Backward Classes Welfare Department, Purulia
Hostel Grant for SC/ST Students residing in School Attached Hostels
This scheme provides opportunity to SC / ST students to grow up in an academic environment free from the hazards of undertaking long journeys for attending their schools. Each students residing in the Hostel gets Rs. 600/- per month for 10 months only. Thus the total amount of grant for each students is Rs. 600 x 10 = Rs. 6,000/- only in a year. There is a ceiling of Parents / Guardians income of Rs. 36,000/- p.a. These hostels are attached to the Junior High or Secondary Schools and run and managed by the respective school authorities. There are at present 183 school attached hostels in the district. 45,000 SC students and 40,000 ST students have been brought within the fold of this scheme. Achievement of the District is given below:
Year |
Amount Utilised |
No. of Beneficiaries (Rs. In Lakh) |
||
SC |
ST |
SC |
ST |
|
2004-05 |
69.31400 |
175.62600 |
2400 |
5500 |
2005-06 |
71.68000 |
193.18800 |
2097 |
5458 |
2006-07 |
83.99000 |
205.15400 |
2482 |
5814 |
2007-08 |
145.54800 |
334.02200 |
2741 |
6021 |
2008-09 |
168.89100 |
367.13600 |
3298 |
6832 |
Total |
539.42300 |
1275.12600 |
13018 |
29625 |
(Source: PO cum DWO, BCW, Purulia)