Punjab chief minister (CM) Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday formally launched the recently announced Dr BR Ambedkar Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme. He also virtually laid the foundation stone of projects at Bhagwan Valmiki Tirath Sthal (Ram Tirath), Amritsar, to mark the occasion of the Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti.
On the occasion, the CM gave away Post Matric SC Scholarship Certificates to students and congratulated the Valmiki Samaj for various schemes launched by the Technical Education and other departments for the Dalit community in the state.
He said the state scholarship scheme will ensure that SC students get free higher education. The Post-Matric scholarship will provide 100% fee waiver for SC students and will benefit more than 3 lakh students each year. The students will also get monthly stipend to buy books, uniforms etc.
Giving details of the Bhagwan Valmiki Tirath Sthal projects, Captain said these include a Panorama on Maharishi Valmiki (₹25-30 crore), facade lights (₹10.9 crore), filtration plant in the sarovar (₹4.75 crore), furniture for the sarai (₹2 crore) and construction of a parikrama (₹1.3 crore).
