There is big news for farmers and farm laborers in Uttar Pradesh. Now the smart children of farmers and farm laborers in UP will get a scholarship of 60 thousand rupees per annum. In fact, under the CM Farmer Scholarship Scheme in Uttar Pradesh, children of farmers and farm laborers are given more financial assistance for higher agricultural education, under which till now a scholarship of 36 thousand rupees per annum was given under the CM Farmer Scholarship Scheme, which has been announced to be increased to 60 thousand rupees per annum. The scholarship is awarded to students studying horticulture, forestry, animal husbandry and related subjects in addition to agriculture.
Let’s know this whole matter in detail. Let’s know what other announcements have been made regarding the scholarships given to the children of farmers and farm labourers. Let’s know who is eligible for this scholarship.
The seats for scholarships were also doubled
Seats under the CM Krishak Scholarship Scheme, a scholarship given to children of farmers and farm labourers, have also been doubled. Actually, 1410 students were earlier given scholarships under this scheme, whose seats have been doubled. Now 2820 students will benefit from this scholarship.
5 thousand per month scholarship will be available
The Chief Minister Farmer Scholarship Scheme is run by the State Agricultural Produce Market Council. Under this scheme, the bright children of farmers and farm laborers will be given a scholarship of Rs 5,000 per month under the Chief Minister’s Agriculture Scholarship Scheme. Earlier, a scholarship of Rs 3,000 per month was given. Thus the scholarship amount has been increased by 2 thousand rupees per month.
Seats were also doubled up to college level
The seats for scholarships up to college level have been doubled. Under the new system, the number of students receiving scholarships in universities and agricultural institutes has been increased from 45 to 90. Similarly, instead of 15, 30 students will now get scholarships in each agricultural college. The number of junior seats for agricultural undergraduate courses in agricultural universities and institutes has been increased from 5 to 5. The scholarship has been increased from 10 to 20 in Agriculture Post Graduation, from 6 to 12 in Home Science Graduation and from 4 to 8 in Home Science Graduation. At the same time, scholarship seats in agricultural colleges have been increased from 10 to 20 at the undergraduate level and from five to 10 at the postgraduate level. The scheme has been implemented in 11 agricultural universities and agricultural institutes and 61 agricultural colleges of UP.
Who can apply for the scholarship?
Children of farmers and farm laborers can apply for this scholarship. If you are taking admission in agriculture graduate course then you should have passed 12th with 70% marks from UP board. While 12th pass with 85% marks from other board can apply for scholarship. For admission to postgraduate courses, a minimum of 70% marks is required in graduation.
