This covers two types of financial assistance: (i) General Stipend, and (ii) Ad-hoc grant.
D.P.I. Special Stipends (General Stipend) are given to those Madhyamik-passed / graduation-passed students who have good results but not enough to get them a place in the merit list for National Scholarship / National Merit Scholarship. A fresh Madhyamik-passed student may continue to get the stipend till the last year of his / her graduation, provided he/she continues to perform above a prescribed level in each of the intervening promotional examinations.
CURRENT RATE, QUOTA AND ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION FOR D.P.I. SPECIAL STIPEND SCHEME (GENERAL STIPEND):
| Qualifying students | Stipend for which stage of study | Total quota | Rate per month | Current Minimum marks required | Guardians’ / parents income ceiling (per annum) |
| M.R-passed | H.S.& U.G | 250 | Rs.40/- | 65% | Rs. 25,000 p.a.(for Non-salaried parents/ Guardians) Rs. 35,000/- p.a.(for Non-salaried parents/ Guardians) |
| Graduation (with Honours) -passed | PG | 200 | Rs.60/- | 50% | Rs.50,000/-p.a (for non-salaried parents/ Gurdians Rs.60,000/- p.a. (for Salaried parents/ Guardians) |
The other category of D.P.I. Special Stipend, called Ad-hoc Grant, is given to four institutions in the state – (i) R.K. Mission Vidyapith, Purulia, (ii) R.K. Mission Ashrama, Sarisha, (iii) R. K .Mission Multi¬purpose school, Kamarpukur and (iv) Jalpaiguri Govt. Engineering College, who in turn disburse this grant among a fixed number of their most needy and meritorious students.
Efforts are on to revise and rationalise the rate and quota of D.P.I. Special Stipends (both General Stipend and Ad-hoc Grants).
Source : Department of School Education (Annual Report)
