Chandigarh

Haryana Govt reserves Rs3K cr for SC welfare scheme: Hooda

PNS

The Haryana Government has allocated Rs3,761.20 crore, which is 20.90 per cent of the State’s Net Plan Outlay, under the Scheduled Castes Sub Plan in the Annual Plan 2013-14, said Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Saturday.

He was attending a function to celebrate the 122nd birth anniversary of Baba Saheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar.

He said the Government has already launched a scheme ‘Dr Ambedkar Medhavi Chhatra Yojana’ under which meritorious students belonging to the community of Scheduled Castes are given annual scholarships ranging from Rs4,000 to Rs12,000.