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Padho Pardesh scheme discontinued
January 22 , 2023
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- The union Government announced that the Maulana Azad National Fellowship (MANF Scheme) will not be available for Minority students this year.
- After the official decision, the Ministry of Minority Affairs discontinued the “Padho Pardesh Scheme” for all students belonging to minority sections in society.
- It was launched under the Prime Minister's 15-point programme in June 2006.
- It was part of implementing the Sachar Committee recommendations.
- It aims to grant interest subsidies to deserving students belonging to economically weaker sections of minority communities so as to provide them with better opportunities for higher education abroad as well as enhance their employability rate.
- The Padho Pardesh scheme was being implemented through Canara Bank which is the appointed nodal bank for the scheme.
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