Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, June 19: The Department of Tribal Affairs has paid an amount of Rs 57 crore to 57534 students belonging to Schedule Tribe (ST) category as post-matric scholarship since 2008 in the State.
This information was given to the Minister of State for Education Feroz Ahmad Khan while chairing a meeting of the officers of Tribal Affairs Department here today.
MLC Aga Syed Ahmad Rizvi and President Jammu and Kashmir Shia Federation, Jammu, Aushiq Hussain Khan, who is member of Board for Tribal Affairs, were present in the meeting.
The Minister was informed that an amount of Rs 49.36 lakhs has been provided to the 710 ST students of Kargil district from 2008 to 2014 as post matric scholarship thus covering all the students from the district pursuing their higher education.
Mr. Feroz stressed upon the students of under privileged sections of the society including the ST to avail the benefits of the schemes launched by the Government for their welfare. He assured the community that Government would do everything possible to ensure that they march ahead with other communities in matters of development.
The meeting was informed that the construction work on hostel building for ST students at Kargil is coming up at an estimated cost of Rs 2.93 crore while Rs 15 lakh stands incurred on the project so far.
Director Tribal Affairs Ali Raza,threw light on different Centrally and State sponsored schemes being implemented by the Tribal Affairs Department for the development and welfare of the tribal population of the state.
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