Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has launched a portal exclusively to enable meritorious students to apply and avail scholarships within a specified time frame. The new portal is designed to benefit more than 11 lakh students. www.scholarship.odisha.gov.in (http://www.scholarship.odisha.gov.in) is the new portal launched under the 5T initiative. After launching, Chief Minister said that now students will no longer have to apply for scholarships through portals of different departments. 

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Six departments in Odisha are providing 21 student scholarships. The new portal will enable aspiring and deserving students to apply for a scholarship from the comfort of their homes and avail it within a time frame in a single click. CM has said the new portal will manage the scholarship programmes of the ST and SC Development, Higher Education, School and Mass Education, Labour and ESI, Skill Development and Technical Education and Agriculture departments.

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The portal is directly linked to the state treasury, the scholarship money for the eligible candidates will be directly credited to the bank accounts of the students. Minister of State for ST and SC Development Jagannath Saraka said that more than six lakh students get scholarships through the department every year. Chief Advisor of Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) R Balaskrishnan, Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy, Development Commissioner Suresh Mohapatra, 5T Secretary VK Pandian and senior officials were present during the launch. 
 

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