Begum Hazrat Mahal National Scholarship (बेगम हजरत महल छात्रवृत्ति योजना) 2025: Scheme of “Begum Hazrat Mahal National Scholarship” for Girl Students belonging to the Minority Communities was earlier known as “Maulana Azad National Scholarship” Scheme. It was started by the Foundation in academic year 2003-04. The main purpose of the scheme is to provide financial assistance to meritorious girl students belonging to national minorities, who cannot continue their education due to lack of financial support.
Ministry of Minority Affairs (MOMA) is set to offer scholarships under the MOMA Scholarships 2025 initiative, aimed at supporting students from minority communities. Financial assistance will be available to recipients belonging to minority groups, including Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists, Jains, and Zoroastrians (Parsis).
Begum Hazrat Mahal National Scholarship 2025
Moulana Azad Scholarship (मौलाना आजाद स्कालरशिप) is provided by Begum Maulana Azad Education Foundation program is for those girls candidates who are pursuing in class 9th to 12th. All communities like Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, and Zoroastrians (Parsis) have been notified as minority communities. The distribution of Begum Hazrat Mahal National Scholarship among the States/Union Territories will be made based on the population of the above notified minorities in the States/ Union Territories of Census 2014. Begum Hazrat Mahal National Scholarship provides financial assistance of ₹10,000 to ₹12,000 to girls in Classes 9 to 12. Funded by the Government of India and implemented by Maulana Azad Education Foundation, this scholarship has benefited nearly 6 lakh girl students to date.
Begum Hazrat Mahal Scholarship 2023 is now closed. Candidates now can apply for the academic session 2024-25.
Begum Hazrat Mahal Scholarship 2025
Begum Hazrat Mahal National Scholarship awards a scholarship amount of up to INR 12000 to minority girls who are studying in class 9 to 12. All those girls who belonging to 6 minority communities which include Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Parsi, & Jains will get this scholarship. Those girls minimum scored 50% marks in their last examination will get prize amount as Begum Maulana Azad Education Foundation scholarship.
Benefits of Begum Hazrat Mahal National Scholarship-
- Helps students those who cannot continue their education due to financial constraints.
- Recognizes and promotes meritorious girl students from national minorities.
- Helps students in paying for school or college fees, books, stationary, equipment, and boarding and lodging.
NOTE: Online Registration of applications has been closed for 2024 batch.
Income Certificate of parents/guardian to be issued by Gram Pradhan/Sarpanch, Municipal Board, Councilors, MLA, MP or from any Gazetted Officer or Competent Authority declared by the State Govt./UTs Administration. Income certificate in English/Hindi/Regional language. In case the Certificate is in Regional language, then it should be accompanied by self-certified Hindi/English Version.
Maulana Azad Scholarship Amount/Reward
| Item | Amount in Rs. |
|---|---|
| Admission & tuition fee for classes IX and X | Actual subject to a maximum ceiling of Rs.10000/- (Rupees ten thousand only) which will be released in two installments of Rs.5000/- each |
| Admission & tuition fee for class XI and XII | Actual subject to a maximum ceiling of Rs.12000/- (Rupees twelve thousand only) which will be released in two installments of Rs.6000/- each |
Maulana Azad Scholarship Eligibility Criteria
- 9th class to 12th candidates are applicable for Maulana Azad
- Connected to national minorities, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsi, can apply but only girls students.
- From all sources, household income maximum of Rs.2.00 lack.
Maulana Azad Scholarship Rewards:
| Class | Coverage |
Scholarship Amount
|
| Class 9 & 10 | Tuition fees, books & stationery, boarding & lodging |
₹5,000 per student
|
| Class 11 & 12 | School/college fees, books & stationery, boarding & lodging |
₹6,000 per student
|
How to Apply Begum Hazrat Mahal National Scholarship Portal ?
- To apply online “click here”.
- Fill you’re all required and important details in an application form and then submit the form.
- Household income certificate.
- Attested class 10th mark sheet and verified by the principal of a school and attested photo of your by the principal.
Selection procedure
- The selection of the girl’s students will depend on the annual income of students’ families.
- Students are selected on the basis of marks obtained by the candidates in the qualifying examination, and the applicants are selected for this Begum Hazrat Mahal Scholarship based on the lower-income criteria.
- For the selection of students, merit lists are prepared based on the marks obtained in the qualifying examination.
NOTE :
Currently they have not yet decided the date for online registration for the Begum Maulana Azad Scholarship application for the session 2025. For information regarding Maulana Azad Scholarship “maef.nic.in“.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The role of the document in the final is very important because if the students make all the rounds clear, the documents will be needed for their further processing. Students will need to take a printout of the original documents and authorization so that further programs can be scaled up.
Once you submit your application, you can no longer edit. If the required information is missing, your application will be disqualified. We recommend that you save the format of your application. However, before reviewing all the requirements to complete your application again.
The fields that can be edited are Gender, Religion, Category, Profession, Annual Income, Aadhaar Number, Disability, Day Scholar / Hostler, Mode of Study, IFSC Code, Account Number, Admission Fee, and Tuition Fee. However, the reforms, if any, undertaken by the institute/state will be notified to the student immediately through SMS / Email.
The Scholarship Scheme of the Foundation is very popular scheme and its sanctioning quota is increasing year by year. Till date 5,89,838 girl students have been assisted with Rs.504.16 crore by the Foundation since Inception spread all over the country.
How do you edit the information already saved, and up to what time?
You can edit draft/incomplete information filled by you until you ‘Submit’ the online application. To edit the application, go to the “Student login” option.→ enter the Application ID, then click on the submit ‘login’ button.
Contact details:
Phone Number: 011-23583788, 011-23583789
Email: scholarship-maef@nic.in