The Bihar government approved a Rs 2,271 crore pre-matric scholarship budget for SC, ST, backward, and extremely backward class students. A total of Rs 519.64 crore has been approved for the revision of pre-matric scholarship rates for SC/ST students, while Rs 1751.56 crore will be made available for BC & EBC. Read below for more details.
The Bihar Government has approved Rs 2,271 crore for doubling the pre-matric scholarship amounts for SC, ST, backward, and extremely backward class students in the state. A total of Rs 519.64 crore has been approved for revision of pre-matric scholarship rates for SC/ST students, while Rs 1751.56 crore is made available for BC and EBC students.
"The cabinet has approved Rs 519.64 crore for revision of scholarship rates, doubling it to Rs 1,200 for classes 1-4, Rs 2,400 for classes 5-6, Rs 3,600 for classes 7-10, and Rs 6,000 annually for residential students," shared Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Cabinet Secretariat department, Arvind Chaudhary.
Bihar government, in an official statement, informed that monthly hostel subsidy for BC and EBC students has been proposed to be revised from Rs 1,000 to 2,000 per month. The annual family income limit for scholarships to BC and EBC students has been revised from Rs 1.5 lakh to Rs 3 lakh, with an approval of Rs 117.98 crore.
The cabinet also approved a Rs 87.81 crore revised project for establishing a music college in name of Ustad Bismillah Khan in Buxar. These steps have been taken for welfare of students.
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