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Free bus passes for girl students of Gujarat
Special Correspondent
GANDHINAGAR: The Gujarat government has decided to give free bus passes to girl students in villages.
They will be given to those studying in Standard VII and upward. It will effective from September 1.
The announcement was made by Chief Minister Narendra Modi here on Monday. He said it was a government’s “Raksha Bandhan” gift.
According to a government spokesman, about 2.50 lakh girl students will benefit by this gesture.
Mr. Modi was distributing scholarships to girl students from the “Girls Education Fund” set up by the Chief Minister out of the money earned from auctioning the gifts he receives.
The BJP on Monday launched a “vanbandhu rath yatra” to educate the tribals about the welfare measures taken for their benefit.
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