Making education affordable: List of scholarships and schemes
India TodayIn bid to make education affordable for students, the government-appointed National Fee Committee for the maximum Tuition and Development Fee for the Programmes and requested all the State/ UT Governments to adhere to these recommendations. List of government scholarships to apply To provide financial assistance to the students, the Ministry of Education is implementing schemes, namely the Central Sector Scheme of Scholarship for Colleges and University Students, Special Scholarship Scheme for Jammu & Kashmir and Central Sector Interest Subsidy Scheme. The AICTE is also implementing a number of scholarship schemes, namely the Post Graduate Scholarship, Saksham Scholarship Scheme for specially-abled students, Pragati Scholarship Scheme for Girl Students, AICTE Doctoral Fellowship, etc. In addition to this, the University Grants Commission also provides scholarships under different schemes, namely 'IshanUday' Special Scholarship Scheme for North Eastern Region, P.G.