The State Cabinet with an aim to provide financial assistance to poor students and youth looking for skills upgradation, approved four ambitious programmes. The schemes will be launched during the Statehood function (November 15) by President Droupadi Murmu during her visit to the State.
The programme has been prepared aiming such students so that they do not face financial constraints in paying coaching fees for competitions for colleges and jobs, and also in paying tuition fees once admitted.
A Cabinet meeting was held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Hemant Soren here on Thursday, in which a total of 34 proposals were passed. In the meeting, four schemes including Chief Minister Sarthi Yojana were approved.
Under the Chief Minister Sarathi Yojana, the government will provide financial assistance to the youth, who have received training. If these youths have not got EMPLOYMENT, then now the government will give them an allowance of Rs 1000 per month. At the same time, the government has announced this amount of Rs 1500 per month for Women and disabled.
Similarly, Mukhyamantri Shiksha Protsahan Yojana provides for free coaching at select coaching institutes in the state for various competitions namely engineering, medical, law, mass Communication, fashion designing, hotel management and chartered accountancy.