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After lapsing of the stipulated period for replying to multiple notices on the issue of hardships faced by Scheduled Caste students under the Post-Matric Scho
With the failure of the Punjab government to reply on the hardship being faced for post-matric scholarship for Scheduled Castes, National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) Chairman Vijay Sampla on Friday said the state Chief Secretary and .
SC Commission summons Punjab Chief Secretary on post-matric scholarship scheme ANI | Updated: Jun 11, 2021 22:58 IST
New Delhi [India], June 11 (ANI): National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) on Friday has issued summons to the Chief Secretary of Punjab and other officials on July 17 on the issue of hardships faced by Scheduled Caste students under the Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme in the state.
In a notice issued to the Chief Secretary of Punjab, the NCSC asked him to submit the action taken report in the matter immediately.
The commission said that the state government had failed to respond to its earlier two notices issued on June 7 and 10 within the stipulated time.
NEW DELHI: The Centre has released funds to the tune of Rs 4,000 crore for the Post Matric Scholarship Scheme for Scheduled Castes, Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Rattan Lal Kataria said on Friday.
In a statement, he said Uttar Pradesh was allocated the highest funds at Rs 892.36 crore followed by Maharashtra at Rs 558 crore and Andhra Pradesh at Rs 450 crore.
The government had completely revamped the Post Matric Scholarship Scheme for Scheduled Castes to provide universal access to the youth of the community for higher education.
The funding pattern under the scheme was changed from the committed liability formula to a fixed sharing pattern of 60:40 between the Centre and states (90:10 for north eastern states), thus increasing the commitment of the government in the scheme by almost four times, the minister said.