Punjab Government to soon introduce SC post matric scholarship scheme

Punjab Chief Minister has said that the state government will soon be introducing a new scholarship scheme for SC students.

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has announced that the state government will soon be introducing a new scholarship scheme for Scheduled Caste (SC) students.

The Chief Minister said that the new scheme will give an opportunity to students of weaker sections to pursue higher education in various streams, which they had been deprived of due to withdrawal of the scholarship scheme by the Government of India. He said the state government is in the process of recasting this scheme with the aim to ensure that no SC students are deprived of Higher Education.

Singh also reiterated that his government’s resolve to recruit 1 lakh youth into government jobs over the next one and a half year, of which 50,000 will be recruited until March 2021, and another 50,000 by the end of its term, the release by the Punjab Chief Minister’s Office stated.

The Punjab Chief Minister was addressing a virtual programme on the culmination of the 6^th State Level Mega Rozgar Mela from Patiala, along with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.

The Chief Minister further said that his government had in part 3.5 years had successfully created job opportunities for 13.42 lakh youth through placement and self-employment assistance under the scheme.

“Of these, 50,000 government and 4.04 lakh private jobs had been given to the youth, besides facilitating nearly 8.80 lakh youth in taking up self-employment ventures,” the statement added.

Rahul Gandhi also said that there is a need to create ‘a perfect synergy’ between agriculture and industry to ensure balanced economic growth in the country. He said, “instead of bringing the draconian agricultural laws, the Centre should have helped the farmers by creating an excellent infrastructure and system to ensure holistic growth of agriculture.”

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