Chief Minister's Jibon Anuprerana Scheme

What is the Chief Minister's Jibon Anuprerana Scheme?

Chief Minister's Jibon Anuprerana Scheme is an Assam government scheme that gives one-time financial assistance to research scholars pursuing a PhD in public institutions in the state. Assam launched it in 2025, and applications are handled online through the DIDS portal at dids.assam.gov.in. The same Direct Institutional Disbursement System platform Assam uses for its other higher-education direct benefit transfer schemes. The scheme sits with the state's higher education administration, with the Directorate of Employment & Craftsmen Training named as the implementing directorate for the DIDS disbursement.

The benefit is straightforward:

• Rs 25,000, one time, for an eligible research scholar.
• Rs 40,000, one time, for a Divyang research scholar, that is, a scholar with a certified disability.

Jibon Anuprerana is aimed at a real and specific gap. A PhD scholar in an Assam government university who does not hold a UGC fellowship, a CSIR fellowship or an institutional assistantship funds fieldwork, data collection, sample testing, conference travel and thesis production out of pocket. Rs 25,000 does not replace a fellowship, and the scheme does not pretend to. It is a one-time grant against the up-front costs that most often stall a thesis in its middle years.

Readers searching for the scheme will find it written in several ways; "Jibon Anuprerana", "Jiban Anuprerana", "CM's Jibon Anuprerana Achoni", all referring to the same Assam scheme. It should not be confused with Chief Minister's Jibon Prerana Scheme, a separate Assam scheme that paid Rs 2,500 a month to unemployed graduates of the 2025 batch, also on the DIDS portal.

Who is eligible for Jibon Anuprerana?

You can apply if:

• You are a permanent resident of Assam and can produce a residence certificate.
• You are enrolled as a full-time PhD student, that is, a registered research scholar rather than a part-time or distance candidate.
• Your institution is a Central or State Government university located within Assam.
• You have not already benefited under the Mukhyamantri Nijut Moina Scheme, which is treated as a disqualifying prior benefit.
• You hold a bank account in your own name, Aadhaar-seeded, so the direct benefit transfer can reach you.
• You have a disability certificate from the competent authority if you are claiming the higher Rs 40,000 Divyang rate.

You cannot apply, or are not eligible, if:

• You are studying at an open university or a private institution. Both are specifically excluded.
• You are enrolled at a university outside Assam, even if you are an Assam resident.
• You are a part-time or external PhD candidate rather than a full-time research scholar.
• You are a postgraduate or MPhil student who has not yet registered for a PhD.
• You have already received the benefit under the Mukhyamantri Nijut Moina Scheme.
• You are not a permanent resident of Assam.

The scheme does not publish a bar on holding a UGC or institutional fellowship alongside it, but an income certificate is a required document, so the department has the household income position on record when it decides.

What documents are required for Jibon Anuprerana?

Scan every document as a clear, flat, well-lit image or PDF before you start. The DIDS form is multi-step, and a session that times out while you are photographing a certificate means starting the step again.

How to apply for Jibon Anuprerana online

1. Open the DIDS portal at dids.assam.gov.in and check that an application window for Jibon Anuprerana is currently open.
2. Register with your mobile number and verify it with the OTP sent to you. Use a number you will keep, because status messages come to it.
3. Log in and search for the Jibon Anuprerana scheme in the scheme list.
4. Fill the multi-step application form; personal details, contact details, and educational details including your PhD registration number and the name of your university.
5. Enter your bank account details exactly as printed in the passbook: name, account number and IFSC code.
6. Upload your Aadhaar, PhD admission letter, residence certificate, income certificate, bank passbook page, photograph, and the disability certificate if you are claiming the Divyang rate.
7. Submit the application and save the acknowledgement or application reference number shown on screen.
8. Follow up with your university's designated office, because the university verifies the documents before the department can act on them.
9. Wait for the departmental final verification, after which the money is transferred to your bank account.

There is no application fee. No one is authorised to charge for filling a DIDS form or for "getting a scholar's name approved".

How is the money paid?

Jibon Anuprerana is paid by direct benefit transfer into the scholar's own bank account, once, after two clearances: verification by the university that the applicant is genuinely its registered full-time research scholar, and final verification by the department. There is no monthly instalment and no renewal cycle. The Rs 25,000 or Rs 40,000 lands as a single credit.

Because the payment is DBT, the bank account has to satisfy three conditions that trip up more applicants than any eligibility rule: the account must be in the scholar's own name, it must be Aadhaar-seeded, and the name spelling on the account must match the Aadhaar record. A joint account with a parent is a common and avoidable cause of failure.

How do I check my Jibon Anuprerana application status?

1. Log in to dids.assam.gov.in with your registered mobile number and OTP.
2. Open the application status or my applications section and locate your reference number.
3. Note which stage it shows — submitted, pending university verification, pending departmental verification, or approved for disbursement.
4. If it is stuck at university verification, follow up in person with the research or scholarship section of your university. That step is done by the institution, not by you and not by the department.
5. Call the DIDS helpline 18002026256 for portal problems such as OTP failure, upload errors or a form that will not submit.

Why Jibon Anuprerana applications get rejected

• Institution not eligible, a private or open university enrolment. This is the clearest disqualifier and cannot be argued around.
• Not a full-time scholar, for example a part-time or external PhD registration.
• Prior benefit under Mukhyamantri Nijut Moina, which the scheme treats as disqualifying.
• PhD registration number mismatch with the university's record, so institutional verification fails.
• Bank account not Aadhaar-seeded, or held jointly, so the transfer cannot be made.
• Name mismatch between Aadhaar, the university record and the bank account.
• Residence certificate missing or expired, so Assam residency is not established.
• Illegible uploads, particularly photographs of certificates taken at an angle or in poor light.
• Applied after the window closed. The scheme does not run a permanently open form; windows are notified on DIDS.

Most rejections here are documentary rather than substantive. A scholar who fixes the bank seeding and re-applies in the next notified window usually succeeds.

What are the key dates?

• 2025: Chief Minister's Jibon Anuprerana Scheme launched. No exact launch date is published on an Assam government portal, and secondary sources give conflicting dates, so none is asserted here.
• Application windows: notified on the DIDS portal rather than fixed to a calendar date. No permanent annual date has been published, which is why this guide does not quote one.

Check dids.assam.gov.in directly before you begin. A scheme page elsewhere that quotes a confident annual deadline for Jibon Anuprerana is guessing.

Where do I complain or get help?

• DIDS helpline: 18002026256, for portal registration, upload and status problems.
• Your university's research or scholarship section, for anything stuck at institutional verification, this is where most delays actually sit.
• Directorate of Higher Education, Assam, at directorateofhighereducation.assam.gov.in, and the Higher Education Department at highereducation.assam.gov.in.
• Sewa Setu at sewasetu.assam.gov.in and its helpline 1800-345-3574 for the supporting certificates: income and residence, that the application needs.

Applying is free at every stage, and no official from the department or your university will ask you for an OTP or a bank password.