CG Post Matric Scholarship 2026: SC/ST ₹3,800, OBC Amounts

Both streams had a last date of November 30, 2025.

The department releases the next cycle's dates on the portal and doesn't always announce them widely. Bookmark postmatric-scholarship.cg.nic.in and check at the start of May and August every year.

Waiting for someone to tell you the date is how students miss the window.

Payments flow through PFMS (Public Financial Management System) directly into your Aadhaar-seeded bank account. This is not a check or a bank transfer that your college initiates.

It's a government-to-bank transfer triggered by your application being approved in the system. Your bank account must be active and linked to your Aadhaar for this to work.

The department contact is: Room No S-4, Mahanadi Bhawan, New Raipur, Chhattisgarh - 492015. Email: ctd.cg@nic.in.

For portal-specific issues, the portal itself has a helpdesk link.

⚠️The OBC Income Limit Is Tighter Than Most Families Realise

OBC students need family income below ₹1 lakh per year from all sources. That's roughly ₹8,333 per month combined for the entire household.

This is one of the strictest income ceilings in any state post-matric scheme.

If both parents work - even at low wages - combined annual income frequently crosses ₹1 lakh. Many OBC students who are genuinely from poor families still get blocked because the income certificate shows ₹1.1 lakh or ₹1.2 lakh.

SC and ST students get a much wider ceiling of ₹2.5 lakh per year. If you're OBC and your income is between ₹1 lakh and ₹2.5 lakh, check whether you qualify for any central government scheme that uses the higher threshold.

Your current course must be at post-matriculation level - Class 11 onwards. The scheme covers Class 11, Class 12, undergraduate degrees, postgraduate degrees, diplomas, and professional courses like engineering, medicine, and law.

The institution where you're studying must be recognized by the state government. If your college is not registered on the scholarship portal or lacks state recognition, your application will be blocked at institute verification.

Chhattisgarh students studying outside the state can also apply, provided they are permanent Chhattisgarh residents. Your domicile certificate and caste certificate must both be from Chhattisgarh, and the institution outside the state must be recognized.

One condition that is often missed: you cannot simultaneously receive another state-funded scholarship for the same course at the same time. If you're already getting a different state scholarship, you must choose one.

The 50% marks requirement applies to the previous year's examination within your current course, not just your qualifying exam for admission. If you dropped from 60% in your first year to 45% in your second year, you may lose eligibility for that renewal cycle.

Birth certificate is required separately from your Class 10 certificate. Some students try to substitute their matriculation certificate as proof of birth date.

The portal specifically asks for a birth certificate, so carry one from the municipal authority or gram panchayat.

Income certificates typically have a validity period of one year from the date of issue. If your certificate was issued more than a year ago, get it renewed before applying.

Expired income certificates are a surprisingly common rejection reason that many students don't anticipate.

Students who have changed courses - for example, from a polytechnic diploma to a degree - need to submit both the old marksheet and the new admission letter. The portal verifies that your current enrollment is at a level above Class 10.

A gap certificate or transfer certificate from the previous institution may also be required.

Scan every document at 200 DPI or higher and save as PDF rather than JPEG. JPEG compression often makes fine print illegible in a way that looks acceptable on your phone screen but fails the portal's document review.

PDF preserves quality better across all document types.

Students who submitted late or had corrections needed see payments in February or March.

If 14 weeks have passed since district approval and no payment has arrived, contact ctd.cg@nic.in with your application number and a screenshot of your approved status from the portal. The department helpline can check the PFMS status on your behalf.

The scholarship is disbursed in a single annual payment, not monthly. This means the full year's amount comes in one transfer.

Students who expect monthly credits are sometimes confused when nothing arrives for months and then the full amount arrives at once.

Some students find that their bank account has been marked dormant because it had no transactions for over a year. A dormant account will reject PFMS transfers.

Reactivate it by making any small transaction - even a ₹10 deposit - at your bank branch before your application reaches the disbursement stage.

If you changed banks after submitting your application - for instance, because you moved cities for college - update your bank account details on the portal before the district office finalises approval. Updating after approval has been sent to PFMS requires a fresh correction request through your college, which can delay payment by another cycle.

Keep your application acknowledgment number and your district approval screenshot saved together. When following up with the department, you need both.

The acknowledgment number traces your application in the portal; the approval screenshot confirms it cleared the district stage and is now with PFMS.

The OTR number, once generated, does not expire and does not need to be renewed. You use the same number across all academic years and for any other scholarship that asks for it.

Keep it saved somewhere permanent.

Students whose Aadhaar names have spelling variations across documents - Aadhaar says Priya Singh but school certificates say Priya Singh Rajput, for example - sometimes face OTR verification failures. The UIDAI database uses the exact name on your Aadhaar.

Correction must be done at the Aadhaar center before the scholarship application window closes.

The biometric authentication requirement for new institutions (Head of Institution and Institutional Nodal Officer must authenticate via biometric) was introduced in 2025-26. If your college is newly registered on the portal, the principal and nodal officer must complete this step before your application can be forwarded.

Students at new colleges should check with their administration early in the application season.

📅Key Dates to Save for the CG Post Matric Scholarship Cycle

Fresh applications for 2025-26 opened August 1, 2025, and closed November 30, 2025. Renewal applications opened May 20, 2025, with the same November 30 closing date.

An extension was granted to March 27, 2026 for both streams.

For 2026-27, check postmatric-scholarship.cg.nic.in in early May for renewal dates and in late July for fresh application dates. The department does not send individual reminders.

Complete your NSP OTR in April so it is ready when the fresh window opens.

Mismatched Aadhaar and bank account: the name, account number, and Aadhaar number must all match and be cross-verifiable in PFMS. Even a single digit error in the account number means the payment fails after approval.

Institute not verified on time: your college's HoI and INO must verify your application within the portal's window. If they miss the deadline, your application is not forwarded to the district office.

This is the most common structural failure and the student has very little control over it. Submit early and follow up in writing.

Duplicate account or application: students who created two accounts on the portal in different years, or who accidentally submitted twice in the same year, get flagged for duplicate application. Contact ctd.cg@nic.in to resolve account issues before the deadline.

Domicile or caste certificate from another state: documents issued outside Chhattisgarh are not accepted. If you recently migrated and have old-state documents, get fresh CG-issued certificates before applying.