Applying for loans is always tiresome, but do you know you can apply for multiple education loans using a single window platform. which acts as a platform to monitor scholarships and administer your educational loan requirements. All you need to get started is to register on the portal and fill the form to search for educational loan offered by various banks.
The portal also hosts a link (National Scholarship Portal) for students seeking government scholarships.
The portal has the following feature :
- Common educational loan application form for students
- Facility to apply to multiple banks for educational loans
- Facility for banks to download students' loan applications
- Facility for banks to upload loan processing status
- Facility for students to e-mail grievances/queries relating to educational loans to banks
- Dashboard facility for students to view status of their loan application
- Linkage to national scholarship portal for information and application for government scholarships
Earlier, the Union Finance Minister ArunJaitley in the Union Budget for 2015-16 had proposed to set-up a fully IT based Student Financial Aid Authority to administer and monitor Scholarship as well as Educational Loan Schemes, through the PMVLK to ensure that no student misses out on higher education for lack of funds.
3 easy steps to apply Education loan
- You will need to register on the portal
- Fill-up the Common Education Loan Application Form by providing all the necessary details. This is a one-time procedure.
- After filling the form, you can search for educational Loan offered by various banks and apply as per your needs, eligibility and convenience.
Source : http://indiatoday.intoday.in/money/story/you-can-apply-for-multiple-education-loans-using-a-single-window-platform/1/487599.html