Apart from hiking the scholarship\namount, now the ambit of the Scholarship Scheme is extended to the wards of\nState Police officials who are or were martyred during terror or Naxal attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The quota of new scholarships for\nchildren of state police officials will be 500 in a year. The rates of\nscholarship have also been increased from Rs. 2000 per month to Rs. 2500 per\nmonth for boys and from Rs. 2250 per month to Rs. 3000 per month for girls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Under the scheme, every year new\nscholarships are given for 5500 wards of armed forces controlled by Ministry of\nDefence, for 2000 wards of paramilitary forces controlled by Ministry of Home\nAffairs and for 150 wards of forces controlled by Ministry of Railways.\n\nUnder\nNational Defence Fund, the major scheme – Prime Minister\u2019s Scholarship Scheme\nis being implemented to encourage technical and post-graduate education for the\nwidows and wards of the deceased\/ex-service personnel of Armed Forces and Para\nMilitary Forces and Railway Protection Force.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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