Thiruvananthapuram

26 July 2018 01:13 IST

₹28.04 crore to be distributed to 131 institutions under Centre’s IDMI scheme

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will inaugurate on Thursday the distribution of grant for improving infrastructure in minority educational institutions.

Minister for Education C. Ravindranath and Minister for Local Self-Government institutions K.T. Jaleel will be present at the function, to be held at the Chief Minister’s chamber at the Secretariat at 3 p.m.

An amount of ₹28.04 crore for 131 minority institutions in the State would be distributed under the Union government’s Infrastructure Development in Minority Institutes (IDMI) scheme.

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The second tranche that had not been received for the past four years has been made available now.

Aided and unaided schools get financial aid under the IDMI. A maximum of ₹50 lakh is sanctioned. While 75% of the proposals submitted by institutions is the Union government share, 25% is that of management, a statement from the Director of Public Instruction said.