الهند: تقاعس البنوك عن فتح حسابات لتمويل منح الطلاب المسلمين

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بالرغم من أحقيَّة الطلاب المسلمين في "الهند" لفتح حسابات بنكية دون أرصدة - للحصول على تمويل المِنح الدراسية الحكومية وَفْق القانون - فإن بعض البنوك بولاية "مهراشترا" تقاعست عن فتح الحسابات بزعم ضرورة وضع 1000 روبية على الأقل.

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Maharashtra Muslim students complains of banks not opening “no frills” accounts for scholarship funds

Muslim students in Maharashtra are facing problems from various banks in opening of a ‘no frills’ account that is required to avail different scholarships meant for minority students.

As per the procedure, scholarship amount is deposited directly into the bank account of students by the government and hence every student has to provide his bank account while filling up scholarship forms.

Muslim students in Maharashtra are eligible to benefit from state and central government sponsored various scholarships such as pre- metric, post-metric, Merit cum means and other scholarship programs meant for minorities in the state.

Azad Yuva Brigade, a Marathwada based NGO that monitors and handles issues encountered by Muslim students has written a letter in this regard to state government demanding immediate intervention so that Muslim students may not fail to file their scholarship forms before deadline due to non-opening of a ‘no frills’ bank account.

Waseem Siddique, Vice President of Brigade told TwoCircles.net,” The banks here are not allowing students to open zero balance account and are asking them to open a savings account by depositing Rs. 1000. As per RBI circular in 2010 all banks are advised to open ‘no frills’ account for students availing scholarship but banks are not following this circular and creating hardships for students”.