Maharashtra Govt will bear the Education cost of College Students Who Lost Parents to COVID-19

The state government of Maharashtra has announced that it will cover the education expenses of any college student who has lost both parents to the COVID-19 pandemic. This news comes from Higher and Technical Education Minister Chandrakant Patil, who made the announcement in the state Assembly in response to a question from Congress legislator Shirish Chaudhary.

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As many as 931 undergraduate and 228 postgraduate students at various government colleges have lost both their parents to the COVID-19 pandemic. The government will pay their fees for the entire course, Patil said.

The minister further said that the decision will cost the state exchequer more than Rs 2 crore annually, and there will be no need for the state government to pass a similar decision every year.