Eligible girl students belonging to BPl families may apply for fixed deposit scheme in which the State Government grants Rs 25,000 till September 30, 2013.
The applicant must pass her 12th examination in 2013 to avail this financial assistance scheme, said NS Gasyal, District Social Welfare Officer (DSWO), Bageshwar. Apart from this condition, the fixed deposit scheme will be given to the eligible girl students of those BPl families whose annual income is Rs 15,976 in rural areas and Rs 21,206 in urban areas, added the DSWO, Bageshwar.
More so, maximum two eligible girl students of a BPl family of the aforesaid income category, will be granted the fixed deposit Rs 25,000, as the officials concerned informed. Keeping in view all the conditions, the eligible girl students are advised to submit their application forms to their respective areas block offices before September 30, 2013.
Application forms received after this date i.e. September 30, 2013, won’t be accepted, the officials concerned clarified. Therefore, all the eligible candidates have been advised to make the most of this fixed deposit scheme that the State Government has launched for the welfare of the girls of the weaker sections of the society, they added.