191 OBC, specially-abled students in Ramban get pre-matric scholarship

Ramban: The District Level Sanctioning Committee of the Social Welfare Department Friday sanctioned pre-matric scholarship in favour of 148 OBC & 43 specially-abled students of Ramban for the current financial year.

As per District Social Welfare officer, Waheed-ur-Rehman, an amount of Rs.2.16 lakh shall be adjusted in the accounts in DBT mode in favour of these 191 students.

Earlier, an amount of Rs.28.00 lakh was disbursed as pre-matric scholarship amongst 3009 students of various categories in the district. With this, the Social Welfare Department has achieved its target for the current financial year for district Ramban, the press handout added.