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The State Government is implementing "Chhatragrih Yojana in order to provide housing facility to the students of the backward classes studying in post-matric classes.
Housing facility will be made available to the groups of students of the backward classes. The facility is to be provided under this scheme to such backward classes students, who come to the divisional headquarters from far-off areas for prosecuting their post-matric studies and have no housing facilities.
Under this scheme, the students should be eligible to receive post-matric scholarships and to get admission to the departmental hostels as decided by the government. The benefit of this scheme would be given to the students only when there is no vacancy available in the departmental hostels.
The rent of the house suitable to accommodate a group of least five or more students and the payment for electricity and water charges decided from time to time will be paid from the district level budget. The students of such families, whose annual income is Rs.25 thousand, will be eligible to get the benefit under this scheme. The eligible students will have to submit their applications through the principals of their institutions to the district convener of the Tribal Welfare Department. The concerning principal will have the authority to sanction the house rent upto Rs.250 and the district convener to sanction the rent upto Rs. 750 per month. The Collector is authorised to sanction more house rent than prescribed in the scheme. Under this scheme, the students will be paid the scholarship at the hostel rate. The facility will not be available to the failure students.
A committee will inspect such "Chhatragrih" under the supervision of the collector, who will have the authority to close down the "Chhatragrih" in case irregularity or undesirable activities are found.
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