The Delhi Cabinet on Tuesday decided to include other backward class and general category students in its ‘Jai Bheem Mukhyamantri Yojana’, and enhance financial assistance from ₹40,000 to ₹1 lakh for coaching for various competitive exams.
Briefing reporters on the Cabinet decisions, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that earlier, the scheme was only for the scheduled caste category students under which financial assistance of up to ₹40,000 would be provided.
The move comes at a time when only a few months are left for the scheduled Delhi Assembly elections to be held early next year.
According to Mr. Kejriwal, a civil service aspirant will be provided financial assistance upto ₹1 lakh for 12-month coaching.
An applicant whose annual family income is less than ₹8 lakh will be able to avail the scheme, he added.
