Focus of the Scheduled Caste Development Bureau in the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment is on (i) Educational Empowerment (ii) Economic Empowerment and (iii) Social Empowerment of the Scheduled Castes through various schemes of the Ministry.
Post Matric Scholarship for Scheduled Caste Students (PMS-SC): The Scheme is a centrally sponsored scheme and the single largest intervention by Government of India for educational empowerment of scheduled caste students. The Scheme is in operation since 1944. The objective of the Scheme is to provide financial assistance to scheduled caste students studying at post matriculation or post-secondary stage to enable them to complete ....
