Updates of the National Scholarship Portal 2025 are updated from time to time by govt In this, friends, I am going to tell you one such update. The merit list of some schemes has been released on the National Scholarship Portal. Yes, I want to clear the first thing—there are only a few schemes whose merit list has come for 2024-25.

Merit List 2024-25 Released for Select Schemes

Yes, I talk about some such schemes in 2024-25.
I will show the complete list inside this  Article and will also tell how you can see whether your name is there or not. If your name is in the merit list, then definitely you are eligible for getting the payment. So let’s get started!

Portal Overview: Where to Find Your Scholarship Info

So friends, let’s come to the National Scholarship Portal Update Friends, you can see that different types of schemes are available here. For example:

• Ministry of Tribal Affairs
• Ministry of Minority Affairs
• Department of School Literacy
• Ministry of Home Affairs

Also under UGC AICTE, you can see:

Scheme Type	Details
AICTE Swanathan Scholarship	For Technical Diploma
AICTE Pragati Scholarship	For Technical Diploma and Technical Degree
AICTE Saksham Scholarship	For Technical Degree
Snaan Scholarship	Also listed under AICTE for Technical Degree

How to Check the Merit List

Step-by-Step Guide:

1. Search “UGC” on Google
2. Come to the Scheme section
3. Click on Student Development Scheme
4. Scroll down to find:
   • AICTE Saraswati Scheme
   • Merit list of AICTE Swanathan Scholarship Scheme

Once you click on Read More, this page will open, where you can see:

• Merit list of Scholarship Scheme Degree 2024-25
• Merit list of Sanathan Scholarship Scheme 2024-25

Number of Selected Students

If I open it, all the students who are selected here can be seen.
If I try to scroll:

• 🏅 169 students are selected in Diploma
• 🏅 259 students are selected in Degree under AICTE Sonathan Scholarship

In the same way:

• Scroll down to Swanathan, and you will find:
  • 259 students selected for Degree
  • 169 students selected for Diploma

So, overall, this merit list is in front of you from where you can check out.

What About Students Still Waiting?

Now it comes to the merit list of those students who have not received it.

Whether it is Pragati Scholarship in 2024-25.

Pragati, Swanathan , and Saksham Scholarships: Who Gets Priority?

Let’s talk about Pragati Scholarship first.

✅ You can see that it is given first to those students of this department who are really deserving candidates.

The Swanathan and Saksham Scholarship that we mentioned are given to:

• Students who have some crisis
• Students who do not have parents
• Students where parents are not alive or there is a major issue

These students basically apply in this scheme.

Why Merit List Comes in Stages

So you can understand that the same department first gives priority to:

• Students who are very needy
• Students who totally depend on NSP scholarship

So, their merit list has been released first.

Then after that comes Pragati Scholarship, which has been created by:

• Merging all the students like single girl child
• So those students can apply here now