diff --git a/atlassian/jira.py b/atlassian/jira.py
index 52160e16d..abf89b9ca 100644
--- a/atlassian/jira.py
+++ b/atlassian/jira.py
@@ -530,13 +530,33 @@ def get_project_permission_scheme(self, project_id_or_key, expand=None):
         :param expand: str
         :return: data of project permission scheme
         """
-        if expand is None:
-            url = 'rest/api/2/project/{}/permissionscheme'.format(project_id_or_key)
-        else:
-            url = 'rest/api/2/project/{0}/permissionscheme?expand={1}'.format(project_id_or_key, expand)
+        url = 'rest/api/2/project/{}/permissionscheme'.format(project_id_or_key)
+        params={}
+        if expand:
+            params['expand'] = expand
+        return self.get(url, params=params)
 
+    def get_notification_schemes(self):
+        """
+        Returns a paginated list of notification schemes
+        """
+        url = 'rest/api/2/notificationscheme'
         return self.get(url)
 
+    def get_notification_scheme(self, notification_scheme_id, expand=None):
+        """
+        Returns a full representation of the notification scheme for the given id.
+        Use 'expand' to get details
+        :param notification_scheme_id: Id of scheme u wanna work with
+        :param expand: str
+        :return: full representation of the notification scheme for the given id
+        """
+        url = 'rest/api/2/notificationscheme/{}'.format(notification_scheme_id)
+        params = {}
+        if expand:
+            params['expand'] = expand
+        return self.get(url, params=params)
+
     def create_issue_type(self, name, description='', type='standard'):
         """
         Create a new issue type
diff --git a/examples/jira/jira-notification_schemes_duplicates.py b/examples/jira/jira-notification_schemes_duplicates.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..96fec4d8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/jira/jira-notification_schemes_duplicates.py
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+from atlassian import Jira
+import requests
+
+jira = Jira(
+    url='http://localhost:8090',
+    username='admin',
+    password='admin')
+
+
+def compare_dicts(dict1, dict2):
+    count = 0
+    hint = []
+    if len(dict1) != len(dict2) and len(dict1) != len(dict2) + 1 and len(dict2) != len(dict1) + 1:
+        return False
+
+    for key in dict1:
+        if dict1[key] != dict2.get(key):
+            count += 1
+            hint.append(key)
+            if count > 1:
+                return False
+    if len(dict1) != len(dict2):
+        print('(Different size')
+    if count == 1:
+        print('(Different: ', hint[0])
+
+    return True
+
+notificationscheme_dict = {}
+all_notificationschemes_dict = {}
+
+notificationschemes_ids = jira.get_notification_schemes()
+names = []
+
+for notificationschemes_id in notificationschemes_ids['values']:
+
+    id = notificationschemes_id['id']
+    notificationschemes = jira.get_notification_scheme(id, 'all')
+    names.append(notificationschemes['name'])
+    notificationscheme_dict = {}
+
+    for scheme in notificationschemes['notificationSchemeEvents']:
+        notificationTypes = []
+
+        for notificationType in scheme['notifications']:
+            notificationTypes.append(notificationType['notificationType'])
+            notificationscheme_dict[scheme['event']['name']] = notificationTypes
+    all_notificationschemes_dict[notificationschemes['name']] = notificationscheme_dict
+
+for i in range(len(names)):
+    for j in range(len(names)):
+        if names and i < j:
+            if compare_dicts(all_notificationschemes_dict[names[i]], all_notificationschemes_dict[names[j]]):
+                print(names[i], '/', names[j])
+                print('same) \n -----------------------------------------------------------------')