*The Haryana government on Sunday decided to increase the monthly incentives for poor students from the Scheduled Caste community, ranging from Rs 50 to Rs 200.*
"The step will benefit 11 lakh such students, both boys and girls, and for which the government will provide additional Rs 150 crore in this regard," chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said while addressing a state-level function organised here to commemorate the 122nd birth anniversary of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar.
Announcing the hike in monthly incentives, Hooda said that the Scheduled Caste boys, studying in classes XI and XII would now get Rs 400 instead of Rs 300 and for girls of
the same classes, it would be Rs 600 instead of Rs 400 earlier.
Similarly, he said that the SC boys studying in classes IX and X would now get Rs 250 instead of Rs 200 earlier, whereas for girls, it would be Rs 400 instead of Rs 300 earlier.
*To check dropout rate*
The state government had started this scheme in financial year 2008-09 to check the dropout rate among the weaker sections of society.
A sum of Rs 300 crore were spent by the state government on monthly incentives to 10.72 lakh SC students during the last financial year. Reported by Deccan Herald 8 hours ago.
"The step will benefit 11 lakh such students, both boys and girls, and for which the government will provide additional Rs 150 crore in this regard," chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said while addressing a state-level function organised here to commemorate the 122nd birth anniversary of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar.
Announcing the hike in monthly incentives, Hooda said that the Scheduled Caste boys, studying in classes XI and XII would now get Rs 400 instead of Rs 300 and for girls of
the same classes, it would be Rs 600 instead of Rs 400 earlier.
Similarly, he said that the SC boys studying in classes IX and X would now get Rs 250 instead of Rs 200 earlier, whereas for girls, it would be Rs 400 instead of Rs 300 earlier.
*To check dropout rate*
The state government had started this scheme in financial year 2008-09 to check the dropout rate among the weaker sections of society.
A sum of Rs 300 crore were spent by the state government on monthly incentives to 10.72 lakh SC students during the last financial year. Reported by Deccan Herald 8 hours ago.