With an aim to extend financial help to meritorious girl students the state government has re-launched its Kanya Vidyadhan Yojana by deciding to honour over 99,000 students on the basis of merit list who have passed Intermediate examination from CBSE, UP Board and ISC in this academic session of 2015. The decision was approved in the cabinet meeting held here on Tuesday.
Government spokesman said that reservation policy would be followed as 20 per cent of the seats are reserved for minority and 21 per cent for SC/ST girl students. Under this scheme girls will get Rs 30,000 grant for their future studies. “Rs 300 crore has been earmarked for this scheme in 2015-16 budget,” spokesman said and added that beneficiary students would be selected on the basis of merit.
A clear cut formula has also been evolved for implementation of this scheme. Seventy-five per cent students would be from UP Board and the rest from the CBSE and ISC Boards. The Kanya Vidya Dhan scheme was launched in 2004. Initially a sum of Rs. 20,000 was given to each girl who passed intermediate examination from U.P Board and belong to the family living below to the poverty line in rural and urban areas.
But Akhilesh Government revised the scheme and brought CBSE and ISC Board students under this gamut. His government also scrapped BPl clause. In another decision Government has approved Rural Tourism Policy under which those villages that have tourism potential and are close to highways would promoted as tourist destination. The Government will select three villages every years and will give Rs 2 crore to each village promotion.
Under this policy the havelies built before 1950 would be selected where tourists can stay for a night or two. Rural Tourism Management Committee headed by DMs would provide basic facilities there. In other decision government has decided to introduce tetra packs to sell country made liquor. This would be available for 180 ml quantity. The packs would carry date of manufacture, expiry date, weight and approved CFTRI, Mysore. Government has also approved EDP grade for the employees of vocational educational instritutions would be spread over in six scaled. In another decision retirement age of Remote Sensing employees has been increased from existing 58 years to 60 years.