Assam government to provide Rs 1000 every month to female post-graduate students

Assam government to provide females pursuing post-graduate programmes in educational institutions of the State with a monthly stipend of Rs 1000.

Assam chief minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma said that barring the two months’ holiday in a year, a female student will get Rs 10,000 annually. This would be helpful in covering their commutation and other related expenses, he said. He appealed to those females pursuing post-graduate programmes to apply for the same in the portal to be launched by the Department of Education for that purpose in few weeks from now.