Deen Dayal Sparsh Yojana Scholarship News: The Department of Posts will give scholarships every month to meritorious students of classes 6 to 9 with the aim of increasing interest in postage stamps and collecting them. For this, applications have been sought from the students by the department till September 30. Students will be selected through quiz competition and Rs 500-500 will be given as scholarship every month in the financial year 2024-25.
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This scheme has just been set by the Department of Posts.
Under the scheme, applications have been sought for scholarship from students of classes 6 to 9.
Students can get both online or offline forms through scanning QR code provided by the Department.
The student has to submit the form in the Department of Posts itself.
Ten meritorious students will be selected from each class through quiz competition.
In the financial year 2024-25, students will be given a scholarship of Rs 500 per month.
Philately postage stamp account will also be opened
Philately postage stamp account of students will also be opened. Rs 200 will be deposited in this account. Under the scheme, students will get scholarship for one year.
Apart from this, whenever a new postage stamp is issued, that postage stamp will be sent to the students through post. Its purpose is to make students aware about postage stamps and encourage them to collect postage stamps.
Money for each postage stamp will keep getting deducted from the Philately postage stamp account. The department will not take the postage cost of sending the postage stamps. Till the money in the Philately account is not exhausted, the department will keep sending postage stamps.
The purpose of this scheme of the Postal Department is to make students aware about the Postal Department, its scheme and postage stamps and encourage them to collect postage stamps.