Hyderabad, June 27: The state government on Saturday reaffirmed its commitment to carry on reimbursing education fees of students belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes in the state.
The government’s reaffirmation of its commitment came after BC Welfare president R Krishnaiah refused to break his fast-unto-death over the ‘issue’ of fee reimbursement, which he had started from Friday.
Talking to media persons, Social Welfare Minister Pilli Subhas Chandra Bose said that one of the reasons of the delay in reimbursing fee to students was that over 9.56 students lacked valid bank accounts. Around 22.79 lakh students are eligible for fee reimbursement.
The Social Welfare Minister assured that the fee would be reimbursed to those students who rectify their bank accounts within four weeks.
Mr Bose further said that an amount of Rs 500 crore has already been cleared in this financial year for fee reimbursement. He said that this amount will be deposited within the next two weeks for students with valid bank accounts.
Mr Bose was accompanied by BC Welfare Minister M Mukesh Goud, Panchayat Raj Minister B Satyanarayana and Major Irrigation Minister Ponnala Lakshmaiah at the press conference
——Agencies