{"id":312784,"date":"2019-05-31T14:18:07","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T14:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=312784"},"modified":"2019-05-31T14:18:07","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T14:18:07","slug":"prime-ministers-first-decision-dedicated-to-those-who-protect-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/prime-ministers-first-decision-dedicated-to-those-who-protect-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Prime Minister\u2019s first decision dedicated to those who protect India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-312785 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/PM-modi-2-term-300x238.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/05\/PM-modi-2-term-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/05\/PM-modi-2-term-696x552.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/05\/PM-modi-2-term-529x420.jpg 529w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/05\/PM-modi-2-term.jpg 702w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">In line with the Prime Minister\u2019s vision for India\u2019s safety, security and\u00a0the well-being of those who protect the nation, the very first decision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on assuming his office is approval to a\u00a0major change in the \u2018Prime Minister\u2019s Scholarship Scheme\u2019 under the\u00a0National Defence Fund.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Prime Minister Modi has approved the following changes:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The\u00a0rates of scholarship have been increased\u00a0from Rs. 2000 per month to Rs.\u00a02500 per month for boys and from Rs. 2250 per month to Rs. 3000 per month for girls.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The\u00a0ambit of the Scholarship Scheme is extended to the wards of State Police\u00a0officials who are\/were martyred during terror\/naxal attacks.\u00a0The quota of new\u00a0scholarships for wards of state police officials will be 500 in a year. The Ministry\u00a0of Home Affairs will be the nodal Ministry in this regard.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cOur Government\u2019s first decision dedicated to those who protect India! Major changes approved in PM\u2019s Scholarship Scheme under the National Defence Fund including enhanced scholarships for wards of police personnel martyred in terror or Maoist attacks,\u201d PM Modi said in a tweet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">PM Modi held his first cabinet meeting today evening, a day after being sworn in at a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In line with the Prime Minister\u2019s vision for India\u2019s safety, security and\u00a0the well-being of those who protect the nation, the very first decision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on assuming his office is approval to a\u00a0major change in the \u2018Prime Minister\u2019s Scholarship Scheme\u2019 under the\u00a0National Defence Fund. Prime Minister Modi has approved the following changes: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":312785,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[316],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312784"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312784"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":312786,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312784\/revisions\/312786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/312785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}