Through PTI
NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday requested the Modi executive what is going to it acquire by means of “snatching away” the cash from deficient scholars, an afternoon after it stopped scholarships for minority scholars of categories 1 to eight.
On Tuesday, the federal government restricted its pre-matric scholarship scheme supposed for minority communities to scholars of categories 9 and 10, pointing out that the Proper to Schooling Act covers obligatory schooling as much as elegance 8 for all scholars.
Previous, the pre-matric scholarship used to hide schooling for grades 1 to eight in addition to for college students belonging to minority communities.
SC and ST scholars are coated from categories 9 and 10 handiest on a full-time foundation beneath the pre-matric scholarship scheme.
“Narendra Modi ji, your Govt has close down Pre- Matric Scholarship supposed for SC, ST, OBC and Minority scholars of Elegance 1 to Elegance 8. What’s the level of depriving scholarships to deficient scholars? How a lot will your Govt earn or save by means of snatching this cash from deficient scholars,” Kharge requested.
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The federal government, in a understand, justified its resolution by means of underlining that the Proper to Schooling (RTE) Act, 2009 makes it mandatory for the federal government to offer loose and obligatory fundamental schooling (categories I to VIII) to each kid.
“Accordingly handiest scholars learning in categories IX and X are coated beneath the Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme of the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment and the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. Likewise from 2022-23, the protection beneath the pre-matric scholarship scheme of the Ministry of Minority Affairs shall even be for categories IX and X handiest,” the awareness mentioned.
The verdict drew sharp reactions from political events, with the Congress and BSP accusing the federal government of a conspiracy towards the deficient.
“The BJP has been incessantly doing such issues for the previous 8 years whether or not it was once chopping the funds of SC/ST/OBC and minorities or it was once about atrocities towards them or finishing their welfare schemes and now this. We don’t settle for this. We can run a motion towards it. Right away take again this resolution,” Congress chief Randeep Surjewala mentioned.
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BSP chief Danish Ali claimed that the federal government has discovered a brand new method to stay those deficient kids clear of schooling by means of preventing the scholarship given to minority scholars between categories 1 and eight.
“Sure, do not fail to remember that skilled kids take the rustic ahead regardless of the group they belong to,” Ali tweeted.
NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday requested the Modi executive what is going to it acquire by means of “snatching away” the cash from deficient scholars, an afternoon after it stopped scholarships for minority scholars of categories 1 to eight.
On Tuesday, the federal government restricted its pre-matric scholarship scheme supposed for minority communities to scholars of categories 9 and 10, pointing out that the Proper to Schooling Act covers obligatory schooling as much as elegance 8 for all scholars.
Previous, the pre-matric scholarship used to hide schooling for grades 1 to eight in addition to for college students belonging to minority communities.
SC and ST scholars are coated from categories 9 and 10 handiest on a full-time foundation beneath the pre-matric scholarship scheme.
“Narendra Modi ji, your Govt has close down Pre- Matric Scholarship supposed for SC, ST, OBC and Minority scholars of Elegance 1 to Elegance 8. What’s the level of depriving scholarships to deficient scholars? How a lot will your Govt earn or save by means of snatching this cash from deficient scholars,” Kharge requested.
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The federal government, in a understand, justified its resolution by means of underlining that the Proper to Schooling (RTE) Act, 2009 makes it mandatory for the federal government to offer loose and obligatory fundamental schooling (categories I to VIII) to each kid.
“Accordingly handiest scholars learning in categories IX and X are coated beneath the Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme of the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment and the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. Likewise from 2022-23, the protection beneath the pre-matric scholarship scheme of the Ministry of Minority Affairs shall even be for categories IX and X handiest,” the awareness mentioned.
The verdict drew sharp reactions from political events, with the Congress and BSP accusing the federal government of a conspiracy towards the deficient.
“The BJP has been incessantly doing such issues for the previous 8 years whether or not it was once chopping the funds of SC/ST/OBC and minorities or it was once about atrocities towards them or finishing their welfare schemes and now this. We don’t settle for this. We can run a motion towards it. Right away take again this resolution,” Congress chief Randeep Surjewala mentioned.
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BSP chief Danish Ali claimed that the federal government has discovered a brand new method to stay those deficient kids clear of schooling by means of preventing the scholarship given to minority scholars between categories 1 and eight.
“Sure, do not fail to remember that skilled kids take the rustic ahead regardless of the group they belong to,” Ali tweeted.