Andhra Pradesh: AP CM Jagan launched Vidya Deevena at Bapatla on August 11

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Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, at a public meeting in Bapatla, released ₹694 crore into accounts of the mothers of 11.02 lakh students belonging to BC, SC and ST communities under the JaganannaVidyaDeevena scheme.
Students pursuing higher education in junior, vocational, and professional colleges will get their quarterly fee reimbursed.
With this, the government will be paying a total of ₹11,715 crore under the VidyaDeevena and VasatiDeevena schemes, including arrears of ₹1,778 crore kept pending by the previous government.
The YSRCP government has been releasing the quarterly tranche under the VidyaDeevena scheme since 2019 to ensure students have money to pay the college fee. Under VasatiDeevana, the students get ₹20,000 every year to meet thir board and lodging expenses.
Of the 11.02 lakh students, there are 2.17 lakh SCs, 45,450 STs, 5.30 lakh BCs, 1.02 lakh Kapus, and 70,984 minorities.

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