Bhubaneswar: Odisha government will implement a new scheme titled ‘Madho Singh Haath Kharch Yojana’ to provide financial assistance of Rs 5,000 each to tribal students for their studies, Mukesh Mahaling, Parliamentary Affairs Minister, announced in the Assembly on Thursday. The Cabinet will approve the proposal at its meeting on Friday, he added.
According to the minister, the ‘Madho Singh Haath Kharch Yojana’ will help to check tribal students’ dropouts in the state.
Around 300,000 students belonging to the Scheduled Tribe (ST) category will be benefited under the scheme. The state government has allocated a sum of Rs 156 crore in the 2024-25 fiscal budget.
Highlighting the scheme, the minister said that tribal students promoted from Class VIII to IX and from X to XI in schools will receive Rs 5,000 every year as an incentive amount. The scheme will be implemented this year.
