GUWAHATI: The Assam government, in the Budget for 2026-27, proposed to discontinue the distribution of scooters to meritorious students from the next academic year.
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This year, around 18,000 students will be eligible to get scooters under Dr. Banikanta Kakati Merit Award.
“To ensure equitable distribution of educational support, so that a larger number of deserving students benefit instead of assistance being confined to a single percentage cut-off, the existing distribution of scooters under this scheme shall discontinue from the next academic year,” Finance Minister Jayanta Mallabaruah said in the Assam Assembly while presenting the full Budget for 2026-27
The resources thus made available will be utilised in strengthening and expanding Nijut Moina and Nijut Babu schemes, he said.
Transfer of assistance under Mukhya Mantrir Nijut Moina Asoni for the academic year 2026-27 will commence from October 2026.
Students will be able to fill up forms from the month of August.
“I am pleased to announce that henceforth, Mukhya Mantrir Nijut Babu Asoni shall also be a regular scheme of the Government,” the minister said.
So far, the Assam government has disbursed an amount of ₹374 crore to 5,44,479 students under these two schemes since inception. The tentative number of students to be benefited in 2026-27 will be around 5,30,718.