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The Finance Minister, Shri P. Chidambaram, has announced the Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship for SC & St students for pursuing M.Phil and Ph.D. courses in selected universities in the country. It is proposed to provide funds for 2000 fellowships per year to be awarded from 2005-06 on the pattern of UGC fellowships.
While the three on-going scholarship schemes for SC/ST students under the Central Plan will continue, to provide an added incentive, a short list of Institutes of Excellence will be notified and any SC/ST student who secures admission in one of those Institutes will be awarded a larger scholarship that will meet the requirements for tution fees, living expenses, books and a computer. The allocation for various schemes for development of SCs and STs is Rs. 6,253 crore.
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