Eight Girls from Jharkhand Selected in Single Girl Child Fellowship 2022-23 | 10 Feb 2023

Eight girls from Jharkhand have been selected for Savitribai Jyotirao Phule Single Girl Child Fellowship-2022-23.

According to the list released by the University Grants Commission (UGC), Jharkhand's Arya Raj, Anshuka Satpathy, Arpana Ganguly, Kumari Priyanka, Neha Chakraborty, Pranjal Shah, Shipra Harsh and Ushahi Ain are included.
A total of 1129 girls have been selected from across the country. Under this scheme, girls who are single in the house, their education is to be promoted and research work is encouraged.
Here single means a girl in the family who has no brother or sister. Twins are one of the daughters/siblings. If a family has one or more sons and one daughter, she will not be eligible.
The fellowship will be given for five years. Under the Junior Research Fellowship, 31 thousand rupees will be given per month. Senior research fellows will get Rs 35,000 per month.
Similarly, disabled people will get 35 thousand rupees per month. The beneficiaries will also get hostel facilities.
Under this scheme, students of humanities and social sciences will be given 10-10 thousand rupees every year for other expenses for two years and 25 thousand rupees for the remaining term.
At the same time, to the students of science / engineering / technology every 12-12 thousand rupees will be given year for two years and 25 thousand rupees will be given for the remaining term. The disabled student will be given three thousand rupees per month for reader assistance.