New Delhi: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who also holds the education portfolio, announced the state government’s new merit-cum-means scholarship scheme/fee waiver for needy students.
The scholarship scheme will be applicable to students studying in any of the state universities of Delhi.
These are GGS Indraprastha University, Delhi Technological University, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Ambedkar University, Indira Gandhi Delhi Technological University for Women and Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research University.
The scheme will also be extended to the Netaji Subhash Institute of Technology as and when the institution becomes a state university.
The scheme will offer three levels of scholarships. A full 100% fee waiver will be given to students from a family with a National Food Security Scheme card. A partial 50% fee waiver will be given to students from families with income upto Rs.2.5 lakh per annum. Lastly, a 25% fee waiver will be offered to students from families with income between Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 6 lakh per annum.
Initially, the scheme will be applicable to all students in any of the undergraduate courses. The required documentation has been kept as minimum as possible.
The Delhi Government has allocated a budget of Rs.10 crore for the academic year 2017-18. The scheme is expected to benefit about 20,000 – 25,000 students.
Delhi government launches ‘merit cum means’
