National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme Examination, National Scholarship Portal - Aadhaar seeding & Enabling of DBT to the Bank Accounts of NMMS beneficiaries

Sub: National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme Examination,

National Scholarship Portal - Aadhaar seeding & Enabling of DBT

to the Bank Accounts of NMMS beneficiaries – Reg.

Ref: D.O. Letter from Economic Adviser, Government of India, Ministry of

Education, Department of School Education & Literacy, New Delhi

vide D.O.No. 17-1/ 2023-SS PT-IV) Dated 14-06-2024.

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With reference to the subject cited, It is hereby informed that the

Aadhaar Payment Bridge (APB) has been made mandatory from the Academic

Year 2023-24 for the beneficiaries of NMMS (Fresh & Renewal) to receive the

Scholarship vide reference cited.

Further, a total of 991 Fresh applications belongs to NMMS 2022

beneficiaries and 999 Renewal applications belongs to NMMS 2019, 2020 &

2021 beneficiaries were rejected by the PFMS at the time of disbursement of

scholarship. Major reason for rejection was "UID Never Enabled for DBT"

wherein Aadhaar of the applicant was never seeded on the NPCI mapper. The

second major reason was «UID Disabled for DBT" wherein Aadhaar was

initially seed on the NPCI mapper but later deseeded. The rejected lists are

available in this office website www.bse.ap.gov.in for the convenient of the

students with detailed reasons. This office has issued press notifications in this

regard though some of the students are not yet get seeded their Aadhaar

number to their Bank Account.

In light of the above, you are requested to look into the matter and

instruct the Head Masters of NMMS beneficiaries to ensure Seeding of Aadhaar

to the Bank of Accounts of all the NMMS beneficiaries without fail otherwise

the students will not get the scholarship.