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SBC students to get same scholarships as SC/STs
TNN | Dec 9, 2011, 04.35AM IST
JAIPUR: The state government has decided to grant same scholarship
benefits to the Special Backward Classes (SBC) students as are
available to those belonging to the Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled
Tribe (ST) communities.
The state social justice and empowerment department passed an order in
this regard on December 5 and the benefits would be allowed from the
next academic session beginning July 1, 2011.
The Rajasthan Gujjar Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti led by Kirori Singh
Bainsla had been pressing for the demand by making an amendment in the
Devnarayan Yojana meant for the Gujjar community. Energy minister
Jitendra Singh, who hails from the Gujjar community, has been made
chairperson of the committee set up to monitor the Devnarayan Yojana.
"The government order of December 5 has also raised the income limit
from Rs 1.44 lakh to Rs 2 lakh to avail the scholarships," said Himmat
Singh Gujjar, the Samiti's spokesperson and convener for Jaipur
Division.
The issue for removing the disparity between scholarships allowed to
SC/ST students and the SBC students was raised at during the Gujjars
recent mahapanchayat at Bhandarej near Dausa. Thanking chief minister
Ashok Gehlot for conceding to the demand, the Samiti spokesperson
added, "The government should now accept our demand for extending the
'scooty scheme' for SBC girls studying in colleges, too. The scheme is
currently available in schools only." The spokesperson reasoned that
the scheme was to distribute 500 scooty (two-wheelers) free of cost to
girl students from the SBC communities, but so far only 168 students
in schools have applied for the vehicle. "There are very few SBC girls
studying in schools. The government can easily include our
college-going girls also under the scheme as more than 300 scooty are
yet to be distributed," the spokesperson said.
The community will hold a meeting of its representatives from Jaipur
and Bharatpur divisions at Mahuwa on December 20 under the leadership
of Bainsla. The community has demanded arrest of the persons
responsible for the Lalsot violence in which six of its men died
during a clash between Gujjars and Meenas on May 1, 2007. The incident
occurred at the peak of the first Gujjar agitation for increased quota
in government jobs and educational institutions.
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