The State Government has accorded administrative approval for grant amounting to Rs 9.18 crore for purchase of items required at ashram schools, hostels and other organisations for Scheduled Caste and tribal students under the partnership programme of the European Commission and State Government.
Out of the total approved grant, Rs 1.10 crore had been earmarked for a 50-seat ashram school building, an additional sum of Rs 48,000 for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Rs 1.76 crore for girls’ hostel building at Durg and promotion of Science Education, Rs 10 lakh for repair of ashram hostels in Bastar division, Rs 1 crore for laying of stone tiles at residential schools, Rs 2 crore for development work at ashram schools, Rs 50 lakh to meet the requirements of Prayas residential schools, Rs 30 lakh for laying of stone tiles at ashram hostels and Rs 1 crore for development of professional education for Scheduled Caste and Tribal children. The order approving the funds was released by the Tribal and Scheduled Caste Development Department at Naya Raipur. The order stated that the funds earmarked be strictly utilised only for approved works under the European Commission-Chhattisgarh Government partnership programme.