No reduction in quota for fresh scholarships under 3 schemes for minorities during COVID-19: Centre

There has also been no reduction in the quota for fresh scholarships under the three scholarship schemes for students from minorities during the COVID-19 pandemic, Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi informed on Monday.


ANI | New Delhi | Updated: 02-08-2021 23:11 IST | Created: 02-08-2021 23:11 IST
No reduction in quota for fresh scholarships under 3 schemes for minorities during COVID-19: Centre
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There has also been no reduction in the quota for fresh scholarships under the three scholarship schemes for students from minorities during the COVID-19 pandemic, Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi informed on Monday.

In a written reply in the Upper House of Parliament, the minister said that the budget allocated under the 3 Scholarship Schemes for minorities being implemented by the Ministry of Minority Affairs was Rs 2,265 crore in 2020-21 compared to Rs 2,082.74 crore in 2019-20. (ANI)

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