Punjab expected to procure 132 lakh metric tons wheat: Chief Secretary
Punjab is expected to procure 132 lakh metric tons wheat, out of which 17.14 lakh metric tons have already been acquired, Chief Secretary Anurag Verma said on Sunday.
The Punjab Government has launched a ‘Chief Minister Scholarship Scheme’ with a resolve to provide cheaper and quality technical education to the meritorious and poor students of the state.
After approval from the Chief Minister (CM) Captain Amarinder Singh, this scheme was formally inaugurated jointly by the finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal and technical education minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Tuesday.
Speaking to reporters, Channi said all the students who are residents of Punjab and studying in government polytechnic and engineering colleges, Maharaja Ranjit Singh University, Bathinda and IKGPTU, Jalandhar would benefit from the scheme.
The minister informed that under the scheme, the students of Punjab would get the fee waiver as per the percentage of marks obtained in Class X.
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He said that under the scheme 70 per cent fee waiver would be for the students scoring 60 to 70 per cent marks, 80 per cent fee waiver for students scoring 70 to 80 per cent marks, 90 per cent fee waiver for students scoring 80 to 90 per cent and students scoring 90 to 100 per cent marks would get the full fee waiver.
The minister further said that meritorious students hailing from poor needy sections and having domicile of Punjab could avail this facility.
Channi said a factor responsible for the low admissions in the government colleges was that the fee structure of private and government colleges was same. "Now with the implementation of this scheme it would lead to a huge boost in the admissions in a big way in government polytechnic and engineering colleges," he added.
Channi further said that biometric attendance of teachers & students and CCTV system of all colleges would be connected online with the head office of the technical education department from this academic session.
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