The Gender Budget of the Ministry of Human Resource Development provided for a total budget of Rs. 19985.47 crore for the year 2014-15 (RE) for girls education.
The Centrally sponsored scheme, National Scheme of Incentive to Girls for Secondary Education provides Rs. 3,000/- which is deposited in the name of eligible unmarried girls below 16 years as fixed deposit, who are entitled to withdraw it along with interest thereon on reaching 18 years of age and after passing class X. The scheme covers (i) all girls belonging to SC/ST communities, who pass class VIII and (ii) all girls who pass class VIII from Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBVs) and enrol in class IX in Government, Government-aided and local body schools.
This information was given by the Union Human Resource Development Minister, Smt. Smriti Irani in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha question.
The Centrally sponsored scheme, National Scheme of Incentive to Girls for Secondary Education provides Rs. 3,000/- which is deposited in the name of eligible unmarried girls below 16 years as fixed deposit, who are entitled to withdraw it along with interest thereon on reaching 18 years of age and after passing class X. The scheme covers (i) all girls belonging to SC/ST communities, who pass class VIII and (ii) all girls who pass class VIII from Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBVs) and enrol in class IX in Government, Government-aided and local body schools.
This information was given by the Union Human Resource Development Minister, Smt. Smriti Irani in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha question.
