Three candidates from Tripura who cleared the Civil Services Preliminary Examination conducted by UPSC were awarded the ‘LAKSHYA-Chief Minister’s Special Scholarship‘ on Monday.

Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha handed over the sanction letter of 5 lakh rupees to each of the recipients at his official residence.

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

After talking to the reporters, the Chief Minister said that the State Government launched the ‘LAKSHYA-Chief Minister Special Scholarship’ to encourage the youth of Tripura to appear in the civil service examination conducted by UPSC.

Candidates who clear the Preliminary examination of the UPSC Civil Services Examination and are allowed to appear in the Mains examination and qualify the Mains and are allowed to appear in the Personality Test will be eligible for this scheme, he added.

He further said that this one-time scholarship of 5 lakh rupees will be given to the candidates who passed the preliminary examination and a one-time scholarship of 20 thousand rupees for the mains examination in the second stage. In other words, the scheme has a total of 5 lakh 20 thousand rupees scholarship for those who have passed the two levels of the examination.

So far, 4 candidates from the State have received scholarships under this scheme. Out of this, one person received the scholarship in the financial year 2020-21, and 3 people received the scholarship in the current financial year.

The Chief Minister said that the Higher Education Department of Tripura is implementing this scheme. Candidates must be permanent residents of Tripura, and their annual family income should not exceed 10 lakh rupees to get the scholarship under this scheme.

On Monday, those who have been awarded the ‘LAKSHYA-Chief Minister’s Special Scholarship‘ are Joy Debnath of Santirbazar, South Tripura, Jyotishman Chakma of Abhaynagar, Agartala, and Victor Debbarma of Krishnanagar, Agartala.