Rs 1 crore corpus created for scholarship to minorities

Chief Minister Harish Rawat has announced a corpus fund of Rs 1 crore to start the Lakhi Shah Banjara scholarship for meritorious students of the state. He added sufficient funds would be provided for improving the social and economic status of residents belonging to the minority communities. He was speaking at a function organised by the Minority Welfare Department to launch welfare schemes for the minority communities here today.

The Chief Minister said Uttarakhand is the first state in the country to sanction funds for the construction of boundary walls of graveyards. The scheme would be intensified soon. Efforts were on to provide benefit to the maximum number of people belonging to the minority community, he added.

He said the government was committed to improving the social and economic status of minority communities. The start-up scheme would be started soon for minority communities. He added more schools and colleges would be opened for girls and more scholarships would be provided to them.