The Haryana Government has implemented several new schemes for those belonging to weaker sections of society, Public Health Engineering Minister Kiran Choudhry said at Tosham in Bhiwani district on Monday.
Addressing a gathering after laying the foundation stone for a chaupal for Backward Classes, she said that the Ambedkar Medhavi Chhatra Yojana had been implemented for talented students belonging to Scheduled Castes and Other Backward Classes.
Under the scheme, scholarships ranging from Rs. 4,000 to Rs. 12,000 are given to the talented students of class IX to post-graduation level.
The Backward Classes Welfare Corporation has also reduced the rate of interest by one per cent on the loan advanced to them.
Moreover, loans up to Rs. 1 lakh are given at three per cent rate of interest for the construction of house-cum-shed, she added.