SCHOLARSHIP ISSUE
SC/ST students to get ₹984cr in arrears HC Order To Benefit 1.4L TN Students
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: 09.12.2018
In a reprieve to more than 1.4 lakh SC/ST students who were denied the central government scholarship, the Madras high court has directed the Centre to release scholarship arrears to the tune of ₹984 crore in two months.
A division bench of Justice S Manikumar and Justice Subramonium Prasad passed the order while allowing a PIL moved by advocate D Ashokkumar based on a news report — 1.4 lakh students denied hall ticket over unpaid fees — published in TOI on December 18, 2017.
“Though the Centre’s department of finance is not a party to this lis, allocation of funds has to be made as per the scheme, promptly. Therefore, the director of the department is directed to disburse the arrears of ₹822.91 crore, representing the postmatric scholarship to SC students up to 2016-17, within two months, along with ₹162 crore, for the 2017-18 year,” said the bench.
According to the petitioner, students from SC/ST communities whose family income is below ₹2 lakh per annum are eligible for scholarships to pursue higher education. As per the scheme,
which was introduced in 2012, tuition fees for higher education including in self-financing colleges, would be borne by the state under the central government post-matric scholarship programme.
While so, on August 11, 2017 the state issued a GO reducing the scholarship amount provided for students studying in self-financing colleges. As per the new GO, students who joined courses under the management quota in self-financing colleges, could get scholarship amount only as much being charged for the students under the government quota fixed tuition fees.
“Now, for the academic year 2017-18, for which fees has been fixed as ₹85,000 for engineering courses, only ₹50,000 will be borne by the government under the scheme. Remaining ₹35,000 has to be paid by the students. Earlier, medical students from SC/ST communities, can get up to ₹12.5 lakh as scholarship. Now, as per the new GO, they can get only a meagre amount of ₹4 lakh and the remaining ₹8 lakh should be paid by the students. Similarly, for BDS course students have to pay up to ₹3.5 lakh from their own funds,” the petitioner said.
The petitioner also referred to a media statement released by the state government in which it had claimed that the central government had not released ₹1,546 crore meant for distribution of postmatric scholarship and the situation was cited as the reason for reduction of scholarship provided for such students. In its response, the state government submitted that due to the delayed and inadequate release of central assistance, a burden is caused on the state's exchequer.
SC/ST students to get ₹984cr in arrears HC Order To Benefit 1.4L TN Students
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: 09.12.2018
In a reprieve to more than 1.4 lakh SC/ST students who were denied the central government scholarship, the Madras high court has directed the Centre to release scholarship arrears to the tune of ₹984 crore in two months.
A division bench of Justice S Manikumar and Justice Subramonium Prasad passed the order while allowing a PIL moved by advocate D Ashokkumar based on a news report — 1.4 lakh students denied hall ticket over unpaid fees — published in TOI on December 18, 2017.
“Though the Centre’s department of finance is not a party to this lis, allocation of funds has to be made as per the scheme, promptly. Therefore, the director of the department is directed to disburse the arrears of ₹822.91 crore, representing the postmatric scholarship to SC students up to 2016-17, within two months, along with ₹162 crore, for the 2017-18 year,” said the bench.
According to the petitioner, students from SC/ST communities whose family income is below ₹2 lakh per annum are eligible for scholarships to pursue higher education. As per the scheme,
which was introduced in 2012, tuition fees for higher education including in self-financing colleges, would be borne by the state under the central government post-matric scholarship programme.
While so, on August 11, 2017 the state issued a GO reducing the scholarship amount provided for students studying in self-financing colleges. As per the new GO, students who joined courses under the management quota in self-financing colleges, could get scholarship amount only as much being charged for the students under the government quota fixed tuition fees.
“Now, for the academic year 2017-18, for which fees has been fixed as ₹85,000 for engineering courses, only ₹50,000 will be borne by the government under the scheme. Remaining ₹35,000 has to be paid by the students. Earlier, medical students from SC/ST communities, can get up to ₹12.5 lakh as scholarship. Now, as per the new GO, they can get only a meagre amount of ₹4 lakh and the remaining ₹8 lakh should be paid by the students. Similarly, for BDS course students have to pay up to ₹3.5 lakh from their own funds,” the petitioner said.
The petitioner also referred to a media statement released by the state government in which it had claimed that the central government had not released ₹1,546 crore meant for distribution of postmatric scholarship and the situation was cited as the reason for reduction of scholarship provided for such students. In its response, the state government submitted that due to the delayed and inadequate release of central assistance, a burden is caused on the state's exchequer.
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