Green Passage Scheme, Odisha 2026‑27

Green Passage is an Odisha government scheme that removes college fees for children who have lost their parents. The Higher Education Department issued the current rules as a notification dated 6 August 2022. Fee relief depends on the type of college, and the guardian’s income must be within the limit.

What you get

The waiver covers application, admission, tuition, examination, hostel admission, laboratory, library and college development fees, among others. Colleges also cover free accommodation and food for eligible students.

The Higher Education Department’s list for 2023-24 shows first-phase payments to individual students from Rs. 14,485 to Rs. 2,70,000, depending on the course and college.

Who can apply

• Children with no biological or adoptive parents, and children who have lost both parents or a single bread-earning parent.
• Children living in a Child Care Institution, in foster care, or under the care of a guardian, fit person or surviving parent.
• The guardian, fit person or surviving parent must have income from all sources of up to Rs. 8 lakhs a year.
• The scheme covers general, professional or technical education of at least one year after Class 12, in government or non-government colleges and universities.
• The notification sets no caste or category limit, and no age, marks or residence rule. It lists no exclusions.

Because the notification counts only courses after Class 12, it does not name ITI or diploma courses. If you are in one of these, confirm with the District Child Protection Officer or your college before you apply.

How to apply

The notification describes a paper process run through the District Child Protection Officer (DCPO). The state scholarship portal has posted a notice opening fresh and renewal applications for the academic year 2026-27. That notice does not name Green Passage, and the sources I could open do not describe an online form for it.

1. If the child is or was in a Child Care Institution, the DCPO issues the certificate needed to avail the scheme’s benefits.
2. If the child is in foster care or with a guardian, the DCPO issues the certificate on the basis of a Child Welfare Committee recommendation and an income certificate from the Tahasildar.
3. For a child of a COVID-19 victim, a Specially Cared Child Certificate or I-Card, with an income certificate from the Tahasildar, is needed.
4. File the Annexure-I application form with the DCPO. The notification has a model form for this.
5. Submit the certificate and other papers when you take admission, since fee relief is given at that point.

Documents you need

• The Annexure-I application form, with a recent passport-size photograph.
• A birth certificate of the child.
• The Child Welfare Committee recommendation, where the child is in foster care or under a guardian.
• A Specially Cared Child Certificate or I-Card, for a child of a COVID-19 victim.
• An annual income certificate from the competent authority, showing income from all sources of the guardian or fit person, where applicable.

How students are selected

The notification does not describe a merit list or a selection round. Eligibility is decided through the certificate process, where the DCPO checks the child’s status and the guardian’s income.

Renewal

The notification does not describe a renewal process. The official sources I could open do not say whether the certificate must be renewed each year, so ask your college or the DCPO.

Important dates

The official sources I could open do not give a last date for Green Passage applications in 2026-27. The earlier Resolution dated 29 October 2015 and later orders were superseded by this notification. The state portal’s 2026-27 notice is the only dated 2026-27 item I found, and it does not name this scheme.