The State Government on Sunday issued orders doubling the present rate of scholarship of the students belonging to the Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and other backward classes.
According to the provisions of the orders, scholarship will be given to students on the basis of 10-month academic year. According to a press statement issued here on Sunday, as per the declaration of Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh, the amount of scholarship has been doubled. On the CM’s instructions, the Tribal and Scheduled Caste Development has issued the order increasing the scholarship.
Tribal and Scheduled Caste Development Minister Kedar Kashyap has instructed all district level officers to ensure implementation of the order. In another order, the State Government has hiked the stipend of the students belonging to the Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and other backward classes residing in the hostels and ashram schools by Rs100. Now, these students will get Rs750 per month, in place Rs 650. In the order issued to the divisional commissioner, the State Government said that under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe category, girls studying in class III to V will now get state scholarship Rs500 at the rate of Rs50 per month, instead of Rs250, which they were getting earlier. Girls studying in class VI to VIII will get state scholarship Rs800 at the rate of Rs80 per month, in place of Rs400, whereas the boys studying in class VI to VIII will get State scholarship Rs600 at the rate of Rs60 per month, in place of Rs300. The high school girl students of SC, ST category from class IX and X will get State scholarship Rs 1000 at the rate of Rs100 per month, in place of Rs500 they were getting earlier and boys of the same classes will get Rs800 per annum in place of Rs400.
Similarly, under the OBC category girls studying in class VI to VIII will get State scholarship Rs450 at the rate of Rs45 per month, in place of Rs225, which they were getting earlier, whereas the boys studying in class VI to VIII will get state scholarship Rs300 at the rate of Rs30 per month, in place of Rs 150. Girl students of OBC category from Class IX and X will get state scholarship Rs600 at the rate of Rs60 per month, in place of Rs300 which they were getting earlier and boys of the same classes will get Rs450 per annum in place of Rs225.