The Union HRD Ministry has agreed to release the pending amount of Rs 53 crore to Arunachal Pradesh under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) and Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) salary for the year 2015-16 which has been pending with the ministry.
This was intimated by the ministry to the state government today, an official communique informed.
The state government had released two months pending salary of SSA teachers from the state's exchequer even before the HRD ministry released the pending share of Rs 53 crore meant for the state.
Chief Minister Pema Khandu thanked Union Minister for Human Resource Development Prakash Javedekar for his timely intervention in releasing the long pending share of the state.
He also sought the Centre's continuous support in all key sectors to make the state a vibrant and front runner in terms of development, the communique added.
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