Govt Schemes and Programs

Name of Scheme

Padho Pardesh

Type of Scheme

Scholarship,fellowship

Sector

Education

Name of Ministry

Ministry of Minority Affairs

About the Scheme

The objective of the scheme is to award interest subsidy to meritorious students belonging to economically weaker sections of notified minority communities.(Ministry of Minority Affairs, n.d.)

Benefits Under the Scheme

The students are provided interest subisidy.

Eligibility Criteria

i) the student should have secured admission in the approved courses at Masters, M.Phil or Ph.D levels abroad for the courses shown at para-14 ii) He/She should have availed loan froma scheduled bank under the education loan scheme of the Indian Banks Association for the purpose(Ministry of Minority Affairs, n.d.). 

II) the students are to be from minority communities as per section 2(c) of National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992.

Concerned Agency Institutions

Any Branch of implementing bank, for e.g. Bank of India "the scheme will be implemented by the designated bank as per MoU between the bank and the Ministry of Minority Affairs(Ministry of Minority Affairs, n.d.).

Name Of Person

n.a.

Designation

Contact nearest branch manager of implementing bank

Address

For e.g. Bank: Bank of India Address:

Bank of India, Madhepura Branch,

Main Road Madhepura State: Bihar

District: Madhepura Branch: Madhepura

Contact: 9852902280

Email

n.a.

Phone

n.a.

Fax

n.a.

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