ITANAGAR- The Arunachal Pradesh government on Wednesday released an amount of Rs 26.84 crore as stipend and scholarship for ‘payment of stipend and book grants for the academic session 2020-21’. informed Chief Minister Pema Khandu in his Twitter handle.
Khandu wrote” For stipend & scholarships for our students, I have instructed as under:- Stipend for college & university students will be disbursed immediately.
The government has instructed the higher education department to utilize the amount only after verifying the actual requirement and observance of guidelines.
In 2020, the Arunachal Pradesh government released an amount of Rs 53.26 crore as stipend and scholarship for a total of 38,594 students, in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.
