Scholarships to 5 crore minority students in next 5 years: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

The government will provide scholarships to five crore minority students in the next five years to ensure their socio-economic-educational empowerment. The scholarships include pre-matric, post-matric and merit-cum-means. 

Of the five crore students, 50  per cent will be girls students. Union Minister for Minority Affairs  Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said this while chairing the Governing and  General Body



meetings of Maulana Azad Education Foundation in New Delhi yesterday. 

He said the NDA government is committed to inclusive growth with trust. 

The Minister also announced that Padho-Badho Awareness Campaign will be launched across the country. The campaign will be launched in 60 minority concentrated districts during the first phase.