On Friday, the state government said that Maharashtra government will be giving a special monthly allowance to the students of minority communities along with the ones who are staying in the minority development department’s hostel in the state.
Maharashtra cabinet minister Nawab Malik, who is also the spokesperson of the Nationalist Congress Party made this announcement. He added that the allowance amount will directly be deposited in the bank accounts of the students.
“The Department of Minority Development has started government hostels at various places in the state and the minority students living in them and pursuing higher education will be given cash for their meals. This amount will be deposited directly in the bank accounts of the students,” Mailk said on Twitter.