Odisha Launches Web Portals To Provide Scholarships, Incentives

With an aim to improve transparency and digitalise the process of availing scholarships and incentives, the Odisha government on October 28 launched two new online portals. The 'Integrated Odisha State Scholarship Portal' is intended to help over 11,00,000 students belonging to backward classes to apply for scholarships. The 'Sumangal Portal' provides a platform, to receive incentives up to Rs 2,50,000, for those opting for inter-caste marriages.