Mysore/Mysuru: Youth Empowerment and Sports Department, under its Special Unit Scheme and Scheduled Tribe Sub-programme, has invited entries from eligible youths (male & female) and organisations belonging to SC and ST community, to provide grants to those who have won awards in the State-level Yuvajana Mela and the State and National-level Yuvajanotsava programmes.
Those who have bagged the top three (first, second and third) places, in individual category, grants of Rs. 25,000, Rs. 15,000 and Rs. 10,000 will be provided respectively and in group category, to each participant, Rs. 5,000, Rs. 3,000 and Rs. 2,000 grants will be provided respectively.
The Department is also providing financial assistance of Rs. 1 lakh to those youths and organisations of the community who have already been participating in Department’s cultural programmes, in an effort to provide financial assistance to buy their costumes, dresses, percussion instruments and other related materials, based on their art troupes.
Applications in prescribed formats along with all relevant documents should be submitted to the Department Office before Sept. 25. For details, contact Office of Youth Empowerment and Sports Department, Chamundi Vihar Stadium, Nazarbad or over Ph: 0821-2564179, according to a release.
This post was published on September 1, 2020 6:32 pm