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CMSS Scholarship 2026-27: 2,500 Scholarships, ₹4.50 Lakh Income Limit
CMSS Scholarship gives 2,500 scholarships a year to Gujarat students from seven special categories. Family income must be up to ₹4.50 lakh per year. Application dates for the 2026-27 session are not out yet.
Education Department, Government of Gujarat runs the scheme. It is also called Hon. Chief Minister Scholarship Scheme or Mukhyamantri Shishyavrutti Yojana. Students apply at scholarships.gujarat.gov.in. Selection is on merit, with fixed seats for each course.
Eligibility
Students must fall in one of these seven categories: girls from 50 low-literacy talukas in Gujarat, children of jawans killed or permanently disabled on duty, children of labourers holding an E-Nirman card, children of parents with 40% or more disability, students with 40% or more disability, children of widowed women, orphans, and children of divorced or abandoned women.
Eligible courses cover diploma and degree after 10th Class, 12th Class or diploma. This includes medical, paramedical, AYUSH, engineering, professional courses and general degrees in science, commerce and arts.
Scholarship amount
| Course | Amount per year |
| Medical (self-financed) | 50% of tuition fee or ₹5,00,000, whichever is lower |
| Paramedical/AYUSH (self-financed) | 50% of tuition fee or ₹1,00,000, whichever is lower |
| Diploma after 10th (self-financed) | 50% of tuition fee or ₹50,000, whichever is lower |
| Engineering after diploma or 12th (self-financed) | 50% of tuition fee or ₹1,00,000, whichever is lower |
| Science, commerce, arts | ₹10,000 on merit |
Each course group has a fixed number of seats. CMSS students can also get benefit under Mukhyamantri Yuva Swavalamban Yojana (MYSY) as per a Gujarat government order, but separate eligibility rules apply.