Maharashtra announces welfare schemes for OBC, VJNT students

The Maharashtra government on Monday announced various welfare schemes including imparting commercial pilot training for about 40000 students from the OBC SBC and VJNT categoriesState Social Welfare Minister Vijay Wadettiwar told reporters here the schemes were launched under the aegis of the Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Research amp Training Institute Mahajyoti an autonomous institute of the Other Backward Class Bahujan Welfare DepartmentThe board of directors of the Mahajyoti met in Nagpur on Monday to approve the schemes Wadettiwar saidThe schemes also include imparting skills development training to students from these categoriesHe said Chief Minister Uddhav Thackrey on Sunday ordered a release of Rs 150 crore each to the Mahajyoti and the Babasaheb Ambedkar Research and Training Institute BARTI an autonomous institute of the Department of Social Justice and Special Assistance in phasesThe Mahajyoti board has decided to select 20 students from Maharashtra for training to become commercial pilots Divisional commissioners will have the powers to select the candidates for this purpose the minister saidAmong the 20 students two each will be from families of martyrs and farmers who have committed suicide Two students will be selected from the VJNT Vimukt Jati Nomadic Tribes category and one from the Special Backward Class SBC group The remaining students will be from the OBC community he saidAlso ReadQuota complications stir up statersquos sociopoliticsHe said 10000 students will be given the JEE examination training while 1000 students will be trained for the UPSC Union Public Service Commission exams and 2000 others for the Maharashtra Public Service Commission MPSC examsA total of 40000 students will be given the skill development training for selfemployment Similarly Mahajyoti has also decided to give PhD fellowship for 500 students A stipend of Rs 20000 each will be given to 200 MPhil students The students will also be provided banking exam training Wadettiwar addedQueried about the Supreme Courts order striking down a reservation for OBCs in local body elections in Maharashtra Wadettiwar suggested the formation of a committee to be headed by a retired judge and conducting a Census of OBC populationThe report of this committee will be put up before the top court for the continuation of political OBC reservation OBC leaders have sought appointment of CM Uddhav Thackeray in this regard he addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever