<p>Raipur: The Chhattisgarh government will provide interest-free loan to students hailing from economically weaker families in Naxal-affected districts who are keen to pursue higher education in technical and vocational courses, an official said on Thursday.</p>.<p>The facility will be provided under 'Chief Minister Higher Education Loan Interest Grant Scheme', the public relations department official said.</p>.<p>The scheme will be available to eligible students of such families in other districts (not affected by Naxal menace) at 1 per cent interest rate, he informed.</p>.NITI Aayog calls for guidelines, E-KYC to check background of PMMY loan applicants.<p>Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai has directed officials to provide the benefits of the scheme to as many as youths possible by conducting a drive, he said.</p>.<p>The Technical Education Department has been made the nodal agency for operating the scheme which comprises loan facility for 35 technical and other vocations courses at diploma, graduate and post-graduate levels. The maximum individual limit of education loan to be disbursed under the scheme is Rs 4 lakh, the official maintained.</p>.<p>Students of Maoist-hit districts - Bastar, Bijapur, Dantewada, Jashpur, Kanker, Korea, Narayanpur, Rajnandgaon, Surguja, Dhamtari, Mahasamund, Gariaband, Balod, Sukma, Kondagaon and Balrampur -- will get interest-free loans under it.</p>.<p>To avail the benefits of the scheme, a student should be a native of Chhattisgarh with annual family income of not more than Rs 2 lakh. The student should be enrolled in a course established in Chhattisgarh and recognized by the competent authority (such as AICTE, UGC), he said. </p>
<p>Raipur: The Chhattisgarh government will provide interest-free loan to students hailing from economically weaker families in Naxal-affected districts who are keen to pursue higher education in technical and vocational courses, an official said on Thursday.</p>.<p>The facility will be provided under 'Chief Minister Higher Education Loan Interest Grant Scheme', the public relations department official said.</p>.<p>The scheme will be available to eligible students of such families in other districts (not affected by Naxal menace) at 1 per cent interest rate, he informed.</p>.NITI Aayog calls for guidelines, E-KYC to check background of PMMY loan applicants.<p>Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai has directed officials to provide the benefits of the scheme to as many as youths possible by conducting a drive, he said.</p>.<p>The Technical Education Department has been made the nodal agency for operating the scheme which comprises loan facility for 35 technical and other vocations courses at diploma, graduate and post-graduate levels. The maximum individual limit of education loan to be disbursed under the scheme is Rs 4 lakh, the official maintained.</p>.<p>Students of Maoist-hit districts - Bastar, Bijapur, Dantewada, Jashpur, Kanker, Korea, Narayanpur, Rajnandgaon, Surguja, Dhamtari, Mahasamund, Gariaband, Balod, Sukma, Kondagaon and Balrampur -- will get interest-free loans under it.</p>.<p>To avail the benefits of the scheme, a student should be a native of Chhattisgarh with annual family income of not more than Rs 2 lakh. The student should be enrolled in a course established in Chhattisgarh and recognized by the competent authority (such as AICTE, UGC), he said. </p>