Appalling conditions in welfare hostels, students seek solution from KCR
2 years, 6 months ago

Appalling conditions in welfare hostels, students seek solution from KCR

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: More than 8.7 lakh students belonging to the SC, ST, BC and minorities categories residing in state-run welfare hostels are waiting for Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao to discuss the appalling conditions in their hostels and find a quick solution. The National Backward Classes Welfare Association had been undertaking agitation programmes along with students to bring pressure on the government to improve conditions in welfare hostels. "As per current inflation, the mess charges should be hiked in the range of Rs 1,500 to Rs 3,000 per month depending on the study of students from Class VII to PG level. Medical allowance to each hostel should be increased to Rs 50,000 per month," said R. Krishnaiah, president of National BC Welfare Association and YSRC Rajya Sabha member from AP.

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15 social welfare hostels set for revamp
1 month, 4 weeks ago

15 social welfare hostels set for revamp

Hindustan Times  

The Uttar Pradesh government is modernizing hostels, run by the Social Welfare Department, across Uttar Pradesh, focusing on infrastructure, cleanliness, and security. Fifteen hostels run by the social welfare department in eight districts of the state will be modernised at a cost of ₹8 crore to enhance facilities and living conditions for their residents, a government spokesperson said. According to …

Telangana: Students forced to sleep on floor as hostel is in dilapidated state
4 months, 1 week ago

Telangana: Students forced to sleep on floor as hostel is in dilapidated state

New Indian Express  

HANAMKONDA: Over 38 boys are forced to stay in the dilapidated building of the Government Backward Classes Welfare Boys Hostel in Nallabelly mandal, Warangal district. The hostel rooms are in a dangerous condition, with parts of the building collapsing, causing fear among students. Although the number of students has been increasing each year, the District Backward Classes Welfare officials have …

TS govt set to increase mess charges for students by 25%
2 years, 1 month ago

TS govt set to increase mess charges for students by 25%

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The state government is all set to significantly hike diet charges for students in government welfare hostels by 25 per cent after a gap of nearly seven years. Ministers T. Harish Rao, Satyavathy Rathod and Gangula Kamalakar held a meeting with officials on Wednesday in this regard and submitted recommendations enhancing diet charges by 25 per cent to Chief …

BC unions to protest on Jan. 24 demanding fee reimbursement, scholarship
2 years, 2 months ago

BC unions to protest on Jan. 24 demanding fee reimbursement, scholarship

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Sixteen Backward Classes unions on Sunday gave a joint call for a state-wide agitation on January 24 to demand that the government clears Rs 3,300 crore worth of arrears of fee reimbursement and scholarships for students in the previous two academic years. They also demanded that the state government increase the scholarship for students from BC, SC and ST …

What ails welfare hostels in Telangana
2 years, 6 months ago

What ails welfare hostels in Telangana

The Hindu  

The temples of education that were supposed to uplift the suppressed aspirations of the poor from darkness are themselves plunging into darkness, mostly due to lack of funds and neglect. Some come from lower middle-class backgrounds as well, given the quality and free education assured in the backward classes welfare, scheduled caste welfare, tribal welfare and minority welfare schools and …

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