Free education to girls with family income less than Rs 1.8 lakh: Manohar Lal Khattar

NEW DELHI: Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar has announced that the Haryana state government will provide free education to girl students with low family incomes. According to a statement made by Khattar on Twitter, girls with family income up to Rs 1.8 lakh will be provided free education till post-graduation.

"Will give free education till post-graduation to daughters of families having income up to 1 lakh 80 thousand: Chief Minister @mlkhattar," said Khattar in the tweet.

1 लाख 80 हजार तक की आय वाले परिवारों की बेटियों को देंगे स्नातकोत्तर तक नि:शुल्क शिक्षा: मुख्यमंत्री श्री @mlkhattar

— CMO Haryana (@cmohry) April 5, 2022

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Haryana state government recently got rid of a school education rule providing a 10 percent quota to students belonging to Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in private schools as the rule was at variance with the Right to Education (RTE) Act of the Central government. The Haryana school education department has removed rule 134A from Haryana School Education Rules, 2003.

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