More than 6,000 agriculture students will receive scholarships and fellowships directly into their bank accounts every month under a new National Scholarship Portal (NSP)-Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) initiative launched by Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, with Rs 21.35 crore disbursed.
Chouhan launched the initiative at the Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (ICAR-IARI), Pusa, saying the new system would streamline scholarship payments and eliminate delays associated with the traditional disbursement process.
