Rahul Gandhi writes to PM Modi, flags delay in scholarships for students from marginalised communitiesRahul Gandhi has addressed Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding critical issues. He highlighted the poor state of hostels for Dalit, ST, ...
11 Jun, 2025, 11.02 AM IST
Mallikarjun Kharge accuses govt of slashing outlay of scholarships for backward studentsCongress chief Mallikarjun Kharge wonders how the youth of backward communities would get jobs when their education would be affected by sh...
25 Feb, 2025, 11.49 PM IST
SC panel orders probe into alleged irregularities in disbursal of post matric scholarships in Punjab"We have sought a list of retired judges to institute an independent probe into administrative lapses in disbursement of post-matric schola...
21 Oct, 2022, 12.13 AM IST
Explain why enrolment of SC students in colleges is declining, NCSC asks PunjabIn a hearing on Monday, NCSC directed the state government to find out whether post matric scholarships are being disbursed to SC students,...
12 Oct, 2022, 09.10 AM IST
NCSC seeks CAG probe into scholarship disbursal in PunjabAccording to our estimates about 2 lakh SC college students in Punjab have dropped out over the last two years due to non-payment of schola...
11 Oct, 2022, 08.25 PM IST
Aadhaar linking with caste, income certificates soon for scholarshipsThe Centre will roll out the initiative in Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana which have already completed the...
07 Apr, 2022, 12.39 AM IST
Restructure post matric aid, fund on 60:40 basis: Tamil Nadu CM Edappadi K Palaniswami tells ModiEmphasising that the Post Matric scholarship scheme should be considered "in line" with other Centrally sponsored schemes, and funded with ...
03 Dec, 2020, 09.04 PM IST
Scholarship for 60 lakh Scheduled Caste school students stuck after end of Central fundingThe issue, pending Cabinet approval for nearly a year now, was recently escalated to the Prime Minister’s Office and discussed in detail in...
26 Nov, 2020, 06.51 AM IST
25 million meritorious students from deprived sections to be tracked across IndiaIn a major welfare outreach, the ministry of social justice and empowerment is working on creating a central database of all meritorious st...
03 Aug, 2020, 08.10 AM IST
Centre probing multi-crore post-matric scholarship scam: Vijay SamplaThe scholarship money was deposited in fake accounts which were opened using the students' Aadhaar details.
18 Nov, 2018, 08.08 PM IST
Post-matric scholarship for SC, ST, OBC will continue: Nitish KumarNitish Kumar said this while intervening in the government's reply during the debate on state's budget 2017-18 and Appropriation Bill in th...
29 Mar, 2017, 08.36 PM IST
Central government arrears for dalit scholarship at Rs 8,000 croreThe Centre has been unable to pay this year’s outstanding due to the states and needs additional funds to clear last year’s arrears as well.
14 Dec, 2016, 01.42 AM IST
Government extends deadline for scholarship applications by minority studentsThe students can submit their applications till August 31 now, Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs I/C Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said in...
22 Jul, 2016, 05.53 PM IST
Government mulling revising scholarship norms for SC studentsThe move comes in the backdrop of unearthing of corruption in implementation of centrally-sponsored 'post-matric scholarship and freeship' ...
29 May, 2016, 12.35 PM IST
Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa seeks PM's intervention on post-matric scholarship issueJayalalithaa said her government had to incur a total expenditure of Rs 1,295.55 crore towards post-matric scholarships in 2015-16.
17 Dec, 2015, 01.52 PM IST
BSP protests non-implementation of Post-Matric Scholarship SchemeLed by BSP's ex-Punjab General Secretary Jarnail Nangal, the protesters sat on a dharna near the CPS cum local MLA's residence.
17 Nov, 2015, 04.57 PM IST
Centre directs states to pay pre-matric scholarships to minorities through DBTI am now keen that the pre-matric scholarship scheme is also delivered to the beneficiaries through the DBT mode from this year- Najma Hept...
18 Jan, 2015, 11.47 AM IST