NSP 2026-27 revised framework: what changed in applications, editing, L1 and L2 verification

A CBSE public notice says the scholarship framework on the National Scholarship Portal (NSP) has been revised with effect from Academic Year 2026-27. The annexure says details from your first application are retained and reused, later applications need only scheme-specific details and documents, and L1 and L2 verification follow new rules.

What the notice says

The CBSE public notice is titled Revised National Scholarship Portal (NSP) Framework for Academic Year 2026-27. It says that, in pursuance of Cabinet Secretariat Office Memorandum No. D-12011/01/2025-DBT dated 12 November 2025, the scholarship framework on NSP has been revised with effect from 2026-27. The modified workflow is enclosed for the information and guidance of all stakeholders, and heads of CBSE-affiliated schools are asked to pass it to eligible students, parents and other stakeholders. For NSP dates and the CSSS renewal deadline, see our NSP 2026-27 guide.

What changes when you apply and edit

• Details furnished in the first application are retained and reused for all later applications.
• When submitting later applications, applicants need to furnish only scheme-specific details and upload the relevant documents.
• If an application is marked defective, applicants can edit only scheme-specific details.
• To modify general, academic, institute or course details, all submitted applications must first be withdrawn.

So fill in the general and academic details carefully in your first application, because they carry forward.

What changes at L1 verification

• Tuition fee, admission fee and other non-refundable fee components updated during L1 verification of the first application are auto-populated in later applications.
• During L1 verification, all applications by the applicant and their status are visible to the INO.
• When an application is marked ‘Defective’, the deficiencies are recorded in two separate categories: (i) scheme-specific details and (ii) general/academic details.

The notice says NIC-NSP informed about these changes.

L2 verification and the ‘Red Flag’

• All applications of an applicant, with their status, are simultaneously visible to all concerned L2 Nodal Officers. This is meant to keep decisions consistent across several applications by the same applicant under different scholarship categories.
• Example from the notice: if someone applies under one Welfare-based scheme and another Merit-based scheme, the L2 Nodal Officers of both schemes can see the other application and its status.
• If deficiencies relate to general or academic details, all other applications of the applicant are automatically flagged under the ‘Red Flag’ category.

Who is affected, and what the notice does not say

Students/applicants: especially those applying under more than one scheme. Institutes: the INO sees all of an applicant’s applications. L2 Nodal Officers: all concerned officers see all applications. Schools: heads of CBSE-affiliated schools are asked to share the information with eligible students and parents.

The notice gives no new deadline, fee, document list or eligibility rule. It does not say what happens after a Red Flag, and it does not spell out INO, L1 or L2. Use only the official NSP website, scholarships.gov.in, for applications and status.