Nearly 6.44 lakh Plus-One students of government and aided schools will receive free cycles this year 2014-15
To mark the inauguration, TN Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa gave away cycles
to 7 students at a brief event held at the Secretariat on Friday June 27,2014
The beneficiaries will include 2.86 lakh boys and 3.57 lakh girls.
An official release said the scheme, in its present design, had been in force since 2005-2006.
The scheme, aimed at benefitting higher secondary students belonging to
the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, was launched in
2001-2002. The allocation for the current year is Rs. 230 crore.
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