The Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Dr. D. Purandeswari on Tuesday launched a web portal for implementation of the National Scheme of Incentive to Girls for Secondary Education, NSIGSE, in New Delhi. The Scheme's objective is to establish an enabling environment to reduce the drop-outs and to promote the enrolment of girl child belonging mainly to Schedule Cast and Schedule Tribe communities in the country.

Under the scheme a sum of three thousands rupees is deposited in the name of eligible girls as fixed deposit, who are entitled to withdraw it along with interest on reaching 18 years of age and after passing out in 10th class examination. The portal of the NSIGSE will facilitate online submission of data of the beneficiaries and online disbursement of the amount on the day of the maturity into their accounts directly. It will also ensure total transparency and quicker disbursement of benefits to the beneficiary girls across the country.