Unaided Colleges urged Welfare Minister, Punjab to release Rs 309 Crore of PMS
Unaided Colleges urged Welfare Minister, Punjab to release Rs 309 Crore of PMS Rajpura 16 May (Star News 09) A delegation of Joint Action Committee (JAC) representing over 1600 unaided colleges of Punjab today met Social Welfare Minister, S. Sadhu Singh Dharamsot. The delegation urged for the immediate release of Rs 309 crore of Post Matric Scholarship (PMS) funds. Director, JAC & President, Punjab Unaided Colleges Association (PUCA), Dr. Anshu Kataria; Director, JAC & ETT Federation, S. Nirmal Singh; PUCA office bearers including Sh. Ashwani Garg, Sh. Ashok Garg, S. Gurkirat Singh etc attended the meeting. Minister while giving patient hearing Minister assured that State has received the Rs 309 crore of 2016-17 from the Centre Govt and soon it will be disbursed to the Colleges. It is to be mentioned that out of total outstanding of Rs 1850 crore the Centre has released Rs 309 crore of Punjab under PMS recently. Bhupinder kapoor