Over 50 lakh students from minority communities, more than half of them girls, have been awarded scholarships for pursuing studies from Class I to X, the govt has said.
The Ministry of Minority Affairs has offered the benefit under the Pre-matric Scholarship Scheme for students belonging to minority communities from class I to class X, an official release said on Monday.
"The ministry distributed a total of 55.28 lakh scholarships during the last financial year 2011-12 that ended on March 31 as against a target of 34 lakh scholarships," it said.
For distributing these scholarships, the ministry released an amount of Rs 615.47 crore during 2011-12.
"51.01 per cent scholarships went to girl students," the release said.
The Pre-matric Scholarship Scheme was started in 2008-09 and a cumulative total of over 1.22 crore scholarships have been awarded till 31st March.
The Pre-matric Scholarship Scheme is one of the three such initiatives of the Ministry of Minority Affairs included under the Prime Minister's New 15 Point Programme for the Welfare of Minorities.
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