A delegation of Punjab Unaided Colleges Association (PUCA) under the leadership of Raman Bhalla, former Minister and Anshu Kataria, president PUCA met Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh and urged for an early release of Rs 205 crore of post matric scholarship before Diwali.
During the meeting, Anshu Kataria said that the Centre Government has already released Rs 115 crore to the state, around 30 crore of the year 2016-17 and about Rs 60 crore of the year 2017-18 committed state liability amounting to a total of Rs 205 crore is due towards the Government.
Raman Bhalla while speaking said that due to the non-payment of over Rs 1200 crore from last two years, over 3 lakh SC students of Punjab and 1000 of unaided colleges are facing financial hardships.
Not only this, “even salaries of last 4-5 months of teaching and non teaching staff members in some unaided colleges are also pending” Kataria added.
Captain Amarinder Singh gave patience hearing to the problems being faced by the students and colleges due to delay in release of scholarship. He assured to resolve the issue at the earliest.