The AAP government in Delhi is once again in the middle of a controversy as an RTI by Newslaundry has revealed that the government spent Rs 19 crores on advertisements for a scheme called the ‘Delhi Higher Education and Skill Development Guarantee Scheme’. The RTI also revealed that the government has granted loans to only two students in 2021-2022 under the scheme.
The AAP government launched the ‘Delhi Higher Education and Skill Education Guarantee Scheme’ in 2015. The objective of this scheme is to provide a loan facility of up to Rs 10 lakh to students in Delhi studying in the 10th to 12th standard so that they can study in college.
In the financial year 2021-22, 89 students applied to get the benefit of this scheme, out of which only two students got loans. Loans up to Rs 10 lakh are available under the scheme. Even if these students availed the maximum possible amount under this scheme, the cost of advertising by the Delhi government is many times more than that. According to a report by Newslaundry, the AAP government in Delhi has spent Rs 19 crore on advertising the scheme in 2021-22. This information has been obtained by Newslaundry through the Right to Information (RTI).
While announcing the scheme on June 12, 2015, Delhi’s deputy chief minister and education minister Manish Sisodia said, “For the first time in the country, parents…
