Scholarship expenditure for the backward and minority students
Posted On: 09 FEB 2022 2:28PM by PIB Delhi
The Ministry of Education (MoE) is implementing various scholarship schemes for eligible students, including students from the backward and minority communities in the form of scholarships, maintenance allowances, payment/ reimbursement of tuition fee, hostel expenses, etc. Expenditure incurred by the MoE in this regard for the students from the backward and minority communities in the last five years (2016-17 to 2020-21) were Rs. 404.92, Rs. 580.59, Rs. 681.26, Rs. 782.69 & Rs. 747.80 crore respectively.
The information was given by the Minister of State for Education, Dr. Subhas Sarkar in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
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