{"id":576,"date":"2026-07-18T08:42:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T08:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamilnadutribune.in\/?p=576"},"modified":"2026-07-18T08:42:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T08:42:20","slug":"pm-ajay-boosts-educational-opportunities-for-sc-youth-rs-22-50-crore-sanctioned-for-three-hostel-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/?p=576","title":{"rendered":"PM-AJAY Boosts Educational Opportunities for SC Youth; Rs 22.50 Crore Sanctioned for Three Hostel Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The government continues its efforts to improve the socio-economic status of Scheduled Caste communities, as part of this initiative, 47,316 villages across India have been covered under the <strong>&#8216;Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhyuday Yojana&#8217; (PM-AJAY)<\/strong>, benefiting 4,759,399 citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the Adarsh \u200b\u200bGram component of this scheme, 46,782 development works have been completed, and 24,133 village development plans have been prepared. So far, 16,759 villages have been declared &#8216;Adarsh \u200b\u200bGrams&#8217; following improvements in infrastructure, basic services, and the quality of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has allocated \u20b922.50 crore for the year 2026-27 for three hostel projects (including two hostels for girls) aimed at providing accommodation facilities for 750 Scheduled Caste students. Union Minister Dr. Virendra Kumar stated that the objective of PM-AJAY is to reduce socio-economic disparities through community participation, livelihood support, education, and infrastructure development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This scheme comprises three main components:<strong> &#8216;Adarsh \u200b\u200bGram&#8217; <\/strong>for village development,<strong> &#8216;Grants-in-Aid&#8217;<\/strong> for livelihood and skill development activities, and<strong> &#8216;Hostel Assistance&#8217;<\/strong> to improve access to education for SC students. The Ministry is implementing PM-AJAY through digital platforms such as the PM-AJAY portal and the AJAY mobile application to ensure transparent monitoring of projects, tracking of funds, and geo-tagged reporting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(PIB)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government continues its efforts to improve the socio-economic status of Scheduled Caste communities, as part of this initiative, 47,316 villages across India have been covered under the &#8216;Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhyuday Yojana&#8217; (PM-AJAY), benefiting 4,759,399 citizens. Under the Adarsh \u200b\u200bGram component of this scheme, 46,782 development works have been completed, and 24,133 village [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":577,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[142,140,139,141],"class_list":["post-576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-adarshgram","tag-hostelprojects","tag-pmajay","tag-socialempowerment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=576"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":578,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576\/revisions\/578"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamilnadutribune.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}