Tribal students’ scholarships released, says Minister Sandhya Rani

Minister for Women and Child Development and Tribal Welfare G. Sandhya Rani. File photo: Special Arrangement

Minister for Tribal Welfare Sandhya Rani connected Thursday (December 25, 2025) has announced the merchandise of scholarships for tribal students, reiterating the State government’s committedness to strengthening tribal acquisition and ensuring fiscal enactment reaches each eligible beneficiary. The Minister said that the government’s nonsubjective is to empower tribal students by improving infrastructure successful schools and hostels, providing capable aesculapian facilities, and ensuring nutritious food. These initiatives, she said, are designed to instill assurance among tribal students and alteration them to prosecute their acquisition without fearfulness oregon uncertainty, with the content that they tin execute their aspirations successful life. Referring to post-matric scholarships, Ms. Sandhya Rani stated that the conjugation authorities treated the contented of pending dues near by the erstwhile authorities arsenic a apical precedence and resolved them promptly. She emphasised that funds were released successful a transparent mode to guarantee justness for each eligible student. For the 2023–24 world year, portion the erstwhile authorities had released lone ₹18.67 crore, the conjugation authorities cleared pending dues for 3 quarters by releasing ₹71.67 crore, benefiting 69,227 students. The amounts were straight credited to the slope accounts of the students’ mothers. During the 2024–25 world year, assistance funds were released towards reimbursement of tuition fees amounting to ₹85.67 crore, which was credited to assemblage accounts, portion attraction charges of ₹9.11 crore were deposited into the slope accounts of students’ mothers. A full of 42,203 students benefited during this period. For the 2025–26 world year, the merchandise of funds to eligible students is presently underway. So far, ₹100.93 crore has been disbursed, benefiting 59,297 students, the Minister said. Ms. Sandhya Rani asserted that done this structured approach, the authorities is ensuring continuity of acquisition for tribal students successful a stable, positive, and supportive environment. She assured that the State authorities remains committed to releasing scholarships successful a timely mode successful the aboriginal arsenic well.

Published - December 25, 2025 04:47 p.m. IST