NEW DELHI: Home Minister Rajnath Singh has become a good samaritan for a group of students from Jammu and Kashmir studying in Rajasthan, who were facing difficulties in getting benefits of a Government scholarship.
Singh, who witnessed the plight of these students hailing from Srinagar, Jammu and Ladakh on a news channel last night, first called up the journalist who reported the story and subsequently contacted the Rajasthan Education minister. He sought resolution of their problem which pertained to availing the Prime Ministers’ Special Scholarship scheme.
The students belong to the Gyan Vihar University in Jaipur.
“On hearing the news, the Home Minister called the Education minister of Rajasthan and obtained the phone numbers of some of the students. On talking to them, he learnt that the students had some difficulties in getting their scholarship under the Prime Minister’s Special Scholarship scheme,” a Home Ministry official said.
“Singh has asked the concerned minister to sort out the operational difficulty by Monday (September 5). (AGENCIES)
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