Overseas Scholarship Scheme: last date extended till Nov. 26

Hyderabad: Government has extended the last date to submit applications for Overseas Scholarship Scheme for minority students till November 26. Earlier the last date for submission of applications for the year 2016-17 was October 31 to November 15. However after complaints of difficulties in online submission of forms by various quarters, the date was extended.

It is said that owing to the increase in districts of Telangana some changes were done in the website due to which the site was not functional for few days. Accepting the representation, the government has extended the deadline to November 26.

It must be noted that the government has enhanced the financial assistance amount from Rs. 10 lakh to Rs. 20 lakh.

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