Three candidates from the state who cleared the Civil Services Preliminary Examination conducted by UPSC were awarded ‘LAKSHYA-Chief Minister’s Special Scholarship’ on Monday. Chief Minister Prof. (Dr.) Manik Saha handed over the sanction letter of Rs 5 lakh to each of the aspirants at his official residence.

Speaking to the reporters, Chief Minister said that the state government has launched ‘LAKSHYA-Chief Minister Special Scholarship’ to encourage the youth of the state to appear in civil service examination conducted by UPSC. Candidates who clear the Preliminary examination of UPSC Civil Services Examination and allowed to appear in Mains examination and clear the Mains and are allowed to appear in Personality Test will be eligible for this scheme. In this, a one-time scholarship of Rs 5 lakh will be given to the candidates who passed the preliminary examination and a one-time scholarship of Rs 20 thousand for mains examination in the second stage. In other words, the scheme has a total of Rs 5 lakh 20 thousand scholarship for those who have passed the two levels of the examination, he added.

So far 4 candidates from the state have received scholarship under this scheme. Out of the four candidates, one person has already received the scholarship in the financial year 2020-21 and three candidates received the scholarship in the current financial year. The Chief Minister said that the Higher education department of the state is implementing this scheme. Candidates must be permanent residents of Tripura and their annual family income should not exceed Rs 10 lakh to get the scholarship under this scheme, he added.

The three UPSC aspirants those awarded ‘LAKSHYA-Chief Minister’s Special Scholarship’ are Joy Debnath of Santirbazar, South Tripura and Jyotishman Chakma of Abhaynagar, Agartala, and Victor Debbarma of Krishnanagar, Agartala.

Director of Higher Education Department N.C Sharma and other officials of the department were present on the occasion.