Chandigarh, Aug 25 (UNI) The Council of Ministers on Tuesday approved the release of Rs 75.75 crore Recurring Grant for 11 more constituent colleges at Rs 1.5 crore per college per annum from the year 2016-17 to 2020-21, to further improve the standard of Higher Education in Punjab.
The Cabinet, led by Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, also okayed regular budgetary provision of Rs 1.5 crore per annum per college for the subsequent year. With this, the total number of colleges to which the state government is paying recurring grant, has gone up to 30.
Of these colleges, three - University College, Dhuri (Sangrur); University College, Bahadurpur (Mansa) and University College, Barnala - are part of Punjabi University, Patiala.