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Maharashtra Cabinet Raises Tribal Student Allowances and Approves Koyna Dam Hydropower Funding

The revisions reflect inflation adjustments to ease financial burdens on Scheduled Tribe students pursuing higher education.

The government has been spending ₹144.74 crore on these allowances per year, and the hike will raise the total expenditure to ₹228.41 crore per year, an increase of ₹83.66 crore (Photo by Bhushan Koyande/HT Photo)
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Overview

  • The cabinet has increased allowances for more than 58,000 tribal students in 490 state-run hostels, adding an estimated ₹83.66 crore to annual education support spending.
  • Subsistence stipends increased to ₹1,400 at divisional hostels, ₹1,300 at district hostels and ₹1,000 at taluka and rural hostels, with the girls’ allowance rising to ₹150 from ₹100.
  • Annual educational material grants surged to ₹4,500 for Classes 8–10, ₹5,000 for Classes 11–12 and diploma courses, ₹5,700 for degree programs and ₹8,000 for medical and engineering students.
  • Monthly food allowances rose to ₹5,000 for hostels in municipal and divisional cities and ₹4,500 for district-level facilities.
  • The cabinet also allocated ₹862.29 crore for the Koyna Dam Base Power Plant (Left Bank) Hydroelectric Project to expand the state’s hydropower capacity.