Grant of Scholarship to the Children of Postal & GDS Employees

File No.20-9/2017-WL&Sp
Government of India
Ministry of Communications
Department of Posts
(welfare & sports Section)

Dak Bhawan,Sansad Marg
New delhi - 110 001

Dated: 30.08.2018

To
All Heads of Postal circle

Subject: Grant of Scholarship to the Children of Postal & GDS Employees.

I am directed to inform you that with reference to letter No.13-1/93-WL&Sports dated 20.05.1993, 1-1/2017-WL & Sports dated 30/31.01.2018 and 19-31/2012-WL/Sport dated 02.12.2013, scholarship for the wards of postal as well as GDS Employees, the following decisions have been taken which are conveyed as under:

S.No	Subject	Revised Provision
1	If a Postal/GDS employees who could not apply to the scholarship for his ward initially at the year of taking admission to the college i.e. in 1st year degree/diploma course after passing 12th exam, can he/she be considered eligible to the scholarship for subsequent years i.e. 2nd/3rd/4th year as the case may be, in which he/she applies.	He/she may apply in 2nd year and eligible for the Scholarship from current year i.e. 2nd yr to final yr.
2	If a Postal/GDS who applies for the scholarship first time directly in the final (3rd or  4th as the case may be) year academic degree/diploma course and requested to grant Scholarship for previous academic years of his ward (1st year /2nd year/3rd year as the case may be) along with current year, can he be given scholarship for each previous year + current year altogether, if applied for.	He/she may apply in 3rd year and eligible for the scholarship from current year i.e. 3rd yr to final yr and in case of apply in final yr, eligible only for final yr.
3	If a postal/GDS who applies for the scholarship first time directly in the after completing academic degree/diploma course and requested to grant scholarship for previous academic years of his ward (1st year /2nd year/ 3rd year/final year as the case may be) can he be given scholarship for each previous year altogether, if applied for	He/she may not apply after completing academic year / diploma course.

2. This will be applicable for the ward of postal as well as GDS Employees
   
   3. These change will be applicable for the wards studying in IIT/AIIMS/IIM Medical/Technical Education/PG in Degree/Diploma and non technical Education. This will be applicable from FY-2018-19.
   
   4. This issues with the approval of Members (Planning)