Bhopal:Monday, July 21:Scholarships would be provided this year to 46 thousand 840 handicapped students as against 36 thousand 500 last year.
Allocation to the tune of Rs three crore 51 lakh 46 thousand has been made for this purpose in the current financial year’s budget against Rs two crore 92 lakh 86 thousand allocated last year. This allocation for the year 2006-07 was to the tune of Rs two crore 46 lakh 91 thousand and scholarships were given to 35 thousand 602 handicapped persons. It may be mentioned that the state government has effected Rs 10 per month increase in the scholarships of handicapped students.