BBSI
What this is
The scheme provides free textbooks to Adi Dravidar/Tribal students pursuing professional courses like Medical, Engineering, Law, MBA, and others, which must be returned to the library after course completion.
In detail
Under the “Book Bank Scheme: I”, launched by the Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Department, Tamil Nadu, textbooks are purchased by the government and provided to libraries in educational institutions for the use of students in professional courses such as Medical, Engineering, Law, MBA, Veterinary, Agriculture, and Polytechnic. Adi Dravidar and Tribal students, who receive the Government of India Scholarship, can access these books during their studies. After completing the course, students must return the books to the library.
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Who qualifies
- The beneficiary should be a resident of Tamil Nadu.
- The beneficiary should be a student.
- The beneficiary should belong to the Adi Dravidar/ Tribal communities.
- The beneficiary must be receiving any Scholarship by the Government of India.
- The beneficiary must return the books after completing the course.
- The beneficiary must be enrolled in one of the following courses:
- Medical
- Engineering
- Law (BL/LLB 3 years and 5 years, LLM/ML 2 years)
- MBA (2 years)
- Veterinary
- Agriculture
- Polytechnic
- Chartered Accountants, Cost Accountants (Intermediate, Final)
- Postgraduate Technical Courses in Medical, Engineering, Agriculture, Veterinary
- Other equivalent professional studies, including Bio-Science.
What you get
- Free Textbooks Access: Students receive textbooks for their entire course duration at no cost from the library.
> Note: On completion of the course the students should return the books to the Library.
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Provenance
| schemeName | Book Bank Scheme: I | myScheme · 2026-09-02 |
| schemeOpenDate | ... | not published at source |
| schemeCloseDate | ... | not published at source |
| nodalMinistryName | ... | myScheme · 2026-09-02 |
| dbtScheme | False | myScheme · 2026-09-02 |
| achievement data | ... | no source publishes this for any central scheme |