MHA). Checked 18 October 2026; application steps and video search re-checked 19 October 2026. This is an AiCoN explainer, not a government publication.