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GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

CHIEF SECRETARIAT

(ADI DRAVIDAR WELFARE AND SCHEDULED TRIBES WELFARE)

[G.O. Ms. No. 11/2023/Wel(SCW),

Puducherry, dated 09th October 2023]

ORDER

The Lieutenant-Governor, Puducherry, is pleased to make the

following rules further to amend the “Rules for the Scheme for Grant of

Full Fees to the eligible Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students,

irrespective of income ceiling to pursue their studies in Private School

recognized by Government including Government Aided Schools and to

pursue Higher/Professional Courses in Colleges and Universities in the

Union Territory of Puducherry Rules, 2020” notified vide G.O. Ms.

No. 08/Wel(SCW)/2020-21, dated 04-01-2021 of the Adi Dravidar Welfare

and Scheduled Tribes Welfare Secretariat, Puducherry, and published

in the Extraordinary Gazette of Puducherry, Part-II, No. 1, dated 12th

January 2021, namely:-

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AMENDMENT

1. Short title and commencement.— (1) These rules may be called

“Scheme for the Grant of Full Fees to the eligible Scheduled Caste and

Scheduled Tribe students, irrespective of their family income studying in

any Government/Government Aided/Private School recognized by

Government and to pursue Higher/Professional Courses in Colleges and

Universities anywhere in India (Amendment) Rules, 2023”.

2. They shall come into force on and from the date of their

publication in the Official Gazette.

3. Amendment of rule 4.— In the said rule 4 for clause (ii), the

following shall be substituted, namely:-

“The Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe students studying in

1st Standard to 12th Standard in any Government Aided/Private School

recognized by Government and the SC/ST students studying in 11th and

12th Standard in Government Schools are eligible for financial assistance

under this Scheme”.

4. Amendment of rule 8.— In the said rule 8, in rule 8, for

sub-clause(iv), the following shall be substituted, namely:-

“The amount of Financial Assistance will be released directly into

the Students’ Bank Account or Joint Bank Account of parents/guardian

through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT)”.

5. Amendment of rule 9.— In the said rule 9 (1), for clause (iii),

the following shall be substituted, namely:-

“(iii) The amount of Financial Assistance will be released directly

into the Students’ Bank Account or Joint Bank Account of parents/

guardians through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT)”.

2. This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Department vide

the I.D.No. 21302/FC/FD/F5/A2/2022-23, dated 16-03-2023.

(By order of the Hon’ble Lieutenant-Governor)

S. MURUGESAN,

Under Secretary to Government

(Adi Dravidar Welfare and Scheduled Tribes Welfare).

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