<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The Ministry of Minority Affairs has decided to increase the scholarshipof schoolgirls belonging to minority communities by up to 15 per cent. </span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The Maulana Azad Education Foundation (MAEF), a subordinate organisationof the ministry, has decided to increase the total budget for its 'Begum HazratMahal National Scholarship Scheme' for schoolgirls. </span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">MAEF Secretary Rizwanur Rahman said, around Rs. 78 crore was allottedduring 2017-18 under the scheme and about 1,15,000 girls were givenscholarship. He said,  this year, the  budget will be increased toRs. 90 crore. </span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:en-in">Mr. Rahman said, around 300 'Garib Nawaz Skill Development Centres' arebeing run by the MAEF across the country. </span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:en-in">Under the scheme, the girl students of Class 9 and 10 are given Rs.5,000 each per year and the students of Class 11 and 12  are given Rs.6,000 each per year.<o:p /></span></p><br />