A Facebook post claiming that PM Modi has launched a Scholarship program on the name of Kalam and Vajpayee for 10th and 12th pass out students, who have secured more than 75% of the marks is doing rounds since past few days. Let’s try to analyze the claims made in it.
Claim: PM Modi has launched a Scholarship program for 10th and 12th class pass out students who have secured more than 75% of the marks
Fact: PM Modi hasn’t launched any such scholarship programme for 10th and 12th class pass outs. Moreover, the website link mentioned in the post is that of the “Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare”. Hence the claims made in the post is FALSE.
When tried to get the information about the scholarship scheme described in the post using the website link ‘www.desw.gov.in/scholarship’, it directed to the Ministry of Defence’s, “Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare” site. When looked for any scholarship programme offered by it, it was found that there is a ‘Prime Minister Scholarship scheme for the academic year 2016-2017’ but the eligibility criteria to avail the scheme is not as described in the Facebook post. As per scheme guidelines, ‘applications are invited only from eligible wards/widows of Ex-servicemen and Ex-Indian Coast Guard personnel pursuing professional Degree Courses, recognized by the respective government regulatory bodies such as MCI, AICTE and UGC etc. The scheme will be applicable only to those candidates who have joined the professional Courses in the Academic Year 20l6-2017’.
To conclude, Narendra Modi hasn’t launched any Scholarship scheme on the name of Kalam and Vajpayee for 10th and 12th class pass out students.
