New Delhi July 27 (IANS) More than 13 000 Jammu and Kashmir students have benefitted from the Prime Minister s Special Scholarship since 2011 the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday.
A total of 2 240 were granted the scholarship during 2016-17 session. A total of 1 402 and 1 680 scholarships were granted during 2015-16 and 2014-15 respectively Minister of State (HRD) Mahendra Nath Pandey said in a written reply.
The scheme which is being offered since 2011 has benefitted 13 014 students so far in the state.
"As a result of various initiatives including creation of 10 supernumerary quota in Engineering Colleges more number of students are taking admission in professional courses " Pandey said.
The scheme seeks to provide 5 000 fresh scholarships every year out of which 4 500 are provisioned for General and 250 each for engineering and medical studies.
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