Jammu, Jan 17 : Secretary, J&K State Advisory Board for Welfare and Development of Pahari Speaking People, Shoukat Hussain Kazmi released an amount of Rs 1.12 Crore as grant for post matric scholarships and placed the amount at the disposal of the concerned Principals of the Government Colleges, for the year 2014-15. It has been directed that the disbursement of scholarships to the beneficiaries shall be made compulsorily through DBT mode. The beneficiaries have accordingly been advised to provide their account bank numbers to the concerned Principals and also furnish an affidavit declaring that they belong to Pahari Speaking community and that the annual income of their parents does not exceed Rs 2.50 lakhs.
The releases are meant for seven colleges of Jammu division namely, Degree College Rajouri, Sunderbani, Mendhar, Surankote, Poonch, MAM College Jammu and CET Jammu. Pertinent to mention that pre-matric scholarship for Kashmir Division has also been released recently. |
