Rs. 1,180 crore deposited as scholarships into bank accounts of 65.77 lakh beneficiary students in Gujarat: govt

Gandhinagar: With a view to boost-up Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi’s ‘Digital India Mission’ and ‘Cashless India’ initiatives, Gujarat has achieved a milestone by directly depositing Rs. 1,180-crore into the bank accounts of 65,77,000 students, who were beneficiaries under various beneficial schemes.

To keep transparency in distribution of scholarships, uniforms assistance, post-matriculate and pre-matriculate aids to the tribal students, under 60-odd schemes of State Tribal Development and Social Justice Rights Department, were directly deposited in their bank accounts.

Besides this, to fulfill dream of ‘Digital Gujarat’, the Science and Technology Department has developed ‘Digital Gujarat Portal.’ This portal will provide more than 100-online services to the beneficiaries.

For 58.95- lakh students, who were beneficiaries under ‘Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan’, Rs. 582-crore were directly deposited into their bank accounts after verifying their details with their school-principals. Similarly, Rs. 597-crore were deposited into the bank accounts of 682,000 post-matriculate students, who were beneficiaries under as many as 34 various schemes.

In total, keeping transparency in administration using information technology, Rs. 1,180-crore were deposited into the bank accounts of 65.77-lakh beneficiary students.

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