Wed, 7 Oct, 2026, 07:01 am
Reported by The Indian Express
The Maharashtra Cabinet has approved a series of measures covering student welfare, police custody deaths, traditional occupations and higher education, including higher annual assistance for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students, a compensation policy for deaths in police custody and an increase in the royalty-free minor mineral extraction limit for the Wadar community from 200 to 500 brass a year.
Under the Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Swadhar Scheme, annual assistance for SC and Nav-Buddhist students who are eligible for government hostels but do not get admission has been increased. Students studying in Mumbai city, Mumbai suburban, Navi Mumbai, Thane, Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad and Nagpur will now receive Rs 80,000 a year — Rs 42,000 as food allowance, Rs 28,000 for accommodation and Rs 10,000 as subsistence allowance.
The annual assistance will be Rs 68,000 for students studying in other divisional headquarters and C-class municipal corporation areas. Students studying at other district headquarters, and in institutions within five kilometres of municipal corporation limits, will receive Rs 57,000 a year — Rs 32,000 for food, Rs 17,000 for accommodation and Rs 8,000 as subsistence allowance.
