Himachal Pradesh government has launched Atal School Vardi Yojana for the students in all the state run schools. Under this Free Uniform Scheme, all the students of class 1st to 12th will get these free uniforms.
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Students are provided with free school uniforms for the FY 2018-19, 2019-20 & 2020-21. In Atal Vardi Yojna in 2018-19, around 8,30,945 students of class 1-12 had received 2 sets of free school uniforms with an outlay of Rs. 73.5 crore.
Under the Atal Vardi Yojana, students of 1st, 6th and 9th class are also being provided with school bags in addition to two uniforms in a year.
Till 26 August 2020, around 2,56,514 students of class 1, 6 & 9 had also received school bags with an estimated expenditure of Rs. 7.84 crore.
This scheme would go a long way in inculcating confidence among the children from poor families.
The Free Uniform Scheme was named after former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee because of his special love for the hill folk.
