Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday decided to provide scholarships to all students studying in over 500 Sanskrit schools in the state, removing the condition that their family income should be less than Rs 50,000 annually.
In a cabinet meeting chaired by the Chief Minister Yogi AdityanathIt was also decided to increase the amount of scholarships for those who attend grades 9 to 12 in these schools.
The new scholarship amount varies between Rs 50 and Rs 200 per month.
The grant has been reviewed after more than two decades, according to an official statement. The last revision of the amount was made in 2001.
After the meeting, Secondary Education Minister Gulab Devi said, “Since most of the children receiving Sanskrit education are from poor sections, a provision has been made to provide scholarships to students of Prathama i.e. classes 6, 7 and 8 of Sanskrit education.” The minister said that now, Rs 50 per month will be given to children of classes 6 and 7, and Rs 75 to children of class 8.
Earlier, Purva Madhyama students (classes 9 and 10) were given a monthly scholarship of Rs 50 and Uttar Madhyama children (classes 11 and 12) were given Rs 80 per month.
Now, students in grades 9 and 10 will get Rs 100 per month and those studying in grades 11 and 12 will get Rs 200.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna said that earlier, only children from families with an annual income of up to Rs 50,000 were eligible for scholarships, but now the income limit has been removed.
He said that at present there are 517 Sanskrit schools in the state with 1,21,573 students studying, who will benefit from the implementation of the proposal.
The overhaul will also cost the exchequer over Rs 19.65 crore, Khanna added.
In the current financial year, applications for the scholarship programme can be submitted offline and the online system will be implemented from the next financial year, the statement said.
Khanna said 13 proposals were approved in the cabinet meeting.
Tourism Minister Jaiveer Singh said that the department’s tourist lodges that are loss-making or on the verge of closure will be handed over to private management for 15 years and then for an extended period of 15 years.
This will provide better facilities to tourists, he said.
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