Limit for SC students to avail scholarship increased to 2.5 lakh

By Vikas Vaidya


There is a reason to smile for the students of Scheduled Caste (SC) as Government has increased the family income limit from Rs 2 lakh to Rs 2.5 lakh. This will pave the way to bring more number of students under the scholarship scheme. Otherwise also students having income more than Rs 2 lakh get benefit of freeship (excluding maintenance allowance and examination fees).
Government through the circular that has incorporated some changes in the scheme of Post Matric Scholarships to be implemented by various State Governments. Maharashtra Government has come out with the Government Resolution (GR).
Non-refundable fee to students will be released to Government institutes on priority. The other institutes would follow them. All States availing benefits under the scholarship will migrate to on-line processing of disbursal of scholarships within a year of the revised schemes coming into effect.
The District Collector will nominate Group A officers to inspect all private institutes offering courses at the level of graduation during the year preferably by the time of closure of admission.
As for as book banks is concerned, such banks are to be set up in all the medical, engineering, agriculture, law and veterinary degree colleges and institutions of chartered accountancy, MBA and polytechnic colleges where SC students availing scholarship benefits. The set of text books will be purchased for 2 SC students at various stages.

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