3,500 J&K students availed scholarships this yr
Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar on Sunday said over 3,500 students from Jammu and Kashmir have availed scholarships for higher education outside the state, worth over ₹75 crore, for the academic year 2016-17. He credited the response to "the transparency brought in by Prime Minister Narendra Modi" and various awareness workshops. Over 5,000 students had applied for the scholarships.