Uttarakhand government to clear Scholarship backlog

Updated on: Thursday, June 07, 2012

Uttarakhand government informed the state assembly that it is pursuing with the Centre to clear the backlog of Rs 66 crore to be paid to students from backward classes as scholarship.
  
Replying to a question on behalf of the Social Welfare Minister, Health Minister Surendra Singh Negi said post-tenth standard scholarship scheme for backward class students is fully funded by the Centre and the state government is pursuing the matter.
  
He said the backlog accumulated as the state governments disbursed scholarship among the students as per their own criteria in the previous years which was much more than the notional allocation by the Centre.
  
The minister said the scholarship ranging from Rs 160 to Rs 750 per month is disbursed among students belonging to backward classes for pursuing education above 10th standard.

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