The main objective of the scheme is to develop a student as a multifaceted personality with academic excellence and a commitment to an egalitarian society. India lives in her villages and to bridge the gap between rural Bharat and urban India, this scheme is basically undertaken for the benefit of students coming from the rural areas, who are economically backward, intelligent and meritorious but cannot afford higher education, needy and financially hard pressed. It inculcates in the student the idea that no work is big or small and develops a work culture with the right aptitude. It is now been announced by our Vice Chancellor, Dr.Narendra Jadhav that the scheme should be flexible to give work to those who demand it. This is a vision of keeping our youth gainfully employed as well as to contribute from civil society. This is a paradigm shift in the way we see higher education. This will make higher education accessible and available to the poor, meritorious and the marginalized.

The scheme is at present being undertaken at the post-graduate level on the university campus as well as at the graduate level in the affiliated colleges and recognised institutions under the jurisdiction of the University of Pune. Financial assistance to the extent of fifty percent of the expenditure incurred by the affiliated Colleges/ Institute is reimbursed to the concerned on submitting the necessary papers to the Director, Board of Students' Welfare. Under this scheme those students who are interested in joining are to fill the necessary application form, which is then scrutinized by an appropriate committee. The list of students who have been finally enrolled in the scheme are to be sent to the Director, Board of Students' Welfare on or before 15th September every year, subject to the condition that the College / Institution has been given permission to undertake the scheme. The students enrolled under the scheme are given the following types of work namely-That increase their skills in areas of their study, office work, technical work and field work. However when the distribution of work is given it is seen that all students get equal opportunity to get all different kinds of work and that each student gets eighty percent of technical work and twenty percent of fieldwork. Office work includes working at the Library or any other office of the institute.

Technical work includes:

Knowledge of computers, office machines such as photocopying etc. or even working at a telephone booth, while field work includes working in the garden, looking after newly planted trees, play grounds, cleanliness of the campus etc. Each student is expected to work for three hours (3) daily.

Students working under this scheme are paid an honorarium of Rs.55 per hour as per the revised rates effective 1 Feburay 2017. Payment is made as per the attendance sheet, which is to be maintained by the institute/college/university. The students are requested to open a bank account at their respective places and cheques make payments. At the end of the year the respective institute/college is requested to submit the annual accounts for the scheme when the central audit scheme is undertaken.

The ratio being as follows:

1 to 500 - Rs. 75,000
501 to 1000 - Rs. 1,50,000
1001 to 1500 - Rs. 2, 25,000
1501 to 2000 - Rs. 3, 00,000
2001 to 2500 - Rs. 3, 75,000
2501 to 3000 - Rs. 4,50,000
3001 to 3500 - Rs. 5,25,000
3501 to 4000 - Rs. 6,00,000
4001 to 4500 - Rs. 6,75,000
4501 to 5000 - Rs. 7,50,000
5001 to 5500- Rs. 8,25,000
5501 to 6000 - Rs. 9,00,000
6001 to 6500 - Rs. 9,75,000
6501 to 7000 - Rs. 10,50,000
7001 to 7500 - Rs. 11,25,000
7501 to 8000 - Rs. 12,00,000
8001 to 8500 - Rs. 12,75,000
8501 to 9000 - Rs. 13,50,000
9001 to 9500 - Rs. 14,25,000
9501 to 10000 -Rs. 15,00,000

And that any student who is eligible for enrollment in the scheme will be given work and an allocation of Rs. 6 Crores has been made in the current budget.