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To make higher education accessible and modern in the digital age, the Higher Education Department of the Government of Odisha has invited online applications for meritorious students under ‘Godabarisha Bidyarthi Protsahan Yojana – Laptop DBT Scheme’. Under this ambitious scheme, a total of 15,000 promising students who have passed class 12th will be selected. Each selected student will be provided a one-time financial assistance of ₹30,000 to purchase a modern laptop. Instead of physically distributing the laptops, the state government will transfer the entire amount to the Aadhaar-linked bank accounts of the students through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT), so that the students can purchase laptops from the market as per their choice and technical requirement. The online application process for the scheme has started and the last date for this has been fixed as 19 November 2026.
The government has set clear eligibility conditions to avail the benefits of this scheme:
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Native Residence: It is mandatory for the applicant to be a permanent resident of Odisha state.
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Academic Board: The student must have passed 12th examination in Science, Arts, Commerce or Vocational stream from the Council of Higher Secondary Education Odisha (CHSE Odisha). Apart from this, students who have passed Upshastri examination from Shri Jagannath Sanskrit University, Puri are also eligible.
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Passed Year: Mainly students who have passed 12th exam in 2025 are eligible. Also, those students who passed in the year 2024 who had missed applying last time, have also been given a chance this time.
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Mark Percentage: As per the guidelines, meritorious students scoring 60% or more marks will be given preference.
15,000 beneficiaries will be selected under the scheme under a completely transparent merit system. For this, the quota of seats has been fixed by the department at the block level, urban local bodies (ULB) and district level. Also, proportional distribution of seats has been decided on the basis of faculty (Science, Arts, Commerce) and social categories (General, SC and ST). Before applying, students must check their name in the provisional beneficiary list released by Odisha Higher Education Department (dhe.odisha.gov.in) or scholarship portal.
Before filling the online form, students must keep clear scanned copies of all these documents ready:
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Original marksheet and passing certificate of 12th (Higher Secondary).
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Aadhar card and active mobile number linked to it.
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Aadhaar seeded and copy of bank passbook mapped from NPCI.
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Permanent Residence Certificate of Odisha.
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Caste certificate issued by the competent authority for reserved category students.
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Passport size photograph and email ID.
Eligible students can complete their application by 19th November 2026 by following the simple steps given below:
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Firstly the official website of Odisha State Scholarship Portal scholarship.odisha.gov.in Go to.
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Click on ‘Registration’ option on the homepage and complete your registration through Aadhaar number and OTP.
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After registration, do ‘Student Login’ with the help of your credentials.
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Go to ‘Schemes’ section on the dashboard under Higher Education Department ‘Godabarisha Bidyarthi Promotion Scheme (LAPTOP DBT)’ Select.
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Fill your personal information, 12th roll number, marks and bank account details carefully.
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Upload all the required documents, check the preview of the entire form and click on ‘Submit’ button and save the Acknowledgment Receipt.
After the application process is over, the documents will be verified by the Higher Education Department and an amount of ₹30,000 will be sent directly to the bank accounts of the finally selected students. Students must ensure that their bank account is active and mandatorily linked to Aadhaar to receive DBT payments. To avoid technical issues and server load, eligible meritorious students are advised to fill their form before the last date of 19th November.