With a view to facilitating meritorious girl students of the state to pursue higher education, the Haryana Government has introduced merit scholarship scheme for under graduate girl students.
Under this scheme, the scholarship would be awarded to the girl students, who, after passing 10+2 class with at least 60 per cent marks, were studying in any government institution and pursuing general degree course in the government colleges.
The amount of the scholarship was Rs 3000 per student per annum.
The scheme had been implemented to attain the national goal in making all out effort to provide good education and bringing women in the mainstream of the society.
4676 girl students had so far been benefitted under the scheme and more than Rs 1.40 crore had been disbursed as scholarship up to January, 2010 under the scheme.
