₹19cr scholarship for minority students

The Maharashtra government has approved Rs19.2 crore to fund the scholarship scheme for economically weaker and meritorious students from minority communities in the state, pursuing professional higher education and all courses after Class 12.

- Manoj Ramakrishnan/

With the announce-ment, the scholarship programme for medical, technical, and agricultural education between 2019 and 2025, which had been stalled, has been reinstated.

The grant will go to the director of technical education, Mumbai, the commissioner of medical education and research, Mumbai, and the director of the Maharashtra Agricultural