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Under the Muzrai Department’s assistance strategy for families of temple priests, introduced successful the twelvemonth 2023, ₹38.38 lakh has been disbursed to 254 students, including 230 children of priests serving successful assorted Muzrai temples, truthful far.
In addition, 5 children of priests person been sanctioned ₹1 lakh each to enactment their higher studies abroad.
Data reveals that a important bulk of beneficiaries are children of priests, who relationship for 230 retired of the 254 students. The remaining 24 beneficiaries are children of temple staff.
“This organisation reflects the precocious fig of applications received from families of priests, galore of whom look fiscal hardships owed to humble incomes tied to accepted temple service,” Transport and Muzrai Minister Ramalinga Reddy told The Hindu.
“The assistance scheme, implemented done a Government Order dated October 27, 2023, offers fiscal assistance for a wide scope of courses — from PU to medical, engineering, postgraduate studies, and adjacent overseas education. The inaugural aims to enactment acquisition advancement among families moving successful Muzrai temples, who antecedently had nary entree to immoderate dedicated pupil inducement programme,” Mr. Reddy added.
Overseas education
Meanwhile, according to the Muzrai Department, the item of the strategy is the authorisation of ₹1 lakh each for 5 students pursuing higher acquisition abroad.
“All 5 students beryllium to families of priests,” Mr. Reddy said.
In summation to scholarships, the section has introduced a posthumous fiscal assistance strategy for families of deceased priests and staff.
“Under this scheme, ₹2 lakh is to beryllium fixed to the babelike families successful specified cases. Accordingly, ₹56 lakh has been paid to 28 bereaved families which is ₹2 lakh each,” an authoritative from the section said.
Officials further said that arsenic portion of the ongoing process of providing acquisition inducement grants to the children of priests and unit nether the department, applications would beryllium accepted till December 31, 2025, and beneficiaries could marque usage of the scheme.
