Bhubaneswar: Students of Plus II and Plus III will get scholarships from the Odisha government under NuA-O scheme, 5T and Nabin Odisha Chairman V K Pandian announced in Jajpur on Tuesday.
While boys will get Rs 9000 each, every girl will get 10,000. Students, whose parents pay income tax or are permanent government employees, will not be eligible for the scholarship under this scheme.
The government will transfer the scholarship amount to the bank accounts of the beneficiaries between February 20 and 25, Pandian said while addressing a students’ gathering at N C College ground here.
He further said that no state in the country has such a scheme where scholarships are given to around 95 per cent of the students.
The scheme is being viewed as yet another benefit being doled out to young voters keeping the ensuing elections in mind.
