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Md Nadimul Haque speaks during Zero Hour on the demand for release of scholarships to minority students | Full Transcript

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Sir, cooperative federalism demands extensive interaction between the Centre and the States. Feedback from the States must be given equal importance. It is sad that the present cooperative federalism is only in name. it is time we head towards cooperative federalism.

I would like to draw the attention of the House to a very important issue – that is, the demand for the release of pre-matric/post-matric/merit-cum-means scholarship to minority students. It is a matter of great concern that almost 4 lakh minority students from West Bengal have not received their scholarships for 2015-16. Despite being eligible, they were deprived of the benefits because of technical glitches, like slow server speeds, drop-down menus not working and names of many educational institutions missing from the list, while accessing the national scholarship portal.

Besides the technical problems, in certain remote places of West Bengal like the Sunderbans, Purulia, Bankura, and Darjeeling, people have limited access to computers and to good network connections. Sir, West Bengal had recently faced unprecedented floods in 235 blocks of 13 districts. Even after the State Government’s efforts to publicise and help the students with internet access, the benefits are denied due to technical glitches in the national scholarship portal. Sir, despite the State having sent offline data as sought by the Ministry, almost 4 lakh students are still outside the ambit of the scholarship scheme.

Sir, our Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had written to the Ministry of Minority Affairs in August last year regarding this. Even I, on May 5 this year, had raised this issue in the House and was assured by the then Minister of an early solution to the problem. Our Chief Minister has also written to the Hon’ble Prime Minister last week on this matter. However, the problem still persists. I would urge the Centre to allow us, that is, the State of West Bengal, to opt out of the National Scholarship portal and let us disburse the scholarship funds electronically through DBT with appropriate backward linkages to NSP, along the lines of disbursement of scholarships to SC/ST students.

Sir, I would like to end with an Urdu couplet:

Sochta hoon ki anjaam-e-safar kya hoga

Sochta hoon ki anjaam-e-safar kya hoga

Log bhi kach ke hain, rah bhi patrili hain

I would like the Minister to respond.

WB CM writes to PM on scholarships for minority students

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West Bengal Chief Minister has written to the Prime Minister on the problems faced by around four lakh students from Bengal, belonging to the minority community, registered with the National Scholarship Portal.

She suggested that the scholarship funds be given through Direct Benefit Transfer instead of sending cheques through the National Scholarship Portal.
She pointed out in her letter that the she had written to the Centre earlier on this issue. Trinamool MPs from Bengal had also raised the plight of the students with the Union Minister of Minority Affairs, but nothing has been done yet.
Trinamool has again given a Zero Hour Notice in Rajya Sabha to highlight the issue.

সংখ্যালঘু বৃত্তি নিয়ে প্রধানমন্ত্রীকে চিঠি দিলেন মুখ্যমন্ত্রী

রাজ্যের সংখ্যালঘু ছাত্রছাত্রীদের বৃত্তির টাকা পেতে সমস্যার কথা জানিয়ে প্রধানমন্ত্রী নরেন্দ্র মোদিকে চিঠি দিলেন পশ্চিমবঙ্গের মুখ্যমন্ত্রী মমতা বন্দোপাধ্যায়৷ রাজ্যের প্রায় চার লক্ষ সংখ্যালঘু ছাত্রছাত্রী যে ‘ন্যাশনাল স্কলারশিপ পোর্টাল’ থেকে বৃত্তির আবেদন করতে গিয়ে প্রতিনিয়ত সমস্যার সম্মুখীন হচ্ছেন।

তিনি প্রস্তাব করেন যে, ন্যাশনাল স্কলারশিপ পোর্টালের মাধ্যমে ছাত্রছাত্রীদের চেক দেওয়ার পরিবর্তে তাদের ডাইরেক্ট ট্রান্সফারের মাধ্যমে ব্যাঙ্ক অ্যাকাউন্টে স্কলারশিপের টাকা দেওয়া হোক।

তিনি তার চিঠিতে উল্লেখ করেন করেন যে এবিষয়ে আগেও তিনি প্রধানমন্ত্রীকে চিঠি লিখেছেন। উল্লেখ্য, এর আগেও তৃণমূল সাংসদরা কেন্দ্রীয় সংখ্যালঘু বিষয়ক মন্ত্রীর সঙ্গে এই বিষয়ে আলোচনা করেছিলেন এবং তাঁর কাছে শিক্ষার্থীদের দুর্দশার বিষয়টি উত্থাপন করেছিলেন কিন্তু কোন সুরাহা হয়নি।

এই ইস্যু তুলে ধরার জন্য তৃণমূল রাজ্যসভায় একটি জিরো আওয়ার নোটিশ দিয়েছে।

 

 

Kalyan Banerjee on the issue of scholarships for minority students

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It is a matter of great concern that primarily a large number of minority students have still not received Pre-Matric/Post-Matric/Merit-cum-Means scholarship for the year 2015-16. State Government has been kept in dark. No information has been given. Sir, students are not in a position to apply due to portal connectivity problems in many areas. Four lakh students are not in a position to make the applications. These portals are regaled with all technical glitches. Sir, I want to urge the Centre that all State governments must be permitted to opt out of the National Scholarship Portal and be empowered to disburse these scholarships to minority students electronically thrugh DBT or it’s appropriate backward links to NSP. Our Chief Minister has informed the Hon’ble Prime Minister but no steps have been taken.