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Chandigarh, November 17
Punjab Government is committed to the welfare of minority communities students said Social Justice, Empowerment and Minorities Minister, Dr. Baljit Kaur, adding that providing education to children belonging to minority groups is the state government’s main priority.
Cabinet Minister said that students from minority communities receive stipends for courses under the Merit Cum Means-Based Scholarship Scheme for higher education and professional institutes. The scheme’s primary goal is to assist students from extremely poor families in completing higher education. “Sikh, Muslim, Christian, Parsi and Jain communities are covered in the Merit Cum Means Based Scholarship Scheme for Minorities by the government. Stipends are provided to students in graduate, post-graduate and professional courses such as medical, nursing, pharmacy and management,” she added.
She said that under this scheme, the stipend is given to the student studying in the National listed institutions. Currently, full course fees is being reimbursed at IIT Ropar, Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology,(SLIET) Sangrur and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar(NIT).
The minister clarified that students eligible for benefits must have scored not less than 50% marks in the previous year examination. The annual income of parents, and guardians not exceeding Rs 2.50 lakhs. Both parents and students should be residents of Punjab and the student should be studying regularly in an educational institution to avail of the scheme’s benefits.