Bhagwan Shri Krishna Medhavi Chhatravritti Yojana

What is the Bhagwan Shri Krishna Medhavi Chhatravritti Yojana?

Bhagwan Shri Krishna Medhavi Chhatravritti Yojana is a merit scholarship announced by the Government of Madhya Pradesh in August 2026. The scheme, as announced by Chief Minister Mohan Yadav's government, will award Rs 1 lakh each to 102 meritorious students every year, taking the announced annual outlay to about Rs 1.02 crore.

The scheme is being framed around a specific idea rather than a percentage cut-off. The government has said the selection will assess multidimensional talent: arts, skills and grounding in Indian knowledge traditions: rather than exam scores alone, with the design drawing on the traditionally counted 64 arts and 14 branches of knowledge associated with Lord Krishna. The number 102 comes from that framing and is symbolic.

Bhagwan Shri Krishna Medhavi Chhatravritti Yojana sits under the School Education Department, but the detailed framework is being developed by the Shri Krishna Pathey Trust, which the government has tasked with setting the eligibility standards, the evaluation benchmarks and the selection method. Separate criteria are to be laid down for school, college and university level students.

This page records what has actually been announced. Applications have not opened, no application portal has been notified, no document list has been published, and no last date exists yet. Any website inviting applications or charging a fee for this scholarship at present is not doing so on the state government's authority.

Who is eligible for the Bhagwan Shri Krishna Medhavi Chhatravritti Yojana?

The full eligibility rules have not yet been notified. What the government has stated so far:

• Meritorious students at school, college and university level in Madhya Pradesh are all within scope.
• Separate criteria will apply to each of the three levels, set by the Shri Krishna Pathey Trust.
• Selection will not rest on marks alone. Achievement in arts, skills and Indian knowledge traditions is part of what will be assessed.
• Only 102 students a year will be selected, so this is a competitive award and not an entitlement that every qualifying student receives.

You are not eligible in the ordinary sense yet: nobody is, because the criteria have not been issued. In particular:

• No student can apply today. There is no open application window.
• Students outside Madhya Pradesh are not the intended audience of a state scholarship of this kind.
• Meeting a board exam cut-off alone will not qualify a student, because the announced design deliberately looks beyond percentage.

Students who cross a board exam cut-off and want fee support for higher education should meanwhile look at the state's existing and much larger Mukhyamantri Medhavi Vidyarthi Yojana, which is a separate scheme with published criteria and an open application process.

How to apply for the Bhagwan Shri Krishna Medhavi Chhatravritti Yojana

No application route has been notified. Until the government publishes the guidelines, the only sensible steps are these:

1. Watch the School Education Department portal at educationportal.mp.gov.in and the department's official announcements for the scheme guidelines. The guidelines will carry the eligibility criteria, the selection method, the document list and the last date.
2. Keep your academic and achievement record in order. Since the announced design assesses arts, skills and knowledge of Indian traditions alongside academics, keep certificates from competitions, cultural and skill events and recognised examinations together with your marksheets.
3. Keep your basic paperwork ready, Madhya Pradesh domicile proof, Samagra ID, Aadhaar, and a bank account in your own name that is Aadhaar-seeded and DBT-enabled. Every Madhya Pradesh scholarship pays through Direct Benefit Transfer, and this one is unlikely to be an exception.
4. Do not pay anyone to "register" you. No application has opened, so no registration for this scholarship can be genuine at present.

What is known and what is not

The announcement drew political criticism in Madhya Pradesh, with opposition parties describing it as a politicisation of religion and the ruling party defending it as cultural promotion. That debate does not affect a student's position either way: the operative fact is that the scheme exists as an announcement, and the rules are pending.

Where to get reliable information

• School Education Department, Madhya Pradesh, educationportal.mp.gov.in, where the scheme guidelines are expected to be published.
• CM Helpline: 181, for a tracked query to the department once the scheme is operational.
• Your school or college principal, who receives departmental circulars directly and will normally know about an open window before it is widely reported.

This page will be updated when the Government of Madhya Pradesh publishes the scheme guidelines. Until then, treat any figure beyond Rs 1 lakh for 102 students a year as unconfirmed.