Eligibility :

Every person who has completed the first degree or its equivalent (for example, B.A., B.Sc., B.Com., B.Sc. Agri ., MBBS., B.Tech., BE) is eligible to enrol herself/himself as a volunteer under the scheme provided that she/he has not attained 25 years of age, as on the last day of the financial year. For this purpose, students who have obtained a three-year diploma from polytechnics are also eligible. Exception regarding the requirement of a degree or polytechnic diploma may be made in respect of youth who had to discontinue their studies owing to participation in any mass movement for a better political and social order and those belonging to Scheduled castes/Scheduled tribes and also in respect of women, if women graduates/polytechnic diploma holders are not available in any particular area/district (as referred in paragraph 4 above). In respect of such persons, the age limit of 25 may also be relaxed upto 3 years. This relaxation in age limit may also be allowed in all cases of women volunteers, where those below 25 years are not available.