Jai Bhim! Finance Ministry releases Rs 6000 Crs of Pending Scholarship

[Paul Divakar]

Dear Friends,

Greetings! Jai Bhim!

We just heard the good news that the Finance Ministry has released the pending Scholarship of Rs. 6000 Crs. This is great news for our students. I would like to thank all the student leaders, Dalit Adivasi Movements, activists who worked really hard for this release! 

Congratulations! Lets keep up the consistent efforts! 

Please find the link and the article below:

Ahead of 2019, Cabinet Clears Post-Matric Scholarship Arrears of Over Rs 6,000 Crore in One Go

New Delhi: Post-matric scholarship arrears, which were brought to the notice of the Finance Ministry by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, have been cleared in one go in the latest cabinet meeting. 

News18 had reported in February that the ministry had brought up crores of arrears on part of the central government with regard to post-matric scholarships with the Ministry of Finance. Finance minister Arun Jaitley had taken note of the arrears, which had accumulated over the years, and deliberations are on to clear all of them all in one go. 

Sources told News18 that the arrears have now all been cleared as Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was keen on clearing it before the end of the year. “The arrears are Rs 6824.51 crores and our post matric budget is Rs 3,000 crores. The FM seemed to be keen to clear it all together, and everything has been cleared now,” sources said. 

The maximum arrears are from Tamil Nadu (Rs 1547.56 crore) followed by Uttar Pradesh at Rs 1490 crore, Maharashtra (Rs 1433 crore) and Punjab (Rs 835 crore). The Post-Matric Scholarships, introduced through Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar’s initiative as a Member of the Viceroy’s Executive Council in 1943 and extended to STs after Independence, is an open-ended scheme.The proportion of SCs and STs in the relevant age-group in higher education is less than the proportion of the population in the relevant age-group of the Socially Advance Castes (SACs), which includes the non-SC, non-ST, non-SEdBC castes (NSCTBCS) in higher education.

Out of the total budgetary outlay for 2018-19, the outlay for Central Sector Schemes and Centrally Sponsored Schemes is Rs 10,14,450.79 crore. Out of this, the outlay for SCP/allocations for welfare of SCs, which has to be at least 16.6% of the budget, ought to be not less than Rs 1,68,398.83 crore. But only Rs 56618.50 crore (5.58% instead of 16.6%) has been provided. 

Similarly, the outlay for Tribal sub Plan/allocations for the welfare of STs, which has to be at least 8.6% of the total budget, ought to be not less than Rs 87247.77 crores, but only Rs 39134.73 crores (3.86% instead of 8.6%) has been provided for the same. 

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Kind Regards,

N. Paul Divakar
Secretary
Swadhikar/NCDHR
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[Dharmdev Paswan]

Dear Paul sir jai bheem jai birsa 

Sir really good news for our dalit student's .

[Ramesh Nathan]

Dear Paul,

Great And good News for all of us.

With Regards,

Dr.V.A.Ramesh Nathan,
General Secretary,
National Dalit Movement For Justice-NDMJ (NCDHR),

No.7/58, 1st Floor, South Patel Nagar, New Delhi-110008,
Tel:+91 11 25843569,
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[Annie Namala]

This is good news

Shows the power of consistent work

Best

Annie

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[Ravi Duggal]

Super news. Concerted efforts have paid off. Need to keep the pressure on. Congrats. Cheers 

Ravi 

[Selvaraj Arulnathan]

This is really a great news. Congrats for all those who worked on it.

[sushma kumari]

Jay bhim sir,
         Really this is great News sir
A New hope is available for the student of our community, sir

[William Stanley]

Dear Paul and others,

Dalit and Adivasi Peoples efforts will not go in vain. Thanks to all the members who were contributing to a sustained and coordinated effort to make it possible that our people shall bear the fruits of all the work you have all put in. Hope that this will bring in remarkable change in the minds of our youth to continue the struggle for justice and the programme of scholarship is well implemented and a monitoring team that will keep updating the implementation of this meaningful programme. All the best, in solidarity, Stanley. Vizag.

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[Abirami Jothee]

Dear Paul ji,

Jai Bhim !

Congratulations for the consistent team work.

I am certain that it will be followed up further until it reaches the actual beneficiaries.

With regards,

Abirami

 

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[Asha]

Great news !! Well done ! 

On Thu, 26 Apr 2018, 15:29 Paul Divakar, <pauld...@ncdhr.org.in> wrote:

[Nanda Gopal Vudayagiri]

Excellent.  Congratulations to all DAAA team members ,  student unions, Dalit and Adivasi movements.  Appreciate the Ministry for this sincere and timely delivery of their responsibility.   Great .   

Nandu

On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 3:22 PM, Paul Divakar <pauld...@ncdhr.org.in> wrote:

[Dolon Bhattacharyya]

so happy to hear the news!!! great team efforts.. congratulations 🙏🙏

Sent from my iPhone

[Aloysj]

Dear Paul,

Greetings!

 

Hearty congrats to you and to all those who worked tirelessly to  achieve this.

Imagine the thousands and thousands who’d benefit from this great achievement!

In a way, unimaginable, indeed!

 

Aloy sj

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[Jasmin]

Dear Paul
This is good and great news. This will help thousands of students to get their rights. Hard and persistent efforts has succeeded.
Regards
Jasmin

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Sent: ‎26-‎04-‎2018 15:29

To: National Coalition on SCSP/TSP Legislation
Subject: Jai Bhim! Finance Ministry releases Rs 6000 Crs of PendingScholarship

[deepthi sukumar]

Great news Paul. Well done. 

[Satish Kumar Singh]

Congratulations Paul!

Satish Kumar Singh
Additional Director
Centre for Health and Social Justice
Basement of Young Women's Hostel No-2
(Near Bank of India)
Avenue -21, Block - G, Saket
New Delhi -110017
Ph - +91-11-26511425, 26535203,
Cell: +91-991-058-9201
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[Petros C]

Great news Paul!

Congrats to you and your  team for the consistent efforts, without which this would not have been possible.

Good wishes

Richard

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[Kapil Dev Keshari]

Dear to all
students union and support organization'
this is great news for our students. i would like to thank all the student leaders' Dalit Adivasi Movements' activists who worked really hard for this release!
Congratuulations! Lets keep up the consistent efforta!
kind regards
swami kapil dev kesari
Alliance of Dalit Association
Utter Pradesh

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[Chandrakanta Bharti]

Many congratulations to all team and effort behind the success. 

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(Training & content Development Specialist) 

Centre for Social Equity and Inclusion (CSEI)

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[Vincent Manoharan]

Dear Paul,

Thanks for sharing.

You and the team deserves great Appreciations !

Best,

Vincent

 

From: <nac...@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Paul Divakar <pauld...@ncdhr.org.in>
Date: Thursday, 26 April 2018 at 10:52 AM
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Subject: Jai Bhim! Finance Ministry releases Rs 6000 Crs of Pending Scholarship

 

Dear Friends,

[Mail Adminstrator]

Congratulation to  you

Benedict Damor

Adivasi Chetna Shikshan Seva Samiti

Jhabua M.P.

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Congratulations Paul!

Satish Kumar Singh
Additional Director
Centre for Health and Social Justice
Basement of Young Women's Hostel No-2
(Near Bank of India)
Avenue -21, Block - G, Saket
New Delhi -110017
Ph - +91-11-26511425, 26535203,
Cell: +91-991-058-9201
www.chsj.org
skype: satish.kumar.singh1

Centre for Health and Social Justice - Home 4 www.chsj.org The Centre for Health and Social Justice (CHSJ) is a civil society institution working on issues related to health and social justice. It is a registered charitable trust founded in 2006 with headquarters in New Delhi.

[luit.goswami]

Kudos Paul Sir. Hats off to the collective and continuous effort put by all the organizations/coalitions towards achieving the aim.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.

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From: Paul Divakar <pauld...@ncdhr.org.in>

Date: 26/04/2018 3:22 pm (GMT+05:30)

To: National Coalition on SCSP/TSP Legislation <nac...@googlegroups.com>

[Satyakam Jankalyan Samiti]

Congratulations to all of you. This is really a good news. 

[Rekha Abel]

Great new, Paul. 

[Christodas Gandhi]

While congratulating all who have worked for this from Kanyakumari to Delhi, all of us still  have a stiff task ahead.We cannot remain complacent.Issues to ponder over:                                                                                                                                                                             !.The money released now is a reflection of cumulative denial of GOI for over 4 years,inefficient and obsolete procedures being adopted by Social Justice Ministry and a pre-election ploy.                                                                                                                                                   2.The core objectives of PMS(Post Matric Scheme) have not yet been implemented by GOI and the States:

(a).Reimbursement of ALL compulsorily payable fees(not tuition fee alone mind it).Fees charged in self-finance colleges are not provided under PMS.Thamilnadu made an exception in 2012 due to the efforts initiated by me as the then Addl Chief Secy.                            (b)Maintenance allowance not revised periodically.Present BJP regime did not touch it at all.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         (c) Book Bank scheme not at all implemented in several states                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       .3.The sharing pattern between GOI and the States need to be changed as 50:50.In the present dispensation GOI literally starts with a zero allocation every 5th year.Since 5 year plans have been abolished since long the old pattern of GOI recusing the previous 5 year commitment should abate                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         .4.Advance release of at least 50% to the institutions must be implemented

Dr. R.Christodas Gandhi IAS (Rtd)

PRESIDENT (PAALAM | AMBU | REEDA | TN State Carrom Association)

PATRON (Thudi | SC/ST College & Varsity Teachers Association | Ooty Primitive Tribes Federation)  

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[Chitti Babu]

This is really a great news. Congrats for all.

p.chittibabu

[Maria Brink Schleimann]

Fantastic news! Congratulations to all on a great achievement!

 

All the best,

Maria

 

Maria Brink Schleimann

Communications Adviser

International Dalit Solidarity Network

www.idsn.org

Office: +45 31493104

Newsletter: idsn.org/newsletter

Twitter: @idsnupdates

[Wil Topno]

Dear Paul

In deed it is a great News. congratulations.

Wilfred

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Peoples Action for Deveopment (PAD)

Mission  Baligaon, P.O. Gogamukh-787034                                                          

Dhemaji, Assam, India

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Great new, Paul.