No student should miss out on scholarship benefits: Haryana CM

Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini has said directions have been issued to officers to ensure that no student misses out on receiving scholarship benefits under the Pre-Matric and Post-Matric Scholarship schemes. The Resident Commissioner at Haryana Bhawan has been instructed to coordinate with officials of the Central ministries concerned to obtain information about the schemes being run by them and to keep the state government departments informed.

Along with this, school and college principals should also inform students about the schemes and ensure that their scholarship forms are filled online.

The CM was presiding over a review meeting at the Civil Secretariat, Chandigarh, regarding scholarship schemes for SC/BC students.

He instructed that information boards be installed in every school and college, displaying details of scholarship schemes. Saini directed officers to conduct ground monitoring of the schemes and prepare review reports for the government. This will help ensure that the government’s 40 per cent share is transferred to the students’ bank accounts, while the remaining share from the Central government is directly credited to students’ accounts through the Direct Benefit Transfer system.

Additional Chief Secretary of Higher Education Department Vineet Garg said scholarship schemes were being implemented by the Departments of Higher Education, Technical Education, Skill Development and Industrial Training, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Medical Education and Research, and AYUSH. Students have to upload their scholarship applications on the Higher Education Department portal. Thereafter, the applications are verified by the respective colleges/universities and departments.