Highlighting urban development as one of the nine priorities of Budget 2024-2025, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday announced the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban 2.0, with Rs 2.2 lakh crore central assistance over five years, to construct one crore additional houses. “Under the PM Awas Yojana Urban 2.0, housing needs of one crore urban poor and middle-class families will be addressed with an investment of Rs 10 lakh crore. This will include the central assistance of Rs 2.2 lakh crore in the next five years. A provision of interest subsidy…
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Delhi Skills university ‘revokes’ fee concession for EWS, SC/ST students; varsity says no approval in place | Delhi News
On July 9, a second-year student of the Delhi Skills and Entrepreneurship University (DSEU), belonging to the Scheduled Caste category, knocked on the doors of the academics section seeking a concession in fee. The student, enrolled in the Bachelor of Business Administration (Facilities and Hygiene Management) course at the main campus in Dwarka, was, however, told to pay the same course fee as that of students in the 2022-23 batch sans waiver. “The fee for SC students was Rs 45,140. Now, we have to pay Rs 56,700 (regular fee of…