NE NEWS SERVICE
GANDHINAGAR, FEB 24
The Gujarat government has said the SC/ST community students who have taken admission in courses not covered under the Fee Regulatory Committee (FRC) will now be entitled to get scholarships.
CM distributes aids of various schemes to beneficiaries in the Garib Kalyan Mela held at Dahod https://t.co/ydsDZYRGIe
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) February 24, 2022
The decision was taken by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel during the state cabinet meeting on Wednesday in the larger interest of the students, according to a government release.
રાજ્યમાં ઇ-વ્હિકલના ઉત્પાદનને પ્રોત્સાહન આપવાની આગવી પહેલ કરતા મુખ્યમંત્રીશ્રી ભૂપેન્દ્ર પટેલે ઇ-વ્હિકલ ક્ષેત્રના 31 જેટલા સ્ટાર્ટ-અપ ફાઉન્ડર્સ-ઇનોવેટર્સને ગાંધીનગરમાં મુખ્યમંત્રી નિવાસસ્થાને રૂબરૂ મળી સંવાદ સાધ્યો હતો તથા રાજ્યની ઇ-વ્હિકલ ઇકોલોજીને મજબૂત કરવા બદલ બિરદાવ્યા હતા. pic.twitter.com/Mx4tfeBWnC
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) February 23, 2022
At present, scholarship is granted to those students from the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) who take admission in courses which are approved and covered under the FRC. From now onwards, the /ST students who take admission in non-FRC courses run by private colleges and universities will also be considered eligible for government scholarships under the Freeship Card scheme, said the release.
The decision will be beneficial for nearly 6,000 SC students and 12,000 students from the ST category. In all, the government would pay Rs 36 crore towards their scholarships, it said.
આદરણીય @PMOIndia શ્રી @narendramodi જી ના ગરીબ કલ્યાણ મેળા કરવાના વિચારને સમર્થન આપું છું અને તેમનો આભાર માનું છું કે તેમણે ગ્રામીણ વિસ્તરના ભોળા માનવીને દલાલ થી બચાવી, લોકોની સુખાકારીમાં વધારો કર્યો છે અને નવા પરિવર્તનોનું નિર્માણ થઇ રહ્યું છે. pic.twitter.com/dK8fkHB27u
— Jitu Vaghani (मोदी का परिवार) (@jitu_vaghani) February 24, 2022
During the cabinet meeting, the CM also reviewed the final preparations going on for the upcoming Garib Kalyan Melas, to be held in different parts of the state on February 24, 25 and 26.
The CM was also informed that the departments concerned have given a final shape to the state budget, which will be presented in the state Assembly on March 3, the release said.
