Awarded Scholarship by the Maulana Azad Education
Foundation during 2010-11
Foundation during 2010-11
Maulana Azad Education Foundation (MAEF), an autonomous body under the aegis of the Ministry of Minority Affairs, has awarded 17,326 scholarships to meritorious girl students studying in classes XI and XII under its Meritorious Girl’s Scholarship Scheme during 2010-11. An amount of Rs. 20.79 crore was utilized for awarding these scholarships. Cumulatively 59,303 scholarships have been awarded to meritorious girl students under this Scheme since inception till 31st March 2011, for which an amount of over Rs. 68.99 crore has been utilized. For 2011-12 a target of 20,000 scholarships has been fixed under this scheme for meritorious girls.
The corpus of MAEF, which stood at Rs. 100 crore in 2006-07, has now reached Rs. 550 crore with the infusion of Rs.125 crore in 2010-11. For 2011-12 an amount of Rs. 200 crore has been earmarked for release towards the Corpus of the Foundation. MAEF has provided financial assistance to 998 NGOs for promotion of education since inception.
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