Augmented scholarships for wards of martyrs
Bharatiya Janata Party · Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly Election 2022
Last updated 4 Jul 2026
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Original manifesto wording
“We will augment the scholarship for wards of martyred soldiers to ensure that it covers school fees and all other academic expenses: General Education I-VIII from ₹3,000 p.a. to ₹5,000 p.a.; IX-XII from ₹6,000 p.a. to ₹10,000 p.a.; Higher Education U.G. from ₹4,000 p.a. to ₹40,000 p.a.; P.G. from ₹4,000 p.a. to ₹40,000 p.a.; Research and M.Phil from ₹10,000 p.a. to ₹100,000 p.a.”
Our Assessment
The promise was to raise scholarships for wards of martyred soldiers across school, higher education, and research levels, and to cover school fees and all academic expenses. The KSB Guidebook 2025 lists Uttarakhand education grants across classes 10-12, graduation, post-graduation, PhD and professional courses, with several rates such as Rs 6,000 to Rs 30,000 for general categories and Rs 50,000 for engineering or medical courses; it also lists small martyr-dependent education assistance through the Kargil Shaheed Kosh and Police and Armed Forces Sahayata Sansthan. These are meaningful education benefits, but they do not verify the manifesto table: I-VIII at Rs 5,000, UG and PG at Rs 40,000, Research and MPhil at Rs 1 lakh, or coverage of all fees and academic expenses. Verdict is partial, not fulfilled. Budget status: benefit rates are verified, but no specific annual allocation for the promised augmentation was found.
Sources & Evidence
Promise Timeline
Uttarakhand Soldier Welfare page listed the central Education Grant at Rs 1,000 per month for eligible ESM or widow dependents up to graduation, indicating continuing education assistance but not the promised martyr-ward augmentation.
View sourceKSB Guidebook 2025 listed Uttarakhand education grants for ESM or martyr-related dependents, but the rates and coverage did not match the full manifesto table.
View sourceBJP manifesto promised augmented scholarships for wards of martyred soldiers across school, higher education, PG, research, and MPhil levels.
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