The maximum increase - 197% over last fiscal - has been for building Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) for promotion of quality educ...

Earlier, the pre-matric scholarship used to cover education for grades 1 to 8 as well as for students belonging to minority communities. SC...

"Accordingly only students studying in classes IX and X are covered under the Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme of the Ministry of Social Justi...

The ministry has received the clearance of the expenditure finance committee (EFC) and is likely to get the Cabinet nod within this month.

The Centre will allow all state governments to link their scholarship schemes to this portal so that this becomes a single place to know ab...

Over half of the funds earmarked for pre-matric scholarships under the Centre’s scheme for tribal children is lying unspent. Out of Rs 400 ...

The backbone of the new guidelines, which would come into effect from April 1, 2021, would be an IT-enabled uniform disbursal system which ...

There is a 14% increase in the budget allocation for ministry of social justice and empowerment and a 7.5% increase in that of tribal affai...

Govt reworks strategy as its direct benefit schemes for students and youngsters fail to reach the desired number of people.

Ayyamperumal, a Dalit student from Perambalur district in Tamil Nadu, told TOI that he faced constant trouble and harassment in the three y...

National Scholarship Portal launched last July to credit all scholarships directly into the beneficiary’s account is facing serious challen...

For students pursuing PhD and professional degrees in IITs and NITS, government has started disbursing scholarship funds directly into thei...

The Tribal Affairs Ministry is seeking to merge five stand-alone centrally-sponsored schemes under an umbrella scheme for education of Sche...

The ministry has not been able to find enough beneficiaries for two major schemes – National Overseas Scholarship Scheme for ST students an...

Union Tribal Affairs Ministry was allocated a budget of Rs 4295.94 c rore, marking a 4.57 per cent increase of Rs 187.94 crore over last ye...

Taking a cue from Rajasthan and Kerala, Maharashtra Government has decided to implement a Rs 200 crore pre-matric scholarship programme for...

A parliamentary committee has requested the ministry of social justice & empowerment to take up the cut in its budgetary proposals with the...