Rahul Gandhi urges PM Modi to end woes of OBC studentsRahul Gandhi, the opposition leader in Lok Sabha, has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address the concerning delays in post-mat...
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, ...
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...
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...
Former Punjab minister Joginder Mann joins AAP"Inspired by Arvind ji's vision, Punjab's former cabinet minister and three-time MLA Joginder Singh Mann ji joins AAP ending his 50-year-ol...
Only 0.4 million of six milliond Scheduled Caste students receive scholarshipThe Centre, however, is pushing for disbursement of the scholarship money--more so in the poll-bound states-before the model code of conduc...
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...
Govt paid Rs 10 lakh compensation each to 210 dead sewer workers in last 25 yrsThe Minister informed that a survey on it, which began in December 2013, is still on and is being conducted in 166 districts in 17 states.
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.
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.
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...
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' ...
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.
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.
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...
Bihar CM Jitan Ram Manjhi misleading Assembly, public, says Sushil Kumar ModiThe issue rocked both Houses of the state legislature on Thursday and Friday. It had led to a clash between JD(U) and BJP members in the Co...
- Government hikes scholarship amount for ST students, disabled
Government decided to substantially hike the post-matric scholarship amount and other benefits given to students from scheduled tribes and ...