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Tamil Nadu increases doles to SC, ST students in government hostels
Chennai, Nov 05 : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today
announced increase of doles to scheduled caste and scheduled tribe
students, staying in government hostels, and increase of 1500 seats in
the existing hostels for the year 2011-12.
To benefit the SC, ST students staying in government hostels, the
doles given to them for buying soap, detergent powder, coconut oil and
other things, the Chief Minister ordered increase of monthly doles to
school and college students staying in the hostels. Ms Jayalalithaa
announced the increase of doles from Rs 25 to Rs 50 for school
students and from Rs 35 to Rs 75 to college students, an official
release here said.
This would benefit 1.20 lakh students, staying in various government
hostels in the state and this would cost the government, an additional
annual expenditure of Rs 3.20 crore, it said. As more SC, ST students
are applying for hostel facilities and many could not get
accomodation, the Chief Minsiter ordered an additional 1500 seats for
the year 2011-12, the release said. This would cost the government an
annual expenditure of Rs 1.18 crore, it added.
- Agencies
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