Main highlights of Gujarat CM’s announcements today

Gandhinagar

Following are the highlights of announcements made by Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel in wake of quota agitation in state. Chief Minister Anandiben Patel made these announcements in Gandhiangar in presence of invited representatives of various communities that are out of the quota reservation system:

– Gujarat is first state to announce a special scheme for unreserved class.

– Bright students from five recognized board including Gujarat board and Central board who secured 90 percentile in 12th standard are eligible for benifits announced today. Family income ceiling will be Rs 4.5 lakh/year.

– 50% fee or Rs 2 lakh/year maximum will be given to a student per year as govt assistance. So if we consider five years course, the government will offer assistance of Rs 10 lakh in total per student in self finance/govt company run medical college.

– Reserved class students are also able to get admission on non-reserved seats as per merit. This decreases availibility of seats for unreserved class students. Such students have to choose self finance colleges for education, fees of which are higher compared to govt college. Such students will be given 100% fee deference by government.

– In dental, homeopathy, nursing, physiotherapy etc courses, 50% fee of Rs 2 lakh whatever less will be paid to a student as government assistance.

– 12th plus diploma courses students with minimum 80% percentile will get govt assistance of Rs 25,000/year or actuall fee whatever lesser.

– In case of BSc, BA, BCom, Bed, graduation courses, 50% fee or annual Rs 10,000 whatever less will be paid each year to a student in self finance colleges. So if it’s 3 years course, a students will get govt assistance worth Rs 30,000.

– Students of those talukas where higher education facility is not available, and govt hostel is also not available will get Rs 1200/month for boarding and lodging, thus Rs 12,000 per year assistance from govt.

– Medical and Engineering students will get assistance for equipment across all categories. Medical student Rs 10,000, Engineering Rs 5,000 and Diploma Rs 3,000 assistance at the time of admission.

– Presently unreserved category youth can apply for govt jobs upto the age of 28 while unreserved students can apply upto the age of 33. For all classes the age relaxation has been extended by 5 years.

– Government will extend interest relief in Mudra scheme loan.

– In next five years, SPIPA’s seat capacity will be increased from 340 to 1,000. SPIPA which hs headquartered in Ahmedabad will also extended to other cities of Gujarat.

– Scholarships, uniform and books will be given to all students in government and granted primary schools. Free books will be given by government to all government and granted secondary and higher secondary school students.

– Private self finance colleges charge high amount as form fees during admission procedure. Government will regulate admission form fees now.

– All these points will be implemented in year 2015 itself.

– DeshGujarat