Maharashtra To Pay College Fees Of Students Who Lost Parents To Covid: Minister

931 UG and 228 PG students have lost both parents…

On Monday, Maharashtra Minister Chandrakant Patil said the state government will bear the education expenses of college students who have lost both their parents to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The state higher and technical education minister made the announcement on the floor of the state Assembly while responding to a question by Congress legislator Shirish Chaudhary.

According to the statement he said, "As many as 931 undergraduate and 228 postgraduate students of various government colleges have lost both their parents to the COVID-19 pandemic. The government will pay their fees for the entire course," Mr Patil said.

The minister further said that the decision will cost the state exchequer more than Rs 2 crore annually, and there will be no need for the state government to pass a similar decision every year.

With the harsh hit of deadly coronavirus, many people have lost their loved ones, be it parents or family. Many students' education has been impacted badly due to Covid-19. To compensate those impacted by education the government is trying to recover it.