Agriculture Scholarships 2026 (NSP-DBT) for Students

The Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare has launched the National Scholarship Portal (NSP)–Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) system for agriculture students. The initiative is aimed at enabling eligible students to receive scholarships and fellowships through DBT, with payments intended to be monthly. Students who are applying for agriculture-related scholarships for the 2026-27 academic year can use the NSP to submit their applications.

As part of the launch, scholarships and fellowships worth Rs 21.35 crore have been released to more than 6,000 students. The NSP-DBT system is designed to make scholarship distribution faster, more transparent, and smoother by transferring scholarship amounts directly through DBT. For the 2026-27 academic year, the NSP portal opened on 2026-06-01, and the deadline for most Post-Matric and Higher Education scholarships is 2026-10-31. Applications are submitted online through the NSP after completing One-Time Registration (OTR), and the process includes document submission for verification, followed by institute-level and district/state-level verification steps.

Important Dates

Vacancy Details

This update does not list job vacancies. Instead, it reports that scholarships and fellowships worth Rs 21.35 crore have been released to more than 6,000 students under the NSP-DBT initiative. The actual number of seats/beneficiaries for each specific scholarship scheme is not provided in the notification.

Eligibility Criteria

Educational Qualification

The notification is focused on the NSP-DBT system for agriculture students and does not specify exact education-wise eligibility criteria (such as class/degree level, stream, or minimum marks). It indicates that students should select the relevant ICAR or Agriculture Ministry scheme on the NSP and submit the required documents for verification.

Age Limit

No age limit or age relaxation details are mentioned in the provided notification. Eligibility requirements such as age criteria, if any, are expected to depend on the specific scholarship scheme selected on the NSP.

Application Fee

The notification does not mention any application fee for using the NSP to apply for agriculture scholarships. If a fee applies for a particular scheme, it would typically be specified within the scheme details on the NSP, but no such information is included here.

How to Apply

1. Go to the official National Scholarship Portal: https://scholarships.gov.in/.
2. Complete One-Time Registration (OTR) using the NSP OTR app, if required.
3. On the portal, choose “Apply Fresh”.
4. Enter the required details, including Aadhaar, mobile, and academic details.
5. Select the relevant ICAR or Agriculture Ministry scheme for which you are applying.
6. Upload the required documents and submit the application for verification.

Salary & Pay Scale

This notification does not provide individual scholarship amounts or a pay scale for applicants. It only states that scholarships and fellowships worth Rs 21.35 crore have been released to more than 6,000 students, and that DBT payments are intended to be made on a monthly basis to reduce delays.

Selection Process

The notification describes the verification flow rather than a multi-stage selection exam. After students submit applications on NSP (including document upload), the process includes institute-level verification followed by district/state-level verification. The first monthly DBT cycle is expected to begin in December 2026, indicating that disbursement follows successful verification steps.

Eligible students should complete NSP registration and application submission early and ensure their applications are submitted before the relevant deadlines—especially the 2026-10-31 deadline for most Post-Matric and Higher Education scholarships.