Special Scholarship Programme for BPL Students in Jammu and Kashmir

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved a special scholarship programme for BPL students in Jammu & Kashmir to improve literacy and financially boost the BPL students. The students of J&K living below poverty line can now take admission in any part of India for pursuing medical, engineering and other degree courses.

The BPL students will be eligible for scholarship if they have completed higher secondary school education from Jammu & Kashmir and they have a total family annual income of Rs 4.5 lakh.

The student getting enrollment in medical college will be given Rs 3 lakh as scholarship. While the engineering and other degree seeking students will get Rs 1.15 lakh and Rs 30,000 respectively.

Under the scheme, 5,000 students will be provided with scholarship every year for the next five years. The government will incur an expenditure of Rs 1,200 crore for this programme.Interaction among students of different states will corroborate national integrity.