IPU students get financial assistance of Rs 15 crore from Delhi government
According to the report, in a press note, the University said that the state government earlier provided Rs 9.62 crore to 1,778 students for the academic year 2018-19 while Rs 3.65 crores to 740 students during 2017-18 as part of the assistance.
The Delhi government provided financial assistance of Rs 15.34 crore to 2,690 students of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU) under their 'Merit-cum-means Linked Financial in the academic year of 2019-20. According to the report, in a press note, the University said that the state government earlier provided Rs 9.62 crore to 1,778 students for academic year 2018-19 while Rs 3.65 crores to 740 students during 2017-18 as part of the assistance. Under the scheme, if a student has scored 60% or above in the last qualifying exam and belongs to a family covered under the National Food Security Mission, the full college fee of the student is reimbursed by the government.
Similarly, half the amount is returned if the student is not covered under the mission but his or her annual family income is confined to Rs 2.50 lakhs, while 25% of the fee is reimbursed if the student is not covered under the mission but the family's annual income is between Rs 2.50 lakhs to Rs 6 lakhs, Nalini Ranjan, PRO of GGSIP University said. The scheme aims to extend financial assistance to meritorious and impoverished students pursuing higher education in government institutions.
Meanwhile, The Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU) released the schedule for the final year exams. According to the reports, IPU released an official notice on their website which states that the IPU Exams 2020 for all final year students will be conducted in the fourth week of September, following the UGC and government guidelines. While the university announced that the IPU Final Year Exams 2020 will be conducted in September, the varsity is yet to fix the date and release date sheet for the same.
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